diff --git a/config/grafana/brightstaff_dashboard.json b/config/grafana/brightstaff_dashboard.json
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+{
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "builtIn": 1,
+        "datasource": "-- Grafana --",
+        "enable": true,
+        "hide": true,
+        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+        "type": "dashboard"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "description": "RED, LLM upstream, routing service, and process metrics for brightstaff. Pair with Envoy admin metrics from cluster=bright_staff.",
+  "editable": true,
+  "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+  "graphTooltip": 1,
+  "id": null,
+  "links": [],
+  "liveNow": false,
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "gridPos": { "h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 0 },
+      "id": 100,
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "HTTP RED",
+      "type": "row"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": {
+            "axisLabel": "req/s",
+            "drawStyle": "line",
+            "fillOpacity": 10,
+            "lineWidth": 1,
+            "showPoints": "never"
+          },
+          "unit": "reqps"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 1 },
+      "id": 1,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum by (handler) (rate(brightstaff_http_requests_total[1m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{handler}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Rate — brightstaff RPS by handler",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "5xx fraction over 5m. Page-worthy when sustained above ~1%.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "thresholds" },
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              { "color": "green", "value": null },
+              { "color": "yellow", "value": 0.01 },
+              { "color": "red", "value": 0.05 }
+            ]
+          },
+          "unit": "percentunit"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 1 },
+      "id": 2,
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "area",
+        "reduceOptions": { "calcs": ["lastNotNull"], "fields": "", "values": false }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum(rate(brightstaff_http_requests_total{status_class=\"5xx\"}[5m])) / clamp_min(sum(rate(brightstaff_http_requests_total[5m])), 1)",
+          "legendFormat": "5xx rate",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Errors — brightstaff 5xx rate",
+      "type": "stat"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "p50/p95/p99 by handler, computed from histogram buckets over 5m.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 5, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never" },
+          "unit": "s"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 9 },
+      "id": 3,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile(0.50, sum by (le, handler) (rate(brightstaff_http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])))",
+          "legendFormat": "p50 {{handler}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, sum by (le, handler) (rate(brightstaff_http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])))",
+          "legendFormat": "p95 {{handler}}",
+          "refId": "B"
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile(0.99, sum by (le, handler) (rate(brightstaff_http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])))",
+          "legendFormat": "p99 {{handler}}",
+          "refId": "C"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Duration — p50 / p95 / p99 by handler",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "In-flight requests by handler. Climbs before latency does when brightstaff is saturated.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 10, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never" },
+          "unit": "short"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 18 },
+      "id": 4,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum by (handler) (brightstaff_http_in_flight_requests)",
+          "legendFormat": "{{handler}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "In-flight requests by handler",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "gridPos": { "h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 26 },
+      "id": 200,
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "LLM upstream",
+      "type": "row"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 5, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never" },
+          "unit": "s"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 27 },
+      "id": 5,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, sum by (le, provider, model) (rate(brightstaff_llm_upstream_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])))",
+          "legendFormat": "p95 {{provider}}/{{model}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "LLM upstream p95 by provider/model",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "All non-success error classes. timeout/connect = network, 5xx/429 = provider, parse = body shape mismatch, stream = mid-stream disconnect.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 30, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never", "stacking": { "mode": "normal" } },
+          "unit": "reqps"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 27 },
+      "id": 6,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum by (provider, error_class) (rate(brightstaff_llm_upstream_requests_total{error_class!=\"none\"}[5m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{provider}} / {{error_class}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "LLM upstream errors by provider / class",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "Streaming only. Empty if the route never streams.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 5, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never" },
+          "unit": "s"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 36 },
+      "id": 7,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, sum by (le, provider, model) (rate(brightstaff_llm_time_to_first_token_seconds_bucket[5m])))",
+          "legendFormat": "p95 {{provider}}/{{model}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Time-to-first-token p95 (streaming)",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "Tokens/sec by provider/model/kind — proxy for cost. Stacked.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 30, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never", "stacking": { "mode": "normal" } },
+          "unit": "tokens/s"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 36 },
+      "id": 8,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum by (provider, model, kind) (rate(brightstaff_llm_tokens_total[5m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{provider}}/{{model}} {{kind}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Token throughput by provider / model / kind",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "gridPos": { "h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 45 },
+      "id": 300,
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "Routing service",
+      "type": "row"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "Which models the orchestrator picked over the last 15 minutes.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "unit": "short"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 46 },
+      "id": 9,
+      "options": {
+        "displayMode": "gradient",
+        "orientation": "horizontal",
+        "reduceOptions": { "calcs": ["lastNotNull"], "fields": "", "values": false }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum by (selected_model) (increase(brightstaff_router_decisions_total[15m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{selected_model}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Model selection distribution (last 15m)",
+      "type": "bargauge"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "Fraction of decisions that fell back (orchestrator returned `none` or errored). High = router can't classify intent or no candidates configured.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 10, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never" },
+          "unit": "percentunit"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 46 },
+      "id": 10,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum by (route) (rate(brightstaff_router_decisions_total{fallback=\"true\"}[5m])) / clamp_min(sum by (route) (rate(brightstaff_router_decisions_total[5m])), 1)",
+          "legendFormat": "{{route}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Fallback rate by route",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 5, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never" },
+          "unit": "s"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 55 },
+      "id": 11,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, sum by (le, route) (rate(brightstaff_router_decision_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])))",
+          "legendFormat": "p95 {{route}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Router decision p95 latency",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "Hit / (hit + miss). Low ratio = sessions aren't being reused or TTL too short.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "thresholds" },
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              { "color": "red", "value": null },
+              { "color": "yellow", "value": 0.5 },
+              { "color": "green", "value": 0.8 }
+            ]
+          },
+          "unit": "percentunit",
+          "min": 0,
+          "max": 1
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 6, "x": 12, "y": 55 },
+      "id": 12,
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "area",
+        "reduceOptions": { "calcs": ["lastNotNull"], "fields": "", "values": false }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum(rate(brightstaff_session_cache_events_total{outcome=\"hit\"}[5m])) / clamp_min(sum(rate(brightstaff_session_cache_events_total{outcome=~\"hit|miss\"}[5m])), 1)",
