diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApi.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApi.java
index 347caf52d5057b0dd8e3b67c1e517f9bbe1ccab9..ce5d01e3c3ee31a9f69465871209cc7f015df5ad 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApi.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApi.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import javax.validation.Valid;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import lombok.extern.java.Log;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.indexer.RecordInfo;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.search.RecordChangedMessages;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.search.SearchServiceRole;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.SwaggerDoc;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.logging.AuditLogger;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.service.IndexerService;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@ public class CleanupIndiciesApi {
   @Autowired
   private IndexerService indexerService;
 
+  @Autowired
+  private AuditLogger auditLogger;
+
   @PostMapping(path = "/index-cleanup", consumes = "application/json")
   @PreAuthorize("@authorizationFilter.hasPermission('" + SearchServiceRole.ADMIN + "')")
   public ResponseEntity cleanupIndices(@NotNull(message = SwaggerDoc.REQUEST_VALIDATION_NOT_NULL_BODY)
@@ -69,6 +74,10 @@ public class CleanupIndiciesApi {
         return new ResponseEntity(HttpStatus.OK);
       }
       indexerService.processSchemaMessages(recordInfos);
+
+      auditLogger.getIndexCleanUpJobRun(recordInfos.stream()
+              .map(RecordInfo::getKind)
+              .collect(Collectors.toList()));
       return new ResponseEntity(HttpStatus.OK);
     } catch (AppException e) {
       throw e;
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/logging/AuditEvents.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/logging/AuditEvents.java
index 9ac4df7da845cbd6014f19d4e53602011ffb8dbb..1f0970f1db6b0a629b2dbfa7a34d1b3d54f11a04 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/logging/AuditEvents.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/logging/AuditEvents.java
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public class AuditEvents {
 
     private static final String INDEX_PURGE_RECORD_ACTION_ID = "IN004";
 
+    private static final String INDEX_STARTED_ACTION_ID = "IN006";
+    private static final String INDEX_STARTED_OPERATION = "Indexing started";
+
     private static final String REINDEX_KIND_ACTION_ID = "IN007";
     private static final String REINDEX_KIND_OPERATION = "Reindex kind";
 
@@ -151,6 +154,17 @@ public class AuditEvents {
                 .build();
     }
 
+    public AuditPayload getIndexEvent(List<String> resources) {
+        return AuditPayload.builder()
+                .action(AuditAction.CREATE)
+                .status(AuditStatus.SUCCESS)
+                .actionId(INDEX_STARTED_ACTION_ID)
+                .message(INDEX_STARTED_OPERATION)
+                .resources(resources)
+                .user(this.user)
+                .build();
+    }
+
     public AuditPayload getReindexEvent(List<String> resources) {
         return AuditPayload.builder()
                 .action(AuditAction.CREATE)
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/logging/AuditLogger.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/logging/AuditLogger.java
index aaf148f82d20bbc05b674225cafe68a881dc4a52..431e99afc29e4f4714ce3121057ecae2a81891ed 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/logging/AuditLogger.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/logging/AuditLogger.java
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ public class AuditLogger {
         this.writeLog(this.getAuditEvents().getIndexPurgeRecordFailEvent(resources));
     }
 
+    public void indexStarted(List<String> resources) {
+        this.writeLog(this.getAuditEvents().getIndexEvent(resources));
+    }
+
     public void getReindex(List<String> resources) {
         this.writeLog(this.getAuditEvents().getReindexEvent(resources));
     }
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerServiceImpl.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerServiceImpl.java
index 36f91af2405098e188a4113b009e165dfd4500be..e77ef8f0908bbf9e718562ad4322aa9284756f73 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/service/IndexerServiceImpl.java
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ public class IndexerServiceImpl implements IndexerService {
                 retryRecordIds.addAll(deleteFailureRecordIds);
             }
 
+            auditLogger.indexStarted(recordInfos.stream()
+                            .map(RecordInfo::getKind)
+                            .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+
             // process schema change messages
             Map<String, OperationType> schemaMsgs = RecordInfo.getSchemaMsgs(recordInfos);
             if (schemaMsgs != null && !schemaMsgs.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/indexer-core/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApiTest.java b/indexer-core/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApiTest.java
index 6a9f2ead5cf965f9e05f0e1d1782d97843ff7deb..f8236796ac646bdafe88df3ddcd7667002b2ccd1 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApiTest.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/api/CleanupIndiciesApiTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.AppException;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.DpsHeaders;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.search.RecordChangedMessages;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.search.Config;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.logging.AuditLogger;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.service.IndexerService;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.indexer.util.IndexerQueueTaskBuilder;
 import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ public class CleanupIndiciesApiTest {
   @Mock
   private IndexerService indexerService;
 
+  @Mock
+  private AuditLogger auditLogger;
+
   @Before
   public void setup() {
     initMocks(this);