diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/config.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/config.py
index c5e95350..a33220ee 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/config.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/config.py
@@ -927,37 +927,79 @@ class Settings:
         self.enable_multi_user_basic_auth = resolved_mode == "multi_user_basic"
         self.enable_login_flow = resolved_mode == "login_flow"
 
-    def get_embedding_model_name(self) -> str:
+    def _detect_base_provider(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
         """
-        Get the active embedding model name based on provider priority.
+        Resolve the ``(family, model)`` for the underlying embedding provider.
 
-        Priority order (same as ProviderRegistry):
+        Single source of truth for the provider-detection priority chain shared
+        by ``get_embedding_model_name`` and ``get_embedding_provider_family``:
         1. Bedrock - if AWS_REGION or BEDROCK_EMBEDDING_MODEL is set
         2. OpenAI - if OPENAI_API_KEY is set
         3. Mistral - if MISTRAL_API_KEY is set
         4. Ollama - if OLLAMA_BASE_URL is set
-        5. Simple - fallback (returns "simple-{dimension}")
+        5. Simple - fallback
 
-        Returns:
-            Active embedding model name
+        Does NOT handle the gateway short-circuit — callers layer that on top
+        as needed (see the asymmetry note on ``get_embedding_model_name``).
         """
         if (
             self.aws_region
             or self.bedrock_embedding_model
             or self.bedrock_generation_model
         ):
-            return self.bedrock_embedding_model or "bedrock-default"
+            return "bedrock", self.bedrock_embedding_model or "bedrock-default"
 
         if self.openai_api_key:
-            return self.openai_embedding_model
+            return "openai", self.openai_embedding_model
 
         if self.mistral_api_key:
-            return self.mistral_embedding_model
+            return "mistral", self.mistral_embedding_model
 
         if self.ollama_base_url:
-            return self.ollama_embedding_model
+            return "ollama", self.ollama_embedding_model
 
-        return f"simple-{self.simple_embedding_dimension}"
+        return "simple", f"simple-{self.simple_embedding_dimension}"
+
+    def get_embedding_model_name(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Get the active embedding model name based on provider priority.
+
+        Priority order (same as ProviderRegistry): bedrock → openai → mistral →
+        ollama → simple (returns "simple-{dimension}").
+
+        Returns:
+            Active embedding model name
+        """
+        # NOTE: there is intentionally no "gateway" branch here. When
+        # EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=gateway this falls through to the underlying
+        # provider's model (used for the Qdrant collection name), whereas
+        # get_embedding_provider_family() short-circuits to the gateway-routed
+        # family. Keep that asymmetry in mind before joining metrics/labels
+        # derived from these two methods.
+        return self._detect_base_provider()[1]
+
+    def get_embedding_provider_family(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Get the active dense-embedding provider family (a low-cardinality label).
+
+        This is the single source of truth for the ``provider`` metric label and
+        the ``embedding.provider`` span attribute. It returns the provider
+        *family* (e.g. "bedrock"), never the model name, to keep metric
+        cardinality bounded.
+
+        Gateway short-circuits to the gateway-routed family (from the model
+        prefix, e.g. "mistral/mistral-embed" -> "mistral"); otherwise the family
+        comes from the shared ``_detect_base_provider`` priority chain.
+
+        Returns:
+            Provider family: gateway-routed family | bedrock | openai | mistral
+            | ollama | simple
+        """
+        if self.embedding_provider == "gateway":
+            model = self.embedding_gateway_model or ""
+            return model.split("/", 1)[0] if "/" in model else "gateway"
+
+        return self._detect_base_provider()[0]
 
     def get_collection_name(self) -> str:
         """
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/base.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/base.py
index f812a264..cb36ded2 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/base.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/base.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ProcessingResult(BaseModel):
     success: bool = True
     """Whether processing succeeded"""
 
-    error: Optional[str] = None
+    error: str | None = None
     """Error message if processing failed"""
 
 
@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ class DocumentProcessor(ABC):
         """Unique identifier for this processor (e.g., 'unstructured', 'tesseract')."""
         pass
 
+    @property
+    def tier(self) -> str:
+        """Extraction tier this processor belongs to (escalation ladder).
+
+        Used as the ``tier`` label/attribute in observability so that adding new
+        extraction tiers later (docling, OCR, LLM) is purely additive. Vocabulary
+        (cheapest first): ``fast`` -> ``structured`` -> ``ocr`` -> ``llm``.
+
+        Defaults to ``"fast"``; override in processors that belong to a higher
+        tier.
+        """
+        return "fast"
+
     @property
     @abstractmethod
     def supported_mime_types(self) -> set[str]:
@@ -70,11 +83,10 @@ class DocumentProcessor(ABC):
         self,
         content: bytes,
         content_type: str,
-        filename: Optional[str] = None,
-        options: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        progress_callback: Optional[
-            Callable[[float, Optional[float], Optional[str]], Awaitable[None]]
-        ] = None,
+        filename: str | None = None,
+        options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        progress_callback: Callable[[float, float | None, str | None], Awaitable[None]]
+        | None = None,
     ) -> ProcessingResult:
         """Process a document and extract text.
 
