diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 53a34d6f..ed3c9c27 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2589,6 +2589,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "bytes 1.4.0",
  "bytesize",
+ "chrono",
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
  "either",
diff --git a/libsqlx-server/Cargo.toml b/libsqlx-server/Cargo.toml
index 1ce8c6c8..243cb0ea 100644
--- a/libsqlx-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libsqlx-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ bincode = "1.3.3"
 bytemuck = { version = "1.13.1", features = ["derive"] }
 bytes = { version =  "1.4.0", features = ["serde"] }
 bytesize = { version = "1.2.0", features = ["serde"] }
+chrono = { version = "0.4.26", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.3.11", features = ["derive"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.2"
 either = "1.8.1"
diff --git a/libsqlx-server/src/hrana/error.rs b/libsqlx-server/src/hrana/error.rs
index 2324887a..8f8711a1 100644
--- a/libsqlx-server/src/hrana/error.rs
+++ b/libsqlx-server/src/hrana/error.rs
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ pub enum HranaError {
 }
 
 impl HranaError {
-    pub fn code(&self) -> Option<&str>{
+    pub fn code(&self) -> Option<&str> {
         match self {
             HranaError::Stmt(e) => Some(e.code()),
             HranaError::StreamResponse(e) => Some(e.code()),
-            HranaError::Stream(_)
-            | HranaError::Libsqlx(_)
-            | HranaError::Proto(_) => None,
+            HranaError::Stream(_) | HranaError::Libsqlx(_) | HranaError::Proto(_) => None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/libsqlx-server/src/http/admin.rs b/libsqlx-server/src/http/admin.rs
index 2bac534c..e90ecfe2 100644
--- a/libsqlx-server/src/http/admin.rs
+++ b/libsqlx-server/src/http/admin.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use axum::extract::{Path, State};
+use axum::response::IntoResponse;
 use axum::routing::{delete, post};
 use axum::{Json, Router};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
 use hyper::server::accept::Accept;
+use hyper::StatusCode;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 
@@ -15,7 +18,35 @@ use crate::allocation::config::{AllocConfig, DbConfig};
 use crate::linc::bus::Bus;
 use crate::linc::NodeId;
 use crate::manager::Manager;
-use crate::meta::DatabaseId;
+use crate::meta::{AllocationError, DatabaseId};
+
+impl IntoResponse for crate::error::Error {
+    fn into_response(self) -> axum::response::Response {
+        #[derive(Serialize)]
+        struct ErrorBody {
+            message: String,
+        }
+
+        let mut resp = Json(ErrorBody {
+            message: self.to_string(),
+        })
+        .into_response();
+        *resp.status_mut() = match self {
+            crate::error::Error::Libsqlx(_)
+            | crate::error::Error::InjectorExited
+            | crate::error::Error::ConnectionClosed
+            | crate::error::Error::Io(_)
+            | crate::error::Error::AllocationClosed
+            | crate::error::Error::Internal(_)
+            | crate::error::Error::Heed(_) => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            crate::error::Error::Allocation(AllocationError::AlreadyExist(_)) => {
+                StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST
+            }
+        };
+
+        resp
+    }
+}
 
 pub struct Config {
     pub bus: Arc<Bus<Arc<Manager>>>,
@@ -47,7 +78,19 @@ where
 struct ErrorResponse {}
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
-struct AllocateResp {}
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+enum DbType {
+    Primary,
+    Replica,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
+struct AllocationSummaryView {
+    created_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+    database_name: String,
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
+    ty: DbType,
+}
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 struct AllocateReq {
@@ -134,7 +177,7 @@ const fn default_txn_timeout() -> HumanDuration {
 async fn allocate(
     State(state): State<Arc<AdminServerState>>,
     Json(req): Json<AllocateReq>,
-) -> Result<Json<AllocateResp>, Json<ErrorResponse>> {
+) -> crate::Result<Json<AllocationSummaryView>> {
     let config = AllocConfig {
         max_conccurent_connection: req.max_conccurent_connection.unwrap_or(16),
         db_name: req.database_name.clone(),
@@ -164,19 +207,26 @@ async fn allocate(
 
     let dispatcher = state.bus.clone();
     let id = DatabaseId::from_name(&req.database_name);
-    state.bus.handler().allocate(id, &config, dispatcher).await;
+    let meta = state.bus.handler().allocate(id, config, dispatcher).await?;
 
