diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml
index a3b79d10..de064906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ jobs:
         steps:
           - name: Checkout repository
             uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            
+          - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+            uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+            with:
+               aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+               aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+               aws-region: us-east-1
 
           - name: Install dependencies
             run: dotnet restore sdk/test/SmokeTests/AWSXRayRecorder.SmokeTests.csproj
@@ -30,4 +37,14 @@ jobs:
             run: dotnet build sdk/test/SmokeTests/AWSXRayRecorder.SmokeTests.csproj --configuration Release --no-restore
 
           - name: Run tests
+            id: distribution-availability
             run: dotnet test sdk/test/SmokeTests/bin/Release/${{matrix.version}}/AWSXRayRecorder.SmokeTests.dll
+            
+          - name: Publish metric on X-Ray Dotnet SDK distribution availability
+            if: ${{ always() }}
+            run: |
+              if [[ "${{ steps.distribution-availability.outcome }}" == "failure" ]]; then
+                aws cloudwatch put-metric-data --metric-name XRayDotnetSDKDistributionUnavailability --dimensions failure=rate --namespace MonitorSDK --value 1 --timestamp $(date +%s)
+              else
+                aws cloudwatch put-metric-data --metric-name XRayDotnetSDKDistributionUnavailability --dimensions failure=rate --namespace MonitorSDK --value 0 --timestamp $(date +%s)
+              fi