diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230327-193850.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230327-193850.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d0e5de3998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230327-193850.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Recreates missing tracking events
+time: 2023-03-27T19:38:50.657292-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: iknox-fa
+  Issue: 6097 6098
diff --git a/core/dbt/task/base.py b/core/dbt/task/base.py
index 5aa12b05ca8..8946f627293 100644
--- a/core/dbt/task/base.py
+++ b/core/dbt/task/base.py
@@ -77,6 +77,30 @@ def __init__(self, args, config, project=None):
         self.config = config
         self.project = config if isinstance(config, Project) else project
 
+        if dbt.tracking.active_user is not None:
+
+            # N.B. The none checking below is largely due to incomplete projects used in the testing
+            # and to support tasks that don't require a complete project or a complete config (debug, init).
+            project_id = None if self.project is None else self.project.hashed_name()
+            adapter_type = (
+                getattr(self.config.credentials, "type", None)
+                if hasattr(self.config, "credentials")
+                else None
+            )
+            adapter_unique_id = (
+                self.config.credentials.hashed_unique_field()
+                if hasattr(self.config, "credentials")
+                else None
+            )
+
+            dbt.tracking.track_project_id({"project_id": project_id})
+            dbt.tracking.track_adapter_info(
+                {
+                    "adapter_type": adapter_type,
+                    "adapter_unique_id": adapter_unique_id,
+                }
+            )
+
     @classmethod
     def pre_init_hook(cls, args):
         """A hook called before the task is initialized."""
diff --git a/core/dbt/tracking.py b/core/dbt/tracking.py
index f488babe002..594ec952c30 100644
--- a/core/dbt/tracking.py
+++ b/core/dbt/tracking.py
@@ -30,20 +30,22 @@
 
 COLLECTOR_URL = "fishtownanalytics.sinter-collect.com"
 COLLECTOR_PROTOCOL = "https"
+DBT_INVOCATION_ENV = "DBT_INVOCATION_ENV"
 
-INVOCATION_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/invocation/jsonschema/1-0-2"
-PLATFORM_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/platform/jsonschema/1-0-0"
-RUN_MODEL_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/run_model/jsonschema/1-0-2"
-INVOCATION_ENV_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/invocation_env/jsonschema/1-0-0"
-PACKAGE_INSTALL_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/package_install/jsonschema/1-0-0"
-RPC_REQUEST_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/rpc_request/jsonschema/1-0-1"
+ADAPTER_INFO_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/adapter_info/jsonschema/1-0-1"
 DEPRECATION_WARN_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/deprecation_warn/jsonschema/1-0-0"
-LOAD_ALL_TIMING_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/load_all_timing/jsonschema/1-0-3"
-RESOURCE_COUNTS = "iglu:com.dbt/resource_counts/jsonschema/1-0-0"
 EXPERIMENTAL_PARSER = "iglu:com.dbt/experimental_parser/jsonschema/1-0-0"
+INVOCATION_ENV_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/invocation_env/jsonschema/1-0-0"
+INVOCATION_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/invocation/jsonschema/1-0-2"
+LOAD_ALL_TIMING_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/load_all_timing/jsonschema/1-0-3"
+PACKAGE_INSTALL_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/package_install/jsonschema/1-0-0"
 PARTIAL_PARSER = "iglu:com.dbt/partial_parser/jsonschema/1-0-1"
+PLATFORM_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/platform/jsonschema/1-0-0"
+PROJECT_ID_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/project_id/jsonschema/1-0-1"
+RESOURCE_COUNTS = "iglu:com.dbt/resource_counts/jsonschema/1-0-0"
+RPC_REQUEST_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/rpc_request/jsonschema/1-0-1"
 RUNNABLE_TIMING = "iglu:com.dbt/runnable/jsonschema/1-0-0"
-DBT_INVOCATION_ENV = "DBT_INVOCATION_ENV"
+RUN_MODEL_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/run_model/jsonschema/1-0-2"
 
 
 class TimeoutEmitter(Emitter):
@@ -210,6 +212,32 @@ def track(user, *args, **kwargs):
             fire_event(SendEventFailure())
 
 
+def track_project_id(options):
+    assert active_user is not None, "Cannot track project_id when active user is None"
+    context = [SelfDescribingJson(PROJECT_ID_SPEC, options)]
+
+    track(
+        active_user,
+        category="dbt",
+        action="project_id",
+        label=get_invocation_id(),
+        context=context,
+    )
+
+
+def track_adapter_info(options):
+    assert active_user is not None, "Cannot track adapter_info when active user is None"
+    context = [SelfDescribingJson(ADAPTER_INFO_SPEC, options)]
+
+    track(
+        active_user,
+        category="dbt",
+        action="adapter_info",
+        label=get_invocation_id(),
+        context=context,
+    )
+
+
 def track_invocation_start(invocation_context):
     data = {"progress": "start", "result_type": None, "result": None}
     data.update(invocation_context)
diff --git a/events/README.md b/events/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53bcc2b4078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/events/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The events outlined here exist to support "very very old versions of dbt-core, which expected to look directly at the HEAD branch of this github repo to find validation schemas".
+
+Eventually these should go away (see https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/7228)