diff --git a/pghoard/basebackup/delta.py b/pghoard/basebackup/delta.py
index 016c9b90..58e2b274 100644
--- a/pghoard/basebackup/delta.py
+++ b/pghoard/basebackup/delta.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class HasReadAndSeek(HasRead, HasSeek, Protocol):
 FilesChunk = Set[Tuple]
 SnapshotFiles = Dict[str, SnapshotFile]
 PROGRESS_CHECK_INTERVAL = 10
-STALLED_PROGRESS_THRESHOLD = 600
 
 EMPTY_FILE_HASH = hashlib.blake2s().hexdigest()
 
@@ -88,25 +87,16 @@ def progress_callback(progress_step: ProgressStep, progress_data: ProgressMetric
                 persisted_progress = PersistedProgress.read(self.metrics)
                 progress_info = persisted_progress.get(key)
                 tags: dict = {"phase": progress_step.value}
+                self.last_flush_time = time.monotonic()
 
                 if progress_data["handled"] > progress_info.current_progress:
                     progress_info.update(progress_data["handled"])
                     persisted_progress.write(self.metrics)
-                    self.last_flush_time = time.monotonic()
                     self.metrics.gauge("pghoard.seconds_since_backup_progress_stalled", 0, tags=tags)
-                    self.log.info(
-                        "Updated snapshot progress for %s to %d files; elapsed time since last check: %.2f seconds.",
-                        progress_step.value, progress_data["handled"], elapsed
-                    )
                 else:
                     stalled_age = progress_info.age
                     self.metrics.gauge("pghoard.seconds_since_backup_progress_stalled", stalled_age, tags=tags)
 
-                    if stalled_age >= STALLED_PROGRESS_THRESHOLD:
-                        self.log.warning(
-                            "Snapshot progress for %s has been stalled for %s seconds.", progress_step, stalled_age
-                        )
-
         self.last_flush_time = time.monotonic()
         snapshotter.snapshot(reuse_old_snapshotfiles=False, progress_callback=progress_callback)
         snapshot_result = SnapshotResult(end=None, state=None, hashes=None)
diff --git a/pghoard/transfer.py b/pghoard/transfer.py
index 68b39a33..24160507 100644
--- a/pghoard/transfer.py
+++ b/pghoard/transfer.py
@@ -412,9 +412,8 @@ def run_safe(self):
             if file_to_transfer.callback_queue:
                 file_to_transfer.callback_queue.put(result)
 
-            operation_type = file_to_transfer.operation
             status = "FAILED" if not result.success else "successfully"
-            log_msg = f"{operation_type.capitalize()} of key: {key}, " \
+            log_msg = f"{oper.capitalize()} of key: {key}, " \
                       f"size: {oper_size}, {status} in {time.monotonic() - start_time:.3f}s"
             self.log.info(log_msg)