diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/orphan_scan.rs b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/orphan_scan.rs
index d94101775a..1e56aaeed4 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/orphan_scan.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/orphan_scan.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use tracedecay_runtime_core::db::engine::Executor;
 use super::super::util;
 use super::{LcmError, LcmGcConfig, LcmGcReport, payload, stage_payload_delete};
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.gc.orphan_preview")]
 pub(super) fn preview_orphan_files(
     dir: &Path,
     metadata_refs: &BTreeSet<String>,
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ where
     candidates
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.gc.orphan_stage", future = true)]
 pub(super) async fn stage_orphan_files(
     conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized),
     dir: &Path,
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/pending_delete.rs b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/pending_delete.rs
index 54c4a8e51b..f68f52c7e2 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/pending_delete.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/pending_delete.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub(super) fn pending_payload_delete_key(payload_ref: &str) -> String {
     format!("{PENDING_PAYLOAD_DELETE_PREFIX}{payload_ref}")
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.gc.stage_delete", future = true)]
 pub async fn stage_payload_delete(
     conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized),
     payload_ref: &str,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ pub async fn drain_pending_payload_delete_in_transaction(
     )
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.gc.drain_pending_deletes", future = true)]
 async fn drain_pending_payload_deletes_matching(
     conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized),
     storage_root: &Path,
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ struct MetadataProbe {
 /// probe. Chunked at [`util::SQLITE_IN_BATCH_SIZE`] so an unbounded tombstone
 /// backlog cannot exceed SQLite's bind-variable limit; an empty input issues no
 /// query at all.
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.gc.probe_pending_metadata", future = true)]
 async fn probe_metadata_rows(
     conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized),
     payload_refs: &[String],
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/placeholder_scan.rs b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/placeholder_scan.rs
index ce85ca5fa2..58b2a8a571 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/placeholder_scan.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/gc/placeholder_scan.rs
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ enum PlaceholderScanFlow {
 /// Aggregates every prefiltered candidate row. Callers that only need to know
 /// whether *one* row qualifies must use [`any_placeholder_text_row`] instead:
 /// this retains the full result in memory.
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.gc.placeholder_scan", future = true)]
 pub(crate) async fn scan_placeholder_text_rows(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     scope: PlaceholderScanScope<'_>,
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn scan_placeholder_text_rows(
 /// over what a match means; the early exit changes when the scan stops, never
 /// what it decides. An existence question about one payload therefore costs one
 /// page of candidates instead of the store's whole placeholder history.
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.gc.placeholder_probe", future = true)]
 pub(crate) async fn any_placeholder_text_row(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     scope: PlaceholderScanScope<'_>,
@@ -258,6 +260,7 @@ async fn drive_placeholder_text_scan(
     }
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.gc.placeholder_count", future = true)]
 pub(crate) async fn count_placeholder_text_rows(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     scope: PlaceholderScanScope<'_>,
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/maintenance.rs b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/maintenance.rs
index e70ce76f76..9cc04e4e38 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/maintenance.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/maintenance.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use super::{LCM_SCAN_PAGE_ROWS, LcmError};
 
 static BACKUP_NONCE: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.maintenance.backup", future = true)]
 pub(super) async fn backup_database(
     db_path: &Path,
     storage_root: &Path,
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ pub(super) async fn payload_metadata_refs_for_scope(
 /// Collects payload-metadata references through `rowid` keyset pages: the
 /// whole `lcm_external_payloads` table exceeds what the `SQLite` runtime will
 /// materialize for one query on a long-lived profile.
