diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 8763d0aa2..d6173a24b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "@rushstack/ts-command-line": "^4.3.13",
     "@turf/turf": "^5.1.6",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",
+    "git-rev-sync": "^2.0.0",
     "p-limit": "^2.2.1",
     "pretty-json-log": "^0.3.1",
     "proj4": "^2.6.0"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/base.cli.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/base.cli.ts
index 688284b0f..2f8c00b38 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/base.cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/base.cli.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { LogConfig } from '@basemaps/lambda-shared';
 import { CommandLineParser } from '@rushstack/ts-command-line';
+import * as gitRev from 'git-rev-sync';
 import { PrettyTransform } from 'pretty-json-log';
 import 'source-map-support/register';
+import * as ulid from 'ulid';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+const packageJson = require('../../package.json');
+
+/** Useful traceability information  */
+export const CliInfo: { package: string; version: string; hash: string } = {
+    package: packageJson.name as string,
+    version: packageJson.version as string,
+    hash: packageJson.hash ?? `${gitRev.branch()}@${gitRev.short()}`,
+};
+
+/** Unique Id for this instance of the cli being run */
+export const CliId = ulid.ulid();
 
 export abstract class BaseCommandLine extends CommandLineParser {
     verbose = this.defineFlagParameter({
@@ -30,6 +45,10 @@ export abstract class BaseCommandLine extends CommandLineParser {
             LogConfig.get().level = 'info';
         }
 
+        const logger = LogConfig.get().child({ id: CliId });
+        logger.info(CliInfo, 'CliStart');
+        LogConfig.set(logger);
+
         return super.onExecute();
     }
     protected onDefineParameters(): void {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/basemaps/tileset.action.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/basemaps/tileset.action.ts
index 5c7a1cf76..049a9a6e7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/basemaps/tileset.action.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/basemaps/tileset.action.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { CommandLineAction, CommandLineStringParameter, CommandLineIntegerParameter } from '@rushstack/ts-command-line';
-import * as ulid from 'ulid';
 
 export abstract class TileSetBaseAction extends CommandLineAction {
-    id = ulid.ulid();
     tileSet: CommandLineStringParameter;
     projection: CommandLineIntegerParameter;
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/basemaps/tileset.util.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/basemaps/tileset.util.ts
index 9c0c9434a..4e420b4ec 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/basemaps/tileset.util.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/basemaps/tileset.util.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
+import { EPSG } from '@basemaps/geo';
 import {
     Aws,
+    LogConfig,
     TileMetadataImageRule,
     TileMetadataImageryRecord,
     TileMetadataSetRecord,
     TileSetTag,
-    LogConfig,
 } from '@basemaps/lambda-shared';
+import * as AWS from 'aws-sdk';
 import * as c from 'chalk';
+import { CliId } from '../base.cli';
 import { CliTable } from '../cli.table';
-import { EPSG } from '@basemaps/geo';
-import * as AWS from 'aws-sdk';
-import * as ulid from 'ulid';
 
 export const TileSetTable = new CliTable<{ rule: TileMetadataImageRule; img: TileMetadataImageryRecord }>();
 TileSetTable.field('#', 4, (obj) => String(obj.rule.priority));
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export async function invalidateCache(name: string, projection: EPSG, tag: TileS
         await cloudFront
             .createInvalidation({
                 DistributionId: cf.Id,
-                InvalidationBatch: { Paths: { Quantity: 1, Items: [path] }, CallerReference: ulid.ulid() },
+                InvalidationBatch: { Paths: { Quantity: 1, Items: [path] }, CallerReference: CliId },
             })
             .promise();
     }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.batch.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.batch.ts
index 60e232a7e..9601a3123 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.batch.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.batch.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 } from '@basemaps/lambda-shared';
 import { CommandLineAction, CommandLineFlagParameter, CommandLineStringParameter } from '@rushstack/ts-command-line';
 import * as aws from 'aws-sdk';
-import * as ulid from 'ulid';
 import { CogJob } from '../../cog/types';
 import { getJobPath } from '../folder';
 import { EPSG } from '@basemaps/geo';
@@ -148,10 +147,8 @@ export class ActionBatchJob extends CommandLineAction {
         if (this.job?.value == null) {
             throw new Error('Failed to read parameters');
         }
-        const processId = ulid.ulid();
-        const logger = LogConfig.get().child({ id: processId });
 
