diff --git a/backend/.sqlx/query-359cd29f531d263a8cf7205e0869229a610767087f01e0154be8da0620fa114b.json b/backend/.sqlx/query-359cd29f531d263a8cf7205e0869229a610767087f01e0154be8da0620fa114b.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23cf739f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.sqlx/query-359cd29f531d263a8cf7205e0869229a610767087f01e0154be8da0620fa114b.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "WITH all_audit AS (SELECT username, operation, timestamp FROM audit_partitioned UNION ALL SELECT username, operation, timestamp FROM audit),\n        active_users as (SELECT distinct username as email FROM all_audit WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '1 month' AND (operation = 'users.login' OR operation = 'oauth.login' OR operation = 'users.token.refresh')),\n        active_authors as (SELECT distinct email FROM usr WHERE usr.operator IS false AND email IN (SELECT email FROM active_users)),\n        active_authors_agg as (SELECT array_agg(email) as authors FROM active_authors),\n        active_ops_agg as (SELECT array_agg(email) as operators from active_users WHERE email NOT IN (SELECT email FROM active_authors))\n        SELECT active_authors_agg.authors, active_ops_agg.operators, array_length(active_authors_agg.authors, 1) as author_count, array_length(active_ops_agg.operators, 1) as operator_count FROM active_authors_agg, active_ops_agg",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "name": "authors",
+        "type_info": "VarcharArray"
+      },
+      {
+        "ordinal": 1,
+        "name": "operators",
+        "type_info": "VarcharArray"
+      },
+      {
+        "ordinal": 2,
+        "name": "author_count",
+        "type_info": "Int4"
+      },
+      {
+        "ordinal": 3,
+        "name": "operator_count",
+        "type_info": "Int4"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": []
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      null,
+      null,
+      null,
+      null
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "359cd29f531d263a8cf7205e0869229a610767087f01e0154be8da0620fa114b"
+}
diff --git a/backend/.sqlx/query-cb3862634f18160207ee2621ddfca43f00456a27fda32583846497116f92f96c.json b/backend/.sqlx/query-cb3862634f18160207ee2621ddfca43f00456a27fda32583846497116f92f96c.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ccf623719..0000000000
--- a/backend/.sqlx/query-cb3862634f18160207ee2621ddfca43f00456a27fda32583846497116f92f96c.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
-  "query": "WITH active_users as (SELECT distinct username as email FROM audit WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '1 month' AND (operation = 'users.login' OR operation = 'oauth.login' OR operation = 'users.token.refresh')),\n        active_authors as (SELECT distinct email FROM usr WHERE usr.operator IS false AND email IN (SELECT email FROM active_users)),\n        active_authors_agg as (SELECT array_agg(email) as authors FROM active_authors),\n        active_ops_agg as (SELECT array_agg(email) as operators from active_users WHERE email NOT IN (SELECT email FROM active_authors))\n        SELECT active_authors_agg.authors, active_ops_agg.operators, array_length(active_authors_agg.authors, 1) as author_count, array_length(active_ops_agg.operators, 1) as operator_count FROM active_authors_agg, active_ops_agg",
-  "describe": {
-    "columns": [
-      {
-        "ordinal": 0,
-        "name": "authors",
-        "type_info": "VarcharArray"
-      },
-      {
-        "ordinal": 1,
-        "name": "operators",
-        "type_info": "VarcharArray"
-      },
-      {
-        "ordinal": 2,
-        "name": "author_count",
-        "type_info": "Int4"
-      },
-      {
-        "ordinal": 3,
-        "name": "operator_count",
-        "type_info": "Int4"
-      }
-    ],
-    "parameters": {
-      "Left": []
-    },
-    "nullable": [
-      null,
-      null,
-      null,
-      null
-    ]
-  },
-  "hash": "cb3862634f18160207ee2621ddfca43f00456a27fda32583846497116f92f96c"
-}
diff --git a/backend/.sqlx/query-d43a4ff78e48580815fb912c98639a08d45596a9f11a2dcf5b1e0d135844ecda.json b/backend/.sqlx/query-d43a4ff78e48580815fb912c98639a08d45596a9f11a2dcf5b1e0d135844ecda.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cfd1e268c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.sqlx/query-d43a4ff78e48580815fb912c98639a08d45596a9f11a2dcf5b1e0d135844ecda.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "SELECT value FROM global_settings WHERE name = 'plain_emails_telemetry'",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "name": "value",
+        "type_info": "Jsonb"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": []
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "d43a4ff78e48580815fb912c98639a08d45596a9f11a2dcf5b1e0d135844ecda"
+}
diff --git a/backend/ee-repo-ref.txt b/backend/ee-repo-ref.txt
index 1d141c15fb..aad0b0cd6c 100644
--- a/backend/ee-repo-ref.txt
+++ b/backend/ee-repo-ref.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-02c0d34e54e71c9293f9cefb56f68652cf0db8a5
+780857855e231c9d71f02fefd8253c254542ef32
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index 18ff643621..a1398d21ca 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1906,6 +1906,21 @@ async fn process_notify_event(
                 RESTART_COORDINATION_SETTING => {
                     // Internal coordination key for staggered restarts, no action needed
                 }
+                "plain_emails_telemetry" => {
+                    let enabled = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+                        "SELECT value FROM global_settings WHERE name = 'plain_emails_telemetry'"
+                    )
+                    .fetch_optional(db)
+                    .await
+                    .ok()
+                    .flatten()
+                    .and_then(|v| v.as_bool())
+                    .unwrap_or(false);
+                    tracing::info!(
+                        "Plain emails telemetry setting changed: enabled={}",
+                        enabled
+                    );
+                }
                 _ => {
                     tracing::info!("Unrecognized Global Setting Change Payload: {:?}", payload);
                 }