diff --git a/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/gc.rs b/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/gc.rs
index 2d98e3a66d60..2cf7baddb927 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/gc.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/gc.rs
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ impl ChunkStore {
 
             let Self {
                 id: _,
+                info: _,
                 config: _,
                 type_registry: _,
                 chunks_per_chunk_id,
diff --git a/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/store.rs b/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/store.rs
index 11746ea443db..b95af5d4fa62 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/store.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use arrow2::datatypes::DataType as ArrowDataType;
 use nohash_hasher::IntMap;
 
 use re_chunk::{Chunk, ChunkId, RowId, TransportChunk};
-use re_log_types::{EntityPath, StoreId, TimeInt, Timeline};
+use re_log_types::{EntityPath, StoreId, StoreInfo, TimeInt, Timeline};
 use re_types_core::ComponentName;
 
 use crate::{ChunkStoreChunkStats, ChunkStoreError, ChunkStoreResult};
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ pub struct ChunkStoreGeneration {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ChunkStore {
     pub(crate) id: StoreId,
+    pub(crate) info: Option<StoreInfo>,
 
     /// The configuration of the chunk store (e.g. compaction settings).
     pub(crate) config: ChunkStoreConfig,
@@ -366,6 +367,7 @@ impl Clone for ChunkStore {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         Self {
             id: self.id.clone(),
+            info: self.info.clone(),
             config: self.config.clone(),
             type_registry: self.type_registry.clone(),
             chunks_per_chunk_id: self.chunks_per_chunk_id.clone(),
@@ -389,6 +391,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for ChunkStore {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         let Self {
             id,
+            info: _,
             config,
             type_registry: _,
             chunks_per_chunk_id,
@@ -443,6 +446,7 @@ impl ChunkStore {
     pub fn new(id: StoreId, config: ChunkStoreConfig) -> Self {
         Self {
             id,
+            info: None,
             config,
             type_registry: Default::default(),
             chunk_ids_per_min_row_id: Default::default(),
@@ -464,6 +468,16 @@ impl ChunkStore {
         &self.id
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn set_info(&mut self, info: StoreInfo) {
+        self.info = Some(info);
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn info(&self) -> Option<&StoreInfo> {
+        self.info.as_ref()
+    }
+
     /// Return the current [`ChunkStoreGeneration`]. This can be used to determine whether the
     /// database has been modified since the last time it was queried.
     #[inline]
@@ -538,9 +552,11 @@ impl ChunkStore {
             let msg = res.with_context(|| format!("couldn't decode message {path_to_rrd:?} "))?;
             match msg {
                 re_log_types::LogMsg::SetStoreInfo(info) => {
-                    stores
-                        .entry(info.info.store_id.clone())
-                        .or_insert_with(|| Self::new(info.info.store_id, store_config.clone()));
+                    let store = stores.entry(info.info.store_id.clone()).or_insert_with(|| {
+                        Self::new(info.info.store_id.clone(), store_config.clone())
+                    });
+
+                    store.set_info(info.info);
                 }
 
                 re_log_types::LogMsg::ArrowMsg(store_id, msg) => {
diff --git a/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/writes.rs b/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/writes.rs
index acf20ea04d6a..6c574dc11bdd 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/writes.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_chunk_store/src/writes.rs
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ impl ChunkStore {
 
         let Self {
             id,
+            info: _,
             config: _,
             type_registry: _,
             chunks_per_chunk_id,
diff --git a/rerun_py/rerun_bindings/rerun_bindings.pyi b/rerun_py/rerun_bindings/rerun_bindings.pyi
index a9d22b37fb28..2099b7491642 100644
--- a/rerun_py/rerun_bindings/rerun_bindings.pyi
+++ b/rerun_py/rerun_bindings/rerun_bindings.pyi
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class Recording:
 
     def schema(self) -> Schema: ...
     def view(self, index: str, contents: ViewContentsLike) -> RecordingView: ...
+    def recording_id(self) -> str: ...
+    def application_id(self) -> str: ...
 
 class RRDArchive:
     """An archive loaded from an RRD, typically containing 1 or more recordings or blueprints."""
diff --git a/rerun_py/src/dataframe.rs b/rerun_py/src/dataframe.rs
index 37501f48b0e6..5e32472a36e3 100644
--- a/rerun_py/src/dataframe.rs
+++ b/rerun_py/src/dataframe.rs
@@ -569,6 +569,22 @@ impl PyRecording {
             query_expression: query,
         })
     }
+
+    fn recording_id(&self) -> String {
+        self.store.id().as_str().to_owned()
+    }
+
+    fn application_id(&self) -> PyResult<String> {
+        Ok(self
+            .store
+            .info()
+            .ok_or(PyValueError::new_err(
+                "Recording is missing application id.",
+            ))?
+            .application_id
+            .as_str()
+            .to_owned())
+    }
 }
 
 #[pyclass(frozen, name = "RRDArchive")]
diff --git a/rerun_py/tests/unit/test_dataframe.py b/rerun_py/tests/unit/test_dataframe.py
index 993269e0dfe3..8abc3c967654 100644
--- a/rerun_py/tests/unit/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/rerun_py/tests/unit/test_dataframe.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import tempfile
+import uuid
 
 import pyarrow as pa
 import rerun as rr
 
+APP_ID = "rerun_example_test_recording"
+RECORDING_ID = uuid.uuid4()
+
 
 class TestDataframe:
     def setup_method(self) -> None:
-        rr.init("rerun_example_test_recording")
+        rr.init(APP_ID, recording_id=RECORDING_ID)
 
         rr.set_time_sequence("my_index", 1)
         rr.log("points", rr.Points3D([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]))
@@ -22,6 +26,10 @@ def setup_method(self) -> None:
 
             self.recording = rr.dataframe.load_recording(rrd)
 
+    def test_recording_info(self) -> None:
+        assert self.recording.application_id() == APP_ID
+        assert self.recording.recording_id() == str(RECORDING_ID)
+
     def test_full_view(self) -> None:
         view = self.recording.view(index="my_index", contents="points")