-        await ActionBatchJob.batchJob(this.job.value, this.commit?.value, logger);
+        await ActionBatchJob.batchJob(this.job.value, this.commit?.value, LogConfig.get());
     }
 
     static async batchJob(jobPath: string, commit = false, logger: LogType): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.cog.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.cog.ts
index 2d02d86c7..6246632bd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.cog.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.cog.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import {
 } from '@rushstack/ts-command-line';
 import { createReadStream, promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { FeatureCollection } from 'geojson';
-import * as ulid from 'ulid';
 import { buildCogForQuadKey } from '../../cog/cog';
 import { buildWarpedVrt } from '../../cog/cog.vrt';
 import { Cutline } from '../../cog/cutline';
 import { QuadKeyVrt } from '../../cog/quadkey.vrt';
 import { CogJob } from '../../cog/types';
+import { CliId } from '../base.cli';
 import { getJobPath, makeTempFolder } from '../folder';
 
 export class ActionCogCreate extends CommandLineAction {
@@ -68,11 +68,10 @@ export class ActionCogCreate extends CommandLineAction {
 
         const inFp = FileOperator.create(jobFn);
         const job = (await inFp.readJson(jobFn)) as CogJob;
-        const processId = ulid.ulid();
 
         const isCommit = this.commit?.value ?? false;
 
-        const logger = LogConfig.get().child({ id: processId, correlationId: job.id, imageryName: job.name });
+        const logger = LogConfig.get().child({ correlationId: job.id, imageryName: job.name });
         LogConfig.set(logger);
 
         const quadKey = this.getQuadKey(job, logger);
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ export class ActionCogCreate extends CommandLineAction {
             return;
         }
 
-        const tmpFolder = await makeTempFolder(`basemaps-${job.id}-${processId}`);
+        const tmpFolder = await makeTempFolder(`basemaps-${job.id}-${CliId}`);
 
         try {
             const sourceGeo = (await inFp.readJson(getJobPath(job, 'source.geojson'))) as FeatureCollection;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.job.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.job.ts
index 7a1b9e33d..8963e917a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.job.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.job.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import {
     CommandLineIntegerParameter,
     CommandLineStringParameter,
 } from '@rushstack/ts-command-line';
-import * as ulid from 'ulid';
 import { CogJobFactory, JobCreationContext, MaxConcurrencyDefault } from '../../cog/job';
 import { GdalCogBuilderDefaults, GdalResamplingOptions } from '../../gdal/gdal.config';
+import { CliId } from '../base.cli';
 
 export class CLiInputData {
     path: CommandLineStringParameter;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export class ActionJobCreate extends CommandLineAction {
             override: {
                 concurrency: this.maxConcurrency?.value ?? MaxConcurrencyDefault,
                 quality: this.quality?.value ?? GdalCogBuilderDefaults.quality,
-                id: this.overrideId?.value ?? ulid.ulid(),
+                id: this.overrideId?.value ?? CliId,
                 projection: this.sourceProjection?.value,
                 resampling,
             },
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cog/job.ts b/packages/cli/src/cog/job.ts
index 8d043fece..6ae4be7c7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cog/job.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cog/job.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { getTileSize } from './cog';
 import { buildVrtForTiffs, VrtOptions } from './cog.vrt';
 import { Cutline } from './cutline';
 import { CogJob } from './types';
+import { CliInfo } from '../cli/base.cli';
 
 export const MaxConcurrencyDefault = 50;
 
@@ -173,6 +174,10 @@ export const CogJobFactory = {
                 options: { maxConcurrency },
             },
             quadkeys,
+            generated: {
+                ...CliInfo,
+                date: new Date().toISOString(),
+            },
         };
 
         const tmpFolder = await makeTempFolder(`basemaps-${job.id}`);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cog/types.ts b/packages/cli/src/cog/types.ts
index 00b22ac25..1f4062a27 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cog/types.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cog/types.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ export interface CogJob {
 
     /** List of quadkeys to generate */
     quadkeys: string[];
+
+    /** How and when this job file was generated */
+    generated: {
+        /** ISO date string */
+        date: string;
+        /** Package name of the generator */
+        package: string;
+        /* Version of the generator */
+        version: string;
+        /** Commit hash of the generator */
+        hash: string | undefined;
+    };
 }
 
 export interface SourceMetadata {