diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b5b734bb5..71d6bf6c2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.coveo:spillway:3.0.0'
 
     // monitoring
+    implementation 'io.micronaut.micrometer:micronaut-micrometer-core'
     implementation 'io.micronaut.micrometer:micronaut-micrometer-registry-prometheus'
     // Also required to enable endpoint
     implementation 'io.micronaut:micronaut-management'
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ jib {
 
 run{
     def envs = findProperty('micronautEnvs')
-    def args = ["-Dmicronaut.environments=$envs","-Djdk.tracePinnedThreads=short"]
+    def args = ["-Dmicronaut.environments=$envs","-Djdk.tracePinnedThreads=short", "--add-opens","java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED"]
     if( environment['JVM_OPTS'] ) args.add(environment['JVM_OPTS'])
     jvmArgs args
     systemProperties 'DOCKER_USER': project.findProperty('DOCKER_USER') ?: environment['DOCKER_USER'],
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9c2c3bcbb..a89e1b2a7 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 #
 
 micronautVersion=4.7.1
-micronautEnvs=dev,h2,mail,aws-ses
+micronautEnvs=dev,h2,mail,aws-ses,prometheus
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/metrics/ExecutorsMetricsBinder.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/metrics/ExecutorsMetricsBinder.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..746c328ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/metrics/ExecutorsMetricsBinder.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ *  Wave, containers provisioning service
+ *  Copyright (c) 2023-2024, Seqera Labs
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package io.seqera.wave.metrics
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool
+
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry
+import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Context
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct
+import jakarta.inject.Inject
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
+ */
+@Slf4j
+@Context
+@CompileStatic
+class ExecutorsMetricsBinder {
+
+    @Inject
+    private MeterRegistry registry
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    void register() {
+        log.info "+ Registering executor metrics binder"
+        registerCommonPoolMetrics(registry)
+        registerVirtualThreadPoolMetrics(registry)
+    }
+
+    void registerCommonPoolMetrics(MeterRegistry meterRegistry) {
+        ForkJoinPool commonPool = ForkJoinPool.commonPool();
+
+        meterRegistry.gauge("common.pool.size", commonPool, ForkJoinPool::getPoolSize);
+        meterRegistry.gauge("common.active.thread.count", commonPool, ForkJoinPool::getActiveThreadCount);
+        meterRegistry.gauge("common.queued.submissions", commonPool, ForkJoinPool::getQueuedSubmissionCount);
+        meterRegistry.gauge("common.queued.tasks", commonPool, ForkJoinPool::getQueuedTaskCount);
+        meterRegistry.gauge("common.parallelism", commonPool, ForkJoinPool::getParallelism);
+        meterRegistry.gauge("common.steal.count", commonPool, ForkJoinPool::getStealCount);
+    }
+
+    void registerVirtualThreadPoolMetrics(MeterRegistry meterRegistry) {
+        try {
+            // Create a virtual thread executor
+            Class<?> VirtualThread = Class.forName("java.lang.VirtualThread");
+
+            // Use reflection to get the internal ForkJoinPool
+            Field poolField = VirtualThread.getDeclaredField("DEFAULT_SCHEDULER");
+            poolField.setAccessible(true);
+            ForkJoinPool virtualThreadPool = (ForkJoinPool) poolField.get(null);
+
+            // Register metrics for the virtual thread pool
+            meterRegistry.gauge("virtual.pool.size", virtualThreadPool, ForkJoinPool::getPoolSize);
+            meterRegistry.gauge("virtual.active.thread.count", virtualThreadPool, ForkJoinPool::getActiveThreadCount);
+            meterRegistry.gauge("virtual.queued.submissions", virtualThreadPool, ForkJoinPool::getQueuedSubmissionCount);
+            meterRegistry.gauge("virtual.queued.tasks", virtualThreadPool, ForkJoinPool::getQueuedTaskCount);
+            meterRegistry.gauge("virtual.parallelism", virtualThreadPool, ForkJoinPool::getParallelism);
+            meterRegistry.gauge("virtual.steal.count", virtualThreadPool, ForkJoinPool::getStealCount);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error "Unable to registry carrier threads pool metrics", e
+        }
+    }
+}