diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/build/cache.go b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/build/cache.go
index 812e274e7c..9b08175694 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/build/cache.go
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/build/cache.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
@@ -15,9 +17,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/orchestrator/pkg/units"
 	"github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/shared/pkg/featureflags"
 	"github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/shared/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/shared/pkg/utils"
 )
 
-var fallbackDiffSize = units.MBToBytes(100)
+var (
+	fallbackDiffSize = units.MBToBytes(100)
+
+	meter                   = otel.Meter("github.com/e2b-dev/infra/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/build")
+	residenceDurationMetric = utils.Must(meter.Int64Histogram("orchestrator.build.cache.residence_duration",
+		metric.WithDescription("How long a diff was kept in the local build cache before eviction"),
+		metric.WithUnit("s")))
+)
 
 type deleteDiff struct {
 	size      int64
@@ -37,6 +47,8 @@ type DiffStore struct {
 	pdSizes map[DiffStoreKey]*deleteDiff
 	pdMu    sync.RWMutex
 	pdDelay time.Duration
+
+	insertionTimes sync.Map // map[DiffStoreKey]time.Time — tracks when each diff was cached
 }
 
 func NewDiffStore(
@@ -65,7 +77,13 @@ func NewDiffStore(
 	}
 
 	cache.OnEviction(func(ctx context.Context, _ ttlcache.EvictionReason, item *ttlcache.Item[DiffStoreKey, Diff]) {
+		if insertedAt, ok := ds.insertionTimes.LoadAndDelete(item.Key()); ok {
+			duration := time.Since(insertedAt.(time.Time))
+			residenceDurationMetric.Record(ctx, int64(duration.Seconds()))
+		}
+
 		buildData := item.Value()
+
 		// buildData will be deleted by calling buildData.Close()
 		defer ds.resetDelete(item.Key())
 
@@ -110,6 +128,8 @@ func (s *DiffStore) Get(ctx context.Context, diff Diff) (Diff, error) {
 	}
 
 	if !found {
+		s.insertionTimes.Store(diff.CacheKey(), time.Now())
+
 		err := diff.Init(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to init source: %w", err)
@@ -122,6 +142,7 @@ func (s *DiffStore) Get(ctx context.Context, diff Diff) (Diff, error) {
 func (s *DiffStore) Add(d Diff) {
 	s.resetDelete(d.CacheKey())
 	s.cache.Set(d.CacheKey(), d, ttlcache.DefaultTTL)
+	s.insertionTimes.LoadOrStore(d.CacheKey(), time.Now())
 }
 
 func (s *DiffStore) Has(d Diff) bool {