diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 5381b0526..d9072725b 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ window.sessionFeatureFlags = {
   useTestNet: Boolean(
     process.env.NODE_APP_INSTANCE && process.env.NODE_APP_INSTANCE.includes('testnet')
   ),
+  debug: {
+    debugFileServerRequests: false,
+    debugNonSnodeRequests: false,
+    debugOnionRequests: false,
+  },
 };
 
 window.versionInfo = {
diff --git a/ts/interactions/conversations/unsendingInteractions.ts b/ts/interactions/conversations/unsendingInteractions.ts
index 64a1c4c8f..777997400 100644
--- a/ts/interactions/conversations/unsendingInteractions.ts
+++ b/ts/interactions/conversations/unsendingInteractions.ts
@@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ const doDeleteSelectedMessagesInSOGS = async (
   //#region open group v2 deletion
   // Get our Moderator status
   const isAdmin = conversation.isAdmin(ourDevicePubkey);
+  const isModerator = conversation.isModerator(ourDevicePubkey);
 
-  if (!isAllOurs && !isAdmin) {
+  if (!isAllOurs && !(isAdmin || isModerator)) {
     ToastUtils.pushMessageDeleteForbidden();
     window.inboxStore?.dispatch(resetSelectedMessageIds());
     return;
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/file_server_api/FileServerApi.ts b/ts/session/apis/file_server_api/FileServerApi.ts
index 5d12ad4e3..5d8b0cefa 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/file_server_api/FileServerApi.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/file_server_api/FileServerApi.ts
@@ -73,12 +73,18 @@ export const downloadFileFromFileServer = async (
     return null;
   }
 
+  const urlToGet = `${POST_GET_FILE_ENDPOINT}/${fileId}`;
+  if (window.sessionFeatureFlags?.debug.debugFileServerRequests) {
+    window.log.info(`about to try to download fsv2: "${urlToGet}"`);
+  }
   const result = await OnionSending.getBinaryViaOnionV4FromFileServer({
     abortSignal: new AbortController().signal,
-    endpoint: `${POST_GET_FILE_ENDPOINT}/${fileId}`,
+    endpoint: urlToGet,
     method: 'GET',
   });
-
+  if (window.sessionFeatureFlags?.debug.debugFileServerRequests) {
+    window.log.info(`download fsv2: "${urlToGet} got result:`, JSON.stringify(result));
+  }
   if (!result) {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/onions.ts b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/onions.ts
index bdd2d29c2..5180debe7 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/onions.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/onions.ts
@@ -782,6 +782,16 @@ async function sendOnionRequestHandlingSnodeEject({
       abortSignal,
       useV4,
     });
+
+    if (window.sessionFeatureFlags?.debug.debugOnionRequests) {
+      window.log.info(
+        `sendOnionRequestHandlingSnodeEject: sendOnionRequestNoRetries: useV4:${useV4} destSnodeX25519:${destSnodeX25519}; \nfinalDestOptions:${JSON.stringify(
+          finalDestOptions
+        )}; \nfinalRelayOptions:${JSON.stringify(finalRelayOptions)}\n\n result: ${JSON.stringify(
+          result
+        )}`
+      );
+    }
     response = result.response;
     if (
       !isEmpty(finalRelayOptions) &&
diff --git a/ts/session/onions/onionSend.ts b/ts/session/onions/onionSend.ts
index 88925dc93..7b710bb22 100644
--- a/ts/session/onions/onionSend.ts
+++ b/ts/session/onions/onionSend.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ const sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries = async (
   }
 
   const payloadObj = buildSendViaOnionPayload(url, fetchOptions);
+
+  if (window.sessionFeatureFlags?.debug.debugNonSnodeRequests) {
+    window.log.info(
+      'sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries: buildSendViaOnionPayload returned ',
+      JSON.stringify(payloadObj)
+    );
+  }
   // if protocol is forced to 'http:' => just use http (without the ':').
   // otherwise use https as protocol (this is the default)
   const forcedHttp = url.protocol === PROTOCOLS.HTTP;
@@ -121,7 +128,12 @@ const sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries = async (
     result = await pRetry(
       async () => {
         const pathNodes = await OnionSending.getOnionPathForSending();
-
+        if (window.sessionFeatureFlags?.debug.debugNonSnodeRequests) {
+          window.log.info(
+            'sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries: getOnionPathForSending returned',
+            JSON.stringify(pathNodes)
+          );
+        }
         if (!pathNodes) {
           throw new Error('getOnionPathForSending is emtpy');
         }
@@ -140,6 +152,12 @@ const sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries = async (
           useV4: true,
           throwErrors,
         });
+        if (window.sessionFeatureFlags?.debug.debugNonSnodeRequests) {
+          window.log.info(
+            'sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries: sendOnionRequestHandlingSnodeEject returned: ',
+            JSON.stringify(onionV4Response)
+          );
+        }
 
         if (abortSignal?.aborted) {
           // if the request was aborted, we just want to stop retries.
@@ -175,6 +193,12 @@ const sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries = async (
               bodyBinary: decodedV4?.bodyBinary || null,
             };
           }
+          if (foundStatusCode === 404) {
+            // this is most likely that a 404 won't fix itself. So just stop right here retries by throwing a non retryable error
+            throw new pRetry.AbortError(
+              `Got 404 while sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries with url:${url}. Stopping retries`
+            );
+          }
           // we consider those cases as an error, and trigger a retry (if possible), by throwing a non-abortable error
           throw new Error(
             `sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries failed with status code: ${foundStatusCode}. Retrying...`
@@ -419,6 +443,9 @@ async function getBinaryViaOnionV4FromFileServer(sendOptions: {
   }
   const builtUrl = new URL(`${fileServerURL}${endpoint}`);
 
+  if (window.sessionFeatureFlags?.debug.debugFileServerRequests) {
+    window.log.info(`getBinaryViaOnionV4FromFileServer fsv2: "${builtUrl} `);
+  }
   const res = await OnionSending.sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries(
     fileServerPubKey,
     builtUrl,
@@ -432,6 +459,12 @@ async function getBinaryViaOnionV4FromFileServer(sendOptions: {
     abortSignal
   );
 
+  if (window.sessionFeatureFlags?.debug.debugFileServerRequests) {
+    window.log.info(
+      `getBinaryViaOnionV4FromFileServer fsv2: "${builtUrl}; got:`,
+      JSON.stringify(res)
+    );
+  }
   return res as OnionV4BinarySnodeResponse;
 }
 
diff --git a/ts/window.d.ts b/ts/window.d.ts
index 71d0ce995..c07742648 100644
--- a/ts/window.d.ts
+++ b/ts/window.d.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ declare global {
     sessionFeatureFlags: {
       useOnionRequests: boolean;
       useTestNet: boolean;
+      debug: {
+        debugFileServerRequests: boolean;
+        debugNonSnodeRequests: boolean;
+        debugOnionRequests: boolean;
+      };
     };
     SessionSnodeAPI: SessionSnodeAPI;
     onLogin: any;