diff --git a/cmd/flagger/main.go b/cmd/flagger/main.go
index 2c9f80aeb..463e06dbf 100644
--- a/cmd/flagger/main.go
+++ b/cmd/flagger/main.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ func main() {
 		logger,
 		slack,
 		meshProvider,
+		version.VERSION,
 	)
 
 	flaggerInformerFactory.Start(stopCh)
diff --git a/docs/gitbook/usage/monitoring.md b/docs/gitbook/usage/monitoring.md
index ce38bbd56..4f60151fe 100644
--- a/docs/gitbook/usage/monitoring.md
+++ b/docs/gitbook/usage/monitoring.md
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Flagger exposes Prometheus metrics that can be used to determine the canary anal
 the destination weight values:
 
 ```bash
+# Flagger version and mesh provider gauge
+flagger_info{version="0.10.0", mesh_provider="istio"} 1
+
 # Canaries total gauge
 flagger_canary_total{namespace="test"} 1
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 205f9e1e4..c887083a2 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package controller
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/flagger/pkg/metrics"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ type Controller struct {
 	jobs          map[string]CanaryJob
 	deployer      CanaryDeployer
 	observer      CanaryObserver
-	recorder      CanaryRecorder
+	recorder      metrics.CanaryRecorder
 	notifier      *notifier.Slack
 	meshProvider  string
 }
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func NewController(
 	logger *zap.SugaredLogger,
 	notifier *notifier.Slack,
 	meshProvider string,
-
+	version string,
 ) *Controller {
 	logger.Debug("Creating event broadcaster")
 	flaggerscheme.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ func NewController(
 		metricsServer: metricServer,
 	}
 
-	recorder := NewCanaryRecorder(true)
+	recorder := metrics.NewCanaryRecorder(controllerAgentName, true)
+	recorder.SetInfo(version, meshProvider)
 
 	ctrl := &Controller{
 		kubeClient:    kubeClient,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/controller_test.go
index 207bb01db..d4f3e4180 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	fakeFlagger "github.com/weaveworks/flagger/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
 	informers "github.com/weaveworks/flagger/pkg/client/informers/externalversions"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/flagger/pkg/logging"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/flagger/pkg/metrics"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/flagger/pkg/router"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func SetupMocks(abtest bool) Mocks {
 		flaggerWindow: time.Second,
 		deployer:      deployer,
 		observer:      observer,
-		recorder:      NewCanaryRecorder(false),
+		recorder:      metrics.NewCanaryRecorder(controllerAgentName, false),
 	}
 	ctrl.flaggerSynced = alwaysReady
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/scheduler.go b/pkg/controller/scheduler.go
index e277ed882..ac058b1c3 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/scheduler.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ func (c *Controller) advanceCanary(name string, namespace string, skipLivenessCh
 	}
 
 	if !shouldAdvance {
+		c.recorder.SetStatus(cd, cd.Status.Phase)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/recorder.go b/pkg/metrics/recorder.go
similarity index 80%
rename from pkg/controller/recorder.go
rename to pkg/metrics/recorder.go
index 554a345a5..699db5905 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/recorder.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/recorder.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package controller
+package metrics
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 // CanaryRecorder records the canary analysis as Prometheus metrics
 type CanaryRecorder struct {
+	info     *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	duration *prometheus.HistogramVec
 	total    *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	status   *prometheus.GaugeVec
@@ -17,34 +18,41 @@ type CanaryRecorder struct {
 }
 
 // NewCanaryRecorder creates a new recorder and registers the Prometheus metrics
-func NewCanaryRecorder(register bool) CanaryRecorder {
+func NewCanaryRecorder(controller string, register bool) CanaryRecorder {
+	info := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Subsystem: controller,
+		Name:      "info",
+		Help:      "Flagger version and mesh provider information",
+	}, []string{"version", "mesh_provider"})
+
 	duration := prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-		Subsystem: controllerAgentName,
+		Subsystem: controller,
 		Name:      "canary_duration_seconds",
 		Help:      "Seconds spent performing canary analysis.",
 		Buckets:   prometheus.DefBuckets,
 	}, []string{"name", "namespace"})
 
 	total := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-		Subsystem: controllerAgentName,
+		Subsystem: controller,
 		Name:      "canary_total",
 		Help:      "Total number of canary object",
 	}, []string{"namespace"})
 
 	// 0 - running, 1 - successful, 2 - failed
 	status := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-		Subsystem: controllerAgentName,
+		Subsystem: controller,
 		Name:      "canary_status",
 		Help:      "Last canary analysis result",
 	}, []string{"name", "namespace"})
 
 	weight := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-		Subsystem: controllerAgentName,
+		Subsystem: controller,
 		Name:      "canary_weight",
 		Help:      "The virtual service destination weight current value",
 	}, []string{"workload", "namespace"})
 
 	if register {
+		prometheus.MustRegister(info)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(duration)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(total)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(status)
@@ -52,6 +60,7 @@ func NewCanaryRecorder(register bool) CanaryRecorder {
 	}
 
 	return CanaryRecorder{
+		info:     info,
 		duration: duration,
 		total:    total,
 		status:   status,
@@ -59,6 +68,11 @@ func NewCanaryRecorder(register bool) CanaryRecorder {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetInfo sets the version and mesh provider labels
+func (cr *CanaryRecorder) SetInfo(version string, meshProvider string) {
+	cr.info.WithLabelValues(version, meshProvider).Set(1)
+}
+
 // SetDuration sets the time spent in seconds performing canary analysis
 func (cr *CanaryRecorder) SetDuration(cd *flaggerv1.Canary, duration time.Duration) {
 	cr.duration.WithLabelValues(cd.Spec.TargetRef.Name, cd.Namespace).Observe(duration.Seconds())