diff --git a/src/mito2/src/compaction/task.rs b/src/mito2/src/compaction/task.rs
index a8182353aa..4bc98fff8a 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/compaction/task.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/compaction/task.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ impl CompactionTaskImpl {
                 sender: expire_delete_sender,
                 edit,
                 result: Ok(()),
+                started_at: std::time::Instant::now(),
                 update_region_state: false,
                 is_staging: false,
             }),
diff --git a/src/mito2/src/metrics.rs b/src/mito2/src/metrics.rs
index 30a7ac765c..470e9b7357 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/metrics.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,24 @@ lazy_static! {
             exponential_buckets(0.01, 10.0, 7).unwrap(),
         )
         .unwrap();
+    /// Time spent by queued region edit requests before they are started by the region worker.
+    pub static ref REGION_EDIT_QUEUE_WAIT_TIME: HistogramVec = register_histogram_vec!(
+            "greptime_mito_region_edit_queue_wait_time",
+            "mito region edit queue wait time",
+            &[WORKER_LABEL],
+            // 0.001 ~ 10000
+            exponential_buckets(0.001, 10.0, 8).unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    /// Time spent while a region is in the Editing state for region edit requests.
+    pub static ref REGION_EDIT_ELAPSED: HistogramVec = register_histogram_vec!(
+            "greptime_mito_region_edit_elapsed",
+            "mito region edit elapsed time",
+            &[WORKER_LABEL],
+            // 0.001 ~ 10000
+            exponential_buckets(0.001, 10.0, 8).unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
 
     // ------ Flush related metrics
     /// Counter of scheduled flush requests.
diff --git a/src/mito2/src/request.rs b/src/mito2/src/request.rs
index cc965f48df..78348a21f8 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/request.rs
@@ -1115,6 +1115,8 @@ pub(crate) struct RegionEditResult {
     pub(crate) edit: RegionEdit,
     /// Result from the manifest manager.
     pub(crate) result: Result<()>,
+    /// The instant when the region entered Editing state for this request.
+    pub(crate) started_at: std::time::Instant,
     /// Whether region state need to be set to Writable after handling this request.
     pub(crate) update_region_state: bool,
     /// The region is in staging mode before handling this request.
diff --git a/src/mito2/src/worker/handle_manifest.rs b/src/mito2/src/worker/handle_manifest.rs
index 7eb9f958b9..828b0897cb 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/worker/handle_manifest.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/worker/handle_manifest.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
 use std::num::NonZeroU64;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 use common_telemetry::{info, warn};
 use parquet::file::metadata::PageIndexPolicy;
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ use crate::manifest::action::{
     RegionChange, RegionEdit, RegionMetaAction, RegionMetaActionList, RegionTruncate,
 };
 use crate::memtable::MemtableBuilderProvider;
-use crate::metrics::WRITE_CACHE_INFLIGHT_DOWNLOAD;
+use crate::metrics::{
+    REGION_EDIT_ELAPSED, REGION_EDIT_QUEUE_WAIT_TIME, WRITE_CACHE_INFLIGHT_DOWNLOAD,
+};
 use crate::region::opener::{sanitize_region_options, version_builder_from_manifest};
 use crate::region::options::RegionOptions;
 use crate::region::version::VersionControlRef;
@@ -55,7 +58,12 @@ pub(crate) type RegionEditQueues = HashMap<RegionId, RegionEditQueue>;
 /// Everything is done in the region worker loop.
 pub(crate) struct RegionEditQueue {
     region_id: RegionId,
-    requests: VecDeque<RegionEditRequest>,
+    requests: VecDeque<QueuedRegionEditRequest>,
+}
+
+struct QueuedRegionEditRequest {
+    request: RegionEditRequest,
+    queued_at: Instant,
 }
 
 impl RegionEditQueue {
@@ -78,10 +86,13 @@ impl RegionEditQueue {
             );
             return;
         };
-        self.requests.push_back(request);
+        self.requests.push_back(QueuedRegionEditRequest {
+            request,
+            queued_at: Instant::now(),
+        });
     }
 
-    fn dequeue(&mut self) -> Option<RegionEditRequest> {
+    fn dequeue(&mut self) -> Option<QueuedRegionEditRequest> {
         self.requests.pop_front()
     }
 }
@@ -259,6 +270,7 @@ impl<S> RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
             let _ = sender.send(Err(e));
             return;
         }
+        let started_at = Instant::now();
 
         let request_sender = self.sender.clone();
         let cache_manager = self.cache_manager.clone();
@@ -275,6 +287,7 @@ impl<S> RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
                     sender,
                     edit,
                     result,
+                    started_at,
                     // we always need to restore region state after region edit
                     update_region_state: true,
                     is_staging,
@@ -335,13 +348,21 @@ impl<S> RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
 
             need_compaction
         };
+        if edit_result.update_region_state {
+            REGION_EDIT_ELAPSED
+                .with_label_values(&[&self.id.to_string()])
+                .observe(edit_result.started_at.elapsed().as_secs_f64());
+        }
 
         let _ = edit_result.sender.send(edit_result.result);
 
         if let Some(edit_queue) = self.region_edit_queues.get_mut(&edit_result.region_id)
-            && let Some(request) = edit_queue.dequeue()
+            && let Some(queued) = edit_queue.dequeue()
         {
-            self.handle_region_edit(request);
+            REGION_EDIT_QUEUE_WAIT_TIME
+                .with_label_values(&[&self.id.to_string()])
+                .observe(queued.queued_at.elapsed().as_secs_f64());
+            self.handle_region_edit(queued.request);
         }
 
         if need_compaction {