diff --git a/docs/content/management.md b/docs/content/management.md
index 1428ecfbd6..8ba5439752 100644
--- a/docs/content/management.md
+++ b/docs/content/management.md
@@ -834,6 +834,8 @@ Status updates contain the following fields:
 | `bundles[_].metrics` | `object` | Metrics from the last update of the bundle. |
 | `discovery.name` | `string` | Name of discovery bundle that the OPA instance is configured to download. |
 | `discovery.active_revision` | `string` | Opaque revision identifier of the last successful discovery activation. |
+| `discovery.last_request` | `string` | RFC3339 timestamp of last discovery bundle request. This timestamp should be >= to the successful request timestamp in normal operation. |
+| `discovery.last_successful_request` | `string` | RFC3339 timestamp of last successful discovery bundle request. This timestamp should be >= to the successful download timestamp in normal operation. |
 | `discovery.last_successful_download` | `string` | RFC3339 timestamp of last successful discovery bundle download. |
 | `discovery.last_successful_activation` | `string` | RFC3339 timestamp of last successful discovery bundle activation. |
 | `plugins` | `object` | A set of objects describing the state of configured plugins in OPA's runtime. |
diff --git a/plugins/discovery/discovery.go b/plugins/discovery/discovery.go
index a451a8c249..beb1dc88af 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery/discovery.go
+++ b/plugins/discovery/discovery.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func (c *Discovery) oneShot(ctx context.Context, u download.Update) {
 }
 
 func (c *Discovery) processUpdate(ctx context.Context, u download.Update) {
+	c.status.SetRequest()
 
 	if u.Error != nil {
 		c.logError("Discovery download failed: %v", u.Error)
@@ -141,8 +142,10 @@ func (c *Discovery) processUpdate(ctx context.Context, u download.Update) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	c.status.LastSuccessfulRequest = c.status.LastRequest
+
 	if u.Bundle != nil {
-		c.status.SetDownloadSuccess()
+		c.status.LastSuccessfulDownload = c.status.LastSuccessfulRequest
 
 		if err := c.reconfigure(ctx, u); err != nil {
 			c.logError("Discovery reconfiguration error occurred: %v", err)
diff --git a/plugins/discovery/discovery_test.go b/plugins/discovery/discovery_test.go
index 8d46b6af15..b2a4d03f50 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery/discovery_test.go
+++ b/plugins/discovery/discovery_test.go
@@ -751,6 +751,78 @@ func TestStatusUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStatusUpdatesTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+
+	ts := testServer{t: t}
+	ts.Start()
+	defer ts.Stop()
+
+	manager, err := plugins.New([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
+			"labels": {"x": "y"},
+			"services": {
+				"localhost": {
+					"url": %q
+				}
+			},
+			"discovery": {"name": "config"},
+		}`, ts.server.URL)), "test-id", inmem.New())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	disco, err := New(manager)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// simulate HTTP 200 response from downloader
+	disco.oneShot(ctx, download.Update{ETag: "etag-1", Bundle: makeDataBundle(1, `{
+		"config": {
+			"status": {}
+		}
+	}`)})
+
+	if disco.status.LastSuccessfulDownload != disco.status.LastSuccessfulRequest || disco.status.LastSuccessfulDownload != disco.status.LastRequest {
+		t.Fatal("expected last successful request to be same as download and request")
+	}
+
+	if disco.status.LastSuccessfulActivation.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatal("expected last successful activation to be non-zero")
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+
+	// simulate HTTP 304 response from downloader
+	disco.oneShot(ctx, download.Update{ETag: "etag-1", Bundle: nil})
+	if disco.status.LastSuccessfulDownload == disco.status.LastSuccessfulRequest || disco.status.LastSuccessfulDownload == disco.status.LastRequest {
+		t.Fatal("expected last successful download to differ from request and last request")
+	}
+
+	// simulate HTTP 200 response from downloader
+	disco.oneShot(ctx, download.Update{ETag: "etag-2", Bundle: makeDataBundle(2, `{
+		"config": {
+			"status": {}
+		}
+	}`)})
+
+	if disco.status.LastSuccessfulDownload != disco.status.LastSuccessfulRequest || disco.status.LastSuccessfulDownload != disco.status.LastRequest {
+		t.Fatal("expected last successful request to be same as download and request")
+	}
+
+	if disco.status.LastSuccessfulActivation.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatal("expected last successful activation to be non-zero")
+	}
+
+	// simulate error response from downloader
+	disco.oneShot(ctx, download.Update{Error: fmt.Errorf("unknown error")})
+
+	if disco.status.LastSuccessfulDownload != disco.status.LastSuccessfulRequest || disco.status.LastSuccessfulDownload == disco.status.LastRequest {
+		t.Fatal("expected last successful request to be same as download but different from request")
+	}
+}
+
 func makeDataBundle(n int, s string) *bundleApi.Bundle {
 	return &bundleApi.Bundle{
 		Manifest: bundleApi.Manifest{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("test-revision-%v", n)},