diff --git a/sqlmesh/cli/main.py b/sqlmesh/cli/main.py
index 57e42d8a72..f3e1d54ba2 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/cli/main.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/cli/main.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from sqlmesh.cli.example_project import ProjectTemplate, init_example_project
 from sqlmesh.core.analytics import cli_analytics
 from sqlmesh.core.console import configure_console, get_console
+from sqlmesh.utils import Verbosity
 from sqlmesh.core.config import load_configs
 from sqlmesh.core.context import Context
 from sqlmesh.utils.date import TimeLike
@@ -442,7 +443,10 @@ def diff(ctx: click.Context, environment: t.Optional[str] = None) -> None:
 @error_handler
 @cli_analytics
 def plan(
-    ctx: click.Context, verbose: bool, environment: t.Optional[str] = None, **kwargs: t.Any
+    ctx: click.Context,
+    verbose: int,
+    environment: t.Optional[str] = None,
+    **kwargs: t.Any,
 ) -> None:
     """Apply local changes to the target environment."""
     context = ctx.obj
@@ -450,7 +454,8 @@ def plan(
     select_models = kwargs.pop("select_model") or None
     allow_destructive_models = kwargs.pop("allow_destructive_model") or None
     backfill_models = kwargs.pop("backfill_model") or None
-    setattr(get_console(), "verbose", verbose)
+    setattr(get_console(), "verbosity", Verbosity(verbose))
+
     context.plan(
         environment,
         restate_models=restate_models,
@@ -643,7 +648,7 @@ def create_test(
 def test(
     obj: Context,
     k: t.List[str],
-    verbose: bool,
+    verbose: int,
     preserve_fixtures: bool,
     tests: t.List[str],
 ) -> None:
@@ -651,7 +656,7 @@ def test(
     result = obj.test(
         match_patterns=k,
         tests=tests,
-        verbose=verbose,
+        verbosity=Verbosity(verbose),
         preserve_fixtures=preserve_fixtures,
     )
     if not result.wasSuccessful():
@@ -703,13 +708,13 @@ def fetchdf(ctx: click.Context, sql: str) -> None:
 @click.pass_obj
 @error_handler
 @cli_analytics
-def info(obj: Context, skip_connection: bool, verbose: bool) -> None:
+def info(obj: Context, skip_connection: bool, verbose: int) -> None:
     """
     Print information about a SQLMesh project.
 
     Includes counts of project models and macros and connection tests for the data warehouse.
     """
-    obj.print_info(skip_connection=skip_connection, verbose=verbose)
+    obj.print_info(skip_connection=skip_connection, verbosity=Verbosity(verbose))
 
 
 @cli.command("ui")
@@ -904,7 +909,11 @@ def rewrite(obj: Context, sql: str, read: str = "", write: str = "") -> None:
 @error_handler
 @cli_analytics
 def prompt(
-    ctx: click.Context, prompt: str, evaluate: bool, temperature: float, verbose: bool
+    ctx: click.Context,
+    prompt: str,
+    evaluate: bool,
+    temperature: float,
+    verbose: int,
 ) -> None:
     """Uses LLM to generate a SQL query from a prompt."""
     from sqlmesh.integrations.llm import LLMIntegration
@@ -915,7 +924,7 @@ def prompt(
         context.models.values(),
         context.engine_adapter.dialect,
         temperature=temperature,
-        verbose=verbose,
+        verbosity=Verbosity(verbose),
     )
     query = llm_integration.query(prompt)
 
diff --git a/sqlmesh/cli/options.py b/sqlmesh/cli/options.py
index 869cd46e19..7a26b237cc 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/cli/options.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/cli/options.py
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@
 verbose = click.option(
     "-v",
     "--verbose",
-    is_flag=True,
-    help="Verbose output.",
+    count=True,
+    help="Verbose output. Use -vv for very verbose output.",
 )
diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/console.py b/sqlmesh/core/console.py
index 9c889e8df6..d46d1a3ef5 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/console.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/console.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 )
 from sqlmesh.core.test import ModelTest
 from sqlmesh.utils import rich as srich
+from sqlmesh.utils import Verbosity
 from sqlmesh.utils.concurrency import NodeExecutionFailedError
 from sqlmesh.utils.date import time_like_to_str, to_date, yesterday_ds
 from sqlmesh.utils.errors import (
@@ -310,10 +311,13 @@ def show_row_diff(
     def print_environments(self, environments_summary: t.Dict[str, int]) -> None:
         """Prints all environment names along with expiry datetime."""
 
