diff --git a/.changeset/petite-paths-remain.md b/.changeset/petite-paths-remain.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2bef50c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/petite-paths-remain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node-test-utils': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node': patch
+---
+
+An internal refactor which adds additional types to experimental checkpoints
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/report.api.md
index 1f2a17a384..7ece0f84ea 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/report.api.md
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 import { EventsService } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
-import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { PermissionEvaluator } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ import { TemplateEntityStepV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { TemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { TemplateGlobal } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { TemplateParametersV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
+import { UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import { UrlReaderService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { WorkspaceProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 
@@ -442,19 +442,7 @@ export class TaskManager implements TaskContext {
   // (undocumented)
   get spec(): TaskSpecV1beta3;
   // (undocumented)
-  updateCheckpoint?(
-    options:
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'success';
-          value: JsonValue;
-        }
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'failed';
-          reason: string;
-        },
-  ): Promise<void>;
+  updateCheckpoint?(options: UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 // @public @deprecated
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index 7802a7ab8d..1542db8438 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ import { scaffolderActionRules } from '../../service/rules';
 import { createCounterMetric, createHistogramMetric } from '../../util/metrics';
 import { BackstageLoggerTransport, WinstonLogger } from './logger';
 import { convertFiltersToRecord } from '../../util/templating';
+import {
+  CheckpointState,
+  CheckpointContext,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 
 type NunjucksWorkflowRunnerOptions = {
   workingDirectory: string;
@@ -91,16 +95,6 @@ type TemplateContext = {
   };
 };
 
-type CheckpointState =
-  | {
-      status: 'failed';
-      reason: string;
-    }
-  | {
-      status: 'success';
-      value: JsonValue;
-    };
-
 const isValidTaskSpec = (taskSpec: TaskSpec): taskSpec is TaskSpecV1beta3 => {
   return taskSpec.apiVersion === 'scaffolder.backstage.io/v1beta3';
 };
@@ -384,10 +378,9 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
           secrets: task.secrets ?? {},
           logger: taskLogger,
           workspacePath,
-          async checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(opts: {
-            key?: string;
-            fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
-          }) {
+          async checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(
+            opts: CheckpointContext<T>,
+          ) {
             const { key: checkpointKey, fn } = opts;
             const key = `v1.task.checkpoint.${step.id}.${checkpointKey}`;
 
@@ -396,9 +389,7 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
 
               if (prevTaskState) {
                 const prevState = (
-                  prevTaskState.state?.checkpoints as {
-                    [key: string]: CheckpointState;
-                  }
+                  prevTaskState.state?.checkpoints as CheckpointState
                 )?.[key];
 
                 if (prevState && prevState.status === 'success') {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
index 86f9f7fcf7..c88a1f687c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
@@ -32,30 +32,19 @@ import {
   TaskSecrets,
   TaskStatus,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
-import { WorkspaceProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import {
-  JsonObject,
-  JsonValue,
-  Observable,
-  createDeferred,
-} from '@backstage/types';
+  CheckpointState,
+  WorkspaceProvider,
+  UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
+import { JsonObject, Observable, createDeferred } from '@backstage/types';
 import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
 import { DefaultWorkspaceService, WorkspaceService } from './WorkspaceService';
 import { readDuration } from './helper';
 import { InternalTaskSecrets, TaskStore } from './types';
 
 type TaskState = {
-  checkpoints: {
-    [key: string]:
-      | {
-          status: 'failed';
-          reason: string;
-        }
-      | {
-          status: 'success';
-          value: JsonValue;
-        };
-  };
+  checkpoints: CheckpointState;
 };
 /**
  * TaskManager
@@ -152,20 +141,9 @@ export class TaskManager implements TaskContext {
     return this.storage.getTaskState?.({ taskId: this.task.taskId });
   }
 
-  async updateCheckpoint?(
-    options:
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'success';
-          value: JsonValue;
-        }
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'failed';
-          reason: string;
-        },
-  ): Promise<void> {
+  async updateCheckpoint?(options: UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions): Promise<void> {
     const { key, ...value } = options;
+
     if (this.task.state) {
       (this.task.state as TaskState).checkpoints[key] = value;
     } else {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node-test-utils/src/actions/mockActionContext.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node-test-utils/src/actions/mockActionContext.ts
index a6703a12d1..e2f07f2320 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node-test-utils/src/actions/mockActionContext.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node-test-utils/src/actions/mockActionContext.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { JsonObject, JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { ActionContext } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import { CheckpointContext } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import { loggerToWinstonLogger } from './loggerToWinstonLogger';
 
 /**
@@ -44,10 +45,9 @@ export function createMockActionContext<
     output: jest.fn(),
     createTemporaryDirectory: jest.fn(),
     input: {} as TActionInput,
-    async checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(opts: {
-      key: string;
-      fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
-    }): Promise<T> {
+    async checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(
+      opts: CheckpointContext<T>,
+    ): Promise<T> {
       return opts.fn();
     },
     getInitiatorCredentials: () => Promise.resolve(credentials),
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
index a96f312d2d..09541fbc56 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@ export type AutocompleteHandler = ({
   }[];
 }>;
 
