diff --git a/memorystore/redis/client_side_metrics/RedisTelemetryApp.java b/memorystore/redis/client_side_metrics/RedisTelemetryApp.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import com.google.cloud.opentelemetry.metric.GoogleCloudMetricExporter;
+import com.google.cloud.opentelemetry.trace.TraceExporter;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.DoubleHistogram;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.LongCounter;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.PeriodicMetricReader;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessor;
+import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
+import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPool;
+import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPoolConfig;
+import redis.clients.jedis.exceptions.JedisConnectionException;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public class RedisTelemetryApp {
+    private static final AttributeKey<String> ATTR_OPERATION = AttributeKey.stringKey("operation");
+    private static Tracer tracer;
+    private static DoubleHistogram rttHist, clientBlockHist, appBlockHist;
+    private static LongCounter retryCounter, connErrorCounter;
+    private static JedisPool jedisPool;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        setupTelemetry();
+
+        String host = System.getenv().getOrDefault("REDISHOST", "localhost");
+        int port = Integer.parseInt(System.getenv().getOrDefault("REDISPORT", "6379"));
+
+        JedisPoolConfig poolConfig = new JedisPoolConfig();
+        poolConfig.setMaxTotal(20);
+        poolConfig.setBlockWhenExhausted(true);
+        jedisPool = new JedisPool(poolConfig, host, port);
+
+        try {
+            Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("process_user_span").startSpan();
+            try {
+                // Simple write and read operations
+                smartRedisCall("set_user", jedis -> jedis.set("user:123", "active"));
+
+                String result = smartRedisCall("get_user", jedis -> jedis.get("user:123"));
+                System.out.println("Retrieved: " + result);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                span.recordException(e);
+            } finally {
+                span.end();
+            }
+        } finally {
+            if (jedisPool != null) jedisPool.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void setupTelemetry() {
+        TraceExporter traceExporter = TraceExporter.createWithDefaultConfiguration();
+        SdkTracerProvider tracerProvider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
+                .addSpanProcessor(BatchSpanProcessor.builder(traceExporter).build()).build();
+
+        GoogleCloudMetricExporter metricExporter = GoogleCloudMetricExporter.createWithDefaultConfiguration();
+        SdkMeterProvider meterProvider = SdkMeterProvider.builder()
+                .registerMetricReader(PeriodicMetricReader.builder(metricExporter).setInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(10)).build()).build();
+
+        OpenTelemetry openTelemetry = OpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
+                .setTracerProvider(tracerProvider).setMeterProvider(meterProvider).buildAndRegisterGlobal();
+
+        tracer = openTelemetry.getTracer("jedis.client");
+        Meter meter = openTelemetry.getMeter("jedis.metrics");
+
+        rttHist = meter.histogramBuilder("redis_client_rtt").setUnit("ms").build();
+        clientBlockHist = meter.histogramBuilder("redis_client_blocking_latency").setUnit("ms").build();
+        appBlockHist = meter.histogramBuilder("redis_application_blocking_latency").setUnit("ms").build();
+        retryCounter = meter.counterBuilder("redis_retry_count").build();
+        connErrorCounter = meter.counterBuilder("redis_connectivity_error_count").build();
+
+        retryCounter.add(0, Attributes.of(ATTR_OPERATION, "startup"));
+        connErrorCounter.add(0, Attributes.of(ATTR_OPERATION, "startup"));
+    }
+
+    private static <T> T smartRedisCall(String operationName, Function<Jedis, T> operation) {
+        int maxRetries = 3;
+        int attempt = 0;
+        Attributes attrs = Attributes.of(ATTR_OPERATION, operationName);
+
+        // Create a dedicated child span for the Redis command
+        Span span = tracer.spanBuilder(operationName).startSpan();
+
+        try {
+            while (attempt < maxRetries) {
+                long poolStart = System.nanoTime();
+                try (Jedis jedis = jedisPool.getResource()) {
+                    clientBlockHist.record((System.nanoTime() - poolStart) / 1_000_000.0, attrs);
+
+                    long reqStart = System.nanoTime();
+                    T response = operation.apply(jedis);
+                    rttHist.record((System.nanoTime() - reqStart) / 1_000_000.0, attrs);
+
+                    long appStart = System.nanoTime();
+                    String dummy = String.valueOf(response);
+                    appBlockHist.record((System.nanoTime() - appStart) / 1_000_000.0, attrs);
+
+                    return response;
+                } catch (JedisConnectionException e) {
+                    attempt++;
+                    connErrorCounter.add(1, attrs);
+                    retryCounter.add(1, attrs);
+                    span.recordException(e); // Attach error to trace
+                    if (attempt >= maxRetries) throw e;
+                    try { Thread.sleep((long) (Math.pow(2, attempt) * 100)); } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        } finally {
+            span.end(); // Ensure span always closes
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/memorystore/redis/client_side_metrics/pom.xml b/memorystore/redis/client_side_metrics/pom.xml
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+<dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
+        <version>5.1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-api</artifactId>
+        <version>1.36.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk</artifactId>
+        <version>1.36.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exporter-trace</artifactId>
+        <version>0.28.0-alpha</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exporter-metrics</artifactId>
+        <version>0.28.0-alpha</version>
+    </dependency>
+</dependencies>