diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema_gen.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema_gen.py
index da05aaf5e4e177..cb37cb6e390d7b 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema_gen.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema_gen.py
@@ -527,19 +527,32 @@ def _process_schema(
                 )
         elif self.store_table_refs:
             # Need table_refs to calculate lineage and usage
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Lightweight table discovery for dataset {dataset_name} in project {project_id}"
+            )
             for table_item in self.schema_api.list_tables(dataset_name, project_id):
+                table_type = getattr(table_item, "table_type", "UNKNOWN")
+
                 identifier = BigqueryTableIdentifier(
                     project_id=project_id,
                     dataset=dataset_name,
                     table=table_item.table_id,
                 )
+
+                logger.debug(f"Processing {table_type}: {identifier.raw_table_name()}")
+
                 if not self.config.table_pattern.allowed(identifier.raw_table_name()):
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"Dropped by table_pattern: {identifier.raw_table_name()}"
+                    )
                     self.report.report_dropped(identifier.raw_table_name())
                     continue
                 try:
-                    self.table_refs.add(
-                        str(BigQueryTableRef(identifier).get_sanitized_table_ref())
+                    table_ref = str(
+                        BigQueryTableRef(identifier).get_sanitized_table_ref()
                     )
+                    self.table_refs.add(table_ref)
+                    logger.debug(f"Added to table_refs: {table_ref}")
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.warning(
                         f"Could not create table ref for {table_item.path}: {e}"
@@ -628,14 +641,24 @@ def _process_table(
         table_identifier = BigqueryTableIdentifier(project_id, dataset_name, table.name)
 
         self.report.report_entity_scanned(table_identifier.raw_table_name())
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Full schema processing - Scanning TABLE: {table_identifier.raw_table_name()}"
+        )
 
         if not self.config.table_pattern.allowed(table_identifier.raw_table_name()):
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Full schema processing - Dropped TABLE by table_pattern: {table_identifier.raw_table_name()}"
+            )
             self.report.report_dropped(table_identifier.raw_table_name())
             return
 
         if self.store_table_refs:
-            self.table_refs.add(
-                str(BigQueryTableRef(table_identifier).get_sanitized_table_ref())
+            table_ref = str(
+                BigQueryTableRef(table_identifier).get_sanitized_table_ref()
+            )
+            self.table_refs.add(table_ref)
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Full schema processing - Added TABLE to table_refs: {table_ref}"
             )
         table.column_count = len(columns)
 
@@ -668,13 +691,20 @@ def _process_view(
         table_identifier = BigqueryTableIdentifier(project_id, dataset_name, view.name)
 
         self.report.report_entity_scanned(table_identifier.raw_table_name(), "view")
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Full schema processing - Scanning VIEW: {table_identifier.raw_table_name()}"
+        )
 
         if not self.config.view_pattern.allowed(table_identifier.raw_table_name()):
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Full schema processing - Dropped VIEW by view_pattern: {table_identifier.raw_table_name()}"
+            )
             self.report.report_dropped(table_identifier.raw_table_name())
             return
 
         table_ref = str(BigQueryTableRef(table_identifier).get_sanitized_table_ref())
         self.table_refs.add(table_ref)
+        logger.debug(f"Full schema processing - Added VIEW to table_refs: {table_ref}")
         if view.view_definition:
             self.view_refs_by_project[project_id].add(table_ref)
             self.view_definitions[table_ref] = view.view_definition
@@ -720,6 +750,9 @@ def _process_snapshot(
 
         table_ref = str(BigQueryTableRef(table_identifier).get_sanitized_table_ref())
         self.table_refs.add(table_ref)
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Full schema processing - Added SNAPSHOT to table_refs: {table_ref}"
+        )
         if snapshot.base_table_identifier:
             self.snapshot_refs_by_project[project_id].add(table_ref)
             self.snapshots_by_ref[table_ref] = snapshot
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/queries_extractor.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/queries_extractor.py
index 8097890d38afcf..fcd7e8b7491450 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/queries_extractor.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/queries_extractor.py
@@ -245,12 +245,18 @@ def is_temp_table(self, name: str) -> bool:
             #   1. this name would be allowed by the dataset patterns, and
             #   2. we have a list of discovered tables, and
             #   3. it's not in the discovered tables list
+
             if (
                 self.filters.is_allowed(table)
                 and self.discovered_tables
-                and str(BigQueryTableRef(table)) not in self.discovered_tables
+                and self.identifiers.standardize_identifier_case(
+                    str(BigQueryTableRef(table))
+                )
+                not in self.discovered_tables
             ):
-                logger.debug(f"inferred as temp table {name}")
+                logger.debug(
+                    f"Inferred as temp table {name} (is_allowed?{self.filters.is_allowed(table)})"
+                )
                 self.report.inferred_temp_tables.add(name)
                 return True
 
@@ -263,7 +269,10 @@ def is_allowed_table(self, name: str) -> bool:
             table = BigqueryTableIdentifier.from_string_name(name)
             if (
                 self.discovered_tables
-                and str(BigQueryTableRef(table)) not in self.discovered_tables
+                and self.identifiers.standardize_identifier_case(
+                    str(BigQueryTableRef(table))
+                )
+                not in self.discovered_tables
             ):
                 logger.debug(f"not allowed table {name}")
                 return False