diff --git a/pkg/ext-proc/backend/metrics.go b/pkg/ext-proc/backend/metrics.go
index 7d7b5470..d0e9fab5 100644
--- a/pkg/ext-proc/backend/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/ext-proc/backend/metrics.go
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ func (p *Provider) refreshMetricsOnce() error {
 	defer func() {
 		d := time.Now().Sub(start)
 		// TODO: add a metric instead of logging
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Refreshed metrics in %v", d)
+		klog.V(4).Infof("Refreshed metrics in %v", d)
 	}()
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	var errs error
 	processOnePod := func(key, value any) bool {
+		klog.V(4).Infof("Processing pod %v and metric %v", key, value)
 		pod := key.(Pod)
 		metrics := value.(*PodMetrics)
 		wg.Add(1)
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func (p *Provider) refreshMetricsOnce() error {
 				return
 			}
 			updated, err := promToPodMetrics(metricFamilies, metrics)
-			klog.V(3).Infof("Updated metrics for pod %s: %v", pod, updated.Metrics)
+			klog.V(4).Infof("Updated metrics for pod %s: %v", pod, updated.Metrics)
 			if err != nil {
 				multierr.Append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to get all pod metrics updated from prometheus: %v", err))
 			}
@@ -67,17 +68,17 @@ func promToPodMetrics(metricFamilies map[string]*dto.MetricFamily, existing *Pod
 	updated := existing.Clone()
 	runningQueueSize, _, err := getLatestMetric(metricFamilies, RunningQueueSizeMetricName)
 	multierr.Append(errs, err)
-	if err != nil {
-		updated.RunningQueueSize = int(runningQueueSize.GetCounter().GetValue())
+	if err == nil {
+		updated.RunningQueueSize = int(runningQueueSize.GetGauge().GetValue())
 	}
 	waitingQueueSize, _, err := getLatestMetric(metricFamilies, WaitingQueueSizeMetricName)
 	multierr.Append(errs, err)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil {
 		updated.WaitingQueueSize = int(waitingQueueSize.GetGauge().GetValue())
 	}
 	cachePercent, _, err := getLatestMetric(metricFamilies, KVCacheUsagePercentMetricName)
 	multierr.Append(errs, err)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil {
 		updated.KVCacheUsagePercent = cachePercent.GetGauge().GetValue()
 	}
 	/* TODO: uncomment once this is available in vllm.
@@ -126,10 +127,11 @@ func getLatestMetric(metricFamilies map[string]*dto.MetricFamily, metricName str
 	var latestTs int64
 	var latest *dto.Metric
 	for _, m := range mf.GetMetric() {
-		if m.GetTimestampMs() > latestTs {
+		if m.GetTimestampMs() >= latestTs {
 			latestTs = m.GetTimestampMs()
 			latest = m
 		}
 	}
+	klog.V(4).Infof("Got metric value %+v for metric %v", latest, metricName)
 	return latest, time.Unix(0, latestTs*1000), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ext-proc/backend/provider.go b/pkg/ext-proc/backend/provider.go
index 60fb627c..143daa9d 100644
--- a/pkg/ext-proc/backend/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/ext-proc/backend/provider.go
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ func (p *Provider) Init(refreshPodsInterval, refreshMetricsInterval time.Duratio
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to init metrics: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Initialized pods and metrics: %+v", p.AllPodMetrics())
+	klog.Infof("Initialized pods and metrics: %+v", p.AllPodMetrics())
 
 	// periodically refresh pods
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			time.Sleep(refreshPodsInterval)
 			if err := p.refreshPodsOnce(); err != nil {
-				klog.V(1).Infof("Failed to refresh podslist pods: %v", err)
+				klog.V(4).Infof("Failed to refresh podslist pods: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -81,11 +81,21 @@ func (p *Provider) Init(refreshPodsInterval, refreshMetricsInterval time.Duratio
 		for {
 			time.Sleep(refreshMetricsInterval)
 			if err := p.refreshMetricsOnce(); err != nil {
-				klog.V(1).Infof("Failed to refresh metrics: %v", err)
+				klog.V(4).Infof("Failed to refresh metrics: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
 