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/pymupdf.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/pymupdf.py
index b15aafca..96e464fd 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/pymupdf.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/pymupdf.py
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ class PyMuPDFProcessor(DocumentProcessor):
                 metadata["page_count"],
                 len(md_text),
                 metadata.get("image_count", 0),
+                extra={
+                    "processor": self.name,
+                    "tier": self.tier,
+                    "pages": metadata["page_count"],
+                    "chars": len(md_text),
+                    "images": metadata.get("image_count", 0),
+                    "byte_size": len(content),
+                },
             )
 
             return ProcessingResult(
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/registry.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/registry.py
index 4bed37fe..545513de 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/registry.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/registry.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 """Central registry for document processors."""
 
 import logging
+import time
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any
+
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.observability.metrics import record_document_parse
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.observability.tracing import trace_operation
 
 from .base import DocumentProcessor, ProcessingResult, ProcessorError
 
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ class ProcessorRegistry:
             len(processor.supported_mime_types),
         )
 
-    def get_processor(self, name: str) -> Optional[DocumentProcessor]:
+    def get_processor(self, name: str) -> DocumentProcessor | None:
         """Get a processor by name.
 
         Args:
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ class ProcessorRegistry:
             return self._processors[name][0]
         return None
 
-    def find_processor(self, content_type: str) -> Optional[DocumentProcessor]:
+    def find_processor(self, content_type: str) -> DocumentProcessor | None:
         """Find the first processor that supports the given MIME type.
 
         Processors are checked in priority order (highest priority first).
@@ -113,12 +117,12 @@ class ProcessorRegistry:
         self,
         content: bytes,
         content_type: str,
-        filename: Optional[str] = None,
-        processor_name: Optional[str] = None,
-        options: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        progress_callback: Optional[
-            Callable[[float, Optional[float], Optional[str]], Awaitable[None]]
-        ] = None,
+        filename: str | None = None,
+        processor_name: str | None = None,
+        options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        progress_callback: (
+            Callable[[float, float | None, str | None], Awaitable[None]] | None
+        ) = None,
     ) -> ProcessingResult:
         """Process a document using available processors.
 
@@ -152,13 +156,103 @@ class ProcessorRegistry:
                     f"Registered processors: {', '.join(self.list_processors())}"
                 )
 
-        logger.info("Processing with '%s' processor", processor.name)
-
-        # Process
-        return await processor.process(
-            content, content_type, filename, options, progress_callback
+        tier = processor.tier
+        logger.info(
+            "Processing with '%s' processor",
+            processor.name,
+            extra={
+                "processor": processor.name,
+                "tier": tier,
+                "mime_type": content_type,
+            },
         )
 
+        # Process (instrumented: per-processor span + parse metrics).
+        # NOTE: when the tiered pipeline (docling/OCR/LLM) lands, escalation
+        # decisions are recorded here via record_document_escalation() and an
+        # add_span_event("document.escalation", ...) -- the escalated=False
+        # attribute and the metric are wired ahead of that.
+        byte_size = len(content)
+        start_time = time.time()
+        with trace_operation(
+            "document_processor.parse",
+            attributes={
+                "processor.name": processor.name,
+                "processor.tier": tier,
+                "mime_type": content_type,
+                "byte_size": byte_size,
+                "escalated": False,
+            },
+            record_exception=True,
+        ) as span:
+            try:
+                result = await processor.process(
+                    content, content_type, filename, options, progress_callback
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                duration = time.time() - start_time
+                record_document_parse(
+                    processor.name,
+                    tier,
+                    duration,
+                    byte_size=byte_size,
+                    status="error",
+                )
+                # Structured error signal for Loki (the processor logs the
+                # traceback; this adds the aggregatable fields). The span
+                # records the exception itself via record_exception=True.
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Parse failed for %s with '%s' after %.2fs",
+                    filename or "<bytes>",
+                    processor.name,
+                    duration,
+                    extra={
+                        "processor": processor.name,
+                        "tier": tier,
+                        "byte_size": byte_size,
+                        "duration_ms": round(duration * 1000, 1),
+                        "status": "error",
+                    },
+                )
+                raise
+
+            duration = time.time() - start_time
+            pages = int(result.metadata.get("page_count", 0) or 0)
+            chars = len(result.text)
+            status = "success" if result.success else "error"
+            record_document_parse(
+                processor.name,
+                tier,
+                duration,
+                pages=pages,
+                chars=chars,
+                byte_size=byte_size,
+                status=status,
+            )
+            if span is not None:
+                span.set_attribute("page_count", pages)
+                span.set_attribute("char_count", chars)
+                span.set_attribute("processor.success", result.success)
+
+            logger.info(
+                "Parsed %s with '%s': %s pages, %s chars in %.2fs",
+                filename or "<bytes>",
+                processor.name,
+                pages,
+                chars,
+                duration,
+                extra={
+                    "processor": processor.name,
+                    "tier": tier,
+                    "pages": pages,
+                    "chars": chars,
+                    "byte_size": byte_size,
+                    "duration_ms": round(duration * 1000, 1),
+                    "status": status,
+                },
+            )
+            return result
+
 
 # Global registry instance
 _registry = ProcessorRegistry()
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/observability/metrics.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/observability/metrics.py
index 5dcccaae..bcf7e373 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/observability/metrics.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/observability/metrics.py
@@ -175,6 +175,109 @@ qdrant_operations_total = Counter(
     ],  # operation: upsert | search | delete; status: success | error
 )
 
