diff --git a/codex-rs/otel/src/metrics/client.rs b/codex-rs/otel/src/metrics/client.rs
index a36157aae..73fc3c661 100644
--- a/codex-rs/otel/src/metrics/client.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/otel/src/metrics/client.rs
@@ -43,12 +43,21 @@ use tracing::debug;
 
 const ENV_ATTRIBUTE: &str = "env";
 const METER_NAME: &str = "codex";
-const DURATION_UNIT: &str = "ms";
-const DURATION_DESCRIPTION: &str = "Duration in milliseconds.";
+const MILLISECOND_DURATION_UNIT: &str = "ms";
+const MILLISECOND_DURATION_DESCRIPTION: &str = "Duration in milliseconds.";
+const MILLISECOND_DURATION_BOUNDARIES: &[f64] = &[
+    0.0, 5.0, 10.0, 25.0, 50.0, 75.0, 100.0, 250.0, 500.0, 750.0, 1000.0, 2500.0, 5000.0, 7500.0,
+    10000.0,
+];
+const SECOND_DURATION_UNIT: &str = "s";
+const SECOND_DURATION_BOUNDARIES: &[f64] = &[
+    0.0, 0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0,
+];
 
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
 struct InstrumentKey {
     name: String,
+    unit: Option<&'static str>,
     description: Option<String>,
 }
 
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ struct MetricsClientInner {
     counters: Mutex<HashMap<InstrumentKey, Counter<u64>>>,
     gauges: Mutex<HashMap<InstrumentKey, Gauge<i64>>>,
     histograms: Mutex<HashMap<String, Histogram<f64>>>,
-    duration_histograms: Mutex<HashMap<String, Histogram<f64>>>,
+    duration_histograms: Mutex<HashMap<InstrumentKey, Histogram<f64>>>,
     runtime_reader: Option<Arc<ManualReader>>,
     default_tags: BTreeMap<String, String>,
 }
@@ -120,6 +129,7 @@ impl MetricsClientInner {
             .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
         let key = InstrumentKey {
             name: name.to_string(),
+            unit: None,
             description: description.map(str::to_string),
         };
         let counter = counters.entry(key).or_insert_with(|| {
@@ -164,6 +174,7 @@ impl MetricsClientInner {
             .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
         let key = InstrumentKey {
             name: name.to_string(),
+            unit: None,
             description: description.map(str::to_string),
         };
         let gauge = gauges.entry(key).or_insert_with(|| {
@@ -177,7 +188,15 @@ impl MetricsClientInner {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn duration_histogram(&self, name: &str, value: i64, tags: &[(&str, &str)]) -> Result<()> {
+    fn duration_histogram(
+        &self,
+        name: &str,
+        value: f64,
+        unit: &'static str,
+        description: &str,
+        boundaries: &'static [f64],
+        tags: &[(&str, &str)],
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         validate_metric_name(name)?;
         let attributes = self.attributes(tags)?;
 
@@ -185,14 +204,20 @@ impl MetricsClientInner {
             .duration_histograms
             .lock()
             .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
-        let histogram = histograms.entry(name.to_string()).or_insert_with(|| {
+        let key = InstrumentKey {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            unit: Some(unit),
+            description: Some(description.to_string()),
+        };
+        let histogram = histograms.entry(key).or_insert_with(|| {
             self.meter
                 .f64_histogram(name.to_string())
-                .with_unit(DURATION_UNIT)
-                .with_description(DURATION_DESCRIPTION)
+                .with_unit(unit)
+                .with_description(description.to_string())
+                .with_boundaries(boundaries.to_vec())
                 .build()
         });
-        histogram.record(value as f64, &attributes);
+        histogram.record(value, &attributes);
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -338,7 +363,28 @@ impl MetricsClient {
     ) -> Result<()> {
         self.0.duration_histogram(
             name,
-            duration.as_millis().min(i64::MAX as u128) as i64,
+            duration.as_millis().min(i64::MAX as u128) as f64,
+            MILLISECOND_DURATION_UNIT,
+            MILLISECOND_DURATION_DESCRIPTION,
+            MILLISECOND_DURATION_BOUNDARIES,
+            tags,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Record a duration in seconds using a histogram with an instrument description.
+    pub fn record_duration_seconds_with_description(
+        &self,
+        name: &str,
+        description: &str,
+        duration: Duration,
+        tags: &[(&str, &str)],
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        self.0.duration_histogram(
+            name,
+            duration.as_secs_f64(),
+            SECOND_DURATION_UNIT,
+            description,
+            SECOND_DURATION_BOUNDARIES,
             tags,
         )
     }
diff --git a/codex-rs/otel/tests/suite/timing.rs b/codex-rs/otel/tests/suite/timing.rs
index 0cf73b9a5..5955979f8 100644
--- a/codex-rs/otel/tests/suite/timing.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/otel/tests/suite/timing.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,50 @@ fn record_duration_records_histogram() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn record_duration_seconds_uses_fractional_seconds_and_scaled_buckets() -> Result<()> {
+    let (metrics, exporter) = build_metrics_with_defaults(&[])?;
+
+    for duration in [
+        Duration::from_millis(200),
+        Duration::from_secs(1),
+        Duration::from_millis(4900),
+    ] {
+        metrics.record_duration_seconds_with_description(
+            "codex.request_duration_seconds",
+            "Duration of Codex requests in seconds.",
+            duration,
+            &[("method", "initialize")],
+        )?;
+    }
+    metrics.shutdown()?;
+
+    let resource_metrics = latest_metrics(&exporter);
+    let (bounds, bucket_counts, sum, count) =
+        histogram_data(&resource_metrics, "codex.request_duration_seconds");
+    assert_eq!(
+        bounds,
+        vec![
+            0.0, 0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0,
+        ]
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        bucket_counts,
+        vec![0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0]
+    );
+    assert!((sum - 6.1).abs() < f64::EPSILON * 8.0);
+    assert_eq!(count, 3);
+    let metric = crate::harness::find_metric(&resource_metrics, "codex.request_duration_seconds")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("metric codex.request_duration_seconds missing"));
+    assert_eq!(metric.unit(), "s");
+    assert_eq!(
+        metric.description(),
+        "Duration of Codex requests in seconds."
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 // Ensures time_result returns the closure output and records timing.
 #[test]
 fn timer_result_records_success() -> Result<()> {