diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2bdb4e4..ab2bb80 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	connectrpc.com/connect v1.19.1
 	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.37.0
 	github.com/evalops/proto v0.0.0-20260414000509-37b2bf5d6244
-	github.com/evalops/service-runtime v0.1.17
+	github.com/evalops/service-runtime v0.1.18
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.2
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.9.1
 	github.com/pashagolub/pgxmock/v4 v4.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index db7d11b..d379e9c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/r
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
 github.com/evalops/proto v0.0.0-20260414000509-37b2bf5d6244 h1:MjoKPIxG/OisQLDqLvbvpleCAkPgr2InTrK4Q0D9F1o=
 github.com/evalops/proto v0.0.0-20260414000509-37b2bf5d6244/go.mod h1:EXB8IcqMaV58Tt0w2GaQia3YOwzrEvnIWFZetHX+IxE=
-github.com/evalops/service-runtime v0.1.17 h1:Elnn2Z+qLoxweauNikJQnQKt/0smEEdzOc0qQCqxo5g=
-github.com/evalops/service-runtime v0.1.17/go.mod h1:ZAB9GcnbFaFUq+X5TsoMUUth6KnAVR6uVHMKanXtQTY=
+github.com/evalops/service-runtime v0.1.18 h1:xu/MgtmcRDbUP9QkbX862nQLsT/nFAEyM7AIyVA7Mlk=
+github.com/evalops/service-runtime v0.1.18/go.mod h1:ZAB9GcnbFaFUq+X5TsoMUUth6KnAVR6uVHMKanXtQTY=
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.5 h1:Eg4myHZBjyvJmAFjFvWgrqDTXFyOzjj7YIm3L3mu6Ug=
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.5/go.mod h1:X7Gx4mteadT3eDOMTsXzmI4/rwUpOwBHLpAfupzFJP0=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.2 h1:Rl4B7itRWVtYIHFrSNd7vhTiz9UpLdi6gZhZ3wEeDy8=
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/redis_observability.go b/internal/bootstrap/redis_observability.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8de1855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/redis_observability.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package bootstrap
+
+import (
+	"github.com/evalops/service-runtime/observability"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	goredis "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
+)
+
+func instrumentDefaultRedisClient(client goredis.UniversalClient) error {
+	return instrumentRedisClient(client, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
+}
+
+func instrumentRedisClient(client goredis.UniversalClient, registerer prometheus.Registerer) error {
+	if client == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	hook, err := observability.NewRedisCommandHook("asb", observability.RedisCommandMetricsOptions{
+		Registerer: registerer,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	client.AddHook(hook)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/redis_observability_test.go b/internal/bootstrap/redis_observability_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bb3302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/redis_observability_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package bootstrap
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	miniredis "github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	goredis "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
+)
+
+func TestInstrumentRedisClientRecordsCommandMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	server, err := miniredis.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("miniredis.Run() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	client := goredis.NewClient(&goredis.Options{Addr: server.Addr()})
+	defer func() { _ = client.Close() }()
+
+	if err := instrumentRedisClient(client, registry); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("instrumentRedisClient() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := client.Set(context.Background(), "relay:test", "ok", 0).Err(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Set() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := client.Get(context.Background(), "relay:test").Err(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	promhttp.HandlerFor(registry, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}).ServeHTTP(recorder, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/metrics", nil))
+
+	body := recorder.Body.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(body, `asb_redis_commands_total{command="set",status="ok"} 1`) {
+		t.Fatalf("metrics body = %q, want Redis set counter", body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(body, `asb_redis_commands_total{command="get",status="ok"} 1`) {
+		t.Fatalf("metrics body = %q, want Redis get counter", body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(body, `asb_redis_command_duration_seconds_count{command="set",status="ok"} 1`) {
+		t.Fatalf("metrics body = %q, want Redis set duration histogram", body)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/service.go b/internal/bootstrap/service.go
index 94d90cc..4384eab 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/service.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/service.go
@@ -469,6 +469,9 @@ func newRuntimeStore(ctx context.Context) (core.RuntimeStore, func(), readinessP
 			Password: os.Getenv("ASB_REDIS_PASSWORD"),
 			DB:       0,
 		})
+		if err := instrumentDefaultRedisClient(client); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, nil, err
+		}
 		if err := client.Ping(ctx).Err(); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, nil, err
 		}