diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/lightning.go b/br/pkg/lightning/lightning.go
index af198f4fdea58..9a3a78031b424 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/lightning.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/lightning.go
@@ -435,6 +435,16 @@ func (l *Lightning) run(taskCtx context.Context, taskCfg *config.Config, o *opti
 		}
 	})
 
+	failpoint.Inject("PrintStatus", func() {
+		defer func() {
+			finished, total := l.Status()
+			o.logger.Warn("PrintStatus Failpoint",
+				zap.Int64("finished", finished),
+				zap.Int64("total", total),
+				zap.Bool("equal", finished == total))
+		}()
+	})
+
 	if err := taskCfg.TiDB.Security.RegisterMySQL(); err != nil {
 		return common.ErrInvalidTLSConfig.Wrap(err)
 	}
@@ -504,8 +514,6 @@ func (l *Lightning) run(taskCtx context.Context, taskCfg *config.Config, o *opti
 	dbMetas := mdl.GetDatabases()
 	web.BroadcastInitProgress(dbMetas)
 
-	var procedure *restore.Controller
-
 	param := &restore.ControllerParam{
 		DBMetas:           dbMetas,
 		Status:            &l.status,
@@ -516,6 +524,7 @@ func (l *Lightning) run(taskCtx context.Context, taskCfg *config.Config, o *opti
 		CheckpointName:    o.checkpointName,
 	}
 
+	var procedure *restore.Controller
 	procedure, err = restore.NewRestoreController(ctx, taskCfg, param)
 	if err != nil {
 		o.logger.Error("restore failed", log.ShortError(err))
diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/restore/restore.go b/br/pkg/lightning/restore/restore.go
index 0a0e05b45ac5d..10ef56507b8ce 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/restore/restore.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/restore/restore.go
@@ -232,7 +232,15 @@ type Controller struct {
 	precheckItemBuilder *PrecheckItemBuilder
 }
 
+// LightningStatus provides the finished bytes and total bytes of the current task.
+// It should keep the value after restart from checkpoint.
+// When it is tidb backend, FinishedFileSize can be counted after chunk data is
+// restored to tidb. When it is local backend it's counted after whole engine is
+// imported.
+// TotalFileSize may be an estimated value, so when the task is finished, it may
+// not equal to FinishedFileSize.
 type LightningStatus struct {
+	backend          string
 	FinishedFileSize atomic.Int64
 	TotalFileSize    atomic.Int64
 }
@@ -353,6 +361,7 @@ func NewRestoreControllerWithPauser(
 	default:
 		return nil, common.ErrUnknownBackend.GenWithStackByArgs(cfg.TikvImporter.Backend)
 	}
+	p.Status.backend = cfg.TikvImporter.Backend
 
