diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/ChatHandlers.cs b/Dalamud/Game/ChatHandlers.cs
index cc4bd4d82..4827c0d4f 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/ChatHandlers.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/ChatHandlers.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class ChatHandlers : IServiceType
     private readonly DalamudConfiguration configuration = Service<DalamudConfiguration>.Get();
 
     private bool hasSeenLoadingMsg;
-    private bool hasAutoUpdatedPlugins;
+    private bool startedAutoUpdatingPlugins;
 
     [ServiceManager.ServiceConstructor]
     private ChatHandlers(ChatGui chatGui)
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ public class ChatHandlers : IServiceType
     /// </summary>
     public string? LastLink { get; private set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a value indicating whether or not auto-updates have already completed this session.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IsAutoUpdateComplete { get; private set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Convert a TextPayload to SeString and wrap in italics payloads.
     /// </summary>
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ public class ChatHandlers : IServiceType
         if (clientState.LocalPlayer != null && clientState.TerritoryType == 0 && !this.hasSeenLoadingMsg)
             this.PrintWelcomeMessage();
 
-        if (!this.hasAutoUpdatedPlugins)
+        if (!this.startedAutoUpdatingPlugins)
             this.AutoUpdatePlugins();
 
 #if !DEBUG && false
@@ -289,13 +294,16 @@ public class ChatHandlers : IServiceType
         if (!pluginManager.ReposReady || pluginManager.InstalledPlugins.Count == 0 || pluginManager.AvailablePlugins.Count == 0)
         {
             // Plugins aren't ready yet.
+            // TODO: We should retry. This sucks, because it means we won't ever get here again until another notice.
             return;
         }
 
-        this.hasAutoUpdatedPlugins = true;
+        this.startedAutoUpdatingPlugins = true;
 
         Task.Run(() => pluginManager.UpdatePluginsAsync(true, !this.configuration.AutoUpdatePlugins, true)).ContinueWith(task =>
         {
+            this.IsAutoUpdateComplete = true;
+
             if (task.IsFaulted)
             {
                 Log.Error(task.Exception, Loc.Localize("DalamudPluginUpdateCheckFail", "Could not check for plugin updates."));
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/DalamudPluginInterface.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/DalamudPluginInterface.cs
index 7e3f0eacd..2912eaf97 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/DalamudPluginInterface.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/DalamudPluginInterface.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using Dalamud.Configuration;
 using Dalamud.Configuration.Internal;
 using Dalamud.Data;
+using Dalamud.Game;
 using Dalamud.Game.Gui;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.Sanitizer;
@@ -110,6 +111,11 @@ public sealed class DalamudPluginInterface : IDisposable
     /// </summary>
     public PluginLoadReason Reason { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a value indicating whether or not auto-updates have already completed this session.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IsAutoUpdateComplete => Service<ChatHandlers>.Get().IsAutoUpdateComplete;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the repository from which this plugin was installed.
     ///
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ public sealed class DalamudPluginInterface : IDisposable
     /// Gets the current internal plugin name.
     /// </summary>
     public string InternalName => this.pluginName;
-    
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a value indicating whether this is a dev plugin.
     /// </summary>