+# =============================================================================
+# Astrolabe Document-Processing Pipeline Metrics
+# =============================================================================
+#
+# Product-signal metrics for the document-processing pipeline
+# (scan -> fetch -> parse -> chunk -> embed -> Qdrant upsert). These use the
+# ``astrolabe_`` prefix to distinguish the indexing/product pipeline from the
+# ``mcp_`` protocol metrics above. The tenant dimension is NOT a label here --
+# it is supplied by the Kubernetes ``namespace`` label at scrape time.
+#
+# Tiered-pipeline readiness: ``processor`` and ``tier`` are labels from day one
+# so that adding new extraction tiers (docling, OCR, LLM) later is purely
+# additive (new label values), never new metric names.
+#   tier vocabulary (escalation ladder): fast -> structured -> ocr -> llm
+#
+# Cardinality rule: ``mime_type`` and embedding ``model`` are span attributes
+# only, never metric labels.
+
+# --- Parse tier (recorded at the ProcessorRegistry.process() boundary) --------
+
+document_parse_duration_seconds = Histogram(
+    "astrolabe_document_parse_duration_seconds",
+    "Document text-extraction (parse) duration in seconds",
+    ["processor", "tier", "status"],  # status: success | error
+    # Buckets reach 300s: large PDFs exceed the 60s ceiling of the whole-doc
+    # histogram, which would otherwise pile every large parse into +Inf.
+    buckets=(0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 30.0, 60.0, 120.0, 300.0),
+)
+
+document_parse_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_document_parse_total",
+    "Total document parse attempts",
+    ["processor", "tier", "status"],  # status: success | error
+)
+
+document_pages_processed_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_document_pages_processed_total",
+    "Total document pages processed (page-rate signal)",
+    ["processor", "tier"],
+)
+
+document_chars_processed_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_document_chars_processed_total",
+    "Total characters extracted from documents",
+    ["processor", "tier"],
+)
+
+document_bytes_processed_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_document_bytes_processed_total",
+    "Total bytes of source documents parsed",
+    ["processor", "tier"],
+)
+
+# --- Escalation (tiered-pipeline readiness; ~0 until extra tiers exist) --------
+
+document_escalation_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_document_escalation_total",
+    "Total document parse escalations between tiers",
+    # reason: low_confidence | empty_text | unsupported | error | forced
+    ["from_tier", "to_tier", "reason"],
+)
+
+# --- Embedding stages ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+embedding_duration_seconds = Histogram(
+    "astrolabe_embedding_duration_seconds",
+    "Embedding batch duration in seconds",
+    ["kind", "provider", "status"],  # kind: dense | sparse
+    buckets=(0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 30.0, 60.0),
+)
+
+embedding_requests_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_embedding_requests_total",
+    "Total embedding batch calls",
+    ["kind", "provider", "status"],  # one per embed_batch / encode_batch call
+)
+
+embedding_chunks_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_embedding_chunks_total",
+    "Total chunks embedded",
+    ["kind", "provider"],
+)
+
+embedding_chars_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_embedding_chars_total",
+    "Total characters embedded",
+    ["kind", "provider"],
+)
+
+# --- Chunking & indexed-by-type -----------------------------------------------
+
+document_chunks_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_document_chunks_total",
+    "Total chunks produced by the chunker",
+    ["doc_type"],
+)
+
+documents_indexed_total = Counter(
+    "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total",
+    "Total documents indexed, by source type",
+    ["source", "status"],  # source: note | file | deck_card | news_item
+)
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Database Metrics
 # =============================================================================
@@ -363,16 +466,25 @@ def record_vector_sync_scan(documents_found: int) -> None:
     vector_sync_documents_scanned_total.inc(documents_found)
 
 
-def record_vector_sync_processing(duration: float, status: str = "success") -> None:
+def record_vector_sync_processing(
+    duration: float, status: str = "success", doc_type: str | None = None
+) -> None:
     """
     Record document processing with duration and status.
 
     Args:
         duration: Processing duration in seconds
         status: "success" or "error"
+        doc_type: Optional document source type (note, file, deck_card,
+            news_item). When supplied, also increments the per-type
+            ``astrolabe_documents_indexed_total`` counter. The legacy
+            ``mcp_vector_sync_documents_processed_total`` counter is always
+            incremented for backward compatibility.
     """
     vector_sync_documents_processed_total.labels(status=status).inc()
     vector_sync_processing_duration_seconds.observe(duration)
+    if doc_type is not None:
+        documents_indexed_total.labels(source=doc_type, status=status).inc()
 
 
 def record_qdrant_operation(operation: str, status: str = "success") -> None:
@@ -396,6 +508,106 @@ def update_vector_sync_queue_size(size: int) -> None:
     vector_sync_queue_size.set(size)
 