+          "legendFormat": "hit rate",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Session cache hit rate",
+      "type": "stat"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "decision_served = a real model picked. no_candidates = sentinel `none` returned. policy_error = orchestrator failed.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 30, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never", "stacking": { "mode": "normal" } },
+          "unit": "reqps"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 6, "x": 18, "y": 55 },
+      "id": 13,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "list", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum by (outcome) (rate(brightstaff_routing_service_requests_total[5m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{outcome}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "/routing/* outcomes",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "gridPos": { "h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 63 },
+      "id": 400,
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "Process & Envoy link",
+      "type": "row"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "description": "Compare to brightstaff RPS (panel 1) — sustained gap = network or Envoy queueing.",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 10, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never" },
+          "unit": "reqps"
+        }
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 64 },
+      "id": 14,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum(rate(envoy_cluster_upstream_rq_total{envoy_cluster_name=\"bright_staff\"}[1m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "envoy → bright_staff",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "sum(rate(brightstaff_http_requests_total[1m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "brightstaff served",
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Envoy → brightstaff link health",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": { "drawStyle": "line", "fillOpacity": 10, "lineWidth": 1, "showPoints": "never" }
+        },
+        "overrides": [
+          {
+            "matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "RSS" },
+            "properties": [{ "id": "unit", "value": "bytes" }]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "CPU" },
+            "properties": [{ "id": "unit", "value": "percentunit" }]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 64 },
+      "id": 15,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "process_resident_memory_bytes{job=\"brightstaff\"}",
+          "legendFormat": "RSS",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}" },
+          "expr": "rate(process_cpu_seconds_total{job=\"brightstaff\"}[1m])",
+          "legendFormat": "CPU",
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Brightstaff process RSS / CPU",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    }
+  ],
+  "refresh": "30s",
+  "schemaVersion": 39,
+  "tags": ["plano", "brightstaff", "llm"],
+  "templating": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "name": "DS_PROMETHEUS",
+        "label": "Prometheus",
+        "type": "datasource",
+        "query": "prometheus",
+        "current": { "selected": false, "text": "Prometheus", "value": "DS_PROMETHEUS" },
+        "hide": 0,
+        "refresh": 1,
+        "regex": "",
+        "skipUrlSync": false,
+        "includeAll": false,
+        "multi": false
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "time": { "from": "now-1h", "to": "now" },
+  "timepicker": {},
+  "timezone": "browser",
+  "title": "Brightstaff (Plano dataplane)",
+  "uid": "brightstaff",
+  "version": 1,
+  "weekStart": ""
+}
diff --git a/config/grafana/docker-compose.yaml b/config/grafana/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33238073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/grafana/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# One-command Prometheus + Grafana stack for observing a locally-running
+# Plano (Envoy admin :9901 + brightstaff :9092 on the host).
+#
+#   cd config/grafana
+#   docker compose up -d
+#   open http://localhost:3000  (admin / admin)
+#
+# Grafana is preloaded with:
+#   - Prometheus datasource (uid=DS_PROMETHEUS) → http://prometheus:9090
+#   - Brightstaff dashboard (auto-imported from brightstaff_dashboard.json)
+#
+# Prometheus scrapes the host's :9092 and :9901 via host.docker.internal.
+# On Linux this works because of the `extra_hosts: host-gateway` mapping
+# below. On Mac/Win it works natively.
+
+services:
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus:latest
+    container_name: plano-prometheus
+    ports:
+      - "9090:9090"
+    volumes:
+      - ./prometheus_scrape.yaml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:ro
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  grafana:
+    image: grafana/grafana:latest
+    container_name: plano-grafana
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    environment:
+      GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER: admin
+      GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD: admin
+      GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED: "true"
+      GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ORG_ROLE: Viewer
+    volumes:
+      - ./provisioning:/etc/grafana/provisioning:ro
+      - ./brightstaff_dashboard.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/brightstaff_dashboard.json:ro
+    depends_on:
+      - prometheus
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/config/grafana/prometheus_scrape.yaml b/config/grafana/prometheus_scrape.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4041287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/grafana/prometheus_scrape.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Prometheus config that scrapes Plano (Envoy admin + brightstaff). This is
+# a complete Prometheus config — mount it directly at
+# /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml. The included docker-compose.yaml does this
+# for you.
+#
+# Targets:
+# - envoy:9901      Envoy admin → envoy_cluster_*, envoy_http_*, envoy_server_*.
+# - brightstaff:9092  Native dataplane → brightstaff_http_*, brightstaff_llm_*,
+#                     brightstaff_router_*, process_*.
+#
+# Hostname `host.docker.internal` works on Docker Desktop (Mac/Win) and on
+# Linux when the container is started with `--add-host=host.docker.internal:
+# host-gateway` (the included compose does this). If Plano runs *inside*
+# Docker on the same network as Prometheus, replace it with the container
+# name (e.g. `plano:9092`).
+#
+# This file is unrelated to demos/llm_routing/model_routing_service/prometheus.yaml,
+# which scrapes a fake metrics service to feed the routing engine.
+
+global:
+  scrape_interval: 15s
+  scrape_timeout: 10s
+  evaluation_interval: 15s
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: envoy
+    honor_timestamps: true
+    metrics_path: /stats
+    params:
+      format: ["prometheus"]
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - host.docker.internal:9901
+        labels:
+          service: plano
+
+  - job_name: brightstaff
+    honor_timestamps: true
+    metrics_path: /metrics
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - host.docker.internal:9092
+        labels:
+          service: plano
diff --git a/config/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/brightstaff.yaml b/config/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/brightstaff.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..271e4a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/brightstaff.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Auto-load the brightstaff dashboard JSON on Grafana startup.
+
+apiVersion: 1
+
+providers:
+  - name: brightstaff
+    orgId: 1
+    folder: Plano
+    type: file
+    disableDeletion: false
+    updateIntervalSeconds: 30
+    allowUiUpdates: true
+    options:
+      path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
+      foldersFromFilesStructure: false
diff --git a/config/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yaml b/config/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e3170ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Auto-provision the Prometheus datasource so the bundled dashboard wires up
+# without any clicks. The `uid: DS_PROMETHEUS` matches the templated input in
+# brightstaff_dashboard.json.
+
+apiVersion: 1
+
+datasources:
+  - name: Prometheus
+    uid: DS_PROMETHEUS
+    type: prometheus
+    access: proxy
+    url: http://prometheus:9090
+    isDefault: true
+    editable: true
diff --git a/crates/Cargo.lock b/crates/Cargo.lock
index e07b47ee..56fc260c 100644
--- a/crates/Cargo.lock
+++ b/crates/Cargo.lock
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ version = "0.3.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8fd72866655d1904d6b0997d0b07ba561047d070fbe29de039031c641b61217"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a15f179cd60c4584b8a8c596927aadc462e27f2ca70c04e0071964a73ba7a75"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.4"
@@ -257,6 +269,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "vsimd",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bindgen"
+version = "0.72.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "993776b509cfb49c750f11b8f07a46fa23e0a1386ffc01fb1e7d343efc387895"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cexpr",
+ "clang-sys",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc-hash 2.1.2",
+ "shlex",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-set"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -316,6 +346,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper 1.9.0",
  "hyper-util",
  "lru",
+ "metrics 0.23.1",
+ "metrics-exporter-prometheus",
+ "metrics-process",
  "mockito",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-http",
