diff --git a/crates/sui-core/src/authority.rs b/crates/sui-core/src/authority.rs
index 572393021a3af..683f0434dc719 100644
--- a/crates/sui-core/src/authority.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-core/src/authority.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use narwhal_executor::ExecutionStateError;
 use narwhal_executor::{ExecutionIndices, ExecutionState};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use prometheus::{
-    register_histogram_with_registry, register_int_counter_with_registry,
+    exponential_buckets, register_histogram_with_registry, register_int_counter_with_registry,
     register_int_gauge_with_registry, Histogram, IntCounter, IntGauge,
 };
 use std::ops::Deref;
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ pub struct AuthorityMetrics {
     pub follower_items_loaded: IntCounter,
     pub follower_connections: IntCounter,
     pub follower_connections_concurrent: IntGauge,
+    pub follower_start_seq_num: Histogram,
 
     // TODO: consolidate these into GossipMetrics
     // (issue: https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/issues/3926)
@@ -144,6 +145,9 @@ const POSITIVE_INT_BUCKETS: &[f64] = &[
 
 impl AuthorityMetrics {
     pub fn new(registry: &prometheus::Registry) -> AuthorityMetrics {
+        // buckets are: 100, 10k, 1M, 100M, 10B, 1T, 100T, 10Q
+        // Safe to unwarp because the values are all valid.
+        let follower_seq_num_buckets = exponential_buckets(100., 100., 8).unwrap();
         Self {
             tx_orders: register_int_counter_with_registry!(
                 "total_transaction_orders",
@@ -245,6 +249,13 @@ impl AuthorityMetrics {
                 registry,
             )
             .unwrap(),
+            follower_start_seq_num: register_histogram_with_registry!(
+                "follower_start_seq_num",
+                "The start seq number this validator receives from fullnodes node_sync/follower process",
+                follower_seq_num_buckets,
+                registry,
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
             gossip_queued_count: register_int_counter_with_registry!(
                 "gossip_queued_count",
                 "Number of digests queued from gossip peers",
diff --git a/crates/sui-core/src/authority_batch.rs b/crates/sui-core/src/authority_batch.rs
index 192aa83219da3..8b9656c31221d 100644
--- a/crates/sui-core/src/authority_batch.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-core/src/authority_batch.rs
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ impl crate::authority::AuthorityState {
             metrics.follower_connections_concurrent.dec();
         });
 
+        metrics
+            .follower_start_seq_num
+            .observe(request.start.unwrap_or(0) as f64);
+
         // Register a subscriber to not miss any updates
         let subscriber = self.subscribe_batch();
 
diff --git a/crates/sui-core/src/authority_client.rs b/crates/sui-core/src/authority_client.rs
index 0f0ee1670af2d..a01cdcdbd6cff 100644
--- a/crates/sui-core/src/authority_client.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-core/src/authority_client.rs
@@ -242,10 +242,6 @@ impl AuthorityAPI for NetworkAuthorityClient {
         &self,
         request: BatchInfoRequest,
     ) -> Result<BatchInfoResponseItemStream, SuiError> {
-        self.metrics
-            .batch_info_request_start_seq
-            .observe(request.start.unwrap_or(0) as f64);
-
         let stream = self
             .client()
             .batch_info(request)
@@ -490,8 +486,6 @@ pub struct NetworkAuthorityClientMetrics {
     pub handle_object_info_request_latency: Histogram,
     pub handle_transaction_info_request_latency: Histogram,
     pub handle_checkpoint_request_latency: Histogram,
-
-    pub batch_info_request_start_seq: Histogram,
 }
 
 impl NetworkAuthorityClientMetrics {
@@ -533,12 +527,6 @@ impl NetworkAuthorityClientMetrics {
                 registry
             )
             .unwrap(),
-            batch_info_request_start_seq: register_histogram_with_registry!(
-                "batch_info_request_start_seq",
-                "The start sequences of the batch info requests",
-                registry
-            )
-            .unwrap(),
         }
     }