+// @alpha
+export type CheckpointContext<T extends JsonValue | void = JsonValue> = {
+  key: string;
+  fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
+};
+
+// @alpha
+export type CheckpointState = {
+  [key: string]: CheckpointStateValue;
+};
+
+// @alpha
+export type CheckpointStateValue<T extends JsonValue = JsonValue> =
+  | {
+      status: 'failed';
+      reason: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      status: 'success';
+      value: T;
+    };
+
+// @alpha
+export type CheckpointStatus = 'failed' | 'success';
+
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export type CreatedTemplateFilter<
   TFunctionArgs extends [z.ZodTypeAny, ...z.ZodTypeAny[]],
@@ -187,6 +212,11 @@ export type TemplateGlobalFunctionExample = {
   notes?: string;
 };
 
+// @alpha
+export type UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions = {
+  key: string;
+} & CheckpointStateValue;
+
 // @alpha
 export interface WorkspaceProvider {
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
index a23a9137b1..bceb9980b6 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { CheckpointContext } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import { Expand } from '@backstage/types';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio } from 'child_process';
 import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { TemplateInfo } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
+import { UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 import { UrlReaderService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
@@ -30,10 +32,9 @@ export type ActionContext<
   secrets?: TaskSecrets;
   workspacePath: string;
   input: TActionInput;
-  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(opts: {
-    key: string;
-    fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
-  }): Promise<T>;
+  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(
+    opts: CheckpointContext<T>,
+  ): Promise<T>;
   output(
     name: keyof TActionOutput,
     value: TActionOutput[keyof TActionOutput],
@@ -446,19 +447,7 @@ export interface TaskContext {
   // (undocumented)
   taskId?: string;
   // (undocumented)
-  updateCheckpoint?(
-    options:
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'success';
-          value: JsonValue;
-        }
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'failed';
-          reason: string;
-        },
-  ): Promise<void>;
+  updateCheckpoint?(options: UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
index f13d256332..0162d96d95 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import {
   BackstageCredentials,
   LoggerService,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { CheckpointContext } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
+
 /**
  * ActionContext is passed into scaffolder actions.
  * @public
@@ -36,10 +38,9 @@ export type ActionContext<
   secrets?: TaskSecrets;
   workspacePath: string;
   input: TActionInput;
-  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(opts: {
-    key: string;
-    fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
-  }): Promise<T>;
+  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(
+    opts: CheckpointContext<T>,
+  ): Promise<T>;
   output(
     name: keyof TActionOutput,
     value: TActionOutput[keyof TActionOutput],
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/checkpoints/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/checkpoints/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16c936b235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/checkpoints/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/checkpoints/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/checkpoints/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bd1eb5cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/checkpoints/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
+
+/**
+ * The status of a checkpoint, indicating whether it succeeded or failed.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CheckpointStatus = 'failed' | 'success';
+
+/**
+ * Represents the union of all possible checkpoint state values.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CheckpointStateValue<T extends JsonValue = JsonValue> =
+  | { status: 'failed'; reason: string }
+  | { status: 'success'; value: T };
+
+/**
+ * A map of checkpoint keys to their states.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CheckpointState = {
+  [key: string]: CheckpointStateValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Context for checkpoint function invocation.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CheckpointContext<T extends JsonValue | void = JsonValue> = {
+  /**
+   * Unique key for the checkpoint
+   */
+  key: string;
+  /**
+   * Function to execute for the checkpoint
+   */
+  fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts
index 9df968a52d..30f95f116a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export * from '../tasks/alpha';
 export * from './filters';
 export * from './globals';
 export * from './types';
+export * from './checkpoints';
 
 /**
  * Extension point for managing scaffolder actions.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/alpha.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/alpha.ts
index fb6b09026c..4354a798cf 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/alpha.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { CheckpointStateValue } from '../alpha';
+
 /*
  * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
  *
@@ -14,3 +16,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 export * from './serializer';
+
+/**
+ * Options for updating a checkpoint in a task.
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions = {
+  key: string;
+} & CheckpointStateValue;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts
index d8cfd24530..d2403f205a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
-import { JsonObject, JsonValue, Observable } from '@backstage/types';
+import { JsonObject, Observable } from '@backstage/types';
+import { UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
 
 /**
  * TaskSecrets
@@ -129,19 +130,7 @@ export interface TaskContext {
     | undefined
   >;
 
-  updateCheckpoint?(
-    options:
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'success';
-          value: JsonValue;
-        }
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'failed';
-          reason: string;
-        },
-  ): Promise<void>;
+  updateCheckpoint?(options: UpdateTaskCheckpointOptions): Promise<void>;
 
   serializeWorkspace?(options: { path: string }): Promise<void>;