diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/instrumentation.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/instrumentation.py
index d1fa57f66e4..002e1942853 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/instrumentation.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/instrumentation.py
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from prometheus_client import CollectorRegistry
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True, kw_only=True)
+class MetricsBase:
+    subsystem: str
+    registry: CollectorRegistry
+
+
 def get_metrics_namespace(application_name: str) -> str:
     return application_name.replace("-", "_")
diff --git a/services/autoscaling/src/simcore_service_autoscaling/modules/instrumentation/_models.py b/services/autoscaling/src/simcore_service_autoscaling/modules/instrumentation/_models.py
index 56f504d5eef..525ebf99551 100644
--- a/services/autoscaling/src/simcore_service_autoscaling/modules/instrumentation/_models.py
+++ b/services/autoscaling/src/simcore_service_autoscaling/modules/instrumentation/_models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Final
 
 from prometheus_client import CollectorRegistry, Counter, Histogram
+from servicelib.instrumentation import MetricsBase
 
 from ...models import BufferPoolManager, Cluster
 from ._constants import (
@@ -13,12 +14,6 @@
 from ._utils import TrackedGauge, create_gauge
 
 
-@dataclass(slots=True, kw_only=True)
-class MetricsBase:
-    subsystem: str
-    registry: CollectorRegistry
-
-
 @dataclass(slots=True, kw_only=True)
 class ClusterMetrics(MetricsBase):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     active_nodes: TrackedGauge = field(init=False)
diff --git a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/instrumentation/_models.py b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/instrumentation/_models.py
index 5a8f692a124..577186fa2f9 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/instrumentation/_models.py
+++ b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/instrumentation/_models.py
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 
 from prometheus_client import CollectorRegistry, Histogram
 from pydantic import ByteSize, parse_obj_as
-from servicelib.instrumentation import get_metrics_namespace
+from servicelib.instrumentation import MetricsBase, get_metrics_namespace
 
 from ..._meta import PROJECT_NAME
 
-_NAMESPACE_METRICS: Final[str] = get_metrics_namespace(PROJECT_NAME)
-_SUBSYSTEM_NAME: Final[str] = "dynamic_services"
+_METRICS_NAMESPACE: Final[str] = get_metrics_namespace(PROJECT_NAME)
 _INSTRUMENTATION_LABELS: Final[tuple[str, ...]] = (
     "user_id",
     "wallet_id",
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
 )
 
 
-_BUCKETS_RATE_BPS: Final[tuple[float, ...]] = tuple(
+_RATE_BPS_BUCKETS: Final[tuple[float, ...]] = tuple(
     parse_obj_as(ByteSize, f"{m}MiB")
     for m in (
         1,
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@
 
 
 @dataclass(slots=True, kw_only=True)
-class DynamiSidecarMetrics:
-
+class DynamiSidecarMetrics(MetricsBase):
     start_time_duration: Histogram = field(init=False)
     stop_time_duration: Histogram = field(init=False)
     pull_user_services_images_duration: Histogram = field(init=False)
@@ -69,69 +67,77 @@ class DynamiSidecarMetrics:
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         self.start_time_duration = Histogram(
             "start_time_duration_seconds",
-            "time to start dynamic-sidecar",
+            "time to start dynamic service (from start request in dv-2 till service containers are in running state (healthy))",
             labelnames=_INSTRUMENTATION_LABELS,
-            namespace=_NAMESPACE_METRICS,
+            namespace=_METRICS_NAMESPACE,
             buckets=_BUCKETS_TIME_S,
-            subsystem=_SUBSYSTEM_NAME,
+            subsystem=self.subsystem,
+            registry=self.registry,
         )
         self.stop_time_duration = Histogram(
             "stop_time_duration_seconds",
-            "time to stop dynamic-sidecar",
+            "time to stop dynamic service (from stop request in dv-2 till all allocated resources (services + dynamic-sidecar) are removed)",
             labelnames=_INSTRUMENTATION_LABELS,
-            namespace=_NAMESPACE_METRICS,
+            namespace=_METRICS_NAMESPACE,
             buckets=_BUCKETS_TIME_S,
-            subsystem=_SUBSYSTEM_NAME,
+            subsystem=self.subsystem,
+            registry=self.registry,
         )
         self.pull_user_services_images_duration = Histogram(
             "pull_user_services_images_duration_seconds",
             "time to pull docker images",
             labelnames=_INSTRUMENTATION_LABELS,
-            namespace=_NAMESPACE_METRICS,
-            buckets=_BUCKETS_RATE_BPS,
-            subsystem=_SUBSYSTEM_NAME,
+            namespace=_METRICS_NAMESPACE,
+            buckets=_RATE_BPS_BUCKETS,
+            subsystem=self.subsystem,
+            registry=self.registry,
         )
 
         self.output_ports_pull_rate = Histogram(
             "output_ports_pull_rate_bps",
             "rate at which output ports were pulled",
             labelnames=_INSTRUMENTATION_LABELS,
-            namespace=_NAMESPACE_METRICS,
-            buckets=_BUCKETS_RATE_BPS,
-            subsystem=_SUBSYSTEM_NAME,
+            namespace=_METRICS_NAMESPACE,
+            buckets=_RATE_BPS_BUCKETS,
+            subsystem=self.subsystem,
+            registry=self.registry,
         )
         self.input_ports_pull_rate = Histogram(
             "input_ports_pull_rate_bps",
             "rate at which input ports were pulled",
             labelnames=_INSTRUMENTATION_LABELS,
-            namespace=_NAMESPACE_METRICS,
-            buckets=_BUCKETS_RATE_BPS,
-            subsystem=_SUBSYSTEM_NAME,
+            namespace=_METRICS_NAMESPACE,
+            buckets=_RATE_BPS_BUCKETS,
+            subsystem=self.subsystem,
+            registry=self.registry,
         )
         self.pull_service_state_rate = Histogram(
             "pull_service_state_rate_bps",
             "rate at which service states were recovered",
             labelnames=_INSTRUMENTATION_LABELS,
-            namespace=_NAMESPACE_METRICS,
-            buckets=_BUCKETS_RATE_BPS,
-            subsystem=_SUBSYSTEM_NAME,
+            namespace=_METRICS_NAMESPACE,
+            buckets=_RATE_BPS_BUCKETS,
+            subsystem=self.subsystem,
+            registry=self.registry,
         )
 
         self.push_service_state_rate = Histogram(
             "push_service_state_rate_bps",
             "rate at which service states were saved",
             labelnames=_INSTRUMENTATION_LABELS,
-            namespace=_NAMESPACE_METRICS,
-            buckets=_BUCKETS_RATE_BPS,
-            subsystem=_SUBSYSTEM_NAME,
+            namespace=_METRICS_NAMESPACE,
+            buckets=_RATE_BPS_BUCKETS,
+            subsystem=self.subsystem,
+            registry=self.registry,
         )
 
 
 @dataclass(slots=True, kw_only=True)
 class DirectorV2Instrumentation:
     registry: CollectorRegistry
-
     dynamic_sidecar_metrics: DynamiSidecarMetrics = field(init=False)
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
-        self.dynamic_sidecar_metrics = DynamiSidecarMetrics()
+        self.dynamic_sidecar_metrics = DynamiSidecarMetrics(
+            subsystem="dynamic_services", registry=self.registry
+        )