diff --git a/proxyd/backend.go b/proxyd/backend.go
index b1d035b4..7e6b8a75 100644
--- a/proxyd/backend.go
+++ b/proxyd/backend.go
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ type Backend struct {
 	maxWSConns           int
 	outOfServiceInterval time.Duration
 	stripTrailingXFF     bool
+	ingressRPC           string
 	proxydIP             string
 
 	skipIsSyncingCheck bool
diff --git a/proxyd/backend_test.go b/proxyd/backend_test.go
index e8ed9d71..479cb797 100644
--- a/proxyd/backend_test.go
+++ b/proxyd/backend_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package proxyd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
@@ -211,6 +212,75 @@ func TestAllowedStatusCodes(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, res[0].Error.HTTPErrorCode)
 }
 
+func TestIngressForwarding(t *testing.T) {
+	backendRequests := make(chan []byte, 10)
+	ingressRequests := make(chan []byte, 10)
+
+	// Mock backend server
+	backendServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		backendRequests <- body
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0x1234","id":1}`))
+	}))
+	defer backendServer.Close()
+
+	// Mock ingress server
+	ingressServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		ingressRequests <- body
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"ok","id":1}`))
+	}))
+	defer ingressServer.Close()
+
+	// Create backend with ingress RPC configured
+	backend := NewBackend(
+		"test-backend",
+		backendServer.URL,
+		"",
+		semaphore.NewWeighted(10),
+		WithIngressRPC(ingressServer.URL),
+	)
+
+	// Create a test RPC request
+	rpcReq := &RPCReq{
+		JSONRPC: "2.0",
+		Method:  "eth_blockNumber",
+		Params:  []byte(`[]`),
+		ID:      []byte(`1`),
+	}
+
+	// Forward the request
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	res, err := backend.Forward(ctx, []*RPCReq{rpcReq}, false)
+
+	// Verify the backend request was successful
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, res, 1)
+	require.False(t, res[0].IsError())
+
+	// Verify both backend and ingress received the request
+	select {
+	case backendBody := <-backendRequests:
+		require.Contains(t, string(backendBody), "eth_blockNumber")
+		require.Contains(t, string(backendBody), `"id":1`)
+	case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+		t.Fatal("Backend did not receive request")
+	}
+
+	// Give a bit more time for the async ingress request to complete
+	select {
+	case ingressBody := <-ingressRequests:
+		require.Contains(t, string(ingressBody), "eth_blockNumber")
+		require.Contains(t, string(ingressBody), `"id":1`)
+	case <-time.After(500 * time.Millisecond):
+		t.Fatal("Ingress did not receive request")
+	}
+}
+
 func getHttpResponseCodeCount(statusCode string) float64 {
 	metricFamilies, err := prometheus.DefaultGatherer.Gather()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/proxyd/config.go b/proxyd/config.go
index 6d09d9e1..7b07dc24 100644
--- a/proxyd/config.go
+++ b/proxyd/config.go
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	SenderRateLimit              SenderRateLimitConfig        `toml:"sender_rate_limit"`
 	InteropValidationConfig      InteropValidationConfig      `toml:"interop_validation"`
 	TxValidationMiddlewareConfig TxValidationMiddlewareConfig `toml:"tx_validation_middleware"`
+	IngressRPC                   string                       `toml:"ingress_rpc"`
 }
 
 type InteropValidationConfig struct {
diff --git a/proxyd/metrics.go b/proxyd/metrics.go
index 0400c574..9a029b3d 100644
--- a/proxyd/metrics.go
+++ b/proxyd/metrics.go
@@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ var (
 		"backend_name",
 	})
 
+	ingressRequestsTotal = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace: MetricsNamespace,
+		Name:      "tips_ingress_requests_total",
+		Help:      "Count of total requests forwarded to TIPS ingress service.",
+	})
+
 	backendProbeChecksTotal = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Namespace: MetricsNamespace,
 		Name:      "backend_probe_checks_total",
@@ -497,6 +503,13 @@ var (
 	}, []string{
 		"backend_name",
 	})
+
+	ingressRequestDurationSum = promauto.NewSummary(prometheus.SummaryOpts{
+		Namespace:  MetricsNamespace,
+		Name:       "tips_ingress_request_duration_seconds",
+		Help:       "Summary of TIPS ingress request response times broken down by backend.",
+		Objectives: map[float64]float64{0.5: 0.05, 0.9: 0.01, 0.95: 0.005, 0.99: 0.001},
+	})
 )
 
 func RecordRedisError(source string) {
@@ -686,6 +699,14 @@ func RecordBackendProbeDuration(backendName string, duration time.Duration) {
 	backendProbeDurationHist.WithLabelValues(backendName).Observe(duration.Seconds())
 }
 
