diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0283681b..c46d14f2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/codeready-toolchain/api v0.0.0-20250131222557-beba5463f429
+	github.com/codeready-toolchain/api v0.0.0-20250227073728-5999971adb48
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v52 v52.0.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/migueleliasweb/go-github-mock v0.0.18
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.12.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.29.2
@@ -86,7 +87,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/monochromegane/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20200626010858-205db1a8cc00 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 67425f18..dc06779f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.1.0/go.mod h1:prBCrKB9DV4poKZY1l9zBXg2QJY7mvgRvtMxxK7fi4I=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 h1:qlCDlTPz2n9fu58M0Nh1J/JzcFpfgkFHHX3O35r5vcU=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7/go.mod h1:sRTcRWXGLrKw6yIGJ+l7amYJFfAXbZG0kBSc8r4zxgA=
-github.com/codeready-toolchain/api v0.0.0-20250131222557-beba5463f429 h1:I7xzHRmstvzucH9NqF54xvsM/yYuWOp/G5+BUr5j4tY=
-github.com/codeready-toolchain/api v0.0.0-20250131222557-beba5463f429/go.mod h1:gPwicZPTmRm1PF75ysEYXaYKdXoFgwgCggTJd1oYmOs=
+github.com/codeready-toolchain/api v0.0.0-20250227073728-5999971adb48 h1:jqGcYw4KdQzqe5WEp+06HXBRyosAktgO5Y6ADs+NF5A=
+github.com/codeready-toolchain/api v0.0.0-20250227073728-5999971adb48/go.mod h1:gPwicZPTmRm1PF75ysEYXaYKdXoFgwgCggTJd1oYmOs=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
diff --git a/pkg/test/metrics/metric.go b/pkg/test/metrics/metric.go
index f76e002a..1001f663 100644
--- a/pkg/test/metrics/metric.go
+++ b/pkg/test/metrics/metric.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package metrics
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	promtestutil "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil"
+	promclientgo "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func AssertMetricsCounterEquals(t *testing.T, expected int, c prometheus.Counter) {
@@ -27,3 +30,33 @@ func AssertCounterGreaterOrEqualsInt(t *testing.T, threshold int, c prometheus.C
 func AssertMetricsGaugeEquals(t *testing.T, expected int, g prometheus.Gauge, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 	assert.InDelta(t, float64(expected), promtestutil.ToFloat64(g), 0.01, msgAndArgs...)
 }
+
+func AssertHistogramBucketEquals(t *testing.T, expected, bucket float64, h prometheus.Histogram, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+	metric := promclientgo.Metric{}
+	err := h.Write(&metric)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	for _, buck := range metric.GetHistogram().GetBucket() {
+		if buck.GetUpperBound() == bucket {
+			assert.Equal(t, uint64(expected), buck.GetCumulativeCount(), msgAndArgs...) // nolint:gosec
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	assert.Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("the bucket with the upper limit '%v' wasn't found, actual: %v", bucket, metric.GetHistogram().GetBucket()), msgAndArgs...)
+}
+
+func AssertHistogramSampleCountEquals(t *testing.T, expected uint64, h prometheus.Histogram, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+	metric := promclientgo.Metric{}
+	err := h.Write(&metric)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, metric.GetHistogram().GetSampleCount(), msgAndArgs...)
+}
+
+func AssertAllHistogramBucketsAreEmpty(t *testing.T, h prometheus.Histogram, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
+	metric := promclientgo.Metric{}
+	err := h.Write(&metric)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	for _, buck := range metric.GetHistogram().GetBucket() {
+		assert.Empty(t, buck.GetCumulativeCount(), msgAndArgs...)
+	}
+	assert.Empty(t, metric.GetHistogram().GetSampleCount(), msgAndArgs...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/test/usersignup/usersignup.go b/pkg/test/usersignup/usersignup.go
index 86c0af46..6305fc95 100644
--- a/pkg/test/usersignup/usersignup.go
+++ b/pkg/test/usersignup/usersignup.go
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ func WithAnnotation(key, value string) Modifier {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithRequestReceivedTimeAnnotation(t time.Time) Modifier {
+	return func(userSignup *toolchainv1alpha1.UserSignup) {
+		userSignup.Annotations[toolchainv1alpha1.UserSignupRequestReceivedTimeAnnotationKey] = t.Format(time.RFC3339)
+	}
+}
+
 func WithoutAnnotation(key string) Modifier {
 	return func(userSignup *toolchainv1alpha1.UserSignup) {
 		delete(userSignup.Annotations, key)