@@ -391,6 +424,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cexpr"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -428,6 +470,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clang-sys"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b023947811758c97c59bf9d1c188fd619ad4718dcaa767947df1cadb14f39f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "libc",
+ "libloading",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cmov"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -574,6 +627,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.9.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b82ac4a3c2ca9c3460964f020e1402edd5753411d7737aa39c3714ad1b5420e"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d0a5c400df2834b80a4c3327b3aad3a4c4cd4de0629063962b03235697506a28"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -1070,6 +1138,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasip3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0cc23270f6e1808e30a928bdc84dea0b9b4136a8bc82338574f23baf47bbd280"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "governor"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -1128,7 +1202,7 @@ version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e91b62f79061a0bc2e046024cb7ba44b08419ed238ecbd9adbd787434b9e8c25"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash",
+ "ahash 0.3.8",
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
@@ -1138,6 +1212,15 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.12",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.5"
@@ -1189,6 +1272,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc0fef456e4baa96da950455cd02c081ca953b141298e41db3fc7e36b1da849c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -1665,6 +1754,27 @@ version = "0.2.185"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "52ff2c0fe9bc6cb6b14a0592c2ff4fa9ceb83eea9db979b0487cd054946a2b8f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d7c4b02199fee7c5d21a5ae7d8cfa79a6ef5bb2fc834d6e9058e89c825efdc55"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libproc"
+version = "0.14.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a54ad7278b8bc5301d5ffd2a94251c004feb971feba96c971ea4063645990757"
+dependencies = [
+ "bindgen",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.16"
@@ -1745,6 +1855,12 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "112b39cec0b298b6c1999fee3e31427f74f676e4cb9879ed1a121b43661a4154"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mach2"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dae608c151f68243f2b000364e1f7b186d9c29845f7d2d85bd31b9ad77ad552b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -1782,6 +1898,77 @@ version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8ca58f447f06ed17d5fc4043ce1b10dd205e060fb3ce5b979b8ed8e59ff3f79"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "metrics"
+version = "0.23.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3045b4193fbdc5b5681f32f11070da9be3609f189a79f3390706d42587f46bb5"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.12",
+ "portable-atomic",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "metrics"
+version = "0.24.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d5312e9ba3771cfa961b585728215e3d972c950a3eed9252aa093d6301277e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.12",
+ "portable-atomic",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "metrics-exporter-prometheus"
+version = "0.15.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4f0c8427b39666bf970460908b213ec09b3b350f20c0c2eabcbba51704a08e6"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.9.0",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "indexmap 2.14.0",
+ "ipnet",
+ "metrics 0.23.1",
+ "metrics-util",
+ "quanta",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "metrics-process"
+version = "2.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4268d87f64a752f5a651314fc683f04da10be65701ea3e721ba4d74f79163cac"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "libproc",
+ "mach2",
+ "metrics 0.24.3",
+ "once_cell",
+ "procfs",
+ "rlimit",
+ "windows",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "metrics-util"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4259040465c955f9f2f1a4a8a16dc46726169bca0f88e8fb2dbeced487c3e828"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "metrics 0.23.1",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "quanta",
+ "sketches-ddsketch",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -1935,6 +2122,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91df4bbde75afed763b708b7eee1e8e7651e02d97f6d5dd763e89367e957b23b"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "objc2-core-foundation"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -2278,6 +2475,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "procfs"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25485360a54d6861439d60facef26de713b1e126bf015ec8f98239467a2b82f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "procfs-core",
+ "rustix",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "procfs-core"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6401bf7b6af22f78b563665d15a22e9aef27775b79b149a66ca022468a4e405"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "hex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prompt_gateway"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2333,6 +2551,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quanta"
+version = "0.12.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3ab5a9d756f0d97bdc89019bd2e4ea098cf9cde50ee7564dde6b81ccc8f06c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "raw-cpuid",
+ "wasi 0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn"
 version = "0.11.9"
@@ -2485,6 +2718,15 @@ version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "63b8176103e19a2643978565ca18b50549f6101881c443590420e4dc998a3c69"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "raw-cpuid"
+version = "11.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "498cd0dc59d73224351ee52a95fee0f1a617a2eae0e7d9d720cc622c73a54186"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redis"
 version = "0.27.6"
@@ -2646,6 +2888,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rlimit"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f35ee2729c56bb610f6dba436bf78135f728b7373bdffae2ec815b2d3eb98cc3"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -3098,6 +3349,12 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b2aa850e253778c88a04c3d7323b043aeda9d3e30d5971937c1855769763678e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sketches-ddsketch"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85636c14b73d81f541e525f585c0a2109e6744e1565b5c1668e31c70c10ed65c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.12"
@@ -4003,6 +4260,49 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.62.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "527fadee13e0c05939a6a05d5bd6eec6cd2e3dbd648b9f8e447c6518133d8580"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-collections",
+ "windows-core",
+ "windows-future",
+ "windows-numerics",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-collections"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23b2d95af1a8a14a3c7367e1ed4fc9c20e0a26e79551b1454d72583c97cc6610"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.62.2"
@@ -4016,6 +4316,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-strings",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-future"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1d6f90251fe18a279739e78025bd6ddc52a7e22f921070ccdc67dde84c605cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core",
+ "windows-link",
+ "windows-threading",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-implement"
 version = "0.60.2"
@@ -4044,6 +4355,16 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-numerics"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e2e40844ac143cdb44aead537bbf727de9b044e107a0f1220392177d15b0f26"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core",
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-registry"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -4133,6 +4454,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.53.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-threading"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3949bd5b99cafdf1c7ca86b43ca564028dfe27d66958f2470940f73d86d75b37"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/Cargo.toml b/crates/brightstaff/Cargo.toml
index f88ed918..b9718e44 100644
--- a/crates/brightstaff/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.31", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.1"
 rand = "0.9.2"
 lru = "0.12"
+metrics = "0.23"
+metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.15", default-features = false, features = ["http-listener"] }
+metrics-process = "2.1"
 redis = { version = "0.27", features = ["tokio-comp"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.15", features = ["stream"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/llm/mod.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/llm/mod.rs
index 719c048d..94930caa 100644
--- a/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/llm/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/llm/mod.rs
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ use crate::app_state::AppState;
 use crate::handlers::agents::pipeline::PipelineProcessor;
 use crate::handlers::extract_request_id;
 use crate::handlers::full;
+use crate::metrics as bs_metrics;
 use crate::state::response_state_processor::ResponsesStateProcessor;
 use crate::state::{
     extract_input_items, retrieve_and_combine_input, StateStorage, StateStorageError,
 };
 use crate::streaming::{
     create_streaming_response, create_streaming_response_with_output_filter, truncate_message,
-    ObservableStreamProcessor, StreamProcessor,
+    LlmMetricsCtx, ObservableStreamProcessor, StreamProcessor,
 };
 use crate::tracing::{
     collect_custom_trace_attributes, llm as tracing_llm, operation_component,
@@ -686,6 +687,13 @@ async fn send_upstream(
 
