diff --git a/go/logic/applier.go b/go/logic/applier.go
index 3bf32e124..3d88acc0a 100644
--- a/go/logic/applier.go
+++ b/go/logic/applier.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/github/gh-ost/go/base"
 	"github.com/github/gh-ost/go/binlog"
+	"github.com/github/gh-ost/go/metrics"
 	"github.com/github/gh-ost/go/sql"
 
 	"context"
@@ -893,8 +894,10 @@ func (apl *Applier) CalculateNextIterationRangeEndValues() (hasFurtherRange bool
 			return hasFurtherRange, err
 		}
 
+		queryStartTime := time.Now()
 		rows, err := apl.db.Query(query, explodedArgs...)
 		if err != nil {
+			metrics.RecordQueryDuration(apl.migrationContext.Metrics, "source", "range_select", time.Since(queryStartTime), err)
 			return hasFurtherRange, err
 		}
 		defer rows.Close()
@@ -902,13 +905,16 @@ func (apl *Applier) CalculateNextIterationRangeEndValues() (hasFurtherRange bool
 		iterationRangeMaxValues := sql.NewColumnValues(apl.migrationContext.UniqueKey.Len())
 		for rows.Next() {
 			if err = rows.Scan(iterationRangeMaxValues.ValuesPointers...); err != nil {
+				metrics.RecordQueryDuration(apl.migrationContext.Metrics, "source", "range_select", time.Since(queryStartTime), err)
 				return hasFurtherRange, err
 			}
 			hasFurtherRange = true
 		}
 		if err = rows.Err(); err != nil {
+			metrics.RecordQueryDuration(apl.migrationContext.Metrics, "source", "range_select", time.Since(queryStartTime), err)
 			return hasFurtherRange, err
 		}
+		metrics.RecordQueryDuration(apl.migrationContext.Metrics, "source", "range_select", time.Since(queryStartTime), nil)
 		if hasFurtherRange {
 			apl.migrationContext.MigrationIterationRangeMaxValues = iterationRangeMaxValues
 			return hasFurtherRange, nil
@@ -956,7 +962,9 @@ func (apl *Applier) ApplyIterationInsertQuery() (chunkSize int64, rowsAffected i
 		if _, err := tx.Exec(sessionQuery); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		queryStartTime := time.Now()
 		result, err := tx.Exec(query, explodedArgs...)
+		metrics.RecordQueryDuration(apl.migrationContext.Metrics, "target", "chunk_copy", time.Since(queryStartTime), err)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -1669,13 +1677,16 @@ func (apl *Applier) ApplyDMLEventQueries(dmlEvents [](*binlog.BinlogDMLEvent)) e
 		// in the batch. SHOW WARNINGS only shows warnings from the last statement in a
 		// multi-statement query, so we interleave SHOW WARNINGS after each DML statement.
 		if apl.migrationContext.PanicOnWarnings {
+			queryStartTime := time.Now()
 			totalDelta, err = apl.executeBatchWithWarningChecking(ctx, tx, buildResults)
+			metrics.RecordQueryDuration(apl.migrationContext.Metrics, "target", "binlog_apply", time.Since(queryStartTime), err)
 			if err != nil {
 				return rollback(err)
 			}
 		} else {
 			// Fast path: batch together DML queries into multi-statements to minimize network trips.
 			// We use the raw driver connection to access the rows affected for each statement.
+			queryStartTime := time.Now()
 			execErr := conn.Raw(func(driverConn any) error {
 				ex := driverConn.(driver.ExecerContext)
 				nvc := driverConn.(driver.NamedValueChecker)
@@ -1709,6 +1720,7 @@ func (apl *Applier) ApplyDMLEventQueries(dmlEvents [](*binlog.BinlogDMLEvent)) e
 				return nil
 			})
 
+			metrics.RecordQueryDuration(apl.migrationContext.Metrics, "target", "binlog_apply", time.Since(queryStartTime), execErr)
 			if execErr != nil {
 				return rollback(execErr)
 			}
diff --git a/go/logic/inspect.go b/go/logic/inspect.go
index 96aadd672..982be1d98 100644
--- a/go/logic/inspect.go
+++ b/go/logic/inspect.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/github/gh-ost/go/base"
+	"github.com/github/gh-ost/go/metrics"
 	"github.com/github/gh-ost/go/mysql"
 	"github.com/github/gh-ost/go/sql"
 
