Repository: prometheus/prometheus (language: go)

Issue:
Add support for multiple listening addresses
## Proposal

**Use case. Why is this important?**

On systems with multiple interfaces, one might only want to listen on only a subset of addresses, for example for loopback and intranet facing addresses.

Listening on everything and then restricting based on firewall rules is not satisfactory as that is prone to accidentally opening the services (possibly unprotected) to external and hostile networks, due to firewall misconfiguration or in case it needs to be brought down or similar. Having security in depth, were the firewall is an additional layer on top of the restricted listening seems always superior.

Adding support for specifying multiple -web.listen-address options would solve this. This would also make it possible to later on implement something like systemd sd_listen_fds(3) protocol.


Discussion / hints:
thank you for your pull request. This seems very niche, managing the lifecycle of multiple listeners is out of scope for Prometheus, and I think that

> Listening on everything and then restricting based on firewall rules is not satisfactory as that is prone to accidentally opening the services (possibly unprotected) to external and hostile networks


could be also said about multiple web.listen-address because you could set it and open a new network socket without noticing that it was already set.

We could **maybe** revisit this if it is easily supported by the go std libraries directly (without looping on sockets ourselves etc), which does not seem to be the case as per a small research.
I think that although could help anyone and still be in the Prometheus perimeter on --web.listen commands is to at least get a --web.listen.interface command in order to isolate your prometheus server listening while not having to know in advance about nic CIDR.
Hello,

That solution would raise a lot of other questions and practical issues. Should we listen to all the addresses of that NIC? What if the address of the NIC change? Should we switch listen addresses on reload? How to deal with in progress connections, or 
 ongoing connection pool, like remote read? Should we listen to the link local IPv6 addresses of that NIC?
This is [already supported by `exporter-toolkit`](https://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/issues/91). Are there any issues with supporting it here that aren't issues in exporters?

Fix patch:
diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 66a72af5334..00000000000
--- a/.github/stale.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for probot-stale - https://github.com/probot/stale
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale
-daysUntilStale: 60
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request with the stale label is closed.
-# Set to false to disable. If disabled, issues still need to be closed manually, but will remain marked as stale.
-daysUntilClose: false
-
-# Only issues or pull requests with all of these labels are check if stale. Defaults to `[]` (disabled)
-onlyLabels: []
-
-# Issues or Pull Requests with these labels will never be considered stale. Set to `[]` to disable
-exemptLabels:
-  - keepalive
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues in a project (defaults to false)
-exemptProjects: false
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues in a milestone (defaults to false)
-exemptMilestones: false
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues with an assignee (defaults to false)
-exemptAssignees: false
-
-# Label to use when marking as stale
-staleLabel: stale
-
-# Comment to post when marking as stale. Set to `false` to disable
-markComment: false
-
-# Comment to post when removing the stale label.
-# unmarkComment: >
-#   Your comment here.
-
-# Comment to post when closing a stale Issue or Pull Request.
-# closeComment: >
-#   Your comment here.
-
-# Limit the number of actions per hour, from 1-30. Default is 30
-limitPerRun: 30
-
-# Limit to only `issues` or `pulls`
-only: pulls
-
-# Optionally, specify configuration settings that are specific to just 'issues' or 'pulls':
-# pulls:
-#   daysUntilStale: 30
-#   markComment: >
-#     This pull request has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
-#     recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you
-#     for your contributions.
-
-# issues:
-#   exemptLabels:
-#     - confirmed
diff --git a/.github/workflows/buf-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/buf-lint.yml
index 9f60a2336d9..3f6cf76e16f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buf-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buf-lint.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: bufbuild/buf-setup-action@aceb106d2419c4cff48863df90161d92decb8591 # v1.35.1
+      - uses: bufbuild/buf-setup-action@54abbed4fe8d8d45173eca4798b0c39a53a7b658 # v1.39.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - uses: bufbuild/buf-lint-action@06f9dd823d873146471cfaaf108a993fe00e5325 # v1.1.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/buf.yml b/.github/workflows/buf.yml
index 1856fb95e72..632d38cb009 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buf.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'prometheus'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: bufbuild/buf-setup-action@aceb106d2419c4cff48863df90161d92decb8591 # v1.35.1
+      - uses: bufbuild/buf-setup-action@54abbed4fe8d8d45173eca4798b0c39a53a7b658 # v1.39.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - uses: bufbuild/buf-lint-action@06f9dd823d873146471cfaaf108a993fe00e5325 # v1.1.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 50235e30722..d537505c486 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       image: quay.io/prometheus/golang-builder:1.22-base
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@3cb0c3871f223bd5ce1226995bd52ffb314798b6 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@45166329da36d74895901808f1c8c97efafc7f84 # v0.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/setup_environment
       - run: make GOOPTS=--tags=stringlabels GO_ONLY=1 SKIP_GOLANGCI_LINT=1
       - run: go test --tags=stringlabels ./tsdb/ -test.tsdb-isolation=false
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       image: quay.io/prometheus/golang-builder:1.22-base
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@3cb0c3871f223bd5ce1226995bd52ffb314798b6 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@45166329da36d74895901808f1c8c97efafc7f84 # v0.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/setup_environment
       - run: go test --tags=dedupelabels ./...
       - run: GOARCH=386 go test ./cmd/prometheus
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@3cb0c3871f223bd5ce1226995bd52ffb314798b6 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@45166329da36d74895901808f1c8c97efafc7f84 # v0.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/setup_environment
         with:
           enable_go: false
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         thread: [ 0, 1, 2 ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@3cb0c3871f223bd5ce1226995bd52ffb314798b6 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@45166329da36d74895901808f1c8c97efafc7f84 # v0.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/build
         with:
           promu_opts: "-p linux/amd64 -p windows/amd64 -p linux/arm64 -p darwin/amd64 -p darwin/arm64 -p linux/386"
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
     # should also be updated.
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@3cb0c3871f223bd5ce1226995bd52ffb314798b6 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@45166329da36d74895901808f1c8c97efafc7f84 # v0.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/build
         with:
           parallelism: 12
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           args: --verbose
           # Make sure to sync this with Makefile.common and scripts/golangci-lint.yml.
-          version: v1.60.1
+          version: v1.60.2
   fuzzing:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.event.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@3cb0c3871f223bd5ce1226995bd52ffb314798b6 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@45166329da36d74895901808f1c8c97efafc7f84 # v0.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/publish_main
         with:
           docker_hub_login: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_login }}
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ jobs:
       (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v3.'))
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@3cb0c3871f223bd5ce1226995bd52ffb314798b6 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@45166329da36d74895901808f1c8c97efafc7f84 # v0.3.0
       - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/publish_release
         with:
           docker_hub_login: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_login }}
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@3cb0c3871f223bd5ce1226995bd52ffb314798b6 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@45166329da36d74895901808f1c8c97efafc7f84 # v0.3.0
       - name: Install nodejs
-        uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4.0.3
         with:
           node-version-file: "web/ui/.nvmrc"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 2e1bd302467..89aa2ba29b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@afb54ba388a7dca6ecae48f608c4ff05ff4cc77a # v3.25.15
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@4dd16135b69a43b6c8efb853346f8437d92d3c93 # v3.26.6
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
 
       - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@afb54ba388a7dca6ecae48f608c4ff05ff4cc77a # v3.25.15
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@4dd16135b69a43b6c8efb853346f8437d92d3c93 # v3.26.6
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@afb54ba388a7dca6ecae48f608c4ff05ff4cc77a # v3.25.15
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@4dd16135b69a43b6c8efb853346f8437d92d3c93 # v3.26.6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
index 1132c057f85..82cccb2bc13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@afb54ba388a7dca6ecae48f608c4ff05ff4cc77a # tag=v3.25.15
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@4dd16135b69a43b6c8efb853346f8437d92d3c93 # tag=v3.26.6
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d71bcbc9d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Stale Check
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '16 22 * * *'
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'prometheus' || github.repository_owner == 'prometheus-community' # Don't run this workflow on forks.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # opt out of defaults to avoid marking issues as stale and closing them
+          # https://github.com/actions/stale#days-before-close
+          # https://github.com/actions/stale#days-before-stale
+          days-before-stale: -1
+          days-before-close: -1
+          # Setting it to empty string to skip comments.
+          # https://github.com/actions/stale#stale-pr-message
+          # https://github.com/actions/stale#stale-issue-message
+          stale-pr-message: ''
+          stale-issue-message: ''
+          operations-per-run: 30
+          # override days-before-stale, for only marking the pull requests as stale
+          days-before-pr-stale: 60
+          stale-pr-label: stale
+          exempt-pr-labels: keepalive
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index e924fe3d5b1..303cd33d8b0 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -25,15 +25,34 @@ linters:
     - loggercheck
 
 issues:
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0
+  # The default exclusions are too aggressive. For one, they
+  # essentially disable any linting on doc comments. We disable
+  # default exclusions here and add exclusions fitting our codebase
+  # further down.
+  exclude-use-default: false
   exclude-files:
     # Skip autogenerated files.
     - ^.*\.(pb|y)\.go$
   exclude-dirs:
-    # Copied it from a different source
+    # Copied it from a different source.
     - storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite
     - storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheus
   exclude-rules:
+    - linters:
+        - errcheck
+      # Taken from the default exclusions (that are otherwise disabled above).
+      text: Error return value of .((os\.)?std(out|err)\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\.Remove(All)?|.*print(f|ln)?|os\.(Un)?Setenv). is not checked
+    - linters:
+        - govet
+      # We use many Seek methods that do not follow the usual pattern.
+      text: "stdmethods: method Seek.* should have signature Seek"
+    - linters:
+        - revive
+      # We have stopped at some point to write doc comments on exported symbols.
+      # TODO(beorn7): Maybe we should enforce this again? There are ~500 offenders right now.
+      text: exported (.+) should have comment( \(or a comment on this block\))? or be unexported
     - linters:
         - gocritic
       text: "appendAssign"
@@ -94,15 +113,14 @@ linters-settings:
     errorf: false
   revive:
     # By default, revive will enable only the linting rules that are named in the configuration file.
-    # So, it's needed to explicitly set in configuration all required rules.
-    # The following configuration enables all the rules from the defaults.toml
-    # https://github.com/mgechev/revive/blob/master/defaults.toml
+    # So, it's needed to explicitly enable all required rules here.
     rules:
       # https://github.com/mgechev/revive/blob/master/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md
       - name: blank-imports
+      - name: comment-spacings
       - name: context-as-argument
         arguments:
-          # allow functions with test or bench signatures
+          # Allow functions with test or bench signatures.
           - allowTypesBefore: "*testing.T,testing.TB"
       - name: context-keys-type
       - name: dot-imports
@@ -118,6 +136,8 @@ linters-settings:
       - name: increment-decrement
       - name: indent-error-flow
       - name: package-comments
+        # TODO(beorn7): Currently, we have a lot of missing package doc comments. Maybe we should have them.
+        disabled: true
       - name: range
       - name: receiver-naming
       - name: redefines-builtin-id
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32af7df7874..ff3364f1ca5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@ _Please add changes here that are only in the release-3.0 branch. These will be
 ## unreleased
 