     let request_start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
 
+    // Labels for LLM upstream metrics. We prefer `resolved_model` (post-routing)
+    // and derive the provider from its `provider/model` prefix. This matches the
+    // same model id the cost/latency router keys off.
+    let (metric_provider_raw, metric_model_raw) = bs_metrics::split_provider_model(resolved_model);
+    let metric_provider = metric_provider_raw.to_string();
+    let metric_model = metric_model_raw.to_string();
+
     let llm_response = match http_client
         .post(upstream_url)
         .headers(request_headers.clone())
@@ -695,6 +703,14 @@ async fn send_upstream(
     {
         Ok(res) => res,
         Err(err) => {
+            let err_class = bs_metrics::llm_error_class_from_reqwest(&err);
+            bs_metrics::record_llm_upstream(
+                &metric_provider,
+                &metric_model,
+                0,
+                err_class,
+                request_start_time.elapsed(),
+            );
             let err_msg = format!("Failed to send request: {}", err);
             let mut internal_error = Response::new(full(err_msg));
             *internal_error.status_mut() = StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
@@ -750,7 +766,12 @@ async fn send_upstream(
         span_name,
         request_start_time,
         messages_for_signals,
-    );
+    )
+    .with_llm_metrics(LlmMetricsCtx {
+        provider: metric_provider.clone(),
+        model: metric_model.clone(),
+        upstream_status: upstream_status.as_u16(),
+    });
 
     let output_filter_request_headers = if filter_pipeline.has_output_filters() {
         Some(request_headers.clone())
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/llm/model_selection.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/llm/model_selection.rs
index 1b4315e7..a1378d86 100644
--- a/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/llm/model_selection.rs
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/llm/model_selection.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,24 @@ use hyper::StatusCode;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
 
+use crate::metrics as bs_metrics;
+use crate::metrics::labels as metric_labels;
 use crate::router::orchestrator::OrchestratorService;
 use crate::streaming::truncate_message;
 use crate::tracing::routing;
 
+/// Classify a request path (already stripped of `/agents` or `/routing` by
+/// the caller) into the fixed `route` label used on routing metrics.
+fn route_label_for_path(request_path: &str) -> &'static str {
+    if request_path.starts_with("/agents") {
+        metric_labels::ROUTE_AGENT
+    } else if request_path.starts_with("/routing") {
+        metric_labels::ROUTE_ROUTING
+    } else {
+        metric_labels::ROUTE_LLM
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct RoutingResult {
     /// Primary model to use (first in the ranked list).
     pub model_name: String,
@@ -106,15 +120,23 @@ pub async fn router_chat_get_upstream_model(
         )
         .await;
 
-    let determination_ms = routing_start_time.elapsed().as_millis() as i64;
+    let determination_elapsed = routing_start_time.elapsed();
+    let determination_ms = determination_elapsed.as_millis() as i64;
     let current_span = tracing::Span::current();
     current_span.record(routing::ROUTE_DETERMINATION_MS, determination_ms);
+    let route_label = route_label_for_path(request_path);
 
     match routing_result {
         Ok(route) => match route {
             Some((route_name, ranked_models)) => {
                 let model_name = ranked_models.first().cloned().unwrap_or_default();
                 current_span.record("route.selected_model", model_name.as_str());
+                bs_metrics::record_router_decision(
+                    route_label,
+                    &model_name,
+                    false,
+                    determination_elapsed,
+                );
                 Ok(RoutingResult {
                     model_name,
                     models: ranked_models,
@@ -126,6 +148,12 @@ pub async fn router_chat_get_upstream_model(
                 // This signals to llm.rs to use the original validated request model
                 current_span.record("route.selected_model", "none");
                 info!("no route determined, using default model");
+                bs_metrics::record_router_decision(
+                    route_label,
+                    "none",
+                    true,
+                    determination_elapsed,
+                );
 
                 Ok(RoutingResult {
                     model_name: "none".to_string(),
@@ -136,6 +164,7 @@ pub async fn router_chat_get_upstream_model(
         },
         Err(err) => {
             current_span.record("route.selected_model", "unknown");
+            bs_metrics::record_router_decision(route_label, "unknown", true, determination_elapsed);
             Err(RoutingError::internal_error(format!(
                 "Failed to determine route: {}",
                 err
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/routing_service.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/routing_service.rs
index 5fc0d3b9..b93b1422 100644
--- a/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/routing_service.rs
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/handlers/routing_service.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use tracing::{debug, info, info_span, warn, Instrument};
 
 use super::extract_or_generate_traceparent;
 use crate::handlers::llm::model_selection::router_chat_get_upstream_model;
+use crate::metrics as bs_metrics;
+use crate::metrics::labels as metric_labels;
 use crate::router::orchestrator::OrchestratorService;
 use crate::tracing::{collect_custom_trace_attributes, operation_component, set_service_name};
 
@@ -230,6 +232,17 @@ async fn routing_decision_inner(
                 pinned: false,
             };
 
