diff --git a/src/storage/handler.rs b/src/storage/handler.rs
index ab40c39..41527e4 100644
--- a/src/storage/handler.rs
+++ b/src/storage/handler.rs
@@ -164,7 +164,38 @@ impl AntProtocol {
     }
 
     /// Handle a PUT request.
+    ///
+    /// Wraps `handle_put_inner` to emit a single structured tracing event per
+    /// PUT RPC at every exit path, including early-return validation paths.
+    /// The event uses `target: "ant_node::storage::rpc_latency"` so that
+    /// Elasticsearch / Kibana can build p50/p95/p99 store-RPC latency
+    /// histograms from the existing telegraf log forwarding.
     async fn handle_put(&self, request: ChunkPutRequest) -> ChunkPutResponse {
+        let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let addr_hex = hex::encode(request.address);
+        let chunk_size = request.content.len();
+        let response = self.handle_put_inner(request).await;
+        let duration_ms = u64::try_from(start.elapsed().as_millis()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
+        let outcome: &'static str = match &response {
+            ChunkPutResponse::Success { .. } => "success",
+            ChunkPutResponse::AlreadyExists { .. } => "already_exists",
+            ChunkPutResponse::PaymentRequired { .. } => "payment_required",
+            ChunkPutResponse::Error(_) => "error",
+            _ => "unknown",
+        };
+        info!(
+            target: "ant_node::storage::rpc_latency",
+            duration_ms,
+            chunk_size,
+            outcome,
+            addr = %addr_hex,
+            "put_rpc"
+        );
+        response
+    }
+
+    /// Inner body of `handle_put` — see the wrapper for the per-RPC latency log.
+    async fn handle_put_inner(&self, request: ChunkPutRequest) -> ChunkPutResponse {
         let address = request.address;
         let addr_hex = hex::encode(address);
         debug!("Handling PUT request for {addr_hex}");
@@ -254,7 +285,32 @@ impl AntProtocol {
     }
 
     /// Handle a GET request.
+    ///
+    /// Wraps `handle_get_inner` to emit a single structured tracing event per
+    /// GET RPC at every exit path. See `handle_put` for the rationale.
     async fn handle_get(&self, request: ChunkGetRequest) -> ChunkGetResponse {
+        let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let addr_hex = hex::encode(request.address);
+        let response = self.handle_get_inner(request).await;
+        let duration_ms = u64::try_from(start.elapsed().as_millis()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
+        let outcome: &'static str = match &response {
+            ChunkGetResponse::Success { .. } => "success",
+            ChunkGetResponse::NotFound { .. } => "not_found",
+            ChunkGetResponse::Error(_) => "error",
+            _ => "unknown",
+        };
+        info!(
+            target: "ant_node::storage::rpc_latency",
+            duration_ms,
+            outcome,
+            addr = %addr_hex,
+            "get_rpc"
+        );
+        response
+    }
+
+    /// Inner body of `handle_get` — see the wrapper for the per-RPC latency log.
+    async fn handle_get_inner(&self, request: ChunkGetRequest) -> ChunkGetResponse {
         let address = request.address;
         let addr_hex = hex::encode(address);
         debug!("Handling GET request for {addr_hex}");