diff --git a/management/server/http/handler.go b/management/server/http/handler.go
index 7cf0b5765..b7c6c113c 100644
--- a/management/server/http/handler.go
+++ b/management/server/http/handler.go
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ func NewAPIHandler(
 		accountManager.SyncUserJWTGroups,
 		accountManager.GetUserFromUserAuth,
 		rateLimitingConfig,
+		appMetrics.GetMeter(),
 	)
 
 	corsMiddleware := cors.AllowAll()
diff --git a/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware.go b/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware.go
index 9439165a4..ffd7e0b93 100644
--- a/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware.go
+++ b/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 
 	serverauth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/auth"
 	nbcontext "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/context"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type AuthMiddleware struct {
 	getUserFromUserAuth GetUserFromUserAuthFunc
 	syncUserJWTGroups   SyncUserJWTGroupsFunc
 	rateLimiter         *APIRateLimiter
+	patUsageTracker     *PATUsageTracker
 }
 
 // NewAuthMiddleware instance constructor
@@ -40,18 +42,29 @@ func NewAuthMiddleware(
 	syncUserJWTGroups SyncUserJWTGroupsFunc,
 	getUserFromUserAuth GetUserFromUserAuthFunc,
 	rateLimiterConfig *RateLimiterConfig,
+	meter metric.Meter,
 ) *AuthMiddleware {
 	var rateLimiter *APIRateLimiter
 	if rateLimiterConfig != nil {
 		rateLimiter = NewAPIRateLimiter(rateLimiterConfig)
 	}
 
+	var patUsageTracker *PATUsageTracker
+	if meter != nil {
+		var err error
+		patUsageTracker, err = NewPATUsageTracker(context.Background(), meter)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Failed to create PAT usage tracker: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return &AuthMiddleware{
 		authManager:         authManager,
 		ensureAccount:       ensureAccount,
 		syncUserJWTGroups:   syncUserJWTGroups,
 		getUserFromUserAuth: getUserFromUserAuth,
 		rateLimiter:         rateLimiter,
+		patUsageTracker:     patUsageTracker,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -158,6 +171,10 @@ func (m *AuthMiddleware) checkPATFromRequest(r *http.Request, authHeaderParts []
 		return r, fmt.Errorf("error extracting token: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if m.patUsageTracker != nil {
+		m.patUsageTracker.IncrementUsage(token)
+	}
+
 	if m.rateLimiter != nil {
 		if !m.rateLimiter.Allow(token) {
 			return r, status.Errorf(status.TooManyRequests, "too many requests")
diff --git a/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware_test.go b/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware_test.go
index 7badc03e4..ba4d16796 100644
--- a/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware_test.go
+++ b/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware_test.go
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func TestAuthMiddleware_Handler(t *testing.T) {
 			return &types.User{}, nil
 		},
 		nil,
+		nil,
 	)
 
 	handlerToTest := authMiddleware.Handler(nextHandler)
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ func TestAuthMiddleware_RateLimiting(t *testing.T) {
 				return &types.User{}, nil
 			},
 			rateLimitConfig,
+			nil,
 		)
 
 		handler := authMiddleware.Handler(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ func TestAuthMiddleware_RateLimiting(t *testing.T) {
 				return &types.User{}, nil
 			},
 			rateLimitConfig,
+			nil,
 		)
 
 		handler := authMiddleware.Handler(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -359,6 +362,7 @@ func TestAuthMiddleware_RateLimiting(t *testing.T) {
 				return &types.User{}, nil
 			},
 			rateLimitConfig,
+			nil,
 		)
 
 		handler := authMiddleware.Handler(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -402,6 +406,7 @@ func TestAuthMiddleware_RateLimiting(t *testing.T) {
 				return &types.User{}, nil
 			},
 			rateLimitConfig,
+			nil,
 		)
 
 		handler := authMiddleware.Handler(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -465,6 +470,7 @@ func TestAuthMiddleware_RateLimiting(t *testing.T) {
 				return &types.User{}, nil
 			},
 			rateLimitConfig,
+			nil,
 		)
 
 		handler := authMiddleware.Handler(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -581,6 +587,7 @@ func TestAuthMiddleware_Handler_Child(t *testing.T) {
 			return &types.User{}, nil
 		},
 		nil,
+		nil,
 	)
 
 	for _, tc := range tt {
diff --git a/management/server/http/middleware/pat_usage_tracker.go b/management/server/http/middleware/pat_usage_tracker.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..331c288e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/management/server/http/middleware/pat_usage_tracker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"maps"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+)
+
+// PATUsageTracker tracks PAT usage metrics
+type PATUsageTracker struct {
+	usageCounters map[string]int64
+	mu            sync.Mutex
+	stopChan      chan struct{}
+	ctx           context.Context
+	histogram     metric.Int64Histogram
+}
+
+// NewPATUsageTracker creates a new PAT usage tracker with metrics
+func NewPATUsageTracker(ctx context.Context, meter metric.Meter) (*PATUsageTracker, error) {
+	histogram, err := meter.Int64Histogram(
+		"management.pat.usage_distribution",
+		metric.WithUnit("1"),
+		metric.WithDescription("Distribution of PAT token usage counts per minute"),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	tracker := &PATUsageTracker{
+		usageCounters: make(map[string]int64),
+		stopChan:      make(chan struct{}),
+		ctx:           ctx,
+		histogram:     histogram,
+	}
+
+	go tracker.reportLoop()
+
+	return tracker, nil
+}
+
+// IncrementUsage increments the usage counter for a given token
+func (t *PATUsageTracker) IncrementUsage(token string) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+	t.usageCounters[token]++
+}
+
+// reportLoop reports the usage buckets every minute
+func (t *PATUsageTracker) reportLoop() {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Minute)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			t.reportUsageBuckets()
+		case <-t.stopChan:
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// reportUsageBuckets reports all token usage counts and resets counters
+func (t *PATUsageTracker) reportUsageBuckets() {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	snapshot := maps.Clone(t.usageCounters)
+
+	clear(t.usageCounters)
+	t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	totalTokens := len(snapshot)
+	if totalTokens > 0 {
+		for _, count := range snapshot {
+			t.histogram.Record(t.ctx, count)
+		}
+		log.Debugf("PAT usage in last minute: %d unique tokens used", totalTokens)
+	}
+}
+
+// Stop stops the reporting goroutine
+func (t *PATUsageTracker) Stop() {
+	close(t.stopChan)
+}