diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagePersister.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagePersister.java
index 24abea4a7..a4c748ad7 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagePersister.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagePersister.java
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ import io.dropwizard.lifecycle.Managed;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Counter;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.DistributionSummary;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Metrics;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Tags;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Timer;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.dynamic.DynamicConfiguration;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.entities.MessageProtos;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.identity.IdentityType;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.DevicePlatformUtil;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.util.Util;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ public class MessagePersister implements Managed {
   private volatile boolean running;
 
   private static final String OVERSIZED_QUEUE_COUNTER_NAME = name(MessagePersister.class, "persistQueueOversized");
+  private static final String PERSISTED_MESSAGE_COUNTER_NAME = name(MessagePersister.class, "persistMessage");
 
   private static final Timer GET_QUEUES_TIMER = Metrics.timer(name(MessagePersister.class, "getQueues"));
   private static final Timer PERSIST_QUEUE_TIMER = Metrics.timer(name(MessagePersister.class, "persistQueue"));
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ public class MessagePersister implements Managed {
   @VisibleForTesting
   int persistNextQueues(final Instant currentTime) {
     final int slot = messagesCache.getNextSlotToPersist();
+    final String shard = messagesCache.shardForSlot(slot);
 
     List<String> queuesToPersist;
     int queuesPersisted = 0;
@@ -162,11 +167,11 @@ public class MessagePersister implements Managed {
           continue;
         }
         try {
-          persistQueue(maybeAccount.get(), maybeDevice.get());
+          persistQueue(maybeAccount.get(), maybeDevice.get(), shard);
         } catch (final Exception e) {
           PERSIST_QUEUE_EXCEPTION_METER.increment();
           logger.warn("Failed to persist queue {}::{} (slot {}, shard {}); will schedule for retry",
-              accountUuid, deviceId, slot, messagesCache.shardForSlot(slot), e);
+              accountUuid, deviceId, slot, shard, e);
 
           messagesCache.addQueueToPersist(accountUuid, deviceId);
 
@@ -184,10 +189,16 @@ public class MessagePersister implements Managed {
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  void persistQueue(final Account account, final Device device) throws MessagePersistenceException {
+  void persistQueue(final Account account, final Device device, final String shard) throws MessagePersistenceException {
     final UUID accountUuid = account.getUuid();
     final byte deviceId = device.getId();
 
+    final Tags tags = Tags.of(
+        "shard", shard,
+        "platform", DevicePlatformUtil.getDevicePlatform(device)
+        .map(platform -> platform.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))
+        .orElse("unknown"));
+
     final Timer.Sample sample = Timer.start();
 
     messagesCache.lockQueueForPersistence(accountUuid, deviceId);
@@ -201,6 +212,12 @@ public class MessagePersister implements Managed {
       do {
         messages = messagesCache.getMessagesToPersist(accountUuid, deviceId, MESSAGE_BATCH_LIMIT);
 
+        final int urgentMessageCount = (int) messages.stream().filter(MessageProtos.Envelope::getUrgent).count();
+        final int nonUrgentMessageCount = messages.size() - urgentMessageCount;
+
+        Metrics.counter(PERSISTED_MESSAGE_COUNTER_NAME, tags.and("urgent", "true")).increment(urgentMessageCount);
+        Metrics.counter(PERSISTED_MESSAGE_COUNTER_NAME, tags.and("urgent", "false")).increment(nonUrgentMessageCount);
+
         int messagesRemovedFromCache = messagesManager.persistMessages(accountUuid, device, messages);
         messageCount += messages.size();
 
@@ -235,7 +252,6 @@ public class MessagePersister implements Managed {
       messagesCache.unlockQueueForPersistence(accountUuid, deviceId);
       sample.stop(PERSIST_QUEUE_TIMER);
     }
-
   }
 
   private void trimQueue(final Account account, byte deviceId) {
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagePersisterTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagePersisterTest.java
index e0167680f..3987c9dbc 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagePersisterTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/MessagePersisterTest.java
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class MessagePersisterTest {
 
     assertTimeoutPreemptively(Duration.ofSeconds(1), () ->
         assertThrows(MessagePersistenceException.class,
-            () -> messagePersister.persistQueue(destinationAccount, DESTINATION_DEVICE)));
+            () -> messagePersister.persistQueue(destinationAccount, DESTINATION_DEVICE, "test")));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class MessagePersisterTest {
     when(messagesManager.persistMessages(any(UUID.class), any(), anyList())).thenThrow(ItemCollectionSizeLimitExceededException.builder().build());
 
     assertTimeoutPreemptively(Duration.ofSeconds(1), () ->
-        messagePersister.persistQueue(destinationAccount, DESTINATION_DEVICE));
+        messagePersister.persistQueue(destinationAccount, DESTINATION_DEVICE, "test"));
     verify(accountsManager, exactly()).removeDevice(destinationAccount, DESTINATION_DEVICE_ID);
   }
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ class MessagePersisterTest {
     when(messagesManager.persistMessages(any(UUID.class), any(), anyList())).thenThrow(ItemCollectionSizeLimitExceededException.builder().build());
     when(accountsManager.removeDevice(destinationAccount, DESTINATION_DEVICE_ID)).thenReturn(CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new TimeoutException()));
 
-    assertThrows(CompletionException.class, () -> messagePersister.persistQueue(destinationAccount, DESTINATION_DEVICE));
+    assertThrows(CompletionException.class, () -> messagePersister.persistQueue(destinationAccount, DESTINATION_DEVICE, "test"));
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("SameParameterValue")