+            // Distinguish "decision served" (a concrete model picked) from
+            // "no_candidates" (the sentinel "none" returned when nothing
+            // matched). The handler still responds 200 in both cases, so RED
+            // metrics alone can't tell them apart.
+            let outcome = if response.models.first().map(|m| m == "none").unwrap_or(true) {
+                metric_labels::ROUTING_SVC_NO_CANDIDATES
+            } else {
+                metric_labels::ROUTING_SVC_DECISION_SERVED
+            };
+            bs_metrics::record_routing_service_outcome(outcome);
+
             info!(
                 primary_model = %response.models.first().map(|s| s.as_str()).unwrap_or("none"),
                 total_models = response.models.len(),
@@ -249,6 +262,7 @@ async fn routing_decision_inner(
                 .unwrap())
         }
         Err(err) => {
+            bs_metrics::record_routing_service_outcome(metric_labels::ROUTING_SVC_POLICY_ERROR);
             warn!(error = %err.message, "routing decision failed");
             Ok(BrightStaffError::InternalServerError(err.message).into_response())
         }
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/lib.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/lib.rs
index a0ba5f43..66c6eadf 100644
--- a/crates/brightstaff/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod app_state;
 pub mod handlers;
+pub mod metrics;
 pub mod router;
 pub mod session_cache;
 pub mod signals;
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/main.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/main.rs
index 40ac429d..80e03b4b 100644
--- a/crates/brightstaff/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use brightstaff::handlers::function_calling::function_calling_chat_handler;
 use brightstaff::handlers::llm::llm_chat;
 use brightstaff::handlers::models::list_models;
 use brightstaff::handlers::routing_service::routing_decision;
+use brightstaff::metrics as bs_metrics;
+use brightstaff::metrics::labels as metric_labels;
 use brightstaff::router::model_metrics::ModelMetricsService;
 use brightstaff::router::orchestrator::OrchestratorService;
 use brightstaff::session_cache::init_session_cache;
@@ -384,10 +386,79 @@ async fn init_state_storage(
 // Request routing
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/// Normalized method label — limited set so we never emit a free-form string.
+fn method_label(method: &Method) -> &'static str {
+    match *method {
+        Method::GET => "GET",
+        Method::POST => "POST",
+        Method::PUT => "PUT",
+        Method::DELETE => "DELETE",
+        Method::PATCH => "PATCH",
+        Method::HEAD => "HEAD",
+        Method::OPTIONS => "OPTIONS",
+        _ => "OTHER",
+    }
+}
+
+/// Compute the fixed `handler` metric label from the request's path+method.
+/// Returning `None` for fall-through means `route()` will hand the request to
+/// the catch-all 404 branch.
+fn handler_label_for(method: &Method, path: &str) -> &'static str {
+    if let Some(stripped) = path.strip_prefix("/agents") {
+        if matches!(
+            stripped,
+            CHAT_COMPLETIONS_PATH | MESSAGES_PATH | OPENAI_RESPONSES_API_PATH
+        ) {
+            return metric_labels::HANDLER_AGENT_CHAT;
+        }
+    }
+    if let Some(stripped) = path.strip_prefix("/routing") {
+        if matches!(
+            stripped,
+            CHAT_COMPLETIONS_PATH | MESSAGES_PATH | OPENAI_RESPONSES_API_PATH
+        ) {
+            return metric_labels::HANDLER_ROUTING_DECISION;
+        }
+    }
+    match (method, path) {
+        (&Method::POST, CHAT_COMPLETIONS_PATH | MESSAGES_PATH | OPENAI_RESPONSES_API_PATH) => {
+            metric_labels::HANDLER_LLM_CHAT
+        }
+        (&Method::POST, "/function_calling") => metric_labels::HANDLER_FUNCTION_CALLING,
+        (&Method::GET, "/v1/models" | "/agents/v1/models") => metric_labels::HANDLER_LIST_MODELS,
+        (&Method::OPTIONS, "/v1/models" | "/agents/v1/models") => {
+            metric_labels::HANDLER_CORS_PREFLIGHT
+        }
+        _ => metric_labels::HANDLER_NOT_FOUND,
+    }
+}
+
 /// Route an incoming HTTP request to the appropriate handler.
 async fn route(
     req: Request<Incoming>,
     state: Arc<AppState>,
+) -> Result<Response<BoxBody<Bytes, hyper::Error>>, hyper::Error> {
+    let handler = handler_label_for(req.method(), req.uri().path());
+    let method = method_label(req.method());
+    let started = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let _in_flight = bs_metrics::InFlightGuard::new(handler);
+
+    let result = dispatch(req, state).await;
+
+    let status = match &result {
+        Ok(resp) => resp.status().as_u16(),
+        // hyper::Error here means the body couldn't be produced; conventionally 500.
+        Err(_) => 500,
+    };
+    bs_metrics::record_http(handler, method, status, started);
+    result
+}
+
+/// Inner dispatcher split out so `route()` can wrap it with metrics without
+/// duplicating the match tree.
+async fn dispatch(
+    req: Request<Incoming>,
+    state: Arc<AppState>,
 ) -> Result<Response<BoxBody<Bytes, hyper::Error>>, hyper::Error> {
     let parent_cx = global::get_text_map_propagator(|p| p.extract(&HeaderExtractor(req.headers())));
     let path = req.uri().path().to_string();
@@ -503,6 +574,7 @@ async fn run_server(state: Arc<AppState>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
     let config = load_config()?;
     let _tracer_provider = init_tracer(config.tracing.as_ref());
+    bs_metrics::init();
     info!("loaded plano_config.yaml");
     let state = Arc::new(init_app_state(&config).await?);
     run_server(state).await
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/metrics/labels.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/metrics/labels.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4eaf3e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/metrics/labels.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//! Fixed label-value constants so callers never emit free-form strings
+//! (which would blow up cardinality).
+
+// Handler enum — derived from the path+method match in `route()`.
+pub const HANDLER_AGENT_CHAT: &str = "agent_chat";
+pub const HANDLER_ROUTING_DECISION: &str = "routing_decision";
+pub const HANDLER_LLM_CHAT: &str = "llm_chat";
+pub const HANDLER_FUNCTION_CALLING: &str = "function_calling";
+pub const HANDLER_LIST_MODELS: &str = "list_models";
+pub const HANDLER_CORS_PREFLIGHT: &str = "cors_preflight";
+pub const HANDLER_NOT_FOUND: &str = "not_found";
+
+// Router "route" class — which brightstaff endpoint prompted the decision.
+pub const ROUTE_AGENT: &str = "agent";
+pub const ROUTE_ROUTING: &str = "routing";
+pub const ROUTE_LLM: &str = "llm";
+
+// Token kind for brightstaff_llm_tokens_total.
+pub const TOKEN_KIND_PROMPT: &str = "prompt";
+pub const TOKEN_KIND_COMPLETION: &str = "completion";
+
+// LLM error_class values (match docstring in metrics/mod.rs).
+pub const LLM_ERR_NONE: &str = "none";
+pub const LLM_ERR_TIMEOUT: &str = "timeout";
+pub const LLM_ERR_CONNECT: &str = "connect";
+pub const LLM_ERR_PARSE: &str = "parse";
+pub const LLM_ERR_OTHER: &str = "other";
+pub const LLM_ERR_STREAM: &str = "stream";
+
+// Routing service outcome values.
+pub const ROUTING_SVC_DECISION_SERVED: &str = "decision_served";
+pub const ROUTING_SVC_NO_CANDIDATES: &str = "no_candidates";
+pub const ROUTING_SVC_POLICY_ERROR: &str = "policy_error";
+
+// Session cache outcome values.
+pub const SESSION_CACHE_HIT: &str = "hit";
+pub const SESSION_CACHE_MISS: &str = "miss";
+pub const SESSION_CACHE_STORE: &str = "store";
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/metrics/mod.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/metrics/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34679cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/metrics/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+//! Prometheus metrics for brightstaff.
+//!
+//! Installs the `metrics` global recorder backed by
+//! `metrics-exporter-prometheus` and exposes a `/metrics` HTTP endpoint on a
+//! dedicated admin port (default `0.0.0.0:9092`, overridable via
+//! `METRICS_BIND_ADDRESS`).
+//!
+//! Emitted metric families (see `describe_all` for full list):
+//! - HTTP RED: `brightstaff_http_requests_total`,
+//!   `brightstaff_http_request_duration_seconds`,
+//!   `brightstaff_http_in_flight_requests`.
+//! - LLM upstream: `brightstaff_llm_upstream_requests_total`,
+//!   `brightstaff_llm_upstream_duration_seconds`,
+//!   `brightstaff_llm_time_to_first_token_seconds`,
+//!   `brightstaff_llm_tokens_total`,
+//!   `brightstaff_llm_tokens_usage_missing_total`.
+//! - Routing: `brightstaff_router_decisions_total`,
+//!   `brightstaff_router_decision_duration_seconds`,
+//!   `brightstaff_routing_service_requests_total`,
+//!   `brightstaff_session_cache_events_total`.
+//! - Process: via `metrics-process`.
+//! - Build: `brightstaff_build_info`.
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use metrics::{counter, describe_counter, describe_gauge, describe_histogram, gauge, histogram};
+use metrics_exporter_prometheus::{Matcher, PrometheusBuilder};
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+pub mod labels;
+
+/// Guard flag so tests don't re-install the global recorder.
+static INIT: OnceLock<()> = OnceLock::new();
+
+const DEFAULT_METRICS_BIND: &str = "0.0.0.0:9092";
+
+/// HTTP request duration buckets (seconds). Capped at 60s.
+const HTTP_BUCKETS: &[f64] = &[
+    0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 30.0, 60.0,
+];
+
+/// LLM upstream / TTFT buckets (seconds). Capped at 120s because provider
+/// completions routinely run that long.
+const LLM_BUCKETS: &[f64] = &[0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 30.0, 60.0, 120.0];
+
+/// Router decision buckets (seconds). The orchestrator call itself is usually
+/// sub-second but bucketed generously in case of upstream slowness.
+const ROUTER_BUCKETS: &[f64] = &[
+    0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 30.0,
+];
+
+/// Install the global recorder and spawn the `/metrics` HTTP listener.
+///
+/// Safe to call more than once; subsequent calls are no-ops so tests that
+/// construct their own recorder still work.
+pub fn init() {
+    if INIT.get().is_some() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let bind: SocketAddr = std::env::var("METRICS_BIND_ADDRESS")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_METRICS_BIND.to_string())
+        .parse()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+            warn!(error = %err, default = DEFAULT_METRICS_BIND, "invalid METRICS_BIND_ADDRESS, falling back to default");
