diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/SCMDeletedBlockTransactionStatusManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/SCMDeletedBlockTransactionStatusManager.java
index f3ca531cc2ad..ad747c48411d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/SCMDeletedBlockTransactionStatusManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/SCMDeletedBlockTransactionStatusManager.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public SCMDeletedBlockTransactionStatusManager(
     this.transactionToDNsCommitMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     this.transactionToRetryCountMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     this.scmDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager =
-        new SCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager();
+        new SCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager(metrics);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ protected static class SCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager {
     private static final CmdStatus DEFAULT_STATUS = TO_BE_SENT;
     private static final Set<CmdStatus> STATUSES_REQUIRING_TIMEOUT = Collections.singleton(SENT);
 
-    public SCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager() {
+    private ScmBlockDeletingServiceMetrics metrics;
+
+    public SCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager(ScmBlockDeletingServiceMetrics metrics) {
       this.scmCmdStatusRecord = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+      this.metrics = metrics;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ private void removeTimeoutScmCommand(DatanodeID dnId,
         if (updateTime != null &&
             Duration.between(updateTime, now).toMillis() > timeoutMs) {
           CmdStatusData state = removeScmCommand(dnId, scmCmdId);
+          metrics.incrDNCommandsTimeout(dnId, 1);
           LOG.warn("SCM BlockDeletionCommand {} for Datanode: {} was removed after {}ms without update",
               state, dnId, timeoutMs);
         }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/ScmBlockDeletingServiceMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/ScmBlockDeletingServiceMetrics.java
index 495d9bdf10cb..d7d4d781876f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/ScmBlockDeletingServiceMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/ScmBlockDeletingServiceMetrics.java
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ public void incrDNCommandsFailure(DatanodeID id, long delta) {
         .incrCommandsFailure(delta);
   }
 
+  public void incrDNCommandsTimeout(DatanodeID id, long delta) {
+    numCommandsDatanode.computeIfAbsent(id, k -> new DatanodeCommandCounts())
+        .incrCommandsTimeout(delta);
+  }
+
   public long getNumBlockDeletionCommandSent() {
     return numBlockDeletionCommandSent.value();
   }
@@ -248,7 +253,9 @@ public void getMetrics(MetricsCollector metricsCollector, boolean all) {
           .addGauge(DatanodeCommandCounts.COMMANDS_SUCCESSFUL_EXECUTION_BY_DN,
               e.getValue().getCommandsSuccess())
           .addGauge(DatanodeCommandCounts.COMMANDS_FAILED_EXECUTION_BY_DN,
-              e.getValue().getCommandsFailure());
+              e.getValue().getCommandsFailure())
+          .addGauge(DatanodeCommandCounts.COMMANDS_TIMEOUT_BY_DN, 
+              e.getValue().getCommandsTimeout());
     }
     recordBuilder.endRecord();
   }
@@ -260,6 +267,7 @@ public static final class DatanodeCommandCounts {
     private long commandsSent;
     private long commandsSuccess;
     private long commandsFailure;
+    private long commandsTimeout;
 
     private static final MetricsInfo COMMANDS_SENT_TO_DN = Interns.info(
         "CommandsSent",
@@ -270,11 +278,17 @@ public static final class DatanodeCommandCounts {
     private static final MetricsInfo COMMANDS_FAILED_EXECUTION_BY_DN = Interns.info(
         "CommandsFailed",
         "Number of commands sent from SCM to the datanode for deletion for which execution failed.");
+    
+    private static final MetricsInfo COMMANDS_TIMEOUT_BY_DN = Interns.info(
+        "CommandsTimeout",
+        "Number of commands timeout from SCM to DN"
+    );
 
     public DatanodeCommandCounts() {
       this.commandsSent = 0;
       this.commandsSuccess = 0;
       this.commandsFailure = 0;
+      this.commandsTimeout = 0;
     }
 
     public void incrCommandsSent(long delta) {
@@ -288,6 +302,10 @@ public void incrCommandsSuccess(long delta) {
     public void incrCommandsFailure(long delta) {
       this.commandsFailure += delta;
     }
+    
+    public void incrCommandsTimeout(long delta) {
+      this.commandsTimeout += delta;
+    }
 
     public long getCommandsSent() {
       return commandsSent;
@@ -300,10 +318,15 @@ public long getCommandsSuccess() {
     public long getCommandsFailure() {
       return commandsFailure;
     }
+    
+    public long getCommandsTimeout() {
+      return commandsTimeout;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-      return "Sent=" + commandsSent + ", Success=" + commandsSuccess + ", Failed=" + commandsFailure;
+      return "Sent=" + commandsSent + ", Success=" + commandsSuccess + ", Failed=" + commandsFailure + 
+          ", Timeout=" + commandsTimeout;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/TestSCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/TestSCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager.java
index a2f969914951..64d5c0377b79 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/TestSCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/TestSCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 public class TestSCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager {
 
   private SCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager manager;
+  private ScmBlockDeletingServiceMetrics metrics;
   private DatanodeID dnId1;
   private DatanodeID dnId2;
   private long scmCmdId1;
@@ -55,7 +57,8 @@ public class TestSCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager {
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setup() throws Exception {
-    manager = new SCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager();
+    metrics = mock(ScmBlockDeletingServiceMetrics.class);
+    manager = new SCMDeleteBlocksCommandStatusManager(metrics);
     // Create test data
     dnId1 = DatanodeID.randomID();
     dnId2 = DatanodeID.randomID();