diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_builtin_metrics.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_builtin_metrics.erl
index a47540360..8075238b3 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_builtin_metrics.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_builtin_metrics.erl
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@
 -module(emqx_ds_builtin_metrics).
 
 %% API:
--export([child_spec/0, init_for_db/1, init_for_shard/2]).
+-export([child_spec/0, init_for_db/1, shard_metric_id/2, init_for_shard/1]).
+-export([
+    inc_egress_batches/1,
+    inc_egress_batches_retry/1,
+    inc_egress_messages/2,
+    inc_egress_bytes/2,
+    observe_egress_flush_time/2
+]).
 
 %% behavior callbacks:
 -export([]).
@@ -24,7 +31,7 @@
 %% internal exports:
 -export([]).
 
--export_type([]).
+-export_type([shard_metrics_id/0]).
 
 %%================================================================================
 %% Type declarations
@@ -32,18 +39,17 @@
 
 -define(WORKER, ?MODULE).
 
--define(DB_METRICS,
-        [
+-define(DB_METRICS, []).
 
-        ]).
+-define(SHARD_METRICS, [
+    'egress.batches',
+    'egress.batches.retry',
+    'egress.messages',
+    'egress.bytes',
+    {slide, 'egress.flush_time'}
+]).
 
--define(SHARD_METRICS,
-        [
-         'egress.bytes',
-         'egress.batches',
-         'egress.messages',
-         {slide, 'egress.flush_time'}
-        ]).
+-type shard_metrics_id() :: binary().
 
 %%================================================================================
 %% API functions
@@ -57,18 +63,39 @@ child_spec() ->
 init_for_db(DB) ->
     emqx_metrics_worker:create_metrics(?WORKER, DB, ?DB_METRICS, []).
 
--spec init_for_shard(emqx_ds:db(), emqx_ds_replication_layer:shard_id()) -> ok.
-init_for_shard(DB, ShardId) ->
-    Id = iolist_to_binary([atom_to_list(DB), $/, ShardId]),
-    emqx_metrics_worker:create_metrics(?WORKER, Id, ?SHARD_METRICS, []).
+-spec shard_metric_id(emqx_ds:db(), emqx_ds_replication_layer:shard_id()) -> shard_metrics_id().
+shard_metric_id(DB, ShardId) ->
+    iolist_to_binary([atom_to_list(DB), $/, ShardId]).
 
-%%================================================================================
-%% behavior callbacks
-%%================================================================================
+-spec init_for_shard(shard_metrics_id()) -> ok.
+init_for_shard(ShardId) ->
+    emqx_metrics_worker:create_metrics(?WORKER, ShardId, ?SHARD_METRICS, []).
 
-%%================================================================================
-%% Internal exports
-%%================================================================================
+%% @doc Increase the number of successfully flushed batches
+-spec inc_egress_batches(shard_metrics_id()) -> ok.
+inc_egress_batches(Id) ->
+    emqx_metrics_worker:inc(?WORKER, Id, 'egress.batches').
+
+%% @doc Increase the number of time the egress worker had to retry
+%% flushing the batch
+-spec inc_egress_batches_retry(shard_metrics_id()) -> ok.
+inc_egress_batches_retry(Id) ->
+    emqx_metrics_worker:inc(?WORKER, Id, 'egress.batches.retry').
+
+%% @doc Increase the number of messages successfully saved to the shard
+-spec inc_egress_messages(shard_metrics_id(), non_neg_integer()) -> ok.
+inc_egress_messages(Id, NMessages) ->
+    emqx_metrics_worker:inc(?WORKER, Id, 'egress.messages', NMessages).
+
+%% @doc Increase the number of messages successfully saved to the shard
+-spec inc_egress_bytes(shard_metrics_id(), non_neg_integer()) -> ok.
+inc_egress_bytes(Id, NMessages) ->
+    emqx_metrics_worker:inc(?WORKER, Id, 'egress.bytes', NMessages).
+
+%% @doc Add a sample of time spent flushing the egress to the Raft log (in microseconds)
+-spec observe_egress_flush_time(shard_metrics_id(), non_neg_integer()) -> ok.
+observe_egress_flush_time(Id, FlushTime) ->
+    emqx_metrics_worker:observe(?WORKER, Id, 'egress.flush_time', FlushTime).
 