+            DEFAULT_METRICS_BIND.parse().expect("default bind parses")
+        });
+
+    let builder = PrometheusBuilder::new()
+        .with_http_listener(bind)
+        .set_buckets_for_metric(
+            Matcher::Full("brightstaff_http_request_duration_seconds".to_string()),
+            HTTP_BUCKETS,
+        )
+        .and_then(|b| {
+            b.set_buckets_for_metric(Matcher::Prefix("brightstaff_llm_".to_string()), LLM_BUCKETS)
+        })
+        .and_then(|b| {
+            b.set_buckets_for_metric(
+                Matcher::Full("brightstaff_router_decision_duration_seconds".to_string()),
+                ROUTER_BUCKETS,
+            )
+        });
+
+    let builder = match builder {
+        Ok(b) => b,
+        Err(err) => {
+            warn!(error = %err, "failed to configure metrics buckets, using defaults");
+            PrometheusBuilder::new().with_http_listener(bind)
+        }
+    };
+
+    if let Err(err) = builder.install() {
+        warn!(error = %err, "failed to install Prometheus recorder; metrics disabled");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let _ = INIT.set(());
+
+    describe_all();
+    emit_build_info();
+
+    // Register process-level collector (RSS, CPU, FDs).
+    let collector = metrics_process::Collector::default();
+    collector.describe();
+    // Prime once at startup; subsequent scrapes refresh via the exporter's
+    // per-scrape render, so we additionally refresh on a short interval to
+    // keep gauges moving between scrapes without requiring client pull.
+    collector.collect();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut tick = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(10));
+        tick.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Skip);
+        loop {
+            tick.tick().await;
+            collector.collect();
+        }
+    });
+
+    info!(address = %bind, "metrics listener started");
+}
+
+fn describe_all() {
+    describe_counter!(
+        "brightstaff_http_requests_total",
+        "Total HTTP requests served by brightstaff, by handler and status class."
+    );
+    describe_histogram!(
+        "brightstaff_http_request_duration_seconds",
+        "Wall-clock duration of HTTP requests served by brightstaff, by handler."
+    );
+    describe_gauge!(
+        "brightstaff_http_in_flight_requests",
+        "Number of HTTP requests currently being served by brightstaff, by handler."
+    );
+
+    describe_counter!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_upstream_requests_total",
+        "LLM upstream request outcomes, by provider, model, status class and error class."
+    );
+    describe_histogram!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_upstream_duration_seconds",
+        "Wall-clock duration of LLM upstream calls (stream close for streaming), by provider and model."
+    );
+    describe_histogram!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_time_to_first_token_seconds",
+        "Time from request start to first streamed byte, by provider and model (streaming only)."
+    );
+    describe_counter!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_tokens_total",
+        "Tokens reported in the provider `usage` field, by provider, model and kind (prompt/completion)."
+    );
+    describe_counter!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_tokens_usage_missing_total",
+        "LLM responses that completed without a usable `usage` block (so token counts are unknown)."
+    );
+
+    describe_counter!(
+        "brightstaff_router_decisions_total",
+        "Routing decisions made by the orchestrator, by route, selected model, and whether a fallback was used."
+    );
+    describe_histogram!(
+        "brightstaff_router_decision_duration_seconds",
+        "Time spent in the orchestrator deciding a route, by route."
+    );
+    describe_counter!(
+        "brightstaff_routing_service_requests_total",
+        "Outcomes of /routing/* decision requests: decision_served, no_candidates, policy_error."
+    );
+    describe_counter!(
+        "brightstaff_session_cache_events_total",
+        "Session affinity cache lookups and stores, by outcome."
+    );
+
+    describe_gauge!(
+        "brightstaff_build_info",
+        "Build metadata. Always 1; labels carry version and git SHA."
+    );
+}
+
+fn emit_build_info() {
+    let version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+    let git_sha = option_env!("GIT_SHA").unwrap_or("unknown");
+    gauge!(
+        "brightstaff_build_info",
+        "version" => version.to_string(),
+        "git_sha" => git_sha.to_string(),
+    )
+    .set(1.0);
+}
+
+/// Split a provider-qualified model id like `"openai/gpt-4o"` into
+/// `(provider, model)`. Returns `("unknown", raw)` when there is no `/`.
+pub fn split_provider_model(full: &str) -> (&str, &str) {
+    match full.split_once('/') {
+        Some((p, m)) => (p, m),
+        None => ("unknown", full),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Bucket an HTTP status code into `"2xx"` / `"4xx"` / `"5xx"` / `"1xx"` / `"3xx"`.
+pub fn status_class(status: u16) -> &'static str {
+    match status {
+        100..=199 => "1xx",
+        200..=299 => "2xx",
+        300..=399 => "3xx",
+        400..=499 => "4xx",
+        500..=599 => "5xx",
+        _ => "other",
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// HTTP RED helpers
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// RAII guard that increments the in-flight gauge on construction and
+/// decrements on drop. Pair with [`HttpTimer`] in the `route()` wrapper so the
+/// gauge drops even on error paths.
+pub struct InFlightGuard {
+    handler: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl InFlightGuard {
+    pub fn new(handler: &'static str) -> Self {
+        gauge!(
+            "brightstaff_http_in_flight_requests",
+            "handler" => handler,
+        )
+        .increment(1.0);
+        Self { handler }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for InFlightGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        gauge!(
+            "brightstaff_http_in_flight_requests",
+            "handler" => self.handler,
+        )
+        .decrement(1.0);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Record the HTTP request counter + duration histogram.
+pub fn record_http(handler: &'static str, method: &'static str, status: u16, started: Instant) {
+    let class = status_class(status);
+    counter!(
+        "brightstaff_http_requests_total",
+        "handler" => handler,
+        "method" => method,
+        "status_class" => class,
+    )
+    .increment(1);
+    histogram!(
+        "brightstaff_http_request_duration_seconds",
+        "handler" => handler,
+    )
+    .record(started.elapsed().as_secs_f64());
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// LLM upstream helpers
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Classify an outcome of an LLM upstream call for the `error_class` label.
+pub fn llm_error_class_from_reqwest(err: &reqwest::Error) -> &'static str {
+    if err.is_timeout() {
+        "timeout"
+    } else if err.is_connect() {
+        "connect"
+    } else if err.is_decode() {
+        "parse"
+    } else {
+        "other"
+    }
+}
+
+/// Record the outcome of an LLM upstream call. `status` is the HTTP status
+/// the upstream returned (0 if the call never produced one, e.g. send failure).
+/// `error_class` is `"none"` on success, or a discriminated error label.
+pub fn record_llm_upstream(
+    provider: &str,
+    model: &str,
+    status: u16,
+    error_class: &str,
+    duration: Duration,
+) {
+    let class = if status == 0 {
+        "error"
+    } else {
+        status_class(status)
+    };
+    counter!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_upstream_requests_total",
+        "provider" => provider.to_string(),
+        "model" => model.to_string(),
+        "status_class" => class,
+        "error_class" => error_class.to_string(),
+    )
+    .increment(1);
+    histogram!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_upstream_duration_seconds",
+        "provider" => provider.to_string(),
+        "model" => model.to_string(),
+    )
+    .record(duration.as_secs_f64());
+}
+
+pub fn record_llm_ttft(provider: &str, model: &str, ttft: Duration) {
+    histogram!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_time_to_first_token_seconds",
+        "provider" => provider.to_string(),
+        "model" => model.to_string(),
+    )
+    .record(ttft.as_secs_f64());
+}
+
+pub fn record_llm_tokens(provider: &str, model: &str, kind: &'static str, count: u64) {
+    counter!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_tokens_total",
+        "provider" => provider.to_string(),
+        "model" => model.to_string(),
+        "kind" => kind,
+    )
+    .increment(count);
+}
+
+pub fn record_llm_tokens_usage_missing(provider: &str, model: &str) {
+    counter!(
+        "brightstaff_llm_tokens_usage_missing_total",
+        "provider" => provider.to_string(),
+        "model" => model.to_string(),
+    )
+    .increment(1);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Router helpers
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+pub fn record_router_decision(
+    route: &'static str,
+    selected_model: &str,
+    fallback: bool,
+    duration: Duration,
+) {
+    counter!(
+        "brightstaff_router_decisions_total",
+        "route" => route,
+        "selected_model" => selected_model.to_string(),
+        "fallback" => if fallback { "true" } else { "false" },
+    )
+    .increment(1);
+    histogram!(
+        "brightstaff_router_decision_duration_seconds",
+        "route" => route,
+    )
+    .record(duration.as_secs_f64());
+}
+
+pub fn record_routing_service_outcome(outcome: &'static str) {
+    counter!(
+        "brightstaff_routing_service_requests_total",
+        "outcome" => outcome,
+    )
+    .increment(1);
+}
+
+pub fn record_session_cache_event(outcome: &'static str) {
+    counter!(
+        "brightstaff_session_cache_events_total",
+        "outcome" => outcome,
+    )
+    .increment(1);
+}
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/router/orchestrator.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/router/orchestrator.rs
index 7aaf70a2..2d7b25de 100644
--- a/crates/brightstaff/src/router/orchestrator.rs
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/router/orchestrator.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ use super::http::{self, post_and_extract_content};
 use super::model_metrics::ModelMetricsService;
 use super::orchestrator_model::OrchestratorModel;
 
