diff --git a/services/api/database/migrations/20241213000000_user_last_accessed.js b/services/api/database/migrations/20241213000000_user_last_accessed.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6c7a9860f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/api/database/migrations/20241213000000_user_last_accessed.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * @param { import("knex").Knex } knex
+ * @returns { Promise<void> }
+ */
+exports.up = async function(knex) {
+    organizations = await knex.schema.hasTable('user');
+    if (!organizations) {
+        return knex.schema
+        .createTable('user', function (table) {
+            table.specificType('usid', 'CHAR(36)');
+            table.datetime('last_accessed');
+            table.primary(['usid']);
+        })
+    }
+    else {
+        return knex.schema
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @param { import("knex").Knex } knex
+ * @returns { Promise<void> }
+ */
+exports.down = async function(knex) {
+    return knex.schema
+};
diff --git a/services/api/src/models/user.ts b/services/api/src/models/user.ts
index 5285bde369..9fc18134c6 100644
--- a/services/api/src/models/user.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/models/user.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Group, GroupType, KeycloakLagoonGroup } from './group';
 import { Sql } from '../resources/user/sql';
 import { getConfigFromEnv } from '../util/config';
 import { Helpers as groupHelpers } from '../resources/group/helpers';
+import { logger } from '../loggers/logger';
 
 interface IUserAttributes {
   comment?: [string];
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ export interface User {
   firstName?: string;
   lastName?: string;
   comment?: string;
+  created?: string;
   lastAccessed?: string;
   gitlabId?: string;
   attributes?: IUserAttributes;
@@ -178,23 +180,22 @@ export const User = (clients: {
         R.pipe(
           R.pick(['id', 'email', 'username', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'attributes', 'admin', 'owner', 'organizationRole', 'platformRoles']),
           // @ts-ignore
-          R.set(commentLens, R.view(attrCommentLens, keycloakUser))
+          R.set(commentLens, R.view(attrCommentLens, keycloakUser)),
+          // set the user created time
+          R.set(R.lensPath(['created']), new Date(keycloakUser.createdTimestamp).toISOString().slice(0, 19).replace('T', ' ') || null),
         )(keycloakUser)
     );
 
     let usersWithGitlabIdFetch = [];
 
     for (const user of users) {
-      // set the lastaccessed attribute
-      // @TODO: no op last accessed for the time being due to raciness
-      // @TODO: refactor later
-      /*
-      let date = null;
-      if (user['attributes'] && user['attributes']['last_accessed']) {
-        date = new Date(user['attributes']['last_accessed']*1000).toISOString()
-        user.lastAccessed = date
+      const userdate = await query(
+        sqlClientPool,
+        Sql.selectLastAccessed(user.id)
+      );
+      if (userdate.length) {
+        user.lastAccessed = userdate[0].lastAccessed
       }
-      */
       usersWithGitlabIdFetch.push({
         ...user,
         gitlabId: await fetchGitlabId(user)
@@ -648,8 +649,14 @@ export const User = (clients: {
 
   const userLastAccessed = async (userInput: User): Promise<Boolean> => {
     // set the last accessed as a unix timestamp on the user attributes
-    // @TODO: no op last accessed for the time being due to raciness
-    // @TODO: refactor later
+    try {
+      await query(
+        sqlClientPool,
+        Sql.updateLastAccessed(userInput.id)
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.warn(`Error updating user: ${err.message}`);
+    }
     return true
   };
 
@@ -754,6 +761,11 @@ export const User = (clients: {
         sqlClientPool,
         Sql.deleteFromUserSshKeys(id)
       );
+      // delete from the user table
+      await query(
+        sqlClientPool,
+        Sql.deleteFromUser(id)
+      );
 
       await keycloakAdminClient.users.del({ id });
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/services/api/src/resources/user/sql.ts b/services/api/src/resources/user/sql.ts
index 8bf7d58202..9cfdbbaeb3 100644
--- a/services/api/src/resources/user/sql.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/resources/user/sql.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,23 @@ export const Sql = {
       .where('sk.key_fingerprint', keyFingerprint)
       .select('user_ssh_key.usid')
       .toString(),
+  updateLastAccessed: (id: string) =>
+    knex('user')
+      .insert({
+        usid: id,
+        lastAccessed: knex.fn.now(),
+      })
+      .onConflict('usid')
+      .merge()
+      .toString(),
+  selectLastAccessed: (id: string) =>
+    knex('user')
+      .select('last_accessed')
+      .where('usid','=',id)
+      .toString(),
+  deleteFromUser: (id: string) =>
+    knex('user')
+      .where('usid', id)
+      .delete()
+      .toString(),
 };
diff --git a/services/api/src/typeDefs.js b/services/api/src/typeDefs.js
index 6693c162e7..b3fb60c37c 100644
--- a/services/api/src/typeDefs.js
+++ b/services/api/src/typeDefs.js
@@ -459,10 +459,9 @@ const typeDefs = gql`
     # This just returns the group name, id and the role the user has in that group.
     # This is a neat way to visualize a users specific access without having to get all members of a group
     groupRoles: [GroupRoleInterface]
-    # @TODO: no op last accessed for the time being due to raciness
-    # @TODO: refactor later
-    # lastAccessed: String
     platformRoles: [PlatformRole]
+    created: String
+    lastAccessed: String
   }
 
   enum PlatformRole {