diff --git a/charts/karpenter/README.md b/charts/karpenter/README.md
index 43743ad8a7cc..54ee4ff8aea8 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/README.md
+++ b/charts/karpenter/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 A Helm chart for Karpenter, an open-source node provisioning project built for Kubernetes.
 
-![Version: 0.34.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.33.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 0.33.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-0.33.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.34.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.34.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 0.34.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-0.34.0-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/hack/docs/metrics_gen_docs.go b/hack/docs/metrics_gen_docs.go
index 5522034f0001..ffc7c07ed852 100644
--- a/hack/docs/metrics_gen_docs.go
+++ b/hack/docs/metrics_gen_docs.go
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ func getIdentMapping(identName string) (string, error) {
 		"consistencySubsystem":    "consistency",
 		"batcherSubsystem":        "cloudprovider_batcher",
 		"cloudProviderSubsystem":  "cloudprovider",
+		"stateSubsystem":          "cluster_state",
 	}
 	if v, ok := identMapping[identName]; ok {
 		return v, nil
diff --git a/website/content/en/preview/reference/metrics.md b/website/content/en/preview/reference/metrics.md
index 7ec8e338711d..d50ec4f20d84 100644
--- a/website/content/en/preview/reference/metrics.md
+++ b/website/content/en/preview/reference/metrics.md
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@ Number of disruption actions performed. Labeled by disruption method.
 ### `karpenter_consistency_errors`
 Number of consistency checks that have failed.
 
+## Cluster State Metrics
+
+### `karpenter_cluster_state_synced`
+Returns 1 if cluster state is synced and 0 otherwise. Synced checks that nodeclaims and nodes that are stored in the APIServer have the same representation as Karpenter's cluster state
+
+### `karpenter_cluster_state_node_count`
+Current count of nodes in cluster state
+
 ## Cloudprovider Metrics
 
 ### `karpenter_cloudprovider_instance_type_price_estimate`