diff --git a/apps/ensadmin/src/app/mock/indexing-stats/page.tsx b/apps/ensadmin/src/app/mock/indexing-stats/page.tsx
index b169c2bd0..5e3d5cc4e 100644
--- a/apps/ensadmin/src/app/mock/indexing-stats/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/ensadmin/src/app/mock/indexing-stats/page.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { getUnixTime } from "date-fns";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 import {
-  type IndexingStatusResponse,
+  CrossChainIndexingStatusSnapshot,
+  createRealtimeIndexingStatusProjection,
   IndexingStatusResponseOk,
   OmnichainIndexingStatusIds,
 } from "@ensnode/ensnode-sdk";
@@ -13,10 +15,7 @@ import { IndexingStats } from "@/components/indexing-status/indexing-stats";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
 
-import {
-  indexingStatusResponseError,
-  indexingStatusResponseOkOmnichain,
-} from "../indexing-status-api.mock";
+import { indexingStatusResponseOkOmnichain } from "../indexing-status-api.mock";
 
 type LoadingVariant = "Loading" | "Loading Error";
 type ResponseOkVariant = keyof typeof indexingStatusResponseOkOmnichain;
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ let loadingTimeoutId: number;
 
 async function fetchMockedIndexingStatus(
   selectedVariant: Variant,
-): Promise<IndexingStatusResponseOk> {
+): Promise<CrossChainIndexingStatusSnapshot> {
   // always try clearing loading timeout when performing a mocked fetch
   // this way we get a fresh and very long request to observe the loading state
   if (loadingTimeoutId) {
@@ -48,14 +47,19 @@ async function fetchMockedIndexingStatus(
     case OmnichainIndexingStatusIds.Unstarted:
     case OmnichainIndexingStatusIds.Backfill:
     case OmnichainIndexingStatusIds.Following:
-    case OmnichainIndexingStatusIds.Completed:
-      return indexingStatusResponseOkOmnichain[selectedVariant] as IndexingStatusResponseOk;
+    case OmnichainIndexingStatusIds.Completed: {
+      const response = indexingStatusResponseOkOmnichain[
+        selectedVariant
+      ] as IndexingStatusResponseOk;
+
+      return response.realtimeProjection.snapshot;
+    }
     case "Error ResponseCode":
       throw new Error(
         "Received Indexing Status response with responseCode other than 'ok' which will not be cached.",
       );
     case "Loading":
-      return new Promise<IndexingStatusResponseOk>((_resolve, reject) => {
+      return new Promise<CrossChainIndexingStatusSnapshot>((_resolve, reject) => {
         loadingTimeoutId = +setTimeout(reject, 5 * 60 * 1_000);
       });
     case "Loading Error":
@@ -67,10 +71,12 @@ export default function MockIndexingStatusPage() {
   const [selectedVariant, setSelectedVariant] = useState<Variant>(
     OmnichainIndexingStatusIds.Unstarted,
   );
+  const now = getUnixTime(new Date());
 
   const mockedIndexingStatus = useQuery({
     queryKey: ["mock", "useIndexingStatus", selectedVariant],
     queryFn: () => fetchMockedIndexingStatus(selectedVariant),
+    select: (cachedSnapshot) => createRealtimeIndexingStatusProjection(cachedSnapshot, now),
     retry: false, // allows loading error to be observed immediately
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/datetime-utils/index.tsx b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/datetime-utils/index.tsx
index 9042a0ea3..310a96af5 100644
--- a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/datetime-utils/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/datetime-utils/index.tsx
@@ -104,9 +104,18 @@ export function RelativeTime({
   const [relativeTime, setRelativeTime] = useState<string>("");
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    setRelativeTime(
-      formatRelativeTime(timestamp, enforcePast, includeSeconds, conciseFormatting, relativeTo),
-    );
+    const updateTime = () => {
+      setRelativeTime(
+        formatRelativeTime(timestamp, enforcePast, includeSeconds, conciseFormatting, relativeTo),
+      );
+    };
+
+    updateTime();
+
+    if (includeSeconds) {
+      const interval = setInterval(updateTime, 1000);
+      return () => clearInterval(interval);
+    }
   }, [timestamp, conciseFormatting, enforcePast, includeSeconds, relativeTo]);
 
