diff --git a/docs/telemetry.md b/docs/telemetry.md
index 5ec4fe4b4f..4726563e20 100644
--- a/docs/telemetry.md
+++ b/docs/telemetry.md
@@ -18,24 +18,28 @@ The following metrics are available:
 
 ### Ingestion
 
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.count` - Successful ingested audit message count
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.retry` - Retried audit message count
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.failed` - Failed audit message count
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.duration` - Audit message processing duration (in milliseconds)
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.message_size` - Audit message body size (in kilobytes)
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.forwarded_count` - Forwarded audit messages count
+#### Success or failure
 
-### Batching
+- `sc.audit.ingestion.success` - Successful ingested audit message count (Counter)
+- `sc.audit.ingestion.retry` - Retried audit message count (Counter)
+- `sc.audit.ingestion.failed` - Failed audit message count (Counter)
+
+The above metrics also have the following attributes attached:
+
+- `messaging.message.body.size` - The size of the message body in bytes
+- `messaging.message.type` - The logical message type of the message if present
 
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.batch_duration` - Batch processing duration (in milliseconds)
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.batch_size` - Batch size (number of messages)
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.consecutive_batch_failures` - Consecutive batch failures
+#### Details
 
-### Storage
+- `sc.audit.ingestion.duration` - Audit message processing duration in milliseconds (Histogram)
+- `sc.audit.ingestion.forwarded` - Count of the number of forwarded audit messages if forwarding is enabled (Counter)
+
+### Batching
 
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.audits_count` - Stored audit message count
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.sagas_count` - Stored sagas message count
-- `sc.audit.ingestion.commit_duration` - Storage unit of work commit duration (in milliseconds)
+- `sc.audit.ingestion.batch_duration` - Batch processing duration in milliseconds (Histogram)
+  - Attributes:
+    - `ingestion.batch_size`
+- `sc.audit.ingestion.consecutive_batch_failures` - Consecutive batch failures (Counter)
 
 ## Monitoring
 
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
index 6a2a039cb9..26ffb087aa 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ async Task EnsureStopped(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
 
         async Task OnMessage(MessageContext messageContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            using (new DurationRecorder(ingestionDuration))
+            var tags = Telemetry.GetIngestedMessageTags(messageContext.Headers, messageContext.Body);
+            using (new DurationRecorder(ingestionDuration, tags))
             {
                 if (settings.MessageFilter != null && settings.MessageFilter(messageContext))
                 {
@@ -187,8 +188,7 @@ async Task OnMessage(MessageContext messageContext, CancellationToken cancellati
                 await channel.Writer.WriteAsync(messageContext, cancellationToken);
                 await taskCompletionSource.Task;
 
-                ingestedMessagesCounter.Add(1);
-                messageSize.Record(messageContext.Body.Length / 1024.0);
+                successfulMessagesCounter.Add(1, tags);
             }
         }
 
@@ -210,15 +210,15 @@ protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
                     try
                     {
                         // as long as there is something to read this will fetch up to MaximumConcurrency items
-                        while (channel.Reader.TryRead(out var context))
+                        using (var recorder = new DurationRecorder(batchDuration))
                         {
-                            contexts.Add(context);
-                        }
+                            while (channel.Reader.TryRead(out var context))
+                            {
+                                contexts.Add(context);
+                            }
 
-                        auditBatchSize.Record(contexts.Count);
+                            recorder.Tags.Add("ingestion.batch_size", contexts.Count);
 
-                        using (new DurationRecorder(auditBatchDuration))
-                        {
                             await auditIngestor.Ingest(contexts);
                         }
 
@@ -293,10 +293,8 @@ public override async Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         readonly IAuditIngestionUnitOfWorkFactory unitOfWorkFactory;
         readonly Settings settings;
         readonly Channel<MessageContext> channel;
-        readonly Histogram<long> auditBatchSize = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<long>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "batch_size"), description: "Audit ingestion average batch size");
-        readonly Histogram<double> auditBatchDuration = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "batch_duration"), unit: "ms", "Average audit message batch processing duration");
-        readonly Histogram<double> messageSize = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "message_size"), unit: "kilobytes", description: "Average audit message body size");
-        readonly Counter<long> ingestedMessagesCounter = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "count"), description: "Successful ingested audit message count");
+        readonly Histogram<double> batchDuration = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "batch_duration"), unit: "ms", "Average audit message batch processing duration");
+        readonly Counter<long> successfulMessagesCounter = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "success"), description: "Successful ingested audit message count");
         readonly Histogram<long> consecutiveBatchFailuresCounter = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<long>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "consecutive_batch_failures"), unit: "count", description: "Consecutive audit ingestion batch failure");
         readonly Histogram<double> ingestionDuration = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "duration"), unit: "ms", description: "Average incoming audit message processing duration");
         readonly Watchdog watchdog;
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestionFaultPolicy.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestionFaultPolicy.cs
index d4d5d3b900..6b8dd39a23 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestionFaultPolicy.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestionFaultPolicy.cs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     using Infrastructure;
     using NServiceBus.Logging;
     using NServiceBus.Transport;
-    using ServiceControl.Audit.Persistence;
-    using ServiceControl.Configuration;
+    using Persistence;
+    using Configuration;
     using ServiceControl.Infrastructure;
 
     class AuditIngestionFaultPolicy
@@ -35,16 +35,19 @@ public AuditIngestionFaultPolicy(IFailedAuditStorage failedAuditStorage, Logging
 
         public async Task<ErrorHandleResult> OnError(ErrorContext errorContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
+            var tags = Telemetry.GetIngestedMessageTags(errorContext.Message.Headers, errorContext.Message.Body);
+
             //Same as recoverability policy in NServiceBusFactory
             if (errorContext.ImmediateProcessingFailures < 3)
             {
-                retryCounter.Add(1);
+                retryCounter.Add(1, tags);
                 return ErrorHandleResult.RetryRequired;
             }
 
             await StoreFailedMessageDocument(errorContext, cancellationToken);
 
