diff --git a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/metrics.go b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/metrics.go
index 0d430ef57c11a7..59c2718020e27c 100644
--- a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/metrics.go
+++ b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/metrics.go
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ const (
 type metrics struct {
 	manager *Manager
 
-	startupTimeHistVec    *prometheus.HistogramVec
-	initializeTimeHistVec *prometheus.HistogramVec
-	finalizeTimeHistVec   *prometheus.HistogramVec
-	totalStartsCounterVec *prometheus.CounterVec
-	totalStopsCounterVec  *prometheus.CounterVec
-	totalOpenPortGauge    prometheus.GaugeFunc
+	startupTimeHistVec        *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	initializeTimeHistVec     *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	finalizeTimeHistVec       *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	volumeSnapshotTimeHistVec *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	totalStartsCounterVec     *prometheus.CounterVec
+	totalStopsCounterVec      *prometheus.CounterVec
+	totalOpenPortGauge        prometheus.GaugeFunc
 
 	mu         sync.Mutex
 	phaseState map[string]api.WorkspacePhase
@@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ func newMetrics(m *Manager) *metrics {
 			Help:      "time it took to finalize workspace",
 			Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(2, 2, 10),
 		}, []string{"type"}),
+		volumeSnapshotTimeHistVec: prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+			Subsystem: metricsWorkspaceSubsystem,
+			Name:      "volume_snapshot_seconds",
+			Help:      "time it took to snapshot volume",
+			Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(2, 2, 10),
+		}, []string{"type"}),
 		totalStartsCounterVec: prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
 			Subsystem: metricsWorkspaceSubsystem,
@@ -136,6 +144,7 @@ func (m *metrics) Register(reg prometheus.Registerer) error {
 		m.startupTimeHistVec,
 		m.initializeTimeHistVec,
 		m.finalizeTimeHistVec,
+		m.volumeSnapshotTimeHistVec,
 		newPhaseTotalVec(m.manager),
 		newWorkspaceActivityVec(m.manager),
 		newTimeoutSettingsVec(m.manager),
diff --git a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/monitor.go b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/monitor.go
index bbfd27d8305d44..fc45082a4ee336 100644
--- a/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/monitor.go
+++ b/components/ws-manager/pkg/manager/monitor.go
@@ -795,8 +795,9 @@ func (m *Monitor) initializeWorkspaceContent(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Po
 	hist, errHist := m.manager.metrics.initializeTimeHistVec.GetMetricWithLabelValues(wsType)
 	if errHist != nil {
 		log.WithError(errHist).WithField("type", wsType).Warn("cannot get initialize time histogram metric")
+	} else {
+		hist.Observe(time.Since(t).Seconds())
 	}
-	hist.Observe(time.Since(t).Seconds())
 	if err != nil {
 		return xerrors.Errorf("cannot initialize workspace: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -880,6 +881,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) finalizeWorkspaceContent(ctx context.Context, wso *workspaceOb
 		log.WithError(err).Warn("cannot determine workspace type - assuming this is a regular")
 		tpe = api.WorkspaceType_REGULAR
 	}
+	wsType := api.WorkspaceType_name[int32(tpe)]
 
 	var (
 		createdVolumeSnapshot        bool
@@ -891,6 +893,8 @@ func (m *Monitor) finalizeWorkspaceContent(ctx context.Context, wso *workspaceOb
 		pvcVolumeSnapshotName        string = workspaceID
 		pvcVolumeSnapshotContentName string
 		pvcVolumeSnapshotClassName   string
+
+		volumeSnapshotTime time.Time
 	)
 	if wso.Pod != nil {
 		_, pvcFeatureEnabled = wso.Pod.Labels[pvcWorkspaceFeatureAnnotation]
@@ -973,6 +977,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) finalizeWorkspaceContent(ctx context.Context, wso *workspaceOb
 					return true, nil, err
 				}
 				createdVolumeSnapshot = true
+				volumeSnapshotTime = time.Now()
 			}
 			if createdVolumeSnapshot {
 				backoff := wait.Backoff{
@@ -1016,6 +1021,12 @@ func (m *Monitor) finalizeWorkspaceContent(ctx context.Context, wso *workspaceOb
 					return true, nil, err
 				}
 				readyVolumeSnapshot = true
+				hist, err := m.manager.metrics.volumeSnapshotTimeHistVec.GetMetricWithLabelValues(wsType)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.WithError(err).WithField("type", wsType).Warn("cannot get volume snapshot time histogram metric")
+				} else {
+					hist.Observe(time.Since(volumeSnapshotTime).Seconds())
+				}
 			}
 			if readyVolumeSnapshot && !markVolumeSnapshotAnnotation {
 				log = log.WithField("VolumeSnapshotContent.Name", pvcVolumeSnapshotContentName)
@@ -1154,12 +1165,13 @@ func (m *Monitor) finalizeWorkspaceContent(ctx context.Context, wso *workspaceOb
 		}
 		break
 	}
-	wsType := api.WorkspaceType_name[int32(tpe)]
+
 	hist, err := m.manager.metrics.finalizeTimeHistVec.GetMetricWithLabelValues(wsType)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).WithField("type", wsType).Warn("cannot get finalize time histogram metric")
+	} else {
+		hist.Observe(time.Since(t).Seconds())
 	}
-	hist.Observe(time.Since(t).Seconds())
 
 	disposalStatus = &workspaceDisposalStatus{
 		BackupComplete: true,