diff --git a/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts b/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
index 6dd8bdf5e444aa0f5ed5e533ecef6118ef8a51fc..b357dbdb78049e94f03611f248a8d0fd3603fee4 100644
--- a/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ export async function ensureIssue({
         return 'updated';
       }
     } else {
-      logger.debug('Issue created');
+      logger.info('Issue created');
       await api.post(`/2.0/repositories/${config.repository}/issues`, {
         body: {
           title,
diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.ts b/lib/platform/github/index.ts
index dc9fff7a31aff184a915ac9cc07149e64ed2b056..37fcc030074e9d9688bb04eba8d2f1a3eb10c7fe 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.ts
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ export async function ensureIssue({
         body,
       },
     });
-    logger.debug('Issue created');
+    logger.info('Issue created');
     // reset issueList so that it will be fetched again as-needed
     delete config.issueList;
     return 'created';
diff --git a/lib/platform/gitlab/index.ts b/lib/platform/gitlab/index.ts
index 5969858561453d66b56c9b92339dc88202807b5e..72a1cff999db475867c5a19aac3d2b144f2355d5 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitlab/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/gitlab/index.ts
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ export async function ensureIssue({
           description,
         },
       });
+      logger.info('Issue created');
       // delete issueList so that it will be refetched as necessary
       delete config.issueList;
       return 'created';