diff --git a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/__init__.py b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/__init__.py
index 29a27e4b6f90..7061300b5cc5 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/__init__.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 from bigframes._config.bigquery_options import BigQueryOptions  # noqa: E402
 from bigframes.core.global_session import (  # noqa: E402
     close_session,
+    execution_history,
     get_global_session,
 )
 from bigframes.session import Session, connect  # noqa: E402
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ def load_ipython_extension(ipython):
     "BigQueryOptions",
     "get_global_session",
     "close_session",
+    "execution_history",
     "enums",
     "exceptions",
     "connect",
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/core/global_session.py b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/core/global_session.py
index ce3b16d041e3..472255894534 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/core/global_session.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/core/global_session.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import bigframes.exceptions as bfe
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas
+
     import bigframes.session
 
 _global_session: Optional[bigframes.session.Session] = None
@@ -124,6 +126,14 @@ def with_default_session(func_: Callable[..., _T], *args, **kwargs) -> _T:
     return func_(get_global_session(), *args, **kwargs)
 
 
+def execution_history() -> "pandas.DataFrame":
+    import pandas  # noqa: F401
+
+    import bigframes.session
+
+    return with_default_session(bigframes.session.Session.execution_history)
+
+
 class _GlobalSessionContext:
     """
     Context manager for testing that sets global session.
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/__init__.py b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/__init__.py
index a6bb3041764c..9ea5ded46b22 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/__init__.py
@@ -109,6 +109,39 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class _ExecutionHistory(pandas.DataFrame):
+    @property
+    def _constructor(self):
+        return _ExecutionHistory
+
+    def _repr_html_(self) -> str | None:
+        try:
+            import bigframes.formatting_helpers as formatter
+
+            if self.empty:
+                return "<div>No executions found.</div>"
+
+            cols = ["job_id", "status", "total_bytes_processed", "job_url"]
+            df_display = self[cols].copy()
+            df_display["total_bytes_processed"] = df_display[
+                "total_bytes_processed"
+            ].apply(formatter.get_formatted_bytes)
+
+            def format_url(url):
+                return f'<a target="_blank" href="{url}">Open Job</a>' if url else ""
+
+            df_display["job_url"] = df_display["job_url"].apply(format_url)
+
+            # Rename job_id to query_id to match user expectations
+            df_display = df_display.rename(columns={"job_id": "query_id"})
+
+            compact_html = df_display.to_html(escape=False, index=False)
+
+            return compact_html
+        except Exception:
+            return super()._repr_html_()  # type: ignore
+
+
 @log_adapter.class_logger
 class Session(
     third_party_pandas_gbq.GBQIOMixin,
@@ -233,6 +266,7 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
         self._metrics = metrics.ExecutionMetrics()
+        self._publisher.subscribe(self._metrics.on_event)
         self._function_session = bff_session.FunctionSession()
         self._anon_dataset_manager = anonymous_dataset.AnonymousDatasetManager(
             self._clients_provider.bqclient,
@@ -371,6 +405,10 @@ def slot_millis_sum(self):
         """The sum of all slot time used by bigquery jobs in this session."""
         return self._metrics.slot_millis
 
+    def execution_history(self) -> pandas.DataFrame:
+        """Returns a list of underlying BigQuery executions initiated by BigFrames in the current session."""
+        return _ExecutionHistory([job.__dict__ for job in self._metrics.jobs])
+
     @property
     def _allows_ambiguity(self) -> bool:
         return self._allow_ambiguity
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/loader.py b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/loader.py
index b0a9e0a1ed31..c1c8f0eda409 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/loader.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/loader.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 import pandas
 import pyarrow as pa
 from google.cloud import bigquery_storage_v1
+from google.cloud.bigquery.job.load import LoadJob
+from google.cloud.bigquery.job.query import QueryJob
 from google.cloud.bigquery_storage_v1 import types as bq_storage_types
 
 import bigframes._tools
@@ -605,6 +607,9 @@ def _start_generic_job(self, job: formatting_helpers.GenericJob):
         else:
             job.result()
 