 * [FEATURE] OTLP receiver: Add new option `otlp.promote_resource_attributes`, for any OTel resource attributes that should be promoted to metric labels. #14200
+* [ENHANCEMENT] OTLP receiver: Warn when encountering exponential histograms with zero count and non-zero sum. #14706
 * [BUGFIX] tsdb/wlog.Watcher.readSegmentForGC: Only count unknown record types against record_decode_failures_total metric. #14042
 
-## 2.54.0-rc.1 / 2024-08-05
+## 2.54.1 / 2024-08-27
+
+* [BUGFIX] Scraping: allow multiple samples on same series, with explicit timestamps. #14685
+* [BUGFIX] Docker SD: fix crash in `match_first_network` mode when container is reconnected to a new network. #14654
+* [BUGFIX] PromQL: fix experimental native histograms getting corrupted due to vector selector bug in range queries. #14538
+* [BUGFIX] PromQL: fix experimental native histogram counter reset detection on stale samples. #14514
+* [BUGFIX] PromQL: fix native histograms getting corrupted due to vector selector bug in range queries. #14605
+
+## 2.54.0 / 2024-08-09
 
 Release 2.54 brings a release candidate of a major new version of [Remote Write: 2.0](https://prometheus.io/docs/specs/remote_write_spec_2_0/).
 This is experimental at this time and may still change.
@@ -42,6 +51,7 @@ Remote-write v2 is enabled by default, but can be disabled via feature-flag `web
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Notifier: Send any outstanding Alertmanager notifications when shutting down. #14290
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Rules: Add label-matcher support to Rules API. #10194
 * [ENHANCEMENT] HTTP API: Add url to message logged on error while sending response. #14209
+* [BUGFIX] TSDB: Exclude OOO chunks mapped after compaction starts (introduced by #14396). #14584
 * [BUGFIX] CLI: escape `|` characters when generating docs. #14420
 * [BUGFIX] PromQL (experimental native histograms): Fix some binary operators between native histogram values. #14454
 * [BUGFIX] TSDB: LabelNames API could fail during compaction. #14279
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 2ecd5465c31..34d65bb56de 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ PROMU_URL     := https://github.com/prometheus/promu/releases/download/v$(PROMU_
 SKIP_GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT_OPTS ?=
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.60.1
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.60.2
 # golangci-lint only supports linux, darwin and windows platforms on i386/amd64/arm64.
 # windows isn't included here because of the path separator being different.
 ifeq ($(GOHOSTOS),$(filter $(GOHOSTOS),linux darwin))
diff --git a/cmd/prometheus/main.go b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
index 735f56cafb1..c0bd136fa8a 100644
--- a/cmd/prometheus/main.go
+++ b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ type flagConfig struct {
 	corsRegexString string
 
 	promlogConfig promlog.Config
+
+	promqlEnableDelayedNameRemoval bool
 }
 
 // setFeatureListOptions sets the corresponding options from the featureList.
@@ -232,6 +234,9 @@ func (c *flagConfig) setFeatureListOptions(logger log.Logger) error {
 			case "delayed-compaction":
 				c.tsdb.EnableDelayedCompaction = true
 				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Experimental delayed compaction is enabled.")
+			case "promql-delayed-name-removal":
+				c.promqlEnableDelayedNameRemoval = true
+				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Experimental PromQL delayed name removal enabled.")
 			case "utf8-names":
 				model.NameValidationScheme = model.UTF8Validation
 				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Experimental UTF-8 support enabled")
@@ -284,8 +289,8 @@ func main() {
 	a.Flag("config.file", "Prometheus configuration file path.").
 		Default("prometheus.yml").StringVar(&cfg.configFile)
 
-	a.Flag("web.listen-address", "Address to listen on for UI, API, and telemetry.").
-		Default("0.0.0.0:9090").StringVar(&cfg.web.ListenAddress)
+	a.Flag("web.listen-address", "Address to listen on for UI, API, and telemetry. Can be repeated.").
+		Default("0.0.0.0:9090").StringsVar(&cfg.web.ListenAddresses)
 
 	a.Flag("auto-gomemlimit.ratio", "The ratio of reserved GOMEMLIMIT memory to the detected maximum container or system memory").
 		Default("0.9").FloatVar(&cfg.memlimitRatio)
@@ -299,7 +304,7 @@ func main() {
 		"Maximum duration before timing out read of the request, and closing idle connections.").
 		Default("5m").SetValue(&cfg.webTimeout)
 
