diff --git a/ocr-service/main.py b/ocr-service/main.py
index 12a77a45..c9f5b783 100644
--- a/ocr-service/main.py
+++ b/ocr-service/main.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
+import time
 import zipfile
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ async def run_ocr(request: OcrRequest):
     script_type = request.scriptType.upper()
     engine_name = "kraken" if script_type == "HANDWRITING_KURRENT" else "surya"
 
+    extract_started = time.monotonic()
     if script_type == "HANDWRITING_KURRENT":
         if not kraken_engine.is_available():
             raise HTTPException(
@@ -119,6 +121,9 @@ async def run_ocr(request: OcrRequest):
     else:
         # TYPEWRITER, HANDWRITING_LATIN, UNKNOWN — all use Surya
         blocks = await asyncio.to_thread(surya_engine.extract_blocks, images, request.language)
+    metrics.ocr_processing_seconds.labels(engine=engine_name).observe(
+        time.monotonic() - extract_started
+    )
 
     metrics.ocr_jobs_total.labels(engine=engine_name, script_type=script_type).inc()
 
@@ -194,6 +199,7 @@ async def run_ocr_stream(request: OcrRequest):
                     image = await asyncio.to_thread(preprocess_page, image)
                     blocks = []
                     sender_path = request.senderModelPath if use_kraken else None
+                    page_started = time.monotonic()
                     for region in page_regions:
                         text = await asyncio.to_thread(
                             engine.extract_region_text, image,
@@ -213,6 +219,9 @@ async def run_ocr_stream(request: OcrRequest):
                             "annotationId": region.annotationId,
                         })
 
+                    metrics.ocr_processing_seconds.labels(engine=engine_name).observe(
+                        time.monotonic() - page_started
+                    )
                     total_blocks += len(blocks)
                     metrics.ocr_pages_total.labels(engine=engine_name).inc()
                     yield json.dumps({
@@ -258,9 +267,13 @@ async def run_ocr_stream(request: OcrRequest):
                 yield json.dumps({"type": "preprocessing", "pageNumber": page_idx}) + "\n"
                 image = await asyncio.to_thread(preprocess_page, image)
                 sender_path = request.senderModelPath if use_kraken else None
+                page_started = time.monotonic()
                 blocks = await asyncio.to_thread(
                     engine.extract_page_blocks, image, page_idx, request.language, sender_path
                 )
+                metrics.ocr_processing_seconds.labels(engine=engine_name).observe(
+                    time.monotonic() - page_started
+                )
 
                 for block in blocks:
                     words = block.get("words") or []
diff --git a/ocr-service/test_metrics.py b/ocr-service/test_metrics.py
index a13db209..5701bbe3 100644
--- a/ocr-service/test_metrics.py
+++ b/ocr-service/test_metrics.py
@@ -267,3 +267,43 @@ async def test_ocr_words_and_illegible_words_total_sum_across_blocks(fresh_metri
 
     assert fresh_metrics.ocr_words_total._value.get() == 5.0
     assert fresh_metrics.ocr_illegible_words_total._value.get() == 2.0
+
+
+def _histogram_count_sum(histogram, **labels) -> tuple[float, float]:
+    """Read the per-label-set _count and _sum from a prometheus_client Histogram."""
+    child = histogram.labels(**labels)
+    return child._sum.get(), sum(b.get() for b in child._buckets)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_ocr_processing_seconds_histogram_observed_per_page_in_stream(fresh_metrics):
+    """The streaming generator observes ocr_processing_seconds once per page."""
+    mock_images = [Image.new("RGB", (100, 100)) for _ in range(2)]
+    mock_blocks = [{"pageNumber": 1, "x": 0.0, "y": 0.0, "width": 1.0, "height": 1.0,
+                    "polygon": None, "text": "ok", "words": []}]
+
+    with patch("main.kraken_engine.load_models"), \
+         patch("main.load_spell_checker"), \
+         patch("main._download_and_convert_pdf", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_images), \
+         patch("main.preprocess_page", side_effect=lambda img: img), \
+         patch("main.surya_engine.extract_page_blocks", return_value=mock_blocks):
+        async with AsyncClient(transport=ASGITransport(app=app), base_url="http://test") as client:
+            import main as main_module
+            main_module._models_ready = True
+            try:
+                async with client.stream("POST", "/ocr/stream", json={
+                    "pdfUrl": "http://minio/doc.pdf",
+                    "scriptType": "TYPEWRITER",
+                    "language": "de",
+                }) as response:
+                    assert response.status_code == 200
+                    async for _ in response.aiter_lines():
+                        pass
+            finally:
+                main_module._models_ready = False
+
+    sum_seconds, count = _histogram_count_sum(
+        fresh_metrics.ocr_processing_seconds, engine="surya"
+    )
+    assert count == 2.0
+    assert sum_seconds >= 0.0