diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication/Grpc/SiteStreamGrpcServer.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication/Grpc/SiteStreamGrpcServer.cs
index 00a1393d..5900f6e5 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication/Grpc/SiteStreamGrpcServer.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication/Grpc/SiteStreamGrpcServer.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.Audit;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Interfaces.Services;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Messages.Audit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Observability;
 using GrpcStatus = Grpc.Core.Status;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication.Grpc;
@@ -264,6 +265,14 @@ public class SiteStreamGrpcServer : SiteStreamService.SiteStreamServiceBase
             "Stream {CorrelationId} started for {Instance} (subscription {SubscriptionId})",
             request.CorrelationId, request.InstanceUniqueName, subscriptionId);
 
+        // Telemetry follow-on: the connection is now fully established (Subscribe
+        // succeeded, so no leak via the catch above). Count it up here and balance
+        // it in the finally below so the scadabridge.site.connection.up gauge is
+        // decremented on EVERY exit path — normal completion, client-cancel /
+        // duplicate-replacement (OperationCanceledException), server shutdown
+        // (CancelAllStreams -> Cts.Cancel), and any other exception — guaranteeing
+        // exactly one Closed per Opened and a gauge that never drifts up.
+        ScadaBridgeTelemetry.SiteConnectionOpened();
         try
         {
             await foreach (var evt in channel.Reader.ReadAllAsync(streamCts.Token))
@@ -277,6 +286,7 @@ public class SiteStreamGrpcServer : SiteStreamService.SiteStreamServiceBase
         }
         finally
         {
+            ScadaBridgeTelemetry.SiteConnectionClosed();
             _streamSubscriber.RemoveSubscriber(relayActor);
             _actorSystem!.Stop(relayActor);
             channel.Writer.TryComplete();
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication.Tests/Grpc/SiteStreamGrpcServerTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication.Tests/Grpc/SiteStreamGrpcServerTests.cs
index ffb4fe2b..81e00fc0 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication.Tests/Grpc/SiteStreamGrpcServerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication.Tests/Grpc/SiteStreamGrpcServerTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
 using System.Threading.Channels;
 using Akka.Actor;
 using Akka.TestKit.Xunit2;
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ using Grpc.Core;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
 using NSubstitute;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Observability;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication.Grpc;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication.Tests.Grpc;
@@ -342,6 +344,59 @@ public class SiteStreamGrpcServerTests : TestKit
         subscriber.DidNotReceive().RemoveSubscriber(Arg.Any<IActorRef>());
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SiteConnectionUpGauge_GoesToOneOnConnect_AndBackToZeroOnCancel()
+    {
+        // Telemetry follow-on: the scadabridge.site.connection.up gauge must read
+        // exactly 1 while a site stream is established and return to 0 once the
+        // stream terminates on the cancel path — proving SiteConnectionOpened() is
+        // matched by exactly one SiteConnectionClosed() in the handler's finally.
+        var server = CreateServer();
+        server.SetReady(Sys);
+
+        long ReadGauge()
+        {
+            long observed = 0;
+            using var listener = new MeterListener();
+            listener.InstrumentPublished = (instrument, l) =>
+            {
+                if (instrument.Meter.Name == ScadaBridgeTelemetry.MeterName &&
+                    instrument.Name == "scadabridge.site.connection.up")
+                {
+                    l.EnableMeasurementEvents(instrument);
+                }
+            };
+            listener.SetMeasurementEventCallback<long>((_, measurement, _, _) => observed = measurement);
+            listener.Start();
+            listener.RecordObservableInstruments();
+            return observed;
+        }
+
+        var baseline = ReadGauge();
+
+        var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        var context = CreateMockContext(cts.Token);
+        var writer = Substitute.For<IServerStreamWriter<SiteStreamEvent>>();
+
+        var streamTask = Task.Run(() => server.SubscribeInstance(
+            MakeRequest("corr-gauge", "Site1.Pump01"), writer, context));
+
+        await WaitForConditionAsync(() => server.ActiveStreamCount == 1);
+
+        // While the stream is up the gauge is one above whatever baseline other
+        // (possibly parallel) tests left behind — read relative so the assertion
+        // is robust to test interleaving on the process-wide static counter.
+        Assert.Equal(baseline + 1, ReadGauge());
+
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await streamTask;
+        await WaitForConditionAsync(() => server.ActiveStreamCount == 0);
+
+        // After the cancel path runs the finally, the gauge is balanced back to
+        // the baseline — no leaked "up" count.
+        Assert.Equal(baseline, ReadGauge());
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void SetReady_AllowsStreamCreation()
     {