diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/org.eclipse.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 516af6ca8a04..ea963949ec2a 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.text/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.text
-Bundle-Version: 3.14.600.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 3.14.700.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
+Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.text.internal.TextPlugin
 Export-Package: 
  org.eclipse.jface.text; text="split"; mandatory:="text",
  org.eclipse.jface.text.link; text="split"; mandatory:="text",
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ Export-Package:
  org.eclipse.jface.text.templates; text="split"; mandatory:="text",
  org.eclipse.text.edits,
  org.eclipse.text.html,
+ org.eclipse.text.internal;x-internal:=true,
  org.eclipse.text.readers,
  org.eclipse.text.templates,
  org.eclipse.text.undo
@@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ Require-Bundle:
  org.eclipse.core.runtime;bundle-version="[3.29.0,4.0.0)"
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-17
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.text
+Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/CopyOnWriteTextStore.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/CopyOnWriteTextStore.java
index 8c20b2a62516..afca03f744a5 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/CopyOnWriteTextStore.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/CopyOnWriteTextStore.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
 
+import org.eclipse.text.internal.TextPlugin;
+
 
 /**
  * Copy-on-write <code>ITextStore</code> wrapper.
@@ -135,6 +137,9 @@ public int getLength() {
 
 	@Override
 	public void replace(int offset, int length, String text) {
+		if (TextPlugin.DEBUG) {
+			TextPlugin.trace("CopyOnWriteTextStore.replace() offset=" + offset + ", length=" + length + ", text=" + text); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
+		}
 		if (fTextStore != fModifiableTextStore) {
 			String content= fTextStore.get(0, fTextStore.getLength());
 			fTextStore= fModifiableTextStore;
@@ -145,8 +150,12 @@ public void replace(int offset, int length, String text) {
 
 	@Override
 	public void set(String text) {
+		if (TextPlugin.DEBUG) {
+			TextPlugin.trace("CopyOnWriteTextStore.set() text=" + text); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
 		fTextStore= new StringTextStore(text);
 		fModifiableTextStore.set(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
 
+
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/GapTextStore.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/GapTextStore.java
index 41ab32f890c2..c61f15e44309 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/GapTextStore.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/text/GapTextStore.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
 
+import org.eclipse.text.internal.TextPlugin;
+
 
 /**
  * Implements a gap managing text store. The gap text store relies on the assumption that
@@ -186,6 +188,9 @@ public final void set(String text) {
 
 	@Override
 	public final void replace(int offset, int length, String text) {
+		if (TextPlugin.DEBUG) {
+			TextPlugin.trace("GapTextStore.replace() offset=" + offset + ", length=" + length + ", text=" + text); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
+		}
 		if (text == null) {
 			adjustGap(offset, length, 0);
 		} else {
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/text/internal/TextPlugin.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/text/internal/TextPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..629ceb8df97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.text/src/org/eclipse/text/internal/TextPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) Simeon Andreev and others.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Simeon Andreev - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.text.internal;
+
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
+
+import org.eclipse.osgi.service.debug.DebugOptions;
+import org.eclipse.osgi.service.debug.DebugOptionsListener;
+import org.eclipse.osgi.service.debug.DebugTrace;
+
+public class TextPlugin implements BundleActivator, DebugOptionsListener {
+
+	public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "org.eclipse.text"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	private static final String DEBUG_FLAG = PLUGIN_ID + "/debug"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	private static DebugTrace debugTrace;
+
+	public static boolean DEBUG = false;
+
+	@Override
+	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
+		Hashtable<String, String> props = new Hashtable<>(2);
+		props.put(DebugOptions.LISTENER_SYMBOLICNAME, PLUGIN_ID);
+		context.registerService(DebugOptionsListener.class.getName(), this, props);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void optionsChanged(DebugOptions options) {
+		debugTrace = options.newDebugTrace(PLUGIN_ID, TextPlugin.class);
+		DEBUG = options.getBooleanOption(DEBUG_FLAG, false);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Prints the given message to the OSGi tracing (if enabled)
+	 *
+	 * @param message the message or <code>null</code>
+	 */
+	public static void trace(String message) {
+		if (DEBUG) {
+			debugTrace.trace(null, message, null);
+		}
+	}
+}