diff --git a/app/models/namespace_onboarding_action.rb b/app/models/namespace_onboarding_action.rb
index 7c3ab051d938998b4664f3b8c72eb393c1abac81..a2558ae5a0b4d05116d52b540f4401f9dcbee401 100644
--- a/app/models/namespace_onboarding_action.rb
+++ b/app/models/namespace_onboarding_action.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class NamespaceOnboardingAction < ApplicationRecord
-  belongs_to :namespace
+  belongs_to :namespace, optional: false
+
+  validates :action, presence: true
 
   ACTIONS = {
-    subscription_created: 1
+    subscription_created: 1,
+    git_write: 2
   }.freeze
 
   enum action: ACTIONS
diff --git a/app/services/post_receive_service.rb b/app/services/post_receive_service.rb
index 79b613f6a8811e7c0b331090e24ab2e6d8eea2f9..bd9588844ad407688f0cf5915b248f64e87310df 100644
--- a/app/services/post_receive_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_receive_service.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ def execute
 
       response.add_basic_message(redirect_message)
       response.add_basic_message(project_created_message)
+
+      record_onboarding_progress
     end
 
     response
@@ -90,6 +92,10 @@ def broadcast_message
 
     banner&.message
   end
+
+  def record_onboarding_progress
+    NamespaceOnboardingAction.create_action(project.namespace, :git_write)
+  end
 end
 
 PostReceiveService.prepend_if_ee('EE::PostReceiveService')
diff --git a/spec/models/namespace_onboarding_action_spec.rb b/spec/models/namespace_onboarding_action_spec.rb
index 40ff965c13403a8fe61be6e96be2b6a37371e63c..70dcb989b323f4c3becce318d3b0c13cb01487c6 100644
--- a/spec/models/namespace_onboarding_action_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/namespace_onboarding_action_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
 RSpec.describe NamespaceOnboardingAction do
   let(:namespace) { build(:namespace) }
 
-  it { is_expected.to belong_to :namespace }
+  describe 'associations' do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:namespace).required }
+  end
+
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:action) }
+  end
 
   describe '.completed?' do
     let(:action) { :subscription_created }
diff --git a/spec/services/post_receive_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/post_receive_service_spec.rb
index 7c4b7f51cc305a4961f00bf440b564acf59b9343..4e303bfc20a7ea7b32dc9152cd8e8c8f455f2d41 100644
--- a/spec/services/post_receive_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/post_receive_service_spec.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
     it 'does not return error' do
       expect(subject).to be_empty
     end
+
+    it 'does not record a namespace onboarding progress action' do
+      expect(NamespaceOnboardingAction).not_to receive(:create_action)
+
+      subject
+    end
   end
 
   context 'when repository is nil' do
@@ -80,6 +86,13 @@
 
       expect(response.reference_counter_decreased).to be(true)
     end
+
+    it 'records a namespace onboarding progress action' do
+      expect(NamespaceOnboardingAction).to receive(:create_action)
+        .with(project.namespace, :git_write)
+
+      subject
+    end
   end
 
   context 'with Project' do