diff --git a/src/stats-server.mjs b/src/stats-server.mjs
index 5d7221a..36cc45e 100644
--- a/src/stats-server.mjs
+++ b/src/stats-server.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createServer } from "node:http";
+import { logDatabaseSize } from "./telemetry.mjs";
 import { computeMemoryStats } from "./memory-stats.mjs";
 
 const LOOPBACK_ADDRS = new Set(["127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1"]);
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export function isLoopbackAddress(addr) {
  * @param {{ loadMemories: () => Promise<object[]>, now?: () => number }} options
  * @returns {import("node:http").Server}
  */
-export function createStatsServer({ loadMemories, now = Date.now } = {}) {
+   export function createStatsServer({ loadMemories, now = Date.now, logger = console.log } = {}) {
   if (typeof loadMemories !== "function") {
     throw new TypeError("createStatsServer requires loadMemories to be a function");
   }
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export function createStatsServer({ loadMemories, now = Date.now } = {}) {
 
     try {
       const memories = await loadMemories();
+      logDatabaseSize({ memories }, logger);
       const stats = computeMemoryStats(memories, { now: now() });
       res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" });
       res.end(JSON.stringify(stats));
diff --git a/src/telemetry.mjs b/src/telemetry.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f38cd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/telemetry.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Instrumentation for database size and query performance metrics.
+// Pure/side-effect-light: logging is injectable so tests don't need to
+// capture real console output.
+
+/**
+ * Computes the on-disk size of a memory store, in bytes.
+ * @param {Object} memoryStore
+ * @returns {number}
+ */
+export function computeDatabaseSizeBytes(memoryStore = {}) {
+  return Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(memoryStore), "utf8");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Logs the current database size and memory count.
+ * @param {Object} memoryStore
+ * @param {(entry: object) => void} [logger] - Defaults to console.log
+ * @returns {{ event: string, bytes: number, memoryCount: number, timestamp: string }}
+ */
+export function logDatabaseSize(memoryStore = {}, logger = console.log) {
+  const entry = {
+    event: "database_size",
+    bytes: computeDatabaseSizeBytes(memoryStore),
+    memoryCount: Array.isArray(memoryStore.memories) ? memoryStore.memories.length : 0,
+    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+  };
+  logger(JSON.stringify(entry));
+  return entry;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wraps a query function so every call logs its duration and result count.
+ * @param {Function} queryFn - e.g. retrieveMemories
+ * @param {(entry: object) => void} [logger] - Defaults to console.log
+ * @returns {Function} A wrapped version of queryFn with identical behavior
+ */
+export function instrumentQuery(queryFn, logger = console.log) {
+  return function instrumented(...args) {
+    const startedAt = Date.now();
+    const result = queryFn(...args);
+    const durationMs = Date.now() - startedAt;
+    const resultCount = Array.isArray(result) ? result.length : (Array.isArray(result?.memories) ? result.memories.length : undefined);
+
+    logger(JSON.stringify({
+      event: "query_metrics",
+      durationMs,
+      resultCount,
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+    }));
+
+    return result;
+  };
+}
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diff --git a/test/memory-stats.test.mjs b/test/memory-stats.test.mjs
index 5b374a0..8eb651b 100644
--- a/test/memory-stats.test.mjs
+++ b/test/memory-stats.test.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import test from "node:test";
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { computeMemoryStats } from "../src/memory-stats.mjs";
-import { isLoopbackAddress } from "../src/stats-server.mjs";
+import { isLoopbackAddress, createStatsServer } from "../src/stats-server.mjs";
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // activeCount
@@ -178,3 +178,30 @@ test("isLoopbackAddress returns false for 0.0.0.0", () => {
 test("isLoopbackAddress returns false for empty string", () => {
   assert.ok(!isLoopbackAddress(""));
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// createStatsServer telemetry logging
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+test("createStatsServer logs database size on each stats request", async () => {
+  const logs = [];
+  const fakeMemories = [{ id: "m_01", status: "active" }, { id: "m_02", status: "active" }];
+
+  const server = createStatsServer({
+    loadMemories: async () => fakeMemories,
+    logger: (line) => logs.push(line),
+  });
+
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
+  const { port } = server.address();
+
+  const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/`);
+  await response.json();
+
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.close(resolve));
+
+  assert.equal(logs.length, 1);
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(logs[0]);
+  assert.equal(parsed.event, "database_size");
+  assert.equal(parsed.memoryCount, 2);
+});
diff --git a/test/telemetry.test.mjs b/test/telemetry.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77c309d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/telemetry.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert";
+import { computeDatabaseSizeBytes, logDatabaseSize, instrumentQuery } from "../src/telemetry.mjs";
+
+test("Memory Consumption Telemetry Logs", async (t) => {
+
+  await t.test("should compute the byte size of a memory store", () => {
+    const store = { memories: [{ id: "m_01" }] };
+    const size = computeDatabaseSizeBytes(store);
+    assert.strictEqual(size, Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(store), "utf8"));
+    assert.ok(size > 0);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should log database size with memory count and return the logged entry", () => {
+    const logs = [];
+    const store = { memories: [{ id: "m_01" }, { id: "m_02" }] };
+
+    const entry = logDatabaseSize(store, (line) => logs.push(line));
+
+    assert.strictEqual(logs.length, 1);
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(logs[0]);
+    assert.strictEqual(parsed.event, "database_size");
+    assert.strictEqual(parsed.memoryCount, 2);
+    assert.strictEqual(entry.memoryCount, 2);
+    assert.ok(parsed.bytes > 0);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should handle a store with no memories array", () => {
+    const entry = logDatabaseSize({}, () => {});
+    assert.strictEqual(entry.memoryCount, 0);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should log query duration and result count without changing the result", () => {
+    const logs = [];
+    const fakeQuery = (query) => [{ id: "m_01" }, { id: "m_02" }].filter((m) => query !== "none");
+
+    const wrapped = instrumentQuery(fakeQuery, (line) => logs.push(line));
+    const result = wrapped("health");
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(result, [{ id: "m_01" }, { id: "m_02" }]);
+    assert.strictEqual(logs.length, 1);
+
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(logs[0]);
+    assert.strictEqual(parsed.event, "query_metrics");
+    assert.strictEqual(parsed.resultCount, 2);
+    assert.ok(typeof parsed.durationMs === "number");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should still log correctly when the wrapped query returns zero results", () => {
+    const logs = [];
+    const fakeQuery = () => [];
+
+    const wrapped = instrumentQuery(fakeQuery, (line) => logs.push(line));
+    wrapped("nothing matches");
+
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(logs[0]);
+    assert.strictEqual(parsed.resultCount, 0);
+  });
+});
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