diff --git a/ydb/core/ymq/actor/action.h b/ydb/core/ymq/actor/action.h
index a594f5eafee4..7efa47407050 100644
--- a/ydb/core/ymq/actor/action.h
+++ b/ydb/core/ymq/actor/action.h
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ class TActionActor
         auto* detailedCounters = UserCounters_ ? UserCounters_->GetDetailedCounters() : nullptr;
         const size_t errors = ErrorsCount(Response_, detailedCounters ? &detailedCounters->APIStatuses : nullptr);
 
+        FinishTs_ = TActivationContext::Now();
+
         const TDuration duration = GetRequestDuration();
         const TDuration workingDuration = GetRequestWorkingDuration();
         if (QueueLeader_ && (IsActionForQueue(Action_) || IsActionForQueueYMQ(Action_))) {
@@ -287,7 +289,6 @@ class TActionActor
             }
         }
 
-        FinishTs_ = TActivationContext::Now();
         if (IsRequestSlow()) {
             PrintSlowRequestWarning();
         }
diff --git a/ydb/core/ymq/actor/queue_leader.cpp b/ydb/core/ymq/actor/queue_leader.cpp
index 67fe38b66f47..ee5cca542196 100644
--- a/ydb/core/ymq/actor/queue_leader.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/ymq/actor/queue_leader.cpp
@@ -1189,12 +1189,13 @@ void TQueueLeader::WaitAddMessagesToInflyOrTryAnotherShard(TReceiveMessageBatchR
 void TQueueLeader::Reply(TReceiveMessageBatchRequestProcessing& reqInfo) {
     const ui64 shard = reqInfo.GetCurrentShard();
     if (!reqInfo.Answer->Failed && !reqInfo.Answer->OverLimit) {
-        int receiveCount = 0;
         int messageCount = 0;
         ui64 bytesRead = 0;
 
         for (auto& message : reqInfo.Answer->Messages) {
-            receiveCount += message.ReceiveCount;
+            COLLECT_HISTOGRAM_COUNTER(Counters_, MessageReceiveAttempts, message.ReceiveCount);
+            COLLECT_HISTOGRAM_COUNTER(Counters_, receive_attempts_count_rate, message.ReceiveCount);
+
             messageCount++;
             bytesRead += message.Data.size();
 
@@ -1204,8 +1205,6 @@ void TQueueLeader::Reply(TReceiveMessageBatchRequestProcessing& reqInfo) {
         }
 
         if (messageCount > 0) {
-            COLLECT_HISTOGRAM_COUNTER(Counters_, MessageReceiveAttempts, receiveCount);
-            COLLECT_HISTOGRAM_COUNTER(Counters_, receive_attempts_count_rate, receiveCount);
             ADD_COUNTER_COUPLE(Counters_, ReceiveMessage_Count, received_count_per_second, messageCount);
             ADD_COUNTER_COUPLE(Counters_, ReceiveMessage_BytesRead, received_bytes_per_second, bytesRead);
         }
diff --git a/ydb/tests/functional/sqs/common/test_queue_counters.py b/ydb/tests/functional/sqs/common/test_queue_counters.py
index f4e133bc19fb..7e2fc97c1204 100644
--- a/ydb/tests/functional/sqs/common/test_queue_counters.py
+++ b/ydb/tests/functional/sqs/common/test_queue_counters.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from ydb.tests.library.sqs.test_base import KikimrSqsTestBase
 
+from ydb.tests.library.sqs.requests_client import SqsSendMessageParams
+
 
 class TestSqsGettingCounters(KikimrSqsTestBase):
 
@@ -153,3 +155,32 @@ def test_purge_queue_counters(self):
             'sensor': 'MessagesPurged',
         })
         assert purged_derivative > 0
+
+    def test_action_duration_being_not_immediate(self):
+        queue_url = self._create_queue_and_assert(self.queue_name, False, True)
+
+        for i in range(100):
+            message_payload = "foobar" + str(i)
+            self._sqs_api.send_message(queue_url, message_payload)
+            self._read_while_not_empty(queue_url, 1)
+
+        sqs_counters = self._get_sqs_counters()
+
+        durations = self._get_counter(sqs_counters, {
+            'queue': self.queue_name,
+            'sensor': 'ReceiveMessage_Duration',
+        })
+        buckets_longer_than_5ms = durations['hist']['buckets'][1:]
+        assert any(map(lambda x: x > 0, buckets_longer_than_5ms))
+
+    def test_receive_attempts_are_counted_separately_for_messages_in_one_batch(self):
+        queue_url = self._create_queue_and_assert(self.queue_name, False, True)
+        self._sqs_api.send_message_batch(queue_url, [SqsSendMessageParams('data0'), SqsSendMessageParams('data1')])
+        self._read_while_not_empty(queue_url, 2)
+
+        sqs_counters = self._get_sqs_counters()
+        message_receive_attempts = self._get_counter(sqs_counters, {
+            'queue': self.queue_name,
+            'sensor': 'MessageReceiveAttempts',
+        })
+        assert message_receive_attempts['hist']['buckets'][0] == 2