diff --git a/src/go.mod b/src/go.mod
index 9c031a21c..7a8aced9e 100644
--- a/src/go.mod
+++ b/src/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v1.2.0
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.186
+	github.com/alcionai/clues v0.0.0-20230120231953-1cf61dbafc40
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.184
 	github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-go v1.8.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
diff --git a/src/go.sum b/src/go.sum
index f1407e45f..2644af9be 100644
--- a/src/go.sum
+++ b/src/go.sum
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.2.0 h1:f58SaIzcDXrSy3kWaHNvuJgJ3Nmz59Zji6XoJR/q1o
 github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.2.0/go.mod h1:nz4BbCtbLyFDeC9SUHbtcT5644juEuWfUAUnGx7j5l4=
 github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d h1:licZJFw2RwpHMqeKTCYkitsPqHNxTmd4SNR5r94FGM8=
 github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d/go.mod h1:asat636LX7Bqt5lYEZ27JNDcqxfjdBQuJ/MM4CN/Lzo=
+github.com/alcionai/clues v0.0.0-20230120231953-1cf61dbafc40 h1:bvAwz0dcJeIyRjudVyzmmawOvc4SqlSerKd0B4dh0yw=
+github.com/alcionai/clues v0.0.0-20230120231953-1cf61dbafc40/go.mod h1:UlAs8jkWIpsOMakiC8NxPgQQVQRdvyf1hYMszlYYLb4=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk5
 github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1 h1:V7yhSDDn8LP4lc4jS8pFkt0zCnzVJlG5JXy9BVKJUX0=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4 h1:V7DdXeJtZscaqfNuAdSRuRFzuiKlHSC/Zh3zl9qY3JY=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4/go.mod h1:fO7iG3H7G2nSZ7m0zPUDn85XEX2GTukHGRSepvi9Eig=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.186 h1:HInpD2b9FXgJIcP/WDRuSW4Wri9i5WVglO9okFFuOow=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.186/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.184 h1:/MggyE66rOImXJKl1HqhLQITvWvqIV7w1Q4MaG6FHUo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.184/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-go v1.8.0 h1:0xncHZ588wB/geLjbM/esoW3FOEThWy2TJyb4VXfLFY=
 github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-go v1.8.0/go.mod h1:7LKe47H+j3evfvS1+q0wzpoaGXGrF3mUsfM+thqVO+A=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
diff --git a/src/internal/operations/backup.go b/src/internal/operations/backup.go
index e2c2bd0eb..a5a955150 100644
--- a/src/internal/operations/backup.go
+++ b/src/internal/operations/backup.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alcionai/clues"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -119,6 +120,14 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 
 	op.Results.BackupID = model.StableID(uuid.NewString())
 
+	ctx = clues.AddAll(
+		ctx,
+		"tenant_id", tenantID, // TODO: pii
+		"resource_owner", op.ResourceOwner, // TODO: pii
+		"backup_id", op.Results.BackupID,
+		"service", op.Selectors.Service,
+		"incremental", uib)
+
 	op.bus.Event(
 		ctx,
 		events.BackupStart,
@@ -174,6 +183,8 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		return opStats.readErr
 	}
 
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "collections", len(cs))
+
 	opStats.k, backupDetails, toMerge, err = consumeBackupDataCollections(
 		ctx,
 		op.kopia,
diff --git a/src/internal/operations/restore.go b/src/internal/operations/restore.go
index f7505fa7d..03c203b05 100644
--- a/src/internal/operations/restore.go
+++ b/src/internal/operations/restore.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alcionai/clues"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -129,6 +130,12 @@ func (op *RestoreOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (restoreDetails *details.De
 
 	detailsStore := streamstore.New(op.kopia, op.account.ID(), op.Selectors.PathService())
 
+	ctx = clues.AddAll(
+		ctx,
+		"tenant_id", op.account.ID(), // TODO: pii
+		"backup_id", op.BackupID,
+		"service", op.Selectors.Service)
+
 	bup, deets, err := getBackupAndDetailsFromID(
 		ctx,
 		op.BackupID,
@@ -142,6 +149,8 @@ func (op *RestoreOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (restoreDetails *details.De
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "resource_owner", bup.Selector.DiscreteOwner)
+
 	op.bus.Event(
 		ctx,
 		events.RestoreStart,
@@ -159,6 +168,8 @@ func (op *RestoreOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (restoreDetails *details.De
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "details_paths", len(paths))
+
 	observe.Message(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("Discovered %d items in backup %s to restore", len(paths), op.BackupID))
 
 	kopiaComplete, closer := observe.MessageWithCompletion(ctx, "Enumerating items in repository")
@@ -174,6 +185,8 @@ func (op *RestoreOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (restoreDetails *details.De
 	}
 	kopiaComplete <- struct{}{}
 
+	ctx = clues.Add(ctx, "collections", len(dcs))
+
 	opStats.cs = dcs
 	opStats.resourceCount = len(data.ResourceOwnerSet(dcs))