diff --git a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
index 1d15b9b87781b..703cecf509cb2 100644
--- a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
+++ b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
@@ -1215,6 +1215,16 @@ def _handle_current_task_failed(
 ) -> tuple[RetryTask, TaskInstanceState] | tuple[TaskState, TaskInstanceState]:
     end_date = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
     ti.end_date = end_date
+
+    # Record operator and task instance failed metrics
+    operator = ti.task.__class__.__name__
+    stats_tags = {"dag_id": ti.dag_id, "task_id": ti.task_id}
+
+    Stats.incr(f"operator_failures_{operator}", tags=stats_tags)
+    # Same metric with tagging
+    Stats.incr("operator_failures", tags={**stats_tags, "operator": operator})
+    Stats.incr("ti_failures", tags=stats_tags)
+
     if ti._ti_context_from_server and ti._ti_context_from_server.should_retry:
         return RetryTask(end_date=end_date), TaskInstanceState.UP_FOR_RETRY
     return (