diff --git a/event/common.go b/event/common.go
index 610bdc1..0798c4b 100644
--- a/event/common.go
+++ b/event/common.go
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ const (
 	// For debugging. Allows test to emit a Syn and get a response Ack(eventID) when the subsystem is done processing a queue
 	Syn = Type("Syn")
 	Ack = Type("Ack")
+
+	// For situations where we want to update $Identity -> $RemotePeer/$GroupID's total message count to be $Data
+	MessageCounterResync = Type("MessageCounterResync")
 )
 
 // Field defines common event attributes