 
+def record_document_parse(
+    processor: str,
+    tier: str,
+    duration: float,
+    pages: int = 0,
+    chars: int = 0,
+    byte_size: int = 0,
+    status: str = "success",
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Record a document parse (text extraction) at the processor boundary.
+
+    Args:
+        processor: Processor name (e.g. "pymupdf", "unstructured", "tesseract")
+        tier: Extraction tier (fast | structured | ocr | llm)
+        duration: Parse duration in seconds
+        pages: Number of pages parsed (0 if not page-based)
+        chars: Number of characters extracted
+        byte_size: Size of the source document in bytes
+        status: "success" or "error"
+    """
+    document_parse_duration_seconds.labels(
+        processor=processor, tier=tier, status=status
+    ).observe(duration)
+    document_parse_total.labels(processor=processor, tier=tier, status=status).inc()
+    # Throughput counters (pages/chars/bytes) accrue only on a full success.
+    # A partial extraction flagged success=False is recorded above as a
+    # parse-error but is intentionally excluded here so low-confidence output
+    # never inflates pipeline throughput.
+    if status == "success":
+        if pages > 0:
+            document_pages_processed_total.labels(processor=processor, tier=tier).inc(
+                pages
+            )
+        if chars > 0:
+            document_chars_processed_total.labels(processor=processor, tier=tier).inc(
+                chars
+            )
+        if byte_size > 0:
+            document_bytes_processed_total.labels(processor=processor, tier=tier).inc(
+                byte_size
+            )
+
+
+def record_document_escalation(from_tier: str, to_tier: str, reason: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Record a document parse escalation between tiers.
+
+    Args:
+        from_tier: Tier that could not satisfactorily parse the document
+        to_tier: Tier the document was escalated to
+        reason: low_confidence | empty_text | unsupported | error | forced
+    """
+    document_escalation_total.labels(
+        from_tier=from_tier, to_tier=to_tier, reason=reason
+    ).inc()
+
+
+def record_embedding(
+    kind: str,
+    provider: str,
+    duration: float,
+    chunks: int = 0,
+    chars: int = 0,
+    status: str = "success",
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Record an embedding batch call.
+
+    Args:
+        kind: "dense" or "sparse"
+        provider: Provider family (bedrock | openai | mistral | ollama | simple
+            for dense; "bm25" for sparse)
+        duration: Batch duration in seconds
+        chunks: Number of chunks embedded
+        chars: Total characters embedded
+        status: "success" or "error"
+    """
+    embedding_duration_seconds.labels(
+        kind=kind, provider=provider, status=status
+    ).observe(duration)
+    embedding_requests_total.labels(kind=kind, provider=provider, status=status).inc()
+    if status == "success":
+        if chunks > 0:
+            embedding_chunks_total.labels(kind=kind, provider=provider).inc(chunks)
+        if chars > 0:
+            embedding_chars_total.labels(kind=kind, provider=provider).inc(chars)
+
+
+def record_document_chunks(doc_type: str, count: int) -> None:
+    """
+    Record the number of chunks produced for a document.
+
+    Args:
+        doc_type: Document source type (note, file, deck_card, news_item)
+        count: Number of chunks produced
+    """
+    document_chunks_total.labels(doc_type=doc_type).inc(count)
+
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Decorator for Automatic Tool Instrumentation
 # =============================================================================
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/processor.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/processor.py
index 4e808bf2..cfd17567 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/processor.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/processor.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from typing import Any, cast
 import anyio
 from anyio.abc import TaskStatus
 from anyio.streams.memory import MemoryObjectReceiveStream
-from httpx import HTTPStatusError
 from qdrant_client.models import FieldCondition, Filter, MatchValue, PointStruct
 
 from nextcloud_mcp_server.acl_hash import compute_acl_hash
@@ -20,6 +19,8 @@ from nextcloud_mcp_server.config import get_settings
 from nextcloud_mcp_server.document_processors import get_registry
 from nextcloud_mcp_server.embedding import get_bm25_service, get_embedding_service
 from nextcloud_mcp_server.observability.metrics import (
+    record_document_chunks,
+    record_embedding,
     record_qdrant_operation,
     record_vector_sync_processing,
     update_vector_sync_queue_size,
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ from nextcloud_mcp_server.vector.scanner import DocumentTask
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Shared span-attribute key (avoids duplicating the string literal across the
+# many vector_sync spans that report a chunk count).
+_ATTR_CHUNK_COUNT = "vector_sync.chunk_count"
+
 
 def assign_page_numbers(chunks, page_boundaries):
     """Assign page numbers to chunks based on page boundaries.
@@ -209,9 +214,16 @@ async def process_document(doc_task: DocumentTask, nc_client: NextcloudClient):
                     doc_task.doc_type,
                     doc_task.doc_id,
                     doc_task.user_id,
+                    extra={
+                        "doc_id": doc_task.doc_id,
+                        "doc_type": doc_task.doc_type,
+                        "status": "success",
+                    },
                 )
 
-                # Record successful deletion metrics
+                # Record successful deletion metrics. A delete is not an
+                # indexing event, so doc_type is intentionally omitted here to
+                # keep it out of astrolabe_documents_indexed_total.
                 duration = time.time() - start_time
                 record_qdrant_operation("delete", "success")
                 record_vector_sync_processing(duration, "success")
@@ -228,10 +240,12 @@ async def process_document(doc_task: DocumentTask, nc_client: NextcloudClient):
                     # Record successful processing metrics
                     duration = time.time() - start_time
                     record_qdrant_operation("upsert", "success")
-                    record_vector_sync_processing(duration, "success")
+                    record_vector_sync_processing(
+                        duration, "success", doc_type=doc_task.doc_type
+                    )
                     return  # Success
 
-                except (HTTPStatusError, Exception) as e:
+                except Exception as e:
                     if attempt < max_retries - 1:
                         logger.warning(
                             "Retry %s/%s for %s_%s: %s",
@@ -240,6 +254,13 @@ async def process_document(doc_task: DocumentTask, nc_client: NextcloudClient):
                             doc_task.doc_type,
                             doc_task.doc_id,
                             e,
+                            extra={
+                                "doc_id": doc_task.doc_id,
+                                "doc_type": doc_task.doc_type,
+                                "attempt": attempt + 1,
+                                "max_retries": max_retries,
+                                "status": "retry",
+                            },
                         )
                         await anyio.sleep(retry_delay)
                         retry_delay *= 2  # Exponential backoff
@@ -250,17 +271,31 @@ async def process_document(doc_task: DocumentTask, nc_client: NextcloudClient):
                             doc_task.doc_id,
                             max_retries,
                             e,
+                            extra={
+                                "doc_id": doc_task.doc_id,
+                                "doc_type": doc_task.doc_type,
+                                "attempt": max_retries,
+                                "max_retries": max_retries,
+                                "status": "error",
+                            },
                         )
-                        # Record failed processing metrics
-                        duration = time.time() - start_time
+                        # Record the failed Qdrant upsert. The processing-error
+                        # metric is recorded once by the outer handler below, so
+                        # exhausted-retry failures aren't double-counted.
                         record_qdrant_operation("upsert", "error")
-                        record_vector_sync_processing(duration, "error")
                         raise
 
