diff --git a/swh/web/common/origin_save.py b/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
--- a/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 
             - **name**: associated celery task name
             - **message**: relevant log message from task execution
-            - **duration**: task execution time (only if it succeeded)
+            - **delay**: task execution time (only if it succeeded)
             - **worker**: name of the worker that executed the task
     """
     try:
@@ -568,8 +568,8 @@
         if results["hits"]["total"]["value"] >= 1:
             task_run_info = results["hits"]["hits"][-1]["_source"]
             if "swh_logging_args_runtime" in task_run_info:
-                duration = task_run_info["swh_logging_args_runtime"]
-                task_run["duration"] = duration
+                delay = task_run_info["swh_logging_args_runtime"]
+                task_run["delay"] = delay
             if "message" in task_run_info:
                 task_run["message"] = task_run_info["message"]
             if "swh_logging_args_name" in task_run_info:
@@ -622,9 +622,27 @@
 )
 
 
+# Metric on the delay of save code now request per status and visit_type. This is the
+# time difference between the save code now is requested and the time it got ingested.
+ACCEPTED_SAVE_REQUESTS_DELAY_METRIC = "swh_web_save_requests_delay_seconds"
+
+_accepted_save_requests_delay_gauge = Gauge(
+    name=ACCEPTED_SAVE_REQUESTS_DELAY_METRIC,
+    documentation="Save Requests Duration",
+    labelnames=["load_task_status", "visit_type"],
+    registry=SWH_WEB_METRICS_REGISTRY,
+)
+
+
 def compute_save_requests_metrics() -> None:
-    """Compute a couple of Prometheus metrics related to
-    origin save requests"""
+    """Compute Prometheus metrics related to origin save requests:
+
+    - Number of submitted origin save requests
+    - Number of accepted origin save requests
+    - Save Code Now requests delay between request time and actual time of
+      successful/failed ingestion
+
+    """
 
     request_statuses = (
         SAVE_REQUEST_ACCEPTED,
@@ -653,6 +671,14 @@
     for labels in labels_set:
         _accepted_save_requests_gauge.labels(*labels).set(0)
 
+    duration_load_task_statuses = (
+        SAVE_TASK_FAILED,
+        SAVE_TASK_SUCCEEDED,
+    )
+
+    for labels in product(duration_load_task_statuses, visit_types):
+        _accepted_save_requests_delay_gauge.labels(*labels).set(0)
+
     for sor in SaveOriginRequest.objects.all():
         if sor.status == SAVE_REQUEST_ACCEPTED:
             _accepted_save_requests_gauge.labels(
@@ -662,3 +688,13 @@
         _submitted_save_requests_gauge.labels(
             status=sor.status, visit_type=sor.visit_type
         ).inc()
+
+        if (
+            sor.loading_task_status in (SAVE_TASK_SUCCEEDED, SAVE_TASK_FAILED)
+            and sor.visit_date is not None
+            and sor.request_date is not None
+        ):
+            delay = sor.visit_date.timestamp() - sor.request_date.timestamp()
+            _accepted_save_requests_delay_gauge.labels(
+                load_task_status=sor.loading_task_status, visit_type=sor.visit_type
+            ).inc(delay)
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/misc/test_metrics.py b/swh/web/tests/misc/test_metrics.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/misc/test_metrics.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/misc/test_metrics.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2021  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     SaveOriginRequest,
 )
 from swh.web.common.origin_save import (
+    ACCEPTED_SAVE_REQUESTS_DELAY_METRIC,
     ACCEPTED_SAVE_REQUESTS_METRIC,
     SUBMITTED_SAVE_REQUESTS_METRIC,
     get_savable_visit_types,
@@ -97,3 +98,25 @@
         )
 
         assert_contains(resp, metric_text)
+
+    # delay metrics
+
+    labels_set = product(visit_types, (SAVE_TASK_SUCCEEDED, SAVE_TASK_FAILED,))
+    for labels in labels_set:
+        sors = accepted_requests.filter(
+            visit_type=labels[0],
+            loading_task_status=labels[1],
+            visit_date__isnull=False,
+        )
+
+        delay = 0
+        for sor in sors:
+            delay += sor.visit_date.timestamp() - sor.request_date.timestamp()
+
+        metric_delay_text = (
+            f"{ACCEPTED_SAVE_REQUESTS_DELAY_METRIC}{{"
+            f'load_task_status="{labels[1]}",'
+            f'visit_type="{labels[0]}"}} {float(delay)}\n'
+        )
+
+        assert_contains(resp, metric_delay_text)