-    Ok(Json(AllocateResp {}))
+    Ok(Json(AllocationSummaryView {
+        created_at: meta.created_at,
+        database_name: meta.config.db_name,
+        ty: match meta.config.db_config {
+            DbConfig::Primary {..} => DbType::Primary,
+            DbConfig::Replica {..} => DbType::Replica,
+        }
+    }))
 }
 
 async fn deallocate(
     State(state): State<Arc<AdminServerState>>,
     Path(database_name): Path<String>,
-) -> Result<Json<AllocateResp>, Json<ErrorResponse>> {
+) -> crate::Result<()> {
     let id = DatabaseId::from_name(&database_name);
-    state.bus.handler().deallocate(id).await;
+    state.bus.handler().deallocate(id).await?;
 
-    Ok(Json(AllocateResp {}))
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
@@ -191,15 +241,16 @@ struct AllocView {
 
 async fn list_allocs(
     State(state): State<Arc<AdminServerState>>,
-) -> Result<Json<ListAllocResp>, Json<ErrorResponse>> {
+) -> crate::Result<Json<ListAllocResp>> {
     let allocs = state
         .bus
         .handler()
         .store()
-        .list_allocs()
-        .unwrap()
+        .list_allocs()?
         .into_iter()
-        .map(|cfg| AllocView { id: cfg.db_name })
+        .map(|meta| AllocView {
+            id: meta.config.db_name,
+        })
         .collect();
 
     Ok(Json(ListAllocResp { allocs }))
diff --git a/libsqlx-server/src/http/user/mod.rs b/libsqlx-server/src/http/user/mod.rs
index 3653377b..7b43d36d 100644
--- a/libsqlx-server/src/http/user/mod.rs
+++ b/libsqlx-server/src/http/user/mod.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use axum::response::IntoResponse;
 use axum::routing::post;
 use axum::{Json, Router};
 use color_eyre::Result;
-use hyper::StatusCode;
 use hyper::server::accept::Accept;
+use hyper::StatusCode;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ impl IntoResponse for HranaError {
     fn into_response(self) -> axum::response::Response {
         let (message, code) = match self.code() {
             Some(code) => (self.to_string(), code.to_owned()),
-            None => ("internal error, please check the logs".to_owned(), "INTERNAL_ERROR".to_owned()),
-        };
-        let resp = ErrorResponseBody {
-            message,
-            code,
+            None => (
+                "internal error, please check the logs".to_owned(),
+                "INTERNAL_ERROR".to_owned(),
+            ),
         };
+        let resp = ErrorResponseBody { message, code };
         let mut resp = Json(resp).into_response();
         *resp.status_mut() = StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST;
         resp
diff --git a/libsqlx-server/src/manager.rs b/libsqlx-server/src/manager.rs
index 686e6fca..2f0cafa1 100644
--- a/libsqlx-server/src/manager.rs
+++ b/libsqlx-server/src/manager.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::compactor::CompactionQueue;
 use crate::linc::bus::Dispatch;
 use crate::linc::handler::Handler;
 use crate::linc::Inbound;
-use crate::meta::{DatabaseId, Store};
+use crate::meta::{AllocMeta, DatabaseId, Store};
 use crate::replica_commit_store::ReplicaCommitStore;
 
 pub struct Manager {
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ impl Manager {
             return Ok(Some(sender.clone()));
         }
 
