diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 893932fb9d..40f8b04463 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1348,6 +1348,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "p256 0.13.2",
  "pageserver_page_api",
  "postgres",
+ "postgres-types",
  "postgres_initdb",
  "postgres_versioninfo",
  "regex",
diff --git a/compute_tools/Cargo.toml b/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
index 1a03022d89..c0e67851a4 100644
--- a/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ uuid.workspace = true
 walkdir.workspace = true
 x509-cert.workspace = true
 
+postgres-types.workspace = true
 postgres_versioninfo.workspace = true
 postgres_initdb.workspace = true
 compute_api.workspace = true
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index ec6e6c1634..8ccb625ff9 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ use crate::logger::startup_context_from_env;
 use crate::lsn_lease::launch_lsn_lease_bg_task_for_static;
 use crate::metrics::COMPUTE_CTL_UP;
 use crate::monitor::launch_monitor;
-use crate::pg_helpers::*;
 use crate::pgbouncer::*;
 use crate::rsyslog::{
     PostgresLogsRsyslogConfig, configure_audit_rsyslog, configure_postgres_logs_export,
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@ use crate::swap::resize_swap;
 use crate::sync_sk::{check_if_synced, ping_safekeeper};
 use crate::tls::watch_cert_for_changes;
 use crate::{config, extension_server, local_proxy};
+use crate::{pg_helpers::*, ro_replica};
 
 pub static SYNC_SAFEKEEPERS_PID: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(0);
 pub static PG_PID: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(0);
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ pub struct ComputeNode {
     pub ext_download_progress: RwLock<HashMap<String, (DateTime<Utc>, bool)>>,
     pub compute_ctl_config: ComputeCtlConfig,
 
+    pub(crate) ro_replica: Arc<ro_replica::GlobalState>,
+
     /// Handle to the extension stats collection task
     extension_stats_task: TaskHandle,
     lfc_offload_task: TaskHandle,
@@ -438,6 +440,7 @@ impl ComputeNode {
             compute_ctl_config: config.compute_ctl_config,
             extension_stats_task: Mutex::new(None),
             lfc_offload_task: Mutex::new(None),
+            ro_replica: Arc::new(ro_replica::GlobalState::default()),
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/lib.rs b/compute_tools/src/lib.rs
index 3899a1ca76..1874bdea9a 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub mod monitor;
 pub mod params;
 pub mod pg_helpers;
 pub mod pgbouncer;
+pub(crate) mod ro_replica;
 pub mod rsyslog;
 pub mod spec;
 mod spec_apply;
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/monitor.rs b/compute_tools/src/monitor.rs
index 8a2f6addad..390158078a 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/monitor.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/monitor.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use compute_api::responses::ComputeStatus;
-use compute_api::spec::ComputeFeature;
+use compute_api::spec::{ComputeFeature, ComputeMode};
 use postgres::{Client, NoTls};
 use tracing::{Level, error, info, instrument, span};
+use utils::lsn::Lsn;
 
 use crate::compute::ComputeNode;
 use crate::metrics::{PG_CURR_DOWNTIME_MS, PG_TOTAL_DOWNTIME_MS};
@@ -344,6 +345,42 @@ impl ComputeMonitor {
             }
         }
 
+        let mode: ComputeMode = self
+            .compute
+            .state
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .pspec
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("we launch ComputeMonitor only after we received a spec")
+            .spec
+            .mode;
+        match mode {
+            // TODO: can the .spec.mode ever change? if it can (e.g. secondary promote to primary)
+            // then we should make sure that lsn_lease_state transitions back to None so we stop renewing it.
+            ComputeMode::Primary => (),
+            ComputeMode::Static(_) => (),
+            ComputeMode::Replica => {
+                // TODO: instead of apply_lsn, use min inflight request LSN
+                match cli.query_one("SELECT pg_last_wal_replay_lsn() as apply_lsn", &[]) {
+                    Ok(r) => match r.try_get::<&str, postgres_types::PgLsn>("apply_lsn") {
+                        Ok(apply_lsn) => {
+                            let apply_lsn = Lsn(apply_lsn.into());
+                            self.compute
+                                .ro_replica
+                                .update_min_inflight_request_lsn(apply_lsn);
+                        }
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            anyhow::bail!("parse apply_lsn: {e}");
+                        }
+                    },
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        anyhow::bail!("query apply_lsn: {e}");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/ro_replica.rs b/compute_tools/src/ro_replica.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d221d0251d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute_tools/src/ro_replica.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use tracing::warn;
+use utils::lsn::Lsn;
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(crate) struct GlobalState {
+    min_inflight_request_lsn: tokio::sync::watch::Sender<Option<Lsn>>,
+}
+
+impl GlobalState {
+    pub fn update_min_inflight_request_lsn(&self, update: Lsn) {
+        self.min_inflight_request_lsn.send_if_modified(|value| {
+            let modified = *value != Some(update);
+            if let Some(value) = *value && value > update {
+                warn!(current=%value, new=%update, "min inflight request lsn moving backwards, this should not happen, bug in communicator");
+            }
+            *value = Some(update);
+            modified
+        });
+    }
+}