diff --git a/internal/observability/metrics/metrics.go b/internal/observability/metrics/metrics.go
index 127ef79..3a77ae5 100644
--- a/internal/observability/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/observability/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var (
 	metricsRouter              *chi.Mux
 	pollDurationHistogram      *prometheus.HistogramVec
 	btcClientDurationHistogram *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	queueSendErrorCounter      prometheus.Counter
 )
 
 // Init initializes the metrics package.
@@ -77,9 +78,18 @@ func registerMetrics() {
 		[]string{"function", "status"},
 	)
 
+	// add a counter for the number of errors from the fail to push message into queue
+	queueSendErrorCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "queue_send_error_count",
+			Help: "The total number of errors when sending messages to the queue",
+		},
+	)
+
 	prometheus.MustRegister(
 		pollDurationHistogram,
 		btcClientDurationHistogram,
+		queueSendErrorCounter,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -105,3 +115,7 @@ func RecordBtcClientMetrics[T any](clientRequest func() (T, error)) (T, error) {
 
 	return result, err
 }
+
+func RecordQueueSendError() {
+	queueSendErrorCounter.Inc()
+}
diff --git a/internal/queue/queue.go b/internal/queue/queue.go
index 62ede3e..f792c52 100644
--- a/internal/queue/queue.go
+++ b/internal/queue/queue.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
+	"github.com/babylonchain/staking-expiry-checker/internal/observability/metrics"
 	"github.com/babylonchain/staking-queue-client/client"
 	queueConfig "github.com/babylonchain/staking-queue-client/config"
 )
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ func (qm *QueueManager) SendExpiredStakingEvent(ctx context.Context, ev client.E
 	log.Debug().Str("tx_hash", ev.StakingTxHashHex).Msg("publishing expired staking event")
 	err = qm.stakingExpiredEventQueue.SendMessage(ctx, messageBody)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to publish staking event: %w", err)
+		metrics.RecordQueueSendError()
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Str("tx_hash", ev.StakingTxHashHex).Msg("failed to publish staking event")
 	}
 	log.Debug().Str("tx_hash", ev.StakingTxHashHex).Msg("successfully published expired staking event")