diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/dotnet.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/dotnet.md
index e35bf4287b..9a162d025f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/dotnet.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/dotnet.md
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public class Program
         {
             AppName = "unleash-onboarding-dotnet",
             UnleashApi = new Uri("<YOUR_API_URL>"),
-            SendMetricsInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), // in production remove this or increase to >=15s
             CustomHttpHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string>()
             {
                 {"Authorization","<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"} // in production use environment variable
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/go.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/go.md
index b79841f646..5a5053e50e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/go.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/go.md
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ func init() {
         unleash.WithAppName("unleash-onboarding-golang"),
         unleash.WithUrl("<YOUR_API_URL>"),
         unleash.WithCustomHeaders(http.Header{"Authorization": {"<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"}}), // in production use environment variable
-        unleash.WithMetricsInterval(1*time.Second), // in production remove this or increase to >=15s
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/java.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/java.md
index 3c8033e028..c4ce7dc804 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/java.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/java.md
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ UnleashConfig config = UnleashConfig.builder()
     .instanceId("unleash-onboarding-instance")
     .unleashAPI("<YOUR_API_URL>")
     .apiKey("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>") // in production use environment variable
-    .sendMetricsInterval(1) // in production remove this or increase to >=15
     .build();
 
 Unleash unleash = new DefaultUnleash(config);
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/javascript.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/javascript.md
index 9f84489f01..ab3608cddc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/javascript.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/javascript.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const unleash = new UnleashClient({
     url: '<YOUR_API_URL>',
     clientKey: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>', // in production use environment variable
     appName: 'unleash-onboarding-javascript',
-    metricsInterval: 1000, // in production remove this or increase to >=15000
 });
 
 unleash.start();
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/nodejs.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/nodejs.md
index c8e6fdb24e..13592d2301 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/nodejs.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/nodejs.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const unleash = initialize({
   customHeaders: {
     Authorization: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' // in production use environment variable
   },
-  metricsInterval: 1000, // in production remove this or increase to >=15000
 });
 
 setInterval(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/php.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/php.md
index b3b47ba02a..e7409d4e8f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/php.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/php.md
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ $unleash = UnleashBuilder::create()
     ->withAppUrl('<YOUR_API_URL>')
     ->withHeader('Authorization', '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>') // in production use environment variable
     ->withInstanceId('unleash-onboarding-instance')
-    ->withMetricsInterval(1000) // in production remove this or increase to >=15000
     ->build();
 
 while (true) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/python.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/python.md
index 06b14998e8..cacc0db147 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/python.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/python.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import asyncio
 client = UnleashClient(
     url="<YOUR_API_URL>",
     app_name="unleash-onboarding-python",
-    metrics_interval=1, # in production remove this or increase to >=15
     custom_headers={'Authorization': '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>'}) # in production use environment variable
 
 client.initialize_client()
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/react.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/react.md
index 3a2ef3c746..40b4f3167e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/react.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/react.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { FlagProvider } from '@unleash/proxy-client-react';
 const config = {
   url: '<YOUR_API_URL>',
   clientKey: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>', // in production use environment variable
-  metricsInterval: 1, // In production use interval of >15s
   appName: 'unleash-onboarding-react',
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/ruby.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/ruby.md
index 4e0e44d3c9..4ad630ad79 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/ruby.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/ruby.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require 'unleash'
   custom_http_headers: { 'Authorization': "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" },  # in production use environment variable
   app_name: 'unleash-onboarding-ruby',
   instance_id: 'unleash-onboarding-ruby',
-  metrics_interval: 3, # In production use interval of >15s
 )
 
 while true
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/rust.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/rust.md
index f518db8f73..23adc8ddd1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/rust.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/rust.md
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ enum Flags {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
     let client: Client<Flags, reqwest::Client> = ClientBuilder::default()
-        .interval(1000) // in production remove this or increase to >=15000
         .into_client(
             "<YOUR_API_URL>",
             "unleash-onboarding-rust",
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
 let api_token = env::var("UNLEASH_API_TOKEN").expect("UNLEASH_API_TOKEN environment variable not set");
 
