diff --git a/test/cluster/auth_cluster/test_raft_service_levels.py b/test/cluster/auth_cluster/test_raft_service_levels.py
index 1906d8d9bc..6ddc359078 100644
--- a/test/cluster/auth_cluster/test_raft_service_levels.py
+++ b/test/cluster/auth_cluster/test_raft_service_levels.py
@@ -644,3 +644,86 @@ async def test_per_service_level_cql_requests_serving(manager: ManagerClient) ->
         await manager.api.disable_injection(server.ip_addr, "transport_cql_request_pause")
         safe_driver_shutdown(cluster_a)
         safe_driver_shutdown(cluster_default)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.skip_mode(mode='release', reason='error injections are not supported in release mode')
+async def test_per_service_level_cql_request_latency_histogram(manager: ManagerClient) -> None:
+    """Test that the per-service-level cql_request_latency_histogram metric
+    records transport-level request latencies for each service level.
+
+    Pauses a query on a custom service level and verifies that the histogram
+    is updated only after the response is sent.
+    """
+    server = await manager.server_add(config=auth_config)
+    cql, _ = await manager.get_ready_cql([server])
+
+    # Create a service level and a user attached to it.
+    sl_a = unique_name()
+    await cql.run_async(f"CREATE SERVICE LEVEL {sl_a}")
+    await cql.run_async(f"CREATE ROLE user_a WITH PASSWORD = 'pass_a' AND LOGIN = true")
+    await cql.run_async(f"ATTACH SERVICE LEVEL {sl_a} TO user_a")
+
+    cluster_a = manager.con_gen([server.ip_addr],
+        manager.port, manager.use_ssl, PlainTextAuthProvider(username='user_a', password='pass_a'))
+    cluster_a.schema_metadata_enabled = False
+    cluster_a.token_metadata_enabled = False
+    session_a = cluster_a.connect()
+    query_task = None
+
+    def metric_value(metrics, suffix):
+        value = metrics.get(f"scylla_transport_cql_request_latency_histogram_{suffix}",
+                            {'scheduling_group_name': f'sl:{sl_a}'})
+        return 0 if value is None else value
+
+    try:
+        # Warm up the session before enabling the injection, so the paused query
+        # is not mixed with connection initialization.
+        session_a.execute("SELECT key FROM system.local")
+
+        metrics = await manager.metrics.query(server.ip_addr)
+        baseline_count = metric_value(metrics, "count")
+        baseline_sum = metric_value(metrics, "sum")
+
+        await manager.api.enable_injection(server.ip_addr, "transport_cql_request_pause", False)
+        log = await manager.server_open_log(server.server_id)
+        mark = await log.mark()
+        query_task = asyncio.ensure_future(asyncio.to_thread(session_a.execute, "SELECT key FROM system.local"))
+        await log.wait_for("transport_cql_request_pause: waiting for message", from_mark=mark)
+
+        metrics = await manager.metrics.query(server.ip_addr)
+        paused_count = metric_value(metrics, "count")
+
+        await manager.api.message_injection(server.ip_addr, "transport_cql_request_pause")
+        await query_task
+
+        assert paused_count == baseline_count, \
+            f"Expected no new latency sample while request is paused, got {paused_count - baseline_count}"
+
+        async def latency_sample_recorded():
+            metrics = await manager.metrics.query(server.ip_addr)
+            latency_count = metric_value(metrics, "count")
+            latency_sum = metric_value(metrics, "sum")
+            assert latency_count >= baseline_count + 1, \
+                f"Expected at least one new latency sample for sl:{sl_a}, got {latency_count - baseline_count}"
+            assert latency_sum >= baseline_sum, \
+                f"Expected latency sum to increase for sl:{sl_a}, before={baseline_sum}, after={latency_sum}"
+            return True
+
+        await wait_for(latency_sample_recorded, deadline=time.time() + 60)
+    finally:
+        # If the test failed while the request was still paused at the injection
+        # point, unblock it so it doesn't hang forever, and clean up the injection
+        # to avoid affecting subsequent tests.
+        if query_task is not None:
+            if not query_task.done():
+                try:
+                    await manager.api.message_injection(server.ip_addr, "transport_cql_request_pause")
+                except Exception:
+                    logger.warning("Failed to unblock paused CQL request", exc_info=True)
+            try:
+                await query_task
+            except Exception:
+                logger.warning("Paused CQL request failed while cleaning up", exc_info=True)
+        await manager.api.disable_injection(server.ip_addr, "transport_cql_request_pause")
+        safe_driver_shutdown(cluster_a)