diff --git a/hermes_cli/observability/shared_metrics_loop.py b/hermes_cli/observability/shared_metrics_loop.py
index 4804273423..19892e8e2a 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/observability/shared_metrics_loop.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/observability/shared_metrics_loop.py
@@ -333,8 +333,11 @@ def unmetered_backend_calls() -> Iterator[None]:
 
 def record_execution_backend(kind: str, backend: Any, result: Any = None, *, error_class: str | None = None) -> Any:
     """Count one tool call that reached its backend; returns ``result`` unchanged. ``backend`` may be a
-    callable so resolving it costs nothing while collection is off."""
-    if _UNMETERED.get():
+    callable so resolving it costs nothing while collection is off. Calls the background review /
+    curator forks make are Hermes' own work, not the user's (terminal.outcome skips them too)."""
+    from tools.skill_provenance import is_background_review
+
+    if _UNMETERED.get() or is_background_review():
         return result
     _emit(
         "EXECUTION_BACKEND_MARK", execution_backend_fields, kind=kind, backend=backend, result=result,
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_shared_metrics_loop.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_shared_metrics_loop.py
index f095276046..3d29db97d8 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_shared_metrics_loop.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_shared_metrics_loop.py
@@ -208,6 +208,22 @@ def test_foreground_terminal_timeout_is_a_failed_timeout(home):
     ]
 
 
+def test_background_review_fork_terminal_calls_are_not_backend_usage(home):
+    import tools.skill_provenance as provenance
+    from tools.terminal_tool import terminal_tool
+
+    token = provenance.set_current_write_origin(provenance.BACKGROUND_REVIEW)
+    try:
+        assert json.loads(terminal_tool("echo review"))["exit_code"] == 0
+    finally:
+        provenance.reset_current_write_origin(token)
+    terminal_tool("echo user-work")
+
+    assert _rows(home, "hermes.execution_backend.count") == [
+        ({"backend": "local", "error_class": "none", "kind": "terminal", "outcome": "success"}, 1),
+    ]
+
+
 def test_path_completion_listing_is_not_user_backend_work(home):
     import tui_gateway.methods_complete as mc
     from tools.terminal_tool import terminal_tool
diff --git a/website/docs/developer-guide/relay-shared-metrics.md b/website/docs/developer-guide/relay-shared-metrics.md
index a4d0d92a64..202d82f369 100644
--- a/website/docs/developer-guide/relay-shared-metrics.md
+++ b/website/docs/developer-guide/relay-shared-metrics.md
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ itself ships.
 | `hermes.memory.op.count` | op (`add`/`replace`/`remove`/`read`/`search`/`other`), provider (`builtin`, a bundled memory plugin, else `plugin`), origin (`foreground`/`background_review`), outcome (`success`/`failed`/`rejected`) | Is the learning loop writing memory, who asks for it (the user's turn or the background review), and how often writes are refused or fail. Never the memory text. |
 | `hermes.curator.run.count` | trigger (`scheduled`/`manual`), outcome (`success`/`failed`/`skipped`), archived/merged/patched/created buckets | Does the skill curator run, and does it actually consolidate anything. Dry runs report `skipped`; a scheduled check that finds another process already running the pass records nothing. Never skill names. |
 | `hermes.delegation.run.count` | subagent-count bucket, depth (`1`–`3`, `gte_4`), mode (`foreground`/`background`), outcome (`success`/`partial`/`failed`/`cancelled`) | How wide and deep delegate_task fan-outs go and how often every child finishes. One row per call, however many completion units it splits into. |
-| `hermes.execution_backend.count` | kind (`terminal`/`browser`/`code`), backend, outcome, error class | Which sandboxes carry real work and how reliable each is. Terminal backends are the `terminal.backend` values (else `other`); browser backends are `local`, `lightpanda`, `cdp`, `camofox`, `extension` or a bundled cloud provider (else `other`); execute_code is `local` or `remote`. A command's own nonzero exit is still a backend success, but a foreground command that hits its timeout is `failed`/`timeout`; terminal and execute_code calls a guard refuses before they reach the backend, and Hermes' own listings for TUI/Desktop path completion, are not counted. |
+| `hermes.execution_backend.count` | kind (`terminal`/`browser`/`code`), backend, outcome, error class | Which sandboxes carry real work and how reliable each is. Terminal backends are the `terminal.backend` values (else `other`); browser backends are `local`, `lightpanda`, `cdp`, `camofox`, `extension` or a bundled cloud provider (else `other`); execute_code is `local` or `remote`. A command's own nonzero exit is still a backend success, but a foreground command that hits its timeout is `failed`/`timeout`; terminal and execute_code calls a guard refuses before they reach the backend, Hermes' own listings for TUI/Desktop path completion, and calls made by the background review and curator forks are not counted. |
 | `hermes.platform.health` | platform, event (`connect_ok`/`connect_failed`/`reconnect`/`disconnect`), error class (`auth`/`network`/`rate_limited`/`config`/`other`) | Which messaging platforms fail to connect or drop, and why. Classified from exception types, HTTP statuses and Hermes's own fatal codes, never error text. |
 | `hermes.platform.delivery` | platform, outcome (`sent`/`failed`), failure class (`rate_limited`/`too_long`/`auth`/`network`/`forbidden`/`other`) | How often replies fail to reach the user per platform (one count per logical reply, retries included). |
 | `hermes.gateway.reply_latency` | platform, first-response bucket (`lt_2s` … `gte_60s`) | Time from an accepted inbound message to the first visible reply text (stream first chunk or final message). |