diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78378c5c..3857312e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - [OpenAPI] Add `openapi:validate` Rake task for OpenAPI tags validation (#163).
 - [Logger] Add `config.log_redact_keys=` for redacting structured log context.
+- [Telemetry] Add  `Rage::Telemetry::Capacity`  to provide read-only access to metrics describing the server's current load and resource utilization.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/lib/rage/telemetry/capacity.rb b/lib/rage/telemetry/capacity.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b1cb12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rage/telemetry/capacity.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Rage::Telemetry
+  ##
+  # The `Rage::Telemetry::Capacity` module provides read-only access to
+  # metrics describing the server's current load and resource utilization.
+  # Example: how much work is queued up, and how close the server is to its limits.
+  #
+  # Unlike spans, capacity metrics aren't tied to a specific operation or
+  # event, they reflect the server state at the moment they are read, and
+  # are meant to be sampled periodically rather than triggered by handlers.
+  #
+  # Combine with {Rage::Telemetry.every} to report a metric on a fixed
+  # interval:
+  #
+  #     Rage::Telemetry.every(1000) do
+  #       MyMetrics.gauge("server.queued_connections", Rage::Telemetry::Capacity.queued_connections)
+  #     end
+  #
+  # # Available Metrics
+  #
+  # | ---------- Method -------|--------Description-------- |
+  # | `.queued_connections`    | The number of established connections currently waiting in the kernel's accept queue, across the server listening sockets |
+  #
+  # @see Rage::Telemetry.every
+  #
+  module Capacity
+    class << self
+      # Returns the number of established connections currently waiting in the
+      # kernel accept queue for the server listening sockets. This is the
+      # count of clients that have already completed the TCP handshake but
+      # haven't yet been picked up by the application via `accept()`.
+      #
+      # A value that stays close to the configured backlog limit is a sign the
+      # server isn't accepting connections fast enough to keep up with incoming
+      # traffic.
+      #
+      # @return [Integer] the accept-queue depth
+      def queued_connections
+        accept_queue_depth = Iodine::Perf.queued_connections
+        raise NotImplementedError if accept_queue_depth.nil?
+
+        accept_queue_depth
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/rage/telemetry/telemetry.rb b/lib/rage/telemetry/telemetry.rb
index 45061223..728112c5 100644
--- a/lib/rage/telemetry/telemetry.rb
+++ b/lib/rage/telemetry/telemetry.rb
@@ -134,4 +134,5 @@ def success?
 
 require_relative "tracer"
 require_relative "handler"
+require_relative "capacity"
 Dir["#{__dir__}/spans/*.rb"].each { |span| require_relative span }
diff --git a/rage.gemspec b/rage.gemspec
index 6c4da2be..8d3d676b 100644
--- a/rage.gemspec
+++ b/rage.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency "thor", "~> 1.0"
   spec.add_dependency "rack", "< 4"
-  spec.add_dependency "rage-iodine", "~> 5.5"
+  spec.add_dependency "rage-iodine", "~> 5.6"
   spec.add_dependency "zeitwerk", "~> 2.6"
   spec.add_dependency "rack-test", "~> 2.1"
   spec.add_dependency "rake", ">= 12.0"
diff --git a/spec/telemetry/capacity_spec.rb b/spec/telemetry/capacity_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..497ac8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/telemetry/capacity_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe Rage::Telemetry::Capacity do
+  describe ".queued_connections" do
+    before do
+      Fiber.set_scheduler(Rage::FiberScheduler.new)
+    end
+
+    after do
+      Fiber.set_scheduler(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "reports the accept-queue depth of the server's listeners" do
+      require "socket"
+
+      s = TCPServer.new("127.0.0.1", 0)
+      port = s.addr[1]
+      s.close
+      result = nil
+
+      Iodine.workers = 1
+      Iodine.on_state(:on_start) do
+        Iodine.listen(port: port, handler: -> { [200, {}, ["ok"]] })
+        socks = 5.times.map { TCPSocket.new("127.0.0.1", port) }
+        Iodine.run { result = described_class.queued_connections }
+        socks.each(&:close)
+        Iodine.run { Iodine.stop }
+      end
+      Iodine.start
+
+      expect(result).to eq(5)
+    end
+
+    it "is callable from within the reactor via .every" do
+      require "socket"
+
+      s = TCPServer.new("127.0.0.1", 0)
+      port = s.addr[1]
+      s.close
+      result = nil
+
+      Iodine.workers = 1
+      Iodine.on_state(:on_start) do
+        Iodine.listen(port: port, handler: -> { [200, {}, ["ok"]] })
+        Rage::Telemetry.every(5) do
+          Iodine.run { result = described_class.queued_connections }
+          Iodine.stop
+        end
+        Iodine.run_after(200) { Iodine.stop }
+      end
+      Iodine.start
+
+      expect(result).to be_a(Integer)
+    end
+  end
+end