diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-dryers-thank.md b/.changeset/breezy-dryers-thank.md
index 22be92f530..317d2316b1 100644
--- a/.changeset/breezy-dryers-thank.md
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-dryers-thank.md
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 '@backstage/backend-tasks': patch
 ---
 
-Instrument `backend-tasks` with some counters and histograms for duration
+Instrument `backend-tasks` with some counters and histograms for duration.
+
+`backend_task_runs_total`: Counter with the total number of times a task has been run.
+`backend_task_run_duration`: Histogram with the run durations for each task.
+
+Both these metrics have come with `result` `taskId` and `scope` labels for finer grained grouping andd
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.ts
index 83acc9e972..9971d47ab6 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
 import { validateId } from './util';
 import { TaskFunction } from './types';
 import { metrics, Counter, Histogram } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+
 /**
  * Implements the actual task management.
  */
@@ -122,20 +123,24 @@ export class PluginTaskSchedulerImpl implements PluginTaskScheduler {
     opts: { labels: Record<string, string> },
   ): TaskFunction {
     return async abort => {
-      this.counter.add(1, { ...opts.labels, result: 'started' });
+      const labels = {
+        ...opts.labels,
+      };
+      this.counter.add(1, { ...labels, result: 'started' });
 
       const startTime = process.hrtime();
 
       try {
         await fn(abort);
-        this.counter.add(1, { ...opts.labels, result: 'completed' });
+        labels.result = 'completed';
       } catch (ex) {
-        this.counter.add(1, { ...opts.labels, result: 'failed' });
+        labels.result = 'failed';
         throw ex;
       } finally {
         const delta = process.hrtime(startTime);
         const endTime = delta[0] + delta[1] / 1e9;
-        this.duration.record(endTime, { ...opts.labels });
+        this.counter.add(1, labels);
+        this.duration.record(endTime, labels);
       }
     };
   }