diff --git a/crates/buzz-relay/src/api/bridge.rs b/crates/buzz-relay/src/api/bridge.rs
index a118ff453f..414f0dd8f4 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-relay/src/api/bridge.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-relay/src/api/bridge.rs
@@ -654,12 +654,13 @@ pub async fn submit_event(
         submit_event_authed(&state, &tenant, &headers, &body, pubkey, event_id_bytes).await;
 
     match &outcome {
-        SubmitOutcome::Ok { accepted, .. } => {
+        SubmitOutcome::Ok { accepted, kind, .. } => {
             tracing::info!(
                 pubkey = %pubkey_hex,
                 route = "/events",
                 status = 200u16,
                 accepted,
+                kind,
                 "HTTP bridge request"
             );
         }
@@ -713,6 +714,10 @@ enum SubmitOutcome {
     /// Ingest pipeline ran and returned a result (accepted or not).
     Ok {
         accepted: bool,
+        /// Event kind, so an accepted message (kind 9) is distinguishable in
+        /// the log from an accepted typing indicator (kind 7) or deletion
+        /// (kind 5) — all of which travel the same `/events` route.
+        kind: u32,
         response: Json<Value>,
     },
     /// JSON parse failure before ingest — log category/line/column, not msg.
@@ -843,6 +848,7 @@ async fn submit_event_authed(
             }));
             SubmitOutcome::Ok {
                 accepted: result.accepted,
+                kind: kind_u32,
                 response,
             }
         }