 let client: Client<Flags, reqwest::Client> = ClientBuilder::default()
-    .interval(1000) // Polling & metrics interval - default 15000 (ms)
     .into_client(
         "<YOUR_API_URL>",
         "unleash-onboarding-rust",
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/svelte.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/svelte.md
index fd76029871..f3740a8bdf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/svelte.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/svelte.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ npm install @unleash/proxy-client-svelte
         url: '<YOUR_API_URL>',
         clientKey: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>', // in production use environment variable
         appName: 'unleash-onboarding-svelte',
-        metricsInterval: 1, // in production remove this or increase to >=15
 	};
 </script>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/vue.md b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/vue.md
index 13813ecd62..2c4544d74d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/vue.md
+++ b/frontend/src/component/onboarding/dialog/snippets/vue.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ npm install @unleash/proxy-client-vue
         url: '<YOUR_API_URL>',
         clientKey: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>', // in production use environment variable
         appName: 'unleash-onboarding-vue',
-        metricsInterval: 1, // in production remove this or increase to >=15
     }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/lib/features/onboarding/onboarding-read-model.test.ts b/src/lib/features/onboarding/onboarding-read-model.test.ts
index 390d21f6a0..20c990b7e6 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/onboarding/onboarding-read-model.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/onboarding/onboarding-read-model.test.ts
@@ -7,21 +7,43 @@ import {
     SYSTEM_USER,
 } from '../../types';
 import type { IOnboardingReadModel } from './onboarding-read-model-type';
+import type ClientInstanceService from '../metrics/instance/instance-service';
+import {
+    type IUnleashTest,
+    setupAppWithCustomConfig,
+} from '../../../test/e2e/helpers/test-helper';
+import { ApiTokenType } from '../../types/models/api-token';
 
 let db: ITestDb;
 let onboardingReadModel: IOnboardingReadModel;
 let onBoardingStore: IOnboardingStore;
 let featureToggleStore: IFeatureToggleStore;
 let lastSeenStore: ILastSeenStore;
+let instanceService: ClientInstanceService;
+let app: IUnleashTest;
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
     db = await dbInit('onboarding_read_model', getLogger, {
         experimental: { flags: { onboardingMetrics: true } },
     });
+
+    app = await setupAppWithCustomConfig(
+        db.stores,
+        {
+            experimental: {
+                flags: {
+                    strictSchemaValidation: true,
+                },
+            },
+        },
+        db.rawDatabase,
+    );
+
     onboardingReadModel = db.stores.onboardingReadModel;
     onBoardingStore = db.stores.onboardingStore;
     featureToggleStore = db.stores.featureToggleStore;
     lastSeenStore = db.stores.lastSeenStore;
+    instanceService = app.services.clientInstanceService;
 });
 
 afterAll(async () => {
@@ -178,3 +200,38 @@ test('archived feature counts as onboarded', async () => {
         status: 'onboarded',
     });
 });
+
+test('sdk register also onboards a project', async () => {
+    await featureToggleStore.create('default', {
+        name: 'my-flag',
+        createdByUserId: SYSTEM_USER.id,
+    });
+
+    const defaultProjectToken =
+        await app.services.apiTokenService.createApiTokenWithProjects({
+            type: ApiTokenType.CLIENT,
+            projects: ['default'],
+            environment: 'default',
+            tokenName: 'tester',
+        });
+
+    await app.request
+        .post('/api/client/register')
+        .set('Authorization', defaultProjectToken.secret)
+        .send({
+            appName: 'multi-project-app',
+            instanceId: 'instance-1',
+            strategies: ['default'],
+            started: Date.now(),
+            interval: 10,
+        });
+
+    await instanceService.bulkAdd();
+
+    const onboardedResult =
+        await onboardingReadModel.getOnboardingStatusForProject('default');
+
+    expect(onboardedResult).toMatchObject({
+        status: 'onboarded',
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/features/onboarding/onboarding-read-model.ts b/src/lib/features/onboarding/onboarding-read-model.ts
index 8e2792b0d9..534ca7f09c 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/onboarding/onboarding-read-model.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/onboarding/onboarding-read-model.ts
@@ -101,11 +101,25 @@ export class OnboardingReadModel implements IOnboardingReadModel {
             return { status: 'onboarding-started' };
         }
 
-        const lastSeen = await this.db('last_seen_at_metrics as lsm')
-            .select('lsm.feature_name')
+        // const lastSeen = await this.db('last_seen_at_metrics as lsm')
+        //     .select('lsm.feature_name')
+        //     .innerJoin('features as f', 'f.name', 'lsm.feature_name')
+        //     .innerJoin('projects as p', 'p.id', 'f.project')
+        //     .where('p.id', projectId)
+        //     .first();
+
+        const db = this.db;
+        const lastSeen = await db
+            .select(db.raw('1'))
+            .from('last_seen_at_metrics as lsm')
             .innerJoin('features as f', 'f.name', 'lsm.feature_name')
             .innerJoin('projects as p', 'p.id', 'f.project')
             .where('p.id', projectId)
+            .union((qb) => {
+                qb.select(db.raw('1'))
+                    .from('client_applications_usage as cau')
+                    .where('cau.project', projectId);
+            })
             .first();
 
         if (lastSeen) {