diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/etl_pipeline/cache/cached_extraction.py b/surfsense_backend/app/etl_pipeline/cache/cached_extraction.py
index dba4b44da..b6a9e5531 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/etl_pipeline/cache/cached_extraction.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/etl_pipeline/cache/cached_extraction.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from app.etl_pipeline.cache.service import EtlCacheService
 from app.etl_pipeline.cache.settings import load_etl_cache_settings
 from app.etl_pipeline.etl_document import EtlRequest, EtlResult
 from app.etl_pipeline.etl_pipeline_service import EtlPipelineService
+from app.observability import metrics
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -43,8 +44,15 @@ async def extract_with_cache(
 
     cached_result = await _recall(key)
     if cached_result is not None:
+        metrics.record_etl_cache_lookup(
+            etl_service=key.etl_service, mode=key.mode, outcome="hit"
+        )
+        logger.debug("ETL cache hit for %s", key.source_sha256)
         return cached_result
 
+    metrics.record_etl_cache_lookup(
+        etl_service=key.etl_service, mode=key.mode, outcome="miss"
+    )
     result = await EtlPipelineService(vision_llm=vision_llm).extract(request)
     await _remember(key, result)
     return result
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/etl_pipeline/cache/eviction/task.py b/surfsense_backend/app/etl_pipeline/cache/eviction/task.py
index 98841b139..dcda10f61 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/etl_pipeline/cache/eviction/task.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/etl_pipeline/cache/eviction/task.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from app.etl_pipeline.cache.persistence import CachedParseRepository
 from app.etl_pipeline.cache.schemas import EvictionCandidate
 from app.etl_pipeline.cache.settings import load_etl_cache_settings
 from app.etl_pipeline.cache.storage import MarkdownCacheStore
+from app.observability import metrics
 from app.tasks.celery_tasks import get_celery_session_maker, run_async_celery_task
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ async def _evict() -> None:
 
         cutoff = datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(days=settings.ttl_days)
         expired = await index.select_expired(cutoff=cutoff, limit=settings.eviction_batch)
-        await _drop(index, store, expired)
+        await _drop(index, store, expired, phase="ttl")
 
         total = await index.total_size_bytes()
         if total > settings.max_total_bytes:
@@ -44,13 +45,15 @@ async def _evict() -> None:
                 current_total_bytes=total,
                 max_total_bytes=settings.max_total_bytes,
             )
-            await _drop(index, store, over_budget)
+            await _drop(index, store, over_budget, phase="size")
 
 
 async def _drop(
     index: CachedParseRepository,
     store: MarkdownCacheStore,
     candidates: list[EvictionCandidate],
+    *,
+    phase: str,
 ) -> None:
     if not candidates:
         return
@@ -59,4 +62,5 @@ async def _drop(
         with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
             await store.delete(candidate.storage_key)
     await index.delete_by_ids([candidate.id for candidate in candidates])
-    logger.info("Evicted %d cached parses", len(candidates))
+    metrics.record_etl_cache_eviction(len(candidates), phase=phase)
+    logger.info("Evicted %d cached parses (%s)", len(candidates), phase)