diff --git a/etc/prometheus/alerts.yml b/etc/prometheus/alerts.yml
index 5c478cb..ad968b3 100644
--- a/etc/prometheus/alerts.yml
+++ b/etc/prometheus/alerts.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ groups:
   - name: meshcore
     rules:
       - alert: NodeNotSeen
-        expr: time() - meshcore_node_last_seen_timestamp_seconds > 48 * 3600
+        expr: time() - meshcore_node_last_seen_timestamp_seconds{role="infra"} > 48 * 3600
         for: 5m
         labels:
           severity: warning
         annotations:
-          summary: "Node {{ $labels.node_name }} not seen for 48+ hours"
-          description: "Node {{ $labels.public_key }} ({{ $labels.adv_type }}) last seen {{ $value | humanizeDuration }} ago."
+          summary: "Node {{ $labels.node_name }} ({{ $labels.role }}) not seen for 48+ hours"
+          description: "Node {{ $labels.public_key }} ({{ $labels.adv_type }}, role={{ $labels.role }}) last seen {{ $value | humanizeDuration }} ago."
diff --git a/src/meshcore_hub/api/metrics.py b/src/meshcore_hub/api/metrics.py
index 17e5da2..0d19f92 100644
--- a/src/meshcore_hub/api/metrics.py
+++ b/src/meshcore_hub/api/metrics.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from meshcore_hub.common.models import (
     Member,
     Message,
     Node,
+    NodeTag,
     Telemetry,
     TracePath,
 )
@@ -144,19 +145,31 @@ def collect_metrics(session: Any) -> bytes:
     node_last_seen = Gauge(
         "meshcore_node_last_seen_timestamp_seconds",
         "Unix timestamp of when the node was last seen",
-        ["public_key", "node_name", "adv_type"],
+        ["public_key", "node_name", "adv_type", "role"],
         registry=registry,
     )
+    role_subq = (
+        select(NodeTag.node_id, NodeTag.value.label("role"))
+        .where(NodeTag.key == "role")
+        .subquery()
+    )
     nodes_with_last_seen = session.execute(
-        select(Node.public_key, Node.name, Node.adv_type, Node.last_seen).where(
-            Node.last_seen.isnot(None)
+        select(
+            Node.public_key,
+            Node.name,
+            Node.adv_type,
+            Node.last_seen,
+            role_subq.c.role,
         )
+        .outerjoin(role_subq, Node.id == role_subq.c.node_id)
+        .where(Node.last_seen.isnot(None))
     ).all()
-    for public_key, name, adv_type, last_seen in nodes_with_last_seen:
+    for public_key, name, adv_type, last_seen, role in nodes_with_last_seen:
         node_last_seen.labels(
             public_key=public_key,
             node_name=name or "",
             adv_type=adv_type or "unknown",
+            role=role or "",
         ).set(last_seen.timestamp())
 
     # -- Messages total by type --
diff --git a/tests/test_api/test_metrics.py b/tests/test_api/test_metrics.py
index 61d9b52..2590a3b 100644
--- a/tests/test_api/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/test_api/test_metrics.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from meshcore_hub.api.dependencies import (
     get_db_session,
     get_mqtt_client,
 )
-from meshcore_hub.common.models import Node
+from meshcore_hub.common.models import Node, NodeTag
 
 
 def _make_basic_auth(username: str, password: str) -> str:
@@ -198,7 +198,36 @@ class TestMetricsData:
             "meshcore_node_last_seen_timestamp_seconds"
             '{adv_type="REPEATER",'
             'node_name="Seen Node",'
-            'public_key="lastseen1234lastseen1234lastseen"}'
+            'public_key="lastseen1234lastseen1234lastseen",'
+            'role=""}'
+        ) in response.text
+
+    def test_node_last_seen_timestamp_with_role(self, api_db_session, client_no_auth):
+        """Test that node_last_seen_timestamp includes role label from node tags."""
+        seen_at = datetime(2025, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        node = Node(
+            public_key="rolenode1234rolenode1234rolenode",
+            name="Infra Node",
+            adv_type="REPEATER",
+            first_seen=seen_at,
+            last_seen=seen_at,
+        )
+        api_db_session.add(node)
+        api_db_session.flush()
+
+        tag = NodeTag(node_id=node.id, key="role", value="infra")
+        api_db_session.add(tag)
+        api_db_session.commit()
+
+        _clear_metrics_cache()
+        response = client_no_auth.get("/metrics")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        assert (
+            "meshcore_node_last_seen_timestamp_seconds"
+            '{adv_type="REPEATER",'
+            'node_name="Infra Node",'
+            'public_key="rolenode1234rolenode1234rolenode",'
+            'role="infra"}'
         ) in response.text
 
     def test_node_last_seen_timestamp_skips_null(self, api_db_session, client_no_auth):