diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/metadata.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/metadata.ts
index f579b14499..85c1ab2be8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/metadata.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,35 @@
-import { MetadataTypes } from "../../constants"
 import { generateMetadataID } from "../../db/utils"
 import { saveEntityMetadata, deleteEntityMetadata } from "../../utilities"
 import { context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { BBContext } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  UserCtx,
+  MetadataType,
+  GetMetadataTypesResponse,
+  SaveMetadataRequest,
+  SaveMetadataResponse,
+  DeleteMetadataResponse,
+  FindMetadataResponse,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 
-export async function getTypes(ctx: BBContext) {
+export async function getTypes(ctx: UserCtx<void, GetMetadataTypesResponse>) {
   ctx.body = {
-    types: MetadataTypes,
+    types: MetadataType,
   }
 }
 
-export async function saveMetadata(ctx: BBContext) {
+export async function saveMetadata(
+  ctx: UserCtx<SaveMetadataRequest, SaveMetadataResponse>
+) {
   const { type, entityId } = ctx.params
-  if (type === MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY) {
+  if (type === MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY) {
     ctx.throw(400, "Cannot save automation history type")
   }
   ctx.body = await saveEntityMetadata(type, entityId, ctx.request.body)
 }
 
-export async function deleteMetadata(ctx: BBContext) {
+export async function deleteMetadata(
+  ctx: UserCtx<void, DeleteMetadataResponse>
+) {
   const { type, entityId } = ctx.params
   await deleteEntityMetadata(type, entityId)
   ctx.body = {
@@ -26,17 +37,9 @@ export async function deleteMetadata(ctx: BBContext) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function getMetadata(ctx: BBContext) {
+export async function getMetadata(ctx: UserCtx<void, FindMetadataResponse>) {
   const { type, entityId } = ctx.params
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const id = generateMetadataID(type, entityId)
-  try {
-    ctx.body = await db.get(id)
-  } catch (err: any) {
-    if (err.status === 404) {
-      ctx.body = {}
-    } else {
-      ctx.throw(err.status, err)
-    }
-  }
+  ctx.body = (await db.tryGet(id)) || {}
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/metadata.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/metadata.spec.ts
similarity index 69%
rename from packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/metadata.spec.js
rename to packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/metadata.spec.ts
index d5563f417e..6e991a272e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/metadata.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/metadata.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-const { testAutomation } = require("./utilities/TestFunctions")
-const setup = require("./utilities")
-const { MetadataTypes } = require("../../../constants")
+import { testAutomation } from "./utilities/TestFunctions"
+import * as setup from "./utilities"
+import { MetadataType, Automation } from "@budibase/types"
 
 describe("/metadata", () => {
   let request = setup.getRequest()
   let config = setup.getConfig()
-  let automation
+  let automation: Automation
 
   afterAll(setup.afterAll)
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ describe("/metadata", () => {
   })
 
   async function createMetadata(
-    data,
-    type = MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT
+    data: Record<string, string>,
+    type = MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT
   ) {
     const res = await request
       .post(`/api/metadata/${type}/${automation._id}`)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe("/metadata", () => {
     expect(res.body._rev).toBeDefined()
   }
 
-  async function getMetadata(type) {
+  async function getMetadata(type: MetadataType) {
     const res = await request
       .get(`/api/metadata/${type}/${automation._id}`)
       .set(config.defaultHeaders())
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ describe("/metadata", () => {
   describe("save", () => {
     it("should be able to save some metadata", async () => {
       await createMetadata({ test: "a" })
-      const testInput = await getMetadata(MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT)
+      const testInput = await getMetadata(MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT)
       expect(testInput.test).toBe("a")
     })
 
