diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
index 2a26d63..d6bace5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@
                                 Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_INDEX:
-                        handleCreateIndexStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc, requestParameters);
+                        handleCreateIndexStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc, requestParameters,
+                                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_FULL_TEXT_FILTER:
                         handleCreateFullTextFilterStatement(metadataProvider, stmt);
@@ -1289,7 +1290,7 @@
     }
 
     public void handleCreateIndexStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
-            IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         CreateIndexStatement stmtCreateIndex = (CreateIndexStatement) stmt;
         String datasetName = stmtCreateIndex.getDatasetName().getValue();
         String indexName = stmtCreateIndex.getIndexName().getValue();
@@ -1306,7 +1307,7 @@
                 fullTextConfigName);
         try {
             doCreateIndex(metadataProvider, stmtCreateIndex, databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, hcc,
-                    requestParameters);
+                    requestParameters, creator);
         } finally {
             metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
         }
@@ -1314,7 +1315,7 @@
 
     protected void doCreateIndex(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, CreateIndexStatement stmtCreateIndex,
             String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, IHyracksClientConnection hcc,
-            IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         SourceLocation sourceLoc = stmtCreateIndex.getSourceLocation();
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
         boolean bActiveTxn = true;
@@ -1639,10 +1640,11 @@
             }
 
             Index newIndex = new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, indexName, indexType, indexDetails,
-                    stmtCreateIndex.isEnforced(), false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP);
+                    stmtCreateIndex.isEnforced(), false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP, creator);
 
             bActiveTxn = false; // doCreateIndexImpl() takes over the current transaction
-            doCreateIndexImpl(hcc, metadataProvider, ds, newIndex, jobFlags, sourceLoc);
+            EntityDetails entityDetails = EntityDetails.newIndex(databaseName, dataverseName, indexName);
+            doCreateIndexImpl(hcc, metadataProvider, ds, newIndex, jobFlags, sourceLoc, creator, entityDetails);
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (bActiveTxn) {
@@ -1787,7 +1789,8 @@
     }
 
     private void doCreateIndexImpl(IHyracksClientConnection hcc, MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Dataset ds,
-            Index index, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws Exception {
+            Index index, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, SourceLocation sourceLoc, Creator creator,
+            EntityDetails entityDetails) throws Exception {
         ProgressState progress = ProgressState.NO_PROGRESS;
         boolean bActiveTxn = true;
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext();
@@ -1866,6 +1869,8 @@
                         "Failed to create job spec for creating index '" + ds.getDatasetName() + "."
                                 + index.getIndexName() + "'");
             }
+            beforeTxnCommit(metadataProvider, creator, entityDetails);
+
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             bActiveTxn = false;
             progress = ProgressState.ADDED_PENDINGOP_RECORD_TO_METADATA;
@@ -4885,7 +4890,7 @@
                     dsDetails.getKeySourceIndicator(), dsDetails.getPrimaryKeyType(), sampleCardinalityTarget, 0, 0,
                     sampleSeed, Collections.emptyMap());
             newIndexPendingAdd = new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, newIndexName, sampleIndexType,
-                    newIndexDetailsPendingAdd, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP);
+                    newIndexDetailsPendingAdd, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
             // #. add a new index with PendingAddOp
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), newIndexPendingAdd);
@@ -4927,7 +4932,7 @@
                     dsDetails.getKeySourceIndicator(), dsDetails.getPrimaryKeyType(), sampleCardinalityTarget,
                     stats.getCardinality(), stats.getAvgTupleSize(), sampleSeed, stats.getIndexesStats());
             Index newIndexFinal = new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, newIndexName, sampleIndexType,
-                    newIndexDetailsFinal, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                    newIndexDetailsFinal, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
             // #. begin new metadataTxn
             mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
@@ -5191,7 +5196,7 @@
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addIndex(mdTxnCtx,
                     new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, indexName, index.getIndexType(),
                             index.getIndexDetails(), index.isEnforced(), index.isPrimaryIndex(),
-                            MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP));
+                            MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP, index.getCreator()));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/bootstrap/TestNodeController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/bootstrap/TestNodeController.java
index 7c4c551..aaee17e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/bootstrap/TestNodeController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/bootstrap/TestNodeController.java
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@
             }
             index = Index.createPrimaryIndex(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(),
                     dataset.getDatasetName(), keyFieldNames, primaryKeyIndicators, keyFieldTypes,
-                    MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                    MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, dataset.getCreator());
             List<String> nodes = Collections.singletonList(ExecutionTestUtil.integrationUtil.ncs[0].getId());
             CcApplicationContext appCtx =
                     (CcApplicationContext) ExecutionTestUtil.integrationUtil.cc.getApplicationContext();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/CheckpointInSecondaryIndexTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/CheckpointInSecondaryIndexTest.java
index 70226c8..4024ced 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/CheckpointInSecondaryIndexTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/CheckpointInSecondaryIndexTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails.PartitioningStrategy;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@
                 null, DatasetType.INTERNAL, DATASET_ID, 0);
         String database = MetadataUtil.databaseFor(dvName);
         secondaryIndex = new Index(database, dvName, DATASET_NAME, INDEX_NAME, INDEX_TYPE, INDEX_FIELD_NAMES,
-                INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+                INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false),
+                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
         taskCtx = null;
         primaryIndexDataflowHelper = null;
         secondaryIndexDataflowHelper = null;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/ConcurrentInsertTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/ConcurrentInsertTest.java
index b458874..b85cae2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/ConcurrentInsertTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/ConcurrentInsertTest.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
                 StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDataverseName(), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatasetName(), "TestIndex",
                 IndexType.BTREE, Arrays.asList(Arrays.asList(StorageTestUtils.RECORD_TYPE.getFieldNames()[1])),
                 Arrays.asList(Index.RECORD_INDICATOR), Arrays.asList(BuiltinType.AINT64), false, false, false, 0,
-                OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+                OptionalBoolean.of(false), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getCreator());
 
