diff --git a/docs/src/js/interfaces/MergeResult.md b/docs/src/js/interfaces/MergeResult.md
index 9874fd5d..d59049cb 100644
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/MergeResult.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/MergeResult.md
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 ## Properties
 
+### numAttempts
+
+```ts
+numAttempts: number;
+```
+
+***
+
 ### numDeletedRows
 
 ```ts
diff --git a/nodejs/src/table.rs b/nodejs/src/table.rs
index 56517e76..aa2bc51e 100644
--- a/nodejs/src/table.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/table.rs
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ pub struct MergeResult {
     pub num_inserted_rows: i64,
     pub num_updated_rows: i64,
     pub num_deleted_rows: i64,
+    pub num_attempts: i64,
 }
 
 impl From<lancedb::table::MergeResult> for MergeResult {
@@ -749,6 +750,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::MergeResult> for MergeResult {
             num_inserted_rows: value.num_inserted_rows as i64,
             num_updated_rows: value.num_updated_rows as i64,
             num_deleted_rows: value.num_deleted_rows as i64,
+            num_attempts: value.num_attempts as i64,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi b/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
index d5b39c9b..77791c59 100644
--- a/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ class MergeResult:
     num_updated_rows: int
     num_inserted_rows: int
     num_deleted_rows: int
+    num_attempts: int
 
 class AddColumnsResult:
     version: int
diff --git a/python/src/table.rs b/python/src/table.rs
index 2097909a..eaa55633 100644
--- a/python/src/table.rs
+++ b/python/src/table.rs
@@ -134,17 +134,19 @@ pub struct MergeResult {
     pub num_updated_rows: u64,
     pub num_inserted_rows: u64,
     pub num_deleted_rows: u64,
+    pub num_attempts: u32,
 }
 
 #[pymethods]
 impl MergeResult {
     pub fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
         format!(
-            "MergeResult(version={}, num_updated_rows={}, num_inserted_rows={}, num_deleted_rows={})",
+            "MergeResult(version={}, num_updated_rows={}, num_inserted_rows={}, num_deleted_rows={}, num_attempts={})",
             self.version,
             self.num_updated_rows,
             self.num_inserted_rows,
-            self.num_deleted_rows
+            self.num_deleted_rows,
+            self.num_attempts
         )
     }
 }
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::MergeResult> for MergeResult {
             num_updated_rows: result.num_updated_rows,
             num_inserted_rows: result.num_inserted_rows,
             num_deleted_rows: result.num_deleted_rows,
+            num_attempts: result.num_attempts,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
index 0da9586d..f28770da 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
@@ -1183,6 +1183,7 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
                 num_deleted_rows: 0,
                 num_inserted_rows: 0,
                 num_updated_rows: 0,
+                num_attempts: 0,
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
index 5aae72f7..79c1be35 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
@@ -467,6 +467,11 @@ pub struct MergeResult {
     /// However those rows are not shared with the user.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub num_deleted_rows: u64,
+    /// Number of attempts performed during the merge operation.
+    /// This includes the initial attempt plus any retries due to transaction conflicts.
+    /// A value of 1 means the operation succeeded on the first try.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub num_attempts: u32,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
@@ -2531,6 +2536,7 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
             num_updated_rows: stats.num_updated_rows,
             num_inserted_rows: stats.num_inserted_rows,
             num_deleted_rows: stats.num_deleted_rows,
+            num_attempts: stats.num_attempts,
         })
     }
 
@@ -2990,9 +2996,13 @@ mod tests {
         // Perform a "insert if not exists"
         let mut merge_insert_builder = table.merge_insert(&["i"]);
         merge_insert_builder.when_not_matched_insert_all();
-        merge_insert_builder.execute(new_batches).await.unwrap();
+        let result = merge_insert_builder.execute(new_batches).await.unwrap();
         // Only 5 rows should actually be inserted
         assert_eq!(table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap(), 15);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_inserted_rows, 5);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_updated_rows, 0);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_deleted_rows, 0);
+        assert_eq!(result.num_attempts, 1);
 
         // Create new data with i=15..25 (no id matches)
         let new_batches = Box::new(merge_insert_test_batches(15, 2));