-        if let Some(config) = self.meta_store.meta(&database_id)? {
+        if let Some(meta) = self.meta_store.meta(&database_id)? {
             let path = self.db_path.join("dbs").join(database_id.to_string());
             tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&path).await?;
             let (alloc_sender, inbox) = mpsc::channel(MAX_ALLOC_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN);
             let alloc = Allocation {
                 inbox,
                 database: Database::from_config(
-                    &config,
+                    &meta.config,
                     path,
                     dispatcher.clone(),
                     self.compaction_queue.clone(),
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ impl Manager {
                 )?,
                 connections_futs: JoinSet::new(),
                 next_conn_id: 0,
-                max_concurrent_connections: config.max_conccurent_connection,
+                max_concurrent_connections: meta.config.max_conccurent_connection,
                 dispatcher,
-                db_name: config.db_name,
+                db_name: meta.config.db_name,
                 connections: HashMap::new(),
             };
 
@@ -86,12 +86,13 @@ impl Manager {
     pub async fn allocate(
         self: &Arc<Self>,
         database_id: DatabaseId,
-        meta: &AllocConfig,
+        config: AllocConfig,
         dispatcher: Arc<dyn Dispatch>,
-    ) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        self.store().allocate(&database_id, meta)?;
+    ) -> crate::Result<AllocMeta> {
+        let meta = self.store().allocate(&database_id, config)?;
         self.schedule(database_id, dispatcher).await?;
-        Ok(())
+
+        Ok(meta)
     }
 
     pub async fn deallocate(&self, database_id: DatabaseId) -> crate::Result<()> {
diff --git a/libsqlx-server/src/meta.rs b/libsqlx-server/src/meta.rs
index baefaeaf..a2a3ac87 100644
--- a/libsqlx-server/src/meta.rs
+++ b/libsqlx-server/src/meta.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use heed::bytemuck::{Pod, Zeroable};
 use heed_types::{OwnedType, SerdeBincode};
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -11,9 +12,15 @@ use tokio::task::block_in_place;
 
 use crate::allocation::config::AllocConfig;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct AllocMeta {
+    pub config: AllocConfig,
+    pub created_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+}
+
 pub struct Store {
     env: heed::Env,
-    alloc_config_db: heed::Database<OwnedType<DatabaseId>, SerdeBincode<AllocConfig>>,
+    alloc_config_db: heed::Database<OwnedType<DatabaseId>, SerdeBincode<AllocMeta>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash, Clone, Copy, Pod, Zeroable)]
@@ -73,7 +80,7 @@ impl Store {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn allocate(&self, id: &DatabaseId, meta: &AllocConfig) -> crate::Result<()> {
+    pub fn allocate(&self, id: &DatabaseId, config: AllocConfig) -> crate::Result<AllocMeta> {
         block_in_place(|| {
             let mut txn = self.env.write_txn()?;
             if self
@@ -82,14 +89,19 @@ impl Store {
                 .get(&txn, id)?
                 .is_some()
             {
-                Err(AllocationError::AlreadyExist(meta.db_name.clone()))?;
+                Err(AllocationError::AlreadyExist(config.db_name.clone()))?;
             };
 
-            self.alloc_config_db.put(&mut txn, id, meta)?;
+            let meta = AllocMeta {
+                config,
+                created_at: Utc::now(),
+            };
+
+            self.alloc_config_db.put(&mut txn, id, &meta)?;
 
             txn.commit()?;
 
-            Ok(())
+            Ok(meta)
         })
     }
 
@@ -103,14 +115,14 @@ impl Store {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn meta(&self, id: &DatabaseId) -> crate::Result<Option<AllocConfig>> {
+    pub fn meta(&self, id: &DatabaseId) -> crate::Result<Option<AllocMeta>> {
         block_in_place(|| {
             let txn = self.env.read_txn()?;
             Ok(self.alloc_config_db.get(&txn, id)?)
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn list_allocs(&self) -> crate::Result<Vec<AllocConfig>> {
+    pub fn list_allocs(&self) -> crate::Result<Vec<AllocMeta>> {
         block_in_place(|| {
             let txn = self.env.read_txn()?;
             let res = self