 %%================================================================================
 %% Internal functions
diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer_egress.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer_egress.erl
index 128aeb380..3f9188312 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer_egress.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer_egress.erl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 -export_type([]).
 
+-include_lib("emqx_utils/include/emqx_message.hrl").
 -include_lib("snabbkaffe/include/trace.hrl").
 
 %%================================================================================
@@ -49,8 +50,16 @@
 -define(via(DB, Shard), {via, gproc, {n, l, {?MODULE, DB, Shard}}}).
 -define(flush, flush).
 
--record(enqueue_req, {message :: emqx_types:message(), sync :: boolean()}).
--record(enqueue_atomic_req, {batch :: [emqx_types:message()], sync :: boolean()}).
+-record(enqueue_req, {
+    message :: emqx_types:message(),
+    sync :: boolean(),
+    payload_bytes :: non_neg_integer()
+}).
+-record(enqueue_atomic_req, {
+    batch :: [emqx_types:message()],
+    sync :: boolean(),
+    payload_bytes :: non_neg_integer()
+}).
 
 %%================================================================================
 %% API functions
@@ -73,7 +82,8 @@ store_batch(DB, Messages, Opts) ->
                         ?via(DB, Shard),
                         #enqueue_req{
                             message = Message,
-                            sync = Sync
+                            sync = Sync,
+                            payload_bytes = payload_size(Message)
                         },
                         infinity
                     )
@@ -83,11 +93,19 @@ store_batch(DB, Messages, Opts) ->
         true ->
             maps:foreach(
                 fun(Shard, Batch) ->
+                    PayloadBytes = lists:foldl(
+                        fun(Msg, Acc) ->
+                            Acc + payload_size(Msg)
+                        end,
+                        0,
+                        Batch
+                    ),
                     gen_server:call(
                         ?via(DB, Shard),
                         #enqueue_atomic_req{
                             batch = Batch,
-                            sync = Sync
+                            sync = Sync,
+                            payload_bytes = PayloadBytes
                         },
                         infinity
                     )
@@ -108,7 +126,9 @@ store_batch(DB, Messages, Opts) ->
 -record(s, {
     db :: emqx_ds:db(),
     shard :: emqx_ds_replication_layer:shard_id(),
+    metrics_id :: emqx_ds_builtin_metrics:shard_metrics_id(),
     n = 0 :: non_neg_integer(),
+    n_bytes = 0 :: non_neg_integer(),
     tref :: reference(),
     batch = [] :: [emqx_types:message()],
     pending_replies = [] :: [gen_server:from()]
@@ -117,18 +137,21 @@ store_batch(DB, Messages, Opts) ->
 init([DB, Shard]) ->
     process_flag(trap_exit, true),
     process_flag(message_queue_data, off_heap),
+    MetricsId = emqx_ds_builtin_metrics:shard_metric_id(DB, Shard),
+    ok = emqx_ds_builtin_metrics:init_for_shard(MetricsId),
     S = #s{
         db = DB,
         shard = Shard,
+        metrics_id = MetricsId,
         tref = start_timer()
     },
     {ok, S}.
 
-handle_call(#enqueue_req{message = Msg, sync = Sync}, From, S) ->
-    do_enqueue(From, Sync, Msg, S);
-handle_call(#enqueue_atomic_req{batch = Batch, sync = Sync}, From, S) ->
+handle_call(#enqueue_req{message = Msg, sync = Sync, payload_bytes = NBytes}, From, S) ->
+    do_enqueue(From, Sync, Msg, NBytes, S);
+handle_call(#enqueue_atomic_req{batch = Batch, sync = Sync, payload_bytes = NBytes}, From, S) ->
     Len = length(Batch),
-    do_enqueue(From, Sync, {atomic, Len, Batch}, S);
+    do_enqueue(From, Sync, {atomic, Len, NBytes, Batch}, NBytes, S);
 handle_call(_Call, _From, S) ->
     {reply, {error, unknown_call}, S}.
 
