diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f55d5853..8e49f8ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - The lifetime of auto generated TLS certificates is now configurable with the role and roleGroup
   config property `requestedSecretLifetime`. This helps reducing frequent Pod restarts ([#722]).
+- Run a `containerdebug` process in the background of each Airflow container to collect debugging information ([#730]).
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#717]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/717
 [#718]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/718
 [#722]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/722
+[#730]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/730
 
 ## [24.11.0] - 2024-11-18
 
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
index ac80b72a..c7c4f06c 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
@@ -938,6 +938,13 @@ async fn build_node_rolegroup_statefulset(
         ..EnvVar::default()
     });
 
+    // Needed for the `containerdebug` process to log it's tracing information to.
+    env_vars.push(EnvVar {
+        name: "CONTAINERDEBUG_LOG_DIRECTORY".to_string(),
+        value: Some(format!("{STACKABLE_LOG_DIR}/containerdebug")),
+        value_from: None,
+    });
+
     env_vars.push(zookeeper_env_var(
         "ZOOKEEPER_HOSTS",
         &nifi.spec.cluster_config.zookeeper_config_map_name,
@@ -1084,6 +1091,7 @@ async fn build_node_rolegroup_statefulset(
             {COMMON_BASH_TRAP_FUNCTIONS}
             {remove_vector_shutdown_file_command}
             prepare_signal_handlers
+            containerdebug --output={STACKABLE_LOG_DIR}/containerdebug-state.json --loop &
             bin/nifi.sh run &
             wait_for_termination $!
             {create_vector_shutdown_file_command}
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/31-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/32-assert.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/31-assert.yaml
rename to tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/32-assert.yaml
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/33-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/33-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2a98140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/33-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# This test checks if the containerdebug-state.json file is present and valid
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 600
+commands:
+  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container nifi test-nifi-node-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status '"valid JSON"'