diff --git a/docker/telemetry/grafana/dashboards/node-health.json b/docker/telemetry/grafana/dashboards/node-health.json
index 257c8ddd66..80f468cd44 100644
--- a/docker/telemetry/grafana/dashboards/node-health.json
+++ b/docker/telemetry/grafana/dashboards/node-health.json
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_acceptLedger_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"acceptLedger\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Accept Ledger [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_advanceLedger_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"advanceLedger\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Advance Ledger [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_transaction_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"transaction\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Transaction [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_writeObjects_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"writeObjects\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Write Objects [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_heartbeat_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"heartbeat\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Heartbeat [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_sweep_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"sweep\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Sweep [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_trustedValidation_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"trustedValidation\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Trusted Validation [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_trustedProposal_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"trustedProposal\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Trusted Proposal [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_publishNewLedger_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"publishNewLedger\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Publish New Ledger [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_clientRPC_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"clientRPC\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Client RPC [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_ledgerData_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_running_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"ledgerData\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Ledger Data [{{quantile}}]"
         }
       ],
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_acceptLedger_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"acceptLedger\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Accept Ledger [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_advanceLedger_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"advanceLedger\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Advance Ledger [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_transaction_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"transaction\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Transaction [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_writeObjects_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"writeObjects\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Write Objects [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_heartbeat_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"heartbeat\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Heartbeat [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_sweep_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"sweep\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Sweep [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_trustedValidation_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"trustedValidation\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Trusted Validation [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_trustedProposal_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"trustedProposal\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Trusted Proposal [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_publishNewLedger_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"publishNewLedger\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Publish New Ledger [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_clientRPC_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"clientRPC\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Client RPC [{{quantile}}]"
         },
         {
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
           },
-          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_ledgerData_q_milliseconds_bucket{exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile($quantile, sum by (le, exported_instance) (rate(xrpld_job_queued_duration_us_bucket{job_type=\"ledgerData\", exported_instance=~\"$node\", deployment_environment=~\"$deployment_environment\", xrpl_network_type=~\"$xrpl_network_type\", service_name=~\"$service_name\"}[5m])))",
           "legendFormat": "Ledger Data [{{quantile}}]"
         }
       ],
diff --git a/docker/telemetry/grafana/provisioning/alerting/contactpoints.yaml b/docker/telemetry/grafana/provisioning/alerting/contactpoints.yaml
index a0c1694172..a9b9d25036 100644
--- a/docker/telemetry/grafana/provisioning/alerting/contactpoints.yaml
+++ b/docker/telemetry/grafana/provisioning/alerting/contactpoints.yaml
@@ -7,13 +7,20 @@
 #   xrpld-critical  — Slack + email; receives critical-severity alerts.
 # The severity split is wired in policies.yaml.
 #
-# Secrets and personal addresses are NOT hard-coded. Grafana expands
-# ${ENV_VAR} references in provisioning files at load time, so the real
-# Slack webhook and alert-email addresses come from environment variables
-# supplied via docker/telemetry/.env.alerting (gitignored). See
-# .env.alerting.example for the variable list and the Alerting section of
+# Secrets and personal addresses are NOT hard-coded. To enable delivery,
+# replace the disabled placeholder values below with a real Slack webhook
+# and alert email — e.g. by copying docker/telemetry/.env.alerting.example
+# to .env.alerting (gitignored) and swapping the placeholder lines to
+# ${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL} / ${ALERT_EMAIL_TO}. See the Alerting section of
 # docs/telemetry-runbook.md for setup.
-# If a variable is unset, that receiver has no live destination.
+#
+# The defaults are deliberately non-empty, invalid-but-valid-shaped
+# placeholders (an unroutable webhook host and a .invalid email). Grafana's
+# alerting provisioning validator REQUIRES a non-empty Slack url and email
+# addresses, and it does NOT support ${VAR:-default} expansion — an unset
+# ${VAR} expands to empty and crashes Grafana on startup. The placeholders
+# keep the whole stack booting with zero configuration; alerts simply route
+# nowhere until a real destination is supplied.
 #
 # Email delivery additionally requires SMTP configured on the Grafana
 # service (GF_SMTP_* in docker-compose.yml).
@@ -28,10 +35,11 @@ contactPoints:
       - uid: xrpld-slack-default
         type: slack
         settings:
-          # Incoming-webhook delivery: the channel is fixed by the webhook, so
-          # `recipient` is only here to satisfy Grafana's Slack validator.
-          url: ${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL}
-          recipient: ${SLACK_CHANNEL}
+          # Disabled placeholder: an unroutable webhook host. A non-empty url
+          # selects Slack webhook mode (no recipient/token required) and keeps
+          # provisioning valid. Replace with a real ${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL} to
+          # enable delivery.
+          url: https://hooks.slack.invalid/disabled
           title: "{{ .CommonLabels.alertname }} on {{ .CommonLabels.exported_instance }}"
         disableResolveMessage: false
 
@@ -42,13 +50,16 @@ contactPoints:
       - uid: xrpld-slack-critical
         type: slack
         settings:
-          url: ${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL}
-          recipient: ${SLACK_CHANNEL}
+          # Disabled placeholder — see xrpld-slack-default above.
+          url: https://hooks.slack.invalid/disabled
           title: "[CRITICAL] {{ .CommonLabels.alertname }} on {{ .CommonLabels.exported_instance }}"
         disableResolveMessage: false
       - uid: xrpld-email-critical
         type: email
         settings:
-          addresses: ${ALERT_EMAIL_TO}
+          # Disabled placeholder: a .invalid address keeps the required
+          # `addresses` field non-empty so provisioning validates. Replace
+          # with a real ${ALERT_EMAIL_TO} (and enable SMTP) to deliver.
+          addresses: alerts-disabled@xrpld.invalid
           singleEmail: true
         disableResolveMessage: false
diff --git a/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.cpp b/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.cpp
index bd51db3b51..693df1fd5e 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@ MetricsRegistry::start(std::string const& endpoint, std::string const& instanceI
     // Configure resource attributes so Prometheus exported_instance labels
     // distinguish metrics from different nodes (matches OTelCollector setup).
     resource::ResourceAttributes attrs;
-    attrs[opentelemetry::semconv::service::kServiceName] = "xrpld";
+    // Use std::string, not a string literal: ResourceAttributes stores an
+    // OTel AttributeValue variant whose char-const* overload binds to bool,
+    // so "xrpld" would be recorded as the boolean true. std::string selects
+    // the string alternative and the value round-trips as service.name=xrpld.
+    attrs[opentelemetry::semconv::service::kServiceName] = std::string("xrpld");
     if (!instanceId.empty())
         attrs[opentelemetry::semconv::service::kServiceInstanceId] = instanceId;
     auto resourceAttrs = resource::Resource::Create(attrs);