diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/executor.go b/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/executor.go
index c1343531c35..6d39b767775 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/executor.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/executor.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/mysql/sqlerror"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/sqlescape"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/sqltypes"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/stats"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/textutil"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/timer"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer"
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ var (
 	ErrMigrationNotFound = errors.New("migration not found")
 )
 
+var (
+	staleMigrationMinutesStats = stats.NewGauge("OnlineDDLStaleMigrationMinutes", "longest stale migration in minutes")
+)
+
 var (
 	// fixCompletedTimestampDone fixes a nil `completed_timestamp` columns, see
 	// https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/issues/13927
@@ -115,7 +120,8 @@ func registerOnlineDDLFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 const (
 	maxPasswordLength                        = 32 // MySQL's *replication* password may not exceed 32 characters
-	staleMigrationMinutes                    = 180
+	staleMigrationFailMinutes                = 180
+	staleMigrationWarningMinutes             = 5
 	progressPctStarted               float64 = 0
 	progressPctFull                  float64 = 100.0
 	etaSecondsUnknown                        = -1
@@ -3121,7 +3127,7 @@ func (e *Executor) reviewRunningMigrations(ctx context.Context) (countRunnning i
 				if _, ok := e.vreplicationLastError[uuid]; !ok {
 					e.vreplicationLastError[uuid] = vterrors.NewLastError(
 						fmt.Sprintf("Online DDL migration %v", uuid),
-						staleMigrationMinutes*time.Minute,
+						staleMigrationFailMinutes*time.Minute,
 					)
 				}
 				lastError := e.vreplicationLastError[uuid]
@@ -3251,6 +3257,45 @@ func (e *Executor) reviewRunningMigrations(ctx context.Context) (countRunnning i
 	return countRunnning, cancellable, nil
 }
 
+// monitorStaleMigrations checks for stale migrations, i.e. migrations that are in 'running' state
+// but have not updated their liveness timestamp in past X minutes. It updates the stats
+// staleMigrationMinutesStats with the maximum number of stale minutes found, and logs a warning
+// for each stale migration found.
+func (e *Executor) monitorStaleMigrations(ctx context.Context) error {
+	e.migrationMutex.Lock()
+	defer e.migrationMutex.Unlock()
+
+	var maxStaleMinutes int64
+
+	query, err := sqlparser.ParseAndBind(sqlSelectStaleMigrations,
+		sqltypes.Int64BindVariable(staleMigrationWarningMinutes),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	r, err := e.execQuery(ctx, query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, row := range r.Named().Rows {
+		uuid := row["migration_uuid"].ToString()
+		staleMinutes := row.AsInt64("stale_minutes", 0)
+
+		onlineDDL, row, err := e.readMigration(ctx, uuid)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		livenessTimestamp := row.AsString("liveness_timestamp", "")
+		message := fmt.Sprintf("stale migration %s: found running but indicates no liveness for %v minutes, since %v", onlineDDL.UUID, staleMinutes, livenessTimestamp)
+		log.Warning("warnStaleMigrations: %s", message)
+
+		maxStaleMinutes = max(maxStaleMinutes, staleMinutes)
+	}
+	staleMigrationMinutesStats.Set(maxStaleMinutes)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // reviewStaleMigrations marks as 'failed' migrations whose status is 'running' but which have
 // shown no liveness in past X minutes. It also attempts to terminate them
 func (e *Executor) reviewStaleMigrations(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -3258,7 +3303,7 @@ func (e *Executor) reviewStaleMigrations(ctx context.Context) error {
 	defer e.migrationMutex.Unlock()
 
 	query, err := sqlparser.ParseAndBind(sqlSelectStaleMigrations,
-		sqltypes.Int64BindVariable(staleMigrationMinutes),
+		sqltypes.Int64BindVariable(staleMigrationFailMinutes),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -3275,7 +3320,7 @@ func (e *Executor) reviewStaleMigrations(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		log.Infof("reviewStaleMigrations: stale migration found: %s", onlineDDL.UUID)
-		message := fmt.Sprintf("stale migration %s: found running but indicates no liveness in the past %v minutes", onlineDDL.UUID, staleMigrationMinutes)
+		message := fmt.Sprintf("stale migration %s: found running but indicates no liveness in the past %v minutes", onlineDDL.UUID, staleMigrationFailMinutes)
 		if onlineDDL.TabletAlias != e.TabletAliasString() {
 			// This means another tablet started the migration, and the migration has failed due to the tablet failure (e.g. primary failover)
 			if err := e.updateTabletFailure(ctx, onlineDDL.UUID); err != nil {
@@ -3510,6 +3555,9 @@ func (e *Executor) onMigrationCheckTick() {
 	} else if err := e.cancelMigrations(ctx, cancellable, false); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
+	if err := e.monitorStaleMigrations(ctx); err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+	}
 	if err := e.reviewStaleMigrations(ctx); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/schema.go b/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/schema.go
index 7fb42c79c8b..0c2f6c3cb3c 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/schema.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/schema.go
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ const (
 		LIMIT 1
 	`
 	sqlSelectStaleMigrations = `SELECT
-			migration_uuid
+			migration_uuid,
+			timestampdiff(minute, liveness_timestamp, now()) as stale_minutes
 		FROM _vt.schema_migrations
 		WHERE
 			migration_status='running'