diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
index 2a4c05839c2..3162c7282dd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ export function transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene(dto: DashboardWithAccessInfo<D
     getDashboardSceneProfiler()
   );
 
+  const interactionTracker = new behaviors.SceneInteractionTracker(
+    {
+      enableInteractionTracking:
+        config.dashboardPerformanceMetrics.findIndex((uid) => uid === '*' || uid === metadata.name) !== -1,
+      onInteractionComplete: getDashboardInteractionCallback(metadata.name, dashboard.title),
+    },
+    getDashboardSceneProfiler()
+  );
+
   const dashboardScene = new DashboardScene(
     {
       description: dashboard.description,
@@ -200,6 +209,7 @@ export function transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene(dto: DashboardWithAccessInfo<D
           sync: transformCursorSyncV2ToV1(dashboard.cursorSync),
         }),
         queryController,
+        interactionTracker,
         registerDashboardMacro,
         registerPanelInteractionsReporter,
         new behaviors.LiveNowTimer({ enabled: dashboard.liveNow }),
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
index 47bf39dc5ee..bc9c938929e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
@@ -305,11 +305,21 @@ export function createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel: DashboardModel,
     getDashboardSceneProfiler()
   );
 
+  const interactionTracker = new behaviors.SceneInteractionTracker(
+    {
+      enableInteractionTracking:
+        config.dashboardPerformanceMetrics.findIndex((uid) => uid === '*' || uid === oldModel.uid) !== -1,
+      onInteractionComplete: getDashboardInteractionCallback(oldModel.uid, oldModel.title),
+    },
+    getDashboardSceneProfiler()
+  );
+
   const behaviorList: SceneObjectState['$behaviors'] = [
     new behaviors.CursorSync({
       sync: oldModel.graphTooltip,
     }),
     queryController,
+    interactionTracker,
     registerDashboardMacro,
     registerPanelInteractionsReporter,
     new behaviors.LiveNowTimer({ enabled: oldModel.liveNow }),
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardProfiler.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardProfiler.ts
index af198ab2750..1be6cfd1f1c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardProfiler.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardProfiler.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@ export function getDashboardSceneProfiler() {
   return dashboardSceneProfiler;
 }
 
+export function getDashboardComponentInteractionCallback(uid: string, title: string) {
+  return (e: SceneInteractionProfileEvent) => {
+    const payload = {
+      duration: e.duration,
+      networkDuration: e.networkDuration,
+      startTs: e.startTs,
+      endTs: e.endTs,
+      timeSinceBoot: performance.measure('time_since_boot', 'frontend_boot_js_done_time_seconds').duration,
+    };
+
+    reportInteraction('dashboard_interaction', {
+      interactionType: e.origin,
+      uid,
+      ...payload,
+    });
+
+    logMeasurement(`dashboard_interaction`, payload, { interactionType: e.origin, dashboard: uid, title: title });
+  };
+}
+
 export function getDashboardInteractionCallback(uid: string, title: string) {
   return (e: SceneInteractionProfileEvent) => {
     const payload = {
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelectorService.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelectorService.ts
index 5d8bf456f6a..92b00d16d96 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelectorService.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/selector/ScopesSelectorService.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import { Scope, ScopeNode, store as storeImpl } from '@grafana/data';
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { SceneRenderProfiler } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { getDashboardSceneProfiler } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardProfiler';
 
 import { ScopesApiClient } from '../ScopesApiClient';
 import { ScopesServiceBase } from '../ScopesServiceBase';
@@ -49,7 +52,10 @@ export class ScopesSelectorService extends ScopesServiceBase<ScopesSelectorServi
   constructor(
     private apiClient: ScopesApiClient,
     private dashboardsService: ScopesDashboardsService,
-    private store = storeImpl
+    private store = storeImpl,
+    private interactionProfiler: SceneRenderProfiler | undefined = config.dashboardPerformanceMetrics.length
+      ? getDashboardSceneProfiler()
+      : undefined
   ) {
     super({
       loading: false,
@@ -94,32 +100,40 @@ export class ScopesSelectorService extends ScopesServiceBase<ScopesSelectorServi
   };
 
   private expandOrFilterNode = async (scopeNodeId: string, query?: string) => {
+    this.interactionProfiler?.startInteraction('scopeNodeDiscovery');
+
     const path = getPathOfNode(scopeNodeId, this.state.nodes);
 
     const nodeToExpand = treeNodeAtPath(this.state.tree!, path);
 
-    if (!nodeToExpand) {
-      throw new Error(`Node ${scopeNodeId} not found in tree`);
-    }
+    try {
+      if (!nodeToExpand) {
+        throw new Error(`Node ${scopeNodeId} not found in tree`);
+      }
 
-    if (nodeToExpand.scopeNodeId !== '' && !isNodeExpandable(this.state.nodes[nodeToExpand.scopeNodeId])) {
-      throw new Error(`Trying to expand node at id ${scopeNodeId} that is not expandable`);
-    }
+      if (nodeToExpand.scopeNodeId !== '' && !isNodeExpandable(this.state.nodes[nodeToExpand.scopeNodeId])) {
+        throw new Error(`Trying to expand node at id ${scopeNodeId} that is not expandable`);
+      }
 
-    // Check if this is first expansion or filtering within existing children
-    const haveChildrenLoaded = nodeToExpand.children && Object.keys(nodeToExpand.children).length > 0;
+      // Check if this is first expansion or filtering within existing children
+      const haveChildrenLoaded = nodeToExpand.children && Object.keys(nodeToExpand.children).length > 0;
 
-    if (!nodeToExpand.expanded || nodeToExpand.query !== query || !haveChildrenLoaded) {
-      const newTree = modifyTreeNodeAtPath(this.state.tree!, path, (treeNode) => {
-        treeNode.expanded = true;
-        // Reset query on first expansion, keep it only when filtering within existing children
-        treeNode.query = '';
-      });
-      this.updateState({ tree: newTree });
+      if (!nodeToExpand.expanded || nodeToExpand.query !== query || !haveChildrenLoaded) {
+        const newTree = modifyTreeNodeAtPath(this.state.tree!, path, (treeNode) => {
+          treeNode.expanded = true;
+          // Reset query on first expansion, keep it only when filtering within existing children
+          treeNode.query = '';
+        });
+        this.updateState({ tree: newTree });
 
-      // For API call: only pass query if filtering within existing children
-      const queryForAPI = haveChildrenLoaded ? query : query === '' ? '' : undefined;
-      await this.loadNodeChildren(path, nodeToExpand, queryForAPI, haveChildrenLoaded);
+        // For API call: only pass query if filtering within existing children
+        const queryForAPI = haveChildrenLoaded ? query : query === '' ? '' : undefined;
+        await this.loadNodeChildren(path, nodeToExpand, queryForAPI, haveChildrenLoaded);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw error;
+    } finally {
+      this.interactionProfiler?.stopInteraction();
     }
   };