+	// Periodically print out the pods and metrics for DEBUGGING.
+	if klog.V(2).Enabled() {
+		go func() {
+			for {
+				time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+				klog.Infof("===DEBUG: Current Pods and metrics: %+v", p.AllPodMetrics())
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/request.go b/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/request.go
index 6fe06303..150f5cf4 100644
--- a/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/request.go
+++ b/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/request.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 // parameter.
 // Envoy sends the request body to ext proc before sending the request to the backend server.
 func (s *Server) HandleRequestBody(reqCtx *RequestContext, req *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest) (*extProcPb.ProcessingResponse, error) {
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Handling request body")
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Handling request body")
 
 	// Unmarshal request body (must be JSON).
 	v := req.Request.(*extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestBody)
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ func (s *Server) HandleRequestBody(reqCtx *RequestContext, req *extProcPb.Proces
 		klog.Errorf("Error unmarshaling request body: %v", err)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling request body: %v", err)
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Request body: %v", rb)
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Request body: %v", rb)
 
 	// Resolve target models.
 	model, ok := rb["model"].(string)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("model not found in request")
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Model requested: %v", model)
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Model requested: %v", model)
 	llmReq := &scheduling.LLMRequest{
 		Model: model,
 		// For now use the model as the target model.
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ func (s *Server) HandleRequestBody(reqCtx *RequestContext, req *extProcPb.Proces
 		klog.Errorf("Error marshaling request body: %v", err)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error marshaling request body: %v", err)
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Updated body: %v", updatedBody)
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Updated body: %v", updatedBody)
 
 	targetPod, err := s.scheduler.Schedule(llmReq)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find target pod: %v", err)
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Selected target model %v in target pod: %v\n", llmReq.ResolvedTargetModel, targetPod)
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Selected target model %v in target pod: %v\n", llmReq.ResolvedTargetModel, targetPod)
 
 	reqCtx.Model = llmReq.Model
 	reqCtx.TargetPod = targetPod
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (s *Server) HandleRequestBody(reqCtx *RequestContext, req *extProcPb.Proces
 	}
 	// Print headers for debugging
 	for _, header := range headers {
-		klog.V(2).Infof("[request_body] Header Key: %s, Header Value: %s\n", header.Header.Key, header.Header.RawValue)
+		klog.V(3).Infof("[request_body] Header Key: %s, Header Value: %s\n", header.Header.Key, header.Header.RawValue)
 	}
 
 	resp := &extProcPb.ProcessingResponse{
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ func (s *Server) HandleRequestBody(reqCtx *RequestContext, req *extProcPb.Proces
 }
 
 func HandleRequestHeaders(reqCtx *RequestContext, req *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest) *extProcPb.ProcessingResponse {
-	klog.V(2).Info("--- In RequestHeaders processing ...")
+	klog.V(3).Info("--- In RequestHeaders processing ...")
 	r := req.Request
 	h := r.(*extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestHeaders)
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Headers: %+v\n", h)
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Headers: %+v\n", h)
 
 	resp := &extProcPb.ProcessingResponse{
 		Response: &extProcPb.ProcessingResponse_RequestHeaders{
diff --git a/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/response.go b/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/response.go
index 1719b45a..7378b800 100644
--- a/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/response.go
+++ b/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/response.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import (
 