   const tooltipTriggerContent = (
diff --git a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/indexing-stats.tsx b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/indexing-stats.tsx
index 33f019769..cf82a9d55 100644
--- a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/indexing-stats.tsx
+++ b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/indexing-stats.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
 
 import { ChainIcon } from "@/components/chains/ChainIcon";
 import { ChainName } from "@/components/chains/ChainName";
-import { useIndexingStatusWithSwr } from "@/components/indexing-status/use-indexing-status-with-swr";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Card, CardContent, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { formatChainStatus, formatOmnichainIndexingStatus } from "@/lib/indexing-status";
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@ import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { BackfillStatus } from "./backfill-status";
 import { BlockStats } from "./block-refs";
 import { IndexingStatusLoading } from "./indexing-status-loading";
+import { ProjectionInfo } from "./projection-info";
+import { useIndexingStatusWithSwr } from "./use-indexing-status-with-swr";
 
 interface IndexingStatsForOmnichainStatusSnapshotProps<
   OmnichainIndexingStatusSnapshotType extends
@@ -323,15 +324,18 @@ export function IndexingStatsForSnapshotFollowing({
  * UI component for presenting indexing stats UI for specific overall status.
  */
 export function IndexingStatsShell({
-  omnichainStatus,
+  realtimeProjection,
   children,
-}: PropsWithChildren<{ omnichainStatus?: OmnichainIndexingStatusId }>) {
+}: PropsWithChildren<{ realtimeProjection?: RealtimeIndexingStatusProjection }>) {
+  const omnichainStatus = realtimeProjection?.snapshot.omnichainSnapshot.omnichainStatus;
   return (
     <Card className="w-full flex flex-col gap-2">
       <CardHeader>
         <CardTitle className="flex gap-2 items-center">
           <span>Indexing Status</span>
 
+          {realtimeProjection && <ProjectionInfo realtimeProjection={realtimeProjection} />}
+
           {omnichainStatus && (
             <Badge
               className={cn("uppercase text-xs leading-none")}
@@ -423,7 +427,7 @@ export function IndexingStatsForRealtimeStatusProjection({
     <section className="flex flex-col gap-6">
       {maybeIndexingTimeline}
 
-      <IndexingStatsShell omnichainStatus={omnichainStatusSnapshot.omnichainStatus}>
+      <IndexingStatsShell realtimeProjection={realtimeProjection}>
         {indexingStats}
       </IndexingStatsShell>
     </section>
@@ -450,11 +454,5 @@ export function IndexingStats(props: IndexingStatsProps) {
     return <IndexingStatusLoading />;
   }
 
