diff --git a/crates/sui-core/src/authority/authority_per_epoch_store.rs b/crates/sui-core/src/authority/authority_per_epoch_store.rs
index 4f0ca326b23fe..e6e7315ad7224 100644
--- a/crates/sui-core/src/authority/authority_per_epoch_store.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-core/src/authority/authority_per_epoch_store.rs
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ impl AuthorityPerEpochStore {
             epoch_id
         );
         let epoch_start_configuration = Arc::new(epoch_start_configuration);
+        info!("epoch flags: {:?}", epoch_start_configuration.flags());
         metrics.current_epoch.set(epoch_id as i64);
         metrics
             .current_voting_right
diff --git a/crates/sui-core/src/state_accumulator.rs b/crates/sui-core/src/state_accumulator.rs
index c849e3e86c821..f67f150839721 100644
--- a/crates/sui-core/src/state_accumulator.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-core/src/state_accumulator.rs
@@ -678,6 +678,10 @@ impl StateAccumulatorV2 {
         checkpoint_acc: Option<Accumulator>,
     ) -> SuiResult {
         let _scope = monitored_scope("AccumulateRunningRoot");
+        tracing::info!(
+            "accumulating running root for checkpoint {}",
+            checkpoint_seq_num
+        );
 
         // For the last checkpoint of the epoch, this function will be called once by the
         // checkpoint builder, and again by checkpoint executor.
diff --git a/crates/sui-e2e-tests/tests/reconfiguration_tests.rs b/crates/sui-e2e-tests/tests/reconfiguration_tests.rs
index 85363a6c97af1..c21ace857d90c 100644
--- a/crates/sui-e2e-tests/tests/reconfiguration_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-e2e-tests/tests/reconfiguration_tests.rs
@@ -710,6 +710,72 @@ async fn do_test_reconfig_with_committee_change_stress() {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(msim)]
+#[sim_test]
+async fn test_epoch_flag_upgrade() {
+    use std::any;
+
+    use std::sync::Mutex;
+    use sui_core::authority::epoch_start_configuration::EpochFlag;
+    use sui_core::authority::epoch_start_configuration::EpochStartConfigTrait;
+    use sui_macros::register_fail_point_arg;
+
+    let initial_flags_nodes = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::new()));
+    register_fail_point_arg("initial_epoch_flags", move || {
+        // only alter flags on each node once
+        let current_node = sui_simulator::current_simnode_id();
+
+        // override flags on up to 2 nodes.
+        let mut initial_flags_nodes = initial_flags_nodes.lock().unwrap();
+        if initial_flags_nodes.len() >= 2 || !initial_flags_nodes.insert(current_node) {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        // start with no flags set
+        Some(Vec::<EpochFlag>::new())
+    });
+
+    let test_cluster = TestClusterBuilder::new()
+        .with_epoch_duration_ms(30000)
+        .build()
+        .await;
+
+    let mut any_empty = false;
+    for node in test_cluster.all_node_handles() {
+        any_empty = any_empty
+            || node.with(|node| {
+                node.state()
+                    .epoch_store_for_testing()
+                    .epoch_start_config()
+                    .flags()
+                    .is_empty()
+            });
+    }
+    assert!(any_empty);
+
+    test_cluster.wait_for_epoch_all_nodes(1).await;
+
+    let mut any_empty = false;
+    for node in test_cluster.all_node_handles() {
+        any_empty = any_empty
+            || node.with(|node| {
+                node.state()
+                    .epoch_store_for_testing()
+                    .epoch_start_config()
+                    .flags()
+                    .is_empty()
+            });
+    }
+    assert!(!any_empty);
+
+    sleep(Duration::from_secs(15)).await;
+
+    test_cluster.stop_all_validators().await;
+    test_cluster.start_all_validators().await;
+
+    test_cluster.wait_for_epoch_all_nodes(2).await;
+}
+
 #[cfg(msim)]
 #[sim_test]
 async fn safe_mode_reconfig_test() {