diff --git a/updater/lib/github_api/dependency_submission.rb b/updater/lib/github_api/dependency_submission.rb
index 0be58c43e25..d1ec9b72d8b 100644
--- a/updater/lib/github_api/dependency_submission.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/github_api/dependency_submission.rb
@@ -108,9 +108,17 @@ def payload
           url: SNAPSHOT_DETECTOR_URL
         },
         manifests: manifests,
+        # TODO: Move use of metadata to a Dependabot-specific object
+        #
+        # We are using the existing job metadata as a bag-of-values for error handling
+        # and job tracking that is specific to Dependabot-created submissions.
+        #
+        # In future, we should extend the public API schema with a validated object to
+        # harden this contract.
         metadata: {
           status: status.serialize,
-          reason: reason
+          reason: reason,
+          scanned_manifest_path: scanned_manifest_path
         }.compact
       }
     end
@@ -179,5 +187,16 @@ def manifests
         }
       }
     end
+
+    # Returns a synopsis of the scan performed in the format `ecosystem::manifest_path`, e.g.
+    # - `golang::/`
+    # - `rubygems::rails_app/`
+    #
+    sig do
+      returns(String)
+    end
+    def scanned_manifest_path
+      "#{GithubApi::EcosystemMapper.ecosystem_for(package_manager)}::#{File.dirname(manifest_file.path)}"
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/updater/spec/dependabot/update_graph_processor_spec.rb b/updater/spec/dependabot/update_graph_processor_spec.rb
index fac84de23c4..f1c64469399 100644
--- a/updater/spec/dependabot/update_graph_processor_spec.rb
+++ b/updater/spec/dependabot/update_graph_processor_spec.rb
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@
           # It should contain the expected metadata
           expect(payload[:metadata][:status]).to eql(GithubApi::DependencySubmission::SnapshotStatus::FAILED.serialize)
           expect(payload[:metadata][:reason]).to eql("dependency_file_not_evaluatable")
+          expect(payload[:metadata][:scanned_manifest_path]).to eql("rubygems::/")
         end
 
         it "correctly snapshots the second directory" do
@@ -418,6 +419,7 @@
           # We should have metadata indicating a successful snapshot
           expect(payload[:metadata][:status]).to eql(GithubApi::DependencySubmission::SnapshotStatus::SUCCESS.serialize)
           expect(payload[:metadata][:reason]).to be_nil
+          expect(payload[:metadata][:scanned_manifest_path]).to eql("rubygems::/subproject")
         end
       end
     end
@@ -557,6 +559,7 @@
         # It should contain the expected metadata
         expect(payload[:metadata][:status]).to eq(GithubApi::DependencySubmission::SnapshotStatus::SKIPPED.serialize)
         expect(payload[:metadata][:reason]).to eq(GithubApi::DependencySubmission::EMPTY_REASON_NO_MANIFESTS)
+        expect(payload[:metadata][:scanned_manifest_path]).to eql("rubygems::/")
       end
 
       update_graph_processor.run
@@ -665,6 +668,7 @@ def fetch_subdependencies(_dependency)
           # We should have metadata indicating a successful snapshot
           expect(payload[:metadata][:status]).to eql(GithubApi::DependencySubmission::SnapshotStatus::DEGRADED.serialize)
           expect(payload[:metadata][:reason]).to eql(GithubApi::DependencySubmission::DEGRADED_REASON_SUBDEPENDENCY_ERR)
+          expect(payload[:metadata][:scanned_manifest_path]).to eql("rubygems::/")
         end
 
         expect(service).to receive(:record_update_job_warning) do |args|
diff --git a/updater/spec/github_api/dependency_submission_spec.rb b/updater/spec/github_api/dependency_submission_spec.rb
index 44ce98772b8..999691af656 100644
--- a/updater/spec/github_api/dependency_submission_spec.rb
+++ b/updater/spec/github_api/dependency_submission_spec.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@
       expect(payload[:detector][:version]).to eq(Dependabot::VERSION)
       expect(payload[:job][:correlator]).to eq("dependabot-bundler")
       expect(payload[:job][:id]).to eq("9999")
+
+      # Check dependabot-specific metadata keys
+      expect(payload[:metadata][:status]).to eql("ok")
+      expect(payload[:metadata][:reason]).to be_nil
+      expect(payload[:metadata][:scanned_manifest_path]).to eql("rubygems::/")
     end
 
     it "affixes to use the updater sha if available" do