diff --git a/common/metrics/metric_defs.go b/common/metrics/metric_defs.go
index c722600863..808e8e37f7 100644
--- a/common/metrics/metric_defs.go
+++ b/common/metrics/metric_defs.go
@@ -1198,6 +1198,8 @@ var (
 	ForceLoadedTaskQueuePartitions                    = NewCounterDef("force_loaded_task_queue_partitions_count")
 	ForceLoadedTaskQueuePartitionUnnecessarilyCounter = NewCounterDef("force_loaded_task_queue_partition_unnecessarily_count")
 	LoadedPhysicalTaskQueueGauge                      = NewGaugeDef("loaded_physical_task_queue_count")
+	PendingPolls                                      = NewGaugeDef("pending_polls")
+	WorkerCountPerTaskQueue                           = NewGaugeDef("worker_count")
 	TaskQueueStartedCounter                           = NewCounterDef("task_queue_started")
 	TaskQueueStoppedCounter                           = NewCounterDef("task_queue_stopped")
 	TaskWriteThrottlePerTaskQueueCounter              = NewCounterDef("task_write_throttle_count")
diff --git a/service/matching/matcher.go b/service/matching/matcher.go
index 7948d0814b..4faf54cb14 100644
--- a/service/matching/matcher.go
+++ b/service/matching/matcher.go
@@ -422,10 +422,19 @@ func (tm *TaskMatcher) poll(
 	defer func() {
 		if pollMetadata.forwardedFrom == "" {
 			// Only recording for original polls
+			var pollResult string
+			if err == nil {
+				pollResult = "dispatch"
+			} else if errors.Is(err, errNoTasks) {
+				pollResult = "timeout"
+			} else {
+				pollResult = "failed"
+			}
 			metrics.PollLatencyPerTaskQueue.With(tm.metricsHandler).Record(
 				time.Since(start),
 				metrics.StringTag("forwarded", strconv.FormatBool(forwardedPoll)),
 				metrics.StringTag(metrics.TaskPriorityTagName, ""),
+				metrics.StringTag("result", pollResult),
 			)
 		}
 
diff --git a/service/matching/physical_task_queue_manager.go b/service/matching/physical_task_queue_manager.go
index f15cc13838..38c77ddecb 100644
--- a/service/matching/physical_task_queue_manager.go
+++ b/service/matching/physical_task_queue_manager.go
@@ -462,7 +462,11 @@ func (c *physicalTaskQueueManagerImpl) PollTask(
 	c.liveness.markAlive()
 
 	c.currentPolls.Add(1)
-	defer c.currentPolls.Add(-1)
+	metrics.PendingPolls.With(c.metricsHandler).Record(float64(c.currentPolls.Load()))
+	defer func() {
+		c.currentPolls.Add(-1)
+		metrics.PendingPolls.With(c.metricsHandler).Record(float64(c.currentPolls.Load()))
+	}()
 
 	namespaceId := namespace.ID(c.queue.NamespaceId())
 	namespaceEntry, err := c.namespaceRegistry.GetNamespaceByID(namespaceId)
@@ -596,11 +600,17 @@ func (c *physicalTaskQueueManagerImpl) DispatchNexusTask(
 
 func (c *physicalTaskQueueManagerImpl) UpdatePollerInfo(id pollerIdentity, pollMetadata *pollMetadata) {
 	c.pollerHistory.updatePollerInfo(id, pollMetadata)
+	if c.queue.Partition().IsRoot() {
+		metrics.WorkerCountPerTaskQueue.With(c.metricsHandler).Record(float64(c.pollerHistory.size()))
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *physicalTaskQueueManagerImpl) RemovePoller(id pollerIdentity) {
 	if c.pollerHistory != nil {
 		c.pollerHistory.removePoller(id)
+		if c.queue.Partition().IsRoot() {
+			metrics.WorkerCountPerTaskQueue.With(c.metricsHandler).Record(float64(c.pollerHistory.size()))
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/service/matching/poller_history.go b/service/matching/poller_history.go
index 8875fe9a6a..97aae01330 100644
--- a/service/matching/poller_history.go
+++ b/service/matching/poller_history.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ func (pollers *pollerHistory) getPollerInfo(earliestAccessTime time.Time) []*tas
 	return result
 }
 
+func (pollers *pollerHistory) size() int {
+	return pollers.history.Size()
+}
+
 func defaultRPS(wrapper *wrapperspb.DoubleValue) float64 {
 	if wrapper != nil {
 		return wrapper.Value
diff --git a/service/matching/pri_matcher.go b/service/matching/pri_matcher.go
index 497b0c61b7..2c9cb6ca39 100644
--- a/service/matching/pri_matcher.go
+++ b/service/matching/pri_matcher.go
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ func (tm *priTaskMatcher) poll(
 	start := time.Now()
 	pollWasForwarded := false
 	var priority int32
+	pollResult := "failed"
 
 	defer func() {
 		// TODO(pri): can we consolidate all the metrics code below?
@@ -611,6 +612,7 @@ func (tm *priTaskMatcher) poll(
 				time.Since(start),
 				metrics.StringTag("forwarded", strconv.FormatBool(pollWasForwarded)),
 				metrics.MatchingTaskPriorityTag(priority),
+				metrics.StringTag("result", pollResult),
 			)
 		}
 	}()
@@ -631,11 +633,13 @@ func (tm *priTaskMatcher) poll(
 	}
 
 	if res == nil {
+		pollResult = "timeout"
 		return nil, errNoTasks // only possible for MatchPollerImmediately
 	} else if res.ctxErr != nil {
 		if res.ctxErrIdx == 0 {
 			metrics.PollTimeoutPerTaskQueueCounter.With(tm.metricsHandler).Record(1)
 		}
+		pollResult = "timeout"
 		return nil, errNoTasks
 	}
 
@@ -646,6 +650,7 @@ func (tm *priTaskMatcher) poll(
 	task := res.task
 	pollWasForwarded = task.isStarted() // true if this poll was forwarded _from_ this matcher
 	priority = task.getPriority().GetPriorityKey()
+	pollResult = "dispatch"
 
 	if !pollWasForwarded {
 		// Only record these metrics on the parent for forwarded polls