         SecondaryIndexInfo secondaryIndexInfo =
                 nc.createSecondaryIndex(primaryIndexInfo, secondaryIndexEntity, StorageTestUtils.STORAGE_MANAGER, 0);
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@
         secondaryIndex = (TestLsmBtree) secondaryDataflowHelper.getIndexInstance();
         secondaryDataflowHelper.close();
 
-        Index primaryKeyIndexEntity =
-                new Index(StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatabaseName(), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDataverseName(),
-                        StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatasetName(), "PrimaryKeyIndex", IndexType.BTREE, Arrays.asList(),
-                        Arrays.asList(), Arrays.asList(), false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.empty());
+        Index primaryKeyIndexEntity = new Index(StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatabaseName(),
+                StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDataverseName(), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatasetName(),
+                "PrimaryKeyIndex", IndexType.BTREE, Arrays.asList(), Arrays.asList(), Arrays.asList(), false, false,
+                false, 0, OptionalBoolean.empty(), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getCreator());
 
         SecondaryIndexInfo primaryKeyIndexInfo =
                 nc.createSecondaryIndex(primaryIndexInfo, primaryKeyIndexEntity, StorageTestUtils.STORAGE_MANAGER, 0);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/LSMFlushRecoveryTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/LSMFlushRecoveryTest.java
index b574c1b..7c1a534 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/LSMFlushRecoveryTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/LSMFlushRecoveryTest.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
         secondaryIndexEntity = new Index(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(),
                 dataset.getDatasetName(), SECONDARY_INDEX_NAME, SECONDARY_INDEX_TYPE, SECONDARY_INDEX_FIELD_NAMES,
                 SECONDARY_INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, SECONDARY_INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0,
-                OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+                OptionalBoolean.of(false), dataset.getCreator());
 