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.maintenance.scan_payload_refs", future = true)]
 async fn payload_metadata_refs(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     provider: &str,
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/payload/delete_recovery.rs b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/payload/delete_recovery.rs
index 6eeff6660a..97553e9d94 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/payload/delete_recovery.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/payload/delete_recovery.rs
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ pub fn reconcile_committed_payload_drain(
     }
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.payload.delete", future = true)]
 pub(super) async fn delete_external_payload_in_transaction(
     conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized),
     storage_root: &Path,
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ pub(super) async fn delete_external_payload_in_transaction(
     Ok(prepared)
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.payload.delete_prepare", future = true)]
 pub(super) async fn prepare_external_payload_delete_in_transaction_with_cache(
     conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized),
     storage_root: &Path,
@@ -316,6 +318,7 @@ pub fn remove_committed_payload_file(
     )
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.payload.remove_file")]
 pub fn remove_committed_payload_file_with<F>(
     storage_root: &Path,
     payload_ref: &str,
@@ -425,6 +428,7 @@ fn restore_quarantined_payload(
     fs::rename(quarantine, path).map_err(|error| LcmError::Io(error.to_string()))
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.payload.fingerprint")]
 pub fn payload_file_fingerprint(
     dir: &Path,
     payload_ref: &str,
@@ -443,6 +447,7 @@ pub fn payload_file_fingerprint(
     ))
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.payload.tombstone_placeholders", future = true)]
 async fn tombstone_residual_placeholders(
     conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized),
     payload_ref: &str,
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/query/describe.rs b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/query/describe.rs
index c410aafcc5..254c816075 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/query/describe.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/query/describe.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use super::super::util::{SQLITE_IN_BATCH_SIZE, sql_in_placeholders};
 use super::*;
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.describe.raw_overviews", future = true)]
 pub(super) async fn raw_message_overviews(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     provider: &str,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ pub(super) async fn raw_message_overviews(
     Ok(overviews)
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.describe.summary_overviews", future = true)]
 pub(super) async fn summary_overviews(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     provider: &str,
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ pub(super) async fn summary_overviews(
     Ok(overviews)
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.describe.summary_node", future = true)]
 pub(super) async fn describe_summary_node(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     provider: &str,
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ enum DescribeSource {
     Summary { node_id: String },
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.describe.sources", future = true)]
 async fn describe_summary_sources(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     provider: &str,
@@ -265,6 +269,7 @@ async fn load_describe_summary_nodes(
     Ok(out)
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.describe.external_payload", future = true)]
 pub(super) async fn describe_external_payload(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     provider: &str,
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/schema.rs b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/schema.rs
index 8d8a04652f..bb566a9859 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-lcm/src/schema.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ const RAW_FTS_DDL: &str = "CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS lcm_raw_messages_f
 
 /// Returns whether the raw-message FTS table and all three synchronization
 /// triggers use the v3 content-only contracts.
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.schema.verify_raw_fts", future = true)]
 pub async fn raw_fts_structure_is_current(conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized)) -> Option<bool> {
     let mut rows = conn
         .query(
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ fn compact_sql(sql: &str) -> String {
 /// explicit schema initialization/rebuild owner; idempotent and data-preserving
 /// because the index is derived entirely from the content table. Doctor never
 /// invokes this mutation.
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.schema.rebuild_raw_fts", future = true)]
 pub async fn rebuild_raw_fts(conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized)) -> Option<()> {
     conn.execute_batch(
         "DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS lcm_raw_messages_fts_insert;
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ pub enum LcmSchemaAdmission {
 /// explicit profile reset. Admission callers run this before other schema
 /// authorities so the truthful LCM state is surfaced rather than masked by a
 /// coarser authority's reset.
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.schema.admit", future = true)]
 pub async fn require_admissible_lcm_schema(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
 ) -> Result<LcmSchemaAdmission, LcmError> {
@@ -239,6 +242,7 @@ pub async fn require_admissible_lcm_schema(
     }
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.schema.ensure", future = true)]
 pub async fn ensure_lcm_schema_in_transaction(
     conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized),
 ) -> Result<(), LcmError> {
@@ -544,6 +548,7 @@ pub async fn clear_gc_meta(conn: &(impl Executor + ?Sized), key: &str) -> Result
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[hotpath::measure(label = "sessions.lcm.raw.load_message", future = true)]
 pub async fn load_raw_message(
     conn: &(impl QueryExecutor + ?Sized),
     provider: &str,