diff --git a/internal/api/handler/metrics.go b/internal/api/handler/metrics.go
index 8b7040a..ac41008 100644
--- a/internal/api/handler/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/api/handler/metrics.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/shankar0123/certctl/internal/api/middleware"
@@ -25,6 +26,31 @@ type CounterSnapshotter interface {
 	Snapshot() map[string]uint64
 }
 
+// DeploySnapshotEntry is the per-target-type tuple emitted by the
+// deploy package's counter table. Avoids importing the service
+// package's DeploySnapshot directly so the handler stays
+// dependency-light (the interface uses primitives only).
+//
+// Phase 10 of the deploy-hardening I master bundle.
+type DeploySnapshotEntry struct {
+	TargetType        string
+	AttemptsSuccess   uint64
+	AttemptsFailure   uint64
+	ValidateFailures  uint64
+	ReloadFailures    uint64
+	PostVerifyFails   uint64
+	RollbackRestored  uint64
+	RollbackAlsoFail  uint64
+	IdempotentSkips   uint64
+}
+
+// DeployCounterSnapshotter is the surface MetricsHandler consumes
+// for the per-target-type deploy counters. The DeployCounters type
+// in internal/service satisfies this via an adapter.
+type DeployCounterSnapshotter interface {
+	Snapshot() []DeploySnapshotEntry
+}
+
 // MetricsHandler handles HTTP requests for metrics.
 // Supports both JSON format (GET /api/v1/metrics) and Prometheus exposition format
 // (GET /api/v1/metrics/prometheus) for integration with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.
@@ -36,6 +62,8 @@ type MetricsHandler struct {
 	// wires the instances at startup. The naming convention is
 	// certctl_<area>_<label>_total per frozen decision 0.10.
 	ocspCounters CounterSnapshotter
+	// Phase 10 (deploy-hardening I) — per-target-type deploy counters.
+	deployCounters DeployCounterSnapshotter
 }
 
 // NewMetricsHandler creates a new MetricsHandler with a service dependency.
@@ -54,6 +82,13 @@ func (h *MetricsHandler) SetOCSPCounters(c CounterSnapshotter) {
 	h.ocspCounters = c
 }
 
+// SetDeployCounters wires the per-target-type deploy counter table
+// for the Prometheus exposition. nil disables the block. Phase 10
+// of the deploy-hardening I master bundle.
+func (h *MetricsHandler) SetDeployCounters(c DeployCounterSnapshotter) {
+	h.deployCounters = c
+}
+
 // MetricsResponse represents the JSON metrics response for V2.
 type MetricsResponse struct {
 	Gauge   MetricsGauge   `json:"gauge"`
@@ -266,6 +301,49 @@ func (h MetricsHandler) GetPrometheusMetrics(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_ocsp_counter_total{label=%q} %d\n", lbl, snap[lbl])
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Phase 10 (deploy-hardening I) — per-target-type deploy
+	// counters. The exposer enumerates the (target_type, sub-label)
+	// tuples to defend against drift; adding a new sub-counter to
+	// DeployCounters without also adding it here would surface as
+	// silent missing-metric in operator dashboards.
+	if h.deployCounters != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n# HELP certctl_deploy_attempts_total Per-target-type deploy attempts (deploy-hardening I Phase 10).\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "# TYPE certctl_deploy_attempts_total counter\n")
+		snap := h.deployCounters.Snapshot()
+		// Sort by target_type for stable output.
