diff --git a/swh/scheduler/backend.py b/swh/scheduler/backend.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/backend.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/backend.py
@@ -974,6 +974,24 @@
         )
         return [OriginVisitStats(**row) for row in rows]
 
+    @db_transaction()
+    def visit_scheduler_queue_position_get(
+        self, db=None, cur=None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, datetime.datetime]:
+        cur.execute("SELECT visit_type, position FROM visit_scheduler_queue_position")
+        return {row["visit_type"]: row["position"] for row in cur}
+
+    @db_transaction()
+    def visit_scheduler_queue_position_set(
+        self, visit_type: str, position: datetime.datetime, db=None, cur=None,
+    ) -> None:
+        query = """
+            INSERT INTO visit_scheduler_queue_position(visit_type, position)
+            VALUES(%s, %s)
+            ON CONFLICT(visit_type) DO UPDATE SET position=EXCLUDED.position
+        """
+        cur.execute(query, (visit_type, position))
+
     @db_transaction()
     def update_metrics(
         self,
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/interface.py b/swh/scheduler/interface.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/interface.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/interface.py
@@ -440,6 +440,25 @@
         """
         ...
 
+    @remote_api_endpoint("visit_scheduler/get")
+    def visit_scheduler_queue_position_get(self,) -> Dict[str, datetime.datetime]:
+        """Retrieve all current queue positions for the recurrent visit scheduler.
+
+        Returns
+            Mapping of visit type to their current queue position
+
+        """
+        ...
+
+    @remote_api_endpoint("visit_scheduler/set")
+    def visit_scheduler_queue_position_set(
+        self, visit_type: str, position: datetime.datetime
+    ) -> None:
+        """Set the current queue position of the recurrent visit scheduler for `visit_type`.
+
+        """
+        ...
+
     @remote_api_endpoint("scheduler_metrics/update")
     def update_metrics(
         self,
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/sql/30-schema.sql b/swh/scheduler/sql/30-schema.sql
--- a/swh/scheduler/sql/30-schema.sql
+++ b/swh/scheduler/sql/30-schema.sql
@@ -177,9 +177,11 @@
   next_visit_queue_position timestamptz,
   -- duration that we expect to wait between visits of this origin
   next_position_offset int not null default 4,
+
   primary key (url, visit_type)
 );
 
+comment on table origin_visit_stats is 'Aggregated information on visits for each origin in the archive';
 comment on column origin_visit_stats.url is 'Origin URL';
 comment on column origin_visit_stats.visit_type is 'Type of the visit for the given url';
 comment on column origin_visit_stats.last_eventful is 'Date of the last eventful event';
@@ -192,6 +194,17 @@
 comment on column origin_visit_stats.next_visit_queue_position is 'Time at which some new objects are expected to be found';
 comment on column origin_visit_stats.next_position_offset is 'Duration that we expect to wait between visits of this origin';
 
+create table visit_scheduler_queue_position (
+  visit_type text not null,
+  position timestamptz not null,
+
+  primary key (visit_type)
+);
+
+comment on table visit_scheduler_queue_position is 'Current queue position for the recurrent visit scheduler';
+comment on column visit_scheduler_queue_position.visit_type is 'Visit type';
+comment on column visit_scheduler_queue_position.position is 'Current position for the runner of this visit type';
+
 create table scheduler_metrics (
   lister_id uuid not null references listers(id),
   visit_type text not null,
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/tests/test_api_client.py b/swh/scheduler/tests/test_api_client.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/tests/test_api_client.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/tests/test_api_client.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
             "task_type/create",
             "task_type/get",
             "task_type/get_all",
+            "visit_scheduler/get",
+            "visit_scheduler/set",
             "visit_stats/get",
             "visit_stats/upsert",
         )