diff --git a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/metrics.go b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/metrics.go
index aec88cc3a517..752ca1700e5e 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/metrics.go
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ var (
 		Measurement: "Resolved Spans",
 		Unit:        metric.Unit_COUNT,
 	}
+	metaFrontierLagSeconds = metric.Metadata{
+		Name:        "replication.frontier_lag_seconds",
+		Help:        "Time the replication frontier lags",
+		Measurement: "Seconds",
+		Unit:        metric.Unit_SECONDS,
+	}
 	metaJobProgressUpdates = metric.Metadata{
 		Name:        "streaming.job_progress_updates",
 		Help:        "Total number of updates to the ingestion job progress",
@@ -115,6 +121,7 @@ type Metrics struct {
 	LatestDataCheckpointSpan    *metric.Gauge
 	DataCheckpointSpanCount     *metric.Gauge
 	FrontierCheckpointSpanCount *metric.Gauge
+	FrontierLagSeconds          *metric.GaugeFloat64
 }
 
 // MetricStruct implements the metric.Struct interface.
@@ -139,6 +146,7 @@ func MakeMetrics(histogramWindow time.Duration) metric.Struct {
 		LatestDataCheckpointSpan:    metric.NewGauge(metaLatestDataCheckpointSpan),
 		DataCheckpointSpanCount:     metric.NewGauge(metaDataCheckpointSpanCount),
 		FrontierCheckpointSpanCount: metric.NewGauge(metaFrontierCheckpointSpanCount),
+		FrontierLagSeconds:          metric.NewGaugeFloat64(metaFrontierLagSeconds),
 	}
 	return m
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_ingestion_frontier_processor.go b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_ingestion_frontier_processor.go
index c71fb79373fd..7e10258ee482 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_ingestion_frontier_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamingest/stream_ingestion_frontier_processor.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (h *heartbeatSender) maybeHeartbeat(
 	return true, s, err
 }
 
-func (h *heartbeatSender) startHeartbeatLoop(ctx context.Context) {
+func (h *heartbeatSender) startHeartbeatLoop(ctx context.Context, metrics *Metrics) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	h.cancel = cancel
 	h.cg = ctxgroup.WithContext(ctx)
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ func (h *heartbeatSender) startHeartbeatLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 				case frontier := <-h.frontierUpdates:
 					h.frontier.Forward(frontier)
 				}
+				metrics.FrontierLagSeconds.Update(timeutil.Since(h.frontier.GoTime()).Seconds())
 				sent, streamStatus, err := h.maybeHeartbeat(ctx, h.frontier)
 				// TODO(casper): add unit tests to test different kinds of client errors.
 				if err != nil {
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ func (sf *streamIngestionFrontier) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 	ctx = sf.StartInternal(ctx, streamIngestionFrontierProcName)
 	sf.metrics.RunningCount.Inc(1)
 	sf.input.Start(ctx)
-	sf.heartbeatSender.startHeartbeatLoop(ctx)
+	sf.heartbeatSender.startHeartbeatLoop(ctx, sf.metrics)
 }
 
 // Next is part of the RowSource interface.
diff --git a/pkg/ts/catalog/chart_catalog.go b/pkg/ts/catalog/chart_catalog.go
index 41614bdff589..88890ee198d2 100644
--- a/pkg/ts/catalog/chart_catalog.go
+++ b/pkg/ts/catalog/chart_catalog.go
@@ -1623,6 +1623,10 @@ var charts = []sectionDescription{
 				Title:   "Frontier Checkpoint Span Count",
 				Metrics: []string{"streaming.frontier_checkpoint_span_count"},
 			},
+			{
+				Title:   "Frontier Lag",
+				Metrics: []string{"replication.frontier_lag_seconds"},
+			},
 			{
 				Title:   "Job Progress Updates",
 				Metrics: []string{"streaming.job_progress_updates"},