-            failedCounter.Add(1);
+            failedCounter.Add(1, tags);
+
             return ErrorHandleResult.Handled;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestor.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestor.cs
index 9885d5ba5c..a466f93be9 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestor.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestor.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     using Persistence.UnitOfWork;
     using Recoverability;
     using SagaAudit;
+    using ServiceControl.Infrastructure;
     using ServiceControl.Transports;
 
     public class AuditIngestor
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ public async Task VerifyCanReachForwardingAddress()
         readonly Settings settings;
         readonly Lazy<IMessageDispatcher> messageDispatcher;
         readonly string logQueueAddress;
-        readonly Counter<long> forwardedMessagesCounter = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "forwarded_count"), description: "Audit ingestion forwarded message count");
+        readonly Counter<long> forwardedMessagesCounter = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "forwarded"), description: "Audit ingestion forwarded message count");
 
         static readonly ILog Log = LogManager.GetLogger<AuditIngestor>();
     }
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditPersister.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditPersister.cs
index cca13fa470..008c86820a 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditPersister.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditPersister.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
-    using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
     using System.Text.Json;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using Infrastructure;
@@ -61,14 +60,10 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<MessageContext>> Persist(IReadOnlyList<MessageCo
                         }
 
                         await unitOfWork.RecordProcessedMessage(processedMessage, context.Body);
-
-                        storedAuditsCounter.Add(1);
                     }
                     else if (context.Extensions.TryGet(out SagaSnapshot sagaSnapshot))
                     {
                         await unitOfWork.RecordSagaSnapshot(sagaSnapshot);
-
-                        storedSagasCounter.Add(1);
                     }
 
                     storedContexts.Add(context);
@@ -105,11 +100,8 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<MessageContext>> Persist(IReadOnlyList<MessageCo
 
                     try
                     {
-                        using (new DurationRecorder(commitDuration))
-                        {
-                            // this can throw even though dispose is never supposed to throw
-                            await unitOfWork.DisposeAsync();
-                        }
+                        // this can throw even though dispose is never supposed to throw
+                        await unitOfWork.DisposeAsync();
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
@@ -252,10 +244,6 @@ await messageDispatcher.Value.Dispatch(new TransportOperations(messagesToEmit.To
             }
         }
 
-        readonly Counter<long> storedAuditsCounter = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "audits_count"), description: "Stored audit message count");
-        readonly Counter<long> storedSagasCounter = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "sagas_count"), description: "Stored saga state count");
-        readonly Histogram<double> commitDuration = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>(Telemetry.CreateInstrumentName("ingestion", "commit_duration"), unit: "ms", description: "Storage unit of work commit duration");
-
         static readonly ILog Logger = LogManager.GetLogger<AuditPersister>();
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/HostApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/HostApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
index 255aa9f2f3..13d630456e 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/HostApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/HostApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace ServiceControl.Audit;
 using NServiceBus.Transport;
 using Persistence;
 using Transports;
+using ServiceControl.Infrastructure;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 using OpenTelemetry.Resources;
 
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/DurationRecorder.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/DurationRecorder.cs
index ebb5531555..bd8bc3c9d7 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/DurationRecorder.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/DurationRecorder.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-namespace ServiceControl.Audit;
+namespace ServiceControl.Infrastructure;
 
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
 
-record DurationRecorder(Histogram<double> Histogram) : IDisposable
+record DurationRecorder(Histogram<double> Histogram, TagList Tags = default) : IDisposable
 {
     readonly Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
-    public void Dispose() => Histogram.Record(sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
+    public void Dispose() => Histogram.Record(sw.ElapsedMilliseconds, Tags);
 }
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diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Telemetry.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Telemetry.cs
index 568bced7b2..033590b91c 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Telemetry.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Telemetry.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-namespace ServiceControl.Audit;
+namespace ServiceControl.Infrastructure;
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
+using NServiceBus;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 
 static class Telemetry
@@ -10,8 +14,17 @@ static class Telemetry
 
     public static string CreateInstrumentName(string instrumentNamespace, string instrumentName) => $"sc.audit.{instrumentNamespace}.{instrumentName}".ToLower();
 
-    public static void AddAuditIngestionMeters(this MeterProviderBuilder builder)
+    public static void AddAuditIngestionMeters(this MeterProviderBuilder builder) => builder.AddMeter(MeterName);
+
+    public static TagList GetIngestedMessageTags(IDictionary<string, string> headers, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> body)
     {
-        builder.AddMeter(MeterName);
+        var tags = new TagList { { "messaging.message.body.size", body.Length } };
+
+        if (headers.TryGetValue(Headers.EnclosedMessageTypes, out var messageType))
+        {
+            tags.Add("messaging.message.type", messageType);
+        }
+
+        return tags;
     }
 }
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