-    def _limit_model_names(self, tree: Tree, verbose: bool = False) -> Tree:
+    def _limit_model_names(self, tree: Tree, verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT) -> Tree:
         """Trim long indirectly modified model lists below threshold."""
         modified_length = len(tree.children)
-        if not verbose and modified_length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD:
+        if (
+            verbosity < Verbosity.VERY_VERBOSE
+            and modified_length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD
+        ):
             tree.children = [
                 tree.children[0],
                 Tree(f".... {modified_length-2} more ...."),
@@ -516,7 +520,7 @@ class TerminalConsole(Console):
     def __init__(
         self,
         console: t.Optional[RichConsole] = None,
-        verbose: bool = False,
+        verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT,
         dialect: DialectType = None,
         ignore_warnings: bool = False,
         **kwargs: t.Any,
@@ -548,7 +552,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.loading_status: t.Dict[uuid.UUID, Status] = {}
 
-        self.verbose = verbose
+        self.verbosity = verbosity
         self.dialect = dialect
         self.ignore_warnings = ignore_warnings
 
@@ -673,7 +677,7 @@ def start_creation_progress(
     def update_creation_progress(self, snapshot: SnapshotInfoLike) -> None:
         """Update the snapshot creation progress."""
         if self.creation_progress is not None and self.creation_task is not None:
-            if self.verbose:
+            if self.verbosity >= Verbosity.VERBOSE:
                 self.creation_progress.live.console.print(
                     f"{snapshot.display_name(self.environment_naming_info, self.default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)} [green]created[/green]"
                 )
@@ -749,7 +753,7 @@ def start_promotion_progress(
     def update_promotion_progress(self, snapshot: SnapshotInfoLike, promoted: bool) -> None:
         """Update the snapshot promotion progress."""
         if self.promotion_progress is not None and self.promotion_task is not None:
-            if self.verbose:
+            if self.verbosity >= Verbosity.VERBOSE:
                 action_str = "[green]promoted[/green]" if promoted else "[yellow]demoted[/yellow]"
                 self.promotion_progress.live.console.print(
                     f"{snapshot.display_name(self.environment_naming_info, self.default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)} {action_str}"
@@ -971,7 +975,7 @@ def _show_summary_tree_for(
                 added_tree.add(
                     f"[added]{snapshot.display_name(environment_naming_info, default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)}"
                 )
-            tree.add(self._limit_model_names(added_tree, self.verbose))
+            tree.add(self._limit_model_names(added_tree, self.verbosity))
         if removed_snapshot_ids:
             removed_tree = Tree("[bold][removed]Removed:")
             for s_id in sorted(removed_snapshot_ids):
@@ -979,7 +983,7 @@ def _show_summary_tree_for(
                 removed_tree.add(
                     f"[removed]{snapshot_table_info.display_name(environment_naming_info, default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)}"
                 )
-            tree.add(self._limit_model_names(removed_tree, self.verbose))
+            tree.add(self._limit_model_names(removed_tree, self.verbosity))
         if modified_snapshot_ids:
             direct = Tree("[bold][direct]Directly Modified:")
             indirect = Tree("[bold][indirect]Indirectly Modified:")
@@ -1007,7 +1011,7 @@ def _show_summary_tree_for(
             if direct.children:
                 tree.add(direct)
             if indirect.children:
-                tree.add(self._limit_model_names(indirect, self.verbose))
+                tree.add(self._limit_model_names(indirect, self.verbosity))
             if metadata.children:
                 tree.add(metadata)
         self._print(tree)
@@ -1077,7 +1081,7 @@ def _prompt_categorize(
                     f"[indirect]{child_snapshot.display_name(plan.environment_naming_info, default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)}"
                 )
             if indirect_tree:
-                indirect_tree = self._limit_model_names(indirect_tree, self.verbose)
+                indirect_tree = self._limit_model_names(indirect_tree, self.verbosity)
 
