diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2d8dd4..3451e9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ The JSON API now applies per-IP rate limiting through the shared `service-runtim
 
 ### Metrics
 
-ASB now exposes Prometheus metrics on `/metrics` through the shared `service-runtime/observability` package. The initial slice covers HTTP request counters and request-latency histograms across the broker entrypoints.
+ASB now exposes Prometheus metrics on `/metrics` through the shared `service-runtime/observability` package. The current slice covers HTTP request counters and request-latency histograms across the broker entrypoints, plus Postgres pool gauges when `ASB_POSTGRES_DSN` is configured.
 
 ### Shared approval notifications
 
diff --git a/cmd/asb-api/main.go b/cmd/asb-api/main.go
index 1b754d1..799c438 100644
--- a/cmd/asb-api/main.go
+++ b/cmd/asb-api/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/evalops/asb/internal/bootstrap"
 	"github.com/evalops/service-runtime/observability"
 	"github.com/evalops/service-runtime/ratelimit"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ func main() {
 		logger.Error("initialize metrics", "error", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+	if err := registerRuntimeMetrics(runtime, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer); err != nil {
+		logger.Error("register runtime metrics", "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 
 	limiter := ratelimit.New(ratelimit.Config{
 		RequestsPerSecond: cfg.rateLimitRPS,
diff --git a/cmd/asb-api/observability.go b/cmd/asb-api/observability.go
index 2be5c20..47f37ca 100644
--- a/cmd/asb-api/observability.go
+++ b/cmd/asb-api/observability.go
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/evalops/asb/internal/bootstrap"
 	"github.com/evalops/service-runtime/httpkit"
 	"github.com/evalops/service-runtime/observability"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 func newObservedHandler(logger *slog.Logger, metrics *observability.Metrics, next http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -23,3 +25,12 @@ func newObservedHandler(logger *slog.Logger, metrics *observability.Metrics, nex
 		observed.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 	})
 }
+
+func registerRuntimeMetrics(runtime *bootstrap.ServiceRuntime, registerer prometheus.Registerer) error {
+	if runtime == nil || runtime.DBStats == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return observability.RegisterDBStats("asb", runtime.DBStats, observability.DBStatsOptions{
+		Registerer: registerer,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cmd/asb-api/observability_test.go b/cmd/asb-api/observability_test.go
index 227a103..29f8da1 100644
--- a/cmd/asb-api/observability_test.go
+++ b/cmd/asb-api/observability_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/evalops/asb/internal/bootstrap"
 	"github.com/evalops/service-runtime/observability"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
@@ -88,6 +90,49 @@ func TestNewObservedHandlerRecordsRequestMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRegisterRuntimeMetricsRegistersDBStats(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	runtime := &bootstrap.ServiceRuntime{
+		DBStats: func() sql.DBStats {
+			return sql.DBStats{
+				MaxOpenConnections: 8,
+				OpenConnections:    5,
+				InUse:              3,
+				Idle:               2,
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	if err := registerRuntimeMetrics(runtime, registry); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("registerRuntimeMetrics() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	metrics, err := observability.NewMetrics("asb", observability.MetricsOptions{
+		Registerer: registry,
+		Gatherer:   registry,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewMetrics() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	handler := newObservedHandler(discardLogger(), metrics, http.NewServeMux())
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(recorder, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/metrics", nil))
+
+	body := recorder.Body.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "asb_db_open_connections 5") {
+		t.Fatalf("metrics body = %q, want open connection gauge", body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "asb_db_in_use_connections 3") {
+		t.Fatalf("metrics body = %q, want in-use connection gauge", body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "asb_db_idle_connections 2") {
+		t.Fatalf("metrics body = %q, want idle connection gauge", body)
+	}
+}
+
 func discardLogger() *slog.Logger {
 	return slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
 }
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/service.go b/internal/bootstrap/service.go
index d09de88..910a601 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/service.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/service.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/rsa"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ type ServiceRuntime struct {
 	Service *app.Service
 	Cleanup func()
 	Health  *HealthChecker
+	DBStats func() sql.DBStats
 }
 
 type HealthChecker struct {
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ func NewServiceRuntime(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, options ...Serv
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	repository, cleanupRepository, postgresProbe, err := newRepository(ctx)
+	repository, cleanupRepository, postgresProbe, dbStats, err := newRepository(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -266,6 +268,7 @@ func NewServiceRuntime(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, options ...Serv
 			redisProbe:         redisProbe,
 			sessionTokensReady: sessionTokens != nil,
 		},
+		DBStats: dbStats,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -446,15 +449,15 @@ func newApprovalNotifier() (core.ApprovalNotifier, error) {
 	})
 }
 
-func newRepository(ctx context.Context) (core.Repository, func(), readinessProbe, error) {
+func newRepository(ctx context.Context) (core.Repository, func(), readinessProbe, func() sql.DBStats, error) {
 	if dsn := os.Getenv("ASB_POSTGRES_DSN"); dsn != "" {
 		pool, err := pgxpool.New(ctx, dsn)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, nil, err
+			return nil, nil, nil, nil, err
 		}
-		return postgresstore.NewRepository(pool), pool.Close, pool.Ping, nil
+		return postgresstore.NewRepository(pool), pool.Close, pool.Ping, pgxPoolDBStats(pool), nil
 	}
-	return memstore.NewRepository(), func() {}, nil, nil
+	return memstore.NewRepository(), func() {}, nil, nil, nil
 }
 
 func newRuntimeStore(ctx context.Context) (core.RuntimeStore, func(), readinessProbe, error) {
@@ -474,6 +477,21 @@ func newRuntimeStore(ctx context.Context) (core.RuntimeStore, func(), readinessP
 	return memstore.NewRuntimeStore(), func() {}, nil, nil
 }
 
+func pgxPoolDBStats(pool *pgxpool.Pool) func() sql.DBStats {
+	if pool == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return func() sql.DBStats {
+		stats := pool.Stat()
+		return sql.DBStats{
+			MaxOpenConnections: int(stats.MaxConns()),
+			OpenConnections:    int(stats.TotalConns()),
+			InUse:              int(stats.AcquiredConns()),
+			Idle:               int(stats.IdleConns()),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func loadPublicKey(path string) (any, error) {
 	contents, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {