diff --git a/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.cpp b/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.cpp
index ddac82b235..dc27239ab8 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.cpp
@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@ MetricsRegistry::initSyncInstruments()
     jobQueuedCounter_ = meter_->CreateUInt64Counter("job_queued_total", "Total jobs enqueued");
     jobStartedCounter_ = meter_->CreateUInt64Counter("job_started_total", "Total jobs started");
     jobFinishedCounter_ = meter_->CreateUInt64Counter("job_finished_total", "Total jobs completed");
+    jobStallCounter_ = meter_->CreateUInt64Counter(
+        metric::jobqStallTotal, "Jobs whose run time reached the 1 s stall threshold");
     jobQueuedDurationHistogram_ = meter_->CreateDoubleHistogram(
         kJobQueuedDurationUs, "Time jobs spent waiting in the queue (microseconds)");
     jobRunningDurationHistogram_ =
@@ -686,6 +688,10 @@ MetricsRegistry::recordJobFinished(
             {{label::jobType, std::string(jobType)}, {label::handler, handler}},
             opentelemetry::context::Context{});
     }
+    // One compare per job finish. A process-wide freeze shows up here as
+    // several job types crossing the bar in the same second.
+    if (runningDurUs >= kJobStallThresholdUs && jobStallCounter_)
+        jobStallCounter_->Add(1, {{label::jobType, std::string(jobType)}});
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -829,6 +835,10 @@ MetricsRegistry::registerCacheHitRateGauge()
                 opentelemetry::nostd::get<opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<
                     opentelemetry::metrics::ObserverResultT<double>>>(result)
                     ->Observe(static_cast<double>(alSize), {{label::metric, "AL_size"}});
+
+                // Longest TaggedCache mutex hold since the last tick.
+                // Split out to keep this callback under the 80-line limit.
+                self->observeCacheLockHoldPeaks(result, app);
             }
             catch (...)  // NOLINT(bugprone-empty-catch)
             {
@@ -838,6 +848,28 @@ MetricsRegistry::registerCacheHitRateGauge()
         this);
 }
 
+void
+MetricsRegistry::observeCacheLockHoldPeaks(
+    opentelemetry::metrics::ObserverResult& result,
+    ServiceRegistry& app) const
+{
+    auto const tnPeak = app.getNodeFamily().getTreeNodeCache()->takeLockHoldPeak();
+    opentelemetry::nostd::get<
+        opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::metrics::ObserverResultT<double>>>(result)
+        ->Observe(
+            static_cast<double>(
+                std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(tnPeak).count()),
+            {{label::metric, lval::cache_metrics::treenodeLockHoldPeakUs}});
+
+    auto const fbPeak = app.getNodeFamily().getFullBelowCache()->takeLockHoldPeak();
+    opentelemetry::nostd::get<
+        opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::metrics::ObserverResultT<double>>>(result)
+        ->Observe(
+            static_cast<double>(
+                std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(fbPeak).count()),
+            {{label::metric, lval::cache_metrics::fullbelowLockHoldPeakUs}});
+}
+
 void
 MetricsRegistry::registerTxqGauge()
 {
diff --git a/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.h b/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.h
index 8f13aa6a36..f36f9aea5e 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/telemetry/MetricsRegistry.h
@@ -260,6 +260,14 @@ namespace telemetry {
  * - Adding a new OBSERVABLE gauge still requires eager central
  * registration -- pull-model instruments cannot be lazily created.
  */
+/**
+ * Run time at which a finished job counts as a stall, in microseconds.
+ * Equal to LoadMonitor's 1 s warn threshold (LoadMonitor.cpp
+ * addLoadSample) so this counter and the "Job: ... run:" log line
+ * describe the same event.
+ */
+inline constexpr std::int64_t kJobStallThresholdUs = 1'000'000;
+
 class MetricsRegistry
 {
 public:
@@ -1016,6 +1024,11 @@ private:
      * Counter: job_finished_total{job_type="<name>",handler="<name>"}
      */
     opentelemetry::nostd::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::metrics::Counter<uint64_t>> jobFinishedCounter_;
+    /**
+     * Counter: jobq_stall_total{job_type="<name>"} — one per finished job
+     * whose run time reached kJobStallThresholdUs.
+     */
+    opentelemetry::nostd::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::metrics::Counter<uint64_t>> jobStallCounter_;
     /**
      * Histogram: job_queued_us{job_type="<name>",handler="<name>"}
      */
@@ -1279,6 +1292,14 @@ private:
     registerJqTransOverflowCounter();  // gap-fill: overlay overflow total
     void
     registerCacheHitRateGauge();
+    /**
+     * Observe the two TaggedCache lock-hold peaks onto the cache_metrics
+     * gauge. Split out to keep registerCacheHitRateGauge's callback under
+     * the 80-line limit.
+     */
+    void
+    observeCacheLockHoldPeaks(opentelemetry::metrics::ObserverResult& result, ServiceRegistry& app)
+        const;
     void
     registerTxqGauge();
     void