diff --git a/.changeset/heavy-needles-poke.md b/.changeset/heavy-needles-poke.md
index 830533a8fb..91a98a9102 100644
--- a/.changeset/heavy-needles-poke.md
+++ b/.changeset/heavy-needles-poke.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 '@backstage/backend-defaults': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion': patch
 ---
 
-Add task scheduler metrics as two gauges that track the last start and end timestamps as epoch seconds.
+Add task metrics as two gauges that track the last start and end timestamps as epoch seconds.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/package.json b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/package.json
index d57b1c8f3f..a85e621015 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.3.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/engine/IncrementalIngestionEngine.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/engine/IncrementalIngestionEngine.ts
index 676a175074..e005d29292 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/engine/IncrementalIngestionEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/engine/IncrementalIngestionEngine.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { DeferredEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
+import { Gauge, metrics } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { IterationEngine, IterationEngineOptions } from '../types';
 import { IncrementalIngestionDatabaseManager } from '../database/IncrementalIngestionDatabaseManager';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
@@ -27,10 +28,14 @@ import { HumanDuration } from '@backstage/types';
 export class IncrementalIngestionEngine implements IterationEngine {
   private readonly restLength: Duration;
   private readonly backoff: HumanDuration[];
+  private readonly lastStarted: Gauge;
+  private readonly lastCompleted: Gauge;
 
   private manager: IncrementalIngestionDatabaseManager;
 
   constructor(private options: IterationEngineOptions) {
+    const meter = metrics.getMeter('default');
+
     this.manager = options.manager;
     this.restLength = Duration.fromObject(options.restLength);
     this.backoff = options.backoff ?? [
@@ -39,6 +44,23 @@ export class IncrementalIngestionEngine implements IterationEngine {
       { minutes: 30 },
       { hours: 3 },
     ];
+
+    this.lastStarted = meter.createGauge(
+      'catalog_incremental.ingestions.started',
+      {
+        description:
+          'Epoch timestamp seconds when the ingestion was last started',
+        unit: 'seconds',
+      },
+    );
+    this.lastCompleted = meter.createGauge(
+      'catalog_incremental.ingestions.completed',
+      {
+        description:
+          'Epoch timestamp seconds when the ingestion was last completed',
+        unit: 'seconds',
+      },
+    );
   }
 
   async taskFn(signal: AbortSignal) {
@@ -70,6 +92,9 @@ export class IncrementalIngestionEngine implements IterationEngine {
               `incremental-engine: Ingestion ${ingestionId} rest period complete. Ingestion will start again`,
             );
 
+            this.lastStarted.record(Date.now() / 1000, {
+              providerName: this.options.provider.getProviderName(),
+            });
             await this.manager.setProviderComplete(ingestionId);
           } else {
             this.options.logger.debug(
@@ -85,6 +110,10 @@ export class IncrementalIngestionEngine implements IterationEngine {
               this.options.logger.info(
                 `incremental-engine: Ingestion '${ingestionId}' complete, transitioning to rest period of ${this.restLength.toHuman()}`,
               );
+              this.lastCompleted.record(Date.now() / 1000, {
+                providerName: this.options.provider.getProviderName(),
+                status: 'completed',
+              });
               await this.manager.setProviderResting(
                 ingestionId,
                 this.restLength,
@@ -122,6 +151,10 @@ export class IncrementalIngestionEngine implements IterationEngine {
               this.options.logger.error(
                 `incremental-engine: Ingestion '${ingestionId}' threw an error during ingestion burst. Ingestion will backoff for ${currentBackoff.toHuman()} (${truncatedError})`,
               );
+              this.lastCompleted.record(Date.now() / 1000, {
+                providerName: this.options.provider.getProviderName(),
+                status: 'failed',
+              });
 
               await this.manager.setProviderBackoff(
                 ingestionId,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6e73a22735..4243a246da 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5955,6 +5955,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
+    "@opentelemetry/api": ^1.3.0
     "@types/express": ^4.17.6
     "@types/luxon": ^3.0.0
     express: ^4.17.1