diff --git a/metrics_app/__init__.py b/metrics_app/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/metrics_app/admin.py b/metrics_app/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05f0da18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics_app/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from metrics_app import models
+
+# Register your models here.
+admin.site.register(models.Metric)
diff --git a/metrics_app/apps.py b/metrics_app/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8b5b9002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics_app/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class MetricsAppConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'metrics_app'
diff --git a/metrics_app/migrations/0001_initial.py b/metrics_app/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fccae0e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics_app/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.17 on 2025-05-27 16:29
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Metric',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('modified', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, help_text='The date/time this resource was created.')),
+                ('created', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, help_text='The date/time this resource was created.')),
+                ('service', models.CharField(max_length=32)),
+                ('payload', models.JSONField(default=dict)),
+                ('created_by', models.ForeignKey(default=None, editable=False, help_text='The user who created this resource.', null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, related_name='%(app_label)s_%(class)s_created+', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+                ('modified_by', models.ForeignKey(default=None, editable=False, help_text='The user who last modified this resource.', null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, related_name='%(app_label)s_%(class)s_modified+', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/metrics_app/migrations/__init__.py b/metrics_app/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/metrics_app/models.py b/metrics_app/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc1af01c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics_app/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from ansible_base.lib.abstract_models import CommonModel
+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
+class Metric(CommonModel):
+    service = models.CharField(max_length=32)
+    payload = models.JSONField(default=dict)
diff --git a/metrics_app/serializers.py b/metrics_app/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88f26f0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics_app/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from rest_framework.serializers import ModelSerializer
+
+from ansible_base.lib.serializers.common import NamedCommonModelSerializer
+from ansible_base.rbac.api.related import RelatedAccessMixin
+from metrics_app import models
+
+
+class MetricsSerializer(RelatedAccessMixin, NamedCommonModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = models.Metric
+        fields = '__all__'
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diff --git a/metrics_app/tests.py b/metrics_app/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ce503c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics_app/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/metrics_app/tests/test_metrics.py b/metrics_app/tests/test_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..761726561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics_app/tests/test_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import pytest
+from metrics_app.models import Metric
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_create_metric_default_payload():
+  result = Metric.objects.create()
+  result.save()
+  assert result.payload == dict()
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_modifying_metric_updates_modified_time():
+  # TODO: Implement this test
+  raise NotImplementedError()
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diff --git a/metrics_app/views.py b/metrics_app/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ebec485d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics_app/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import logging
+from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
+
+from ansible_base.lib.utils.response import get_fully_qualified_url
+from ansible_base.lib.utils.views.ansible_base import AnsibleBaseView
+from ansible_base.rbac import permission_registry
+from ansible_base.rbac.policies import visible_users
+from metrics_app import models, serializers
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class MetricsAppViewSet(ModelViewSet, AnsibleBaseView):
+    prefetch_related = ()
+    select_related = ()
+
+    def apply_optimizations(self, qs):
+        if self.prefetch_related:
+            qs = qs.prefetch_related(*self.prefetch_related)
+        if self.select_related:
+            qs = qs.select_related(*self.select_related)
+        return qs
+    
+class MetricsViewSet(MetricsAppViewSet):
+    serializer_class = serializers.MetricsSerializer
+    prefetch_related = ('created_by', 'modified_by', 'resource', 'resource__content_type')
+    queryset = models.Metric.objects.all()
diff --git a/test_app/defaults.py b/test_app/defaults.py
index ba8be1ee9..dd1d5219e 100644
--- a/test_app/defaults.py
+++ b/test_app/defaults.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     'ansible_base.activitystream',
     'ansible_base.help_text_check',
     'ansible_base.feature_flags',
+    'metrics_app',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
diff --git a/test_app/router.py b/test_app/router.py
index 189bdc4fe..2eaad945a 100644
--- a/test_app/router.py
+++ b/test_app/router.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 from ansible_base.oauth2_provider import views as oauth2_provider_views
 from ansible_base.rbac.api import views as rbac_views
 from test_app import views
+from metrics_app import views as metrics_app_views
 
 router = AssociationResourceRouter()
 # using an intentionally unpredictable basename
 router.register(r'encrypted_models', views.EncryptionModelViewSet, basename='encryption_test_model')
+router.register(r'metrics', metrics_app_views.MetricsViewSet, basename='metrics')
 
 # intentionally not registering ResourceMigrationTestModel to test lack of URLs
 
diff --git a/test_app/urls.py b/test_app/urls.py
index ba7bf4b3b..447c30aca 100644
--- a/test_app/urls.py
+++ b/test_app/urls.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from ansible_base.lib.dynamic_config.dynamic_urls import api_urls, api_version_urls, root_urls
 from ansible_base.resource_registry.urls import urlpatterns as resource_api_urls
 from test_app import views
+from metrics_app import views as metrics_app_views
 from test_app.router import router as test_app_router
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
     path('api/v1/', include(resource_api_urls)),
     path('api/v1/', views.api_root),
     path('api/v1/timeout_view/', views.timeout_view, name='test-timeout-view'),
+    path('api/v1/metrics/', metrics_app_views.MetricsViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list'}), name='metrics'),
     path('login/', include('rest_framework.urls')),
     path("__debug__/", include("debug_toolbar.urls")),
 ] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)