diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a6df2999..9a7563345 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Replaced `backend_repo_index_job_completed` PostHog event with `backend_repo_first_indexed`, which fires only on the first successful index of a repo. [#900](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/900)
+
 ## [4.11.0] - 2026-02-18
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/posthogEvents.ts b/packages/backend/src/posthogEvents.ts
index abfa96245..d7a1d0871 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/posthogEvents.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/posthogEvents.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ export type PosthogEventMap = {
         jobType: 'INDEX' | 'CLEANUP',
         type: string,
     },
-    backend_repo_index_job_completed: {
+    backend_repo_first_indexed: {
         repoId: number,
-        jobType: 'INDEX' | 'CLEANUP',
         type: string,
     },
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/repoIndexManager.ts b/packages/backend/src/repoIndexManager.ts
index 0307c0ac0..5c3fbeaaf 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/repoIndexManager.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/repoIndexManager.ts
@@ -575,11 +575,12 @@ export class RepoIndexManager {
             this.promClient.activeRepoIndexJobs.dec({ repo: job.data.repoName, type: jobTypeLabel });
             this.promClient.repoIndexJobSuccessTotal.inc({ repo: job.data.repoName, type: jobTypeLabel });
 
-            captureEvent('backend_repo_index_job_completed', {
-                repoId: job.data.repoId,
-                jobType: job.data.type,
-                type: jobData.repo.external_codeHostType,
-            });
+            if (jobData.type === RepoIndexingJobType.INDEX && jobData.repo.indexedAt === null) {
+                captureEvent('backend_repo_first_indexed', {
+                    repoId: job.data.repoId,
+                    type: jobData.repo.external_codeHostType,
+                });
+            }
         } catch (error) {
             Sentry.captureException(error);
             logger.error(`Exception thrown while executing lifecycle function \`onJobCompleted\`.`, error);