diff --git a/apps/dashboard/go.mod b/apps/dashboard/go.mod
index 30fd80214d5..ed72fa1aa90 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/go.mod
+++ b/apps/dashboard/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-app-sdk v0.40.3
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.278.0
 	github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250514132646-acbc7b54ed9e
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.3
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/perimeterx/marshmallow v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.65.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/conversion.go b/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/conversion.go
index fb78859fc3c..ca93badb127 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/conversion.go
+++ b/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/conversion.go
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ import (
 	dashv1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v1beta1"
 	dashv2alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v2alpha1"
 	dashv2beta1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v2beta1"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 )
 
+var logger = log.New("dashboard.conversion")
+
 func RegisterConversions(s *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	// v0 conversions
 	if err := s.AddConversionFunc((*dashv0.Dashboard)(nil), (*dashv1.Dashboard)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/v0.go b/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/v0.go
index a63fe00f611..6ea720a3fb5 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/v0.go
+++ b/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/conversion/v0.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package conversion
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion"
 
 	dashv0 "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v0alpha1"
@@ -25,8 +28,45 @@ func Convert_V0_to_V1(in *dashv0.Dashboard, out *dashv1.Dashboard, scope convers
 	if err := migration.Migrate(out.Spec.Object, schemaversion.LATEST_VERSION); err != nil {
 		out.Status.Conversion.Failed = true
 		out.Status.Conversion.Error = err.Error()
+
+		// Classify error type for metrics
+		errorType := "conversion_error"
+		var migrationErr *schemaversion.MigrationError
+		var minVersionErr *schemaversion.MinimumVersionError
+		if errors.As(err, &migrationErr) {
+			errorType = "schema_version_migration_error"
+		} else if errors.As(err, &minVersionErr) {
+			errorType = "schema_minimum_version_error"
+		}
+
+		// Record failure metrics
+		migration.MDashboardConversionFailureTotal.WithLabelValues(
+			dashv0.APIVERSION,
+			dashv1.APIVERSION,
+			fmt.Sprintf("%v", in.Spec.Object["schemaVersion"]),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%d", schemaversion.LATEST_VERSION),
+			errorType,
+		).Inc()
+
+		logger.Error("Dashboard conversion failed",
+			"sourceVersionAPI", dashv0.APIVERSION,
+			"targetVersionAPI", dashv1.APIVERSION,
+			"dashboardUID", in.UID,
+			"sourceSchemaVersion", in.Spec.Object["schemaVersion"],
+			"targetSchemaVersion", schemaversion.LATEST_VERSION,
+			"errorType", errorType,
+			"error", err)
+
+		return nil
 	}
 
+	migration.MDashboardConversionSuccessTotal.WithLabelValues(
+		dashv0.APIVERSION,
+		dashv1.APIVERSION,
+		fmt.Sprintf("%v", in.Spec.Object["schemaVersion"]),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%d", schemaversion.LATEST_VERSION),
+	).Inc()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/metrics.go b/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04e88370e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dashboard/pkg/migration/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package migration
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+)
+
+const (
+	metricsNamespace = "grafana"
+	metricsSubSystem = "dashboard_migration"
+)
+
+var (
+	// MDashboardConversionSuccessTotal is a metric counter for successful dashboard conversions
+	MDashboardConversionSuccessTotal *prometheus.CounterVec
+
+	// MDashboardConversionFailureTotal is a metric counter for failed dashboard conversions
+	MDashboardConversionFailureTotal *prometheus.CounterVec
+)
+
+func init() {
+	MDashboardConversionSuccessTotal = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+		Subsystem: metricsSubSystem,
+		Name:      "conversion_success_total",
+		Help:      "Total number of successful dashboard conversions",
+	}, []string{"source_version_api", "target_version_api", "source_schema_version", "target_schema_version"})
+
+	MDashboardConversionFailureTotal = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+		Subsystem: metricsSubSystem,
+		Name:      "conversion_failure_total",
+		Help:      "Total number of failed dashboard conversions",
+	}, []string{"source_version_api", "target_version_api", "source_schema_version", "target_schema_version", "error_type"})
+}
+
+// RegisterMetrics registers all migration metrics with the provided Prometheus registerer
+func RegisterMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) {
+	if reg != nil {
+		reg.MustRegister(
+			MDashboardConversionSuccessTotal,
+			MDashboardConversionFailureTotal,
+		)
+	}
+}