diff --git a/docs/generated/changelog.html b/docs/generated/changelog.html
index 491c78ecd..35e9de864 100644
--- a/docs/generated/changelog.html
+++ b/docs/generated/changelog.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ <h1>Agent-JS Changelog</h1>
     <section>
       <h2>Version x.x.x</h2>
       <ul>
+        <li>feat: adds subnet metrics decoding to canisterStatus for `/subnet` path</li>
         <li>
           chore: replaces use of localhost with 127.0.0.1 for better node 18 support. Also swaps
           Jest for vitest, runs mitm against mainnet, and updates some packages
diff --git a/packages/agent/src/certificate.test.ts b/packages/agent/src/certificate.test.ts
index 44bd5e0a0..e2f68bcb6 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/certificate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/certificate.test.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,15 @@ describe('node keys', () => {
     const nodeKeys = cert.cache_node_keys();
     expect(nodeKeys).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
+        "metrics": Object {
+          "canister_state_bytes": 10007399447n,
+          "consumed_cycles_total": Object {
+            "current": 15136490391288n,
+            "deleted": 0n,
+          },
+          "num_canisters": 451n,
+          "update_transactions_total": 222360n,
+        },
         "nodeKeys": Array [
           "302a300506032b65700321005b0bdf0329932ab0a78fa7192ad76cf37d67eb2024739774d3b67da7799ebc9c",
           "302a300506032b65700321009776d25542873dafb8099303d1fca8e4aa344e73cf5a3d7df5b40f9c8ed5a085",
diff --git a/packages/agent/src/certificate.ts b/packages/agent/src/certificate.ts
index 3682c9b9b..a02076963 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/certificate.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/certificate.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ export type SubnetStatus = {
   // Principal as a string
   subnetId: string;
   nodeKeys: string[];
+  metrics?: {
+    num_canisters: bigint;
+    canister_state_bytes: bigint;
+    consumed_cycles_total: {
+      current: bigint;
+      deleted: bigint;
+    };
+    update_transactions_total: bigint;
+  };
 };
 
 /**
@@ -164,6 +173,8 @@ export interface CreateCertificateOptions {
   maxAgeInMinutes?: number;
 }
 
+type MetricsResult = number | bigint | Map<number, number | bigint> | undefined;
+
 export class Certificate {
   private readonly cert: Cert;
   #nodeKeys: string[] = [];
@@ -216,6 +227,12 @@ export class Certificate {
     return this.lookup([label]);
   }
 
+  #toBigInt(n: MetricsResult): bigint {
+    if (typeof n === 'undefined') return BigInt(0);
+    if (typeof n === 'bigint') return n;
+    return BigInt(Number(n));
+  }
+
   public cache_node_keys(root_key?: Uint8Array): SubnetStatus {
     const tree = this.cert.tree;
     let delegation = this.cert.delegation;
@@ -248,10 +265,47 @@ export class Certificate {
       }
     });
 
-    return {
+    const metricsTree = lookup_path(
+      ['subnet', delegation?.subnet_id as ArrayBuffer, 'metrics'],
+      tree,
+    );
+    let metrics: SubnetStatus['metrics'] | undefined = undefined;
+    if (metricsTree) {
+      const decoded = cbor.decode(metricsTree as ArrayBuffer) as Map<
+        number,
+        Map<number, number | bigint>
+      >;
+
+      // Cbor may decode values as either number or bigint. For consistency, we convert all numbers to bigint
+      const num_canisters = this.#toBigInt(decoded.get(0));
+      const canister_state_bytes = this.#toBigInt(decoded.get(1));
+      const current_consumed_cycles = this.#toBigInt(
+        (decoded.get(2) as Map<number, number>).get(0),
+      );
+      const deleted_consumed_cycles = this.#toBigInt(
+        (decoded.get(2) as Map<number, number>).get(1),
+      );
+      const update_transactions_total = this.#toBigInt(decoded.get(3));
+
+      metrics = {
+        num_canisters: num_canisters,
+        canister_state_bytes: canister_state_bytes,
+        consumed_cycles_total: {
+          current: current_consumed_cycles,
+          deleted: deleted_consumed_cycles,
+        },
+        update_transactions_total: update_transactions_total,
+      };
+    }
+
+    const result: SubnetStatus = {
       subnetId: Principal.fromUint8Array(new Uint8Array(delegation.subnet_id)).toText(),
       nodeKeys: this.#nodeKeys,
     };
+    if (metrics) {
+      result.metrics = metrics;
+    }
+    return result;
   }
 
   private async verify(): Promise<void> {