diff --git a/.ci/metrics/metrics.py b/.ci/metrics/metrics.py
index 8edc00bc6bd37..48d2aa2f330ec 100644
--- a/.ci/metrics/metrics.py
+++ b/.ci/metrics/metrics.py
@@ -26,7 +26,67 @@ class JobMetrics:
     workflow_id: int
 
 
-def get_metrics(github_repo: github.Repository, workflows_to_track: dict[str, int]):
+@dataclass
+class GaugeMetric:
+    name: str
+    value: int
+    time_ns: int
+
+
+def get_sampled_workflow_metrics(github_repo: github.Repository):
+    """Gets global statistics about the Github workflow queue
+
+    Args:
+      github_repo: A github repo object to use to query the relevant information.
+
+    Returns:
+      Returns a list of GaugeMetric objects, containing the relevant metrics about
+      the workflow
+    """
+
+    # Other states are available (pending, waiting, etc), but the meaning
+    # is not documented (See #70540).
+    # "queued" seems to be the info we want.
+    queued_workflow_count = len(
+        [
+            x
+            for x in github_repo.get_workflow_runs(status="queued")
+            if x.name in WORKFLOWS_TO_TRACK
+        ]
+    )
+    running_workflow_count = len(
+        [
+            x
+            for x in github_repo.get_workflow_runs(status="in_progress")
+            if x.name in WORKFLOWS_TO_TRACK
+        ]
+    )
+
+    workflow_metrics = []
+    workflow_metrics.append(
+        GaugeMetric(
+            "workflow_queue_size",
+            queued_workflow_count,
+            time.time_ns(),
+        )
+    )
+    workflow_metrics.append(
+        GaugeMetric(
+            "running_workflow_count",
+            running_workflow_count,
+            time.time_ns(),
+        )
+    )
+    # Always send a hearbeat metric so we can monitor is this container is still able to log to Grafana.
+    workflow_metrics.append(
+        GaugeMetric("metrics_container_heartbeat", 1, time.time_ns())
+    )
+    return workflow_metrics
+
+
+def get_per_workflow_metrics(
+    github_repo: github.Repository, workflows_to_track: dict[str, int]
+):
     """Gets the metrics for specified Github workflows.
 
     This function takes in a list of workflows to track, and optionally the
@@ -43,14 +103,14 @@ def get_metrics(github_repo: github.Repository, workflows_to_track: dict[str, in
       Returns a list of JobMetrics objects, containing the relevant metrics about
       the workflow.
     """
-    workflow_runs = iter(github_repo.get_workflow_runs())
-
     workflow_metrics = []
 
     workflows_to_include = set(workflows_to_track.keys())
 
-    while len(workflows_to_include) > 0:
-        workflow_run = next(workflow_runs)
+    for workflow_run in iter(github_repo.get_workflow_runs()):
+        if len(workflows_to_include) == 0:
+            break
+
         if workflow_run.status != "completed":
             continue
 
@@ -139,12 +199,27 @@ def upload_metrics(workflow_metrics, metrics_userid, api_key):
       metrics_userid: The userid to use for the upload.
       api_key: The API key to use for the upload.
     """
+
+    if len(workflow_metrics) == 0:
+        print("No metrics found to upload.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return
+
     metrics_batch = []
     for workflow_metric in workflow_metrics:
-        workflow_formatted_name = workflow_metric.job_name.lower().replace(" ", "_")
-        metrics_batch.append(
-            f"{workflow_formatted_name} queue_time={workflow_metric.queue_time},run_time={workflow_metric.run_time},status={workflow_metric.status} {workflow_metric.created_at_ns}"
-        )
+        if isinstance(workflow_metric, GaugeMetric):
+            name = workflow_metric.name.lower().replace(" ", "_")
+            metrics_batch.append(
+                f"{name} value={workflow_metric.value} {workflow_metric.time_ns}"
+            )
+        elif isinstance(workflow_metric, JobMetrics):
+            name = workflow_metric.job_name.lower().replace(" ", "_")
+            metrics_batch.append(
+                f"{name} queue_time={workflow_metric.queue_time},run_time={workflow_metric.run_time},status={workflow_metric.status} {workflow_metric.created_at_ns}"
+            )
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Unsupported object type {type(workflow_metric)}: {str(workflow_metric)}"
+            )
 
     request_data = "\n".join(metrics_batch)
     response = requests.post(
@@ -176,16 +251,21 @@ def main():
     # Enter the main loop. Every five minutes we wake up and dump metrics for
     # the relevant jobs.
     while True:
-        current_metrics = get_metrics(github_repo, workflows_to_track)
-        if len(current_metrics) == 0:
-            print("No metrics found to upload.", file=sys.stderr)
-            continue
+        current_metrics = get_per_workflow_metrics(github_repo, workflows_to_track)
+        current_metrics += get_sampled_workflow_metrics(github_repo)
+        # Always send a hearbeat metric so we can monitor is this container is still able to log to Grafana.
+        current_metrics.append(
+            GaugeMetric("metrics_container_heartbeat", 1, time.time_ns())
+        )
 
         upload_metrics(current_metrics, grafana_metrics_userid, grafana_api_key)
         print(f"Uploaded {len(current_metrics)} metrics", file=sys.stderr)
 
         for workflow_metric in reversed(current_metrics):
-            workflows_to_track[workflow_metric.job_name] = workflow_metric.workflow_id
+            if isinstance(workflow_metric, JobMetrics):
+                workflows_to_track[
+                    workflow_metric.job_name
+                ] = workflow_metric.workflow_id
 
         time.sleep(SCRAPE_INTERVAL_SECONDS)