-  const indexingStatus = indexingStatusQuery.data;
-
-  return (
-    <IndexingStatsForRealtimeStatusProjection
-      realtimeProjection={indexingStatus.realtimeProjection}
-    />
-  );
+  return <IndexingStatsForRealtimeStatusProjection realtimeProjection={indexingStatusQuery.data} />;
 }
diff --git a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/projection-info.tsx b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/projection-info.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecd22cdd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/projection-info.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { InfoIcon } from "lucide-react";
+
+import type { RealtimeIndexingStatusProjection } from "@ensnode/ensnode-sdk";
+
+import { RelativeTime } from "@/components/datetime-utils";
+import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
+
+interface ProjectionInfoProps {
+  realtimeProjection: RealtimeIndexingStatusProjection;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Displays metadata about the current indexing status projection in a tooltip.
+ * Shows when the projection was generated, when the snapshot was taken, and worst-case distance.
+ */
+export function ProjectionInfo({ realtimeProjection }: ProjectionInfoProps) {
+  const { projectedAt, snapshot, worstCaseDistance } = realtimeProjection;
+  const { snapshotTime } = snapshot;
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip delayDuration={300}>
+      <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className="inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-md text-sm font-medium transition-colors hover:bg-accent hover:text-accent-foreground h-8 w-8"
+          aria-label="Indexing Status Metadata"
+        >
+          <InfoIcon className="h-4 w-4" />
+        </button>
+      </TooltipTrigger>
+      <TooltipContent
+        side="right"
+        className="bg-gray-50 text-sm text-black shadow-md outline-none w-80 p-4"
+      >
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+          <div className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+            <div className="font-semibold text-xs text-gray-500 uppercase">
+              Worst-Case Distance*
+            </div>
+            <div className="text-sm">
+              {worstCaseDistance !== null ? `${worstCaseDistance} seconds` : "N/A"}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="text-xs text-gray-600 leading-relaxed">
+            * as of real-time projection generated just now from indexing status snapshot captured{" "}
+            <RelativeTime timestamp={snapshotTime} includeSeconds conciseFormatting />.
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </TooltipContent>
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/use-indexing-status-with-swr.ts b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/use-indexing-status-with-swr.ts
index f1c1209b8..c692374b9 100644
--- a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/use-indexing-status-with-swr.ts
+++ b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/indexing-status/use-indexing-status-with-swr.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { secondsToMilliseconds } from "date-fns";
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
 
 import {
@@ -7,20 +8,25 @@ import {
   QueryParameter,
   useENSNodeSDKConfig,
   type useIndexingStatus,
+  useNow,
   useSwrQuery,
   WithSDKConfigParameter,
 } from "@ensnode/ensnode-react";
 import {
+  CrossChainIndexingStatusSnapshotOmnichain,
+  createRealtimeIndexingStatusProjection,
   type IndexingStatusRequest,
   IndexingStatusResponseCodes,
-  IndexingStatusResponseOk,
+  RealtimeIndexingStatusProjection,
 } from "@ensnode/ensnode-sdk";
 
-const DEFAULT_REFETCH_INTERVAL = 10 * 1000;
+const DEFAULT_REFETCH_INTERVAL = secondsToMilliseconds(10);
+
+const REALTIME_PROJECTION_REFRESH_RATE = secondsToMilliseconds(1);
 
 interface UseIndexingStatusParameters
   extends IndexingStatusRequest,
-    QueryParameter<IndexingStatusResponseOk> {}
+    QueryParameter<CrossChainIndexingStatusSnapshotOmnichain> {}
 
 /**
  * A proxy hook for {@link useIndexingStatus} which applies
@@ -31,6 +37,7 @@ export function useIndexingStatusWithSwr(
 ) {
   const { config, query = {} } = parameters;
   const _config = useENSNodeSDKConfig(config);
+  const now = useNow(REALTIME_PROJECTION_REFRESH_RATE);
 
   const queryOptions = useMemo(() => createIndexingStatusQueryOptions(_config), [_config]);
   const queryKey = useMemo(() => ["swr", ...queryOptions.queryKey], [queryOptions.queryKey]);
@@ -46,12 +53,28 @@ export function useIndexingStatusWithSwr(
           );
         }
 
-        // successful response to be cached
-        return response;
+        // The indexing status snapshot has been fetched and successfully validated for caching.
+        // Therefore, return it so that query cache for `queryOptions.queryKey` will:
+        // - Replace the currently cached value (if any) with this new value.
+        // - Return this non-null value.
+        return response.realtimeProjection.snapshot;
       }),
     [queryOptions.queryFn],
   );
 
