diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.StructureAdjustment/src/StructureAdjustmentService.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.StructureAdjustment/src/StructureAdjustmentService.php
index 51cdaeade4..31d17b56a6 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.StructureAdjustment/src/StructureAdjustmentService.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.StructureAdjustment/src/StructureAdjustmentService.php
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\EventStore\DecoratedEvent;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\EventStore\EventInterface;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\EventStore\EventNormalizer;
-use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\EventStore\Events;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\EventStore\EventsToPublish;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Factory\ContentRepositoryServiceInterface;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Infrastructure\Property\PropertyConverter;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\NodeType\NodeTypeManager;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\NodeType\NodeTypeName;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\ContentGraphInterface;
+use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Id\UuidFactory;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Workspace\WorkspaceName;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Subscription\Engine\SubscriptionEngine;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\StructureAdjustment\Adjustment\DimensionAdjustment;
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 use Neos\ContentRepository\StructureAdjustment\Adjustment\TetheredNodeAdjustments;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\StructureAdjustment\Adjustment\UnknownNodeTypeAdjustment;
 use Neos\EventStore\EventStoreInterface;
-use Neos\EventStore\Model\Event\EventId;
-use Neos\EventStore\Model\Event\EventMetadata;
+use Neos\EventStore\Model\Event\CorrelationId;
+use Neos\EventStore\Model\Events;
 
 class StructureAdjustmentService implements ContentRepositoryServiceInterface
 {
@@ -114,16 +114,26 @@ public function fixError(StructureAdjustment $adjustment): void
         $eventsToPublish = $remediation();
         assert($eventsToPublish instanceof EventsToPublish);
 
-        $eventsWithMetaData = self::eventsWithCausationOfFirstEventAndAdditionalMetaData(
-            $eventsToPublish->events,
-            EventMetadata::fromArray([
-                'structureAdjustment' => mb_strimwidth($adjustment->render() , 0, 250, '…')
-            ])
-        );
+        // set correlation id and add debug metadata
+        $correlationId = CorrelationId::fromString(UuidFactory::create());
+        $isFirstEvent = true;
+        $normalizedEvents = Events::fromArray($eventsToPublish->events->map(function (EventInterface|DecoratedEvent $event) use (
+            &$isFirstEvent, $correlationId, $adjustment
+        ) {
+            $metadata = $event instanceof DecoratedEvent ? $event->eventMetadata?->value ?? [] : [];
+            if ($isFirstEvent) {
+                $metadata['debug_structureAdjustment'] = mb_strimwidth($adjustment->render() , 0, 250, '…');
+                $isFirstEvent = false;
+            }
+            $decoratedEvent = DecoratedEvent::create(
+                event: $event,
+                metadata: $metadata,
+                correlationId: $correlationId,
+            );
+
+            return $this->eventNormalizer->normalize($decoratedEvent);
+        }));
 
-        $normalizedEvents = \Neos\EventStore\Model\Events::fromArray(
-            $eventsWithMetaData->map($this->eventNormalizer->normalize(...))
-        );
         $this->eventStore->commit(
             $eventsToPublish->streamName,
             $normalizedEvents,
@@ -131,24 +141,4 @@ public function fixError(StructureAdjustment $adjustment): void
         );
         $this->subscriptionEngine->catchUpActive();
     }
-
-    private static function eventsWithCausationOfFirstEventAndAdditionalMetaData(Events $events, EventMetadata $metadata): Events
-    {
-        /** @var non-empty-list<EventInterface|DecoratedEvent> $restEvents */
-        $restEvents = iterator_to_array($events);
-        $firstEvent = array_shift($restEvents);
-
-        if ($firstEvent instanceof DecoratedEvent && $firstEvent->eventMetadata) {
-            $metadata = EventMetadata::fromArray(array_merge($firstEvent->eventMetadata->value, $metadata->value));
-        }
-
-        $decoratedFirstEvent = DecoratedEvent::create($firstEvent, eventId: EventId::create(), metadata: $metadata);
-
-        $decoratedRestEvents = [];
-        foreach ($restEvents as $event) {
-            $decoratedRestEvents[] = DecoratedEvent::create($event, causationId: $decoratedFirstEvent->eventId);
-        }
-
-        return Events::fromArray([$decoratedFirstEvent, ...$decoratedRestEvents]);
-    }
 }