diff --git a/integration-tests/src/bindings_tests/replica.c b/integration-tests/src/bindings_tests/replica.c
index 88651fc45..639cf5f48 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/bindings_tests/replica.c
+++ b/integration-tests/src/bindings_tests/replica.c
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ static void test_replica_working_set(void) {
 
     tc_working_set_free(ws);
 
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(19, tc_replica_num_local_operations(rep));
+
     tc_replica_free(rep);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/replica.rs b/lib/src/replica.rs
index 6d9683959..9ad5f29db 100644
--- a/lib/src/replica.rs
+++ b/lib/src/replica.rs
@@ -360,6 +360,19 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn tc_replica_undo(rep: *mut TCReplica, undone_out: *mut i
     )
 }
 
+/// Get the number of local, un-synchronized operations, or -1 on error
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn tc_replica_num_local_operations(rep: *mut TCReplica) -> i64 {
+    wrap(
+        rep,
+        |rep| {
+            let count = rep.num_local_operations()? as i64;
+            Ok(count)
+        },
+        -1,
+    )
+}
+
 /// Add an UndoPoint, if one has not already been added by this Replica.  This occurs automatically
 /// when a change is made.  The `force` flag allows forcing a new UndoPoint even if one has already
 /// been created by this Replica, and may be useful when a Replica instance is held for a long time
diff --git a/lib/taskchampion.h b/lib/taskchampion.h
index a4ec0061e..c5a1eddf2 100644
--- a/lib/taskchampion.h
+++ b/lib/taskchampion.h
@@ -557,6 +557,11 @@ TCResult tc_replica_sync(struct TCReplica *rep, struct TCServer *server, bool av
  */
 TCResult tc_replica_undo(struct TCReplica *rep, int32_t *undone_out);
 
+/**
+ * Get the number of local, un-synchronized operations, or -1 on error
+ */
+int64_t tc_replica_num_local_operations(struct TCReplica *rep);
+
 /**
  * Add an UndoPoint, if one has not already been added by this Replica.  This occurs automatically
  * when a change is made.  The `force` flag allows forcing a new UndoPoint even if one has already
diff --git a/taskchampion/src/replica.rs b/taskchampion/src/replica.rs
index 3787f3b25..4bbbc9c32 100644
--- a/taskchampion/src/replica.rs
+++ b/taskchampion/src/replica.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ impl Replica {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Get the number of operations local to this replica and not yet synchronized to the server.
+    pub fn num_local_operations(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+        self.taskdb.num_operations()
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -399,6 +404,8 @@ mod tests {
                 },
             ]
         );
+
+        assert_eq!(rep.num_local_operations().unwrap(), 10);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/taskchampion/src/storage/inmemory.rs b/taskchampion/src/storage/inmemory.rs
index 4a4463c19..bde13637b 100644
--- a/taskchampion/src/storage/inmemory.rs
+++ b/taskchampion/src/storage/inmemory.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ impl<'t> StorageTxn for Txn<'t> {
         Ok(self.data_ref().operations.clone())
     }
 
+    fn num_operations(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+        Ok(self.data_ref().operations.len())
+    }
+
     fn add_operation(&mut self, op: ReplicaOp) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         self.mut_data_ref().operations.push(op);
         Ok(())
diff --git a/taskchampion/src/storage/mod.rs b/taskchampion/src/storage/mod.rs
index dd3c9786a..d577103e5 100644
--- a/taskchampion/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/taskchampion/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ pub trait StorageTxn {
     /// server yet)
     fn operations(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<ReplicaOp>>;
 
+    /// Get the current set of outstanding operations (operations that have not been sync'd to the
+    /// server yet)
+    fn num_operations(&mut self) -> Result<usize>;
+
     /// Add an operation to the end of the list of operations in the storage.  Note that this
     /// merely *stores* the operation; it is up to the TaskDb to apply it.
     fn add_operation(&mut self, op: ReplicaOp) -> Result<()>;
diff --git a/taskchampion/src/storage/sqlite.rs b/taskchampion/src/storage/sqlite.rs
index 1f1fe239a..7e30931a4 100644
--- a/taskchampion/src/storage/sqlite.rs
+++ b/taskchampion/src/storage/sqlite.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ impl<'t> StorageTxn for Txn<'t> {
         Ok(ret)
     }
 
+    fn num_operations(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+        let t = self.get_txn()?;
+        let count: usize = t.query_row("SELECT count(*) FROM operations", [], |x| x.get(0))?;
+        Ok(count)
+    }
+
     fn add_operation(&mut self, op: ReplicaOp) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let t = self.get_txn()?;
 
@@ -627,6 +633,8 @@ mod test {
                     ReplicaOp::Create { uuid: uuid2 },
                 ]
             );
+
+            assert_eq!(txn.num_operations()?, 2);
         }
 
         // set them to a different bunch
@@ -678,6 +686,7 @@ mod test {
                     },
                 ]
             );
+            assert_eq!(txn.num_operations()?, 4);
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/taskchampion/src/taskdb/mod.rs b/taskchampion/src/taskdb/mod.rs
index 7e802313f..71404d968 100644
--- a/taskchampion/src/taskdb/mod.rs
+++ b/taskchampion/src/taskdb/mod.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ impl TaskDb {
         undo::undo(txn.as_mut())
     }
 
+    /// Get the number of un-synchronized operations in storage.
+    pub fn num_operations(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+        let mut txn = self.storage.txn().unwrap();
+        txn.num_operations()
+    }
+
     // functions for supporting tests
 
     #[cfg(test)]