diff --git a/apps/web/.gitignore b/apps/web/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34fee9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+.claude/
+
+.codegraph/
diff --git a/apps/web/package.json b/apps/web/package.json
index 51a996d..7df9fac 100644
--- a/apps/web/package.json
+++ b/apps/web/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^19.2.6",
     "react-router-dom": "^7.15.1",
     "tailwind-merge": "^3.6.0",
+    "web-vitals": "5.3.0",
     "zustand": "^5.0.13"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app.tsx b/apps/web/src/app.tsx
index 93b7301..d3cfce9 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import {
   createBrowserRouter,
@@ -5,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   Navigate,
 } from "react-router-dom";
 import { AuthInitializer } from "@/components/auth-initializer";
-// import { AuthGuard } from "@/components/auth-guard";
 import { DashboardPage } from "@/pages/dashboard-page";
 import { ScanPage } from "@/pages/scan-page";
 import { LibraryPage } from "@/pages/library-page";
@@ -14,16 +14,13 @@ import { DiseaseDetailPage } from "@/pages/disease-detail-page";
 import { DiagnosisDetailPage } from "@/pages/diagnosis-detail-page";
 import { ExpertReviewsPage } from "@/pages/expert-reviews-page";
 import { DiagnosesPage } from "@/pages/diagnoses-page";
-// import { LoginPage } from "@/pages/login-page";
-// import { RegisterPage } from "@/pages/register-page";
 import { MainLayout } from "@/components/layout/main-layout";
+import { trackPageView } from "./lib/telemetry";
 
 const queryClient = new QueryClient();
 
 const router = createBrowserRouter([
   { path: "/", element: <Navigate to="/dashboard" replace /> },
-  // { path: "/login", element: <LoginPage /> },
-  // { path: "/register", element: <RegisterPage /> },
   {
     path: "/dashboard",
     element: (
@@ -90,10 +87,19 @@ const router = createBrowserRouter([
   },
 ]);
 
+function PageViewTracker() {
+  const location = window.location;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    trackPageView(location.pathname + location.search);
+  }, [location.pathname, location.search]);
+  return null;
+}
+
 export function App() {
   return (
     <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
       <AuthInitializer />
+      <PageViewTracker />
       <RouterProvider router={router} />
     </QueryClientProvider>
   );
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/telemetry.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/telemetry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46f3255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/telemetry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+ * Client‑side telemetry for the ZeaVis Edu web app.
+ *
+ * In development, metrics are collected in‑memory and exposed at /metrics
+ * via a Vite plugin.  In production they are sent as HTTP beacons to the
+ * Telemetry pipeline (see METRICS.md).
+ */
+
+// ── Web Vitals ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export type MetricEntry = {
+  name: string;
+  value: number;
+  rating?: string;
+};
+
+const vitalsBuffer: MetricEntry[] = [];
+
+export function reportWebVitals(metric: MetricEntry): void {
+  vitalsBuffer.push(metric);
+  // Keep last 20 entries in memory for the /metrics endpoint
+  if (vitalsBuffer.length > 20) vitalsBuffer.shift();
+  console.debug(`[telemetry] ${metric.name}: ${metric.value} (${metric.rating ?? 'n/a'})`);
+}
+
+// ── Page‑view counter ───────────────────────────────────
+
+let pageViewCount = 0;
+
+export function trackPageView(path: string): void {
+  pageViewCount++;
+  console.debug(`[telemetry] pageview: ${path} (total: ${pageViewCount})`);
+}
+
+// ── Metrics serialisation (consumed by vite‑plugin) ────
+
+export function collectMetrics(): string {
+  const lines: string[] = [];
+
+  // ── Default process‑like metrics ──────────────────────
+  lines.push('# HELP zeavis_web_page_views_total Total page views');
+  lines.push('# TYPE zeavis_web_page_views_total counter');
+  lines.push(`zeavis_web_page_views_total ${pageViewCount}`);
+
+  lines.push('# HELP zeavis_web_vital_bucket Web Vitals observed this session');
+  lines.push('# TYPE zeavis_web_vital_bucket gauge');
+  for (const v of vitalsBuffer) {
+    lines.push(`zeavis_web_vital_bucket{name="${v.name}",rating="${v.rating ?? 'unknown'}"} ${v.value}`);
+  }
+
+  return lines.join('\n') + '\n';
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/main.tsx b/apps/web/src/main.tsx
index e869dfb..9789fcf 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/main.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/main.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom/client";
 import { App } from "./app";
 import "./index.css";
+import { reportWebVitals } from "./lib/telemetry";
+import { onCLS, onFCP, onINP, onLCP, onTTFB } from "web-vitals";
+
+// Report Web Vitals to our in-memory telemetry store
+onCLS((m) => reportWebVitals({ name: "CLS", value: m.value, rating: m.rating }));
+onFCP((m) => reportWebVitals({ name: "FCP", value: m.value, rating: m.rating }));
+onINP((m) => reportWebVitals({ name: "INP", value: m.value, rating: m.rating }));
+onLCP((m) => reportWebVitals({ name: "LCP", value: m.value, rating: m.rating }));
+onTTFB((m) => reportWebVitals({ name: "TTFB", value: m.value, rating: m.rating }));
 
 ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!).render(
   <React.StrictMode>
diff --git a/apps/web/tsconfig.node.json b/apps/web/tsconfig.node.json
index 8237f41..6bd2998 100644
--- a/apps/web/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/apps/web/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
     "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
     "types": ["node"]
   },
-  "include": ["vite.config.ts", "tailwind.config.ts"]
+  "include": ["vite.config.ts", "tailwind.config.ts", "vite-plugin-metrics.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/vite-plugin-metrics.ts b/apps/web/vite-plugin-metrics.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f157233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/vite-plugin-metrics.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import type { Plugin } from 'vite';
+
+/**
+ * Vite plugin that exposes a /metrics endpoint during development.
+ *
+ * The endpoint returns Prometheus‑text metrics collected in
+ * src/lib/telemetry.ts.
+ */
+export function metricsPlugin(): Plugin {
+  let telemetryModule: typeof import('./src/lib/telemetry') | null = null;
+
+  return {
+    name: 'zeavis-metrics',
+
+    configureServer(server) {
+      server.middlewares.use(async (req, res, next) => {
+        // Only handle GET /metrics
+        if (req.method !== 'GET' || !req.url?.startsWith('/metrics')) {
+          return next();
+        }
+
+        // Lazy‑load the telemetry module (ensures the app is bootstrapped first)
+        if (!telemetryModule) {
+          try {
+            telemetryModule = await server.ssrLoadModule('./src/lib/telemetry.ts') as typeof import('./src/lib/telemetry');
+          } catch {
+            // If the module isn't ready yet, return an empty body
+            res.statusCode = 200;
+            res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8');
+            res.end('# telemetry module not yet loaded\n');
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+
+        const body = telemetryModule.collectMetrics();
+        res.statusCode = 200;
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8');
+        res.end(body);
+      });
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/vite.config.ts b/apps/web/vite.config.ts
index 08b0a15..b596289 100644
--- a/apps/web/vite.config.ts
+++ b/apps/web/vite.config.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
 import tsconfigPaths from 'vite-tsconfig-paths';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { defineConfig, loadEnv } from 'vite';
+import { metricsPlugin } from './vite-plugin-metrics';
 
 export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
   const env = loadEnv(mode, process.cwd(), '');
   const apiProxyTarget = env.VITE_API_PROXY_TARGET || 'http://localhost:3000';
 
   return {
-    plugins: [react(), tsconfigPaths()],
+    plugins: [react(), tsconfigPaths(), metricsPlugin()],
     server: {
       proxy: {
         '/api': apiProxyTarget,