diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/FunctionReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/FunctionReader.java
index c73f8e8..f0ecd89 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/FunctionReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/FunctionReader.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 public abstract class FunctionReader implements IRecordReader<char[]> {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/feeds/feeds_01/feeds_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/feeds/feeds_01/feeds_01.1.adm
index 8ada33c..b0a09aa 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/feeds/feeds_01/feeds_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/feeds/feeds_01/feeds_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ "DataverseName": "feeds", "FeedName": "TweetFeed", "AdapterConfiguration": {{ { "Name": "dataset-dataverse", "Value": "feeds" }, { "Name": "path", "Value": "asterix_nc1://data/twitter/obamatweets.adm" }, { "Name": "feed", "Value": "TweetFeed" }, { "Name": "adapter-name", "Value": "localfs" }, { "Name": "is-feed", "Value": "true" }, { "Name": "parser", "Value": "adm" }, { "Name": "reader", "Value": "localfs" }, { "Name": "format", "Value": "adm" }, { "Name": "tuple-interval", "Value": "10" }, { "Name": "type-name", "Value": "TweetType" } }}, "Timestamp": "Tue Mar 31 10:30:06 PDT 2020" }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "DataverseName": "feeds", "FeedName": "TweetFeed", "AdapterConfiguration": {{ { "Name": "dataset-dataverse", "Value": "feeds" }, { "Name": "path", "Value": "asterix_nc1://data/twitter/obamatweets.adm" }, { "Name": "feed", "Value": "TweetFeed" }, { "Name": "log-ingestion-events", "Value": "true" }, { "Name": "adapter-name", "Value": "localfs" }, { "Name": "is-feed", "Value": "true" }, { "Name": "parser", "Value": "adm" }, { "Name": "reader", "Value": "localfs" }, { "Name": "format", "Value": "adm" }, { "Name": "tuple-interval", "Value": "10" }, { "Name": "type-name", "Value": "TweetType" } }}, "Timestamp": "Mon May 08 20:53:16 PDT 2023" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/adapter/factory/GenericAdapterFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/adapter/factory/GenericAdapterFactory.java
index 214f3b3..fb08586 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/adapter/factory/GenericAdapterFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/adapter/factory/GenericAdapterFactory.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedUtils;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.NoOpFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
@@ -57,16 +59,17 @@
 
 public class GenericAdapterFactory implements ITypedAdapterFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private IExternalDataSourceFactory dataSourceFactory;
     private IDataParserFactory dataParserFactory;
     private ARecordType recordType;
     private Map<String, String> configuration;
     private boolean isFeed;
+    private boolean logIngestionEvents;
     private FileSplit[] feedLogFileSplits;
     private ARecordType metaType;
-    private transient FeedLogManager feedLogManager;
+    private transient IFeedLogManager feedLogManager;
 
     @Override
     public String getAlias() {
@@ -92,12 +95,14 @@
             LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Failure restoring external objects", e);
             throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
         }
-        if (isFeed) {
-            if (feedLogManager == null) {
+        if (isFeed && feedLogManager == null) {
+            if (logIngestionEvents) {
                 feedLogManager =
                         new FeedLogManager(feedLogFileSplits[partition].getFileReference(ctx.getIoManager()).getFile());
+                feedLogManager.touch();
+            } else {
+                feedLogManager = NoOpFeedLogManager.INSTANCE;
             }
-            feedLogManager.touch();
         }
         IDataFlowController controller = DataflowControllerProvider.getDataflowController(recordType, ctx, partition,
                 dataSourceFactory, dataParserFactory, configuration, isFeed, feedLogManager);
@@ -145,7 +150,8 @@
     private void configureFeedLogManager(ICcApplicationContext appCtx)
             throws HyracksDataException, AlgebricksException {
         this.isFeed = ExternalDataUtils.isFeed(configuration);
-        if (isFeed) {
+        this.logIngestionEvents = ExternalDataUtils.isLogIngestionEvents(configuration);
+        if (logIngestionEvents) {
             //TODO(partitioning) make this code reuse DataPartitioningProvider
             feedLogFileSplits = FeedUtils.splitsForAdapter(ExternalDataUtils.getDatasetDataverse(configuration),
                     ExternalDataUtils.getFeedName(configuration), dataSourceFactory.getPartitionConstraint());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/api/AsterixInputStream.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/api/AsterixInputStream.java
index f959f8d..43e822e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/api/AsterixInputStream.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/api/AsterixInputStream.java
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 public abstract class AsterixInputStream extends InputStream {
 
     protected AbstractFeedDataFlowController controller;
-    protected FeedLogManager logManager;
+    protected IFeedLogManager logManager;
     protected IStreamNotificationHandler notificationHandler;
 
     public abstract boolean stop() throws Exception;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     }
 
