diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/diagnostic/DiagnosticsHelper.java b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/diagnostic/DiagnosticsHelper.java
index 1afa696ea..5ea40a058 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cryostat/diagnostic/DiagnosticsHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cryostat/diagnostic/DiagnosticsHelper.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import io.cryostat.libcryostat.sys.Clock;
 import io.cryostat.targets.Target;
 import io.cryostat.targets.TargetConnectionManager;
+import io.cryostat.ws.MessagingServer;
+import io.cryostat.ws.Notification;
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.StartupEvent;
 import io.smallrye.common.annotation.Identifier;
@@ -52,6 +54,12 @@
 @ApplicationScoped
 public class DiagnosticsHelper {
 
+    static final String THREAD_DUMP_DELETED = "ThreadDumpDeleted";
+    static final String THREAD_DUMP_REQUESTED = "ThreadDumpRequested";
+    static final String DUMP_THREADS = "threadPrint";
+    static final String DUMP_THREADS_TO_FIlE = "threadDumpToFile";
+    private static final String DIAGNOSTIC_BEAN_NAME = "com.sun.management:type=DiagnosticCommand";
+
     @ConfigProperty(name = ConfigProperties.AWS_BUCKET_NAME_THREAD_DUMPS)
     String bucket;
 
@@ -63,12 +71,6 @@ public class DiagnosticsHelper {
     @Inject Logger log;
     @Inject Clock clock;
 
-    static final String DUMP_THREADS = "threadPrint";
-    static final String DUMP_THREADS_TO_FIlE = "threadDumpToFile";
-    private static final String DIAGNOSTIC_BEAN_NAME = "com.sun.management:type=DiagnosticCommand";
-    static final String THREAD_DUMP_REQUESTED = "ThreadDumpRequested";
-    static final String THREAD_DUMP_DELETED = "ThreadDumpDeleted";
-
     @Inject EventBus bus;
     @Inject TargetConnectionManager targetConnectionManager;
     @Inject StorageBuckets buckets;
@@ -99,14 +101,21 @@ public ThreadDump dumpThreads(Target target, String format) {
                                         String.class)));
     }
 
-    public void deleteThreadDump(Target target, String threadDumpID) {
+    public void deleteThreadDump(Target target, String threadDumpId) {
         if (Objects.isNull(target.jvmId)) {
             log.errorv("TargetId {0} failed to resolve to a jvmId", target.id);
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         } else {
-            String key = threadDumpKey(target.jvmId, threadDumpID);
+            String key = threadDumpKey(target.jvmId, threadDumpId);
             storage.headObject(HeadObjectRequest.builder().bucket(bucket).key(key).build());
             storage.deleteObject(DeleteObjectRequest.builder().bucket(bucket).key(key).build());
+            var event =
+                    new ThreadDumpEvent(
+                            EventCategory.DELETED,
+                            ThreadDumpEvent.Payload.of(target, threadDumpId));
+            bus.publish(
+                    MessagingServer.class.getName(),
+                    new Notification(event.category().category(), event.payload()));
         }
     }
 
@@ -204,4 +213,38 @@ public List<S3Object> listThreadDumps(Target target) {
         var req = ListObjectsV2Request.builder().bucket(bucket).prefix(jvmId).build();
         return storage.listObjectsV2(req).contents();
     }
+
+    public enum EventCategory {
+        // ThreadDumpSuccess ("CREATED") events are emitted by LongRunningRequestGenerator
+        DELETED(THREAD_DUMP_DELETED),
+        ;
+
+        private final String category;
+
+        private EventCategory(String category) {
+            this.category = category;
+        }
+
+        public String category() {
+            return category;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public record ThreadDumpEvent(EventCategory category, Payload payload) {
+        public ThreadDumpEvent {
+            Objects.requireNonNull(category);
+            Objects.requireNonNull(payload);
+        }
+
+        public record Payload(String jvmId, String threadDumpId) {
+            public Payload {
+                Objects.requireNonNull(jvmId);
+                Objects.requireNonNull(threadDumpId);
+            }
+
+            public static Payload of(Target target, String threadDumpId) {
+                return new Payload(target.jvmId, threadDumpId);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/cryostat/diagnostics/ThreadDumpsTest.java b/src/test/java/io/cryostat/diagnostics/ThreadDumpsTest.java
index e267ba7ee..8605f0676 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/cryostat/diagnostics/ThreadDumpsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/cryostat/diagnostics/ThreadDumpsTest.java
@@ -245,18 +245,31 @@ public void testCreateAndDelete()
 
         var threadDumpId = listResponseJson.getString("[0].threadDumpId");
 
-        given().log()
-                .all()
-                .when()
-                .pathParam("targetId", id)
-                .pathParam("threadDumpId", threadDumpId)
-                .delete("targets/{targetId}/threaddump/{threadDumpId}")
-                .then()
-                .log()
-                .all()
-                .and()
-                .assertThat()
-                .statusCode(204);
+        Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor()
+                .schedule(
+                        () -> {
+                            given().log()
+                                    .all()
+                                    .when()
+                                    .pathParam("targetId", id)
+                                    .pathParam("threadDumpId", threadDumpId)
+                                    .delete("targets/{targetId}/threaddump/{threadDumpId}")
+                                    .then()
+                                    .log()
+                                    .all()
+                                    .and()
+                                    .assertThat()
+                                    .statusCode(204);
+                        },
+                        1,
+                        TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+        expectWebSocketNotification(
+                "ThreadDumpDeleted",
+                json ->
+                        Objects.equals(
+                                json.getJsonObject("message").getString("threadDumpId"),
+                                threadDumpId));
     }
 
     @Test