diff --git a/.web-docs/components/builder/openstack/README.md b/.web-docs/components/builder/openstack/README.md
index 5fc83fb..ac45b89 100644
--- a/.web-docs/components/builder/openstack/README.md
+++ b/.web-docs/components/builder/openstack/README.md
@@ -453,9 +453,13 @@ builder.
   useful if, for example, packer hangs on a connection after a reboot.
   Example: `5m`. Disabled by default.
 
-- `ssh_remote_tunnels` ([]string) - 
+- `ssh_remote_tunnels` ([]string) - Remote tunnels forward a port from your local machine to the instance.
+  Format: ["REMOTE_PORT:LOCAL_HOST:LOCAL_PORT"]
+  Example: "9090:localhost:80" forwards localhost:9090 on your machine to port 80 on the instance.
 
-- `ssh_local_tunnels` ([]string) - 
+- `ssh_local_tunnels` ([]string) - Local tunnels forward a port from the instance to your local machine.
+  Format: ["LOCAL_PORT:REMOTE_HOST:REMOTE_PORT"]
+  Example: "8080:localhost:3000" allows the instance to access your local machine’s port 3000 via localhost:8080.
 
 <!-- End of code generated from the comments of the SSH struct in communicator/config.go; -->
 
diff --git a/builder/openstack/artifact.go b/builder/openstack/artifact.go
index f78c844..ac54661 100644
--- a/builder/openstack/artifact.go
+++ b/builder/openstack/artifact.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/imageservice/v2/images"
+
+	registryimage "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer/registry/image"
 )
 
 // Artifact is an artifact implementation that contains built images.
@@ -22,9 +24,16 @@ type Artifact struct {
 	// OpenStack connection for performing API stuff.
 	Client *gophercloud.ServiceClient
 
+	// SourceImage ID of the created image this is actually resolved
+	// based on a few configured config attributes
+	SourceImage string
+
+	// The region is read from the env OS_REGION_NAME if not provided
+	Region string
+
 	// StateData should store data such as GeneratedData
 	// to be shared with post-processors
-	StateData map[string]interface{}
+	StateData map[string]any
 }
 
 func (a *Artifact) BuilderId() string {
@@ -44,7 +53,21 @@ func (a *Artifact) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("An image was created: %v", a.ImageId)
 }
 
-func (a *Artifact) State(name string) interface{} {
+func (a *Artifact) State(name string) any {
+
+	if name == registryimage.ArtifactStateURI {
+		img, err := registryimage.FromArtifact(a,
+			registryimage.WithRegion(a.Region),
+			registryimage.WithSourceID(a.SourceImage),
+		)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] error encountered when creating a registry image %v", err)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return img
+
+	}
 	return a.StateData[name]
 }
 
diff --git a/builder/openstack/artifact_test.go b/builder/openstack/artifact_test.go
index 967ac1b..c629ed2 100644
--- a/builder/openstack/artifact_test.go
+++ b/builder/openstack/artifact_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 package openstack
 
 import (
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	packersdk "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer"
+	registryimage "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer/registry/image"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )
 
 func TestArtifact_Impl(t *testing.T) {
@@ -63,3 +66,35 @@ func TestArtifactState_StateData(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Bad: State should be nil for nil StateData")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestArtifactState_hcpPackerRegistryMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	artifact := &Artifact{
+		ImageId:        "foo",
+		BuilderIdValue: "openstack",
+		SourceImage:    "bar",
+		Region:         "mordor-7",
+	}
+
+	result := artifact.State(registryimage.ArtifactStateURI)
+	if result == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Bad: HCP Packer registry image data was nil")
+	}
+
+	var image registryimage.Image
+	err := mapstructure.Decode(result, &image)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Bad: unexpected error when trying to decode state into registryimage.Image %v", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := registryimage.Image{
+		ImageID:        "foo",
+		ProviderName:   "openstack",
+		ProviderRegion: "mordor-7",
+		SourceImageID:  "bar",
+		Labels:         map[string]string{},
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(image, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: \ngot:\n%#v,\nexpected: \n%#v", image, expected)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/builder/openstack/builder.go b/builder/openstack/builder.go
index 4bf2502..8b8b56f 100644
--- a/builder/openstack/builder.go
+++ b/builder/openstack/builder.go
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, hook packersdk.Hook)
 		ImageId:        state.Get("image").(string),
 		BuilderIdValue: BuilderId,
 		Client:         imageClient,
-		StateData:      map[string]interface{}{"generated_data": state.Get("generated_data")},
+		SourceImage:    state.Get("source_image").(string),
+		Region:         b.config.AccessConfig.Region,
+		StateData:      map[string]any{"generated_data": state.Get("generated_data")},
 	}
 
 	return artifact, nil