     it("should save history metadata on automation run", async () => {
       // this should have created some history
-      await testAutomation(config, automation)
-      const metadata = await getMetadata(MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY)
+      await testAutomation(config, automation, {})
+      const metadata = await getMetadata(MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY)
       expect(metadata).toBeDefined()
       expect(metadata.history.length).toBe(1)
       expect(typeof metadata.history[0].occurredAt).toBe("number")
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ describe("/metadata", () => {
     it("should be able to delete some test inputs", async () => {
       const res = await request
         .delete(
-          `/api/metadata/${MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT}/${automation._id}`
+          `/api/metadata/${MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT}/${automation._id}`
         )
         .set(config.defaultHeaders())
         .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
         .expect(200)
       expect(res.body.message).toBeDefined()
-      const metadata = await getMetadata(MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT)
+      const metadata = await getMetadata(MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT)
       expect(metadata.test).toBeUndefined()
     })
   })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
index 3eeeae5734..292b288a70 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Thread, ThreadType } from "../threads"
 import { definitions } from "./triggerInfo"
 import { automationQueue } from "./bullboard"
 import { updateEntityMetadata } from "../utilities"
-import { MetadataTypes } from "../constants"
 import { context, db as dbCore, utils } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { getAutomationMetadataParams } from "../db/utils"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   AutomationStepDefinition,
   AutomationTriggerDefinition,
   AutomationTriggerStepId,
+  MetadataType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { automationsEnabled } from "../features"
 import { helpers, REBOOT_CRON } from "@budibase/shared-core"
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export async function updateTestHistory(
   history: any
 ) {
   return updateEntityMetadata(
-    MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY,
+    MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY,
     automation._id,
     (metadata: any) => {
       if (metadata && Array.isArray(metadata.history)) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/constants/index.ts b/packages/server/src/constants/index.ts
index 89e2f26516..fde1efd1b9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/constants/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/constants/index.ts
@@ -124,11 +124,6 @@ export enum BaseQueryVerbs {
   DELETE = "delete",
 }
 
-export enum MetadataTypes {
-  AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT = "automationTestInput",
-  AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY = "automationTestHistory",
-}
-
 export enum InvalidColumns {
   ID = "_id",
   REV = "_rev",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/crud.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/crud.ts
index b982d5b45e..d16ae2d042 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/crud.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/crud.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import {
   RequiredKeys,
   Webhook,
   WebhookActionType,
+  MetadataType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { generateAutomationID, getAutomationParams } from "../../../db/utils"
 import { deleteEntityMetadata } from "../../../utilities"
-import { MetadataTypes } from "../../../constants"
 import {
   context,
   events,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export async function update(automation: Automation) {
   if (oldAutoTrigger && oldAutoTrigger.id !== newAutoTrigger?.id) {
     await events.automation.triggerUpdated(automation)
     await deleteEntityMetadata(
-      MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT,
+      MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT,
       automation._id!
     )
   }
@@ -183,11 +183,8 @@ export async function remove(automationId: string, rev: string) {
   })
 
   // delete metadata first
-  await deleteEntityMetadata(MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT, automationId)
-  await deleteEntityMetadata(
-    MetadataTypes.AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY,
-    automationId
-  )
+  await deleteEntityMetadata(MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT, automationId)
+  await deleteEntityMetadata(MetadataType.AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY, automationId)
 
   const result = await db.remove(automationId, rev)
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/index.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/index.ts
index 331a8e266f..db57b4ec12 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/index.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export async function saveEntityMetadata(
   type: string,
   entityId: string,
   metadata: Document
-) {
+): Promise<Document> {
   return updateEntityMetadata(type, entityId, () => {
     return metadata
   })
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/index.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/index.ts
index 614446a1b7..40c8ebf9ca 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/index.ts
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ export * from "./rowAction"
 export * from "./automation"
 export * from "./component"
 export * from "./integration"
+export * from "./metadata"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/metadata.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5940f8e3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { MetadataType, Document } from "../../../documents"
+
+export interface GetMetadataTypesResponse {
+  types: typeof MetadataType
+}
+
+export interface SaveMetadataRequest extends Document {}
+export interface SaveMetadataResponse extends Document {}
+
+export interface DeleteMetadataResponse {
+  message: string
+}
+
+export interface FindMetadataResponse extends Document {}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/index.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/index.ts
index 51c6889f14..d6c4fd8637 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/index.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ export * from "./snippet"
 export * from "./rowAction"
 export * from "./theme"
 export * from "./deployment"
+export * from "./metadata"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/metadata.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..421e8a2f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export enum MetadataType {
+  AUTOMATION_TEST_INPUT = "automationTestInput",
+  AUTOMATION_TEST_HISTORY = "automationTestHistory",
+}