diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75d2424..3585d56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Improvements
+
+* [#123](https://github.com/babylonlabs-io/vigilante/pull/123) more metrics for bstracker
+
 ## v0.17.1
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/btcstaking-tracker/stakingeventwatcher/stakingeventwatcher.go b/btcstaking-tracker/stakingeventwatcher/stakingeventwatcher.go
index 1309055..19810c2 100644
--- a/btcstaking-tracker/stakingeventwatcher/stakingeventwatcher.go
+++ b/btcstaking-tracker/stakingeventwatcher/stakingeventwatcher.go
@@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ func (sew *StakingEventWatcher) activateBtcDelegation(
 	inclusionBlockHash chainhash.Hash,
 	requiredDepth uint32,
 ) {
+	sew.metrics.NumberOfActivationInProgress.Inc()
+	defer sew.metrics.NumberOfActivationInProgress.Dec()
+
 	ctx, cancel := sew.quitContext()
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -628,8 +631,17 @@ func (sew *StakingEventWatcher) activateBtcDelegation(
 		sew.logger.Debugf("skipping tx %s is not in pending tracker, err: %v", stakingTxHash, err)
 	}
 
+	defer func() {
+		// in case we don't succeed activating, reset the in progress flag
+		if err := sew.pendingTracker.UpdateActivation(stakingTxHash, false); err != nil {
+			sew.logger.Debugf("skipping tx %s is not in pending tracker [this is ok], err: %v", stakingTxHash, err)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	sew.waitForRequiredDepth(ctx, stakingTxHash, &inclusionBlockHash, requiredDepth)
 
+	defer sew.latency("activateDelegationRPC")()
+
 	_ = retry.Do(func() error {
 		verified, err := sew.babylonNodeAdapter.IsDelegationVerified(stakingTxHash)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -707,9 +719,7 @@ func (sew *StakingEventWatcher) latency(method string) func() {
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	return func() {
 		duration := time.Since(startTime)
-		sew.logger.Debug("execution time",
-			zap.String("method", method),
-			zap.String("latency", duration.String()))
+		sew.logger.Debugf("execution time for method: %s, duration: %s", method, duration.String())
 		sew.metrics.MethodExecutionLatency.WithLabelValues(method).Observe(duration.Seconds())
 	}
 }
diff --git a/metrics/btcstaking_tracker.go b/metrics/btcstaking_tracker.go
index cf32a64..177a8b2 100644
--- a/metrics/btcstaking_tracker.go
+++ b/metrics/btcstaking_tracker.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type UnbondingWatcherMetrics struct {
 	DetectedNonUnbondingTransactionsCounter prometheus.Counter
 	FailedReportedActivateDelegations       prometheus.Counter
 	ReportedActivateDelegationsCounter      prometheus.Counter
+	NumberOfActivationInProgress            prometheus.Gauge
 	MethodExecutionLatency                  *prometheus.HistogramVec
 }
 
@@ -40,38 +41,51 @@ func newUnbondingWatcherMetrics(registry *prometheus.Registry) *UnbondingWatcher
 	uwMetrics := &UnbondingWatcherMetrics{
 		Registry: registry,
 		ReportedUnbondingTransactionsCounter: registerer.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: "unbonding_watcher_reported_unbonding_transactions",
-			Help: "The total number of unbonding transactions successfully reported to Babylon node",
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_reported_unbonding_transactions",
+			Help:      "The total number of unbonding transactions successfully reported to Babylon node",
 		}),
 		FailedReportedUnbondingTransactions: registerer.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: "unbonding_watcher_failed_reported_unbonding_transactions",
-			Help: "The total number times reporting unbonding transactions to Babylon node failed",
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_failed_reported_unbonding_transactions",
+			Help:      "The total number times reporting unbonding transactions to Babylon node failed",
 		}),
 		NumberOfTrackedActiveDelegations: registerer.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-			Name: "unbonding_watcher_tracked_active_delegations",
-			Help: "The number of active delegations tracked by unbonding watcher",
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_tracked_active_delegations",
+			Help:      "The number of active delegations tracked by unbonding watcher",
 		}),
 		DetectedUnbondingTransactionsCounter: registerer.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: "unbonding_watcher_detected_unbonding_transactions",
-			Help: "The total number of unbonding transactions detected by unbonding watcher",
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_detected_unbonding_transactions",
+			Help:      "The total number of unbonding transactions detected by unbonding watcher",
 		}),
 		DetectedNonUnbondingTransactionsCounter: registerer.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: "unbonding_watcher_detected_non_unbonding_transactions",
-			Help: "The total number of non unbonding (slashing or withdrawal) transactions detected by unbonding watcher",
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_detected_non_unbonding_transactions",
+			Help:      "The total number of non unbonding (slashing or withdrawal) transactions detected by unbonding watcher",
 		}),
 		FailedReportedActivateDelegations: registerer.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: "unbonding_watcher_failed_reported_activate_delegation",
-			Help: "The total number times reporting activation delegation failed on Babylon node",
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_failed_reported_activate_delegation",
+			Help:      "The total number times reporting activation delegation failed on Babylon node",
 		}),
 		ReportedActivateDelegationsCounter: registerer.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: "unbonding_watcher_reported_activate_delegations",
-			Help: "The total number of unbonding transactions successfully reported to Babylon node",
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_reported_activate_delegations",
+			Help:      "The total number of unbonding transactions successfully reported to Babylon node",
 		}),
 		MethodExecutionLatency: registerer.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-			Name:    "unbonding_watcher_method_latency_seconds",
-			Help:    "Latency in seconds",
-			Buckets: []float64{.001, .002, .005, .01, .025, .05, .1},
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_method_latency_seconds",
+			Help:      "Latency in seconds",
+			Buckets:   []float64{.001, .002, .005, .01, .025, .05, .1},
 		}, []string{"method"}),
+		NumberOfActivationInProgress: registerer.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Namespace: "vigilante",
+			Name:      "unbonding_watcher_number_of_activation_in_progress",
+			Help:      "The number of activations in progress",
+		}),
 	}
 
 	return uwMetrics