diff --git a/osquery/dispatcher/distributed_runner.cpp b/osquery/dispatcher/distributed_runner.cpp
index 39ff56bb95a..75773a20b7d 100644
--- a/osquery/dispatcher/distributed_runner.cpp
+++ b/osquery/dispatcher/distributed_runner.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
  */
 
 #include <chrono>
+#include <string>
 
 #include <osquery/core/flags.h>
 #include <osquery/core/system.h>
 #include <osquery/database/database.h>
 #include <osquery/distributed/distributed.h>
+#include <osquery/logger/logger.h>
 
 #include <osquery/dispatcher/distributed_runner.h>
 #include <osquery/utils/conversions/tryto.h>
@@ -26,15 +28,42 @@ FLAG(uint64,
      "Seconds between polling for new queries (default 60)")
 
 DECLARE_bool(disable_distributed);
+DECLARE_bool(openframe_mode);
 DECLARE_string(distributed_plugin);
 
 const size_t kDistributedAccelerationInterval = 5;
 
+static void logOutcomeChange(const char* operation,
+                             const Status& status,
+                             std::string& last) {
+  const auto message = status.ok() ? std::string() : status.getMessage();
+  if (message == last) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  last = message;
+  if (status.ok()) {
+    LOG(INFO) << operation << ": recovered";
+  } else {
+    LOG(ERROR) << operation << ": " << message;
+  }
+}
+
 void DistributedRunner::start() {
   auto dist = Distributed();
+  std::string last_read_error;
+  std::string last_write_error;
+
   while (!interrupted()) {
-    dist.pullUpdates();
-    dist.runQueries();
+    const auto read_status = dist.pullUpdates();
+    const auto write_status = dist.runQueries();
+    if (FLAGS_openframe_mode) {
+      logOutcomeChange(
+          "Reading distributed queries", read_status, last_read_error);
+      logOutcomeChange(
+          "Writing distributed query results", write_status, last_write_error);
+    }
+
     dist.cleanupExpiredRunningQueries();
 
     std::string accelerate_checkins_expire_str = "-1";
diff --git a/osquery/distributed/distributed.cpp b/osquery/distributed/distributed.cpp
index e9d313a2122..cf3f24d6fa4 100644
--- a/osquery/distributed/distributed.cpp
+++ b/osquery/distributed/distributed.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ FLAG(uint64,
      "Seconds to denylist distributed queries (default 1 day)");
 
 DECLARE_bool(verbose);
+DECLARE_bool(openframe_mode);
 
 std::string Distributed::currentRequestId_{""};
 
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ void Distributed::addResult(const DistributedQueryResult& result) {
 
 Status Distributed::runQueries() {
   auto queries = getPendingQueries();
+  size_t failed = 0;
 
   for (const auto& query : queries) {
     auto request = popRequest(query);
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ Status Distributed::runQueries() {
       result.status = Status(1, "Denylisted");
       result.message = "distributed query is denylisted";
       addResult(result);
+      ++failed;
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -184,6 +187,7 @@ Status Distributed::runQueries() {
     const auto ok = sql.getStatus().ok();
     const auto& msg = ok ? "" : sql.getMessageString();
     if (!ok) {
+      ++failed;
       LOG(ERROR) << "Error executing distributed query: " << request.id << ": "
                  << msg;
     }
@@ -194,6 +198,12 @@ Status Distributed::runQueries() {
         request, sql.rows(), sql.columns(), sql.getStatus(), msg);
     addResult(result);
   }
+
+  if (FLAGS_openframe_mode && !queries.empty()) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "Executed " << queries.size() << " distributed queries ("
+              << failed << " failed)";
+  }
+
   return flushCompleted();
 }
 
@@ -273,6 +283,10 @@ Status Distributed::flushCompleted() {
                      {{"action", "writeResults"}, {"results", results}},
                      response);
   if (s.ok()) {
+    if (FLAGS_openframe_mode) {
+      LOG(INFO) << "Sent results for " << getCompletedCount()
+                << " distributed queries";
+    }
     results_.clear();
     performance_.clear();
   }