diff --git a/cameleer-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer/server/app/license/LicenseMetrics.java b/cameleer-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer/server/app/license/LicenseMetrics.java
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+package com.cameleer.server.app.license;
+
+import com.cameleer.server.core.license.LicenseGate;
+import com.cameleer.server.core.license.LicenseState;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Gauge;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+/**
+ * Prometheus gauges that track the live license posture.
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>{@code cameleer_license_state{state=...}} — one-hot per {@link LicenseState}, exactly
+ *       one tag value carries 1.0 at any time.</li>
+ *   <li>{@code cameleer_license_days_remaining} — days until {@code expiresAt}; negative
+ *       (-1.0) when ABSENT/INVALID (no license loaded).</li>
+ *   <li>{@code cameleer_license_last_validated_age_seconds} — seconds since the persisted
+ *       {@code last_validated_at}; 0 when there is no DB row.</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * <p>Refreshed eagerly on {@link LicenseChangedEvent} and lazily every 60 seconds so values
+ * stay current even without explicit state changes (e.g. days_remaining ticks down across
+ * the day, validated_age grows monotonically).</p>
+ */
+@Component
+public class LicenseMetrics {
+
+    private final LicenseGate gate;
+    private final LicenseRepository repo;
+    private final String tenantId;
+
+    private final Map<LicenseState, AtomicReference<Double>> stateGauges = new EnumMap<>(LicenseState.class);
+    private final AtomicReference<Double> daysRemaining = new AtomicReference<>(0.0);
+    private final AtomicReference<Double> validatedAge = new AtomicReference<>(0.0);
+
+    public LicenseMetrics(LicenseGate gate, LicenseRepository repo, MeterRegistry meters,
+                          @Value("${cameleer.server.tenant.id:default}") String tenantId) {
+        this.gate = gate;
+        this.repo = repo;
+        this.tenantId = tenantId;
+        for (var s : LicenseState.values()) {
+            var ref = new AtomicReference<>(0.0);
+            stateGauges.put(s, ref);
+            Gauge.builder("cameleer_license_state", ref, AtomicReference::get)
+                    .tag("state", s.name())
+                    .register(meters);
+        }
+        Gauge.builder("cameleer_license_days_remaining", daysRemaining, AtomicReference::get)
+                .register(meters);
+        Gauge.builder("cameleer_license_last_validated_age_seconds", validatedAge, AtomicReference::get)
+                .register(meters);
+    }
+
+    @EventListener(LicenseChangedEvent.class)
+    @Scheduled(fixedDelay = 60_000)
+    public void refresh() {
+        var state = gate.getState();
+        for (var s : LicenseState.values()) {
+            stateGauges.get(s).set(s == state ? 1.0 : 0.0);
+        }
+        var info = gate.getCurrent();
+        daysRemaining.set(info == null
+                ? -1.0
+                : (double) Duration.between(Instant.now(), info.expiresAt()).toDays());
+        repo.findByTenantId(tenantId).ifPresent(rec ->
+                validatedAge.set((double) Duration.between(rec.lastValidatedAt(), Instant.now()).toSeconds()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cameleer-server-app/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/app/license/LicenseMetricsTest.java b/cameleer-server-app/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/app/license/LicenseMetricsTest.java
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+package com.cameleer.server.app.license;
+
+import com.cameleer.server.core.license.LicenseGate;
+import com.cameleer.server.core.license.LicenseInfo;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.simple.SimpleMeterRegistry;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+class LicenseMetricsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void absentState_setsAbsentGaugeTo1AndDaysRemainingTo_minusOne() {
+        LicenseGate gate = new LicenseGate();
+        LicenseRepository repo = mock(LicenseRepository.class);
+        when(repo.findByTenantId("default")).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
+        SimpleMeterRegistry meters = new SimpleMeterRegistry();
+
+        var metrics = new LicenseMetrics(gate, repo, meters, "default");
+        metrics.refresh();
+
+        assertThat(meters.find("cameleer_license_state").tag("state", "ABSENT").gauge().value())
+                .isEqualTo(1.0);
+        assertThat(meters.find("cameleer_license_state").tag("state", "ACTIVE").gauge().value())
+                .isEqualTo(0.0);
+        assertThat(meters.find("cameleer_license_days_remaining").gauge().value())
+                .isEqualTo(-1.0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void activeState_reportsDaysRemaining() {
+        LicenseGate gate = new LicenseGate();
+        gate.load(new LicenseInfo(UUID.randomUUID(), "default", "test",
+                Map.of(),
+                Instant.now().minusSeconds(86400),
+                Instant.now().plus(10, ChronoUnit.DAYS),
+                0));
+        LicenseRepository repo = mock(LicenseRepository.class);
+        when(repo.findByTenantId("default")).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
+        SimpleMeterRegistry meters = new SimpleMeterRegistry();
+
+        var metrics = new LicenseMetrics(gate, repo, meters, "default");
+        metrics.refresh();
+
+        assertThat(meters.find("cameleer_license_state").tag("state", "ACTIVE").gauge().value())
+                .isEqualTo(1.0);
+        assertThat(meters.find("cameleer_license_state").tag("state", "ABSENT").gauge().value())
+                .isEqualTo(0.0);
+        assertThat(meters.find("cameleer_license_days_remaining").gauge().value())
+                .isBetween(9.0, 10.5);
+    }
+}