     // TODO: Find a better way to send notifications
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager logManager) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager logManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         this.logManager = logManager;
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/api/IRecordReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/api/IRecordReader.java
index 0e6ddb2..90dc6c4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/api/IRecordReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/api/IRecordReader.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.active.message.ActiveManagerMessage;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 /**
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
      *
      * @throws HyracksDataException
      */
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException;
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     /**
      * gives the record reader a chance to recover from IO errors during feed intake
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/AbstractFeedDataFlowController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/AbstractFeedDataFlowController.java
index bd422ef..2dcb2e4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/AbstractFeedDataFlowController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/AbstractFeedDataFlowController.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.active.message.ActiveManagerMessage;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IDataFlowController;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
     protected final IHyracksTaskContext ctx;
     protected final int numOfFields;
     protected final ArrayTupleBuilder tb;
-    protected final FeedLogManager feedLogManager;
+    protected final IFeedLogManager feedLogManager;
     protected boolean flushing;
     protected long incomingRecordsCount = 0;
 
-    public AbstractFeedDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, FeedLogManager feedLogManager, int numOfFields) {
+    public AbstractFeedDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, IFeedLogManager feedLogManager, int numOfFields) {
         this.feedLogManager = feedLogManager;
         this.numOfFields = numOfFields;
         this.ctx = ctx;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/ChangeFeedDataFlowController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/ChangeFeedDataFlowController.java
index b14722b..7c48035 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/ChangeFeedDataFlowController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/ChangeFeedDataFlowController.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRawRecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordWithPKDataParser;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     private final IRecordWithPKDataParser<T> dataParser;
 
-    public ChangeFeedDataFlowController(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx, final FeedLogManager feedLogManager,
+    public ChangeFeedDataFlowController(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx, final IFeedLogManager feedLogManager,
             final int numOfOutputFields, final IRecordWithPKDataParser<T> dataParser,
             final IRecordReader<T> recordReader) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, feedLogManager, numOfOutputFields, dataParser, recordReader);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/ChangeFeedWithMetaDataFlowController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/ChangeFeedWithMetaDataFlowController.java
index 621397b..a873060 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/ChangeFeedWithMetaDataFlowController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/ChangeFeedWithMetaDataFlowController.java
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRawRecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordWithMetadataParser;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 
 public class ChangeFeedWithMetaDataFlowController<T> extends FeedWithMetaDataFlowController<T> {
 
-    public ChangeFeedWithMetaDataFlowController(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx, final FeedLogManager feedLogManager,
+    public ChangeFeedWithMetaDataFlowController(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx, final IFeedLogManager feedLogManager,
             final int numOfOutputFields, final IRecordWithMetadataParser<T> dataParser,
             final IRecordReader<T> recordReader) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, feedLogManager, numOfOutputFields, dataParser, recordReader);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedRecordDataFlowController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedRecordDataFlowController.java
index 4279ebd..ed46471 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedRecordDataFlowController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedRecordDataFlowController.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordDataParser;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     protected State state = State.CREATED;
     protected long failedRecordsCount = 0;
 
-    public FeedRecordDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, FeedLogManager feedLogManager, int numOfOutputFields,
+    public FeedRecordDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, IFeedLogManager feedLogManager, int numOfOutputFields,
             IRecordDataParser<T> dataParser, IRecordReader<T> recordReader) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, feedLogManager, numOfOutputFields);
         this.dataParser = dataParser;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedStreamDataFlowController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedStreamDataFlowController.java
index 9f4a3b0..1f0a135 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedStreamDataFlowController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedStreamDataFlowController.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.RuntimeDataException;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.AsterixInputStream;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IStreamDataParser;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     private final IStreamDataParser dataParser;
     private final AsterixInputStream stream;
 
-    public FeedStreamDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, FeedLogManager feedLogManager,
+    public FeedStreamDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, IFeedLogManager feedLogManager,
             IStreamDataParser streamParser, AsterixInputStream inputStream) {
         super(ctx, feedLogManager, 1);
         this.dataParser = streamParser;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedWithMetaDataFlowController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedWithMetaDataFlowController.java
index 289c16f..74bfe26 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedWithMetaDataFlowController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedWithMetaDataFlowController.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRawRecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordWithMetadataParser;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
 
     protected final IRecordWithMetadataParser<T> dataParser;
 