+use crate::metrics as bs_metrics;
+use crate::metrics::labels as metric_labels;
 use crate::router::orchestrator_model_v1;
 use crate::session_cache::SessionCache;
 
@@ -130,7 +132,13 @@ impl OrchestratorService {
         tenant_id: Option<&str>,
     ) -> Option<CachedRoute> {
         let cache = self.session_cache.as_ref()?;
-        cache.get(&Self::session_key(tenant_id, session_id)).await
+        let result = cache.get(&Self::session_key(tenant_id, session_id)).await;
+        bs_metrics::record_session_cache_event(if result.is_some() {
+            metric_labels::SESSION_CACHE_HIT
+        } else {
+            metric_labels::SESSION_CACHE_MISS
+        });
+        result
     }
 
     pub async fn cache_route(
@@ -151,6 +159,7 @@ impl OrchestratorService {
                     self.session_ttl,
                 )
                 .await;
+            bs_metrics::record_session_cache_event(metric_labels::SESSION_CACHE_STORE);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/brightstaff/src/streaming.rs b/crates/brightstaff/src/streaming.rs
index 40cbbe7c..8a0f414b 100644
--- a/crates/brightstaff/src/streaming.rs
+++ b/crates/brightstaff/src/streaming.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const STREAM_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 16;
 /// Most chat responses are well under this; pathological ones are dropped without
 /// affecting pass-through streaming to the client.
 const USAGE_BUFFER_MAX: usize = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
+use crate::metrics as bs_metrics;
+use crate::metrics::labels as metric_labels;
 use crate::signals::{InteractionQuality, SignalAnalyzer, TextBasedSignalAnalyzer, FLAG_MARKER};
 use crate::tracing::{llm, set_service_name, signals as signal_constants};
 use hermesllm::apis::openai::Message;
@@ -172,6 +174,18 @@ impl StreamProcessor for Box<dyn StreamProcessor> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Optional Prometheus-metric context for an LLM upstream call. When present,
+/// [`ObservableStreamProcessor`] emits `brightstaff_llm_*` metrics at
+/// first-byte / complete / error callbacks.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct LlmMetricsCtx {
+    pub provider: String,
+    pub model: String,
+    /// HTTP status of the upstream response. Used to pick `status_class` and
+    /// `error_class` on `on_complete`.
+    pub upstream_status: u16,
+}
+
 /// A processor that tracks streaming metrics
 pub struct ObservableStreamProcessor {
     service_name: String,
@@ -185,6 +199,8 @@ pub struct ObservableStreamProcessor {
     /// on `on_complete`. Capped at `USAGE_BUFFER_MAX`; excess chunks are dropped
     /// from the buffer (they still pass through to the client).
     response_buffer: Vec<u8>,
+    llm_metrics: Option<LlmMetricsCtx>,
+    metrics_recorded: bool,
 }
 
