diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/services/background_execution/metrics.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/services/background_execution/metrics.py
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+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/services/background_execution/metrics.py
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+"""Best-effort metric emission for background execution. Never raises into the runner."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from lfx.log.logger import logger
+
+from langflow.services.deps import get_telemetry_service
+
+
+def _emit(fn_name: str, name: str, labels: dict, value: float | None = None) -> None:
+    try:
+        ot = get_telemetry_service().ot
+        fn = getattr(ot, fn_name)
+        if value is None:
+            fn(name, labels)
+        else:
+            fn(name, value, labels)
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - observability must never break execution
+        logger.debug(f"bg metric emit skipped ({name}): {exc}")
+
+
+def emit_job_started(*, backend: str) -> None:
+    _emit("increment_counter", "langflow_bg_jobs_started_total", {"backend": backend})
+
+
+def emit_job_completed(*, backend: str) -> None:
+    _emit("increment_counter", "langflow_bg_jobs_completed_total", {"backend": backend})
+
+
+def emit_job_failed(*, reason: str, backend: str) -> None:
+    _emit("increment_counter", "langflow_bg_jobs_failed_total", {"reason": reason, "backend": backend})
+
+
+def emit_orphan_reconciled(*, backend: str) -> None:
+    _emit("increment_counter", "langflow_bg_orphans_reconciled_total", {"backend": backend})
+
+
+def emit_job_duration(*, seconds: float, outcome: str, backend: str) -> None:
+    _emit(
+        "observe_histogram",
+        "langflow_bg_job_duration_seconds",
+        {"outcome": outcome, "backend": backend},
+        value=seconds,
+    )
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/unit/services/background_execution/test_metrics_emit.py b/src/backend/tests/unit/services/background_execution/test_metrics_emit.py
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+"""Tests for the best-effort background-execution metric emit helpers.
+
+Two guarantees are exercised:
+
+1. The swallow path: when the telemetry service is unavailable (a real runtime
+   condition before the service manager is initialized), every ``emit_*`` helper
+   must return without raising. The ``monkeypatch`` here only simulates the
+   service being absent; it does not mock telemetry behavior under test.
+2. The happy path: with the real telemetry service available, emitting reaches
+   the real OpenTelemetry instrument without raising, and the registry accepts
+   the labels we send (``validate_labels`` does not raise).
+"""
+
+from langflow.services.background_execution import metrics as bgm
+from langflow.services.deps import get_telemetry_service
+
+
+def test_emit_swallows_when_telemetry_missing(monkeypatch):
+    """Every emit_* must swallow when the telemetry service cannot be resolved."""
+
+    def _raise():
+        msg = "no service"
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(bgm, "get_telemetry_service", _raise)
+
+    # None of these may propagate the RuntimeError.
+    bgm.emit_job_started(backend="default")
+    bgm.emit_job_completed(backend="default")
+    bgm.emit_job_failed(reason="error", backend="default")
+    bgm.emit_orphan_reconciled(backend="default")
+    bgm.emit_job_duration(seconds=1.0, outcome="completed", backend="default")
+
+
+def test_emit_reaches_real_instrument():
+    """With the real telemetry service, emitting does not raise and labels validate."""
+    bgm.emit_job_started(backend="default")
+    bgm.emit_job_completed(backend="default")
+    bgm.emit_job_failed(reason="error", backend="default")
+    bgm.emit_orphan_reconciled(backend="default")
+    bgm.emit_job_duration(seconds=1.0, outcome="completed", backend="default")
+
+    # The labels each helper sends must be accepted by the real registry.
+    ot = get_telemetry_service().ot
+    ot.validate_labels("langflow_bg_jobs_started_total", {"backend": "default"})
+    ot.validate_labels("langflow_bg_jobs_completed_total", {"backend": "default"})
+    ot.validate_labels("langflow_bg_jobs_failed_total", {"reason": "error", "backend": "default"})
+    ot.validate_labels("langflow_bg_orphans_reconciled_total", {"backend": "default"})
+    ot.validate_labels("langflow_bg_job_duration_seconds", {"outcome": "completed", "backend": "default"})