@@ -677,13 +678,16 @@ func (isp *Inspector) CountTableRows(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	query := fmt.Sprintf(`select /* gh-ost */ count(*) as count_rows from %s.%s`, sql.EscapeName(isp.migrationContext.DatabaseName), sql.EscapeName(isp.migrationContext.OriginalTableName))
 	var rowsEstimate int64
+	queryStartTime := time.Now()
 	if err := conn.QueryRowContext(ctx, query).Scan(&rowsEstimate); err != nil {
+		metrics.RecordQueryDuration(isp.migrationContext.Metrics, "source", "row_count", time.Since(queryStartTime), err)
 		if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) || errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
 			isp.migrationContext.Log.Infof("exact row count cancelled (%s), likely because I'm about to cut over. I'm going to kill that query.", ctx.Err())
 			return mysql.Kill(isp.db, connectionID)
 		}
 		return err
 	}
+	metrics.RecordQueryDuration(isp.migrationContext.Metrics, "source", "row_count", time.Since(queryStartTime), nil)
 
 	// row count query finished. nil out the cancel func, so the main migration thread
 	// doesn't bother calling it after row copy is done.
diff --git a/go/metrics/emit.go b/go/metrics/emit.go
index ed9c3a506..f0357daca 100644
--- a/go/metrics/emit.go
+++ b/go/metrics/emit.go
@@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ func EmitThrottleInterval(emit Emitter, duration time.Duration, reason string) {
 	emit.Count("throttle.events_total", 1, tags...)
 }
 
+// RecordQueryDuration emits gh_ost.query.duration_milliseconds with side/kind/outcome tags.
+func RecordQueryDuration(emit Emitter, side string, kind string, duration time.Duration, err error) {
+	if emit == nil || side == "" || kind == "" || duration < 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	outcome := "ok"
+	if err != nil {
+		outcome = "error"
+	}
+	emit.Histogram("query.duration_milliseconds", float64(duration.Milliseconds()), "side:"+side, "kind:"+kind, "outcome:"+outcome)
+}
+
 // RecordSleep emits per-stage sleep/wait metrics (namespace is applied by the client):
 // gh_ost.sleep.duration_milliseconds and gh_ost.sleep.total_milliseconds, both tagged by stage.
 func RecordSleep(emit Emitter, stage string, d time.Duration) {
diff --git a/go/metrics/emit_test.go b/go/metrics/emit_test.go
index 48de64c8b..657e55099 100644
--- a/go/metrics/emit_test.go
+++ b/go/metrics/emit_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package metrics
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"testing"
@@ -258,6 +259,49 @@ func TestEmitThrottleIntervalNilSafe(t *testing.T) {
 	EmitThrottleInterval(&gaugeSpy{}, time.Second, "test")
 }
 
+type histogramSpy struct {
+	names  []string
+	values []float64
+	tags   [][]string
+}
+
+func (h *histogramSpy) Gauge(_ string, _ float64, _ ...string) {}
+
+func (h *histogramSpy) Count(_ string, _ int64, _ ...string) {}
+
+func (h *histogramSpy) Histogram(name string, value float64, tags ...string) {
+	h.names = append(h.names, name)
+	h.values = append(h.values, value)
+	h.tags = append(h.tags, tags)
+}
+
+func TestRecordQueryDuration(t *testing.T) {
+	spy := &histogramSpy{}
+
+	RecordQueryDuration(spy, "source", "row_count", 1500*time.Millisecond, nil)
+	RecordQueryDuration(spy, "target", "binlog_apply", 2*time.Second, errors.New("boom"))
+
+	if len(spy.names) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d histograms, want 2", len(spy.names))
+	}
+	if spy.names[0] != "query.duration_milliseconds" || spy.values[0] != 1500 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %s=%v, want query.duration_milliseconds=1500", spy.names[0], spy.values[0])
+	}
+	if !slices.Equal(spy.tags[0], []string{"side:source", "kind:row_count", "outcome:ok"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("got tags %#v", spy.tags[0])
+	}
+	if spy.values[1] != 2000 || !slices.Equal(spy.tags[1], []string{"side:target", "kind:binlog_apply", "outcome:error"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("got second metric value=%v tags=%#v", spy.values[1], spy.tags[1])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRecordQueryDurationNilSafe(t *testing.T) {
+	RecordQueryDuration(nil, "source", "row_count", time.Second, nil)
+	RecordQueryDuration(&histogramSpy{}, "", "row_count", time.Second, nil)
+	RecordQueryDuration(&histogramSpy{}, "source", "", time.Second, nil)
+	RecordQueryDuration(&histogramSpy{}, "source", "row_count", -time.Second, nil)
+}
+
 type sleepSpy struct {
 	histogramNames  []string
 	histogramValues []float64