diff --git a/internal/rpcapi/stacks.go b/internal/rpcapi/stacks.go
index ca1e05783d..601ad56f26 100644
--- a/internal/rpcapi/stacks.go
+++ b/internal/rpcapi/stacks.go
@@ -1241,14 +1241,15 @@ func stackChangeHooks(send func(*stacks.StackChangeProgress) error, mainStackSou
 							ComponentAddr:         stackaddrs.ConfigComponentForAbsInstance(cic.Addr).String(),
 							ComponentInstanceAddr: cic.Addr.String(),
 						},
-						Total:  int32(cic.Total()),
-						Add:    int32(cic.Add),
-						Change: int32(cic.Change),
-						Import: int32(cic.Import),
-						Remove: int32(cic.Remove),
-						Defer:  int32(cic.Defer),
-						Move:   int32(cic.Move),
-						Forget: int32(cic.Forget),
+						Total:            int32(cic.Total()),
+						Add:              int32(cic.Add),
+						Change:           int32(cic.Change),
+						Import:           int32(cic.Import),
+						Remove:           int32(cic.Remove),
+						Defer:            int32(cic.Defer),
+						Move:             int32(cic.Move),
+						Forget:           int32(cic.Forget),
+						ActionInvocation: int32(cic.ActionInvocation),
 					},
 				},
 			})
@@ -1268,14 +1269,15 @@ func stackChangeHooks(send func(*stacks.StackChangeProgress) error, mainStackSou
 							ComponentAddr:         stackaddrs.ConfigComponentForAbsInstance(cic.Addr).String(),
 							ComponentInstanceAddr: cic.Addr.String(),
 						},
-						Total:  int32(cic.Total()),
-						Add:    int32(cic.Add),
-						Change: int32(cic.Change),
-						Import: int32(cic.Import),
-						Remove: int32(cic.Remove),
-						Defer:  int32(cic.Defer),
-						Move:   int32(cic.Move),
-						Forget: int32(cic.Forget),
+						Total:            int32(cic.Total()),
+						Add:              int32(cic.Add),
+						Change:           int32(cic.Change),
+						Import:           int32(cic.Import),
+						Remove:           int32(cic.Remove),
+						Defer:            int32(cic.Defer),
+						Move:             int32(cic.Move),
+						Forget:           int32(cic.Forget),
+						ActionInvocation: int32(cic.ActionInvocation),
 					},
 				},
 			})
diff --git a/internal/rpcapi/stacks_test.go b/internal/rpcapi/stacks_test.go
index 676da2a4ed..9181fc60b5 100644
--- a/internal/rpcapi/stacks_test.go
+++ b/internal/rpcapi/stacks_test.go
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ func TestStackChangeProgressDuringPlanNormal(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: []*stacks.StackChangeProgress{
 				{
-
 					Event: &stacks.StackChangeProgress_ComponentInstanceChanges_{
 						ComponentInstanceChanges: &stacks.StackChangeProgress_ComponentInstanceChanges{
 							Addr: &stacks.ComponentInstanceInStackAddr{
@@ -695,7 +694,8 @@ func TestStackChangeProgressDuringPlanNormal(t *testing.T) {
 							ProviderAddr: "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/testing",
 						},
 					},
-				}, {
+				},
+				{
 					Event: &stacks.StackChangeProgress_ComponentInstanceChanges_{
 						ComponentInstanceChanges: &stacks.StackChangeProgress_ComponentInstanceChanges{
 							Addr: &stacks.ComponentInstanceInStackAddr{
@@ -977,6 +977,22 @@ func TestStackChangeProgressDuringPlanNormal(t *testing.T) {
 								ComponentInstanceAddr: "component.self",
 							},
 							Status: stacks.StackChangeProgress_ComponentInstanceStatus_PLANNED,
+		"action_invocations": {
+			// This test verifies that the ActionInvocation field exists in ComponentInstanceChanges
+			// and is included in the total count. Once we implement action invocation tracking logic,
+			// this field will have a value > 0 for components with actions.
+			source: "git::https://example.com/action_invocations.git",
+			want: []*stacks.StackChangeProgress{
+				{
+					Event: &stacks.StackChangeProgress_ComponentInstanceChanges_{
+						ComponentInstanceChanges: &stacks.StackChangeProgress_ComponentInstanceChanges{
+							Addr: &stacks.ComponentInstanceInStackAddr{
+								ComponentAddr:         "component.self",
+								ComponentInstanceAddr: "component.self",
+							},
+							Total:            2,
+							Add:              1,
+							ActionInvocation: 1,
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -1896,7 +1912,6 @@ func TestStacksMigrateTerraformState(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/hooks/component_instance.go b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/hooks/component_instance.go
index 5b0f2bb729..24b55c02f5 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/hooks/component_instance.go
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/hooks/component_instance.go
@@ -53,14 +53,15 @@ func (s ComponentInstanceStatus) ForProtobuf() stacks.StackChangeProgress_Compon
 // ComponentInstanceChange is the argument type for hook callbacks which
 // signal a set of planned or applied changes for a component instance.
 type ComponentInstanceChange struct {
-	Addr   stackaddrs.AbsComponentInstance
-	Add    int
-	Change int
-	Import int
-	Remove int
-	Defer  int
-	Move   int
-	Forget int
+	Addr            stackaddrs.AbsComponentInstance
+	Add             int
+	Change          int
+	Import          int
+	Remove          int
+	Defer           int
+	Move            int
+	Forget          int
+	ActionInvocation int
 }
 
 // Total sums all of the change counts as a forwards-compatibility measure. If
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ type ComponentInstanceChange struct {
 // that the component instance has some unknown changes, rather than falsely
 // stating that there are no changes at all.
 func (cic ComponentInstanceChange) Total() int {
-	return cic.Add + cic.Change + cic.Import + cic.Remove + cic.Defer + cic.Move + cic.Forget
+	return cic.Add + cic.Change + cic.Import + cic.Remove + cic.Defer + cic.Move + cic.Forget + cic.ActionInvocation
 }
 
 // CountNewAction increments zero or more of the count fields based on the