diff --git a/compactor/src/hot.rs b/compactor/src/hot.rs
index e2e0bf0916..f022a077db 100644
--- a/compactor/src/hot.rs
+++ b/compactor/src/hot.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 /// Hot compaction. Returns the number of compacted partitions.
 pub async fn compact(compactor: Arc<Compactor>) -> usize {
+    let compaction_type = "hot";
     // Select hot partition candidates
-    debug!("start collecting hot partitions to compact");
-    let hot_attributes = Attributes::from(&[("partition_type", "hot")]);
+    debug!(
+        compaction_type,
+        "start collecting partitions to compact"
+    );
+    let attributes = Attributes::from(&[("partition_type", compaction_type)]);
     let start_time = compactor.time_provider.now();
     let candidates = Backoff::new(&compactor.backoff_config)
         .retry_all_errors("hot_partitions_to_compact", || async {
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ pub async fn compact(compactor: Arc<Compactor>) -> usize {
     {
         let duration = compactor
             .candidate_selection_duration
-            .recorder(hot_attributes.clone());
+            .recorder(attributes.clone());
         duration.record(delta);
     }
 
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ pub async fn compact(compactor: Arc<Compactor>) -> usize {
     // Column types and their counts of the tables of the partition candidates
     debug!(
         num_candidates=?candidates.len(),
+        compaction_type,
         "start getting column types for the partition candidates"
     );
     let table_columns = Backoff::new(&compactor.backoff_config)
@@ -61,7 +66,8 @@ pub async fn compact(compactor: Arc<Compactor>) -> usize {
     // Add other compaction-needed info into selected partitions
     debug!(
         num_candidates=?candidates.len(),
-        "start getting column types for the partition candidates"
+        compaction_type,
+        "start getting additional info for the partition candidates"
     );
     let candidates = Backoff::new(&compactor.backoff_config)
         .retry_all_errors("add_info_to_partitions", || async {
@@ -77,23 +83,23 @@ pub async fn compact(compactor: Arc<Compactor>) -> usize {
     {
         let duration = compactor
             .partitions_extra_info_reading_duration
-            .recorder(hot_attributes.clone());
+            .recorder(attributes.clone());
         duration.record(delta);
     }
 
     let n_candidates = candidates.len();
     if n_candidates == 0 {
-        debug!("no hot compaction candidates found");
+        debug!(compaction_type, "no compaction candidates found");
         return 0;
     } else {
-        debug!(n_candidates, "found hot compaction candidates");
+        debug!(n_candidates, compaction_type, "found compaction candidates");
     }
 
     let start_time = compactor.time_provider.now();
 
     compact_candidates_with_memory_budget(
         Arc::clone(&compactor),
-        "hot",
+        compaction_type,
         |compactor: Arc<Compactor>,
          partition: PartitionCompactionCandidateWithInfo,
          parquet_files_for_compaction: ParquetFilesForCompaction,
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ pub async fn compact(compactor: Arc<Compactor>) -> usize {
         .now()
         .checked_duration_since(start_time)
     {
-        let duration = compactor.compaction_cycle_duration.recorder(hot_attributes);
+        let duration = compactor.compaction_cycle_duration.recorder(attributes);
         duration.record(delta);
     }