diff --git a/components/invalidation/impl/fcm_invalidation_service.cc b/components/invalidation/impl/fcm_invalidation_service.cc
index 006456b9..7933ff5 100644
--- a/components/invalidation/impl/fcm_invalidation_service.cc
+++ b/components/invalidation/impl/fcm_invalidation_service.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 const char kApplicationName[] = "com.google.chrome.fcm.invalidations";
 // Sender ID coming from the Firebase console.
 const char kInvalidationGCMSenderId[] = "8181035976";
+
+void ReportInvalidatorState(syncer::InvalidatorState state) {
+  UMA_HISTOGRAM_ENUMERATION("Invalidations.StatusChanged", state);
+}
 }
 
 namespace invalidation {
@@ -59,8 +63,15 @@
 void FCMInvalidationService::Init() {
   DCHECK_CALLED_ON_VALID_SEQUENCE(sequence_checker_);
 
-  if (IsReadyToStart())
+  if (IsReadyToStart()) {
     StartInvalidator();
+  } else {
+    if (identity_provider_->GetActiveAccountId().empty()) {
+      ReportInvalidatorState(syncer::NOT_STARTED_NO_ACTIVE_ACCOUNT);
+    } else {
+      ReportInvalidatorState(syncer::NOT_STARTED_NO_REFRESH_TOKEN);
+    }
+  }
 
   identity_provider_->AddObserver(this);
 }
@@ -162,6 +173,8 @@
 
   if (is_ready_to_start) {
     StartInvalidator();
+  } else {
+    ReportInvalidatorState(syncer::NOT_STARTED_NO_REFRESH_TOKEN);
   }
 }
 
@@ -183,7 +196,7 @@
 
 void FCMInvalidationService::OnInvalidatorStateChange(
     syncer::InvalidatorState state) {
-  UMA_HISTOGRAM_ENUMERATION("Invalidations.StatusChanged", state);
+  ReportInvalidatorState(state);
   invalidator_registrar_.UpdateInvalidatorState(state);
   logger_.OnStateChange(state);
 }
@@ -201,7 +214,7 @@
 }
 
 bool FCMInvalidationService::IsReadyToStart() {
-  if (!identity_provider_->IsActiveAccountAvailable()) {
+  if (!identity_provider_->IsActiveAccountWithRefreshToken()) {
     DVLOG(2) << "Not starting FCMInvalidationService: "
              << "active account is not available";
     return false;
diff --git a/components/invalidation/impl/profile_identity_provider.cc b/components/invalidation/impl/profile_identity_provider.cc
index b7dbdb5..2bda764 100644
--- a/components/invalidation/impl/profile_identity_provider.cc
+++ b/components/invalidation/impl/profile_identity_provider.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   return active_account_id_;
 }
 
-bool ProfileIdentityProvider::IsActiveAccountAvailable() {
+bool ProfileIdentityProvider::IsActiveAccountWithRefreshToken() {
   if (GetActiveAccountId().empty() || !identity_manager_ ||
       !identity_manager_->HasAccountWithRefreshToken(GetActiveAccountId()))
     return false;
diff --git a/components/invalidation/impl/profile_identity_provider.h b/components/invalidation/impl/profile_identity_provider.h
index aefbd56f..097034b 100644
--- a/components/invalidation/impl/profile_identity_provider.h
+++ b/components/invalidation/impl/profile_identity_provider.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
   // IdentityProvider:
   std::string GetActiveAccountId() override;
-  bool IsActiveAccountAvailable() override;
+  bool IsActiveAccountWithRefreshToken() override;
   std::unique_ptr<ActiveAccountAccessTokenFetcher> FetchAccessToken(
       const std::string& oauth_consumer_name,
       const identity::ScopeSet& scopes,
diff --git a/components/invalidation/impl/ticl_invalidation_service.cc b/components/invalidation/impl/ticl_invalidation_service.cc
index 48b991ec..a1229d6 100644
--- a/components/invalidation/impl/ticl_invalidation_service.cc
+++ b/components/invalidation/impl/ticl_invalidation_service.cc
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 std::string TiclInvalidationService::GetOwnerName() const { return "TICL"; }
 
 bool TiclInvalidationService::IsReadyToStart() {
-  if (!identity_provider_->IsActiveAccountAvailable()) {
+  if (!identity_provider_->IsActiveAccountWithRefreshToken()) {
     DVLOG(2) << "Not starting TiclInvalidationService: "
              << "active account is not available";
     return false;
diff --git a/components/invalidation/public/identity_provider.h b/components/invalidation/public/identity_provider.h
index a763163..9b7b2b60 100644
--- a/components/invalidation/public/identity_provider.h
+++ b/components/invalidation/public/identity_provider.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
   // Returns true iff (1) there is an active account and (2) that account has
   // a refresh token.
-  virtual bool IsActiveAccountAvailable() = 0;
+  virtual bool IsActiveAccountWithRefreshToken() = 0;
 
   // Starts an access token request for |oauth_consumer_name| and |scopes|. When
   // the request completes, |callback| will be invoked with the access token
diff --git a/components/invalidation/public/invalidator_state.cc b/components/invalidation/public/invalidator_state.cc
index 405a7ec..e1ddab4 100644
--- a/components/invalidation/public/invalidator_state.cc
+++ b/components/invalidation/public/invalidator_state.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
       return "SUBSCRIPTION_FAILURE";
     case STOPPED:
       return "STOPPED";
+    case NOT_STARTED_NO_ACTIVE_ACCOUNT:
+      return "NOT_STARTED_NO_ACTIVE_ACCOUNT";
+    case NOT_STARTED_NO_REFRESH_TOKEN:
+      return "NOT_STARTED_NO_REFRESH_TOKEN";
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/components/invalidation/public/invalidator_state.h b/components/invalidation/public/invalidator_state.h
index c5a356b..6f1d6df 100644
--- a/components/invalidation/public/invalidator_state.h
+++ b/components/invalidation/public/invalidator_state.h
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@
   // Invalidator was stopped.
   STOPPED = 5,
 
-  kMaxValue = STOPPED,
+  // Starting was attempted, but failed due to absence of active account.
+  NOT_STARTED_NO_ACTIVE_ACCOUNT = 6,
+
+  // Starting was attempted, but failed due to absence of active account.
+  NOT_STARTED_NO_REFRESH_TOKEN = 7,
+
+  kMaxValue = NOT_STARTED_NO_REFRESH_TOKEN,
 };
 
 INVALIDATION_EXPORT const char* InvalidatorStateToString(