-    public FeedWithMetaDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, FeedLogManager feedLogManager, int numOfOutputFields,
-            IRecordWithMetadataParser<T> dataParser, IRecordReader<T> recordReader) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public FeedWithMetaDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, IFeedLogManager feedLogManager,
+            int numOfOutputFields, IRecordWithMetadataParser<T> dataParser, IRecordReader<T> recordReader)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, feedLogManager, numOfOutputFields, dataParser, recordReader);
         this.dataParser = dataParser;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/hdfs/AbstractHDFSRecordReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/hdfs/AbstractHDFSRecordReader.java
index 0d498b8..11241f1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/hdfs/AbstractHDFSRecordReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/hdfs/AbstractHDFSRecordReader.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.GenericRecord;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.InputFormat;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.InputSplit;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/http/HttpServerRecordReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/http/HttpServerRecordReader.java
index 81ad5ba..e70e4a4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/http/HttpServerRecordReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/http/HttpServerRecordReader.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.CharArrayRecord;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletResponse;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.AbstractServlet;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
         // do nothing
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/rss/RSSRecordReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/rss/RSSRecordReader.java
index 1f97300..d98baa5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/rss/RSSRecordReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/rss/RSSRecordReader.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.GenericRecord;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/stream/StreamRecordReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/stream/StreamRecordReader.java
index 1e003a1..937f3fe 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/stream/StreamRecordReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/stream/StreamRecordReader.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.CharArrayRecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.stream.AsterixInputStreamReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataUtils;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     protected int bufferLength = 0;
     protected int bufferPosn = 0;
     protected boolean done = false;
-    protected FeedLogManager feedLogManager;
+    protected IFeedLogManager feedLogManager;
     private Supplier<String> dataSourceName = EMPTY_STRING;
     private Supplier<String> previousDataSourceName = EMPTY_STRING;
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     public abstract boolean hasNext() throws IOException;
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         this.feedLogManager = feedLogManager;
         reader.setFeedLogManager(feedLogManager);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/twitter/TwitterPullRecordReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/twitter/TwitterPullRecordReader.java
index 90662b2..238ee30 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/twitter/TwitterPullRecordReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/twitter/TwitterPullRecordReader.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.CharArrayRecord;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 import twitter4j.Query;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
         // do nothing
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/twitter/TwitterPushRecordReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/twitter/TwitterPushRecordReader.java
index 0f93914..11a956e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/twitter/TwitterPushRecordReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/twitter/TwitterPushRecordReader.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.CharArrayRecord;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.TwitterUtil;
 
 import twitter4j.FilterQuery;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
         // do nothing
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/AsterixInputStreamReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/AsterixInputStreamReader.java
index 81da0b0..2dc323e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/AsterixInputStreamReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/AsterixInputStreamReader.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.AsterixInputStream;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 public class AsterixInputStreamReader extends Reader {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         in.setController(controller);
     }
 
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         in.setFeedLogManager(feedLogManager);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/LocalFSInputStream.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/LocalFSInputStream.java
index ad762bf..b6cfc54 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/LocalFSInputStream.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/stream/LocalFSInputStream.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FileSystemWatcher;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager logManager) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager logManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         super.setFeedLogManager(logManager);
         watcher.setFeedLogManager(logManager);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/provider/DataflowControllerProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/provider/DataflowControllerProvider.java
index c531509..8902e82 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/provider/DataflowControllerProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/provider/DataflowControllerProvider.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.RecordDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.StreamDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataUtils;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
     public static IDataFlowController getDataflowController(ARecordType recordType, IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             int partition, IExternalDataSourceFactory dataSourceFactory, IDataParserFactory dataParserFactory,
-            Map<String, String> configuration, boolean isFeed, FeedLogManager feedLogManager)
+            Map<String, String> configuration, boolean isFeed, IFeedLogManager feedLogManager)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         try {
             switch (dataSourceFactory.getDataSourceType()) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
index 5a5994e..0080e9b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     public static final String KEY_RSS_URL = "url";
     public static final String KEY_INTERVAL = "interval";
     public static final String KEY_IS_FEED = "is-feed";
+    public static final String KEY_LOG_INGESTION_EVENTS = "log-ingestion-events";
     public static final String KEY_WAIT_FOR_DATA = "wait-for-data";
     public static final String KEY_FEED_NAME = "feed";
     // a string representing external bucket name
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataUtils.java
index cb47c5d..35e68ed 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataUtils.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataUtils.java
@@ -323,10 +323,22 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public static boolean isLogIngestionEvents(Map<String, String> configuration) {
+        if (!isFeed(configuration)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!configuration.containsKey(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_LOG_INGESTION_EVENTS)) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return Boolean.parseBoolean(configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_LOG_INGESTION_EVENTS));
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void prepareFeed(Map<String, String> configuration, DataverseName dataverseName, String feedName) {
         if (!configuration.containsKey(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_IS_FEED)) {
             configuration.put(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_IS_FEED, ExternalDataConstants.TRUE);
         }
+        configuration.computeIfAbsent(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_LOG_INGESTION_EVENTS, k -> ExternalDataConstants.TRUE);
         configuration.put(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_DATASET_DATAVERSE, dataverseName.getCanonicalForm());
         configuration.put(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_FEED_NAME, feedName);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/FeedLogManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/FeedLogManager.java
index 282b5366..4908475 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/FeedLogManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/FeedLogManager.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.LogRedactionUtil;
 
