diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
index 7f84f61a91ffd..3b8677d70be26 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityMetricsLogger.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import static com.android.server.am.MemoryStatUtil.readMemoryStatFromFilesystem;
 import static com.android.server.wm.ActivityTaskManagerDebugConfig.DEBUG_METRICS;
 import static com.android.server.wm.ActivityTaskManagerDebugConfig.TAG_ATM;
 import static com.android.server.wm.ActivityTaskManagerDebugConfig.TAG_WITH_CLASS_NAME;
+import static com.android.server.wm.ActivityTaskManagerInternal.APP_TRANSITION_RECENTS_ANIM;
 import static com.android.server.wm.ActivityTaskManagerInternal.APP_TRANSITION_TIMEOUT;
 import static com.android.server.wm.EventLogTags.WM_ACTIVITY_LAUNCH_TIME;
 
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ import android.util.proto.ProtoOutputStream;
 import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger;
 import com.android.internal.util.FrameworkStatsLog;
+import com.android.internal.util.LatencyTracker;
 import com.android.internal.util.function.pooled.PooledLambda;
 import com.android.server.FgThread;
 import com.android.server.LocalServices;
@@ -771,6 +773,12 @@ class ActivityMetricsLogger {
             info.mReason = activityToReason.valueAt(index);
             info.mLoggedTransitionStarting = true;
             if (info.mIsDrawn) {
+                if (info.mReason == APP_TRANSITION_RECENTS_ANIM) {
+                    final LatencyTracker latencyTracker = r.mWmService.mLatencyTracker;
+                    final int duration = info.mSourceEventDelayMs + info.mCurrentTransitionDelayMs;
+                    mLoggerHandler.post(() -> latencyTracker.logAction(
+                            LatencyTracker.ACTION_START_RECENTS_ANIMATION, duration));
+                }
                 done(false /* abort */, info, "notifyTransitionStarting drawn", timestampNs);
             }
         }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Transition.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Transition.java
index 0bdc00b8b74d5..b69771c38542d 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Transition.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Transition.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import static android.window.TransitionInfo.FLAG_SHOW_WALLPAPER;
 import static android.window.TransitionInfo.FLAG_STARTING_WINDOW_TRANSFER_RECIPIENT;
 import static android.window.TransitionInfo.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT;
 
+import static com.android.server.wm.ActivityTaskManagerInternal.APP_TRANSITION_RECENTS_ANIM;
 import static com.android.server.wm.ActivityTaskManagerInternal.APP_TRANSITION_SPLASH_SCREEN;
 import static com.android.server.wm.ActivityTaskManagerInternal.APP_TRANSITION_WINDOWS_DRAWN;
 
@@ -670,8 +671,6 @@ class Transition extends Binder implements BLASTSyncEngine.TransactionReadyListe
 
         handleNonAppWindowsInTransition(dc, mType, mFlags);
 
-        reportStartReasonsToLogger();
-
         // The callback is only populated for custom activity-level client animations
         sendRemoteCallback(mClientAnimationStartCallback);
 
@@ -763,6 +762,8 @@ class Transition extends Binder implements BLASTSyncEngine.TransactionReadyListe
         }
         mSyncId = -1;
         mOverrideOptions = null;
+
+        reportStartReasonsToLogger();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -975,11 +976,15 @@ class Transition extends Binder implements BLASTSyncEngine.TransactionReadyListe
         for (int i = mParticipants.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
             ActivityRecord r = mParticipants.valueAt(i).asActivityRecord();
             if (r == null || !r.mVisibleRequested) continue;
+            int transitionReason = APP_TRANSITION_WINDOWS_DRAWN;
             // At this point, r is "ready", but if it's not "ALL ready" then it is probably only
             // ready due to starting-window.
-            reasons.put(r, (r.mStartingData instanceof SplashScreenStartingData
-                    && !r.mLastAllReadyAtSync)
-                    ? APP_TRANSITION_SPLASH_SCREEN : APP_TRANSITION_WINDOWS_DRAWN);
+            if (r.mStartingData instanceof SplashScreenStartingData && !r.mLastAllReadyAtSync) {
+                transitionReason = APP_TRANSITION_SPLASH_SCREEN;
+            } else if (r.isActivityTypeHomeOrRecents() && isTransientLaunch(r)) {
+                transitionReason = APP_TRANSITION_RECENTS_ANIM;
+            }
+            reasons.put(r, transitionReason);
         }
         mController.mAtm.mTaskSupervisor.getActivityMetricsLogger().notifyTransitionStarting(
                 reasons);