+		sort.Slice(snap, func(i, j int) bool { return snap[i].TargetType < snap[j].TargetType })
+		for _, s := range snap {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_deploy_attempts_total{target_type=%q,result=%q} %d\n", s.TargetType, "success", s.AttemptsSuccess)
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_deploy_attempts_total{target_type=%q,result=%q} %d\n", s.TargetType, "failure", s.AttemptsFailure)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n# HELP certctl_deploy_validate_failures_total Per-target-type validate-step failures.\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "# TYPE certctl_deploy_validate_failures_total counter\n")
+		for _, s := range snap {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_deploy_validate_failures_total{target_type=%q} %d\n", s.TargetType, s.ValidateFailures)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n# HELP certctl_deploy_reload_failures_total Per-target-type reload-step failures (rollback was attempted).\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "# TYPE certctl_deploy_reload_failures_total counter\n")
+		for _, s := range snap {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_deploy_reload_failures_total{target_type=%q} %d\n", s.TargetType, s.ReloadFailures)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n# HELP certctl_deploy_post_verify_failures_total Per-target-type post-deploy TLS verify failures.\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "# TYPE certctl_deploy_post_verify_failures_total counter\n")
+		for _, s := range snap {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_deploy_post_verify_failures_total{target_type=%q} %d\n", s.TargetType, s.PostVerifyFails)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n# HELP certctl_deploy_rollback_total Per-target-type rollbacks.\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "# TYPE certctl_deploy_rollback_total counter\n")
+		for _, s := range snap {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_deploy_rollback_total{target_type=%q,outcome=%q} %d\n", s.TargetType, "restored", s.RollbackRestored)
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_deploy_rollback_total{target_type=%q,outcome=%q} %d\n", s.TargetType, "also_failed", s.RollbackAlsoFail)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n# HELP certctl_deploy_idempotent_skip_total Per-target-type SHA-256 idempotent skips (defends against retry storms).\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "# TYPE certctl_deploy_idempotent_skip_total counter\n")
+		for _, s := range snap {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "certctl_deploy_idempotent_skip_total{target_type=%q} %d\n", s.TargetType, s.IdempotentSkips)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // DashboardSummary mirrors the service.DashboardSummary for JSON unmarshaling.
diff --git a/internal/service/deploy_counters.go b/internal/service/deploy_counters.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24a113e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/service/deploy_counters.go
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+)
+
+// Phase 10 of the deploy-hardening I master bundle — per-target-type
+// deploy counters. Mirrors the OCSPCounters / ESTCounters / SCEPCounters
+// pattern: sync/atomic primitives keep the hot path lock-free, and a
+// snapshot accessor produces a stable per-(target_type, label) map for
+// the Prometheus exposer.
+//
+// Per frozen decision 0.9 (deploy-hardening I), the metric-naming
+// convention is `certctl_deploy_<area>_total` — the exposer
+// converts the snapshot into the labeled metrics:
+//
+//   - certctl_deploy_attempts_total{target_type, result}
+//   - certctl_deploy_validate_failures_total{target_type, reason}
+//   - certctl_deploy_reload_failures_total{target_type}
+//   - certctl_deploy_post_verify_failures_total{target_type, reason}
+//   - certctl_deploy_rollback_total{target_type, outcome}
+//   - certctl_deploy_idempotent_skip_total{target_type}
+//
+// The Phase 10 exposer enumerates the (target_type, sub-label) tuples
+// to defend against drift — adding a new target type or sub-label
+// here without also adding it to the exposer would be a "silent
+// counter" bug.
+
+// DeployCounters is the shared counter table for deployment job
+// processing. A single instance lives on the agent (cmd/agent/main.go)
+// and ticks every deploy through its lifecycle. The agent's HTTP
+// counter-snapshot endpoint then bridges this to the server's
+// Prometheus exposer for centralized scraping.
+//
+// All Inc* methods are safe for concurrent callers (atomic.Uint64
+// hot path; sync.Map for the per-target-type bucket lookup).
+type DeployCounters struct {
+	// buckets maps target_type ("nginx", "apache", ...) to a
+	// per-target deployBucket holding all sub-counters.
+	buckets sync.Map // map[string]*deployBucket
+}
+
+type deployBucket struct {
+	attemptsSuccess   atomic.Uint64
+	attemptsFailure   atomic.Uint64
+	validateFailures  atomic.Uint64
+	reloadFailures    atomic.Uint64
+	postVerifyFails   atomic.Uint64
+	rollbackRestored  atomic.Uint64
+	rollbackAlsoFail  atomic.Uint64
+	idempotentSkips   atomic.Uint64
+}
+
+// NewDeployCounters constructs a zero-value counter table. The
+// caller holds it for the agent's lifetime; counters are never
+// reset.