             self._print(tree)
             if not no_prompts:
@@ -1107,7 +1111,7 @@ def _show_categorized_snapshots(self, plan: Plan, default_catalog: t.Optional[st
                         f"[indirect]{child_snapshot.display_name(plan.environment_naming_info, default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)} ({child_category_str})"
                     )
                 if indirect_tree:
-                    indirect_tree = self._limit_model_names(indirect_tree, self.verbose)
+                    indirect_tree = self._limit_model_names(indirect_tree, self.verbosity)
             elif context_diff.metadata_updated(snapshot.name):
                 tree = Tree(
                     f"\n[bold][metadata]Metadata Updated: {snapshot.display_name(plan.environment_naming_info, default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)}"
@@ -1144,7 +1148,7 @@ def _show_missing_dates(self, plan: Plan, default_catalog: t.Optional[str]) -> N
             )
 
         if backfill:
-            backfill = self._limit_model_names(backfill, self.verbose)
+            backfill = self._limit_model_names(backfill, self.verbosity)
         self._print(backfill)
 
     def _prompt_effective_from(
@@ -1993,7 +1997,10 @@ def show_model_difference_summary(
             self._print("\n**Added Models:**")
             added_models = sorted(added_snapshot_models)
             list_length = len(added_models)
-            if not self.verbose and list_length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD:
+            if (
+                self.verbosity < Verbosity.VERY_VERBOSE
+                and list_length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD
+            ):
                 self._print(added_models[0])
                 self._print(f"- `.... {list_length-2} more ....`\n")
                 self._print(added_models[-1])
@@ -2017,7 +2024,10 @@ def show_model_difference_summary(
             self._print("\n**Removed Models:**")
             removed_models = sorted(removed_model_snapshot_table_infos)
             list_length = len(removed_models)
-            if not self.verbose and list_length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD:
+            if (
+                self.verbosity < Verbosity.VERY_VERBOSE
+                and list_length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD
+            ):
                 self._print(removed_models[0])
                 self._print(f"- `.... {list_length-2} more ....`\n")
                 self._print(removed_models[-1])
@@ -2062,7 +2072,7 @@ def show_model_difference_summary(
                 indirectly_modified = sorted(indirectly_modified)
                 modified_length = len(indirectly_modified)
                 if (
-                    not self.verbose
+                    self.verbosity < Verbosity.VERY_VERBOSE
                     and modified_length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD
                 ):
                     self._print(
@@ -2106,7 +2116,10 @@ def _show_missing_dates(self, plan: Plan, default_catalog: t.Optional[str]) -> N
             )
 
         length = len(snapshots)
-        if not self.verbose and length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD:
+        if (
+            self.verbosity < Verbosity.VERY_VERBOSE
+            and length > self.INDIRECTLY_MODIFIED_DISPLAY_THRESHOLD
+        ):
             self._print(snapshots[0])
             self._print(f"- `.... {length-2} more ....`\n")
             self._print(snapshots[-1])
@@ -2135,7 +2148,7 @@ def _show_categorized_snapshots(self, plan: Plan, default_catalog: t.Optional[st
                         f"[indirect]{child_snapshot.display_name(plan.environment_naming_info, default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)} ({child_category_str})"
                     )
                 if indirect_tree:
-                    indirect_tree = self._limit_model_names(indirect_tree, self.verbose)
+                    indirect_tree = self._limit_model_names(indirect_tree, self.verbosity)
             elif context_diff.metadata_updated(snapshot.name):
                 tree = Tree(
                     f"[bold][metadata]Metadata Updated: {snapshot.display_name(plan.environment_naming_info, default_catalog, dialect=self.dialect)}"
@@ -2364,7 +2377,7 @@ def __init__(
     ) -> None:
         self.console: RichConsole = console or srich.console
         self.dialect = dialect
-        self.verbose = False
+        self.verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT
         self.ignore_warnings = ignore_warnings
 
