diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dagrun.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dagrun.py
index 3173d51b54df4..323c5da7f7dc2 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dagrun.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dagrun.py
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@ def _check_last_n_dagruns_failed(self, dag_id, max_consecutive_failed_dag_runs,
                 .values(is_paused=True)
                 .execution_options(synchronize_session="fetch")
             )
+            stats.incr("dag.auto_paused", tags={"dag_id": self.dag_id})
             session.add(
                 Log(
                     event="paused",
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_dag.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_dag.py
index ead765b31716d..b3a753271901a 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_dag.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_dag.py
@@ -1129,6 +1129,36 @@ def test_dag_not_paused_when_latest_by_run_after_succeeds(self, testing_dag_bund
         session.expire_all()
         assert not session.get(DagModel, dag.dag_id).is_paused
 
+    @mock.patch("airflow.models.dagrun.stats.incr")
+    @pytest.mark.db_test
+    def test_auto_pause_emits_metric(self, mock_stats_incr, testing_dag_bundle):
+        """Verify stats.incr("dag.auto_paused") is emitted when the scheduler auto-pauses a DAG."""
+        dag_id = "dag_auto_pause_metric"
+        dag = DAG(dag_id, schedule=None, is_paused_upon_creation=False, max_consecutive_failed_dag_runs=1)
+        op1 = BashOperator(task_id="task", bash_command="exit 1;")
+        dag.add_task(op1)
+        session = settings.Session()
+        session.add(DagModel(dag_id=dag.dag_id, bundle_name="testing", is_stale=False))
+        session.flush()
+
+        scheduler_dag = sync_dag_to_db(dag, session=session)
+        self._add_dag_run(
+            scheduler_dag,
+            op1,
+            session,
+            run_id="run_fail",
+            logical_date=TEST_DATE,
+            run_after=TEST_DATE,
+            ti_state=TaskInstanceState.FAILED,
+            run_state=State.FAILED,
+        )
+
+        assert session.get(DagModel, dag.dag_id).is_paused
+        mock_stats_incr.assert_any_call(
+            "dag.auto_paused",
+            tags={"dag_id": dag_id},
+        )
+
     def test_dag_is_deactivated_upon_dagfile_deletion(self, dag_maker):
         dag_id = "old_existing_dag"
         with dag_maker(dag_id, schedule=None, is_paused_upon_creation=True) as dag:
diff --git a/shared/observability/src/airflow_shared/observability/metrics/metrics_template.yaml b/shared/observability/src/airflow_shared/observability/metrics/metrics_template.yaml
index 536e439f876e2..08f305c40c09b 100644
--- a/shared/observability/src/airflow_shared/observability/metrics/metrics_template.yaml
+++ b/shared/observability/src/airflow_shared/observability/metrics/metrics_template.yaml
@@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ metrics:
     legacy_name: "dag.serialization_writes.{dag_id}.{bundle_name}"
     name_variables: ["dag_id", "bundle_name"]
 
+  - name: "dag.auto_paused"
+    description: "Number of Dags automatically paused due to consecutive failures exceeding
+      the configured threshold. Metric with dag_id tagging."
+    type: "counter"
+    legacy_name: "-"
+    name_variables: []
+
   - name: "celery.task_timeout_error"
     description: "Number of ``AirflowTaskTimeout`` errors raised when publishing Task to Celery Broker."
     type: "counter"