diff --git a/codexcrawler/components/chaincrawler.nim b/codexcrawler/components/chaincrawler.nim
index b29e9f8..f957630 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/components/chaincrawler.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/components/chaincrawler.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type ChainCrawler* = ref object of Component
   marketplace: MarketplaceService
 
 proc onNewRequest(c: ChainCrawler, rid: Rid): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []).} =
-  return await c.store.update(rid)
+  return await c.store.add(rid)
 
 method start*(c: ChainCrawler): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
   info "starting..."
diff --git a/codexcrawler/components/chainmetrics.nim b/codexcrawler/components/chainmetrics.nim
index 4956ba0..85395ca 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/components/chainmetrics.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/components/chainmetrics.nim
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import pkg/questionable/results
 import ../state
 import ../services/metrics
 import ../services/marketplace
-import ../services/clock
 import ../components/requeststore
 import ../component
 import ../types
@@ -20,29 +19,29 @@ type
     metrics: Metrics
     store: RequestStore
     marketplace: MarketplaceService
-    clock: Clock
 
   Update = ref object
     numRequests: int
+    numPending: int
     numSlots: int
     totalSize: int64
 
-proc isOld(c: ChainMetrics, entry: RequestEntry): bool =
-  let oneDay = 60 * 60 * 24
-  return entry.lastSeen < (c.clock.now - oneDay.uint64)
-
 proc collectUpdate(c: ChainMetrics): Future[?!Update] {.async: (raises: []).} =
-  var update = Update(numRequests: 0, numSlots: 0, totalSize: 0)
+  var update = Update(numRequests: 0, numPending: 0, numSlots: 0, totalSize: 0)
 
   proc onRequest(entry: RequestEntry): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []).} =
     let response = await c.marketplace.getRequestInfo(entry.id)
     if info =? response:
-      inc update.numRequests
-      update.numSlots += info.slots.int
-      update.totalSize += (info.slots * info.slotSize).int64
+      if info.pending:
+        trace "request is pending", id = $entry.id
+        inc update.numPending
+      else:
+        trace "request is running", id = $entry.id
+        inc update.numRequests
+        update.numSlots += info.slots.int
+        update.totalSize += (info.slots * info.slotSize).int64
     else:
-      if c.isOld(entry):
-        ?await c.store.remove(entry.id)
+      ?await c.store.remove(entry.id)
     return success()
 
   ?await c.store.iterateAll(onRequest)
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ proc collectUpdate(c: ChainMetrics): Future[?!Update] {.async: (raises: []).} =
 
 proc updateMetrics(c: ChainMetrics, update: Update) =
   c.metrics.setRequests(update.numRequests)
+  c.metrics.setPendingRequests(update.numPending)
   c.metrics.setRequestSlots(update.numSlots)
   c.metrics.setTotalSize(update.totalSize)
 
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ proc new*(
     metrics: Metrics,
     store: RequestStore,
     marketplace: MarketplaceService,
-    clock: Clock,
 ): ChainMetrics =
   ChainMetrics(
-    state: state, metrics: metrics, store: store, marketplace: marketplace, clock: clock
+    state: state, metrics: metrics, store: store, marketplace: marketplace
   )
diff --git a/codexcrawler/components/requeststore.nim b/codexcrawler/components/requeststore.nim
index 130a6e5..8e0d38d 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/components/requeststore.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/components/requeststore.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import ../types
 import ../component
 import ../state
 import ../utils/datastoreutils
-import ../services/clock
 
 const requeststoreName = "requeststore"
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ logScope:
 type
   RequestEntry* = object
     id*: Rid
-    lastSeen*: uint64
+    isValid: bool
 
   OnRequestEntry* =
     proc(entry: RequestEntry): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []), gcsafe.}
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ type
   RequestStore* = ref object of Component
     state: State
     store: TypedDatastore
-    clock: Clock
 
 proc `$`*(entry: RequestEntry): string =
   $entry.id
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ proc `$`*(entry: RequestEntry): string =
 proc toBytes*(entry: RequestEntry): seq[byte] =
   var buffer = initProtoBuffer()
   buffer.write(1, $entry.id)
-  buffer.write(2, entry.lastSeen)
   buffer.finish()
   return buffer.buffer
 
