diff --git a/flint-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flint/core/metrics/MetricConstants.java b/flint-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flint/core/metrics/MetricConstants.java
index ecd8c009b..35297de6a 100644
--- a/flint-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flint/core/metrics/MetricConstants.java
+++ b/flint-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flint/core/metrics/MetricConstants.java
@@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ public final class MetricConstants {
      */
     public static final String OUTPUT_TOTAL_RECORDS_WRITTEN = "output.totalRecordsWritten.count";
 
+    /**
+     * Metric for tracking the latency of checkpoint deletion
+     */
+    public static final String CHECKPOINT_DELETE_TIME_METRIC = "checkpoint.delete.processingTime";
+
     private MetricConstants() {
         // Private constructor to prevent instantiation
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/flint-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flint/core/metrics/MetricsUtil.java b/flint-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flint/core/metrics/MetricsUtil.java
index 511c18664..5a0f0f5ad 100644
--- a/flint-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flint/core/metrics/MetricsUtil.java
+++ b/flint-core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flint/core/metrics/MetricsUtil.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import com.codahale.metrics.Gauge;
 import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
 import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.apache.spark.SparkEnv;
 import org.apache.spark.metrics.source.FlintMetricSource;
 import org.apache.spark.metrics.source.FlintIndexMetricSource;
@@ -133,6 +134,21 @@ public static void addHistoricGauge(String metricName, final long value) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Automatically emit latency metric as Historic Gauge for the execution of supplier
+     * @param supplier the lambda to be metered
+     * @param metricName name of the metric
+     * @return value returned by supplier
+     */
+    public static <T> T withLatencyAsHistoricGauge(Supplier<T> supplier, String metricName) {
+        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        try {
+            return supplier.get();
+        } finally {
+            addHistoricGauge(metricName, System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static HistoricGauge getOrCreateHistoricGauge(String metricName) {
         MetricRegistry metricRegistry = getMetricRegistry(false);
         return metricRegistry != null ? metricRegistry.gauge(metricName, HistoricGauge::new) : null;
diff --git a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkCheckpoint.scala b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkCheckpoint.scala
index 4c18fea77..6ae55bd33 100644
--- a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkCheckpoint.scala
+++ b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkCheckpoint.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.opensearch.flint.spark
 import java.util.UUID
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FSDataOutputStream, Path}
+import org.opensearch.flint.core.metrics.{MetricConstants, MetricsUtil}
 
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
@@ -75,7 +76,9 @@ class FlintSparkCheckpoint(spark: SparkSession, val checkpointLocation: String)
    */
   def delete(): Unit = {
     try {
-      checkpointManager.delete(checkpointRootDir)
+      MetricsUtil.withLatencyAsHistoricGauge(
+        () => checkpointManager.delete(checkpointRootDir),
+        MetricConstants.CHECKPOINT_DELETE_TIME_METRIC)
       logInfo(s"Checkpoint directory $checkpointRootDir deleted")
     } catch {
       case e: Exception =>