diff --git a/crates/web-gateway/Cargo.toml b/crates/web-gateway/Cargo.toml
index 80f45f5c2..603131137 100644
--- a/crates/web-gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/web-gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 # Shared types
 common.workspace = true
 
+# Metrics
+prometheus.workspace = true
+once_cell.workspace = true
+
 # Time and IDs
 chrono.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/web-gateway/src/lib.rs b/crates/web-gateway/src/lib.rs
index f0c857662..ac7f3da28 100644
--- a/crates/web-gateway/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/web-gateway/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub mod auth;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod grpc;
+pub mod metrics;
 pub mod rate_limit;
 pub mod routes;
 pub mod state;
diff --git a/crates/web-gateway/src/main.rs b/crates/web-gateway/src/main.rs
index 84e05fd11..047af22e3 100644
--- a/crates/web-gateway/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/web-gateway/src/main.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,52 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
         .layer(middleware::from_fn(request_id_middleware));
 
+    // Initialize Prometheus metrics
+    web_gateway::metrics::init_metrics();
+    let service_start = std::time::Instant::now();
+
+    // Spawn uptime updater
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
+        loop {
+            interval.tick().await;
+            web_gateway::metrics::update_uptime(service_start);
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Start Prometheus metrics HTTP endpoint on a separate port
+    let metrics_port: u16 = std::env::var("METRICS_PORT")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(9098);
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        use axum::{routing::get, Router};
+        use prometheus::{Encoder, TextEncoder};
+
+        async fn metrics_handler() -> String {
+            let encoder = TextEncoder::new();
+            let metric_families = prometheus::gather();
+            let mut buffer = vec![];
+            let _ = encoder.encode(&metric_families, &mut buffer);
+            String::from_utf8(buffer).unwrap_or_else(|_| String::new())
+        }
+
+        let app = Router::new().route("/metrics", get(metrics_handler));
+        let addr = format!("0.0.0.0:{}", metrics_port);
+        tracing::info!("Prometheus metrics endpoint listening on http://{}", addr);
+
+        let metrics_listener = match tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&addr).await {
+            Ok(l) => l,
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::error!("Failed to bind metrics endpoint {}: {}", addr, e);
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        if let Err(e) = axum::serve(metrics_listener, app).await {
+            tracing::error!("Metrics server failed: {}", e);
+        }
+    });
+
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&listen_addr).await?;
     info!("Web gateway listening on {}", listen_addr);
 
diff --git a/crates/web-gateway/src/metrics.rs b/crates/web-gateway/src/metrics.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaa4de619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/web-gateway/src/metrics.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+//! Prometheus metrics for Web Gateway
+
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use prometheus::{
+    register_counter_vec, register_gauge, register_histogram_vec, CounterVec, Gauge, HistogramVec,
+};
+
+/// Service uptime in seconds
+pub static SERVICE_UPTIME: Lazy<Gauge> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    register_gauge!(
+        "foxhunt_web_gateway_uptime_seconds",
+        "Service uptime in seconds"
+    )
+    .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        eprintln!("FATAL: failed to register uptime gauge: {e}");
+        std::process::abort()
+    })
+});
+
+/// HTTP requests total
+pub static HTTP_REQUESTS: Lazy<CounterVec> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    register_counter_vec!(
+        "foxhunt_web_gateway_http_requests_total",
+        "Total HTTP requests",
+        &["method", "path", "status"]
+    )
+    .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        eprintln!("FATAL: failed to register http_requests counter: {e}");
+        std::process::abort()
+    })
+});
+
+/// HTTP request duration
+pub static HTTP_REQUEST_DURATION: Lazy<HistogramVec> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    register_histogram_vec!(
+        "foxhunt_web_gateway_http_request_duration_seconds",
+        "HTTP request duration in seconds",
+        &["method", "path"],
+        vec![0.001, 0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0]
+    )
+    .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        eprintln!("FATAL: failed to register http_request_duration histogram: {e}");
+        std::process::abort()
+    })
+});
+
+/// Active WebSocket connections
+pub static WS_CONNECTIONS: Lazy<Gauge> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    register_gauge!(
+        "foxhunt_web_gateway_ws_connections_active",
+        "Active WebSocket connections"
+    )
+    .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        eprintln!("FATAL: failed to register ws_connections gauge: {e}");
+        std::process::abort()
+    })
+});
+
+/// WebSocket messages total
+pub static WS_MESSAGES: Lazy<CounterVec> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    register_counter_vec!(
+        "foxhunt_web_gateway_ws_messages_total",
+        "Total WebSocket messages",
+        &["direction", "topic"]
+    )
+    .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        eprintln!("FATAL: failed to register ws_messages counter: {e}");
+        std::process::abort()
+    })
+});
+
+/// Initialize all metrics (force lazy registration)
+pub fn init_metrics() {
+    let _ = &*SERVICE_UPTIME;
+    let _ = &*HTTP_REQUESTS;
+    let _ = &*HTTP_REQUEST_DURATION;
+    let _ = &*WS_CONNECTIONS;
+    let _ = &*WS_MESSAGES;
+}
+
+/// Update service uptime metric
+pub fn update_uptime(start_time: std::time::Instant) {
+    SERVICE_UPTIME.set(start_time.elapsed().as_secs_f64());
+}