@@ -44,36 +41,32 @@ proc fromBytes*(_: type RequestEntry, data: openArray[byte]): ?!RequestEntry =
   var
     buffer = initProtoBuffer(data)
     idStr: string
-    lastSeen: uint64
 
   if buffer.getField(1, idStr).isErr:
     return failure("Unable to decode `idStr`")
-  if buffer.getField(2, lastSeen).isErr:
-    return failure("Unable to decode `lastSeen`")
 
-  return success(RequestEntry(id: Rid.fromStr(idStr), lastSeen: lastSeen))
+  return success(RequestEntry(id: Rid.fromStr(idStr), isValid: true))
 
 proc encode*(e: RequestEntry): seq[byte] =
   e.toBytes()
 
 proc decode*(T: type RequestEntry, bytes: seq[byte]): ?!T =
   if bytes.len < 1:
-    return success(RequestEntry(lastSeen: 0))
+    return success(RequestEntry(isValid: false))
   return RequestEntry.fromBytes(bytes)
 
-method update*(
+method add*(
     s: RequestStore, rid: Rid
 ): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []), base.} =
   without key =? Key.init(requeststoreName / $rid), err:
     error "failed to format key", err = err.msg
     return failure(err)
 
-  let entry = RequestEntry(id: rid, lastSeen: s.clock.now)
   try:
-    ?await s.store.put(key, entry)
+    ?await s.store.put(key, RequestEntry(id: rid))
   except CatchableError as exc:
     return failure(exc.msg)
-  trace "Request entry updated", id = $rid
+  trace "Request entry added", id = $rid
   return success()
 
 method remove*(
@@ -109,7 +102,7 @@ method iterateAll*(
         error "failed to get value from iterator", err = err.msg
         return failure(err)
 
-      if value.lastSeen > 0:
+      if value.isValid:
         ?await onNode(value)
 
       await sleepAsync(1.millis)
@@ -118,13 +111,13 @@ method iterateAll*(
   return success()
 
 proc new*(
-    T: type RequestStore, state: State, store: TypedDatastore, clock: Clock
+    T: type RequestStore, state: State, store: TypedDatastore
 ): RequestStore =
-  RequestStore(state: state, store: store, clock: clock)
+  RequestStore(state: state, store: store)
 
-proc createRequestStore*(state: State, clock: Clock): ?!RequestStore =
+proc createRequestStore*(state: State): ?!RequestStore =
   without ds =? createTypedDatastore(state.config.dataDir / "requeststore"), err:
     error "Failed to create typed datastore for request store", err = err.msg
     return failure(err)
 
-  return success(RequestStore.new(state, ds, clock))
+  return success(RequestStore.new(state, ds))
diff --git a/codexcrawler/config.nim b/codexcrawler/config.nim
index abb3ecd..f4a39cc 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/config.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/config.nim
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Options:
   --discoveryPort=<p>               Port used for DHT [default: 8090]
   --bootNodes=<n>                   Semi-colon-separated list of Codex bootstrap SPRs [default: testnet_sprs]
 
-  --dhtEnable=<e>                   Set to "1" to enable DHT crawler [default: 0]
+  --dhtEnable=<e>                   Set to "1" to enable DHT crawler [default: 1]
   --stepDelay=<ms>                  Delay in milliseconds per node visit [default: 1000]
   --revisitDelay=<m>                Delay in minutes after which a node can be revisited [default: 60]
   --checkDelay=<m>                  Delay with which the 'revisitDelay' is checked for all known nodes [default: 10]
diff --git a/codexcrawler/installer.nim b/codexcrawler/installer.nim
index bdff348..80fa924 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/installer.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/installer.nim
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ proc createComponents*(state: State): Future[?!seq[Component]] {.async.} =
   without nodeStore =? createNodeStore(state, clock), err:
     return failure(err)
 
