diff --git a/base/constants.go b/base/constants.go
index ed02018fce..ca804d9533 100644
--- a/base/constants.go
+++ b/base/constants.go
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ const (
 
 	// ServerlessChannelLimit is hard limit on channels allowed per user when running in serverless mode
 	ServerlessChannelLimit = 500
+
+	// FromConnStrWarningThreshold determines the amount of time it should take before we warn about parsing a connstr (mostly for DNS resolution)
+	FromConnStrWarningThreshold = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/base/dcp_client.go b/base/dcp_client.go
index 46547ec52b..a973e7dd38 100644
--- a/base/dcp_client.go
+++ b/base/dcp_client.go
@@ -320,10 +320,17 @@ func (dc *DCPClient) initAgent(spec BucketSpec) error {
 	}
 
 	agentConfig := gocbcore.DCPAgentConfig{}
+	DebugfCtx(context.TODO(), KeyAll, "Parsing cluster connection string %q", UD(connStr))
+	beforeFromConnStr := time.Now()
 	connStrError := agentConfig.FromConnStr(connStr)
 	if connStrError != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to start DCP Client - error building conn str: %v", connStrError)
 	}
+	if d := time.Since(beforeFromConnStr); d > FromConnStrWarningThreshold {
+		WarnfCtx(context.TODO(), "Parsed cluster connection string %q in: %v", UD(connStr), d)
+	} else {
+		DebugfCtx(context.TODO(), KeyAll, "Parsed cluster connection string %q in: %v", UD(connStr), d)
+	}
 
 	auth, authErr := spec.GocbcoreAuthProvider()
 	if authErr != nil {
diff --git a/rest/server_context.go b/rest/server_context.go
index 2cb270627e..3166947dd1 100644
--- a/rest/server_context.go
+++ b/rest/server_context.go
@@ -1523,10 +1523,17 @@ func initClusterAgent(ctx context.Context, clusterAddress, clusterUser, clusterP
 		},
 	}
 
+	base.DebugfCtx(ctx, base.KeyAll, "Parsing cluster connection string %q", base.UD(clusterAddress))
+	beforeFromConnStr := time.Now()
 	err = config.FromConnStr(clusterAddress)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if d := time.Since(beforeFromConnStr); d > base.FromConnStrWarningThreshold {
+		base.WarnfCtx(ctx, "Parsed cluster connection string %q in: %v", base.UD(clusterAddress), d)
+	} else {
+		base.DebugfCtx(ctx, base.KeyAll, "Parsed cluster connection string %q in: %v", base.UD(clusterAddress), d)
+	}
 
 	agent, err := gocbcore.CreateAgent(&config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1838,9 +1845,9 @@ func (sc *ServerContext) Database(ctx context.Context, name string) *db.Database
 }
 
 func (sc *ServerContext) initializeCouchbaseServerConnections(ctx context.Context) error {
-	base.InfofCtx(ctx, base.KeyAll, "initializing server connections")
+	base.InfofCtx(ctx, base.KeyAll, "Initializing server connections")
 	defer func() {
-		base.InfofCtx(ctx, base.KeyAll, "finished initializing server connections")
+		base.InfofCtx(ctx, base.KeyAll, "Finished initializing server connections")
 	}()
 	goCBAgent, err := sc.initializeGoCBAgent(ctx)
 	if err != nil {