diff --git a/src/database/standalone-sqlite.ts b/src/database/standalone-sqlite.ts
index 9aa48b54..91df613e 100644
--- a/src/database/standalone-sqlite.ts
+++ b/src/database/standalone-sqlite.ts
@@ -2347,8 +2347,10 @@ export class StandaloneSqliteDatabaseWorker {
     });
   }
 
-  cleanupWal(dbName: 'core' | 'bundles' | 'data' | 'moderation'): void {
-    this.dbs[dbName].pragma('wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)');
+  cleanupWal(dbName: 'core' | 'bundles' | 'data' | 'moderation') {
+    const walCheckpoint = this.dbs[dbName].pragma('wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)');
+
+    return walCheckpoint[0];
   }
 }
 
@@ -2971,7 +2973,27 @@ export class StandaloneSqliteDatabase
   }
 
   async cleanupWal(dbName: WorkerPoolName): Promise<void> {
-    return this.queueWrite(dbName, 'cleanupWal', [dbName]);
+    return this.queueWrite(dbName, 'cleanupWal', [dbName]).then(
+      (walCheckpoint) => {
+        this.log.info('WAL checkpoint', {
+          dbName,
+          walCheckpoint,
+        });
+
+        metrics.sqliteWalCheckpointPages.set(
+          { db: dbName, type: 'busy' },
+          walCheckpoint.busy,
+        );
+        metrics.sqliteWalCheckpointPages.set(
+          { db: dbName, type: 'log' },
+          walCheckpoint.log,
+        );
+        metrics.sqliteWalCheckpointPages.set(
+          { db: dbName, type: 'checkpointed' },
+          walCheckpoint.checkpointed,
+        );
+      },
+    );
   }
 }
 
@@ -3114,8 +3136,8 @@ if (!isMainThread) {
           parentPort?.postMessage(null);
           break;
         case 'cleanupWal':
-          worker.cleanupWal(args[0]);
-          parentPort?.postMessage(undefined);
+          const walCheckpoint = worker.cleanupWal(args[0]);
+          parentPort?.postMessage(walCheckpoint);
           break;
         case 'terminate':
           parentPort?.postMessage(null);
diff --git a/src/metrics.ts b/src/metrics.ts
index f4ab855c..99fd5463 100644
--- a/src/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/metrics.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ export const saveMethodsDuplicateCounter = new promClient.Counter({
   labelNames: ['method'],
 });
 
+export const sqliteWalCheckpointPages = new promClient.Gauge({
+  name: 'sqlite_wal_checkpoint_pages',
+  help: 'Number of pages in the WAL',
+  labelNames: ['db', 'type'],
+});
+
 //
 // Block importer metrics
 //