         except Exception:
-            # Catch any other unexpected errors
+            # Single processing-error call site: catches exhausted-retry
+            # re-raises, delete failures, and setup errors (get_qdrant_client /
+            # get_settings) — each counted exactly once. A failed delete is not
+            # an indexing event either, so doc_type is omitted for deletes to
+            # keep them out of astrolabe_documents_indexed_total.
             duration = time.time() - start_time
-            record_vector_sync_processing(duration, "error")
+            indexed_doc_type = (
+                None if doc_task.operation == "delete" else doc_task.doc_type
+            )
+            record_vector_sync_processing(duration, "error", doc_type=indexed_doc_type)
             raise
 
 
@@ -512,12 +547,15 @@ async def _index_document(
             "vector_sync.chunk_size": settings.document_chunk_size,
             "vector_sync.overlap": settings.document_chunk_overlap,
         },
-    ):
+    ) as chunk_span:
         chunker = DocumentChunker(
             chunk_size=settings.document_chunk_size,
             overlap=settings.document_chunk_overlap,
         )
         chunks = await chunker.chunk_text(content)
+        record_document_chunks(doc_task.doc_type, len(chunks))
+        if chunk_span is not None:
+            chunk_span.set_attribute(_ATTR_CHUNK_COUNT, len(chunks))
 
     # Assign page numbers to chunks if page boundaries are available (PDFs)
     page_boundaries = file_metadata.get("page_boundaries")
@@ -527,7 +565,7 @@ async def _index_document(
         with trace_operation(
             "vector_sync.assign_page_numbers",
             attributes={
-                "vector_sync.chunk_count": len(chunks),
+                _ATTR_CHUNK_COUNT: len(chunks),
                 "vector_sync.page_count": len(page_boundaries_list),
             },
         ):
@@ -583,27 +621,64 @@ async def _index_document(
     async def generate_dense_embeddings():
         """Generate dense embeddings (I/O bound - external API call)."""
         nonlocal dense_embeddings
+        provider = settings.get_embedding_provider_family()
+        total_chars = sum(len(t) for t in chunk_texts)
         with trace_operation(
             "vector_sync.embed_dense",
             attributes={
-                "vector_sync.chunk_count": len(chunk_texts),
-                "vector_sync.total_chars": sum(len(t) for t in chunk_texts),
+                _ATTR_CHUNK_COUNT: len(chunk_texts),
+                "vector_sync.total_chars": total_chars,
+                "embedding.kind": "dense",
+                "embedding.provider": provider,
+                "embedding.model": settings.get_embedding_model_name(),
             },
         ):
             embedding_service = get_embedding_service()
-            dense_embeddings = await embedding_service.embed_batch(chunk_texts)
+            embed_start = time.time()
+            try:
+                dense_embeddings = await embedding_service.embed_batch(chunk_texts)
+            except Exception:
+                record_embedding(
+                    "dense", provider, time.time() - embed_start, status="error"
+                )
+                raise
+            record_embedding(
+                "dense",
+                provider,
+                time.time() - embed_start,
+                chunks=len(chunk_texts),
+                chars=total_chars,
+            )
 
     async def generate_sparse_embeddings():
         """Generate sparse embeddings (BM25 for keyword matching)."""
         nonlocal sparse_embeddings
+        total_chars = sum(len(t) for t in chunk_texts)
         with trace_operation(
             "vector_sync.embed_sparse",
             attributes={
-                "vector_sync.chunk_count": len(chunk_texts),
+                _ATTR_CHUNK_COUNT: len(chunk_texts),
+                "vector_sync.total_chars": total_chars,
+                "embedding.kind": "sparse",
+                "embedding.provider": "bm25",
             },
         ):
             bm25_service = await get_bm25_service()
-            sparse_embeddings = await bm25_service.encode_batch(chunk_texts)
+            embed_start = time.time()
+            try:
+                sparse_embeddings = await bm25_service.encode_batch(chunk_texts)
+            except Exception:
+                record_embedding(
+                    "sparse", "bm25", time.time() - embed_start, status="error"
+                )
+                raise
+            record_embedding(
+                "sparse",
+                "bm25",
+                time.time() - embed_start,
+                chunks=len(chunk_texts),
+                chars=total_chars,
+            )
 
     async def generate_highlights():
         """Compute chunk bounding boxes for PDF chunks (CPU-bound, no rendering)."""
@@ -617,7 +692,7 @@ async def _index_document(
         with trace_operation(
             "vector_sync.compute_chunk_bboxes",
             attributes={
-                "vector_sync.chunk_count": len(chunks),
+                _ATTR_CHUNK_COUNT: len(chunks),
                 "vector_sync.pdf_size": len(content_bytes),
             },
         ):
@@ -662,7 +737,7 @@ async def _index_document(
         "vector_sync.parallel_processing",
         attributes={
             "vector_sync.is_pdf": is_pdf,
-            "vector_sync.chunk_count": len(chunks),
+            _ATTR_CHUNK_COUNT: len(chunks),
         },
     ):
         async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
@@ -680,7 +755,7 @@ async def _index_document(
     # PIPELINE_TIER is "fast"; ACL hash records at least the owner principal
     # (full share enumeration is a follow-up — a missing/partial acl_hash is
     # safe because the query-side pre-filter only applies when present + enabled).
-    _embedding_identity = get_settings().get_embedding_model_name()
+    _embedding_identity = settings.get_embedding_model_name()
     _acl_hash = compute_acl_hash([("user", doc_task.user_id)])
 
