diff --git a/src/current/_includes/releases/v24.2/v24.2.0-beta.1.md b/src/current/_includes/releases/v24.2/v24.2.0-beta.1.md
index 74782be5afa..ec4f0f7ec9d 100644
--- a/src/current/_includes/releases/v24.2/v24.2.0-beta.1.md
+++ b/src/current/_includes/releases/v24.2/v24.2.0-beta.1.md
@@ -30,6 +30,40 @@ Release Date: July 18, 2024
 
 - For the [TELEMETRY channel]({% link v24.2/logging.md %}#telemetry), TCL `sampled_query` events will now be sampled at the rate specified by the setting `sql.telemetry.query_sampling.max_event_frequency`, which is already used to limit the rate of sampling DML statements. [#126484][#126484]
 - The `encode-uri` command now supports the `--certs-dir` option as an alternative to passing individual certificate paths. [#126793][#126793]
+- Changed the metric type of runtime metrics that are semantically counters from `GAUGE` to `COUNTER`. [#127018][#127018]
+  - `storage.disk.io.time`
+  - `storage.disk.read.bytes`
+  - `storage.disk.read.count`
+  - `storage.disk.read.time`
+  - `storage.disk.weightedio.time`
+  - `storage.disk.write.bytes`
+  - `storage.disk.write.count`
+  - `storage.disk.write.time`
+  - `sys.cgocalls`
+  - `sys.cpu.now.ns`
+  - `sys.cpu.sys.ns`
+  - `sys.cpu.user.ns`
+  - `sys.gc.assist.ns`
+  - `sys.gc.count`
+  - `sys.gc.pause.ns`
+  - `sys.go.heap.allocbytes`
+  - `sys.host.disk.io.time`
+  - `sys.host.disk.read.bytes`
+  - `sys.host.disk.read.count`
+  - `sys.host.disk.read.time`
+  - `sys.host.disk.weightedio.time`
+  - `sys.host.disk.write.bytes`
+  - `sys.host.disk.write.count`
+  - `sys.host.disk.write.time`
+  - `sys.host.net.recv.bytes`
+  - `sys.host.net.recv.drop`
+  - `sys.host.net.recv.err`
+  - `sys.host.net.recv.packets`
+  - `sys.host.net.send.bytes`
+  - `sys.host.net.send.drop`
+  - `sys.host.net.send.err`
+  - `sys.host.net.send.packets`
+  - `sys.uptime`
 
 <h3 id="v24-2-0-beta-1-command-line-changes">Command-line changes</h3>
 
@@ -80,5 +114,6 @@ This release includes 96 merged PRs by 49 authors.
 [#126830]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/126830
 [#126950]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/126950
 [#127012]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127012
+[#127018]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127018
 [#127086]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127086
 [#127124]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127124