diff --git a/changelog.d/13589.feature b/changelog.d/13589.feature
index 78fa1ddb5..a5ea2bc82 100644
--- a/changelog.d/13589.feature
+++ b/changelog.d/13589.feature
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Keep track when we attempt to backfill an event but fail so we can intelligently back-off in the future.
+Keep track when we fail to process a pulled event over federation so we can intelligently back-off in the future.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13814.feature b/changelog.d/13814.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5ea2bc82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/13814.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Keep track when we fail to process a pulled event over federation so we can intelligently back-off in the future.
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py b/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
index 9e065e111..efcdb8405 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
@@ -866,6 +866,11 @@ class FederationEventHandler:
                 event.room_id, event_id, str(err)
             )
             return
+        except Exception as exc:
+            await self._store.record_event_failed_pull_attempt(
+                event.room_id, event_id, str(exc)
+            )
+            raise exc
 
         try:
             try:
@@ -908,6 +913,11 @@ class FederationEventHandler:
                 logger.warning("Pulled event %s failed history check.", event_id)
             else:
                 raise
+        except Exception as exc:
+            await self._store.record_event_failed_pull_attempt(
+                event.room_id, event_id, str(exc)
+            )
+            raise exc
 
     @trace
     async def _compute_event_context_with_maybe_missing_prevs(