 // HandleResponseHeaders processes response headers from the backend model server.
 func (s *Server) HandleResponseHeaders(reqCtx *RequestContext, req *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest) (*extProcPb.ProcessingResponse, error) {
-	klog.V(2).Info("Processing ResponseHeaders")
+	klog.V(3).Info("Processing ResponseHeaders")
 	h := req.Request.(*extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_ResponseHeaders)
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Headers before: %+v\n", h)
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Headers before: %+v\n", h)
 
 	resp := &extProcPb.ProcessingResponse{
 		Response: &extProcPb.ProcessingResponse_ResponseHeaders{
diff --git a/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/server.go b/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/server.go
index e2aee316..82d9bb69 100644
--- a/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/server.go
+++ b/pkg/ext-proc/handlers/server.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type PodProvider interface {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer) error {
-	klog.V(2).Info("Processing")
+	klog.V(3).Info("Processing")
 	ctx := srv.Context()
 	// Create request context to share states during life time of an HTTP request.
 	// See https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/17540.
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ func (s *Server) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 		if err != nil {
+			// This error occurs very frequently, though it doesn't seem to have any impact.
+			// TODO Figure out if we can remove this noise.
+			klog.V(3).Infof("cannot receive stream request: %v", err)
 			return status.Errorf(codes.Unknown, "cannot receive stream request: %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -66,15 +69,15 @@ func (s *Server) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer) error {
 		switch v := req.Request.(type) {
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestHeaders:
 			resp = HandleRequestHeaders(reqCtx, req)
-			klog.V(2).Infof("Request context after HandleRequestHeaders: %v", reqCtx)
+			klog.V(3).Infof("Request context after HandleRequestHeaders: %v", reqCtx)
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestBody:
 			resp, err = s.HandleRequestBody(reqCtx, req)
-			klog.V(2).Infof("Request context after HandleRequestBody: %v", reqCtx)
+			klog.V(3).Infof("Request context after HandleRequestBody: %v", reqCtx)
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_ResponseHeaders:
 			resp, err = s.HandleResponseHeaders(reqCtx, req)
-			klog.V(2).Infof("Request context after HandleResponseHeaders: %v", reqCtx)
+			klog.V(3).Infof("Request context after HandleResponseHeaders: %v", reqCtx)
 		default:
-			klog.Infof("Unknown Request type %+v", v)
+			klog.Errorf("Unknown Request type %+v", v)
 			return status.Error(codes.Unknown, "unknown request type")
 		}
 
@@ -83,9 +86,9 @@ func (s *Server) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer) error {
 			return status.Errorf(codes.Unknown, "failed to handle request: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		klog.V(2).Infof("response: %v", resp)
+		klog.V(3).Infof("response: %v", resp)
 		if err := srv.Send(resp); err != nil {
-			klog.Infof("send error %v", err)
+			klog.Errorf("send error %v", err)
 			return status.Errorf(codes.Unknown, "failed to send response back to Envoy: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ext-proc/scheduling/filter.go b/pkg/ext-proc/scheduling/filter.go
index 11e223a8..c8097a06 100644
--- a/pkg/ext-proc/scheduling/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/ext-proc/scheduling/filter.go
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ func (f *filter) Name() string {
 
 func (f *filter) Filter(b *LLMRequest, pods []*backend.PodMetrics) ([]*backend.PodMetrics, error) {
 	if f == nil {
-		klog.V(2).Infof("Running nil filter, returning all input pods by default")
+		klog.V(3).Infof("Running nil filter, returning all input pods by default")
 		return pods, nil
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Running filter %q on request %v with %v pods", f.name, b, len(pods))
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Running filter %q on request %v with %v pods", f.name, b, len(pods))
 
 	filtered, err := f.filter(b, pods)
 
 	next := f.nextOnSuccessOrFailure
 	if err == nil {
-		klog.V(2).Infof("onSuccess %v -> %v, filtered: %v", f.name, next.Name(), len(filtered))
+		klog.V(3).Infof("onSuccess %v -> %v, filtered: %v", f.name, next.Name(), len(filtered))
 		if f.nextOnSuccess != nil {
 			next = f.nextOnSuccess
 		}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (f *filter) Filter(b *LLMRequest, pods []*backend.PodMetrics) ([]*backend.P
 		return next.Filter(b, filtered)
 	}
 