+func NewDeployCounters() *DeployCounters {
+	return &DeployCounters{}
+}
+
+// bucket returns (creating if needed) the per-target-type counter
+// bucket. Lock-free fast path when the bucket exists.
+func (c *DeployCounters) bucket(targetType string) *deployBucket {
+	if v, ok := c.buckets.Load(targetType); ok {
+		return v.(*deployBucket)
+	}
+	v, _ := c.buckets.LoadOrStore(targetType, &deployBucket{})
+	return v.(*deployBucket)
+}
+
+// IncAttemptSuccess ticks the success leg of the attempts counter.
+func (c *DeployCounters) IncAttemptSuccess(targetType string) {
+	c.bucket(targetType).attemptsSuccess.Add(1)
+}
+
+// IncAttemptFailure ticks the failure leg of the attempts counter.
+// Failure includes any of: validate-fail, reload-fail (after
+// rollback), post-verify-fail (after rollback), rollback-fail,
+// connector-init-fail, etc.
+func (c *DeployCounters) IncAttemptFailure(targetType string) {
+	c.bucket(targetType).attemptsFailure.Add(1)
+}
+
+// IncValidateFailure ticks when the connector's PreCommit
+// (validate-with-the-target) returns an error.
+func (c *DeployCounters) IncValidateFailure(targetType string) {
+	c.bucket(targetType).validateFailures.Add(1)
+}
+
+// IncReloadFailure ticks when the connector's PostCommit (reload)
+// returns an error and rollback is invoked.
+func (c *DeployCounters) IncReloadFailure(targetType string) {
+	c.bucket(targetType).reloadFailures.Add(1)
+}
+
+// IncPostVerifyFailure ticks when the post-deploy TLS handshake
+// fails (SHA-256 mismatch, dial timeout, handshake fail).
+func (c *DeployCounters) IncPostVerifyFailure(targetType string) {
+	c.bucket(targetType).postVerifyFails.Add(1)
+}
+
+// IncRollbackRestored ticks when a rollback successfully restored
+// the previous bytes.
+func (c *DeployCounters) IncRollbackRestored(targetType string) {
+	c.bucket(targetType).rollbackRestored.Add(1)
+}
+
+// IncRollbackAlsoFailed ticks the operator-actionable escalation:
+// the deploy failed AND the rollback also failed. Operators alert
+// on this.
+func (c *DeployCounters) IncRollbackAlsoFailed(targetType string) {
+	c.bucket(targetType).rollbackAlsoFail.Add(1)
+}
+
+// IncIdempotentSkip ticks when an Apply was a SHA-256-match no-op.
+// Operator-visible signal of agent-restart retry storms (which
+// otherwise hammer targets with no-op reloads).
+func (c *DeployCounters) IncIdempotentSkip(targetType string) {
+	c.bucket(targetType).idempotentSkips.Add(1)
+}
+
+// DeploySnapshot is the per-(target_type, label) snapshot returned
+// to the Prometheus exposer.
+type DeploySnapshot struct {
+	TargetType        string
+	AttemptsSuccess   uint64
+	AttemptsFailure   uint64
+	ValidateFailures  uint64
+	ReloadFailures    uint64
+	PostVerifyFails   uint64
+	RollbackRestored  uint64
+	RollbackAlsoFail  uint64
+	IdempotentSkips   uint64
+}
+
+// Snapshot returns one DeploySnapshot per known target type.
+// Map iteration on sync.Map is unordered; the exposer handles the
+// sort to produce stable Prometheus output.
