diff --git a/internal/oplog/oplog.go b/internal/oplog/oplog.go
index f5d6db27..4ed5ef02 100644
--- a/internal/oplog/oplog.go
+++ b/internal/oplog/oplog.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func NewOpLog(databasePath string) (*OpLog, error) {
 
 		// Create the buckets if they don't exist
 		for _, bucket := range [][]byte{
-			SystemBucket, OpLogBucket, RepoIndexBucket, PlanIndexBucket, SnapshotIndexBucket,
+			SystemBucket, OpLogBucket, OpLogSoftDeleteBucket, RepoIndexBucket, PlanIndexBucket, SnapshotIndexBucket,
 		} {
 			if _, err := tx.CreateBucketIfNotExists(bucket); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("creating bucket %s: %s", string(bucket), err)
diff --git a/internal/orchestrator/forget.go b/internal/orchestrator/forget.go
index f747fd31..67107f97 100644
--- a/internal/orchestrator/forget.go
+++ b/internal/orchestrator/forget.go
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ func (t *ForgetTask) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 		for _, forgot := range forgot {
 			if e := t.orchestrator.OpLog.ForEachBySnapshotId(forgot.Id, indexutil.CollectAll(), func(op *v1.Operation) error {
+				if indexOp, ok := op.Op.(*v1.Operation_OperationIndexSnapshot); ok {
+					indexOp.OperationIndexSnapshot.Forgot = true
+					if err := t.orchestrator.OpLog.Update(op); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("mark index snapshot %v as forgotten: %w", op.Id, err)
+					}
+				}
+
+				// Soft delete the operation (can be recovered if necessary, todo: implement recovery).
 				return t.orchestrator.OpLog.Delete(op.Id)
 			}); e != nil {
 				err = multierror.Append(err, fmt.Errorf("cleanup snapshot %v: %w", forgot.Id, e))
diff --git a/internal/orchestrator/repo.go b/internal/orchestrator/repo.go
index 736a4162..57f878ff 100644
--- a/internal/orchestrator/repo.go
+++ b/internal/orchestrator/repo.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (r *RepoOrchestrator) Forget(ctx context.Context, plan *v1.Plan) ([]*v1.Res
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get snapshots for repo %v: %w", r.repoConfig.Id, err)
 	}
-	l.Debug("Forget result", zap.Any("result", result))
+	l.Debug("Forget result", zap.Int("forgot", len(result.Remove)), zap.Int("keep", len(result.Keep)))
 
 	var forgotten []*v1.ResticSnapshot
 	for _, snapshot := range result.Remove {