diff --git a/pkg/node/node.go b/pkg/node/node.go
index 04d17fa9c18..ee89dc2fa1a 100644
--- a/pkg/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/node/node.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ import (
 const LoggerName = "node"
 
 type Bee struct {
+	logger                   log.Logger
 	p2pService               io.Closer
 	p2pHalter                p2p.Halter
 	ctxCancel                context.CancelFunc
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ func NewBee(
 	})
 
 	b = &Bee{
+		logger:         logger,
 		ctxCancel:      ctxCancel,
 		errorLogWriter: sink,
 		tracerCloser:   tracerCloser,
@@ -1351,12 +1353,18 @@ func (b *Bee) Shutdown() error {
 	}
 	// tryClose is a convenient closure which decrease
 	// repetitive io.Closer tryClose procedure.
-	tryClose := func(c io.Closer, errMsg string) {
+	tryClose := func(c io.Closer, component string) {
 		if c == nil {
 			return
 		}
+
+		start := time.Now()
+		b.logger.Debug("starting shutdown", "component", component)
+		defer func() {
+			b.logger.Debug("finished shutdown", "component", component, "elapsed", time.Since(start))
+		}()
 		if err := c.Close(); err != nil {
-			mErr = multierror.Append(mErr, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", errMsg, err))
+			mErr = multierror.Append(mErr, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", component, err))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1431,9 +1439,10 @@ func (b *Bee) Shutdown() error {
 	tryClose(b.topologyCloser, "topology driver")
 	tryClose(b.storageIncetivesCloser, "storage incentives agent")
 	tryClose(b.stabilizationDetector, "stabilization detector")
+	// close localstore before StateStore to avoid ErrClosed / incomplete flush.
+	tryClose(b.localstoreCloser, "localstore")
 	tryClose(b.stateStoreCloser, "statestore")
 	tryClose(b.stamperStoreCloser, "stamperstore")
-	tryClose(b.localstoreCloser, "localstore")
 	tryClose(b.resolverCloser, "resolver service")
 
 	return mErr
diff --git a/pkg/p2p/libp2p/libp2p.go b/pkg/p2p/libp2p/libp2p.go
index 9b696cd26e2..316cbd6171f 100644
--- a/pkg/p2p/libp2p/libp2p.go
+++ b/pkg/p2p/libp2p/libp2p.go
@@ -1019,7 +1019,14 @@ func (s *Service) Connect(ctx context.Context, addrs []ma.Multiaddr) (address *b
 				s.metrics.ConnectBreakerCount.Inc()
 				return nil, p2p.NewConnectionBackoffError(err, s.connectionBreaker.ClosedUntil())
 			}
-			s.logger.Warning("libp2p connect", "peer_id", peerID, "underlay", info.Addrs, "error", err)
+			if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
+				select {
+				case <-s.halt:
+					s.logger.Debug("libp2p connect", "peer_id", peerID, "underlay", info.Addrs, "error", err)
+				default:
+					s.logger.Warning("libp2p connect", "peer_id", peerID, "underlay", info.Addrs, "error", err)
+				}
+			}
 			connectErr = err
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/pullsync/pullsync.go b/pkg/pullsync/pullsync.go
index 0a1c0da6f60..27e6d176998 100644
--- a/pkg/pullsync/pullsync.go
+++ b/pkg/pullsync/pullsync.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (s *Syncer) handler(streamCtx context.Context, p p2p.Peer, stream p2p.Strea
 	}
 
 	// slow down future requests
-	waitDur, err := s.limiter.Wait(streamCtx, p.Address.ByteString(), max(1, len(chs)))
+	waitDur, err := s.limiter.Wait(ctx, p.Address.ByteString(), max(1, len(chs)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("rate limiter: %w", err)
 	}