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 f0eac9652..fc6de2861 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_builtin_metrics.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_builtin_metrics.erl
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
     inc_egress_batches_failed/1,
     inc_egress_messages/2,
     inc_egress_bytes/2,
-    observe_egress_flush_time/2
+
+    observe_egress_flush_time/2,
+    observe_next_time/3
 ]).
 
 %% behavior callbacks:
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@
 
 -define(DB_METRICS, []).
 
--define(SHARD_METRICS, [
+-define(EGRESS_METRICS, [
     {counter, 'emqx_ds_egress_batches'},
     {counter, 'emqx_ds_egress_batches_retry'},
     {counter, 'emqx_ds_egress_batches_failed'},
@@ -55,6 +57,12 @@
     {slide, 'emqx_ds_egress_flush_time'}
 ]).
 
+-define(INGRESS_METRICS, [
+    {slide, 'emqx_ds_builtin_next_time'}
+]).
+
+-define(SHARD_METRICS, ?EGRESS_METRICS ++ ?INGRESS_METRICS).
+
 -type shard_metrics_id() :: binary().
 
 %%================================================================================
@@ -112,6 +120,14 @@ inc_egress_bytes(Id, NMessages) ->
 observe_egress_flush_time(Id, FlushTime) ->
     emqx_metrics_worker:observe(?WORKER, Id, 'emqx_ds_egress_flush_time', FlushTime).
 
+%% @doc Add a sample of elapsed time spent waiting for a
+%% `emqx_ds_replication_layer:next'
+-spec observe_next_time(emqx_ds:db(), emqx_ds_replication_layer:shard_id(), non_neg_integer()) ->
+    ok.
+observe_next_time(DB, Shard, NextTime) ->
+    Id = shard_metric_id(DB, Shard),
+    emqx_metrics_worker:observe(?WORKER, Id, 'emqx_ds_builtin_next_time', NextTime).
+
 prometheus_meta() ->
     lists:map(
         fun
diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer.erl
index 14c2268b8..2d4982af3 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer.erl
@@ -329,7 +329,11 @@ next(DB, Iter0, BatchSize) ->
     %%
     %% This kind of trickery should be probably done here in the
     %% replication layer. Or, perhaps, in the logic layer.
-    case ra_next(DB, Shard, StorageIter0, BatchSize) of
+    T0 = erlang:monotonic_time(microsecond),
+    Result = ra_next(DB, Shard, StorageIter0, BatchSize),
+    T1 = erlang:monotonic_time(microsecond),
+    emqx_ds_builtin_metrics:observe_next_time(DB, Shard, T1 - T0),
+    case Result of
         {ok, StorageIter, Batch} ->
             Iter = Iter0#{?enc := StorageIter},
             {ok, Iter, Batch};