diff --git a/lib/DelayDiffEq/Project.toml b/lib/DelayDiffEq/Project.toml
index 76fbcd00553..ded4cbad909 100644
--- a/lib/DelayDiffEq/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/DelayDiffEq/Project.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ LinearAlgebra = "1"
 LinearSolve = "5.1"
 Logging = "1"
 OrdinaryDiffEqBDF = "2"
-OrdinaryDiffEqCore = "4"
+OrdinaryDiffEqCore = "4.12"
 OrdinaryDiffEqDefault = "2"
 OrdinaryDiffEqDifferentiation = "3"
 OrdinaryDiffEqFeagin = "2"
diff --git a/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/integrators/interface.jl b/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/integrators/interface.jl
index c3a46d7dc29..a1fd1228535 100644
--- a/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/integrators/interface.jl
+++ b/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/integrators/interface.jl
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ function DiffEqBase.reinit!(
     integrator.iter = 0
     integrator.success_iter = 0
     integrator.derivative_discontinuity = false
+    integrator.is_disco_step = false
+    integrator.disco_checkpoint = zero(integrator.t)
 
     # full re-initialize the controller in timestepping
     OrdinaryDiffEqCore.reinit_controller!(integrator, integrator.controller_cache)
diff --git a/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/integrators/type.jl b/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/integrators/type.jl
index f6fcda41098..0c886c0cabb 100644
--- a/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/integrators/type.jl
+++ b/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/integrators/type.jl
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ mutable struct DDEIntegrator{
     fsalfirst::FSALType
     fsallast::FSALType
     initializealg::IA
+    is_disco_step::Bool
+    disco_checkpoint::tType
     # SDE/RODE noise fields: populated for SDDEProblem, Nothing for DDEProblem.
     W::WType
     P::PType
diff --git a/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/solve.jl b/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/solve.jl
index 80437136b35..c443d92b44b 100644
--- a/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/solve.jl
+++ b/lib/DelayDiffEq/src/solve.jl
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ function SciMLBase.__init(
     success_iter = 0
     erracc = QT(1)
     dtacc = tType(1)
+    is_disco_step = false
+    disco_checkpoint = zero(t0)
 
     fsalfirst, fsallast = OrdinaryDiffEqCore.get_fsalfirstlast(cache, rate_prototype)
     OrdinaryDiffEqCore.set_EEst!(controller_cache, EEst)
@@ -525,6 +527,7 @@ function SciMLBase.__init(
         differential_vars,
         controller_cache,
         ode_integrator, fsalfirst, fsallast, initializealg,
+        is_disco_step, disco_checkpoint,
         W, P, sqdt, nothing,
     )
 
diff --git a/lib/DelayDiffEq/test/interface/discontinuities.jl b/lib/DelayDiffEq/test/interface/discontinuities.jl
index 85b0c76f24c..9d29fd760bc 100644
--- a/lib/DelayDiffEq/test/interface/discontinuities.jl
+++ b/lib/DelayDiffEq/test/interface/discontinuities.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using DelayDiffEq, DDEProblemLibrary
 using OrdinaryDiffEqLowOrderRK
 using OrdinaryDiffEqTsit5
+using OrdinaryDiffEqCore: PIController
 using SciMLBase: ReturnCode
 using Test
 
@@ -62,6 +63,25 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "autonomous discontinuity controller state" begin
+    alg = BS3()
+    controller = PIController(alg; discontinuity_detection = true)
+    integrator = init(prob, MethodOfSteps(alg); controller = controller, dt = 0.01)
+
+    @test !integrator.is_disco_step
+    @test iszero(integrator.disco_checkpoint)
+    @test typeof(integrator.disco_checkpoint) === typeof(integrator.t)
+
+    sol = solve!(integrator)
+    @test sol.retcode == ReturnCode.Success
+
+    integrator.is_disco_step = true
+    integrator.disco_checkpoint = integrator.t
+    reinit!(integrator)
+    @test !integrator.is_disco_step
+    @test iszero(integrator.disco_checkpoint)
+end
+
 # additional discontinuities
 @testset "DDE with discontinuities" begin
     integrator = init(
diff --git a/lib/DelayDiffEq/test/interface/units.jl b/lib/DelayDiffEq/test/interface/units.jl
index 2607790cd17..9312718e437 100644
--- a/lib/DelayDiffEq/test/interface/units.jl
+++ b/lib/DelayDiffEq/test/interface/units.jl
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ const probs = Dict(
         fpsolve = NLFunctional(; max_iter = 100)
     )
 
+    integrator = init(prob, alg)
+    @test typeof(integrator.disco_checkpoint) === typeof(integrator.t)
+    @test iszero(integrator.disco_checkpoint)
+
+    integrator.is_disco_step = true
+    integrator.disco_checkpoint = oneunit(integrator.t)
+    reinit!(integrator)
+    @test !integrator.is_disco_step
+    @test iszero(integrator.disco_checkpoint)
+
     # default
     sol1 = solve(prob, alg)