diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
index 3494bbeb..3f1c79a9 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
@@ -405,9 +405,17 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
         let backups_needed = new_synced_connections.backups_needed;
         let consensus_head_block = new_synced_connections.head_block.clone();
         let num_consensus_rpcs = new_synced_connections.num_conns();
+        let mut num_synced_rpcs = 0;
         let num_active_rpcs = consensus_finder
             .all_rpcs_group()
-            .map(|x| x.len())
+            .map(|x| {
+                for v in x.rpc_to_block.values() {
+                    if *v == consensus_head_block {
+                        num_synced_rpcs += 1;
+                    }
+                }
+                x.len()
+            })
             .unwrap_or_default();
         let total_rpcs = self.by_name.read().len();
 
@@ -460,11 +468,12 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                             // no change in hash. no need to use watch_consensus_head_sender
                             // TODO: trace level if rpc is backup
                             debug!(
-                                "con {}/{} {}{}/{}/{} con={} rpc={}@{}",
+                                "con {}/{} {}{}/{}/{}/{} con={} rpc={}@{}",
                                 consensus_tier,
                                 total_tiers,
                                 backups_voted_str,
                                 num_consensus_rpcs,
+                                num_synced_rpcs,
                                 num_active_rpcs,
                                 total_rpcs,
                                 consensus_head_block,
@@ -479,11 +488,12 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                             }
 
                             debug!(
-                                "unc {}/{} {}{}/{}/{} con_head={} old={} rpc={}@{}",
+                                "unc {}/{} {}{}/{}/{}/{} con_head={} old={} rpc={}@{}",
                                 consensus_tier,
                                 total_tiers,
                                 backups_voted_str,
                                 num_consensus_rpcs,
+                                num_synced_rpcs,
                                 num_active_rpcs,
                                 total_rpcs,
                                 consensus_head_block,
@@ -506,11 +516,12 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                         // this is unlikely but possible
                         // TODO: better log
                         warn!(
-                            "chain rolled back {}/{} {}{}/{}/{} con={} old={} rpc={}@{}",
+                            "chain rolled back {}/{} {}{}/{}/{}/{} con={} old={} rpc={}@{}",
                             consensus_tier,
                             total_tiers,
                             backups_voted_str,
                             num_consensus_rpcs,
+                            num_synced_rpcs,
                             num_active_rpcs,
                             total_rpcs,
                             consensus_head_block,
@@ -536,11 +547,12 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                     }
                     Ordering::Greater => {
                         debug!(
-                            "new {}/{} {}{}/{}/{} con={} rpc={}@{}",
+                            "new {}/{} {}{}/{}/{}/{} con={} rpc={}@{}",
                             consensus_tier,
                             total_tiers,
                             backups_voted_str,
                             num_consensus_rpcs,
+                            num_synced_rpcs,
                             num_active_rpcs,
                             total_rpcs,
                             consensus_head_block,
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/consensus.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/consensus.rs
index f4e63259..8625f53b 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/consensus.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/consensus.rs
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
 type FirstSeenCache = Cache<H256, Instant, hashbrown::hash_map::DefaultHashBuilder>;
 
 pub struct ConnectionsGroup {
-    rpc_to_block: HashMap<Arc<Web3Rpc>, Web3ProxyBlock>,
+    pub rpc_to_block: HashMap<Arc<Web3Rpc>, Web3ProxyBlock>,
     // TODO: what if there are two blocks with the same number?
-    highest_block: Option<Web3ProxyBlock>,
+    pub highest_block: Option<Web3ProxyBlock>,
     /// used to track rpc.head_latency. The same cache should be shared between all ConnectionsGroups
     first_seen: FirstSeenCache,
 }
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
index 8d41bcc6..ab2cfbcd 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
     /// this prefers synced servers, but it will return servers even if they aren't fully in sync.
     /// This is useful for broadcasting signed transactions.
     // TODO: better type on this that can return an anyhow::Result
+    // TODO: this is broken
     pub async fn all_connections(
         &self,
         authorization: &Arc<Authorization>,
@@ -1199,7 +1200,7 @@ impl Serialize for Web3Rpcs {
 /// TODO: should this be moved into a `impl Web3Rpc`?
 /// TODO: i think we still have sorts scattered around the code that should use this
 /// TODO: take AsRef or something like that? We don't need an Arc here
-fn rpc_sync_status_sort_key(x: &Arc<Web3Rpc>) -> (U64, u64, OrderedFloat<f64>) {
+fn rpc_sync_status_sort_key(x: &Arc<Web3Rpc>) -> (U64, u64, bool, OrderedFloat<f64>) {
     let reversed_head_block = U64::MAX
         - x.head_block
             .read()
@@ -1209,7 +1210,8 @@ fn rpc_sync_status_sort_key(x: &Arc<Web3Rpc>) -> (U64, u64, OrderedFloat<f64>) {
 
     let tier = x.tier;
 
-    // TODO: use request instead of head latency
+    // TODO: use request latency instead of head latency
+    // TODO: have the latency decay automatically
     let head_ewma = x.head_latency.read().value();
 
     let active_requests = x.active_requests.load(atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) as f64;
@@ -1218,7 +1220,9 @@ fn rpc_sync_status_sort_key(x: &Arc<Web3Rpc>) -> (U64, u64, OrderedFloat<f64>) {
     // TODO: i don't think this actually counts as peak. investigate with atomics.rs and peak_ewma.rs
     let peak_ewma = OrderedFloat(head_ewma * active_requests);
 
-    (reversed_head_block, tier, peak_ewma)
+    let backup = x.backup;
+
+    (reversed_head_block, tier, backup, peak_ewma)
 }
 
 mod tests {
@@ -1671,4 +1675,8 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    fn test_all_connections() {
+        todo!()
+    }
 }