diff --git a/detectmatelibrary_tests/test_utils/test_persistency_saver.py b/detectmatelibrary_tests/test_utils/test_persistency_saver.py
index c3df1448..09bc7511 100644
--- a/detectmatelibrary_tests/test_utils/test_persistency_saver.py
+++ b/detectmatelibrary_tests/test_utils/test_persistency_saver.py
@@ -233,6 +233,23 @@ def test_auto_load_on_init_no_state_starts_fresh(self):
         assert saver is not None
 
 
+class TestPersistencySaverGetStatus:
+    def test_config_fields(self):
+        p = EventPersistency(event_data_class=EventDataFrame)
+        cfg = PersistencySaverConfig(
+            path="memory://status_test3/state",
+            save_interval_seconds=120,
+            events_until_save=500,
+            auto_load=True,
+        )
+        saver = PersistencySaver(p, cfg)
+        status = saver.get_status()
+        assert status["path"] == "memory://status_test3/state"
+        assert status["save_interval_seconds"] == 120
+        assert status["events_until_save"] == 500
+        assert status["auto_load"] is True
+
+
 class TestPersistencySaverIntegration:
     def test_full_cycle_dataframe_backend(self):
         """Train → save → restore → verify data identical."""
diff --git a/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/persistency/event_persistency.py b/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/persistency/event_persistency.py
index 2ad1b52f..4b1a4137 100644
--- a/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/persistency/event_persistency.py
+++ b/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/persistency/event_persistency.py
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ def ingest_event(
         data = data_structure.to_data(all_variables)
         data_structure.add_data(data)
 
+    @property
+    def events_since_save(self) -> int:
+        """Number of events ingested since the last successful save."""
+        return self._events_since_save
+
     def reset_events_since_save(self) -> None:
         """Reset the events-since-save counter after a successful save."""
         self._events_since_save = 0
diff --git a/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/persistency/persistency_saver.py b/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/persistency/persistency_saver.py
index ff603c62..3af535bf 100644
--- a/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/persistency/persistency_saver.py
+++ b/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/persistency/persistency_saver.py
@@ -192,6 +192,33 @@ def stop(self) -> None:
         atexit.unregister(self.stop)
         self.save()
 
+    def get_status(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return a snapshot of the current persistency state.
+
+        Reads last_saved_at from metadata.json if present. A missing or
+        unreadable metadata file is tolerated
+        """
+        ep = self._persistency
+        last_saved_at: str | None = None
+        try:
+            meta_path = f"{self._root}/metadata.json"
+            if self._fs.exists(meta_path):
+                with self._fs.open(meta_path, "r") as f:
+                    meta = json.load(f)
+                last_saved_at = meta.get("saved_at")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"PersistencySaver.get_status: could not read metadata.json — {e}")
+        return {
+            "path": self._config.path,
+            "save_interval_seconds": self._config.save_interval_seconds,
+            "events_until_save": self._config.events_until_save,
+            "auto_load": self._config.auto_load,
+            "events_seen_count": len(ep.get_events_seen()),
+            "events_with_data_count": len(ep.get_events_data()),
+            "events_since_save": ep.events_since_save,
+            "last_saved_at": last_saved_at,
+        }
+
     def _safe_event_data_kwargs(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Return event_data_kwargs with non-JSON-serializable values
         excluded."""