-	a.Flag("web.max-connections", "Maximum number of simultaneous connections.").
+	a.Flag("web.max-connections", "Maximum number of simultaneous connections across all listeners.").
 		Default("512").IntVar(&cfg.web.MaxConnections)
 
 	a.Flag("web.external-url",
@@ -517,7 +522,7 @@ func main() {
 		localStoragePath = cfg.agentStoragePath
 	}
 
-	cfg.web.ExternalURL, err = computeExternalURL(cfg.prometheusURL, cfg.web.ListenAddress)
+	cfg.web.ExternalURL, err = computeExternalURL(cfg.prometheusURL, cfg.web.ListenAddresses[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, fmt.Errorf("parse external URL %q: %w", cfg.prometheusURL, err))
 		os.Exit(2)
@@ -757,9 +762,10 @@ func main() {
 			NoStepSubqueryIntervalFn: noStepSubqueryInterval.Get,
 			// EnableAtModifier and EnableNegativeOffset have to be
 			// always on for regular PromQL as of Prometheus v2.33.
-			EnableAtModifier:     true,
-			EnableNegativeOffset: true,
-			EnablePerStepStats:   cfg.enablePerStepStats,
+			EnableAtModifier:         true,
+			EnableNegativeOffset:     true,
+			EnablePerStepStats:       cfg.enablePerStepStats,
+			EnableDelayedNameRemoval: cfg.promqlEnableDelayedNameRemoval,
 		}
 
 		queryEngine = promql.NewEngine(opts)
@@ -948,15 +954,21 @@ func main() {
 		})
 	}
 
-	listener, err := webHandler.Listener()
+	listeners, err := webHandler.Listeners()
 	if err != nil {
-		level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Unable to start web listener", "err", err)
+		level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Unable to start web listeners", "err", err)
+		if err := queryEngine.Close(); err != nil {
+			level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Closing query engine failed", "err", err)
+		}
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	err = toolkit_web.Validate(*webConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Unable to validate web configuration file", "err", err)
+		if err := queryEngine.Close(); err != nil {
+			level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Closing query engine failed", "err", err)
+		}
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
@@ -978,6 +990,9 @@ func main() {
 				case <-cancel:
 					reloadReady.Close()
 				}
+				if err := queryEngine.Close(); err != nil {
+					level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Closing query engine failed", "err", err)
+				}
 				return nil
 			},
 			func(err error) {
@@ -1245,7 +1260,7 @@ func main() {
 		// Web handler.
 		g.Add(
 			func() error {
-				if err := webHandler.Run(ctxWeb, listener, *webConfig); err != nil {
+				if err := webHandler.Run(ctxWeb, listeners, *webConfig); err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("error starting web server: %w", err)
 				}
 				return nil
diff --git a/cmd/promtool/backfill.go b/cmd/promtool/backfill.go
index 400cae421a2..16491f0416f 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/backfill.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/backfill.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func getCompatibleBlockDuration(maxBlockDuration int64) int64 {
 	return blockDuration
 }
 
-func createBlocks(input []byte, mint, maxt, maxBlockDuration int64, maxSamplesInAppender int, outputDir string, humanReadable, quiet bool) (returnErr error) {
+func createBlocks(input []byte, mint, maxt, maxBlockDuration int64, maxSamplesInAppender int, outputDir string, humanReadable, quiet bool, customLabels map[string]string) (returnErr error) {
 	blockDuration := getCompatibleBlockDuration(maxBlockDuration)
 	mint = blockDuration * (mint / blockDuration)
 
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ func createBlocks(input []byte, mint, maxt, maxBlockDuration int64, maxSamplesIn
 		nextSampleTs int64 = math.MaxInt64
 	)
 
+	lb := labels.NewBuilder(labels.EmptyLabels())
+
 	for t := mint; t <= maxt; t += blockDuration {
 		tsUpper := t + blockDuration
 		if nextSampleTs != math.MaxInt64 && nextSampleTs >= tsUpper {
@@ -162,7 +164,13 @@ func createBlocks(input []byte, mint, maxt, maxBlockDuration int64, maxSamplesIn
 				l := labels.Labels{}
 				p.Metric(&l)
 
-				if _, err := app.Append(0, l, *ts, v); err != nil {
+				lb.Reset(l)
+				for name, value := range customLabels {
+					lb.Set(name, value)
+				}
+				lbls := lb.Labels()
+
+				if _, err := app.Append(0, lbls, *ts, v); err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("add sample: %w", err)
 				}
 
@@ -221,13 +229,13 @@ func createBlocks(input []byte, mint, maxt, maxBlockDuration int64, maxSamplesIn
 	return nil
 }
 