-  without requestStore =? createRequestStore(state, clock), err:
+  without requestStore =? createRequestStore(state), err:
     return failure(err)
 
   let
     metrics = createMetrics(state.config.metricsAddress, state.config.metricsPort)
     todoList = createTodoList(state, metrics)
     marketplace = createMarketplace(state, clock)
-    chainMetrics = ChainMetrics.new(state, metrics, requestStore, marketplace, clock)
+    chainMetrics = ChainMetrics.new(state, metrics, requestStore, marketplace)
 
   without dhtMetrics =? createDhtMetrics(state, metrics), err:
     return failure(err)
diff --git a/codexcrawler/services/marketplace.nim b/codexcrawler/services/marketplace.nim
index 494ff4c..d349158 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/services/marketplace.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/services/marketplace.nim
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type
 
   OnNewRequest* = proc(id: Rid): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []), gcsafe.}
   RequestInfo* = ref object
+    pending*: bool
     slots*: uint64
     slotSize*: uint64
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ proc fetchRequestInfo(
   try:
     let request = await market.getRequest(rid)
     if r =? request:
-      return some(RequestInfo(slots: r.ask.slots, slotSize: r.ask.slotSize))
+      return some(RequestInfo(pending: false, slots: r.ask.slots, slotSize: r.ask.slotSize))
   except CatchableError as exc:
     trace "Failed to get request info", err = exc.msg
   return none(RequestInfo)
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ method getRequestInfo*(
     try:
       let state = await market.requestState(rid)
       if s =? state:
+        if s == RequestState.New:
+          return some(RequestInfo(pending: true))
         if s == RequestState.Started:
           return await market.fetchRequestInfo(rid)
     except CatchableError as exc:
diff --git a/codexcrawler/services/metrics.nim b/codexcrawler/services/metrics.nim
index adc8852..020c5aa 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/services/metrics.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/services/metrics.nim
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ declareGauge(okNodesGauge, "DHT nodes successfully contacted")
 declareGauge(nokNodesGauge, "DHT nodes failed to contact")
 
 declareGauge(requestsGauge, "Marketplace active storage requests")
+declareGauge(pendingGauge, "Marketplace pending storage requests")
 declareGauge(requestSlotsGauge, "Marketplace active storage request slots")
 declareGauge(
   totalStorageSizeGauge, "Marketplace total bytes stored in active storage requests"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ type
     nokNodes: OnUpdateMetric
 
     onRequests: OnUpdateMetric
+    onPending: OnUpdateMetric
     onRequestSlots: OnUpdateMetric
     onTotalSize: OnUpdateMetric
 
@@ -47,6 +49,9 @@ method setNokNodes*(m: Metrics, value: int) {.base, gcsafe, raises: [].} =
 method setRequests*(m: Metrics, value: int) {.base, gcsafe, raises: [].} =
   m.onRequests(value.int64)
 
+method setPendingRequests*(m: Metrics, value: int) {.base, gcsafe, raises: [].} =
+  m.onPending(value.int64)
+
 method setRequestSlots*(m: Metrics, value: int) {.base, gcsafe, raises: [].} =
   m.onRequestSlots(value.int64)
 
@@ -70,6 +75,9 @@ proc createMetrics*(metricsAddress: IpAddress, metricsPort: Port): Metrics =
   proc onRequests(value: int64) =
     requestsGauge.set(value)
 
+  proc onPending(value: int64) =
+    pendingGauge.set(value)
+
   proc onRequestSlots(value: int64) =
     requestSlotsGauge.set(value)
 
@@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ proc createMetrics*(metricsAddress: IpAddress, metricsPort: Port): Metrics =
     okNodes: onOk,
     nokNodes: onNok,
     onRequests: onRequests,
+    onPending: onPending,
     onRequestSlots: onRequestSlots,
     onTotalSize: onTotalSize,
   )
diff --git a/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchaincrawler.nim b/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchaincrawler.nim
index 172b2b3..04f98b6 100644
--- a/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchaincrawler.nim
+++ b/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchaincrawler.nim
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ suite "ChainCrawler":
     (await (marketplace.subNewRequestsCallback.get())(rid)).tryGet()
 