     # Surface deck card data quality issues at indexing time rather than
@@ -853,4 +928,10 @@ async def _index_document(
         doc_task.doc_id,
         doc_task.user_id,
         len(chunks),
+        extra={
+            "doc_id": doc_task.doc_id,
+            "doc_type": doc_task.doc_type,
+            "chunks": len(chunks),
+            "status": "success",
+        },
     )
diff --git a/tests/unit/conftest.py b/tests/unit/conftest.py
index 51ba62a8..67fd5531 100644
--- a/tests/unit/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/conftest.py
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ import pytest
 from tests.fixtures.storage_backend import storage_backend  # noqa: F401
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def metric_sample():
+    """Return a callable reading a Prometheus sample value (0.0 if absent).
+
+    Shared across the metric unit tests so the helper isn't duplicated per
+    module.
+    """
+    from prometheus_client import REGISTRY
+
+    def _sample(name: str, labels: dict[str, str]) -> float:
+        return REGISTRY.get_sample_value(name, labels) or 0.0
+
+    return _sample
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def _reload_dynaconf_after_test():
     """Ensure dynaconf cache is clean between tests.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_document_parse_metrics.py b/tests/unit/test_document_parse_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be0cbf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_document_parse_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+"""Unit tests for document-parse instrumentation.
+
+Covers two layers:
+1. The ``ProcessorRegistry.process()`` boundary — that it records a parse metric
+   (success and error) and opens a ``document_processor.parse`` span with the
+   expected attributes, while preserving the existing re-raise on failure.
+2. The ``record_document_parse`` / ``record_document_chunks`` /
+   ``record_vector_sync_processing`` helpers — that they increment the right
+   ``astrolabe_*`` Prometheus series (and that an error parse does NOT bump the
+   throughput counters).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.document_processors.base import (
+    DocumentProcessor,
+    ProcessingResult,
+    ProcessorError,
+)
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.document_processors.registry import ProcessorRegistry
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.observability.metrics import (
+    record_document_chunks,
+    record_document_escalation,
+    record_document_parse,
+    record_vector_sync_processing,
+)
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.vector import processor as proc
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.vector.scanner import DocumentTask
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.unit
+
+# ``metric_sample`` is provided as a shared fixture in tests/unit/conftest.py.
+
+
+class _FakeProcessor(DocumentProcessor):
+    """Minimal processor for exercising the registry instrumentation."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        result: ProcessingResult | None = None,
+        exc: Exception | None = None,
+        proc_name: str = "pymupdf",
+        proc_tier: str = "fast",
+    ):
+        self._result = result
+        self._exc = exc
+        self._name = proc_name
+        self._tier = proc_tier
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def tier(self) -> str:
+        return self._tier
+
+    @property
+    def supported_mime_types(self) -> set[str]:
+        return {"application/pdf"}
+
+    async def process(
+        self,
+        content: bytes,
+        content_type: str,
+        filename: str | None = None,
+        options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        progress_callback=None,
+    ) -> ProcessingResult:
+        if self._exc is not None:
+            raise self._exc
+        assert self._result is not None
+        return self._result
+
+    async def health_check(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_tracer():
+    """Patch trace_operation in the registry; expose the yielded span."""
+    with patch(
+        "nextcloud_mcp_server.document_processors.registry.trace_operation"
+    ) as mock_trace:
+        span = MagicMock()
+        mock_trace.return_value.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=span)
+        mock_trace.return_value.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+        mock_trace.span = span
+        yield mock_trace
+
+
+class TestRegistryParseInstrumentation:
+    async def test_success_records_metric_and_span(self, mock_tracer):
+        result = ProcessingResult(
+            text="x" * 1000,
+            metadata={"page_count": 50, "file_size": 99},
+            processor="pymupdf",
+        )
+        registry = ProcessorRegistry()
+        registry.register(_FakeProcessor(result=result))
+
+        with patch(
+            "nextcloud_mcp_server.document_processors.registry.record_document_parse"
+        ) as mock_record:
+            out = await registry.process(
+                b"%PDF-1.7", "application/pdf", filename="x.pdf"
+            )
+
+        assert out is result
+
+        # Metric recorded with parsed pages/chars and success status.
+        mock_record.assert_called_once()
+        args = mock_record.call_args.args
+        kwargs = mock_record.call_args.kwargs
+        assert args[0] == "pymupdf"  # processor
+        assert args[1] == "fast"  # tier
+        assert kwargs["pages"] == 50
+        assert kwargs["chars"] == 1000
+        assert kwargs["status"] == "success"
+
+        # Span opened with the parse name + identifying attributes.
+        assert mock_tracer.call_args.args[0] == "document_processor.parse"
+        attrs = mock_tracer.call_args.kwargs["attributes"]
+        assert attrs["processor.name"] == "pymupdf"
+        assert attrs["processor.tier"] == "fast"
+        assert attrs["mime_type"] == "application/pdf"
+        assert attrs["escalated"] is False
+        # Post-parse attributes set on the span.
+        mock_tracer.span.set_attribute.assert_any_call("page_count", 50)
+        mock_tracer.span.set_attribute.assert_any_call("char_count", 1000)
+
+    async def test_error_records_error_metric_and_reraises(self, mock_tracer):
+        registry = ProcessorRegistry()
+        registry.register(_FakeProcessor(exc=ProcessorError("boom")))
+
+        with patch(
+            "nextcloud_mcp_server.document_processors.registry.record_document_parse"
+        ) as mock_record:
+            with pytest.raises(ProcessorError):
+                await registry.process(b"data", "application/pdf")
+
+        mock_record.assert_called_once()
+        assert mock_record.call_args.kwargs["status"] == "error"
+
+
+class TestParseMetricHelpers:
