diff --git a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
index 5fc51a59ab..93ee837591 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ int Logger::create_log_dir(LogType type, tm *tt, char *log_dir, int log_dir_len)
 	return strlen(log_dir);
 }
 
-int Logger::get_log_file_name(LogType type, char *file_name, size_t file_name_size)
+int Logger::get_log_file_name(LogType type, char *file_name, size_t file_name_size, bool notify)
 {
 	tm tt = {};
 	bool time_ok = false;
@@ -1283,6 +1283,21 @@ int Logger::get_log_file_name(LogType type, char *file_name, size_t file_name_si
 		snprintf(log_file_name, sizeof(LogFileName::log_file_name), "%s%s.ulg", log_file_name_time, replay_suffix);
 		snprintf(file_name + n, file_name_size - n, "/%s", log_file_name);
 
+		if (notify) {
+			mavlink_log_info(&_mavlink_log_pub, "[logger] %s\t", file_name);
+			uint16_t year = 0;
+			uint8_t month = 0;
+			uint8_t day = 0;
+			sscanf(_file_name[(int)type].log_dir, "%hd-%hhd-%hhd", &year, &month, &day);
+			uint8_t hour = 0;
+			uint8_t minute = 0;
+			uint8_t second = 0;
+			sscanf(log_file_name_time, "%hhd_%hhd_%hhd", &hour, &minute, &second);
+			events::send<uint16_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t>(events::ID("logger_open_file_time"),
+					events::Log::Info,
+					"logging: opening log file {1}-{2}-{3}/{4}_{5}_{6}.ulg", year, month, day, hour, minute, second);
+		}
+
 	} else {
 		int n = create_log_dir(type, nullptr, file_name, file_name_size);
 
@@ -1309,6 +1324,16 @@ int Logger::get_log_file_name(LogType type, char *file_name, size_t file_name_si
 			/* we should not end up here, either we have more than MAX_NO_LOGFILE on the SD card, or another problem */
 			return -1;
 		}
+
+		if (notify) {
+			mavlink_log_info(&_mavlink_log_pub, "[logger] %s\t", file_name);
+			uint16_t sess = 0;
+			sscanf(_file_name[(int)type].log_dir, "sess%hd", &sess);
+			uint16_t index = 0;
+			sscanf(log_file_name, "log%hd", &index);
+			events::send<uint16_t, uint16_t>(events::ID("logger_open_file_sess"), events::Log::Info,
+							 "logging: opening log file sess{1}/log{2}.ulg", sess, index);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1338,16 +1363,11 @@ void Logger::start_log_file(LogType type)
 
 	char file_name[LOG_DIR_LEN] = "";
 
-	if (get_log_file_name(type, file_name, sizeof(file_name))) {
+	if (get_log_file_name(type, file_name, sizeof(file_name), type == LogType::Full)) {
 		PX4_ERR("failed to get log file name");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (type == LogType::Full) {
-		/* print logging path, important to find log file later */
-		mavlink_log_info(&_mavlink_log_pub, "[logger] %s", file_name);
-	}
-
 	_writer.start_log_file(type, file_name);
 	_writer.select_write_backend(LogWriter::BackendFile);
 	_writer.set_need_reliable_transfer(true);
diff --git a/src/modules/logger/logger.h b/src/modules/logger/logger.h
index e2aaf8d5a7..5638fe82ce 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/logger.h
+++ b/src/modules/logger/logger.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ private:
 	/**
 	 * Get log file name with directory (create it if necessary)
 	 */
-	int get_log_file_name(LogType type, char *file_name, size_t file_name_size);
+	int get_log_file_name(LogType type, char *file_name, size_t file_name_size, bool notify);
 
 	void start_log_file(LogType type);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/logger/util.cpp b/src/modules/logger/util.cpp
index 1d00efacc7..ec1e658d07 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/util.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/logger/util.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <uORB/topics/vehicle_gps_position.h>
 
 #include <drivers/drv_hrt.h>
+#include <px4_platform_common/events.h>
 #include <px4_platform_common/log.h>
 #include <px4_platform_common/time.h>
 #include <systemlib/mavlink_log.h>
@@ -227,8 +228,14 @@ int check_free_space(const char *log_root_dir, int32_t max_log_dirs_to_keep, orb
 	/* use a threshold of 50 MiB: if below, do not start logging */
 	if (statfs_buf.f_bavail < (px4_statfs_buf_f_bavail_t)(50 * 1024 * 1024 / statfs_buf.f_bsize)) {
 		mavlink_log_critical(&mavlink_log_pub,
-				     "[logger] Not logging; SD almost full: %u MiB",
+				     "[logger] Not logging; SD almost full: %u MiB\t",
 				     (unsigned int)(statfs_buf.f_bavail * statfs_buf.f_bsize / 1024U / 1024U));
+		/* EVENT
+		 * @description Either manually free up some space, or enable automatic log rotation
+		 * via <param>SDLOG_DIRS_MAX</param>.
+		 */
+		events::send<uint32_t>(events::ID("logger_storage_full"), events::Log::Error,
+				       "Not logging, storage is almost full: {1} MiB", (uint32_t)(statfs_buf.f_bavail * statfs_buf.f_bsize / 1024U / 1024U));
 		return 1;
 	}