+  // Call select function to `createRealtimeIndexingStatusProjection` each time
+  // `now` is updated.
+  const select = useCallback(
+    (
+      cachedSnapshot: CrossChainIndexingStatusSnapshotOmnichain,
+    ): RealtimeIndexingStatusProjection => {
+      const realtimeProjection = createRealtimeIndexingStatusProjection(cachedSnapshot, now);
+
+      return realtimeProjection;
+    },
+    [now],
+  );
+
   return useSwrQuery({
     ...queryOptions,
     refetchInterval: query.refetchInterval ?? DEFAULT_REFETCH_INTERVAL, // Indexing status changes frequently
@@ -59,5 +82,6 @@ export function useIndexingStatusWithSwr(
     enabled: query.enabled ?? queryOptions.enabled,
     queryKey,
     queryFn,
+    select,
   });
 }
diff --git a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/registrar-actions/use-stateful-fetch-registrar-actions.ts b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/registrar-actions/use-stateful-fetch-registrar-actions.ts
index 7566b6e65..5229e84b1 100644
--- a/apps/ensadmin/src/components/registrar-actions/use-stateful-fetch-registrar-actions.ts
+++ b/apps/ensadmin/src/components/registrar-actions/use-stateful-fetch-registrar-actions.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,9 @@ export function useStatefulRegistrarActions({
 
   let isRegistrarActionsApiSupported = false;
 
-  if (
-    ensNodeConfigQuery.isSuccess &&
-    indexingStatusQuery.isSuccess &&
-    indexingStatusQuery.data.responseCode === IndexingStatusResponseCodes.Ok
-  ) {
+  if (ensNodeConfigQuery.isSuccess && indexingStatusQuery.isSuccess) {
     const { ensIndexerPublicConfig } = ensNodeConfigQuery.data;
-    const { omnichainSnapshot } = indexingStatusQuery.data.realtimeProjection.snapshot;
+    const { omnichainSnapshot } = indexingStatusQuery.data.snapshot;
 
     isRegistrarActionsApiSupported =
       hasEnsIndexerConfigSupport(ensIndexerPublicConfig) &&
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ export function useStatefulRegistrarActions({
     } satisfies StatefulFetchRegistrarActionsUnsupported;
   }
 
-  const { omnichainSnapshot } = indexingStatusQuery.data.realtimeProjection.snapshot;
+  const { omnichainSnapshot } = indexingStatusQuery.data.snapshot;
 
   // fetching is temporarily not possible due to indexing status being not advanced enough
   if (!hasIndexingStatusSupport(omnichainSnapshot.omnichainStatus)) {
diff --git a/packages/ensnode-react/package.json b/packages/ensnode-react/package.json
index e9f56a286..a667dfa0e 100644
--- a/packages/ensnode-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/ensnode-react/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "vitest": "catalog:"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ensnode/ensnode-sdk": "workspace:*"
+    "@ensnode/ensnode-sdk": "workspace:*",
+    "date-fns": "catalog:"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/ensnode-react/src/hooks/index.ts b/packages/ensnode-react/src/hooks/index.ts
index fe3f89ecc..c44f772e5 100644
--- a/packages/ensnode-react/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ensnode-react/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export * from "./useENSNodeConfig";
 export * from "./useENSNodeSDKConfig";
 export * from "./useIndexingStatus";
+export * from "./useNow";
 export * from "./usePrimaryName";
 export * from "./usePrimaryNames";
 export * from "./useRecords";
diff --git a/packages/ensnode-react/src/hooks/useNow.ts b/packages/ensnode-react/src/hooks/useNow.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2458c0f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ensnode-react/src/hooks/useNow.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { getUnixTime } from "date-fns";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Hook that returns the current Unix timestamp, updated at a specified interval.
+ *
+ * @param refreshRate - How often to update the timestamp in milliseconds (default: 1000ms)
+ * @returns Current Unix timestamp that updates every refreshRate milliseconds
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```tsx
+ * // Updates every second
+ * const now = useNow(1000);
+ *
+ * // Updates every 5 seconds
+ * const now = useNow(5000);
+ * ```
+ */
+export function useNow(refreshRate = 1000): number {
+  const [now, setNow] = useState(() => getUnixTime(new Date()));
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      setNow(getUnixTime(new Date()));
+    }, refreshRate);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  }, [refreshRate]);
+
+  return now;
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 2ba22da63..1d370d676 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -697,6 +697,9 @@ importers:
       '@ensnode/ensnode-sdk':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../ensnode-sdk
+      date-fns:
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 4.1.0
       react:
         specifier: ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0
         version: 19.2.0