-func backfill(maxSamplesInAppender int, input []byte, outputDir string, humanReadable, quiet bool, maxBlockDuration time.Duration) (err error) {
+func backfill(maxSamplesInAppender int, input []byte, outputDir string, humanReadable, quiet bool, maxBlockDuration time.Duration, customLabels map[string]string) (err error) {
 	p := textparse.NewOpenMetricsParser(input, nil) // Don't need a SymbolTable to get max and min timestamps.
 	maxt, mint, err := getMinAndMaxTimestamps(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("getting min and max timestamp: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err = createBlocks(input, mint, maxt, int64(maxBlockDuration/time.Millisecond), maxSamplesInAppender, outputDir, humanReadable, quiet); err != nil {
+	if err = createBlocks(input, mint, maxt, int64(maxBlockDuration/time.Millisecond), maxSamplesInAppender, outputDir, humanReadable, quiet, customLabels); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("block creation: %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/promtool/main.go b/cmd/promtool/main.go
index b5a4bca9c1f..e4fcda36803 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/main.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/main.go
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ func main() {
 	importQuiet := importCmd.Flag("quiet", "Do not print created blocks.").Short('q').Bool()
 	maxBlockDuration := importCmd.Flag("max-block-duration", "Maximum duration created blocks may span. Anything less than 2h is ignored.").Hidden().PlaceHolder("<duration>").Duration()
 	openMetricsImportCmd := importCmd.Command("openmetrics", "Import samples from OpenMetrics input and produce TSDB blocks. Please refer to the storage docs for more details.")
+	openMetricsLabels := openMetricsImportCmd.Flag("label", "Label to attach to metrics. Can be specified multiple times. Example --label=label_name=label_value").StringMap()
 	importFilePath := openMetricsImportCmd.Arg("input file", "OpenMetrics file to read samples from.").Required().String()
 	importDBPath := openMetricsImportCmd.Arg("output directory", "Output directory for generated blocks.").Default(defaultDBPath).String()
 	importRulesCmd := importCmd.Command("rules", "Create blocks of data for new recording rules.")
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(checkErr(dumpSamples(ctx, *dumpOpenMetricsPath, *dumpOpenMetricsSandboxDirRoot, *dumpOpenMetricsMinTime, *dumpOpenMetricsMaxTime, *dumpOpenMetricsMatch, formatSeriesSetOpenMetrics)))
 	// TODO(aSquare14): Work on adding support for custom block size.
 	case openMetricsImportCmd.FullCommand():
-		os.Exit(backfillOpenMetrics(*importFilePath, *importDBPath, *importHumanReadable, *importQuiet, *maxBlockDuration))
+		os.Exit(backfillOpenMetrics(*importFilePath, *importDBPath, *importHumanReadable, *importQuiet, *maxBlockDuration, *openMetricsLabels))
 
 	case importRulesCmd.FullCommand():
 		os.Exit(checkErr(importRules(serverURL, httpRoundTripper, *importRulesStart, *importRulesEnd, *importRulesOutputDir, *importRulesEvalInterval, *maxBlockDuration, *importRulesFiles...)))
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ func (ls lintConfig) lintDuplicateRules() bool {
 	return ls.all || ls.duplicateRules
 }
 
-// Check server status - healthy & ready.
+// CheckServerStatus - healthy & ready.
 func CheckServerStatus(serverURL *url.URL, checkEndpoint string, roundTripper http.RoundTripper) error {
 	if serverURL.Scheme == "" {
 		serverURL.Scheme = "http"
diff --git a/cmd/promtool/metrics.go b/cmd/promtool/metrics.go
index 6d162f459ac..4c91d1d6fea 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/metrics.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/fmtutil"
 )
 
-// Push metrics to a prometheus remote write (for testing purpose only).
+// PushMetrics to a prometheus remote write (for testing purpose only).
 func PushMetrics(url *url.URL, roundTripper http.RoundTripper, headers map[string]string, timeout time.Duration, labels map[string]string, files ...string) int {
 	addressURL, err := url.Parse(url.String())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/promtool/tsdb.go b/cmd/promtool/tsdb.go
index b85a4fae8b7..971ea8ab000 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/tsdb.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/tsdb.go
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ func checkErr(err error) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func backfillOpenMetrics(path, outputDir string, humanReadable, quiet bool, maxBlockDuration time.Duration) int {
+func backfillOpenMetrics(path, outputDir string, humanReadable, quiet bool, maxBlockDuration time.Duration, customLabels map[string]string) int {
 	inputFile, err := fileutil.OpenMmapFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return checkErr(err)
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ func backfillOpenMetrics(path, outputDir string, humanReadable, quiet bool, maxB
 		return checkErr(fmt.Errorf("create output dir: %w", err))
 	}
 
-	return checkErr(backfill(5000, inputFile.Bytes(), outputDir, humanReadable, quiet, maxBlockDuration))
+	return checkErr(backfill(5000, inputFile.Bytes(), outputDir, humanReadable, quiet, maxBlockDuration, customLabels))
 }
 
 func displayHistogram(dataType string, datas []int, total int) {
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 4326b0a992d..c9e8efbf3e8 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ var (
 	// DefaultRemoteReadConfig is the default remote read configuration.
 	DefaultRemoteReadConfig = RemoteReadConfig{
 		RemoteTimeout:        model.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+		ChunkedReadLimit:     DefaultChunkedReadLimit,
 		HTTPClientConfig:     config.DefaultHTTPClientConfig,
 		FilterExternalLabels: true,
 	}
@@ -781,7 +782,9 @@ func (c *ScrapeConfig) Validate(globalConfig GlobalConfig) error {
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unknown name validation method specified, must be either 'legacy' or 'utf8', got %s", globalConfig.MetricNameValidationScheme)
 	}
-	c.MetricNameValidationScheme = globalConfig.MetricNameValidationScheme
+	if c.MetricNameValidationScheme == "" {
+		c.MetricNameValidationScheme = globalConfig.MetricNameValidationScheme
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1277,13 +1280,20 @@ type MetadataConfig struct {
 	MaxSamplesPerSend int `yaml:"max_samples_per_send,omitempty"`
 }
 