+func RecordIngressRequest() {
+	ingressRequestsTotal.Inc()
+}
+
+func RecordIngressRequestDuration(duration time.Duration) {
+	ingressRequestDurationSum.Observe(duration.Seconds())
+}
+
 func boolToFloat64(b bool) float64 {
 	if b {
 		return 1
diff --git a/proxyd/proxyd.go b/proxyd/proxyd.go
index b3d23417..944d242e 100644
--- a/proxyd/proxyd.go
+++ b/proxyd/proxyd.go
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ func Start(config *Config) (*Server, func(), error) {
 		apiKeys,
 		config.TxValidationMiddlewareConfig,
 		time.Duration(config.Server.GracefulShutdownSeconds)*time.Second,
+		config.IngressRPC,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating server: %w", err)
diff --git a/proxyd/server.go b/proxyd/server.go
index 9c951381..4217aae9 100644
--- a/proxyd/server.go
+++ b/proxyd/server.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package proxyd
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/subtle"
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ type Server struct {
 	interopValidatingConfig InteropValidationConfig
 	interopStrategy         InteropStrategy
 	publicAccess            bool
+	ingressRpc              string
+	ingressRpcClient        *http.Client
 	enableTxHashLogging     bool
 
 	enableTxValidation       bool
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ func NewServer(
 	limExemptKeys []string,
 	txValidationConfig TxValidationMiddlewareConfig,
 	gracefulShutdownDuration time.Duration,
+	ingressRpc string,
 ) (*Server, error) {
 	if cache == nil {
 		cache = &NoopRPCCache{}
@@ -259,6 +263,13 @@ func NewServer(
 		txValidationClient:       txValidationClient,
 		txValidationFailOpen:     txValidationFailOpen,
 		gracefulShutdownDuration: gracefulShutdownDuration,
+		ingressRpc:               ingressRpc,
+		ingressRpcClient: &http.Client{
+			Timeout: defaultRPCTimeout,
+			CheckRedirect: func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+				return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+			},
+		},
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -646,7 +657,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleBatchRPC(ctx context.Context, reqs []json.RawMessage, isL
 		// Apply a sender-based rate limit if it is enabled. Note that sender-based rate
 		// limits apply regardless of origin or user-agent. As such, they don't use the
 		// isLimited method.
-		if parsedReq.Method == "eth_sendRawTransaction" || parsedReq.Method == "eth_sendRawTransactionConditional" {
+		if parsedReq.Method == "eth_sendRawTransaction" || parsedReq.Method == "eth_sendRawTransactionConditional" || parsedReq.Method == "eth_sendRawTransactionSync" {
 			tx, err := s.convertSendReqToSendTx(ctx, parsedReq)
 			if err != nil {
 				RecordRPCError(ctx, BackendProxyd, parsedReq.Method, err)
@@ -663,6 +674,31 @@ func (s *Server) handleBatchRPC(ctx context.Context, reqs []json.RawMessage, isL
 				responses[i] = NewRPCErrorRes(parsedReq.ID, err)
 				continue
 			}
+
+			// Send async copy to ingress service, don't wait for error handling
+			if s.ingressRpc != "" {
+				body, err := json.Marshal(parsedReq)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error("unable to marshal JSON RPC request", "source", "rpc", "err", err)
+				} else {
+					go func() {
+						RecordIngressRequest()
+
+						ingressStart := time.Now()
+						req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, s.ingressRpc, bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+						req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+						resp, err := s.ingressRpcClient.Do(req)
+						if err != nil {
+							log.Warn("failed to proxy to ingress rpc", "err", err)
+							return
+						}
+
+						defer resp.Body.Close()
+						RecordIngressRequestDuration(time.Since(ingressStart))
+					}()
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Apply transaction validation middleware if enabled and method is configured.
@@ -907,15 +943,19 @@ func (s *Server) convertSendReqToSendTx(ctx context.Context, req *RPCReq) (*type
 		log.Debug("raw transaction conditional request has invalid number of params", "req_id", GetReqID(ctx))
 		// The error below is identical to the one Geth responds with.
 		return nil, ErrInvalidParams("missing value for required argument 0 or 1")
+	} else if req.Method == "eth_sendRawTransactionSync" && (len(params) == 0 || len(params) > 2) {
+		log.Debug("raw transaction sync request has invalid number of params", "req_id", GetReqID(ctx))
+		// The error below is identical to the one Geth responds with.
+		return nil, ErrInvalidParams("missing value for required argument 0")
 	}
 
-	address, ok := params[0].(string)
+	signedTransaction, ok := params[0].(string)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, ErrParseErr
 	}
 
 	var data hexutil.Bytes
-	if err := data.UnmarshalText([]byte(address)); err != nil {
+	if err := data.UnmarshalText([]byte(signedTransaction)); err != nil {
 		log.Debug("error decoding raw tx data", "err", err, "req_id", GetReqID(ctx))
 		// Geth returns the raw error from UnmarshalText.
 		return nil, ErrInvalidParams(err.Error())