diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_stmt.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_stmt.go
index d6289ad9f907..664b75fc055e 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_stmt.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_stmt.go
@@ -1092,6 +1092,13 @@ func (b *changefeedResumer) maybeCleanUpProtectedTimestamp(
 
 var _ jobs.PauseRequester = (*changefeedResumer)(nil)
 
+func (b *changefeedResumer) updatePausedMetrics(ctx context.Context, jobExec interface{}) {
+	exec := jobExec.(sql.JobExecContext)
+	telemetry.Count(`changefeed.enterprise.paused`)
+	exec.ExecCfg().JobRegistry.MetricsStruct().Changefeed.(*Metrics).Pauses.Inc(1)
+	logChangefeedFailedTelemetry(ctx, b.job, changefeedbase.UnknownError)
+}
+
 // OnPauseRequest implements jobs.PauseRequester. If this changefeed is being
 // paused, we may want to clear the protected timestamp record.
 func (b *changefeedResumer) OnPauseRequest(
@@ -1102,6 +1109,8 @@ func (b *changefeedResumer) OnPauseRequest(
 	cp := progress.GetChangefeed()
 	execCfg := jobExec.(sql.JobExecContext).ExecCfg()
 
+	b.updatePausedMetrics(ctx, jobExec)
+
 	if _, shouldProtect := details.Opts[changefeedbase.OptProtectDataFromGCOnPause]; !shouldProtect {
 		// Release existing pts record to avoid a single changefeed left on pause
 		// resulting in storage issues
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/metrics.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/metrics.go
index cd625b0f60fd..6551b1c047d5 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/metrics.go
@@ -320,6 +320,12 @@ var (
 		Measurement: "Errors",
 		Unit:        metric.Unit_COUNT,
 	}
+	metaChangefeedPauses = metric.Metadata{
+		Name:        "changefeed.pauses",
+		Help:        "Total number of changefeed jobs which have been paused for any reason",
+		Measurement: "Pauses",
+		Unit:        metric.Unit_COUNT,
+	}
 
 	metaEventQueueTime = metric.Metadata{
 		Name:        "changefeed.queue_time_nanos",
@@ -570,6 +576,7 @@ type Metrics struct {
 	KVFeedMetrics                  kvevent.Metrics
 	SchemaFeedMetrics              schemafeed.Metrics
 	Failures                       *metric.Counter
+	Pauses                         *metric.Counter
 	ResolvedMessages               *metric.Counter
 	QueueTimeNanos                 *metric.Counter
 	CheckpointHistNanos            *metric.Histogram
@@ -604,6 +611,7 @@ func MakeMetrics(histogramWindow time.Duration) metric.Struct {
 		SchemaFeedMetrics:              schemafeed.MakeMetrics(histogramWindow),
 		ResolvedMessages:               metric.NewCounter(metaChangefeedForwardedResolvedMessages),
 		Failures:                       metric.NewCounter(metaChangefeedFailures),
+		Pauses:                         metric.NewCounter(metaChangefeedPauses),
 		QueueTimeNanos:                 metric.NewCounter(metaEventQueueTime),
 		CheckpointHistNanos:            metric.NewHistogram(metaChangefeedCheckpointHistNanos, histogramWindow, metric.IOLatencyBuckets),
 		FrontierUpdates:                metric.NewCounter(metaChangefeedFrontierUpdates),