diff --git a/dataflow/states.go b/dataflow/states.go
index 8eab162c6..5a2e21cff 100644
--- a/dataflow/states.go
+++ b/dataflow/states.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var BlockBodyDownloadStates *States = NewStates(64 * 1024)
+var HeaderDownloadStates *States = NewStates(64 * 1024)
 
 const (
 	BlockBodyCleared byte = iota
@@ -22,6 +23,17 @@ const (
 	BlockBodyInDb
 )
 
+const (
+	HeaderInvalidated byte = iota
+	HeaderRequested
+	HeaderSkeletonRequested
+	HeaderRetryNotReady
+	HeaderEmpty
+	HeaderBad
+	HeaderEvicted
+	HeaderInserted
+)
+
 type SnapshotItem struct {
 	id    uint64
 	state byte
diff --git a/diagnostics/header_downloader_stats.go b/diagnostics/header_downloader_stats.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..946e9d53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diagnostics/header_downloader_stats.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package diagnostics
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/dataflow"
+)
+
+func SetupHeaderDownloadStats() {
+	http.HandleFunc("/debug/metrics/headers_download", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
+		writeHeaderDownload(w, r)
+	})
+}
+
+func writeHeaderDownload(w io.Writer, r *http.Request) {
+	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "ERROR: parsing arguments: %v\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+	sinceTickStr := r.Form.Get("sincetick")
+	var tick int64
+	if sinceTickStr != "" {
+		var err error
+		if tick, err = strconv.ParseInt(sinceTickStr, 10, 64); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "ERROR: parsing sincemilli: %v\n", err)
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "SUCCESS\n")
+	// fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d,%d\n", p2p.ingressTrafficMeter, )
+	dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.ChangesSince(int(tick), w)
+}
diff --git a/turbo/debug/flags.go b/turbo/debug/flags.go
index af357dd26..73447f0e1 100644
--- a/turbo/debug/flags.go
+++ b/turbo/debug/flags.go
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ func Setup(ctx *cli.Context, rootLogger bool) (log.Logger, error) {
 		diagnostics.SetupFlagsAccess(ctx)
 		diagnostics.SetupVersionAccess()
 		diagnostics.SetupBlockBodyDownload()
+		diagnostics.SetupHeaderDownloadStats()
 	}
 
 	// pprof server
diff --git a/turbo/stages/headerdownload/header_algos.go b/turbo/stages/headerdownload/header_algos.go
index e5cba8b79..2981ce174 100644
--- a/turbo/stages/headerdownload/header_algos.go
+++ b/turbo/stages/headerdownload/header_algos.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/dataflow"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/turbo/services"
 
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common"
@@ -391,11 +392,15 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) RequestMoreHeaders(currentTime time.Time) (*HeaderRequ
 	var req *HeaderRequest
 	hd.anchorTree.Ascend(func(anchor *Anchor) bool {
 		if anchor.nextRetryTime.After(currentTime) {
+			// We are not ready to retry this anchor yet
+			dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(anchor.blockHeight-1, dataflow.HeaderRetryNotReady)
 			return true
 		}
 		if anchor.timeouts >= 10 {
 			// Ancestors of this anchor seem to be unavailable, invalidate and move on
 			hd.invalidateAnchor(anchor, "suspected unavailability")
+			// Add header invalidate
+			dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(anchor.blockHeight-1, dataflow.HeaderInvalidated)
 			penalties = append(penalties, PenaltyItem{Penalty: AbandonedAnchorPenalty, PeerID: anchor.peerID})
 			return true
 		}
@@ -407,6 +412,7 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) RequestMoreHeaders(currentTime time.Time) (*HeaderRequ
 			Skip:    0,
 			Reverse: true,
 		}
+		// Add header requested
 		return false
 	})
 	return req, penalties
@@ -415,6 +421,7 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) RequestMoreHeaders(currentTime time.Time) (*HeaderRequ
 func (hd *HeaderDownload) requestMoreHeadersForPOS(currentTime time.Time) (timeout bool, request *HeaderRequest, penalties []PenaltyItem) {
 	anchor := hd.posAnchor
 	if anchor == nil {
+		dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(anchor.blockHeight-1, dataflow.HeaderEmpty)
 		hd.logger.Debug("[downloader] No PoS anchor")
 		return
 	}
@@ -449,6 +456,7 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) UpdateStats(req *HeaderRequest, skeleton bool, peer [6
 	defer hd.lock.Unlock()
 	if skeleton {
 		hd.stats.SkeletonRequests++
+		dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(req.Number, dataflow.HeaderSkeletonRequested)
 		if hd.stats.SkeletonReqMinBlock == 0 || req.Number < hd.stats.SkeletonReqMinBlock {
 			hd.stats.SkeletonReqMinBlock = req.Number
 		}
@@ -457,6 +465,7 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) UpdateStats(req *HeaderRequest, skeleton bool, peer [6
 		}
 	} else {
 		hd.stats.Requests++
+		dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(req.Number, dataflow.HeaderRequested)
 		// We know that req is reverse request, with Skip == 0, therefore comparing Number with reqMax
 		if req.Number > hd.stats.ReqMaxBlock {
 			hd.stats.ReqMaxBlock = req.Number
@@ -519,6 +528,7 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) InsertHeader(hf FeedHeaderFunc, terminalTotalDifficult
 			hd.moveLinkToQueue(link, NoQueue)
 			delete(hd.links, link.hash)
 			hd.removeUpwards(link)
+			dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(link.blockHeight, dataflow.HeaderBad)
 			hd.logger.Warn("[downloader] Rejected header marked as bad", "hash", link.hash, "height", link.blockHeight)
 			return true, false, 0, lastTime, nil
 		}
@@ -534,6 +544,7 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) InsertHeader(hf FeedHeaderFunc, terminalTotalDifficult
 					hd.moveLinkToQueue(link, NoQueue)
 					delete(hd.links, link.hash)
 					hd.removeUpwards(link)
+					dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(link.blockHeight, dataflow.HeaderEvicted)
 					return true, false, 0, lastTime, nil
 				}
 			}
@@ -560,6 +571,7 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) InsertHeader(hf FeedHeaderFunc, terminalTotalDifficult
 				if td.Cmp(terminalTotalDifficulty) >= 0 {
 					hd.highestInDb = link.blockHeight
 					log.Info(POSPandaBanner)
+					dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(link.blockHeight, dataflow.HeaderInserted)
 					return true, true, 0, lastTime, nil
 				}
 				returnTd = td
@@ -584,11 +596,13 @@ func (hd *HeaderDownload) InsertHeader(hf FeedHeaderFunc, terminalTotalDifficult
 			}
 		}
 		if link.blockHeight == hd.latestMinedBlockNumber {
+			dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(link.blockHeight, dataflow.HeaderInserted)
 			return false, true, 0, lastTime, nil
 		}
 	}
 	for hd.persistedLinkQueue.Len() > hd.persistedLinkLimit {
 		link := heap.Pop(&hd.persistedLinkQueue).(*Link)
+		dataflow.HeaderDownloadStates.AddChange(link.blockHeight, dataflow.HeaderEvicted)
 		delete(hd.links, link.hash)
 		for child := link.fChild; child != nil; child, child.next = child.next, nil {
 		}