diff --git a/codex-rs/cli/tests/exec_server.rs b/codex-rs/cli/tests/exec_server.rs
index 051a829113..4f60d2b1b8 100644
--- a/codex-rs/cli/tests/exec_server.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/cli/tests/exec_server.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::io::Read as _;
 use std::io::Write as _;
 use std::net::TcpListener;
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::sync::mpsc;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::Instant;
@@ -55,6 +56,53 @@ fn local_exec_server_ignores_invalid_config_without_strict_config() -> Result<()
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn local_exec_server_exports_real_otel_metrics() -> Result<()> {
+    let collector = TestCollector::start()?;
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
+    let base_url = &collector.base_url;
+    std::fs::write(
+        codex_home.path().join("config.toml"),
+        format!(
+            r#"
+[analytics]
+enabled = true
+
+[otel]
+environment = "test"
+metrics_exporter = {{ otlp-http = {{ endpoint = "{base_url}/v1/metrics", protocol = "json" }} }}
+"#
+        ),
+    )?;
+
+    let mut cmd = codex_command(codex_home.path())?;
+    cmd.args(["exec-server", "--listen", "stdio"])
+        .write_stdin(
+            r#"{"id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"clientName":"otel-test","resumeSessionId":null}}"#,
+        )
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+
+    let requests = collector.finish()?;
+    let metrics = requests
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|request| request.path == "/v1/metrics")
+        .map(|request| request.body.as_str())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("\n");
+    assert!(
+        metrics.contains("exec_server_connections_active"),
+        "{metrics}"
+    );
+    assert!(metrics.contains("exec_server_requests_total"), "{metrics}");
+    assert!(metrics.contains("initialize"), "{metrics}");
+    assert!(
+        metrics.contains("success") || metrics.contains("disconnected"),
+        "{metrics}"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn remote_exec_server_preserves_websocket_error_in_stderr() -> Result<()> {
     let failed_websocket_listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0")?;
@@ -109,6 +157,60 @@ struct CapturedRequest {
     body: String,
 }
 
+struct TestCollector {
+    base_url: String,
+    requests: mpsc::Receiver<Vec<CapturedRequest>>,
+    stop: mpsc::Sender<()>,
+    server: thread::JoinHandle<()>,
+}
+
+impl TestCollector {
+    fn start() -> Result<Self> {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0")?;
+        let addr = listener.local_addr()?;
+        listener.set_nonblocking(true)?;
+        let (tx, requests) = mpsc::channel();
+        let (stop, stop_rx) = mpsc::channel();
+        let server = thread::spawn(move || {
+            let mut captured = Vec::new();
+            loop {
+                match listener.accept() {
+                    Ok((mut stream, _)) => {
+                        if let Ok(request) = read_http_request(&mut stream) {
+                            captured.push(request);
+                        }
+                        let _ = stream.write_all(
+                            b"HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n",
+                        );
+                    }
+                    Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
+                        if stop_rx.try_recv().is_ok() {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+                    }
+                    Err(_) => break,
+                }
+            }
+            let _ = tx.send(captured);
+        });
+        Ok(Self {
+            base_url: format!("http://{addr}"),
+            requests,
+            stop,
+            server,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn finish(self) -> Result<Vec<CapturedRequest>> {
+        let _ = self.stop.send(());
+        self.server
+            .join()
+            .map_err(|_| anyhow::anyhow!("collector thread panicked"))?;
+        Ok(self.requests.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(1))?)
+    }
+}
+
 struct TestRegistry {
     base_url: String,
     server: thread::JoinHandle<Result<()>>,
diff --git a/codex-rs/exec-server/src/server/transport_tests.rs b/codex-rs/exec-server/src/server/transport_tests.rs
index 98c93c977a..51c2fff96e 100644
--- a/codex-rs/exec-server/src/server/transport_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec-server/src/server/transport_tests.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ use codex_app_server_protocol::JSONRPCNotification;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::JSONRPCRequest;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::JSONRPCResponse;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::RequestId;
+use codex_otel::MetricsConfig;
+use opentelemetry_sdk::metrics::InMemoryMetricExporter;
+use opentelemetry_sdk::metrics::data::ScopeMetrics;
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use tokio::io::AsyncBufReadExt;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
@@ -112,6 +115,76 @@ async fn stdio_listen_transport_serves_initialize() {
         .expect("stdio transport should not fail");
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn stdio_listen_transport_emits_connection_and_request_metrics() {
+    let exporter = InMemoryMetricExporter::default();
+    let metrics = codex_otel::MetricsClient::new(MetricsConfig::in_memory(
+        "test",
+        "codex-exec-server",
+        env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+        exporter.clone(),
+    ))
+    .expect("metrics");
+    let telemetry = crate::ExecServerTelemetry::new(Some(metrics.clone()));
+    let (mut client_writer, server_reader) = duplex(1 << 20);
+    let (server_writer, client_reader) = duplex(1 << 20);
+    let server_task = tokio::spawn(run_stdio_connection_with_io(
+        server_reader,
+        server_writer,
+        test_runtime_paths(),
+        telemetry,
+    ));
+    let mut client_lines = BufReader::new(client_reader).lines();
+
+    write_jsonrpc_line(
+        &mut client_writer,
+        &JSONRPCMessage::Request(JSONRPCRequest {
+            id: RequestId::Integer(1),
+            method: INITIALIZE_METHOD.to_string(),
+            params: Some(
+                serde_json::to_value(InitializeParams {
+                    client_name: "exec-server-metrics-test".to_string(),
+                    resume_session_id: None,
+                })
+                .expect("initialize params should serialize"),
+            ),
+            trace: None,
+        }),
+    )
+    .await;
+    let _response = timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), client_lines.next_line())
+        .await
+        .expect("initialize response should arrive")
+        .expect("initialize response read should succeed")
+        .expect("initialize response should be present");
+
+    drop(client_writer);
+    drop(client_lines);
+    timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), server_task)
+        .await
+        .expect("stdio transport should finish after client disconnect")
+        .expect("stdio transport task should join")
+        .expect("stdio transport should not fail");
+    metrics.shutdown().expect("shutdown metrics");
+
+    let metric_names = exporter
+        .get_finished_metrics()
+        .expect("finished metrics")
+        .into_iter()
+        .flat_map(|metrics| {
+            metrics
+                .scope_metrics()
+                .flat_map(ScopeMetrics::metrics)
+                .map(|metric| metric.name().to_string())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert!(metric_names.contains(&"exec_server_connections_active".to_string()));
+    assert!(metric_names.contains(&"exec_server_connections_total".to_string()));
+    assert!(metric_names.contains(&"exec_server_requests_total".to_string()));
+    assert!(metric_names.contains(&"exec_server_request_duration_seconds".to_string()));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn parse_listen_url_accepts_websocket_url() {
     let transport =