diff --git a/apps/codecov-api/core/commands/branch/interactors/fetch_branches.py b/apps/codecov-api/core/commands/branch/interactors/fetch_branches.py
index 983af462fb..265aaa6ebd 100644
--- a/apps/codecov-api/core/commands/branch/interactors/fetch_branches.py
+++ b/apps/codecov-api/core/commands/branch/interactors/fetch_branches.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import OuterRef, Q, QuerySet, Subquery
 
 from codecov.commands.base import BaseInteractor
@@ -36,4 +37,28 @@ def execute(self, repository: Repository, filters: dict[str, Any]) -> QuerySet:
                 | Q(name=repository.branch)  # but always include the default branch
             )
 
+        # Enhance branch information with latest commit activity metrics
+        if filters.get("include_activity_metrics", True):
+            queryset = queryset.annotate(
+                latest_commit_timestamp=Subquery(
+                    Commit.objects.filter(
+                        repository_id=OuterRef("repository__repoid"),
+                        branch=OuterRef("branch"),
+                        deleted=False,
+                    )
+                    .order_by("-timestamp")
+                    .values("timestamp")[:1]
+                ),
+                total_commits_count=Subquery(
+                    Commit.objects.filter(
+                        repository_id=OuterRef("repository__repoid"),
+                        branch=OuterRef("branch"),
+                        deleted=False,
+                    )
+                    .values("repository_id")
+                    .annotate(count=models.Count("id"))
+                    .values("count")[:1]
+                ),
+            )
+
         return queryset