diff --git a/internal/storage/commit_batch.go b/internal/storage/commit_batch.go
index 2d1d63e94..00aea697f 100644
--- a/internal/storage/commit_batch.go
+++ b/internal/storage/commit_batch.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var commitBatchPool = sync.Pool{
 	New: func() interface{} {
 		return &CommitBatch{
 			cck: make([]byte, commitContextKeyLength),
+			cc:  make([]byte, commitContextLength),
 			ck:  make([]byte, commitKeyLength),
 			dk:  make([]byte, dataKeyLength),
 		}
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type CommitBatch struct {
 	batch     *pebble.Batch
 	writeOpts *pebble.WriteOptions
 	cck       []byte
+	cc        []byte
 	ck        []byte
 	dk        []byte
 }
diff --git a/internal/storage/encode.go b/internal/storage/encode.go
index 1204e53ed..5ba759b07 100644
--- a/internal/storage/encode.go
+++ b/internal/storage/encode.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/kakao/varlog/pkg/types"
 )
@@ -15,11 +16,17 @@ const (
 	commitKeySentinelPrefix = byte('d')
 	commitKeyLength         = 9 // prefix(1) + GLSN(8)
 
+	// Deprecated: Log stream replica will not store a sequence of commit contexts.
 	commitContextKeyPrefix         = byte('x')
 	commitContextKeySentinelPrefix = byte('y')
 	commitContextKeyLength         = 41 // prefix(1) + CommitContext(40)
+
+	commitContextKeyMarker = byte('b')
+	commitContextLength    = 40
 )
 
+var commitContextKey = []byte{commitContextKeyMarker}
+
 func encodeDataKeyInternal(llsn types.LLSN, key []byte) []byte {
 	key[0] = dataKeyPrefix
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key[1:], uint64(llsn))
@@ -92,3 +99,69 @@ func decodeCommitContextKey(k []byte) (cc CommitContext) {
 
