diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/ManagedIndexRunner.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/ManagedIndexRunner.kt
index bb8cf7829..5a80230a5 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/ManagedIndexRunner.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/ManagedIndexRunner.kt
@@ -438,16 +438,7 @@ object ManagedIndexRunner :
             var executedManagedIndexMetaData = startingManagedIndexMetaData.getCompletedManagedIndexMetaData(action, step)
 
             if (executedManagedIndexMetaData.isFailed) {
-                try {
-                    // if the policy has no error_notification this will do nothing otherwise it will try to send the configured error message
-                    publishErrorNotification(policy, executedManagedIndexMetaData)
-                } catch (e: Exception) {
-                    logger.error("Failed to publish error notification", e)
-                    val errorMessage = e.message ?: "Failed to publish error notification"
-                    val mutableInfo = executedManagedIndexMetaData.info?.toMutableMap() ?: mutableMapOf()
-                    mutableInfo["errorNotificationFailure"] = errorMessage
-                    executedManagedIndexMetaData = executedManagedIndexMetaData.copy(info = mutableInfo.toMap())
-                }
+                executedManagedIndexMetaData = publishErrorNotification(policy, executedManagedIndexMetaData)
             }
 
             if (executedManagedIndexMetaData.isSuccessfulDelete) {
@@ -816,13 +807,27 @@ object ManagedIndexRunner :
         }
     }
 
-    private suspend fun publishErrorNotification(policy: Policy, managedIndexMetaData: ManagedIndexMetaData) {
-        policy.errorNotification?.run {
-            errorNotificationRetryPolicy.retry(logger) {
-                val compiledMessage = compileTemplate(messageTemplate, managedIndexMetaData)
-                destination?.buildLegacyBaseMessage(null, compiledMessage)?.publishLegacyNotification(client)
-                channel?.sendNotification(client, ErrorNotification.CHANNEL_TITLE, managedIndexMetaData, compiledMessage, policy.user)
+    private suspend fun publishErrorNotification(policy: Policy, metadata: ManagedIndexMetaData): ManagedIndexMetaData {
+        return try {
+            // if the policy has no error_notification this will do nothing otherwise it will try to send the configured error message
+            policy.errorNotification?.run {
+                errorNotificationRetryPolicy.retry(logger) {
+                    val compiledMessage = compileTemplate(messageTemplate, metadata)
+                    destination?.buildLegacyBaseMessage(null, compiledMessage)?.publishLegacyNotification(client)
+                    channel?.sendNotification(client, ErrorNotification.CHANNEL_TITLE, metadata, compiledMessage, policy.user)
+                }
             }
+            val message = "Successfully published error notification [index = ${metadata.index}]"
+            logger.info(message)
+            val mutableInfo = metadata.info?.toMutableMap() ?: mutableMapOf()
+            mutableInfo["error_notification"] = message
+            metadata.copy(info = mutableInfo.toMap())
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            logger.error("Failed to publish error notification", e)
+            val errorMessage = e.message ?: "Failed to publish error notification"
+            val mutableInfo = metadata.info?.toMutableMap() ?: mutableMapOf()
+            mutableInfo["error_notification"] = errorMessage
+            metadata.copy(info = mutableInfo.toMap())
         }
     }