         primaryIndexInfos = new PrimaryIndexInfo[NUM_PARTITIONS];
         secondaryIndexInfo = new SecondaryIndexInfo[NUM_PARTITIONS];
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/MultiPartitionLSMIndexTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/MultiPartitionLSMIndexTest.java
index d921127..cc50f2a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/MultiPartitionLSMIndexTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/MultiPartitionLSMIndexTest.java
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@
                 NoMergePolicyFactory.NAME, null, new InternalDatasetDetails(null, PartitioningStrategy.HASH,
                         partitioningKeys, null, null, null, false, null, null),
                 null, DatasetType.INTERNAL, DATASET_ID, 0);
-        secondaryIndex =
-                new Index(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dvName, DATASET_NAME, INDEX_NAME, INDEX_TYPE, INDEX_FIELD_NAMES,
-                        INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+        secondaryIndex = new Index(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dvName, DATASET_NAME, INDEX_NAME, INDEX_TYPE,
+                INDEX_FIELD_NAMES, INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0,
+                OptionalBoolean.of(false), dataset.getCreator());
         taskCtxs = new IHyracksTaskContext[NUM_PARTITIONS];
         primaryIndexDataflowHelpers = new IIndexDataflowHelper[NUM_PARTITIONS];
         secondaryIndexDataflowHelpers = new IIndexDataflowHelper[NUM_PARTITIONS];
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta.1.adm
index e460060..1f0dd69 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta.1.adm
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "KVStore", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "key" ] ], "IsPrimary": true, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "SearchKeySourceIndicator": [ 1 ] }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "s_location", "IndexStructure": "RTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "location" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0 }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "s_rating", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "area_code" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "ExcludeUnknownKey": false }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "KVStore", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "key" ] ], "IsPrimary": true, "Timestamp": "Mon Oct 14 07:37:28 UTC 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "SearchKeySourceIndicator": [ 1 ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "s_location", "IndexStructure": "RTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "location" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "s_rating", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "area_code" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "ExcludeUnknownKey": false, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/index-cast-null/index-cast-null.015.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/index-cast-null/index-cast-null.015.adm
index 52eaa75..797b6a6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/index-cast-null/index-cast-null.015.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/index-cast-null/index-cast-null.015.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "DatasetName": "ds2", "IndexName": "ds2_o_idx2", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "o_s_f" ], [ "o_d_f" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:18:19 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "SearchKeyType": [ "double", "string" ], "ExcludeUnknownKey": false, "Cast": { "Default": null } }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "DatasetName": "ds2", "IndexName": "ds2_o_idx2", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "o_s_f" ], [ "o_d_f" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Mon Oct 14 07:37:29 UTC 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "SearchKeyType": [ "double", "string" ], "ExcludeUnknownKey": false, "Cast": { "Default": null }, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/fulltext/stopwords-full-text-filter-1/stopwords-full-text-filter-1.7.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/fulltext/stopwords-full-text-filter-1/stopwords-full-text-filter-1.7.adm
index 0003857..73c6eb5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/fulltext/stopwords-full-text-filter-1/stopwords-full-text-filter-1.7.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/fulltext/stopwords-full-text-filter-1/stopwords-full-text-filter-1.7.adm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageId" ] ], "IsPrimary": true, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:33:32 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0 }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_0", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:33:33 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0 }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_1", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:33:34 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "FullTextConfig": "my_first_stopword_config" }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_2", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:33:34 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "FullTextConfig": "my_second_stopword_config" }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageId" ] ], "IsPrimary": true, "Timestamp": "Wed Oct 09 14:02:40 IST 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_0", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Wed Oct 09 14:04:53 IST 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_1", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Wed Oct 09 14:06:04 IST 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "FullTextConfig": "my_first_stopword_config", "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_2", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Wed Oct 09 14:08:21 IST 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "FullTextConfig": "my_second_stopword_config", "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
index 0eb1111..8399f96 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
                 InternalDatasetDetails id = (InternalDatasetDetails) dataset.getDatasetDetails();
                 Index primaryIndex = Index.createPrimaryIndex(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(),
                         dataset.getDatasetName(), id.getPrimaryKey(), id.getKeySourceIndicator(),
-                        id.getPrimaryKeyType(), dataset.getPendingOp());
+                        id.getPrimaryKeyType(), dataset.getPendingOp(), dataset.getCreator());
 
                 addIndex(txnId, primaryIndex);
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
index 7ec1b51..6077d29 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 
     public void dropIndex(String database, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String indexName) {
         Index index = new Index(database, dataverseName, datasetName, indexName, null, null, false, false,
-                MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, null);
         droppedCache.addIndexIfNotExists(index);
         logAndApply(new MetadataLogicalOperation(index, false));
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/EntityDetails.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/EntityDetails.java
index 1e95d0b..df44ecf 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/EntityDetails.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/EntityDetails.java
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
         FUNCTION,
         DATABASE,
         DATAVERSE,
-        SYNONYM
+        SYNONYM,
+        INDEX
     }
 
     private final String databaseName;
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@
         return new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, synonymName, EntityType.SYNONYM);
     }
 
+    public static EntityDetails newIndex(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String indexName) {
+        return new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, indexName, EntityType.INDEX);
+    }
+
     public String getDatabaseName() {
         return databaseName;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
index 66192e0..4709c13 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.IRecoveryManager.ResourceType;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataCache;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IMetadataEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
@@ -66,10 +67,11 @@
     private final boolean isEnforced;
     // Type of pending operations with respect to atomic DDL operation
     private int pendingOp;
+    private final Creator creator;
 
     public Index(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String indexName,
-            IndexType indexType, IIndexDetails indexDetails, boolean isEnforced, boolean isPrimaryIndex,
-            int pendingOp) {
+            IndexType indexType, IIndexDetails indexDetails, boolean isEnforced, boolean isPrimaryIndex, int pendingOp,
+            Creator creator) {
         boolean categoryOk = (indexType == null && indexDetails == null) || (IndexCategory
                 .of(Objects.requireNonNull(indexType)) == ((AbstractIndexDetails) Objects.requireNonNull(indexDetails))
                         .getIndexCategory());
@@ -85,26 +87,27 @@
         this.isPrimaryIndex = isPrimaryIndex;
         this.isEnforced = isEnforced;
         this.pendingOp = pendingOp;
+        this.creator = creator;
     }
 