     def _write(self, msg: t.Any, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> None:
diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/context.py b/sqlmesh/core/context.py
index f45130ac61..66d78138bc 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/context.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/context.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     run_tests,
 )
 from sqlmesh.core.user import User
-from sqlmesh.utils import UniqueKeyDict
+from sqlmesh.utils import UniqueKeyDict, Verbosity
 from sqlmesh.utils.dag import DAG
 from sqlmesh.utils.date import TimeLike, now_ds, to_timestamp, format_tz_datetime
 from sqlmesh.utils.errors import (
@@ -1741,16 +1741,13 @@ def test(
         self,
         match_patterns: t.Optional[t.List[str]] = None,
         tests: t.Optional[t.List[str]] = None,
-        verbose: bool = False,
+        verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT,
         preserve_fixtures: bool = False,
         stream: t.Optional[t.TextIO] = None,
     ) -> ModelTextTestResult:
         """Discover and run model tests"""
-        if verbose:
+        if verbosity >= Verbosity.VERBOSE:
             pd.set_option("display.max_columns", None)
-            verbosity = 2
-        else:
-            verbosity = 1
 
         if tests:
             result = run_model_tests(
@@ -1954,7 +1951,9 @@ def create_external_models(self, strict: bool = False) -> None:
             )
 
     @python_api_analytics
-    def print_info(self, skip_connection: bool = False, verbose: bool = False) -> None:
+    def print_info(
+        self, skip_connection: bool = False, verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT
+    ) -> None:
         """Prints information about connections, models, macros, etc. to the console."""
         self.console.log_status_update(f"Models: {len(self.models)}")
         self.console.log_status_update(f"Macros: {len(self._macros) - len(macro.get_registry())}")
@@ -1962,7 +1961,7 @@ def print_info(self, skip_connection: bool = False, verbose: bool = False) -> No
         if skip_connection:
             return
 
-        if verbose:
+        if verbosity >= Verbosity.VERBOSE:
             self.console.log_status_update("")
             print_config(self.config.get_connection(self.gateway), self.console, "Connection")
             print_config(
@@ -2072,9 +2071,11 @@ def clear_caches(self) -> None:
         for path in self.configs:
             rmtree(path / c.CACHE)
 
-    def _run_tests(self, verbose: bool = False) -> t.Tuple[unittest.result.TestResult, str]:
+    def _run_tests(
+        self, verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT
+    ) -> t.Tuple[unittest.result.TestResult, str]:
         test_output_io = StringIO()
-        result = self.test(stream=test_output_io, verbose=verbose)
+        result = self.test(stream=test_output_io, verbosity=verbosity)
         return result, test_output_io.getvalue()
 
     def _run_plan_tests(
diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/test/__init__.py b/sqlmesh/core/test/__init__.py
index a09c24ab00..5c5cb36380 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/test/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/test/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     load_model_test_file as load_model_test_file,
 )
 from sqlmesh.core.test.result import ModelTextTestResult as ModelTextTestResult
-from sqlmesh.utils import UniqueKeyDict
+from sqlmesh.utils import UniqueKeyDict, Verbosity
 
 if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sqlmesh.core.config.loader import C
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def run_tests(
     config: C,
     gateway: t.Optional[str] = None,
     dialect: str | None = None,
-    verbosity: int = 1,
+    verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT,
     preserve_fixtures: bool = False,
     stream: t.TextIO | None = None,
     default_catalog: str | None = None,
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ def run_tests(
         result = t.cast(
             ModelTextTestResult,
             unittest.TextTestRunner(
-                stream=stream, verbosity=verbosity, resultclass=ModelTextTestResult
+                stream=stream,
+                verbosity=2 if verbosity >= Verbosity.VERBOSE else 1,
+                resultclass=ModelTextTestResult,
             ).run(unittest.TestSuite(tests)),
         )
     finally:
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ def run_model_tests(
     config: C,
     gateway: t.Optional[str] = None,
     dialect: str | None = None,
-    verbosity: int = 1,
+    verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT,
     patterns: list[str] | None = None,
     preserve_fixtures: bool = False,
     stream: t.TextIO | None = None,
diff --git a/sqlmesh/integrations/github/cicd/controller.py b/sqlmesh/integrations/github/cicd/controller.py
index 381116d9ad..b4364d6439 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/integrations/github/cicd/controller.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/integrations/github/cicd/controller.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 )
 from sqlmesh.core.user import User
 from sqlmesh.integrations.github.cicd.config import GithubCICDBotConfig
-from sqlmesh.utils import word_characters_only
+from sqlmesh.utils import word_characters_only, Verbosity
 from sqlmesh.utils.concurrency import NodeExecutionFailedError
 from sqlmesh.utils.date import now
 from sqlmesh.utils.errors import (
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ def run_tests(self) -> t.Tuple[unittest.result.TestResult, str]:
         """
         Run tests for the PR
         """
-        return self._context._run_tests(verbose=True)
+        return self._context._run_tests(verbosity=Verbosity.VERBOSE)
 