+func (c *DeployCounters) Snapshot() []DeploySnapshot {
+	var out []DeploySnapshot
+	c.buckets.Range(func(k, v any) bool {
+		b := v.(*deployBucket)
+		out = append(out, DeploySnapshot{
+			TargetType:       k.(string),
+			AttemptsSuccess:  b.attemptsSuccess.Load(),
+			AttemptsFailure:  b.attemptsFailure.Load(),
+			ValidateFailures: b.validateFailures.Load(),
+			ReloadFailures:   b.reloadFailures.Load(),
+			PostVerifyFails:  b.postVerifyFails.Load(),
+			RollbackRestored: b.rollbackRestored.Load(),
+			RollbackAlsoFail: b.rollbackAlsoFail.Load(),
+			IdempotentSkips:  b.idempotentSkips.Load(),
+		})
+		return true
+	})
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/internal/service/deploy_counters_test.go b/internal/service/deploy_counters_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2db479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/service/deploy_counters_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Phase 10 of the deploy-hardening I master bundle — DeployCounters
+// unit tests. Mirrors ocsp_counters_test.go.
+
+func TestDeployCounters_NewIsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewDeployCounters()
+	if got := c.Snapshot(); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("snapshot at zero state = %d entries, want 0", len(got))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeployCounters_IncTicksTargetTypeBucket(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewDeployCounters()
+	c.IncAttemptSuccess("nginx")
+	c.IncAttemptSuccess("nginx")
+	c.IncAttemptSuccess("apache")
+	c.IncAttemptFailure("nginx")
+	c.IncValidateFailure("nginx")
+	c.IncReloadFailure("nginx")
+	c.IncPostVerifyFailure("nginx")
+	c.IncRollbackRestored("nginx")
+	c.IncRollbackAlsoFailed("nginx")
+	c.IncIdempotentSkip("nginx")
+
+	snap := c.Snapshot()
+	if len(snap) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("snapshot len = %d, want 2 (nginx + apache)", len(snap))
+	}
+	got := map[string]DeploySnapshot{}
+	for _, s := range snap {
+		got[s.TargetType] = s
+	}
+	n := got["nginx"]
+	if n.AttemptsSuccess != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("nginx success = %d, want 2", n.AttemptsSuccess)
+	}
+	if n.AttemptsFailure != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("nginx failure = %d, want 1", n.AttemptsFailure)
+	}
+	if n.ValidateFailures != 1 || n.ReloadFailures != 1 || n.PostVerifyFails != 1 ||
+		n.RollbackRestored != 1 || n.RollbackAlsoFail != 1 || n.IdempotentSkips != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("nginx sub-counter mismatch: %+v", n)
+	}
+	a := got["apache"]
+	if a.AttemptsSuccess != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("apache success = %d, want 1", a.AttemptsSuccess)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeployCounters_ConcurrentTicks(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewDeployCounters()
+	const goroutines = 10
+	const ticks = 100
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < goroutines; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for j := 0; j < ticks; j++ {
+				c.IncAttemptSuccess("nginx")
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	for _, s := range c.Snapshot() {
+		if s.TargetType == "nginx" && s.AttemptsSuccess != goroutines*ticks {
+			t.Errorf("nginx success = %d, want %d", s.AttemptsSuccess, goroutines*ticks)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeployCounters_BucketsIsolatedAcrossTargetTypes(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewDeployCounters()
+	c.IncAttemptSuccess("nginx")
+	c.IncReloadFailure("apache")
+	snap := c.Snapshot()
+	got := map[string]DeploySnapshot{}
+	for _, s := range snap {
+		got[s.TargetType] = s
+	}
+	if got["nginx"].ReloadFailures != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("nginx ReloadFailures bled across: got %d", got["nginx"].ReloadFailures)
+	}
+	if got["apache"].AttemptsSuccess != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("apache AttemptsSuccess bled across: got %d", got["apache"].AttemptsSuccess)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeployCounters_StableSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+	// Snapshot read returns a copy — mutating the returned slice
+	// must NOT affect the underlying counters.
+	c := NewDeployCounters()
+	c.IncAttemptSuccess("nginx")
+	snap := c.Snapshot()
+	snap[0].AttemptsSuccess = 999
+	again := c.Snapshot()
+	if again[0].AttemptsSuccess != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("counter mutated through snapshot: got %d", again[0].AttemptsSuccess)
+	}
+}