diff --git a/tfx/components/statistics_gen/executor.py b/tfx/components/statistics_gen/executor.py
index ee9f43dda8..23aad74221 100644
--- a/tfx/components/statistics_gen/executor.py
+++ b/tfx/components/statistics_gen/executor.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from absl import logging
 import tensorflow_data_validation as tfdv
 from tensorflow_data_validation.statistics import stats_options as options
+from tensorflow_data_validation.utils import dashboard_util
 from tfx import types
 from tfx.components.statistics_gen import stats_artifact_utils
 from tfx.components.util import examples_utils
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@
 from tfx.types import standard_component_specs
 from tfx.utils import io_utils
 from tfx.utils import json_utils
-from tfx.utils import stats_utils
 
 
 # Default file name for stats generated.
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ def Do(
 
     try:
       statistics_artifact.set_string_custom_property(
-          STATS_DASHBOARD_LINK,
-          stats_utils.generate_stats_dashboard_link(statistics_artifact),
+          STATS_DASHBOARD_LINK, dashboard_util.generate_stats_dashboard_link()
       )
     except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
       # log on failures to not bring down Statsgen jobs
diff --git a/tfx/proto/orchestration/pipeline.proto b/tfx/proto/orchestration/pipeline.proto
index 7986a1ee90..7f116b6a06 100644
--- a/tfx/proto/orchestration/pipeline.proto
+++ b/tfx/proto/orchestration/pipeline.proto
@@ -638,6 +638,11 @@ message NodeExecutionOptions {
       // If set then the node this NodeExecutionOptions belongs to marks the end
       // of some lifetime.
       string lifetime_start = 1;
+      // If True then the node this NodeExecutionOptions belongs to will execute
+      // when the pipeline is considered "finalized". Noted that the node will
+      // not have a start node and the node will always be triggered when the
+      // pipeline is finalized.
+      bool pipeline_lifetime = 2;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tfx/utils/stats_utils.py b/tfx/utils/stats_utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e607c4c4a..0000000000
--- a/tfx/utils/stats_utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# 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.
-"""stats_utils.
-
-This module is the parity for internal implementation, not available in OSS.
-"""
-
-
-def generate_stats_dashboard_link(unused_statistics_artifact):
-  return ''