 	return cc
 }
+
+// encodeCommitContext serializes commit context into byte slice.
+func encodeCommitContext(cc CommitContext, key []byte) []byte {
+	sz := types.GLSNLen
+	offset := 0
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key[offset:offset+sz], uint64(cc.HighWatermark))
+
+	offset += sz
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key[offset:offset+sz], uint64(cc.CommittedGLSNBegin))
+
+	offset += sz
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key[offset:offset+sz], uint64(cc.CommittedGLSNEnd))
+
+	offset += sz
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key[offset:offset+sz], uint64(cc.CommittedLLSNBegin))
+
+	offset += sz
+	sz = types.VersionLen
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(key[offset:offset+sz], uint64(cc.Version))
+
+	return key
+}
+
+// decodeCommitContext deserializes a commit context from a byte slice.
+func decodeCommitContext(k []byte) (cc CommitContext) {
+	if len(k) != commitContextLength {
+		panic("storage: invalid key type")
+	}
+	sz := types.GLSNLen
+	offset := 0
+	cc.HighWatermark = types.GLSN(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(k[offset : offset+sz]))
+
+	offset += sz
+	cc.CommittedGLSNBegin = types.GLSN(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(k[offset : offset+sz]))
+
+	offset += sz
+	cc.CommittedGLSNEnd = types.GLSN(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(k[offset : offset+sz]))
+
+	offset += sz
+	cc.CommittedLLSNBegin = types.LLSN(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(k[offset : offset+sz]))
+
+	offset += sz
+	sz = types.VersionLen
+	cc.Version = types.Version(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(k[offset : offset+sz]))
+
+	return cc
+}
+
+// encodeCommitContextUnsafe is similar to encodeCommitContext except that it
+// shares same memory with the argument cc.
+//
+// Experimental: It casts struct CommitContext to byte slice; hence its byte
+// representation differs across architectures. A user should call
+// decodeCommitContextUnsafe to decode bytes encoded by this function.
+func encodeCommitContextUnsafe(cc *CommitContext) []byte {
+	return (*(*[commitContextLength]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(cc)))[:]
+}
+
+// decodeCommitContextUnsafe is similar to decodeCommitContext.
+//
+// Experimental: A user has to use this function to decode a byte slice encoded
+// by encodeCommitContextUnsafe.
+func decodeCommitContextUnsafe(buf []byte) (cc CommitContext) {
+	cc = *(*CommitContext)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0]))
+	return cc
+}
diff --git a/internal/storage/encode_test.go b/internal/storage/encode_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2e8f39e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/storage/encode_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestEncodeCommitContextUnsafe(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := CommitContext{
+		Version:            1,
+		HighWatermark:      2,
+		CommittedGLSNBegin: 3,
+		CommittedGLSNEnd:   4,
+		CommittedLLSNBegin: 5,
+	}
+	buf := encodeCommitContextUnsafe(&expected)
+	actual := decodeCommitContextUnsafe(buf)
+	require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCommitContext_Encode(b *testing.B) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		name   string
+		benchf func(*testing.B, CommitContext)
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Safe",
+			benchf: func(b *testing.B, cc CommitContext) {
+				key := make([]byte, commitContextKeyLength)
+				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+					_ = encodeCommitContext(cc, key)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Unsafe",
+			benchf: func(b *testing.B, cc CommitContext) {
+				var key []byte
+				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+					key = encodeCommitContextUnsafe(&cc)
+					_ = key
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		b.Run(tc.name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			cc := CommitContext{
+				Version:            1,
+				HighWatermark:      2,
+				CommittedGLSNBegin: 3,
+				CommittedGLSNEnd:   4,
+				CommittedLLSNBegin: 5,
+			}
+			tc.benchf(b, cc)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCommitContext_Decode(b *testing.B) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		name   string
+		benchf func(*testing.B, CommitContext)
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Safe",
+			benchf: func(b *testing.B, cc CommitContext) {
+				buf := make([]byte, commitContextLength)
+				buf = encodeCommitContext(cc, buf)
+				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+					_ = decodeCommitContext(buf)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Unsafe",
+			benchf: func(b *testing.B, cc CommitContext) {
+				buf := encodeCommitContextUnsafe(&cc)
+				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+					_ = decodeCommitContextUnsafe(buf)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		b.Run(tc.name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			cc := CommitContext{
+				Version:            1,
+				HighWatermark:      2,
+				CommittedGLSNBegin: 3,
+				CommittedGLSNEnd:   4,
+				CommittedLLSNBegin: 5,
+			}
+			tc.benchf(b, cc)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage.go b/internal/storage/storage.go
index 456aa2e25..94ac0efc1 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage.go
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ func (s *Storage) NewWriteBatch() *WriteBatch {
 // NewCommitBatch creates a batch for commit operations.
 func (s *Storage) NewCommitBatch(cc CommitContext) (*CommitBatch, error) {
 	cb := newCommitBatch(s.db.NewBatch(), s.writeOpts)
+	if err := cb.batch.Set(commitContextKey, encodeCommitContext(cc, cb.cc), nil); err != nil {
+		_ = cb.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	if err := cb.batch.Set(encodeCommitContextKeyInternal(cc, cb.cck), nil, nil); err != nil {
 		_ = cb.Close()
 		return nil, err
@@ -160,6 +164,17 @@ func (s *Storage) readLLSN(llsn types.LLSN) (le varlogpb.LogEntry, err error) {
 	return le, ErrNoLogEntry
 }
 
+func (s *Storage) ReadCommitContext() (cc CommitContext, err error) {
+	buf, closer, err := s.db.Get(commitContextKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		_ = closer.Close()
+	}()
+	return decodeCommitContext(buf), nil
+}
+
 // CommitContextOf looks up a commit context that contains the log entry for the argument glsn.
 func (s *Storage) CommitContextOf(glsn types.GLSN) (cc CommitContext, err error) {
 	cck := make([]byte, commitContextKeyLength)
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage_test.go b/internal/storage/storage_test.go
index 398a42253..142ce4024 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/pebble"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/goleak"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
@@ -112,6 +113,42 @@ func TestStorage(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestStorage_CommitContext(t *testing.T) {
+	testStorage(t, func(t testing.TB, stg *Storage) {
+		expected := CommitContext{
+			Version:            1,
+			HighWatermark:      1,
+			CommittedGLSNBegin: 1,
+			CommittedGLSNEnd:   2,
+			CommittedLLSNBegin: 1,
+		}
+		cb, err := stg.NewCommitBatch(expected)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, cb.Apply())
+		require.NoError(t, cb.Close())
+
+		actual, err := stg.ReadCommitContext()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+
+		expected = CommitContext{
+			Version:            2,
+			HighWatermark:      3,
+			CommittedGLSNBegin: 2,
+			CommittedGLSNEnd:   4,
+			CommittedLLSNBegin: 2,
+		}
+		cb, err = stg.NewCommitBatch(expected)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, cb.Apply())
+		require.NoError(t, cb.Close())
+
+		actual, err = stg.ReadCommitContext()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestStorage_WriteBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	testStorage(t, func(t testing.TB, stg *Storage) {
 		wb := stg.NewWriteBatch()