diff --git a/db/migrate/20250305000001_add_actual_state_updated_at_to_workspaces.rb b/db/migrate/20250305000001_add_actual_state_updated_at_to_workspaces.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..349129dfbd59d4e2a235c2f2f6ba73538c21a328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250305000001_add_actual_state_updated_at_to_workspaces.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddActualStateUpdatedAtToWorkspaces < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.2]
+  milestone '17.11'
+
+  def change
+    add_column :workspaces, :actual_state_updated_at, :datetime_with_timezone, null: false, default: '1970-01-01'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20250305000001 b/db/schema_migrations/20250305000001
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fea6d4a994352739ec630230e769531a5dbaa805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20250305000001
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9f7a9198505162ceb254c9c9ed141395be5a34306e0619c9f1ef4ae0323fc8c7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index e320d2edfdfe823a1c3f898ccb49632f09ad2469..a64f166d769df51620ec1500be5acef436eb538c 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -24660,6 +24660,7 @@ CREATE TABLE workspaces (
     workspaces_agent_config_version integer NOT NULL,
     desired_config_generator_version integer,
     project_ref text,
+    actual_state_updated_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT '1970-01-01 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone NOT NULL,
     CONSTRAINT check_15543fb0fa CHECK ((char_length(name) <= 64)),
     CONSTRAINT check_157d5f955c CHECK ((char_length(namespace) <= 64)),
     CONSTRAINT check_2b401b0034 CHECK ((char_length(deployment_resource_version) <= 64)),