+    def test_success_increments_throughput_counters(self, metric_sample):
+        labels = {"processor": "uttest-success", "tier": "fast"}
+        before_pages = metric_sample("astrolabe_document_pages_processed_total", labels)
+        before_chars = metric_sample("astrolabe_document_chars_processed_total", labels)
+        before_bytes = metric_sample("astrolabe_document_bytes_processed_total", labels)
+        before_total = metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_parse_total", {**labels, "status": "success"}
+        )
+
+        record_document_parse(
+            "uttest-success",
+            "fast",
+            1.23,
+            pages=50,
+            chars=1000,
+            byte_size=99,
+            status="success",
+        )
+
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_pages_processed_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_pages + 50)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_chars_processed_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_chars + 1000)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_bytes_processed_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_bytes + 99)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_parse_total", {**labels, "status": "success"}
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_total + 1)
+        # The duration histogram observed one sample.
+        assert (
+            metric_sample(
+                "astrolabe_document_parse_duration_seconds_count",
+                {**labels, "status": "success"},
+            )
+            >= 1
+        )
+
+    def test_error_does_not_increment_throughput(self, metric_sample):
+        labels = {"processor": "uttest-error", "tier": "fast"}
+        # Snapshot before — counters are global singletons, so assert the delta
+        # rather than an absolute value (consistent with the success test).
+        before_pages = metric_sample("astrolabe_document_pages_processed_total", labels)
+        before_chars = metric_sample("astrolabe_document_chars_processed_total", labels)
+        before_total = metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_parse_total", {**labels, "status": "error"}
+        )
+
+        record_document_parse(
+            "uttest-error",
+            "fast",
+            0.5,
+            pages=10,
+            chars=10,
+            byte_size=10,
+            status="error",
+        )
+
+        # Error parses count the attempt + duration, but NOT pages/chars/bytes.
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_pages_processed_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_pages)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_chars_processed_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_chars)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_parse_total", {**labels, "status": "error"}
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_total + 1)
+
+    def test_record_document_chunks(self, metric_sample):
+        labels = {"doc_type": "uttest-chunks"}
+        before = metric_sample("astrolabe_document_chunks_total", labels)
+        record_document_chunks("uttest-chunks", 7)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_chunks_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before + 7)
+
+    def test_vector_sync_processing_increments_documents_indexed(self, metric_sample):
+        labels = {"source": "uttest-doctype", "status": "success"}
+        before = metric_sample("astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", labels)
+        record_vector_sync_processing(0.1, "success", doc_type="uttest-doctype")
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before + 1)
+
+    def test_vector_sync_processing_without_doc_type_is_noop_for_indexed(
+        self, metric_sample
+    ):
+        # Without doc_type, the per-type counter must not be touched (the legacy
+        # mcp_* counter still increments, but that is out of scope here).
+        labels = {"source": "uttest-absent", "status": "success"}
+        record_vector_sync_processing(0.1, "success")
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(0.0)
+
+    def test_record_document_escalation(self, metric_sample):
+        # Dormant until the tiered pipeline lands; pin its correctness now so the
+        # first docling/OCR/LLM caller gets a working counter.
+        labels = {"from_tier": "fast", "to_tier": "ocr", "reason": "empty_text"}
+        before = metric_sample("astrolabe_document_escalation_total", labels)
+        record_document_escalation("fast", "ocr", "empty_text")
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_document_escalation_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before + 1)
+
+
+class TestProcessDocumentMetricCounting:
+    """Regression tests for the error/delete counting fixes from PR #831 review."""
+
+    async def test_exhausted_retries_count_error_once(self, metric_sample):
+        # The inner final-retry branch and the outer except both used to record
+        # a processing error, double-counting exhausted-retry failures.
+        task = DocumentTask(
+            user_id="u", doc_id="1", doc_type="note", operation="index", modified_at=0
+        )
+        err_labels = {"status": "error"}
+        indexed_labels = {"source": "note", "status": "error"}
+        before_processed = metric_sample(
+            "mcp_vector_sync_documents_processed_total", err_labels
+        )
+        before_indexed = metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", indexed_labels
+        )
+
+        with (
+            patch.object(
+                proc, "get_qdrant_client", new=AsyncMock(return_value=MagicMock())
+            ),
+            patch.object(
+                proc, "_index_document", new=AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("boom"))
+            ),
+            patch.object(proc.anyio, "sleep", new=AsyncMock()),  # skip backoff
+        ):
+            with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+                await proc.process_document(task, MagicMock())
+
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "mcp_vector_sync_documents_processed_total", err_labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_processed + 1)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", indexed_labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_indexed + 1)
+
+    async def test_delete_is_processed_but_not_indexed(self, metric_sample):
+        # A delete is processed but is NOT an indexing event, so it must not
+        # touch astrolabe_documents_indexed_total.
+        task = DocumentTask(
+            user_id="u", doc_id="2", doc_type="note", operation="delete", modified_at=0
+        )
+        indexed_labels = {"source": "note", "status": "success"}
+        processed_labels = {"status": "success"}
