diff --git a/routing/control_tower.go b/routing/control_tower.go
index 8968ca312..7fc794763 100644
--- a/routing/control_tower.go
+++ b/routing/control_tower.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lntypes"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/monitoring"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/multimutex"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/queue"
 )
@@ -191,6 +192,9 @@ func (p *controlTower) InitPayment(paymentHash lntypes.Hash,
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Observe the creation of a new payment.
+	monitoring.IncrementPaymentCount()
+
 	// Take lock before querying the db to prevent missing or duplicating
 	// an update.
 	p.paymentsMtx.Lock(paymentHash)
diff --git a/routing/payment_lifecycle.go b/routing/payment_lifecycle.go
index 9a7414079..db61c064b 100644
--- a/routing/payment_lifecycle.go
+++ b/routing/payment_lifecycle.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/htlcswitch"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lntypes"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/monitoring"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/routing/route"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/routing/shards"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/tlv"
@@ -596,6 +597,9 @@ func (p *paymentLifecycle) registerAttempt(rt *route.Route,
 		p.identifier, &attempt.HTLCAttemptInfo,
 	)
 
+	// Observe a new HTLC attempt for the payment.
+	monitoring.IncrementHTLCAttemptCount()
+
 	return attempt, err
 }