diff --git a/db/docs/user_onboarding_progresses.yml b/db/docs/user_onboarding_progresses.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7df6ae876abe333d6a2bb0b5d0050e1744598ba0
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+++ b/db/docs/user_onboarding_progresses.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+table_name: user_onboarding_progresses
+classes:
+- Onboarding::UserOnboardingProgress
+feature_categories:
+- onboarding
+description: Tracks user progress through onboarding tasks
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/197667
+milestone: '18.3'
+gitlab_schema: gitlab_main_user
+sharding_key:
+  user_id: users
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250711150714_create_user_onboarding_progresses_table.rb b/db/migrate/20250711150714_create_user_onboarding_progresses_table.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f45c7263d9824fe2e70949d967ca138037d81fd2
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+++ b/db/migrate/20250711150714_create_user_onboarding_progresses_table.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class CreateUserOnboardingProgressesTable < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.3]
+  milestone '18.3'
+
+  def change
+    create_table :user_onboarding_progresses do |t|
+      t.timestamps_with_timezone null: false
+      t.bigint :user_id, null: false
+      t.integer :task, null: false, limit: 2
+
+      t.index [:user_id, :task], unique: true, name: 'index_user_onboarding_progresses_on_user_id_and_task'
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250723043554_add_foreign_key_to_user_onboarding_progresses.rb b/db/migrate/20250723043554_add_foreign_key_to_user_onboarding_progresses.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5e98b1b4cf36023e8b6129026451c5a8b9670bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250723043554_add_foreign_key_to_user_onboarding_progresses.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddForeignKeyToUserOnboardingProgresses < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.3]
+  milestone '18.3'
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def up
+    add_concurrent_foreign_key :user_onboarding_progresses, :users,
+      column: :user_id,
+      target_column: :id,
+      validate: false,
+      on_delete: :cascade
+  end
+
+  def down
+    with_lock_retries do
+      remove_foreign_key_if_exists :user_onboarding_progresses, :users, column: :user_id
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20250711150714 b/db/schema_migrations/20250711150714
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..21b46dfdefd8f9a3cf54fcf486b3af203ef4664b
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+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20250711150714
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+76fa79b27caa320a482a35dcfd2fc5789b78cac13a90d748b71985936d2844cc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20250723043554 b/db/schema_migrations/20250723043554
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50a3585c1f8520327a7c4ef72cd833642d7b1850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20250723043554
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+651709335facc3f18200e8483a549198dd530e2d61670ca226b3b76015edbed1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index a5489c76e50f5181c38a18dc641168fe48af0aa3..38dcc0bf7cb2ee76d5198793438219c98d3fccc3 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -25045,6 +25045,23 @@ CREATE SEQUENCE user_namespace_callouts_id_seq
 
 ALTER SEQUENCE user_namespace_callouts_id_seq OWNED BY user_namespace_callouts.id;
 
+CREATE TABLE user_onboarding_progresses (
+    id bigint NOT NULL,
+    user_id bigint NOT NULL,
+    task smallint NOT NULL,
+    created_at timestamp with time zone NOT NULL,
+    updated_at timestamp with time zone NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE user_onboarding_progresses_id_seq
+    START WITH 1
+    INCREMENT BY 1
+    NO MINVALUE
+    NO MAXVALUE
+    CACHE 1;
+
+ALTER SEQUENCE user_onboarding_progresses_id_seq OWNED BY user_onboarding_progresses.id;
+
 CREATE TABLE user_permission_export_upload_uploads (
     id bigint NOT NULL,
     size bigint NOT NULL,
@@ -28867,6 +28884,8 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY user_member_roles ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('user_mem
 
 ALTER TABLE ONLY user_namespace_callouts ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('user_namespace_callouts_id_seq'::regclass);
 
+ALTER TABLE ONLY user_onboarding_progresses ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('user_onboarding_progresses_id_seq'::regclass);
+
 ALTER TABLE ONLY user_permission_export_uploads ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('user_permission_export_uploads_id_seq'::regclass);
 
 ALTER TABLE ONLY user_preferences ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('user_preferences_id_seq'::regclass);
@@ -32059,6 +32078,9 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY user_member_roles
 ALTER TABLE ONLY user_namespace_callouts
     ADD CONSTRAINT user_namespace_callouts_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id);
 
