diff --git a/openapi/Swarm.yaml b/openapi/Swarm.yaml
index c320410b4ee..4ed796371db 100644
--- a/openapi/Swarm.yaml
+++ b/openapi/Swarm.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 openapi: 3.0.3
 
 info:
-  version: 8.1.1
+  version: 8.1.2
   title: Bee API
   description: "API endpoints for interacting with the Swarm network, supporting file operations, messaging, and node management"
 
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ paths:
           schema:
             $ref: "SwarmCommon.yaml#/components/schemas/FeedType"
           required: false
-          description: "Feed indexing scheme (default: sequence)"
+          description: "Feed indexing scheme. Only sequence is supported; other values are ignored and sequence is always used."
         - $ref: "SwarmCommon.yaml#/components/parameters/SwarmPinParameter"
         - $ref: "SwarmCommon.yaml#/components/parameters/SwarmPostageBatchId"
         - $ref: "SwarmCommon.yaml#/components/parameters/SwarmAct"
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ paths:
           schema:
             $ref: "SwarmCommon.yaml#/components/schemas/FeedType"
           required: false
-          description: "Feed indexing scheme (default: sequence)"
+          description: "Feed indexing scheme. Only sequence is supported; other values are ignored and sequence is always used."
         - $ref: "SwarmCommon.yaml#/components/parameters/SwarmOnlyRootChunkParameter"
         - $ref: "SwarmCommon.yaml#/components/parameters/SwarmCache"
         - $ref: "SwarmCommon.yaml#/components/parameters/SwarmRedundancyStrategyParameter"
diff --git a/openapi/SwarmCommon.yaml b/openapi/SwarmCommon.yaml
index ffcbbac3b8e..b7e567b58ae 100644
--- a/openapi/SwarmCommon.yaml
+++ b/openapi/SwarmCommon.yaml
@@ -866,7 +866,9 @@ components:
 
     FeedType:
       type: string
-      pattern: "^(sequence|epoch)$"
+      description: Feed indexing scheme. Only sequence is supported by the HTTP API.
+      enum:
+        - sequence
 
     IsRetrievableResponse:
       type: object
diff --git a/pkg/feeds/factory/factory.go b/pkg/feeds/factory/factory.go
index 1d555416407..5b019a80a70 100644
--- a/pkg/feeds/factory/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/feeds/factory/factory.go
@@ -5,27 +5,75 @@
 package factory
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/feeds"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/feeds/epochs"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/feeds/sequence"
 	storage "github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/storage"
+	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/swarm"
 )
 
 type factory struct {
 	storage.Getter
+	metrics metrics
 }
 
 func New(getter storage.Getter) feeds.Factory {
-	return &factory{getter}
+	return &factory{
+		Getter:  getter,
+		metrics: newMetrics(),
+	}
 }
 
 func (f *factory) NewLookup(t feeds.Type, feed *feeds.Feed) (feeds.Lookup, error) {
+	var lookup feeds.Lookup
 	switch t {
 	case feeds.Sequence:
-		return sequence.NewAsyncFinder(f.Getter, feed), nil
+		lookup = sequence.NewAsyncFinder(f.Getter, feed)
 	case feeds.Epoch:
-		return epochs.NewAsyncFinder(f.Getter, feed), nil
+		lookup = epochs.NewAsyncFinder(f.Getter, feed)
+	default:
+		return nil, feeds.ErrFeedTypeNotFound
+	}
+
+	return f.wrapLookup(t, lookup), nil
+}
+
+func (f *factory) wrapLookup(t feeds.Type, lookup feeds.Lookup) feeds.Lookup {
+	return &instrumentedLookup{
+		lookup: lookup,
+		typ:    strings.ToLower(t.String()),
+		m:      f.metrics,
 	}
+}
+
+type instrumentedLookup struct {
+	lookup feeds.Lookup
+	typ    string
+	m      metrics
+}
 
-	return nil, feeds.ErrFeedTypeNotFound
+func (l *instrumentedLookup) At(ctx context.Context, at int64, after uint64) (swarm.Chunk, feeds.Index, feeds.Index, error) {
+	l.m.LookupStarted.WithLabelValues(l.typ).Inc()
+	start := time.Now()
+	ch, cur, next, err := l.lookup.At(ctx, at, after)
+	l.m.LookupDuration.WithLabelValues(l.typ, lookupResult(ch, err)).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+	return ch, cur, next, err
+}
+
+func lookupResult(ch swarm.Chunk, err error) string {
+	switch {
+	case err != nil && errors.Is(err, context.Canceled):
+		return "canceled"
+	case err != nil:
+		return "error"
+	case ch == nil:
+		return "not_found"
+	default:
+		return "found"
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/feeds/factory/metrics.go b/pkg/feeds/factory/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04561d90b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/feeds/factory/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Swarm Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package factory
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
+	m "github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/metrics"
+)
+
+type metrics struct {
+	// all metrics fields must be exported
+	// to be able to return them by Metrics()
+	// using reflection
+	LookupStarted  *prometheus.CounterVec
+	LookupDuration *prometheus.HistogramVec
+}
+
+func newMetrics() metrics {
+	subsystem := "feeds"
+
+	return metrics{
+		LookupStarted: prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+			prometheus.CounterOpts{
+				Namespace: m.Namespace,
+				Subsystem: subsystem,
+				Name:      "lookup_started_total",
+				Help:      "Number of feed lookup attempts started.",
+			},
+			[]string{"type"},
+		),
+		LookupDuration: prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
+			prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+				Namespace: m.Namespace,
+				Subsystem: subsystem,
+				Name:      "lookup_duration_seconds",
+				Help:      "Histogram of feed lookup durations.",
+				Buckets:   []float64{0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10},
+			},
+			[]string{"type", "result"},
+		),
+	}
+}
+
+func (f *factory) Metrics() []prometheus.Collector {
+	return m.PrometheusCollectorsFromFields(f.metrics)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/node/node.go b/pkg/node/node.go
index c05517ad5be..acef3c9fdca 100644
--- a/pkg/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/node/node.go
@@ -1414,6 +1414,9 @@ func NewBee(
 		apiService.MustRegisterMetrics(retrieval.Metrics()...)
 		apiService.MustRegisterMetrics(lightNodes.Metrics()...)
 		apiService.MustRegisterMetrics(hive.Metrics()...)
+		if feedFactoryMetrics, ok := feedFactory.(metrics.Collector); ok {
+			apiService.MustRegisterMetrics(feedFactoryMetrics.Metrics()...)
+		}
 
 		if bs, ok := batchStore.(metrics.Collector); ok {
 			apiService.MustRegisterMetrics(bs.Metrics()...)