+const (
+	// DefaultChunkedReadLimit is the default value for the maximum size of the protobuf frame client allows.
+	// 50MB is the default. This is equivalent to ~100k full XOR chunks and average labelset.
+	DefaultChunkedReadLimit = 5e+7
+)
+
 // RemoteReadConfig is the configuration for reading from remote storage.
 type RemoteReadConfig struct {
-	URL           *config.URL       `yaml:"url"`
-	RemoteTimeout model.Duration    `yaml:"remote_timeout,omitempty"`
-	Headers       map[string]string `yaml:"headers,omitempty"`
-	ReadRecent    bool              `yaml:"read_recent,omitempty"`
-	Name          string            `yaml:"name,omitempty"`
+	URL              *config.URL       `yaml:"url"`
+	RemoteTimeout    model.Duration    `yaml:"remote_timeout,omitempty"`
+	ChunkedReadLimit uint64            `yaml:"chunked_read_limit,omitempty"`
+	Headers          map[string]string `yaml:"headers,omitempty"`
+	ReadRecent       bool              `yaml:"read_recent,omitempty"`
+	Name             string            `yaml:"name,omitempty"`
 
 	// We cannot do proper Go type embedding below as the parser will then parse
 	// values arbitrarily into the overflow maps of further-down types.
diff --git a/discovery/discoverer_metrics_noop.go b/discovery/discoverer_metrics_noop.go
index 638317ace10..4321204b6c1 100644
--- a/discovery/discoverer_metrics_noop.go
+++ b/discovery/discoverer_metrics_noop.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 package discovery
 
-// Create a dummy metrics struct, because this SD doesn't have any metrics.
+// NoopDiscovererMetrics creates a dummy metrics struct, because this SD doesn't have any metrics.
 type NoopDiscovererMetrics struct{}
 
 var _ DiscovererMetrics = (*NoopDiscovererMetrics)(nil)
diff --git a/discovery/discovery.go b/discovery/discovery.go
index a5826f8176c..a91faf6c864 100644
--- a/discovery/discovery.go
+++ b/discovery/discovery.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type Discoverer interface {
 	Run(ctx context.Context, up chan<- []*targetgroup.Group)
 }
 
-// Internal metrics of service discovery mechanisms.
+// DiscovererMetrics are internal metrics of service discovery mechanisms.
 type DiscovererMetrics interface {
 	Register() error
 	Unregister()
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type DiscovererOptions struct {
 	HTTPClientOptions []config.HTTPClientOption
 }
 
-// Metrics used by the "refresh" package.
+// RefreshMetrics are used by the "refresh" package.
 // We define them here in the "discovery" package in order to avoid a cyclic dependency between
 // "discovery" and "refresh".
 type RefreshMetrics struct {
@@ -64,17 +64,18 @@ type RefreshMetrics struct {
 	Duration prometheus.Observer
 }
 
-// Instantiate the metrics used by the "refresh" package.
+// RefreshMetricsInstantiator instantiates the metrics used by the "refresh" package.
 type RefreshMetricsInstantiator interface {
 	Instantiate(mech string) *RefreshMetrics
 }
 
-// An interface for registering, unregistering, and instantiating metrics for the "refresh" package.
-// Refresh metrics are registered and unregistered outside of the service discovery mechanism.
-// This is so that the same metrics can be reused across different service discovery mechanisms.
-// To manage refresh metrics inside the SD mechanism, we'd need to use const labels which are
-// specific to that SD. However, doing so would also expose too many unused metrics on
-// the Prometheus /metrics endpoint.
+// RefreshMetricsManager is an interface for registering, unregistering, and
+// instantiating metrics for the "refresh" package. Refresh metrics are
+// registered and unregistered outside of the service discovery mechanism. This
+// is so that the same metrics can be reused across different service discovery
+// mechanisms. To manage refresh metrics inside the SD mechanism, we'd need to
+// use const labels which are specific to that SD. However, doing so would also
+// expose too many unused metrics on the Prometheus /metrics endpoint.
 type RefreshMetricsManager interface {
 	DiscovererMetrics
 	RefreshMetricsInstantiator
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ func (c StaticConfig) NewDiscoverer(DiscovererOptions) (Discoverer, error) {
 	return staticDiscoverer(c), nil
 }
 
-// No metrics are needed for this service discovery mechanism.
+// NewDiscovererMetrics returns NoopDiscovererMetrics because no metrics are
+// needed for this service discovery mechanism.
 func (c StaticConfig) NewDiscovererMetrics(prometheus.Registerer, RefreshMetricsInstantiator) DiscovererMetrics {
 	return &NoopDiscovererMetrics{}
 }
diff --git a/discovery/manager.go b/discovery/manager.go
index 897d7d151cf..cefa90a8669 100644
--- a/discovery/manager.go
+++ b/discovery/manager.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (p *Provider) Config() interface{} {
 	return p.config
 }
 