 	var metaBuilder metaMgrBuilder
 	isSSTImport := cfg.TikvImporter.Backend == config.BackendLocal
@@ -2427,8 +2436,13 @@ func (cr *chunkRestore) deliverLoop(
 			// comes from chunk.Chunk.Offset. so it shouldn't happen that currOffset - startOffset < 0.
 			// but we met it one time, but cannot reproduce it now, we add this check to make code more robust
 			// TODO: reproduce and find the root cause and fix it completely
-			if currOffset >= startOffset {
-				m.BytesCounter.WithLabelValues(metric.BytesStateRestored).Add(float64(currOffset - startOffset))
+
+			delta := currOffset - startOffset
+			if delta >= 0 {
+				m.BytesCounter.WithLabelValues(metric.BytesStateRestored).Add(float64(delta))
+				if rc.status != nil && rc.status.backend == config.BackendTiDB {
+					rc.status.FinishedFileSize.Add(delta)
+				}
 			} else {
 				deliverLogger.Warn("offset go back", zap.Int64("curr", currOffset),
 					zap.Int64("start", startOffset))
@@ -2441,6 +2455,11 @@ func (cr *chunkRestore) deliverLoop(
 		}
 		failpoint.Inject("SlowDownWriteRows", func() {
 			deliverLogger.Warn("Slowed down write rows")
+			finished := rc.status.FinishedFileSize.Load()
+			total := rc.status.TotalFileSize.Load()
+			deliverLogger.Warn("PrintStatus Failpoint",
+				zap.Int64("finished", finished),
+				zap.Int64("total", total))
 		})
 		failpoint.Inject("FailAfterWriteRows", nil)
 		// TODO: for local backend, we may save checkpoint more frequently, e.g. after written
diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/restore/table_restore.go b/br/pkg/lightning/restore/table_restore.go
index 11038d62195ea..ad975bc2f6bad 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/restore/table_restore.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/restore/table_restore.go
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func (tr *TableRestore) restoreEngines(pCtx context.Context, rc *Controller, cp
 						dataWorker := rc.closedEngineLimit.Apply()
 						defer rc.closedEngineLimit.Recycle(dataWorker)
 						err = tr.importEngine(ctx, dataClosedEngine, rc, eid, ecp)
-						if rc.status != nil {
+						if rc.status != nil && rc.status.backend == config.BackendLocal {
 							for _, chunk := range ecp.Chunks {
 								rc.status.FinishedFileSize.Add(chunk.Chunk.EndOffset - chunk.Key.Offset)
 							}
@@ -406,6 +406,11 @@ func (tr *TableRestore) restoreEngine(
 		if err != nil {
 			return closedEngine, errors.Trace(err)
 		}
+		if rc.status != nil && rc.status.backend == config.BackendTiDB {
+			for _, chunk := range cp.Chunks {
+				rc.status.FinishedFileSize.Add(chunk.Chunk.EndOffset - chunk.Key.Offset)
+			}
+		}
 		return closedEngine, nil
 	}
 
@@ -475,6 +480,9 @@ func (tr *TableRestore) restoreEngine(
 
 	// Restore table data
 	for chunkIndex, chunk := range cp.Chunks {
+		if rc.status != nil && rc.status.backend == config.BackendTiDB {
+			rc.status.FinishedFileSize.Add(chunk.Chunk.Offset - chunk.Key.Offset)
+		}
 		if chunk.Chunk.Offset >= chunk.Chunk.EndOffset {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/br/tests/lightning_checkpoint_columns/run.sh b/br/tests/lightning_checkpoint_columns/run.sh
index 401c75cfb9f64..5809d05a1b830 100755
--- a/br/tests/lightning_checkpoint_columns/run.sh
+++ b/br/tests/lightning_checkpoint_columns/run.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ echo "INSERT INTO tbl (j, i) VALUES (3, 1),(4, 2);" > "$DBPATH/cp_tsr.tbl.sql"
 # Set the failpoint to kill the lightning instance as soon as one row is written
 PKG="github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/lightning/restore"
 export GO_FAILPOINTS="$PKG/SlowDownWriteRows=sleep(1000);$PKG/FailAfterWriteRows=panic;$PKG/SetMinDeliverBytes=return(1)"
+# Check after 1 row is written in tidb backend, the finished progress is updated
+export GO_FAILPOINTS="${GO_FAILPOINTS};github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/lightning/PrintStatus=return()"
 
 # Start importing the tables.
 run_sql 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS cp_tsr'
@@ -40,11 +42,16 @@ set -e
 run_sql 'SELECT count(*) FROM `cp_tsr`.tbl'
 check_contains "count(*): 1"
 
+# After FailAfterWriteRows, the finished bytes is 36 as the first row size
+grep "PrintStatus Failpoint" "$TEST_DIR/lightning.log" | grep -q "finished=36"
+
 # restart lightning from checkpoint, the second line should be written successfully
-export GO_FAILPOINTS=
+# also check after restart from checkpoint, final finished equals to total
+export GO_FAILPOINTS="github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/lightning/PrintStatus=return()"
 set +e
 run_lightning -d "$DBPATH" --backend tidb --enable-checkpoint=1 2> /dev/null
 set -e
 
 run_sql 'SELECT j FROM `cp_tsr`.tbl WHERE i = 2;'
 check_contains "j: 4"
+grep "PrintStatus Failpoint" "$TEST_DIR/lightning.log" | grep -q "equal=true"