+        if self._metrics is not None and isinstance(job, (QueryJob, LoadJob)):
+            self._metrics.count_job_stats(query_job=job)
+
     @overload
     def read_gbq_table(  # type: ignore[overload-overlap]
         self,
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/metrics.py b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/metrics.py
index 8d43a83d7309..cf34a620e099 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/metrics.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/bigframes/session/metrics.py
@@ -15,16 +15,131 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import dataclasses
+import datetime
 import os
-from typing import Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import google.cloud.bigquery as bigquery
-import google.cloud.bigquery.job as bq_job
 import google.cloud.bigquery.table as bq_table
+from google.cloud.bigquery.job.load import LoadJob
+from google.cloud.bigquery.job.query import QueryJob
 
 LOGGING_NAME_ENV_VAR = "BIGFRAMES_PERFORMANCE_LOG_NAME"
 
 
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class JobMetadata:
+    job_id: Optional[str] = None
+    query_id: Optional[str] = None
+    location: Optional[str] = None
+    project: Optional[str] = None
+    creation_time: Optional[datetime.datetime] = None
+    start_time: Optional[datetime.datetime] = None
+    end_time: Optional[datetime.datetime] = None
+    duration_seconds: Optional[float] = None
+    status: Optional[str] = None
+    total_bytes_processed: Optional[int] = None
+    total_slot_ms: Optional[int] = None
+    job_type: Optional[str] = None
+    error_result: Optional[Mapping[str, Any]] = None
+    cached: Optional[bool] = None
+    job_url: Optional[str] = None
+    query: Optional[str] = None
+    destination_table: Optional[str] = None
+    source_uris: Optional[list[str]] = None
+    input_files: Optional[int] = None
+    input_bytes: Optional[int] = None
+    output_rows: Optional[int] = None
+    source_format: Optional[str] = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_job(
+        cls, query_job: Union[QueryJob, LoadJob], exec_seconds: Optional[float] = None
+    ) -> "JobMetadata":
+        query_text = getattr(query_job, "query", None)
+        if query_text and len(query_text) > 1024:
+            query_text = query_text[:1021] + "..."
+
+        job_id = getattr(query_job, "job_id", None)
+        job_url = None
+        if job_id:
+            job_url = f"https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?project={query_job.project}&j=bq:{query_job.location}:{job_id}&page=queryresults"
+
+        metadata = cls(
+            job_id=query_job.job_id,
+            location=query_job.location,
+            project=query_job.project,
+            creation_time=query_job.created,
+            start_time=query_job.started,
+            end_time=query_job.ended,
+            duration_seconds=exec_seconds,
+            status=query_job.state,
+            job_type=query_job.job_type,
+            error_result=query_job.error_result,
+            query=query_text,
+            job_url=job_url,
+        )
+        if isinstance(query_job, QueryJob):
+            metadata.cached = getattr(query_job, "cache_hit", None)
+            metadata.destination_table = (
+                str(query_job.destination) if query_job.destination else None
+            )
+            metadata.total_bytes_processed = getattr(
+                query_job, "total_bytes_processed", None
+            )
+            metadata.total_slot_ms = getattr(query_job, "slot_millis", None)
+        elif isinstance(query_job, LoadJob):
+            metadata.output_rows = getattr(query_job, "output_rows", None)
+            metadata.input_files = getattr(query_job, "input_files", None)
+            metadata.input_bytes = getattr(query_job, "input_bytes", None)
+            metadata.destination_table = (
+                str(query_job.destination)
+                if getattr(query_job, "destination", None)
+                else None
+            )
+            if getattr(query_job, "source_uris", None):
+                metadata.source_uris = list(query_job.source_uris)
+            if query_job.configuration and hasattr(
+                query_job.configuration, "source_format"
+            ):
+                metadata.source_format = query_job.configuration.source_format
+
+        return metadata
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_row_iterator(
+        cls, row_iterator: bq_table.RowIterator, exec_seconds: Optional[float] = None
+    ) -> "JobMetadata":
+        query_text = getattr(row_iterator, "query", None)
+        if query_text and len(query_text) > 1024:
+            query_text = query_text[:1021] + "..."
+
+        job_id = getattr(row_iterator, "job_id", None)
+        job_url = None
+        if job_id:
+            project = getattr(row_iterator, "project", "")
+            location = getattr(row_iterator, "location", "")
+            job_url = f"https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?project={project}&j=bq:{location}:{job_id}&page=queryresults"
+
+        return cls(
+            job_id=job_id,
+            query_id=getattr(row_iterator, "query_id", None),
+            location=getattr(row_iterator, "location", None),
+            project=getattr(row_iterator, "project", None),
+            creation_time=getattr(row_iterator, "created", None),
+            start_time=getattr(row_iterator, "started", None),
+            end_time=getattr(row_iterator, "ended", None),
+            duration_seconds=exec_seconds,
+            status="DONE",
+            total_bytes_processed=getattr(row_iterator, "total_bytes_processed", None),
+            total_slot_ms=getattr(row_iterator, "slot_millis", None),
+            job_type="query",
+            cached=getattr(row_iterator, "cache_hit", None),
+            query=query_text,
+            job_url=job_url,
+        )
+
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class ExecutionMetrics:
     execution_count: int = 0
@@ -32,10 +147,11 @@ class ExecutionMetrics:
     bytes_processed: int = 0
     execution_secs: float = 0
     query_char_count: int = 0
+    jobs: list[JobMetadata] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=list)
 