-// Registers the metrics needed for SD mechanisms.
+// CreateAndRegisterSDMetrics registers the metrics needed for SD mechanisms.
 // Does not register the metrics for the Discovery Manager.
 // TODO(ptodev): Add ability to unregister the metrics?
 func CreateAndRegisterSDMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) (map[string]DiscovererMetrics, error) {
@@ -212,9 +212,7 @@ func (m *Manager) ApplyConfig(cfg map[string]Configs) error {
 	m.metrics.FailedConfigs.Set(float64(failedCount))
 
 	var (
-		wg sync.WaitGroup
-		// keep shows if we keep any providers after reload.
-		keep         bool
+		wg           sync.WaitGroup
 		newProviders []*Provider
 	)
 	for _, prov := range m.providers {
@@ -228,13 +226,12 @@ func (m *Manager) ApplyConfig(cfg map[string]Configs) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		newProviders = append(newProviders, prov)
-		// refTargets keeps reference targets used to populate new subs' targets
+		// refTargets keeps reference targets used to populate new subs' targets as they should be the same.
 		var refTargets map[string]*targetgroup.Group
 		prov.mu.Lock()
 
 		m.targetsMtx.Lock()
 		for s := range prov.subs {
-			keep = true
 			refTargets = m.targets[poolKey{s, prov.name}]
 			// Remove obsolete subs' targets.
 			if _, ok := prov.newSubs[s]; !ok {
@@ -267,7 +264,9 @@ func (m *Manager) ApplyConfig(cfg map[string]Configs) error {
 	// While startProvider does pull the trigger, it may take some time to do so, therefore
 	// we pull the trigger as soon as possible so that downstream managers can populate their state.
 	// See https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pull/8639 for details.
-	if keep {
+	// This also helps making the downstream managers drop stale targets as soon as possible.
+	// See https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pull/13147 for details.
+	if len(m.providers) > 0 {
 		select {
 		case m.triggerSend <- struct{}{}:
 		default:
@@ -288,7 +287,9 @@ func (m *Manager) StartCustomProvider(ctx context.Context, name string, worker D
 			name: {},
 		},
 	}
+	m.mtx.Lock()
 	m.providers = append(m.providers, p)
+	m.mtx.Unlock()
 	m.startProvider(ctx, p)
 }
 
@@ -393,8 +394,16 @@ func (m *Manager) updateGroup(poolKey poolKey, tgs []*targetgroup.Group) {
 		m.targets[poolKey] = make(map[string]*targetgroup.Group)
 	}
 	for _, tg := range tgs {
-		if tg != nil { // Some Discoverers send nil target group so need to check for it to avoid panics.
+		// Some Discoverers send nil target group so need to check for it to avoid panics.
+		if tg == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(tg.Targets) > 0 {
 			m.targets[poolKey][tg.Source] = tg
+		} else {
+			// The target group is empty, drop the corresponding entry to avoid leaks.
+			// In case the group yielded targets before, allGroups() will take care of making consumers drop them.
+			delete(m.targets[poolKey], tg.Source)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -403,19 +412,33 @@ func (m *Manager) allGroups() map[string][]*targetgroup.Group {
 	tSets := map[string][]*targetgroup.Group{}
 	n := map[string]int{}
 
+	m.mtx.RLock()
 	m.targetsMtx.Lock()
-	defer m.targetsMtx.Unlock()
-	for pkey, tsets := range m.targets {
-		for _, tg := range tsets {
-			// Even if the target group 'tg' is empty we still need to send it to the 'Scrape manager'
-			// to signal that it needs to stop all scrape loops for this target set.
-			tSets[pkey.setName] = append(tSets[pkey.setName], tg)
-			n[pkey.setName] += len(tg.Targets)
+	for _, p := range m.providers {
+		p.mu.RLock()
+		for s := range p.subs {
+			// Send empty lists for subs without any targets to make sure old stale targets are dropped by consumers.
+			// See: https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/12858 for details.
+			if _, ok := tSets[s]; !ok {
+				tSets[s] = []*targetgroup.Group{}
+				n[s] = 0
+			}
+			if tsets, ok := m.targets[poolKey{s, p.name}]; ok {
+				for _, tg := range tsets {
+					tSets[s] = append(tSets[s], tg)
+					n[s] += len(tg.Targets)
+				}
+			}
 		}
+		p.mu.RUnlock()
 	}
+	m.targetsMtx.Unlock()
+	m.mtx.RUnlock()
+
 	for setName, v := range n {
 		m.metrics.DiscoveredTargets.WithLabelValues(setName).Set(float64(v))
 	}
+
 	return tSets
 }
 
diff --git a/discovery/metrics_refresh.go b/discovery/metrics_refresh.go
index d621165ced6..ef49e591a35 100644
--- a/discovery/metrics_refresh.go
+++ b/discovery/metrics_refresh.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
-// Metric vectors for the "refresh" package.
+// RefreshMetricsVecs are metric vectors for the "refresh" package.
 // We define them here in the "discovery" package in order to avoid a cyclic dependency between
 // "discovery" and "refresh".
 type RefreshMetricsVecs struct {
diff --git a/discovery/moby/docker.go b/discovery/moby/docker.go
index 11445092eed..68f6fe3ccc1 100644
--- a/discovery/moby/docker.go
+++ b/discovery/moby/docker.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -251,28 +252,26 @@ func (d *DockerDiscovery) refresh(ctx context.Context) ([]*targetgroup.Group, er
 		}
 
