diff --git a/packages/runtime/container-runtime/src/containerRuntime.ts b/packages/runtime/container-runtime/src/containerRuntime.ts
index 4eb755705233..432c7938b886 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/container-runtime/src/containerRuntime.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/container-runtime/src/containerRuntime.ts
@@ -3700,7 +3700,7 @@ export class ContainerRuntime
 				throw error;
 			}
 
-			await this.closeStaleSummarizer();
+			await this.closeStaleSummarizer("RefreshLatestSummaryAckFetch");
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -3727,12 +3727,22 @@ export class ContainerRuntime
 			null,
 		);
 
-		await this.closeStaleSummarizer();
+		await this.closeStaleSummarizer("RefreshLatestSummaryFromServerFetch");
 
 		return { latestSnapshotRefSeq, latestSnapshotVersionId: versionId };
 	}
 
-	private async closeStaleSummarizer(): Promise<void> {
+	private async closeStaleSummarizer(codePath: string): Promise<void> {
+		this.mc.logger.sendTelemetryEvent(
+			{
+				eventName: "ClosingSummarizerOnSummaryStale",
+				codePath,
+				message: "Stopping fetch from storage",
+				closeSummarizerDelayMs: this.closeSummarizerDelayMs,
+			},
+			new GenericError("Restarting summarizer instead of refreshing"),
+		);
+
 		// Delay before restarting summarizer to prevent the summarizer from restarting too frequently.
 		await delay(this.closeSummarizerDelayMs);
 		this._summarizer?.stop("latestSummaryStateStale");
diff --git a/packages/test/test-end-to-end-tests/src/test/summarizeRestart.spec.ts b/packages/test/test-end-to-end-tests/src/test/summarizeRestart.spec.ts
index 537e0d76a79e..12c15fbf4852 100644
--- a/packages/test/test-end-to-end-tests/src/test/summarizeRestart.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/test/test-end-to-end-tests/src/test/summarizeRestart.spec.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ describeNoCompat("Summarizer closes instead of refreshing", (getTestObjectProvid
 				eventName:
 					"fluid:telemetry:Summarizer:Running:RefreshLatestSummaryFromServerFetch_end",
 			},
+			{
+				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:ContainerRuntime:ClosingSummarizerOnSummaryStale",
+			},
 			{
 				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:Container:ContainerDispose",
 				category: "generic",
@@ -82,6 +85,9 @@ describeNoCompat("Summarizer closes instead of refreshing", (getTestObjectProvid
 			{
 				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:SummarizerNode:refreshLatestSummary_end",
 			},
+			{
+				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:ContainerRuntime:ClosingSummarizerOnSummaryStale",
+			},
 			{
 				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:Container:ContainerDispose",
 				category: "generic",
@@ -117,6 +123,9 @@ describeNoCompat("Summarizer closes instead of refreshing", (getTestObjectProvid
 	itExpects(
 		"Closes the summarizing client instead of refreshing when loading from an older summary",
 		[
+			{
+				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:ContainerRuntime:ClosingSummarizerOnSummaryStale",
+			},
 			{
 				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:Container:ContainerDispose",
 				category: "generic",
@@ -169,6 +178,9 @@ describeNoCompat("Summarizer closes instead of refreshing", (getTestObjectProvid
 				eventName:
 					"fluid:telemetry:Summarizer:Running:RefreshLatestSummaryFromServerFetch_end",
 			},
+			{
+				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:ContainerRuntime:ClosingSummarizerOnSummaryStale",
+			},
 			{
 				eventName: "fluid:telemetry:Container:ContainerDispose",
 				category: "generic",