     def _get_or_create_comment(self, header: str = BOT_HEADER_MSG) -> IssueComment:
         comment = seq_get(
diff --git a/sqlmesh/integrations/llm.py b/sqlmesh/integrations/llm.py
index eb1c7148d5..a44ec79997 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/integrations/llm.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/integrations/llm.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from langchain import LLMChain, PromptTemplate
 from langchain.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
 
+from sqlmesh.utils import Verbosity
 from sqlmesh.core.model import Model
 
 _QUERY_PROMPT_TEMPLATE = """Given an input request, create a syntactically correct {dialect} SQL query.
@@ -25,13 +26,15 @@ def __init__(
         models: t.Iterable[Model],
         dialect: str,
         temperature: float = 0.7,
-        verbose: bool = False,
+        verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT,
     ):
         query_prompt_template = PromptTemplate.from_template(_QUERY_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).partial(
             dialect=dialect, table_info=_to_table_info(models)
         )
         llm = ChatOpenAI(temperature=temperature)  # type: ignore
-        self._query_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=query_prompt_template, verbose=verbose)
+        self._query_chain = LLMChain(
+            llm=llm, prompt=query_prompt_template, verbose=verbosity >= Verbosity.VERBOSE
+        )
 
     def query(self, prompt: str) -> str:
         result = self._query_chain.predict(input=prompt).strip()
diff --git a/sqlmesh/magics.py b/sqlmesh/magics.py
index e6bf530822..54a532978f 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/magics.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/magics.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 from IPython.core.magic_arguments import argument, magic_arguments, parse_argstring
 from IPython.utils.process import arg_split
 from rich.jupyter import JupyterRenderable
-
 from sqlmesh.cli.example_project import ProjectTemplate, init_example_project
 from sqlmesh.core import analytics
 from sqlmesh.core import constants as c
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@
 from sqlmesh.core.dialect import format_model_expressions, parse
 from sqlmesh.core.model import load_sql_based_model
 from sqlmesh.core.test import ModelTestMetadata, get_all_model_tests
-from sqlmesh.utils import sqlglot_dialects, yaml
+from sqlmesh.utils import sqlglot_dialects, yaml, Verbosity
 from sqlmesh.utils.errors import MagicError, MissingContextException, SQLMeshError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -437,12 +436,21 @@ def test(self, context: Context, line: str, test_def_raw: t.Optional[str] = None
         action="store_true",
         help="Output text differences for the rendered versions of the models and standalone audits",
     )
+    @argument(
+        "--verbose",
+        "-v",
+        action="count",
+        default=0,
+        help="Verbose output. Use -vv for very verbose.",
+    )
     @line_magic
     @pass_sqlmesh_context
     def plan(self, context: Context, line: str) -> None:
         """Goes through a set of prompts to both establish a plan and apply it"""
         args = parse_argstring(self.plan, line)
 
+        setattr(context.console, "verbosity", Verbosity(args.verbose))
+
         context.plan(
             args.environment,
             start=args.start,
@@ -962,7 +970,13 @@ def create_test(self, context: Context, line: str) -> None:
         type=str,
         help="Only run tests that match the pattern of substring.",
     )
-    @argument("--verbose", "-v", action="store_true", help="Verbose output.")
+    @argument(
+        "--verbose",
+        "-v",
+        action="count",
+        default=0,
+        help="Verbose output. Use -vv for very verbose.",
+    )
     @argument(
         "--preserve-fixtures",
         action="store_true",
@@ -973,10 +987,11 @@ def create_test(self, context: Context, line: str) -> None:
     def run_test(self, context: Context, line: str) -> None:
         """Run unit test(s)."""
         args = parse_argstring(self.run_test, line)
+
         context.test(
             match_patterns=args.pattern,
             tests=args.tests,
-            verbose=args.verbose,
+            verbosity=Verbosity(args.verbose),
             preserve_fixtures=args.preserve_fixtures,
         )
 
