diff --git a/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureOverview/FeatureLifecycleTooltip/FeatureLifecycleTooltip.tsx b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureOverview/FeatureLifecycleTooltip/FeatureLifecycleTooltip.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09967e7aceae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureOverview/FeatureLifecycleTooltip/FeatureLifecycleTooltip.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { Box, styled, Typography } from '@mui/material';
+import { Badge } from '../../../../common/Badge/Badge';
+import { HtmlTooltip } from 'component/common/HtmlTooltip/HtmlTooltip';
+import type { FC } from 'react';
+import type * as React from 'react';
+
+const TimeLabel = styled('span')(({ theme }) => ({
+    color: theme.palette.text.secondary,
+}));
+
+const InfoText = styled('p')(({ theme }) => ({
+    paddingBottom: theme.spacing(1),
+}));
+
+const MainLifecycleRow = styled(Box)(({ theme }) => ({
+    display: 'flex',
+    justifyContent: 'space-between',
+    marginBottom: theme.spacing(2),
+}));
+
+const TimeLifecycleRow = styled(Box)(({ theme }) => ({
+    display: 'flex',
+    justifyContent: 'space-between',
+    marginBottom: theme.spacing(1.5),
+}));
+
+export const FeatureLifecycleTooltip: FC<{
+    children: React.ReactElement<any, any>;
+}> = ({ children }) => (
+    <HtmlTooltip
+        maxHeight={800}
+        arrow
+        title={
+            <Box>
+                <Box sx={(theme) => ({ padding: theme.spacing(2) })}>
+                    <MainLifecycleRow>
+                        <Typography variant='h3'>Lifecycle</Typography>
+                        <Badge>Initial</Badge>
+                    </MainLifecycleRow>
+                    <TimeLifecycleRow>
+                        <TimeLabel>Stage entered at</TimeLabel>
+                        <span>14/01/2024</span>
+                    </TimeLifecycleRow>
+                    <TimeLifecycleRow>
+                        <TimeLabel>Time spent in stage</TimeLabel>
+                        <span>3 days</span>
+                    </TimeLifecycleRow>
+                </Box>
+                <Box
+                    sx={(theme) => ({
+                        backgroundColor: theme.palette.primary.main,
+                        color: theme.palette.primary.contrastText,
+                        borderRadius: theme.spacing(0, 0, 1, 1), // has to match the parent tooltip container
+                        margin: theme.spacing(-1, -1.5), // has to match the parent tooltip container
+                        p: theme.spacing(2, 3),
+                    })}
+                >
+                    <InfoText>
+                        This feature toggle is currently in the initial phase of
+                        it's life cycle.
+                    </InfoText>
+                    <InfoText>
+                        This means that the flag has been created, but it has
+                        not yet been seen in any environment.
+                    </InfoText>
+                    <InfoText>
+                        Once we detect metrics for a non-production environment
+                        it will move into pre-live.
+                    </InfoText>
+                </Box>
+            </Box>
+        }
+    >
+        {children}
+    </HtmlTooltip>
+);
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureOverview/FeatureOverviewMetaData/FeatureOverviewMetaData.tsx b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureOverview/FeatureOverviewMetaData/FeatureOverviewMetaData.tsx
index 50ca2ed8ef9d..11b7416cd3a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureOverview/FeatureOverviewMetaData/FeatureOverviewMetaData.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureOverview/FeatureOverviewMetaData/FeatureOverviewMetaData.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import Edit from '@mui/icons-material/Edit';
 import PermissionIconButton from 'component/common/PermissionIconButton/PermissionIconButton';
 import { UPDATE_FEATURE } from 'component/providers/AccessProvider/permissions';
 import { useRequiredPathParam } from 'hooks/useRequiredPathParam';
+import { useUiFlag } from 'hooks/useUiFlag';
+import { FeatureLifecycleTooltip } from '../FeatureLifecycleTooltip/FeatureLifecycleTooltip';
 
 const StyledContainer = styled('div')(({ theme }) => ({
     borderRadius: theme.shape.borderRadiusLarge,
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ const FeatureOverviewMetaData = () => {
     const featureId = useRequiredPathParam('featureId');
     const { feature } = useFeature(projectId, featureId);
     const { project, description, type } = feature;
+    const featureLifecycleEnabled = useUiFlag('featureLifecycle');
 
     const IconComponent = getFeatureTypeIcons(type);
 
@@ -88,6 +91,18 @@ const FeatureOverviewMetaData = () => {
                     <StyledBodyItem data-loading>
                         Project: {project}
                     </StyledBodyItem>
+                    <ConditionallyRender
+                        condition={featureLifecycleEnabled}
+                        show={
+                            <StyledBodyItem data-loading>
+                                Lifecycle:{' '}
+                                <FeatureLifecycleTooltip>
+                                    <span>Initial</span>
+                                </FeatureLifecycleTooltip>
+                            </StyledBodyItem>
+                        }
+                    />
+
                     <ConditionallyRender
                         condition={Boolean(description)}
                         show={