 impl ObservableStreamProcessor {
@@ -219,8 +235,17 @@ impl ObservableStreamProcessor {
             time_to_first_token: None,
             messages,
             response_buffer: Vec::new(),
+            llm_metrics: None,
+            metrics_recorded: false,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Attach LLM upstream metric context so the processor emits
+    /// `brightstaff_llm_*` metrics on first-byte / complete / error.
+    pub fn with_llm_metrics(mut self, ctx: LlmMetricsCtx) -> Self {
+        self.llm_metrics = Some(ctx);
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl StreamProcessor for ObservableStreamProcessor {
@@ -240,7 +265,11 @@ impl StreamProcessor for ObservableStreamProcessor {
     fn on_first_bytes(&mut self) {
         // Record time to first token (only for streaming)
         if self.time_to_first_token.is_none() {
-            self.time_to_first_token = Some(self.start_time.elapsed().as_millis());
+            let elapsed = self.start_time.elapsed();
+            self.time_to_first_token = Some(elapsed.as_millis());
+            if let Some(ref ctx) = self.llm_metrics {
+                bs_metrics::record_llm_ttft(&ctx.provider, &ctx.model, elapsed);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -299,6 +328,39 @@ impl StreamProcessor for ObservableStreamProcessor {
                 otel_span.set_attribute(KeyValue::new(llm::MODEL_NAME, resolved));
             }
         }
+
+        // Emit LLM upstream prometheus metrics (duration + tokens) if wired.
+        // The upstream responded (we have a status), so status_class alone
+        // carries the non-2xx signal — error_class stays "none".
+        if let Some(ref ctx) = self.llm_metrics {
+            bs_metrics::record_llm_upstream(
+                &ctx.provider,
+                &ctx.model,
+                ctx.upstream_status,
+                metric_labels::LLM_ERR_NONE,
+                self.start_time.elapsed(),
+            );
+            if let Some(v) = usage.prompt_tokens {
+                bs_metrics::record_llm_tokens(
+                    &ctx.provider,
+                    &ctx.model,
+                    metric_labels::TOKEN_KIND_PROMPT,
+                    v.max(0) as u64,
+                );
+            }
+            if let Some(v) = usage.completion_tokens {
+                bs_metrics::record_llm_tokens(
+                    &ctx.provider,
+                    &ctx.model,
+                    metric_labels::TOKEN_KIND_COMPLETION,
+                    v.max(0) as u64,
+                );
+            }
+            if usage.prompt_tokens.is_none() && usage.completion_tokens.is_none() {
+                bs_metrics::record_llm_tokens_usage_missing(&ctx.provider, &ctx.model);
+            }
+            self.metrics_recorded = true;
+        }
         // Release the buffered bytes early; nothing downstream needs them.
         self.response_buffer.clear();
         self.response_buffer.shrink_to_fit();
@@ -396,6 +458,18 @@ impl StreamProcessor for ObservableStreamProcessor {
             duration_ms = self.start_time.elapsed().as_millis(),
             "stream error"
         );
+        if let Some(ref ctx) = self.llm_metrics {
+            if !self.metrics_recorded {
+                bs_metrics::record_llm_upstream(
+                    &ctx.provider,
+                    &ctx.model,
+                    ctx.upstream_status,
+                    metric_labels::LLM_ERR_STREAM,
+                    self.start_time.elapsed(),
+                );
+                self.metrics_recorded = true;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/source/guides/observability/monitoring.rst b/docs/source/guides/observability/monitoring.rst
index 736e0a64..d28d25ca 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/observability/monitoring.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/observability/monitoring.rst
@@ -75,3 +75,54 @@ are some sample configuration files for both, respectively.
         isDefault: true
         access: proxy
         editable: true
+
+Brightstaff metrics
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In addition to Envoy's stats on ``:9901``, the brightstaff dataplane
+process exposes its own Prometheus endpoint on ``0.0.0.0:9092`` (override
+with ``METRICS_BIND_ADDRESS``). It publishes:
+
+* HTTP RED — ``brightstaff_http_requests_total``,
+  ``brightstaff_http_request_duration_seconds``,
+  ``brightstaff_http_in_flight_requests`` (labels: ``handler``, ``method``,
+  ``status_class``).
+* LLM upstream — ``brightstaff_llm_upstream_requests_total``,
+  ``brightstaff_llm_upstream_duration_seconds``,
+  ``brightstaff_llm_time_to_first_token_seconds``,
+  ``brightstaff_llm_tokens_total`` (labels: ``provider``, ``model``,
+  ``error_class``, ``kind``).
+* Routing — ``brightstaff_router_decisions_total``,
+  ``brightstaff_router_decision_duration_seconds``,
+  ``brightstaff_routing_service_requests_total``,
+  ``brightstaff_session_cache_events_total``.
+* Process & build — ``process_resident_memory_bytes``,
+  ``process_cpu_seconds_total``, ``brightstaff_build_info``.
+
+A self-contained Prometheus + Grafana stack is shipped under
+``config/grafana/``. With Plano already running on the host, bring it up
+with one command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    cd config/grafana
+    docker compose up -d
+    open http://localhost:3000   # admin / admin (anonymous viewer also enabled)
+
+Grafana auto-loads the Prometheus datasource and the brightstaff
+dashboard (look under the *Plano* folder). Prometheus scrapes the host's
+``:9092`` and ``:9901`` via ``host.docker.internal``.
+
+Files:
+
+* ``config/grafana/docker-compose.yaml`` — one-command Prom + Grafana
+  stack with provisioning.
+* ``config/grafana/prometheus_scrape.yaml`` — complete Prometheus config
+  with ``envoy`` and ``brightstaff`` scrape jobs (mounted by the
+  compose).
+* ``config/grafana/brightstaff_dashboard.json`` — 19-panel dashboard
+  across HTTP RED, LLM upstream, Routing service, and Process & Envoy
+  link rows. Auto-provisioned by the compose; can also be imported by
+  hand via *Dashboards → New → Import*.
+* ``config/grafana/provisioning/`` — Grafana provisioning files for the
+  datasource and dashboard provider.