diff --git a/.github/actions/clean_up/action.yaml b/.github/actions/clean_up/action.yaml
index 1cea3615..6beb772d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/clean_up/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/clean_up/action.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ outputs:
     description: "stackit cli version"
     value: ${{ steps.stackit_version.outputs.version }}
 
+  pre_count:
+    description: "number of resources found"
+    value: ${{ steps.retrieve_pre.outputs.count }}
+
+  post_count:
+    description: "number of resources found"
+    value: ${{ steps.retrieve_post.outputs.count }}
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -115,7 +123,8 @@ runs:
           exit 1
         fi
 
-    - name: Retrieve resources
+    - name: Retrieve resources before
+      id: retrieve_pre
       run: |
         echo "::group::retrieve resources"
         set -e
@@ -125,11 +134,15 @@ runs:
         stackit auth activate-service-account --service-account-key-path .svc_acc.json
 
         echo "SQL Server Flex resources:"
-        stackit --verbosity ${{ inputs.log_level }} --project-id "${{ inputs.project_id }}" beta sqlserverflex instance list --output-format json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | startswith("${{ inputs.tf_resource_prefix }}"))'
+        sql_res=$(stackit --verbosity ${{ inputs.log_level }} --project-id "${{ inputs.project_id }}" beta sqlserverflex instance list --output-format json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | startswith("${{ inputs.tf_resource_prefix }}"))')
+        sql_count=$(echo "$sql_res" | jq -r '.id' | wc -l)
 
         echo "PostgreSQL Flex resources:"
-        stackit --verbosity ${{ inputs.log_level }} --project-id "${{ inputs.project_id }}" postgresflex instance list --output-format json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | startswith("${{ inputs.tf_resource_prefix }}"))'
+        pg_res=$(stackit --verbosity ${{ inputs.log_level }} --project-id "${{ inputs.project_id }}" postgresflex instance list --output-format json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | startswith("${{ inputs.tf_resource_prefix }}"))')
+        pg_count=$(echo "$pg_res" | jq -r '.id' | wc -l)
 
+        echo "Number of resources found: ${sql_count} SQL Server Flex, ${pg_count} PostgreSQL Flex" 
+        echo "count=$(( ${pg_count} + ${sql_count} ))" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "::endgroup::"
       shell: bash
 
@@ -166,3 +179,26 @@ runs:
         set -e
         echo "Skip deleting: list only mode"
       shell: bash
+
+    - name: Retrieve resources after
+      id: retrieve_post
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::retrieve resources"
+        set -e
+        echo "authenticating api"
+        STACKIT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_PATH="${PWD}/.svc_acc.json"
+        export STACKIT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_PATH
+        stackit auth activate-service-account --service-account-key-path .svc_acc.json
+
+        echo "SQL Server Flex resources:"
+        sql_res=$(stackit --verbosity ${{ inputs.log_level }} --project-id "${{ inputs.project_id }}" beta sqlserverflex instance list --output-format json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | startswith("${{ inputs.tf_resource_prefix }}"))')
+        sql_count=$(echo "$sql_res" | jq -r '.id' | wc -l)
+
+        echo "PostgreSQL Flex resources:"
+        pg_res=$(stackit --verbosity ${{ inputs.log_level }} --project-id "${{ inputs.project_id }}" postgresflex instance list --output-format json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | startswith("${{ inputs.tf_resource_prefix }}"))')
+        pg_count=$(echo "$pg_res" | jq -r '.id' | wc -l)
+
+        echo "Number of resources found: ${sql_count} SQL Server Flex, ${pg_count} PostgreSQL Flex" 
+        echo "count=$(( ${pg_count} + ${sql_count} ))" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clean_up.yaml b/.github/workflows/clean_up.yaml
index d3389ce0..c57d0c1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clean_up.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clean_up.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           subtitle: "${{ forgejo.repository }}"
           event_title: ${{ forgejo.event_name }}
           event_author: ${{ forgejo.actor }}
-          event_body: "try to remove all resources with prefix ${{ inputs.res_prefix }}"
+          event_body: "count before cleaning: ${{ steps.clean.outputs.pre_count }} <br /> count after cleaning: ${{ steps.clean.outputs.post_count }}"
           event_number: ${{ forgejo.run_number }}
           event_url: "https://tf-provider.git.onstackit.cloud/stackit-dev-tools/terraform-provider-stackitprivatepreview/actions/runs/${{ forgejo.run_number }}"
           status: ${{ steps.clean.outcome == 'success' && 'SUCCESS' || 'FAILURE' }}