+ALTER TABLE ONLY user_onboarding_progresses
+    ADD CONSTRAINT user_onboarding_progresses_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id);
+
 ALTER TABLE ONLY user_permission_export_upload_uploads
     ADD CONSTRAINT user_permission_export_upload_uploads_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id, model_type);
 
@@ -38612,6 +38634,8 @@ CREATE INDEX index_user_id_and_notification_email_to_notification_settings ON no
 
 CREATE INDEX index_user_namespace_callouts_on_namespace_id ON user_namespace_callouts USING btree (namespace_id);
 
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_user_onboarding_progresses_on_user_id_and_task ON user_onboarding_progresses USING btree (user_id, task);
+
 CREATE INDEX index_user_permission_export_uploads_on_user_id_and_status ON user_permission_export_uploads USING btree (user_id, status);
 
 CREATE INDEX index_user_phone_number_validations_on_telesign_reference_xid ON user_phone_number_validations USING btree (telesign_reference_xid);
@@ -43494,6 +43518,9 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY path_locks
 ALTER TABLE ONLY agent_user_access_group_authorizations
     ADD CONSTRAINT fk_53fd98ccbf FOREIGN KEY (group_id) REFERENCES namespaces(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
 
+ALTER TABLE ONLY user_onboarding_progresses
+    ADD CONSTRAINT fk_544a52d439 FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT VALID;
+
 ALTER TABLE ONLY group_crm_settings
     ADD CONSTRAINT fk_54592e5f57 FOREIGN KEY (source_group_id) REFERENCES namespaces(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
 
diff --git a/ee/app/models/onboarding/user_onboarding_progress.rb b/ee/app/models/onboarding/user_onboarding_progress.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd56100d4d671e12e12c6d94ce6a785decf80c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/app/models/onboarding/user_onboarding_progress.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Onboarding
+  class UserOnboardingProgress < ApplicationRecord
+    self.table_name = 'user_onboarding_progresses'
+
+    # Define enum for tasks - mapping to the existing Learn GitLab tasks
+    # Using integer values explicitly to maintain stability when tasks are added/removed
+    enum :task, {
+      repository_created: 0,
+      merge_request_created: 1,
+      pipeline_created: 2,
+      user_added: 3,
+      trial_started: 4,
+      required_mr_approvals_enabled: 5,
+      code_owners_enabled: 6,
+      issue_created: 7,
+      secure_dependency_scanning_run: 8,
+      secure_dast_run: 9,
+      license_scanning_run: 10,
+      code_added: 11,
+      duo_seat_assigned: 12
+    }
+
+    belongs_to :user, optional: false
+    validates :task, presence: true, uniqueness: { scope: :user_id }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ee/spec/factories/onboarding/user_onboarding_progresses.rb b/ee/spec/factories/onboarding/user_onboarding_progresses.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..62f122b577191afaf58836c21386e63f410e0255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/spec/factories/onboarding/user_onboarding_progresses.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :user_onboarding_progress, class: 'Onboarding::UserOnboardingProgress' do
+    user
+    task { :merge_request_created }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ee/spec/models/onboarding/user_onboarding_progress_spec.rb b/ee/spec/models/onboarding/user_onboarding_progress_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..707eebdd019f727703ff3f334bc0cf431ba9a06b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/spec/models/onboarding/user_onboarding_progress_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Onboarding::UserOnboardingProgress, feature_category: :onboarding do
+  describe 'associations' do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:user).required }
+  end
+
+  describe 'validations' do
+    subject { build(:user_onboarding_progress) }
+
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:task) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:task).scoped_to(:user_id).ignoring_case_sensitivity }
+  end
+
+  describe 'enums' do
+    it 'defines task enum and correct values' do
+      is_expected.to define_enum_for(:task)
+        .with_values(
+          repository_created: 0,
+          merge_request_created: 1,
+          pipeline_created: 2,
+          user_added: 3,
+          trial_started: 4,
+          required_mr_approvals_enabled: 5,
+          code_owners_enabled: 6,
+          issue_created: 7,
+          secure_dependency_scanning_run: 8,
+          secure_dast_run: 9,
+          license_scanning_run: 10,
+          code_added: 11,
+          duo_seat_assigned: 12
+        )
+    end
+  end
+end