diff --git a/lib/connections/metrics.go b/lib/connections/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e002833915d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/connections/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Syncthing Authors.
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+// You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package connections
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
+)
+
+var (
+	metricDeviceActiveConnections = promauto.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Namespace: "syncthing",
+		Subsystem: "connections",
+		Name:      "active",
+		Help:      "Number of currently active connections, per device. If value is 0, the device is disconnected.",
+	}, []string{"device"})
+)
+
+func registerDeviceMetrics(deviceID string) {
+	// Register metrics for this device, so that counters & gauges are present even
+	// when zero.
+	metricDeviceActiveConnections.WithLabelValues(deviceID)
+}
diff --git a/lib/connections/service.go b/lib/connections/service.go
index 359dcff4d54..5b69f2f99a6 100644
--- a/lib/connections/service.go
+++ b/lib/connections/service.go
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ func (s *service) CommitConfiguration(from, to config.Configuration) bool {
 	newDevices := make(map[protocol.DeviceID]bool, len(to.Devices))
 	for _, dev := range to.Devices {
 		newDevices[dev.DeviceID] = true
+		registerDeviceMetrics(dev.DeviceID.String())
 	}
 
 	for _, dev := range from.Devices {
@@ -853,6 +854,7 @@ func (s *service) CommitConfiguration(from, to config.Configuration) bool {
 			warningLimitersMut.Lock()
 			delete(warningLimiters, dev.DeviceID)
 			warningLimitersMut.Unlock()
+			metricDeviceActiveConnections.DeleteLabelValues(dev.DeviceID.String())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1378,6 +1380,9 @@ func (c *deviceConnectionTracker) accountAddedConnection(conn protocol.Connectio
 	c.wantConnections[d] = int(h.NumConnections)
 	l.Debugf("Added connection for %s (now %d), they want %d connections", d.Short(), len(c.connections[d]), h.NumConnections)
 
+	// Update active connections metric
+	metricDeviceActiveConnections.WithLabelValues(d.String()).Inc()
+
 	// Close any connections we no longer want to retain.
 	c.closeWorsePriorityConnectionsLocked(d, conn.Priority()-upgradeThreshold)
 }
@@ -1399,6 +1404,10 @@ func (c *deviceConnectionTracker) accountRemovedConnection(conn protocol.Connect
 		delete(c.connections, d)
 		delete(c.wantConnections, d)
 	}
+
+	// Update active connections metric
+	metricDeviceActiveConnections.WithLabelValues(d.String()).Dec()
+
 	l.Debugf("Removed connection for %s (now %d)", d.Short(), c.connections[d])
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/protocol/metrics.go b/lib/protocol/metrics.go
index 1f57e51fd98..d1873b7d16b 100644
--- a/lib/protocol/metrics.go
+++ b/lib/protocol/metrics.go
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ func registerDeviceMetrics(deviceID string) {
 	metricDeviceSentUncompressedBytes.WithLabelValues(deviceID)
 	metricDeviceSentMessages.WithLabelValues(deviceID)
 	metricDeviceRecvBytes.WithLabelValues(deviceID)
+	metricDeviceRecvDecompressedBytes.WithLabelValues(deviceID)
 	metricDeviceRecvMessages.WithLabelValues(deviceID)
 }