     check:
-      store.updateRid == rid
+      store.addRid == rid
 
   test "start should iterate past requests and add then to store":
     check:
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ suite "ChainCrawler":
     (await marketplace.iterRequestsCallback.get()(rid)).tryGet()
 
     check:
-      store.updateRid == rid
+      store.addRid == rid
diff --git a/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchainmetrics.nim b/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchainmetrics.nim
index 4d279dd..be222d2 100644
--- a/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchainmetrics.nim
+++ b/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchainmetrics.nim
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ suite "ChainMetrics":
     metrics: MockMetrics
     store: MockRequestStore
     marketplace: MockMarketplaceService
-    clock: MockClock
     chain: ChainMetrics
 
   setup:
@@ -28,9 +27,8 @@ suite "ChainMetrics":
     metrics = createMockMetrics()
     store = createMockRequestStore()
     marketplace = createMockMarketplaceService()
-    clock = createMockClock()
 
-    chain = ChainMetrics.new(state, metrics, store, marketplace, clock)
+    chain = ChainMetrics.new(state, metrics, store, marketplace)
     (await chain.start()).tryGet()
 
   teardown:
@@ -44,12 +42,10 @@ suite "ChainMetrics":
       state.delays.len == 1
       state.delays[0] == state.config.requestCheckDelay.minutes
 
-  test "onStep should remove old non-running requests from request store":
+  test "onStep removes requests from request store when info can't be fetched":
     let rid = genRid()
-    let oneDay = (60 * 60 * 24).uint64
-    store.iterateEntries.add(RequestEntry(id: rid, lastSeen: 100.uint64))
+    store.iterateEntries.add(RequestEntry(id: rid))
 
-    clock.setNow = 100 + oneDay + 1
     marketplace.requestInfoReturns = none(RequestInfo)
 
     await onStep()
@@ -58,20 +54,6 @@ suite "ChainMetrics":
       marketplace.requestInfoRid == rid
       store.removeRid == rid
 
-  test "onStep should not remove recent non-running requests from request store":
-    let rid = genRid()
-    let now = 123456789.uint64
-    store.iterateEntries.add(RequestEntry(id: rid, lastSeen: now - 1))
-
-    clock.setNow = now
-    marketplace.requestInfoReturns = none(RequestInfo)
-
-    await onStep()
-
-    check:
-      marketplace.requestInfoRid == rid
-      not (store.removeRid == rid)
-
   test "onStep should count the number of active requests":
     let rid1 = genRid()
     let rid2 = genRid()
@@ -85,6 +67,19 @@ suite "ChainMetrics":
     check:
       metrics.requests == 2
 
+  test "onStep should count the number of pending requests":
+    let rid1 = genRid()
+    let rid2 = genRid()
+    store.iterateEntries.add(RequestEntry(id: rid1))
+    store.iterateEntries.add(RequestEntry(id: rid2))
+
+    marketplace.requestInfoReturns = some(RequestInfo(pending: true))
+
+    await onStep()
+
+    check:
+      metrics.pending == 2
+
   test "onStep should count the number of active slots":
     let rid = genRid()
     store.iterateEntries.add(RequestEntry(id: rid))
diff --git a/tests/codexcrawler/components/testrequeststore.nim b/tests/codexcrawler/components/testrequeststore.nim
index c3202f6..32c6c70 100644
--- a/tests/codexcrawler/components/testrequeststore.nim
+++ b/tests/codexcrawler/components/testrequeststore.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import ../../../codexcrawler/utils/datastoreutils
 import ../../../codexcrawler/types
 import ../../../codexcrawler/state
 import ../mocks/mockstate
-import ../mocks/mockclock
 import ../helpers
 
 suite "Requeststore":
@@ -20,15 +19,13 @@ suite "Requeststore":
   var
     ds: TypedDatastore
     state: MockState
-    clock: MockClock
     store: RequestStore
 
   setup:
     ds = createTypedDatastore(dsPath).tryGet()
     state = createMockState()
-    clock = createMockClock()
 
-    store = RequestStore.new(state, ds, clock)
+    store = RequestStore.new(state, ds)
 
   teardown:
     (await ds.close()).tryGet()
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ suite "Requeststore":
     removeDir(dsPath)
 
   test "requestEntry encoding":
-    let entry = RequestEntry(id: genRid(), lastSeen: 123.uint64)
+    let entry = RequestEntry(id: genRid())
 
     let
       bytes = entry.encode()
@@ -44,11 +41,10 @@ suite "Requeststore":
 
     check:
       entry.id == decoded.id
-      entry.lastSeen == decoded.lastSeen
 
-  test "update stores a new requestId with current time":
+  test "add stores a new requestId":
     let rid = genRid()
-    (await store.update(rid)).tryGet()
+    (await store.add(rid)).tryGet()
 
     let
       key = Key.init(requeststoreName / $rid).tryGet()
@@ -56,26 +52,10 @@ suite "Requeststore":
 
     check:
       stored.id == rid
-      stored.lastSeen == clock.setNow
-
-  test "update updates the current time of an existing requestId with current time":
-    let rid = genRid()
-    (await store.update(rid)).tryGet()
-
-    clock.setNow = 1234
-    (await store.update(rid)).tryGet()
-
-    let
-      key = Key.init(requeststoreName / $rid).tryGet()
-      stored = (await get[RequestEntry](ds, key)).tryGet()
-
-    check:
-      stored.id == rid
-      stored.lastSeen == clock.setNow
 
   test "remove will remove an entry":
     let rid = genRid()
-    (await store.update(rid)).tryGet()
+    (await store.add(rid)).tryGet()
     (await store.remove(rid)).tryGet()
 
     let
@@ -91,9 +71,9 @@ suite "Requeststore":
       rid2 = genRid()
       rid3 = genRid()
 
-    (await store.update(rid1)).tryGet()
-    (await store.update(rid2)).tryGet()
-    (await store.update(rid3)).tryGet()
+    (await store.add(rid1)).tryGet()
+    (await store.add(rid2)).tryGet()
+    (await store.add(rid3)).tryGet()
 
     var entries = newSeq[RequestEntry]()
     proc onEntry(entry: RequestEntry): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []), gcsafe.} =
@@ -117,7 +97,3 @@ suite "Requeststore":
       check:
         id in ids
 
-    check:
-      entries[0].lastSeen == clock.setNow
-      entries[1].lastSeen == clock.setNow
-      entries[2].lastSeen == clock.setNow
diff --git a/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockmetrics.nim b/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockmetrics.nim
index 01787cc..29c61e9 100644
--- a/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockmetrics.nim
+++ b/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockmetrics.nim
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ type MockMetrics* = ref object of Metrics
   ok*: int
   nok*: int
   requests*: int
+  pending*: int
   slots*: int
   totalSize*: int64
 
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ method setNokNodes*(m: MockMetrics, value: int) =
 method setRequests*(m: MockMetrics, value: int) =
   m.requests = value
 
+method setPendingRequests*(m: MockMetrics, value: int) =
+  m.pending = value
+
 method setRequestSlots*(m: MockMetrics, value: int) =
   m.slots = value
 
diff --git a/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockrequeststore.nim b/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockrequeststore.nim
index 075fc42..e17606e 100644
--- a/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockrequeststore.nim
+++ b/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockrequeststore.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import std/sequtils
 import pkg/questionable/results
 import pkg/chronos
 
@@ -6,12 +5,12 @@ import ../../../codexcrawler/components/requeststore
 import ../../../codexcrawler/types
 
 type MockRequestStore* = ref object of RequestStore
-  updateRid*: Rid
+  addRid*: Rid
   removeRid*: Rid
   iterateEntries*: seq[RequestEntry]
 
-method update*(s: MockRequestStore, rid: Rid): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []).} =
-  s.updateRid = rid
+method add*(s: MockRequestStore, rid: Rid): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []).} =
+  s.addRid = rid
   return success()
 
 method remove*(s: MockRequestStore, rid: Rid): Future[?!void] {.async: (raises: []).} =