     def count_job_stats(
         self,
-        query_job: Optional[bq_job.QueryJob] = None,
+        query_job: Optional[Union[QueryJob, LoadJob]] = None,
         row_iterator: Optional[bq_table.RowIterator] = None,
     ):
         if query_job is None:
@@ -57,21 +173,64 @@ def count_job_stats(
             self.slot_millis += slot_millis
             self.execution_secs += exec_seconds
 
-        elif query_job.configuration.dry_run:
-            query_char_count = len(query_job.query)
+            self.jobs.append(
+                JobMetadata.from_row_iterator(row_iterator, exec_seconds=exec_seconds)
+            )
+
+        elif isinstance(query_job, QueryJob) and query_job.configuration.dry_run:
+            query_char_count = len(getattr(query_job, "query", ""))
 
             # TODO(tswast): Pass None after making benchmark publishing robust to missing data.
             bytes_processed = 0
             slot_millis = 0
             exec_seconds = 0.0
 
-        elif (stats := get_performance_stats(query_job)) is not None:
-            query_char_count, bytes_processed, slot_millis, exec_seconds = stats
+        elif isinstance(query_job, bigquery.QueryJob):
+            if (stats := get_performance_stats(query_job)) is not None:
+                query_char_count, bytes_processed, slot_millis, exec_seconds = stats
+                self.execution_count += 1
+                self.query_char_count += query_char_count or 0
+                self.bytes_processed += bytes_processed or 0
+                self.slot_millis += slot_millis or 0
+                self.execution_secs += exec_seconds or 0
+
+                metadata = JobMetadata.from_job(query_job, exec_seconds=exec_seconds)
+                metadata.total_bytes_processed = bytes_processed
+                metadata.total_slot_ms = slot_millis
+                self.jobs.append(metadata)
+
+        else:
             self.execution_count += 1
-            self.query_char_count += query_char_count or 0
-            self.bytes_processed += bytes_processed or 0
-            self.slot_millis += slot_millis or 0
-            self.execution_secs += exec_seconds or 0
+            duration = (
+                (query_job.ended - query_job.created).total_seconds()
+                if query_job.ended and query_job.created
+                else None
+            )
+            self.jobs.append(JobMetadata.from_job(query_job, exec_seconds=duration))
+
+        # For pytest runs only, log information about the query job
+        # to a file in order to create a performance report.
+        if (
+            isinstance(query_job, bigquery.QueryJob)
+            and not query_job.configuration.dry_run
+        ):
+            stats = get_performance_stats(query_job)
+            if stats:
+                write_stats_to_disk(
+                    query_char_count=stats[0],
+                    bytes_processed=stats[1],
+                    slot_millis=stats[2],
+                    exec_seconds=stats[3],
+                )
+        elif row_iterator is not None:
+            bytes_processed = getattr(row_iterator, "total_bytes_processed", 0) or 0
+            query_char_count = len(getattr(row_iterator, "query", "") or "")
+            slot_millis = getattr(row_iterator, "slot_millis", 0) or 0
+            created = getattr(row_iterator, "created", None)
+            ended = getattr(row_iterator, "ended", None)
+            exec_seconds = (
+                (ended - created).total_seconds() if created and ended else 0.0
+            )
             write_stats_to_disk(
                 query_char_count=query_char_count,
                 bytes_processed=bytes_processed,
@@ -79,19 +238,24 @@ def count_job_stats(
                 exec_seconds=exec_seconds,
             )
 