-	klog.V(2).Infof("onFailure %v -> %v", f.name, next.Name())
+	klog.V(3).Infof("onFailure %v -> %v", f.name, next.Name())
 	if f.nextOnFailure != nil {
 		next = f.nextOnFailure
 	}
@@ -88,32 +88,57 @@ func toFilterFunc(pp podPredicate) filterFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// leastQueuingFilterFunc finds the max and min queue size of all pods, divides the whole range
+// (max-min) by the number of pods, and finds the pods that fall into the first range.
+// The intuition is that if there are multiple pods that share similar queue size in the low range,
+// we should consider them all instead of the absolute minimum one. This worked better than picking
+// the least one as it gives more choices for the next filter, which on aggregate gave better
+// results.
+// TODO: Compare this strategy with other strategies such as top K.
 func leastQueuingFilterFunc(b *LLMRequest, pods []*backend.PodMetrics) ([]*backend.PodMetrics, error) {
 	min := math.MaxInt
+	max := 0
 	filtered := []*backend.PodMetrics{}
+
 	for _, pod := range pods {
-		if pod.WaitingQueueSize < min {
+		if pod.WaitingQueueSize <= min {
 			min = pod.WaitingQueueSize
-			filtered = []*backend.PodMetrics{}
 		}
-		if pod.WaitingQueueSize == min {
+		if pod.WaitingQueueSize >= max {
+			max = pod.WaitingQueueSize
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		if pod.WaitingQueueSize >= min && pod.WaitingQueueSize <= min+(max-min)/len(pods) {
 			filtered = append(filtered, pod)
 		}
 	}
 	return filtered, nil
 }
 
+// leastKVCacheFilterFunc finds the max and min KV cache of all pods, divides the whole range
+// (max-min) by the number of pods, and finds the pods that fall into the first range.
+// The intuition is that if there are multiple pods that share similar KV cache in the low range, we
+// should consider them all instead of the absolute minimum one. This worked better than picking the
+// least one as it gives more choices for the next filter, which on aggregate gave better results.
+// TODO: Compare this strategy with other strategies such as top K.
 func leastKVCacheFilterFunc(b *LLMRequest, pods []*backend.PodMetrics) ([]*backend.PodMetrics, error) {
-	min := math.MaxInt
+	min := math.MaxFloat64
+	max := math.SmallestNonzeroFloat64
 	filtered := []*backend.PodMetrics{}
-	margin := 5
+
 	for _, pod := range pods {
-		cur := int(pod.KVCacheUsagePercent) / margin
-		if cur < min {
-			min = cur
-			filtered = []*backend.PodMetrics{}
+		if pod.KVCacheUsagePercent <= min {
+			min = pod.KVCacheUsagePercent
+		}
+		if pod.KVCacheUsagePercent >= max {
+			max = pod.KVCacheUsagePercent
 		}
-		if cur == min {
+	}
+
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		if pod.KVCacheUsagePercent >= min && pod.KVCacheUsagePercent <= min+(max-min)/float64(len(pods)) {
 			filtered = append(filtered, pod)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ext-proc/scheduling/scheduler.go b/pkg/ext-proc/scheduling/scheduler.go
index be7501ae..9bcd25bb 100644
--- a/pkg/ext-proc/scheduling/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/ext-proc/scheduling/scheduler.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package scheduling
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 
 	klog "k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -44,10 +45,10 @@ type PodMetricsProvider interface {
 
 // Schedule finds the target pod based on metrics and the requested lora adapter.
 func (s *Scheduler) Schedule(b *LLMRequest) (targetPod *backend.Pod, err error) {
-	klog.V(2).Infof("request: %v; metrics: %+v", b, s.podMetricsProvider.AllPodMetrics())
+	klog.V(3).Infof("request: %v; metrics: %+v", b, s.podMetricsProvider.AllPodMetrics())
 	pods, err := s.filter.Filter(b, s.podMetricsProvider.AllPodMetrics())
 	if err != nil || len(pods) == 0 {
-		klog.Errorf("Failed to apply filter, this should never happen: %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to apply filter, resulted %v pods, this should never happen: %v", len(pods), err)
 	}
 	i := rand.Intn(len(pods))
 	return &pods[i].Pod, nil