diff --git a/docs/generated/metrics/metrics.yaml b/docs/generated/metrics/metrics.yaml
index 50ef7520c944..d14ac9718e4f 100644
--- a/docs/generated/metrics/metrics.yaml
+++ b/docs/generated/metrics/metrics.yaml
@@ -10551,6 +10551,16 @@ layers:
       derivative: NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE
       how_to_use: This metric reports the number of a node's LSM compactions. If the number of compactions remains elevated while the LSM health does not improve, compactions are not keeping up with the workload. If the condition persists for an extended period, the cluster will initially exhibit performance issues that will eventually escalate into stability issues.
       essential: true
+    - name: storage.wal.failover.write_and_sync.latency
+      exported_name: storage_wal_failover_write_and_sync_latency
+      description: The observed latency for writing and syncing to the logical Write-Ahead Log.
+      y_axis_label: Nanoseconds
+      type: HISTOGRAM
+      unit: NANOSECONDS
+      aggregation: AVG
+      derivative: NONE
+      how_to_use: Only populated when WAL failover is configured. Without WAL failover, the relevant metric is storage.wal.fsync.latency.
+      essential: true
     - name: storage.wal.fsync.latency
       exported_name: storage_wal_fsync_latency
       description: The fsync latency to the Write-Ahead Log device.
@@ -17352,15 +17362,6 @@ layers:
       aggregation: AVG
       derivative: NON_NEGATIVE_DERIVATIVE
       how_to_use: Only populated when WAL failover is configured. A high switch count indicates that many disk stalls were encountered.
-    - name: storage.wal.failover.write_and_sync.latency
-      exported_name: storage_wal_failover_write_and_sync_latency
-      description: The observed latency for writing and syncing to the logical Write-Ahead Log.
-      y_axis_label: Nanoseconds
-      type: HISTOGRAM
-      unit: NANOSECONDS
-      aggregation: AVG
-      derivative: NONE
-      how_to_use: Only populated when WAL failover is configured. Without WAL failover, the relevant metric is storage.wal.fsync.latency.
     - name: storage.write-amplification
       exported_name: storage_write_amplification
       description: |-
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/metrics.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/metrics.go
index 2985e3afa1ec..89ed0a0d7ae0 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/metrics.go
@@ -2823,6 +2823,8 @@ Note that the measurement does not include the duration for replicating the eval
 		Name:        "storage.wal.failover.write_and_sync.latency",
 		Help:        "The observed latency for writing and syncing to the logical Write-Ahead Log.",
 		Measurement: "Nanoseconds",
+		Category:    metric.Metadata_STORAGE,
+		Essential:   true,
 		Unit:        metric.Unit_NANOSECONDS,
 		HowToUse: "Only populated when WAL failover is configured. Without WAL failover, the relevant " +
 			"metric is storage.wal.fsync.latency.",