@@ -161,6 +184,11 @@ do_flush(
 ) ->
     case emqx_ds_replication_layer:ra_store_batch(DB, Shard, lists:reverse(Messages)) of
         ok ->
+            emqx_ds_builtin_metrics:inc_egress_batches(S#s.metrics_id),
+            emqx_ds_builtin_metrics:inc_egress_messages(S#s.metrics_id, S#s.n),
+            emqx_ds_builtin_metrics:inc_egress_bytes(S#s.metrics_id, S#s.n_bytes),
+            lists:foreach(fun(From) -> gen_server:reply(From, ok) end, Replies),
+            true = erlang:garbage_collect(),
             ?tp(
                 emqx_ds_replication_layer_egress_flush,
                 #{db => DB, shard => Shard, batch => Messages}
@@ -169,6 +197,7 @@ do_flush(
             true = erlang:garbage_collect(),
             ok;
         Error ->
+            emqx_ds_builtin_metrics:inc_egress_batches_retry(S#s.metrics_id),
             true = erlang:garbage_collect(),
             ?tp(
                 warning,
@@ -184,19 +213,27 @@ do_flush(
     end,
     S#s{
         n = 0,
+        n_bytes = 0,
         batch = [],
         pending_replies = [],
         tref = start_timer()
     }.
 
-do_enqueue(From, Sync, MsgOrBatch, S0 = #s{n = N, batch = Batch, pending_replies = Replies}) ->
+do_enqueue(
+    From,
+    Sync,
+    MsgOrBatch,
+    BatchBytes,
+    S0 = #s{n = N, n_bytes = NBytes0, batch = Batch, pending_replies = Replies}
+) ->
+    NBytes = NBytes0 + BatchBytes,
     NMax = application:get_env(emqx_durable_storage, egress_batch_size, 1000),
     S1 =
         case MsgOrBatch of
             {atomic, NumMsgs, Msgs} ->
-                S0#s{n = N + NumMsgs, batch = Msgs ++ Batch};
+                S0#s{n = N + NumMsgs, n_bytes = NBytes, batch = Msgs ++ Batch};
             Msg ->
-                S0#s{n = N + 1, batch = [Msg | Batch]}
+                S0#s{n = N + 1, n_bytes = NBytes, batch = [Msg | Batch]}
         end,
     %% TODO: later we may want to delay the reply until the message is
     %% replicated, but it requies changes to the PUBACK/PUBREC flow to
@@ -228,3 +265,8 @@ do_enqueue(From, Sync, MsgOrBatch, S0 = #s{n = N, batch = Batch, pending_replies
 start_timer() ->
     Interval = application:get_env(emqx_durable_storage, egress_flush_interval, 100),
     erlang:send_after(Interval, self(), ?flush).
+
+%% @doc Return approximate size of the MQTT message (it doesn't take
+%% all things into account, for example headers and extras)
+payload_size(#message{payload = P, topic = T}) ->
+    size(P) + size(T).
diff --git a/apps/emqx_prometheus/src/emqx_prometheus.erl b/apps/emqx_prometheus/src/emqx_prometheus.erl
index 8556e82d3..813f91dbd 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_prometheus/src/emqx_prometheus.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_prometheus/src/emqx_prometheus.erl
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ collect_mf(?PROMETHEUS_DEFAULT_REGISTRY, Callback) ->
 
     ok = add_collect_family(Callback, cert_metric_meta(), ?MG(cert_data, RawData)),
     ok = add_collect_family(Callback, mria_metric_meta(), ?MG(mria_data, RawData)),
+    ok = add_collect_family(Callback, ds_metric_meta(), ?MG(ds_data, RawData)),
     ok = maybe_license_add_collect_family(Callback, RawData),
     ok;
 collect_mf(_Registry, _Callback) ->
@@ -1011,6 +1012,18 @@ catch_all(DataFun) ->
         _:_ -> undefined
     end.
 
+%%========================================
+%% Durable storge
+%%========================================
+
+ds_metric_meta() ->
+    [
+     {emqx_ds_egress_batches, counter, 'egress.batches'},
+     {emqx_ds_egress_batches_retry, counter, 'egress.batches.retry'},
+     {emqx_ds_egress_messages, counter, 'egress.messages'},
+     {emqx_ds_egress_bytes, counter, 'egress.bytes'}
+    ].
+
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Collect functions
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------