+        before_indexed = metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", indexed_labels
+        )
+        before_processed = metric_sample(
+            "mcp_vector_sync_documents_processed_total", processed_labels
+        )
+
+        qmock = MagicMock()
+        qmock.delete = AsyncMock()
+        with patch.object(proc, "get_qdrant_client", new=AsyncMock(return_value=qmock)):
+            await proc.process_document(task, MagicMock())
+
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", indexed_labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_indexed)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "mcp_vector_sync_documents_processed_total", processed_labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_processed + 1)
+
+    async def test_failed_delete_is_processed_but_not_indexed(self, metric_sample):
+        # A *failed* delete also must not touch astrolabe_documents_indexed_total
+        # (the outer except gates doc_type on operation != "delete").
+        task = DocumentTask(
+            user_id="u", doc_id="3", doc_type="note", operation="delete", modified_at=0
+        )
+        indexed_labels = {"source": "note", "status": "error"}
+        processed_labels = {"status": "error"}
+        before_indexed = metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", indexed_labels
+        )
+        before_processed = metric_sample(
+            "mcp_vector_sync_documents_processed_total", processed_labels
+        )
+
+        qmock = MagicMock()
+        qmock.delete = AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("boom"))
+        with patch.object(proc, "get_qdrant_client", new=AsyncMock(return_value=qmock)):
+            with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+                await proc.process_document(task, MagicMock())
+
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_documents_indexed_total", indexed_labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_indexed)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "mcp_vector_sync_documents_processed_total", processed_labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_processed + 1)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_embedding_metrics.py b/tests/unit/test_embedding_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f165480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_embedding_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+"""Unit tests for embedding observability.
+
+Covers:
+1. ``Settings.get_embedding_provider_family()`` — the single source of truth for
+   the ``provider`` metric label / span attribute — across provider configs.
+2. The ``record_embedding`` helper — that it increments the right
+   ``astrolabe_embedding_*`` series and skips the throughput counters on error.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.config import Settings
+from nextcloud_mcp_server.observability.metrics import record_embedding
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.unit
+
+# ``metric_sample`` is provided as a shared fixture in tests/unit/conftest.py.
+
+
+class TestProviderFamily:
+    """Provider-family detection mirrors ProviderRegistry priority."""
+
+    def test_bedrock(self):
+        assert (
+            Settings(aws_region="us-east-1").get_embedding_provider_family()
+            == "bedrock"
+        )
+
+    def test_openai(self):
+        settings = Settings(
+            openai_api_key="sk-test",
+            aws_region=None,
+            bedrock_embedding_model=None,
+            bedrock_generation_model=None,
+        )
+        assert settings.get_embedding_provider_family() == "openai"
+
+    def test_mistral(self):
+        settings = Settings(
+            mistral_api_key="m-test",
+            aws_region=None,
+            bedrock_embedding_model=None,
+            bedrock_generation_model=None,
+            openai_api_key=None,
+        )
+        assert settings.get_embedding_provider_family() == "mistral"
+
+    def test_ollama(self):
+        settings = Settings(
+            ollama_base_url="http://localhost:11434",
+            aws_region=None,
+            bedrock_embedding_model=None,
+            bedrock_generation_model=None,
+            openai_api_key=None,
+            mistral_api_key=None,
+        )
+        assert settings.get_embedding_provider_family() == "ollama"
+
+    def test_simple_fallback(self):
+        settings = Settings(
+            aws_region=None,
+            bedrock_embedding_model=None,
+            bedrock_generation_model=None,
+            openai_api_key=None,
+            mistral_api_key=None,
+            ollama_base_url=None,
+        )
+        assert settings.get_embedding_provider_family() == "simple"
+
+    def test_gateway_uses_model_prefix(self):
+        settings = Settings(
+            embedding_provider="gateway",
+            embedding_gateway_url="https://gateway:8080",
+            embedding_gateway_model="mistral/mistral-embed",
+        )
+        assert settings.get_embedding_provider_family() == "mistral"
+
+
+class TestRecordEmbedding:
+    def test_dense_success_increments_throughput(self, metric_sample):
+        labels = {"kind": "dense", "provider": "uttest-prov"}
+        before_chunks = metric_sample("astrolabe_embedding_chunks_total", labels)
+        before_chars = metric_sample("astrolabe_embedding_chars_total", labels)
+        before_req = metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_embedding_requests_total", {**labels, "status": "success"}
+        )
+
+        record_embedding("dense", "uttest-prov", 0.42, chunks=12, chars=3400)
+
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_embedding_chunks_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_chunks + 12)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_embedding_chars_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_chars + 3400)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_embedding_requests_total", {**labels, "status": "success"}
+        ) == pytest.approx(before_req + 1)
+        assert (
+            metric_sample(
+                "astrolabe_embedding_duration_seconds_count",
+                {**labels, "status": "success"},
+            )
+            >= 1
+        )
+
+    def test_sparse_error_skips_throughput(self, metric_sample):
+        labels = {"kind": "sparse", "provider": "bm25-uttest"}
+        record_embedding(
+            "sparse", "bm25-uttest", 0.1, chunks=5, chars=100, status="error"
+        )
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_embedding_chunks_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(0.0)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_embedding_chars_total", labels
+        ) == pytest.approx(0.0)
+        assert metric_sample(
+            "astrolabe_embedding_requests_total", {**labels, "status": "error"}
+        ) == pytest.approx(1.0)