diff --git a/node/src/components/storage.rs b/node/src/components/storage.rs
index 389c4fee34..aab5bd442e 100644
--- a/node/src/components/storage.rs
+++ b/node/src/components/storage.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ use tokio::task;
 
 use crate::{
     components::Component,
-    effect::{requests::StorageRequest, EffectBuilder, EffectExt, Effects},
+    effect::{
+        announcements::StorageAnnouncement, requests::StorageRequest, EffectBuilder, EffectExt,
+        Effects,
+    },
     types::{Block, Deploy},
 };
 // Seems to be a false positive.
@@ -99,12 +102,13 @@ impl<REv, S> Component<REv> for S
 where
     S: StorageType,
     Self: Sized + 'static,
+    REv: From<StorageAnnouncement<S>> + Send,
 {
     type Event = StorageRequest<Self>;
 
     fn handle_event<R: Rng + ?Sized>(
         &mut self,
-        _effect_builder: EffectBuilder<REv>,
+        effect_builder: EffectBuilder<REv>,
         _rng: &mut R,
         event: Self::Event,
     ) -> Effects<Self::Event> {
@@ -148,10 +152,22 @@ where
             StorageRequest::PutDeploy { deploy, responder } => {
                 let deploy_store = self.deploy_store();
                 async move {
+                    // Create the effect, but do not return it.
+                    let announce_success = effect_builder.announce_deploy_stored(&deploy);
+
                     let result = task::spawn_blocking(move || deploy_store.put(*deploy))
                         .await
                         .expect("should run");
-                    responder.respond(result).await
+
+                    let was_ok = result.is_ok();
+
+                    // Tell the requestor the result of storing the deploy.
+                    responder.respond(result).await;
+
+                    if was_ok {
+                        // Now that we have stored the deploy, we also want to announce it.
+                        announce_success.await;
+                    }
                 }
                 .ignore()
             }
diff --git a/node/src/effect.rs b/node/src/effect.rs
index 01052933a2..fc8a9f6b38 100644
--- a/node/src/effect.rs
+++ b/node/src/effect.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ use crate::{
     types::{Deploy, ExecutedBlock, ProtoBlock},
     Chainspec,
 };
-use announcements::{ApiServerAnnouncement, NetworkAnnouncement};
+use announcements::{ApiServerAnnouncement, NetworkAnnouncement, StorageAnnouncement};
 use requests::{ContractRuntimeRequest, DeployQueueRequest, NetworkRequest, StorageRequest};
 
 /// A pinned, boxed future that produces one or more events.
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ impl<REv> EffectBuilder<REv> {
         .await
     }
 
-    /// Announce that a network message has been received.
+    /// Announces that a network message has been received.
     pub(crate) async fn announce_message_received<I, P>(self, sender: I, payload: P)
     where
         REv: From<NetworkAnnouncement<I, P>>,
@@ -397,6 +397,24 @@ impl<REv> EffectBuilder<REv> {
             .await;
     }
 
+    /// Announces that a (not necessarily new) deploy has been added to the store.
+    pub(crate) fn announce_deploy_stored<S>(self, deploy: &S::Deploy) -> impl Future<Output = ()>
+    where
+        S: StorageType,
+        REv: From<StorageAnnouncement<S>>,
+    {
+        let deploy_hash = *deploy.id();
+        let deploy_header = deploy.header().clone();
+
+        self.0.schedule(
+            StorageAnnouncement::StoredDeploy {
+                deploy_hash,
+                deploy_header,
+            },
+            QueueKind::Regular,
+        )
+    }
+
     /// Puts the given block into the linear block store.
     // TODO: remove once method is used.
     #[allow(dead_code)]
diff --git a/node/src/effect/announcements.rs b/node/src/effect/announcements.rs
index 74dc020eb9..5c729bdc96 100644
--- a/node/src/effect/announcements.rs
+++ b/node/src/effect/announcements.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 
-use crate::types::Deploy;
+use crate::{
+    components::storage::{StorageType, Value},
+    types::Deploy,
+};
 
