diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/ClientEventListener.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/ClientEventListener.java
index 1697fb545..140f9fcb3 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/ClientEventListener.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/ClientEventListener.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ public interface ClientEventListener {
    */
   void handleNewMessageAvailable();
 
+  /**
+   * Indicates that messages for the client have been persisted from short-term storage to long-term storage.
+   */
+  void handleMessagesPersistedPubSub();
+
   /**
    * Indicates that the client's presence has been displaced and the listener should close the client's underlying
    * network connection.
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/PubSubClientEventManager.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/PubSubClientEventManager.java
index 1d55f60a3..709b7bd18 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/PubSubClientEventManager.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/PubSubClientEventManager.java
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ public class PubSubClientEventManager extends RedisClusterPubSubAdapter<byte[],
 
         case DISCONNECT_REQUESTED -> listenerEventExecutor.execute(() -> listener.handleConnectionDisplaced(false));
 
+        case MESSAGES_PERSISTED -> listenerEventExecutor.execute(listener::handleMessagesPersistedPubSub);
+
         default -> logger.warn("Unexpected client event type: {}", clientEvent.getClass());
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/websocket/WebSocketConnection.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/websocket/WebSocketConnection.java
index 1d907e4da..e6e6a72fc 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/websocket/WebSocketConnection.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/websocket/WebSocketConnection.java
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ public class WebSocketConnection implements MessageAvailabilityListener, Displac
   private static final DistributionSummary primaryDeviceMessageTime = Metrics.summary(
       name(MessageController.class, "primaryDeviceMessageDeliveryDuration"));
   private static final Counter sendMessageCounter = Metrics.counter(name(WebSocketConnection.class, "sendMessage"));
-  private static final Counter messagesPersistedCounter = Metrics.counter(
-      name(WebSocketConnection.class, "messagesPersisted"));
   private static final Counter bytesSentCounter = Metrics.counter(name(WebSocketConnection.class, "bytesSent"));
   private static final Counter sendFailuresCounter = Metrics.counter(name(WebSocketConnection.class, "sendFailures"));
 
@@ -91,6 +89,7 @@ public class WebSocketConnection implements MessageAvailabilityListener, Displac
   private static final String SEND_MESSAGE_ERROR_COUNTER = MetricsUtil.name(WebSocketConnection.class,
       "sendMessageError");
   private static final String MESSAGE_AVAILABLE_COUNTER_NAME = name(WebSocketConnection.class, "messagesAvailable");
+  private static final String MESSAGES_PERSISTED_COUNTER_NAME = name(WebSocketConnection.class, "messagesPersisted");
 
   private static final String PRESENCE_MANAGER_TAG = "presenceManager";
   private static final String STATUS_CODE_TAG = "status";
@@ -495,7 +494,10 @@ public class WebSocketConnection implements MessageAvailabilityListener, Displac
       Metrics.counter(CLIENT_CLOSED_MESSAGE_AVAILABLE_COUNTER_NAME).increment();
       return false;
     }
-    messagesPersistedCounter.increment();
+
+    Metrics.counter(MESSAGES_PERSISTED_COUNTER_NAME,
+        PRESENCE_MANAGER_TAG, "legacy")
+        .increment();
 
     storedMessageState.set(StoredMessageState.PERSISTED_NEW_MESSAGES_AVAILABLE);
 
@@ -504,6 +506,13 @@ public class WebSocketConnection implements MessageAvailabilityListener, Displac
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void handleMessagesPersistedPubSub() {
+    Metrics.counter(MESSAGES_PERSISTED_COUNTER_NAME,
+            PRESENCE_MANAGER_TAG, "pubsub")
+        .increment();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void handleDisplacement(final boolean connectedElsewhere) {
     final Tags tags = Tags.of(
diff --git a/service/src/main/proto/ClientPresence.proto b/service/src/main/proto/ClientPresence.proto
index 8e2bef36d..129aaf77d 100644
--- a/service/src/main/proto/ClientPresence.proto
+++ b/service/src/main/proto/ClientPresence.proto
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ message ClientEvent {
     NewMessageAvailableEvent new_message_available = 1;
     ClientConnectedEvent client_connected = 2;
     DisconnectRequested disconnect_requested = 3;
+    MessagesPersistedEvent messages_persisted = 4;
   }
 }
 
@@ -36,3 +37,10 @@ message ClientConnectedEvent {
  */
 message DisconnectRequested {
 }
+
+/**
+ * Indicates that messages for the client have been persisted from short-term
+ * storage to long-term storage.
+ */
+message MessagesPersistedEvent {
+}
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/PubSubClientEventManagerTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/PubSubClientEventManagerTest.java
index 7c2d330a9..98d368b48 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/PubSubClientEventManagerTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/push/PubSubClientEventManagerTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ class PubSubClientEventManagerTest {
     public void handleNewMessageAvailable() {
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void handleMessagesPersistedPubSub() {
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void handleConnectionDisplaced(final boolean connectedElsewhere) {
     }