diff --git a/backend/remote/backend.go b/backend/remote/backend.go
index 28f9d95c4..43eb77fbc 100644
--- a/backend/remote/backend.go
+++ b/backend/remote/backend.go
@@ -704,6 +704,9 @@ func (b *Remote) Operation(ctx context.Context, op *backend.Operation) (*backend
 
 	// Check if we need to use the local backend to run the operation.
 	if b.forceLocal || !w.Operations {
+		// Record that we're forced to run operations locally to allow the
+		// command package UI to operate correctly
+		b.forceLocal = true
 		return b.local.Operation(ctx, op)
 	}
 
@@ -949,6 +952,10 @@ func (b *Remote) VerifyWorkspaceTerraformVersion(workspaceName string) tfdiags.D
 	return diags
 }
 
+func (b *Remote) IsLocalOperations() bool {
+	return b.forceLocal
+}
+
 // Colorize returns the Colorize structure that can be used for colorizing
 // output. This is guaranteed to always return a non-nil value and so useful
 // as a helper to wrap any potentially colored strings.
diff --git a/command/apply.go b/command/apply.go
index c5f7180dd..178cfbebe 100644
--- a/command/apply.go
+++ b/command/apply.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) Run(rawArgs []string) int {
 
 	// Render the resource count and outputs, unless we're using the remote
 	// backend locally, in which case these are rendered remotely
-	if _, isRemoteBackend := be.(*remoteBackend.Remote); !isRemoteBackend || c.RunningInAutomation {
+	if rb, isRemoteBackend := be.(*remoteBackend.Remote); !isRemoteBackend || rb.IsLocalOperations() {
 		view.ResourceCount(args.State.StateOutPath)
 		if !c.Destroy && op.State != nil {
 			view.Outputs(op.State.RootModule().OutputValues)