@@ -1003,13 +1018,19 @@ def audit(self, context: Context, line: str) -> None:
         help="Skip the connection test.",
         default=False,
     )
-    @argument("--verbose", "-v", action="store_true", help="Verbose output.")
+    @argument(
+        "--verbose",
+        "-v",
+        action="count",
+        default=0,
+        help="Verbose output. Use -vv for very verbose.",
+    )
     @line_magic
     @pass_sqlmesh_context
     def info(self, context: Context, line: str) -> None:
         """Display SQLMesh project information."""
         args = parse_argstring(self.info, line)
-        context.print_info(skip_connection=args.skip_connection, verbose=args.verbose)
+        context.print_info(skip_connection=args.skip_connection, verbosity=Verbosity(args.verbose))
 
     @magic_arguments()
     @line_magic
diff --git a/sqlmesh/utils/__init__.py b/sqlmesh/utils/__init__.py
index c5e2540b37..51624408cd 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/utils/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from copy import deepcopy
+from enum import IntEnum
 from functools import lru_cache, reduce, wraps
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -338,3 +339,11 @@ def type_is_known(d_type: t.Union[exp.DataType, exp.ColumnDef]) -> bool:
 def columns_to_types_all_known(columns_to_types: t.Dict[str, exp.DataType]) -> bool:
     """Checks that all column types are known and not NULL."""
     return all(type_is_known(expression) for expression in columns_to_types.values())
+
+
+class Verbosity(IntEnum):
+    """Verbosity levels for SQLMesh output."""
+
+    DEFAULT = 0
+    VERBOSE = 1
+    VERY_VERBOSE = 2
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_cli.py b/tests/cli/test_cli.py
index b4b8df06e1..80f3a4a493 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_cli.py
@@ -274,6 +274,30 @@ def test_plan_verbose(runner, tmp_path):
     assert "sqlmesh_example.seed_model promoted" in result.output
 
 
+def test_plan_very_verbose(runner, tmp_path, copy_to_temp_path):
+    temp_path = copy_to_temp_path("examples/sushi")
+
+    # Input: `y` to apply and backfill
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        cli,
+        ["--log-file-dir", temp_path[0], "--paths", temp_path[0], "plan", "-v"],
+        input="y\n",
+    )
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    # models needing backfill list is still abbreviated with regular VERBOSE, so this should not be present
+    assert "sushi.customers: [full refresh]" not in result.output
+
+    # Input: `y` to apply and backfill
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        cli,
+        ["--log-file-dir", temp_path[0], "--paths", temp_path[0], "plan", "-vv"],
+        input="y\n",
+    )
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    # models needing backfill list is complete with VERY_VERBOSE, so this should be present
+    assert "sushi.customers: [full refresh]" in result.output
+
+
 def test_plan_dev(runner, tmp_path):
     create_example_project(tmp_path)
 
diff --git a/web/server/api/endpoints/commands.py b/web/server/api/endpoints/commands.py
index 8a03c2eb57..6655d3ce55 100644
--- a/web/server/api/endpoints/commands.py
+++ b/web/server/api/endpoints/commands.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Body, Depends, Request, Response
 from starlette.status import HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT
-
+from sqlmesh.core.console import Verbosity
 from sqlmesh.core.context import Context
 from sqlmesh.core.snapshot.definition import SnapshotChangeCategory
 from sqlmesh.core.test import ModelTest
@@ -136,14 +136,16 @@ async def render(
 @router.get("/test")
 async def test(
     test: t.Optional[str] = None,
-    verbose: bool = False,
+    verbosity: Verbosity = Verbosity.DEFAULT,
     context: Context = Depends(get_loaded_context),
 ) -> models.TestResult:
     """Run one or all model tests"""
     test_output = io.StringIO()
     try:
         result = context.test(
-            tests=[str(context.path / test)] if test else None, verbose=verbose, stream=test_output
+            tests=[str(context.path / test)] if test else None,
+            verbosity=verbosity,
+            stream=test_output,
         )
     except Exception:
         import traceback