diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/processes/RunBackendStepOutput.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/processes/RunBackendStepOutput.java
index 54b039fb..5cd13afb 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/processes/RunBackendStepOutput.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/actions/processes/RunBackendStepOutput.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.AbstractActionOutput;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.audits.AuditInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.ValueUtils;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public class RunBackendStepOutput extends AbstractActionOutput implements Serial
    private ProcessState processState;
    private Exception    exception; // todo - make optional
 
+   private List<AuditInput> auditInputList;
 
 
    /*******************************************************************************
@@ -256,4 +258,35 @@ public class RunBackendStepOutput extends AbstractActionOutput implements Serial
       this.processState.getRecords().add(record);
    }
 
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for auditInputList
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public List<AuditInput> getAuditInputList()
+   {
+      return (this.auditInputList);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Setter for auditInputList
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void setAuditInputList(List<AuditInput> auditInputList)
+   {
+      this.auditInputList = auditInputList;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for auditInputList
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public RunBackendStepOutput withAuditInputList(List<AuditInput> auditInputList)
+   {
+      this.auditInputList = auditInputList;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/StreamedETLExecuteStep.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/StreamedETLExecuteStep.java
index fe951209..03e5bbd6 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/StreamedETLExecuteStep.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/streamedwithfrontend/StreamedETLExecuteStep.java
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.QBackendTransaction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.async.AsyncRecordPipeLoop;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.audits.AuditAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.BackendStep;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.processes.RunProcessAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.reporting.RecordPipe;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.audits.AuditInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunBackendStepInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunBackendStepOutput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.CollectionUtils;
 
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -201,6 +204,7 @@ public class StreamedETLExecuteStep extends BaseStreamedETLStep implements Backe
       // pass the records through the transform function //
       /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       transformStep.run(streamedBackendStepInput, streamedBackendStepOutput);
+      List<AuditInput> auditInputListFromTransform = streamedBackendStepOutput.getAuditInputList();
 
       ////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // pass the records through the load function //
@@ -209,6 +213,7 @@ public class StreamedETLExecuteStep extends BaseStreamedETLStep implements Backe
       streamedBackendStepOutput = new StreamedBackendStepOutput(runBackendStepOutput);
 
       loadStep.run(streamedBackendStepInput, streamedBackendStepOutput);
+      List<AuditInput> auditInputListFromLoad = streamedBackendStepOutput.getAuditInputList();
 
       ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // copy a small number of records to the output list //
@@ -219,6 +224,20 @@ public class StreamedETLExecuteStep extends BaseStreamedETLStep implements Backe
          loadedRecordList.add(streamedBackendStepOutput.getRecords().get(i++));
       }
 
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // if we have a batch of audit inputs, execute them //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      List<AuditInput> mergedAuditInputList = CollectionUtils.mergeLists(auditInputListFromTransform, auditInputListFromLoad);
+      if(CollectionUtils.nullSafeHasContents(mergedAuditInputList))
+      {
+         AuditAction auditAction = new AuditAction();
+         for(AuditInput auditInput : mergedAuditInputList)
+         {
+            auditAction.execute(auditInput);
+         }
+      }
+      runBackendStepOutput.setAuditInputList(null);
+
       currentRowCount += qRecords.size();
       return (qRecords.size());
    }