-        else:
-            # TODO(tswast): Pass None after making benchmark publishing robust to missing data.
-            bytes_processed = 0
-            query_char_count = 0
-            slot_millis = 0
-            exec_seconds = 0
+    def on_event(self, event: Any):
+        try:
+            import bigframes.core.events
+            from bigframes.session.executor import LocalExecuteResult
+        except ImportError:
+            return
 
-        write_stats_to_disk(
-            query_char_count=query_char_count,
-            bytes_processed=bytes_processed,
-            slot_millis=slot_millis,
-            exec_seconds=exec_seconds,
-        )
+        if isinstance(event, bigframes.core.events.ExecutionFinished):
+            if event.result and isinstance(event.result, LocalExecuteResult):
+                self.execution_count += 1
+                bytes_processed = event.result.total_bytes_processed or 0
+
+                metadata = JobMetadata(
+                    job_type="polars",
+                    status="DONE",
+                    total_bytes_processed=bytes_processed,
+                )
+                self.jobs.append(metadata)
 
 
 def get_performance_stats(
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/tests/system/small/test_polars_execution.py b/packages/bigframes/tests/system/small/test_polars_execution.py
index 1b58dc9d12b1..0b986becd3e6 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/tests/system/small/test_polars_execution.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/tests/system/small/test_polars_execution.py
@@ -72,3 +72,26 @@ def test_polar_execution_unsupported_sql_fallback(
     # geo fns not supported by polar engine yet, so falls back to bq execution
     assert session_w_polars._metrics.execution_count == (execution_count_before + 1)
     assert math.isclose(bf_result.geo_area.sum(), 70.52332050, rel_tol=0.00001)
+
+
+def test_polars_execution_history(session_w_polars):
+    import pandas as pd
+
+    # Create a small local DataFrame
+    pdf = pd.DataFrame({"col_a": [1, 2, 3], "col_b": ["x", "y", "z"]})
+
+    # Read simple local data
+    df = session_w_polars.read_pandas(pdf)
+
+    # Trigger execution
+    _ = df.to_pandas()
+
+    # Verify the execution history captured the local job
+    history = session_w_polars.execution_history()
+
+    # Verify we have at least one job and logged as polars
+    assert len(history) > 0
+    last_job = history.iloc[-1]
+
+    assert last_job["job_type"] == "polars"
+    assert last_job["status"] == "DONE"
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/session/test_metrics.py b/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/session/test_metrics.py
index 7c2f01c5b98f..296c6e96c5af 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/session/test_metrics.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/session/test_metrics.py
@@ -245,3 +245,21 @@ def test_write_stats_to_disk_no_env_var(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
         exec_seconds=1.23,
     )
     assert len(list(tmp_path.iterdir())) == 0
+
+
+def test_on_event_with_local_execute_result():
+    import bigframes.core.events
+    from bigframes.session.executor import LocalExecuteResult
+
+    local_result = unittest.mock.create_autospec(LocalExecuteResult, instance=True)
+    local_result.total_bytes_processed = 1024
+
+    event = bigframes.core.events.ExecutionFinished(result=local_result)
+    execution_metrics = metrics.ExecutionMetrics()
+    execution_metrics.on_event(event)
+
+    assert execution_metrics.execution_count == 1
+    assert len(execution_metrics.jobs) == 1
+    assert execution_metrics.jobs[0].job_type == "polars"
+    assert execution_metrics.jobs[0].status == "DONE"
+    assert execution_metrics.jobs[0].total_bytes_processed == 1024
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/test_col.py b/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/test_col.py
index cf9aa5c4b86a..9f5bbca5d9bc 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/test_col.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/test_col.py
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 import pathlib
 from typing import Generator
 
+import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
 import bigframes
 import bigframes.pandas as bpd
 from bigframes.testing.utils import assert_frame_equal, convert_pandas_dtypes
-import numpy as np
 
 pytest.importorskip("polars")
 pytest.importorskip("pandas", minversion="3.0.0")
diff --git a/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/test_pandas.py b/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/test_pandas.py
index e1e713697db1..a79d7a059bb9 100644
--- a/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/test_pandas.py
+++ b/packages/bigframes/tests/unit/test_pandas.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ def all_session_methods():
     session_attributes.remove("close")
     # streaming isn't in pandas
     session_attributes.remove("read_gbq_table_streaming")
+    # execution_history is in base namespace, not pandas
+    session_attributes.remove("execution_history")
 
     for attribute in sorted(session_attributes):
         session_method = getattr(bigframes.session.Session, attribute)