diff --git a/letta/agents/letta_agent.py b/letta/agents/letta_agent.py
index c48251b5..65478b31 100644
--- a/letta/agents/letta_agent.py
+++ b/letta/agents/letta_agent.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ from letta.services.summarizer.enums import SummarizationMode
 from letta.services.summarizer.summarizer import Summarizer
 from letta.services.telemetry_manager import NoopTelemetryManager, TelemetryManager
 from letta.services.tool_executor.tool_execution_manager import ToolExecutionManager
-from letta.settings import model_settings, summarizer_settings
+from letta.settings import model_settings, settings, summarizer_settings
 from letta.system import package_function_response
 from letta.types import JsonDict
 from letta.utils import log_telemetry, validate_function_response
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ class LettaAgent(BaseAgent):
         return current_in_context_messages, new_in_context_messages, stop_reason, usage
 
     async def _update_agent_last_run_metrics(self, completion_time: datetime, duration_ms: float) -> None:
+        if not settings.track_last_agent_run:
+            return
         try:
             await self.agent_manager.update_agent_async(
                 agent_id=self.agent_id,
diff --git a/letta/settings.py b/letta/settings.py
index 5554951c..4a0983b1 100644
--- a/letta/settings.py
+++ b/letta/settings.py
@@ -219,8 +219,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     otel_preferred_temporality: Optional[int] = Field(
         default=1, ge=0, le=2, description="Exported metric temporality. {0: UNSPECIFIED, 1: DELTA, 2: CUMULATIVE}"
     )
-    disable_tracing: bool = False
-    llm_api_logging: bool = True
+    disable_tracing: bool = Field(default=False, description="Disable OTEL Tracing")
+    llm_api_logging: bool = Field(default=True, description="Enable LLM API logging at each step")
+    track_last_agent_run: bool = Field(default=False, description="Update last agent run metrics")
 
     # uvicorn settings
     uvicorn_workers: int = 1