diff --git a/platform/api/src/metrics.js b/platform/api/src/metrics.js
index 54fc255..9a4b362 100644
--- a/platform/api/src/metrics.js
+++ b/platform/api/src/metrics.js
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ function recordEnrollmentEvent(result) {
   if (result in enrollmentEventTotals) enrollmentEventTotals[result]++;
 }
 
+// Phase 5C §18 — per-attempt delivery outcomes (a real counter, since "how many send attempts
+// happened" is an ephemeral event count, not something a DB GROUP BY can reconstruct after the
+// fact the way notifications_total below can). `provider` is 'dev'|'gws' (bounded), `result` is
+// 'sent'|'retry'|'failed' (bounded) — never a notification_id/student_id/provider message id.
+const notificationAttemptTotals = {};
+function recordNotificationAttempt(provider, result) {
+  const key = `${provider}|${result}`;
+  notificationAttemptTotals[key] = (notificationAttemptTotals[key] || 0) + 1;
+}
+
+// student.activate outcomes — 'success' | 'invalid_or_expired_token'. Bounded, no student id.
+const studentActivationTotals = {};
+function recordStudentActivation(result) {
+  studentActivationTotals[result] = (studentActivationTotals[result] || 0) + 1;
+}
+
 // Gauges are computed fresh at scrape time from Postgres/the Provisioner — cheap enough at a
 // normal 15-30s Prometheus scrape interval, and always exactly correct (no separate value to
 // keep in sync with reality).
@@ -58,6 +74,15 @@ async function collectGauges(pool, provisioner) {
     pool.query(`SELECT program_id, count(*)::int AS n FROM enrollments WHERE status = 'completed' GROUP BY program_id`),
   ]);
 
+  // Phase 5C — notification lifecycle, computed fresh from the DB (like enrollment_breakdown
+  // above) rather than an in-process counter, so "how many notifications are in each
+  // type/status right now" can never drift from what's actually stored.
+  const [{ rows: notificationBreakdown }, { rows: queueStats }] = await Promise.all([
+    pool.query(`SELECT notification_type, status, count(*)::int AS n FROM notification_events GROUP BY notification_type, status`),
+    pool.query(`SELECT count(*)::int AS depth, COALESCE(extract(epoch FROM now() - min(created_at)), 0)::int AS oldest_seconds
+                FROM notification_events WHERE status = 'queued'`),
+  ]);
+
   return {
     classroom_sessions_live: liveClassrooms.length,
     classroom_participants_online: onlineParticipants,
@@ -68,6 +93,9 @@ async function collectGauges(pool, provisioner) {
     enrollment_breakdown: enrollmentBreakdown,
     selfpaced_active_enrollments: selfPacedActive[0].n,
     completions_by_program: completionsByProgram,
+    notification_breakdown: notificationBreakdown,
+    notification_queue_depth: queueStats[0].depth,
+    notification_oldest_queued_seconds: queueStats[0].oldest_seconds,
   };
 }
 
@@ -85,6 +113,20 @@ function labeledGauge(name, help, rows, labelCols, valueCol) {
   return header + body + '\n';
 }
 
+// Same idea as labeledGauge, for the flat "label-key -> count" dicts the in-process counters
+// above use (e.g. notificationAttemptTotals's `${provider}|${result}` keys).
+function labeledCounter(name, help, totals, labelNames) {
+  const header = `# HELP ${name} ${help}\n# TYPE ${name} counter\n`;
+  const keys = Object.keys(totals);
+  if (!keys.length) return header;
+  const body = keys.map((key) => {
+    const values = key.split('|');
+    const labels = labelNames.map((n, i) => `${n}="${values[i].replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`).join(',');
+    return `${name}{${labels}} ${totals[key]}`;
+  }).join('\n');
+  return header + body + '\n';
+}
+
 async function renderMetrics(pool, provisioner) {
   const gauges = await collectGauges(pool, provisioner);
   return [
@@ -102,7 +144,16 @@ async function renderMetrics(pool, provisioner) {
     line('rootnode_enrollment_events_created_total', 'Integration enrollment events that created a new enrollment.', 'counter', enrollmentEventTotals.created),
     line('rootnode_enrollment_events_duplicate_total', 'Integration enrollment events that were idempotent replays of an already-processed event.', 'counter', enrollmentEventTotals.duplicate),
     line('rootnode_enrollment_events_rejected_total', 'Integration enrollment events rejected (bad auth, unknown program, invalid payload).', 'counter', enrollmentEventTotals.rejected),
+    labeledGauge('rootnode_notifications_total', 'Number of notification rows by type and lifecycle status.', gauges.notification_breakdown, ['notification_type', 'status'], 'n'),
+    line('rootnode_notification_queue_depth', 'Number of notifications currently queued for delivery.', 'gauge', gauges.notification_queue_depth),
+    line('rootnode_notification_oldest_queued_seconds', 'Age in seconds of the oldest still-queued notification (0 if none queued).', 'gauge', gauges.notification_oldest_queued_seconds),
+    labeledCounter('rootnode_notification_delivery_attempts_total', 'Notification delivery attempts by provider and outcome.', notificationAttemptTotals, ['provider', 'result']),
+    line('rootnode_student_activations_success_total', 'Student accounts successfully activated.', 'counter', studentActivationTotals.success || 0),
+    line('rootnode_student_activations_invalid_total', 'Activation attempts with an invalid or expired token.', 'counter', studentActivationTotals.invalid_or_expired_token || 0),
   ].join('\n');
 }
 
-module.exports = { recordStudentLoginSuccess, recordStudentLoginFailure, recordEnrollmentEvent, renderMetrics };
+module.exports = {
+  recordStudentLoginSuccess, recordStudentLoginFailure, recordEnrollmentEvent,
+  recordNotificationAttempt, recordStudentActivation, renderMetrics,
+};