-public class FeedLogManager implements Closeable {
+public class FeedLogManager implements IFeedLogManager {
 
     public enum LogEntryType {
         START, // partition start
@@ -76,6 +75,7 @@
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public synchronized void touch() {
         count++;
     }
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
         completed.add(currentPartition);
     }
 
+    @Override
     public synchronized void endPartition(String partition) throws IOException {
         currentPartition = partition;
         logProgress(END_PREFIX + currentPartition);
@@ -96,11 +97,11 @@
         logProgress(START_PREFIX + currentPartition);
     }
 
-    public boolean exists() {
+    private boolean exists() {
         return Files.exists(dir);
     }
 
-    public synchronized void open() throws IOException {
+    private synchronized void open() throws IOException {
         // read content of logs.
         try (BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(
                 Paths.get(dir.toAbsolutePath().toString() + File.separator + PROGRESS_LOG_FILE_NAME))) {
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@
         recordLogger.close();
     }
 
-    public synchronized boolean create() throws IOException {
+    private synchronized boolean create() throws IOException {
         File f = dir.toFile();
         f.mkdirs();
         new File(f, PROGRESS_LOG_FILE_NAME).createNewFile();
@@ -150,7 +151,8 @@
         return true;
     }
 
-    private synchronized void logProgress(String log) throws IOException {
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void logProgress(String log) throws IOException {
         stringBuilder.setLength(0);
         stringBuilder.append(df.format((new Date())));
         stringBuilder.append(' ');
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@
         progressLogger.flush();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public synchronized void logError(String error, Throwable th) throws IOException {
         stringBuilder.setLength(0);
         stringBuilder.append(df.format((new Date())));
@@ -172,6 +175,7 @@
         errorLogger.flush();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public synchronized void logRecord(String record, String errorMessage) throws IOException {
         stringBuilder.setLength(0);
         stringBuilder.append(LogRedactionUtil.userData(record));
@@ -188,6 +192,7 @@
         return log.substring(PREFIX_SIZE);
     }
 
+    @Override
     public synchronized boolean isSplitRead(String split) {
         return completed.contains(split);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/FileSystemWatcher.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/FileSystemWatcher.java
index 919b74f..54369fb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/FileSystemWatcher.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/FileSystemWatcher.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     private final LinkedList<File> files = new LinkedList<File>();
     private Iterator<File> it;
     private final String expression;
-    private FeedLogManager logManager;
+    private IFeedLogManager logManager;
     private final List<Path> paths;
     private final boolean isFeed;
     private boolean done;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public synchronized void setFeedLogManager(FeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public synchronized void setFeedLogManager(IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         if (logManager == null) {
             this.logManager = feedLogManager;
             init();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/IFeedLogManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/IFeedLogManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b2f247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/IFeedLogManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.util;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public interface IFeedLogManager extends Closeable {
+    void touch();
+
+    void endPartition(String partition) throws IOException;
+
+    void logProgress(String log) throws IOException;
+
+    void logError(String error, Throwable th) throws IOException;
+
+    void logRecord(String record, String errorMessage) throws IOException;
+
+    boolean isSplitRead(String split);
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/NoOpFeedLogManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/NoOpFeedLogManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b2743f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/NoOpFeedLogManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class NoOpFeedLogManager implements IFeedLogManager {
+
+    public static final NoOpFeedLogManager INSTANCE = new NoOpFeedLogManager();
+
+    @Override
+    public void touch() {
+        //no op
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void endPartition(String partition) throws IOException {
+        //no op
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void logProgress(String log) throws IOException {
+        //no op
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void logError(String error, Throwable th) throws IOException {
+        //no op
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void logRecord(String record, String errorMessage) throws IOException {
+        //no op
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSplitRead(String split) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        //no op
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/TestAsterixMembersReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/TestAsterixMembersReader.java
index 8e6f346..4332004 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/TestAsterixMembersReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/TestAsterixMembersReader.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.CharArrayRecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.GenericRecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.RecordWithPK;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(final FeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(final IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/kv/KVTestReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/kv/KVTestReader.java
index ec1db67..e0cbb88 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/kv/KVTestReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/input/record/reader/kv/KVTestReader.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataflow.AbstractFeedDataFlowController;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.GenericRecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants;
-import org.apache.asterix.external.util.FeedLogManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.IFeedLogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setFeedLogManager(final FeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
+    public void setFeedLogManager(final IFeedLogManager feedLogManager) {
     }
 
     @Override