diff --git a/canary/metrics.go b/canary/metrics.go
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+package canary
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"slices"
+	"sort"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Snapshot struct {
+	Stamp     time.Time
+	Operation string
+	Instance  uint
+	Started   time.Time
+	Completed time.Time
+	Size      uint64
+}
+
+type SnapshotCollector struct {
+	InputQueue chan *Snapshot
+	Closed     chan struct{}
+	ctx        context.Context
+	snapshots  map[string][]*Snapshot
+}
+
+func NewSnapshotCollector(ctx context.Context) *SnapshotCollector {
+	return &SnapshotCollector{
+		InputQueue: make(chan *Snapshot),
+		Closed:     make(chan struct{}),
+		ctx:        ctx,
+		snapshots:  make(map[string][]*Snapshot),
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SnapshotCollector) Run() {
+	defer close(sc.Closed)
+	defer logrus.Info("stopping")
+	logrus.Info("starting")
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-sc.ctx.Done():
+			return
+
+		case snapshot := <-sc.InputQueue:
+			var snapshots []*Snapshot
+			if v, ok := sc.snapshots[snapshot.Operation]; ok {
+				snapshots = v
+			}
+			i := sort.Search(len(snapshots), func(i int) bool { return snapshots[i].Completed.After(snapshot.Started) })
+			snapshots = slices.Insert(snapshots, i, snapshot)
+			sc.snapshots[snapshot.Operation] = snapshots
+		}
+	}
+}