 /// A networking layer announcement.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -54,3 +57,30 @@ impl Display for ApiServerAnnouncement {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// A storage layer announcement.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum StorageAnnouncement<S: StorageType> {
+    /// A deploy has been stored.
+    StoredDeploy {
+        /// ID or "hash" of the deploy that was added to the store.
+        deploy_hash: <S::Deploy as Value>::Id,
+
+        /// The header of the deploy that was added to the store.
+        deploy_header: <S::Deploy as Value>::Header,
+    },
+}
+
+impl<S> Display for StorageAnnouncement<S>
+where
+    S: StorageType,
+    <S::Deploy as Value>::Id: Display,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            StorageAnnouncement::StoredDeploy { deploy_hash, .. } => {
+                write!(formatter, "stored deploy {}", deploy_hash)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/node/src/reactor/initializer.rs b/node/src/reactor/initializer.rs
index b9dd9473cf..cc7b4fbe89 100644
--- a/node/src/reactor/initializer.rs
+++ b/node/src/reactor/initializer.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::{
 use derive_more::From;
 use rand::Rng;
 use thiserror::Error;
+use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::{
     components::{
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::{
         Component,
     },
     effect::{
+        announcements::StorageAnnouncement,
         requests::{ContractRuntimeRequest, StorageRequest},
         EffectBuilder, Effects,
     },
@@ -35,6 +37,10 @@ pub enum Event {
     #[from]
     Storage(StorageRequest<Storage>),
 
+    /// Storage announcement.
+    #[from]
+    StorageAnnouncement(StorageAnnouncement<Storage>),
+
     /// Contract runtime event.
     #[from]
     ContractRuntime(contract_runtime::Event),
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ impl Display for Event {
         match self {
             Event::Chainspec(event) => write!(formatter, "chainspec: {}", event),
             Event::Storage(event) => write!(formatter, "storage: {}", event),
+            Event::StorageAnnouncement(ann) => write!(formatter, "storage announcement: {}", ann),
             Event::ContractRuntime(event) => write!(formatter, "contract runtime: {}", event),
         }
     }
@@ -139,6 +146,10 @@ impl reactor::Reactor for Reactor {
                 Event::Storage,
                 self.storage.handle_event(effect_builder, rng, event),
             ),
+            Event::StorageAnnouncement(ann) => {
+                debug!(%ann, "ignoring storing announcement");
+                Effects::new()
+            }
             Event::ContractRuntime(event) => reactor::wrap_effects(
                 Event::ContractRuntime,
                 self.contract_runtime
diff --git a/node/src/reactor/validator.rs b/node/src/reactor/validator.rs
index 82c2569958..6bfcc7678b 100644
--- a/node/src/reactor/validator.rs
+++ b/node/src/reactor/validator.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 use derive_more::From;
 use rand::Rng;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tracing::warn;
 
 use crate::{
     components::{
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ use crate::{
         Component,
     },
     effect::{
-        announcements::{ApiServerAnnouncement, NetworkAnnouncement},
+        announcements::{ApiServerAnnouncement, NetworkAnnouncement, StorageAnnouncement},
         requests::{
             ApiRequest, ContractRuntimeRequest, DeployQueueRequest, NetworkRequest, StorageRequest,
         },
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ pub enum Event {
     /// Network announcement.
     #[from]
     NetworkAnnouncement(NetworkAnnouncement<NodeId, Message>),
+    /// Storage announcement.
+    #[from]
+    StorageAnnouncement(StorageAnnouncement<Storage>),
     /// API server announcement.
     #[from]
     ApiServerAnnouncement(ApiServerAnnouncement),
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ impl Display for Event {
             Event::DeployQueueRequest(req) => write!(f, "deploy queue request: {}", req),
             Event::NetworkAnnouncement(ann) => write!(f, "network announcement: {}", ann),
             Event::ApiServerAnnouncement(ann) => write!(f, "api server announcement: {}", ann),
+            Event::StorageAnnouncement(ann) => write!(f, "storage announcement: {}", ann),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -299,6 +304,10 @@ impl reactor::Reactor for Reactor {
                 let event = deploy_gossiper::Event::DeployReceived { deploy };
                 self.dispatch_event(effect_builder, rng, Event::DeployGossiper(event))
             }
+            Event::StorageAnnouncement(ann) => {
+                warn!(%ann, "dropped storage announcement");
+                Effects::new()
+            }
         }
     }
 }