diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/lucene.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/lucene.ts
index e984fcdfdb..4a44aaa073 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/lucene.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/lucene.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ interface PaginatedSearchResponse<T> extends SearchResponse<T> {
   hasNextPage: boolean
 }
 
-export type SearchParams = {
+export type SearchParams<T> = {
   tableId?: string
   sort?: string
   sortOrder?: string
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export type SearchParams = {
   version?: string
   indexer?: () => Promise<any>
   disableEscaping?: boolean
-  rows?: Row[]
+  rows?: T | Row[]
 }
 
 export function removeKeyNumbering(key: any): string {
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ async function recursiveSearch<T>(
   if (rows.length > params.limit - 200) {
     pageSize = params.limit - rows.length
   }
-  const page = await new QueryBuilder<T | Row>(dbName, index, query)
+  const page = await new QueryBuilder<T>(dbName, index, query)
     .setVersion(params.version)
     .setTable(params.tableId)
     .setBookmark(bookmark)
@@ -546,14 +546,14 @@ export async function paginatedSearch<T>(
   dbName: string,
   index: string,
   query: SearchFilters,
-  params: SearchParams
+  params: SearchParams<T>
 ) {
   let limit = params.limit
   if (limit == null || isNaN(limit) || limit < 0) {
     limit = 50
   }
   limit = Math.min(limit, 200)
-  const search = new QueryBuilder<T | Row>(dbName, index, query)
+  const search = new QueryBuilder<T>(dbName, index, query)
   if (params.version) {
     search.setVersion(params.version)
   }
@@ -612,13 +612,13 @@ export async function fullSearch<T>(
   dbName: string,
   index: string,
   query: SearchFilters,
-  params: SearchParams
+  params: SearchParams<T>
 ) {
   let limit = params.limit
   if (limit == null || isNaN(limit) || limit < 0) {
     limit = 1000
   }
   params.limit = Math.min(limit, 1000)
-  const rows = await recursiveSearch<T | Row>(dbName, index, query, params)
+  const rows = await recursiveSearch<T>(dbName, index, query, params)
   return { rows }
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
index 233d044eaa..c22685b912 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
@@ -366,6 +366,16 @@ export async function getAllApps({
   }
 }
 
+export async function getAppsById(appIds: string[]) {
+  const settled = await Promise.allSettled(
+    appIds.map(appId => getAppMetadata(appId))
+  )
+  // have to list the apps which exist, some may have been deleted
+  return settled
+    .filter(promise => promise.status === "fulfilled")
+    .map(promise => (promise as PromiseFulfilledResult<App>).value)
+}
+
 /**
  * Utility function for getAllApps but filters to production apps only.
  */
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
index 480dbbfe2b..5a0cf4f398 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/global/auditLogs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Event, AuditedEventFriendlyName } from "../../../sdk"
 import { PaginationResponse, PaginationRequest } from "../"
+import { User, App } from "../../../"
 
 export interface AuditLogSearchParams {
   userId?: string[]
@@ -16,15 +17,13 @@ export interface SearchAuditLogsRequest
   extends PaginationRequest,
     AuditLogSearchParams {}
 
+export enum AuditLogResourceStatus {
+  DELETED = "deleted",
+}
+
 export interface AuditLogEnriched {
-  app: {
-    _id: string
-    name: string
-  }
-  user: {
-    _id: string
-    name: string
-  }
+  app?: App | { _id: string; status: AuditLogResourceStatus }
+  user: User | { _id: string; status: AuditLogResourceStatus }
   event: Event
   timestamp: string
   name: string