     @Deprecated
     public Index(String database, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String indexName,
             IndexType indexType, List<List<String>> keyFieldNames, List<Integer> keyFieldSourceIndicators,
             List<IAType> keyFieldTypes, boolean overrideKeyFieldTypes, boolean isEnforced, boolean isPrimaryIndex,
-            int pendingOp, OptionalBoolean excludeUnknownKey) {
+            int pendingOp, OptionalBoolean excludeUnknownKey, Creator creator) {
         this(database, dataverseName, datasetName,
                 indexName, indexType, createSimpleIndexDetails(indexType, keyFieldNames, keyFieldSourceIndicators,
                         keyFieldTypes, overrideKeyFieldTypes, excludeUnknownKey),
-                isEnforced, isPrimaryIndex, pendingOp);
+                isEnforced, isPrimaryIndex, pendingOp, creator);
     }
 
     public static Index createPrimaryIndex(String database, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName,
             List<List<String>> keyFieldNames, List<Integer> keyFieldSourceIndicators, List<IAType> keyFieldTypes,
-            int pendingOp) {
-        return new Index(database, dataverseName, datasetName,
-                datasetName, IndexType.BTREE, new ValueIndexDetails(keyFieldNames, keyFieldSourceIndicators,
-                        keyFieldTypes, false, OptionalBoolean.empty(), OptionalBoolean.empty(), null, null, null),
-                false, true, pendingOp);
+            int pendingOp, Creator creator) {
+        return new Index(database, dataverseName, datasetName, datasetName, IndexType.BTREE,
+                new ValueIndexDetails(keyFieldNames, keyFieldSourceIndicators, keyFieldTypes, false,
+                        OptionalBoolean.empty(), OptionalBoolean.empty(), null, null, null),
+                false, true, pendingOp, creator);
     }
 
     public String getDatabaseName() {
@@ -155,6 +158,10 @@
         return !isPrimaryIndex();
     }
 
+    public Creator getCreator() {
+        return creator;
+    }
+
     public boolean isPrimaryKeyIndex() {
         // a primary key index has no key field names
         return indexType == IndexType.BTREE && ((ValueIndexDetails) indexDetails).keyFieldNames.isEmpty();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
index 453ccc1..deca260 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.IndexEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataManagerUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Datatype;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.KeyFieldTypeUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ACollectionCursor;
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.IACursor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.IAObject;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.pointables.base.DefaultOpenFieldType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AOrderedListType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
@@ -535,9 +538,10 @@
             isEnforcingKeys = ((ABoolean) indexRecord.getValueByPos(isEnforcedFieldPos)).getBoolean();
         }
         int pendingOp = ((AInt32) indexRecord.getValueByPos(indexEntity.pendingOpIndex())).getIntegerValue();
+        Creator creator = Creator.createOrDefault(indexRecord);
 
         return new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, indexName, indexType, indexDetails, isEnforcingKeys,
-                isPrimaryIndex, pendingOp);
+                isPrimaryIndex, pendingOp, creator);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -683,6 +687,7 @@
         writeExcludeUnknownKey(index);
         writeCast(index);
         writeSampleDetails(index);
+        writeIndexCreator(index);
     }
 
     private void writeComplexSearchKeys(Index.ArrayIndexDetails indexDetails) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -1014,4 +1019,35 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private void writeIndexCreator(Index index) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (indexEntity.databaseNameIndex() >= 0) {
+            Creator creatorInfo = index.getCreator();
+            RecordBuilder creatorObject = new RecordBuilder();
+            creatorObject.reset(DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getName());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getUuid());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            creatorObject.write(fieldValue.getDataOutput(), true);
+            recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
index 67e4606..dda2111 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
     public static Index getPrimaryIndex(Dataset dataset) {
         InternalDatasetDetails id = (InternalDatasetDetails) dataset.getDatasetDetails();
         return Index.createPrimaryIndex(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(), dataset.getDatasetName(),
-                id.getPartitioningKey(), id.getKeySourceIndicator(), id.getPrimaryKeyType(), dataset.getPendingOp());
+                id.getPartitioningKey(), id.getKeySourceIndicator(), id.getPrimaryKeyType(), dataset.getPendingOp(),
+                dataset.getCreator());
     }
 
     public static int[] getBtreeFieldsIfFiltered(Dataset dataset, Index index) throws AlgebricksException {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslatorTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslatorTest.java
index 507b3bd..713518d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslatorTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslatorTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@
             Index index = new Index(dvTestDatabase, dvTest, "d1", "i1", IndexType.BTREE,
                     Collections.singletonList(Collections.singletonList("row_id")),
                     indicator == null ? null : Collections.singletonList(indicator),
-                    Collections.singletonList(BuiltinType.AINT64), false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+                    Collections.singletonList(BuiltinType.AINT64), false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false),
+                    null);
 
             MetadataNode mockMetadataNode = mock(MetadataNode.class);
             when(mockMetadataNode.getDatatype(any(), anyString(), any(DataverseName.class), anyString()))