 		if d.matchFirstNetwork && len(networks) > 1 {
-			// Match user defined network
-			if containerNetworkMode.IsUserDefined() {
-				networkMode := string(containerNetworkMode)
-				networks = map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{networkMode: networks[networkMode]}
-			} else {
-				// Get first network if container network mode has "none" value.
-				// This case appears under certain condition:
-				// 1. Container created with network set to "--net=none".
-				// 2. Disconnect network "none".
-				// 3. Reconnect network with user defined networks.
-				var first string
-				for k, n := range networks {
-					if n != nil {
-						first = k
-						break
-					}
+			// Sort networks by name and take first non-nil network.
+			keys := make([]string, 0, len(networks))
+			for k, n := range networks {
+				if n != nil {
+					keys = append(keys, k)
 				}
-				networks = map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{first: networks[first]}
+			}
+			if len(keys) > 0 {
+				sort.Strings(keys)
+				firstNetworkMode := keys[0]
+				firstNetwork := networks[firstNetworkMode]
+				networks = map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{firstNetworkMode: firstNetwork}
 			}
 		}
 
 		for _, n := range networks {
+			if n == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			var added bool
 
 			for _, p := range c.Ports {
diff --git a/discovery/util.go b/discovery/util.go
index 83cc640dd92..4e2a0885186 100644
--- a/discovery/util.go
+++ b/discovery/util.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
-// A utility to be used by implementations of discovery.Discoverer
-// which need to manage the lifetime of their metrics.
+// MetricRegisterer is used by implementations of discovery.Discoverer that need
+// to manage the lifetime of their metrics.
 type MetricRegisterer interface {
 	RegisterMetrics() error
 	UnregisterMetrics()
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type metricRegistererImpl struct {
 
 var _ MetricRegisterer = &metricRegistererImpl{}
 
-// Creates an instance of a MetricRegisterer.
+// NewMetricRegisterer creates an instance of a MetricRegisterer.
 // Typically called inside the implementation of the NewDiscoverer() method.
 func NewMetricRegisterer(reg prometheus.Registerer, metrics []prometheus.Collector) MetricRegisterer {
 	return &metricRegistererImpl{
diff --git a/docs/command-line/prometheus.md b/docs/command-line/prometheus.md
index 02e7516484c..d637312a30a 100644
--- a/docs/command-line/prometheus.md
+++ b/docs/command-line/prometheus.md
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ The Prometheus monitoring server
 | <code class="text-nowrap">-h</code>, <code class="text-nowrap">--help</code> | Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man). |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--version</code> | Show application version. |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--config.file</code> | Prometheus configuration file path. | `prometheus.yml` |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--web.listen-address</code> | Address to listen on for UI, API, and telemetry. | `0.0.0.0:9090` |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--web.listen-address</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | Address to listen on for UI, API, and telemetry. Can be repeated. | `0.0.0.0:9090` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--auto-gomemlimit.ratio</code> | The ratio of reserved GOMEMLIMIT memory to the detected maximum container or system memory | `0.9` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--web.config.file</code> | [EXPERIMENTAL] Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or authentication. |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--web.read-timeout</code> | Maximum duration before timing out read of the request, and closing idle connections. | `5m` |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--web.max-connections</code> | Maximum number of simultaneous connections. | `512` |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--web.max-connections</code> | Maximum number of simultaneous connections across all listeners. | `512` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--web.external-url</code> | The URL under which Prometheus is externally reachable (for example, if Prometheus is served via a reverse proxy). Used for generating relative and absolute links back to Prometheus itself. If the URL has a path portion, it will be used to prefix all HTTP endpoints served by Prometheus. If omitted, relevant URL components will be derived automatically. |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--web.route-prefix</code> | Prefix for the internal routes of web endpoints. Defaults to path of --web.external-url. |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--web.user-assets</code> | Path to static asset directory, available at /user. |  |
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The Prometheus monitoring server
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--query.timeout</code> | Maximum time a query may take before being aborted. Use with server mode only. | `2m` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--query.max-concurrency</code> | Maximum number of queries executed concurrently. Use with server mode only. | `20` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--query.max-samples</code> | Maximum number of samples a single query can load into memory. Note that queries will fail if they try to load more samples than this into memory, so this also limits the number of samples a query can return. Use with server mode only. | `50000000` |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--enable-feature</code> | Comma separated feature names to enable. Valid options: auto-gomemlimit, exemplar-storage, expand-external-labels, memory-snapshot-on-shutdown, promql-per-step-stats, promql-experimental-functions, extra-scrape-metrics, new-service-discovery-manager, auto-gomaxprocs, no-default-scrape-port, native-histograms, otlp-write-receiver, created-timestamp-zero-ingestion, concurrent-rule-eval. See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/feature_flags/ for more details. |  |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--enable-feature</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | Comma separated feature names to enable. Valid options: auto-gomemlimit, exemplar-storage, expand-external-labels, memory-snapshot-on-shutdown, promql-per-step-stats, promql-experimental-functions, extra-scrape-metrics, new-service-discovery-manager, auto-gomaxprocs, no-default-scrape-port, native-histograms, otlp-write-receiver, created-timestamp-zero-ingestion, concurrent-rule-eval. See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/feature_flags/ for more details. |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--agent</code> | Run Prometheus in 'Agent mode'. |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--log.level</code> | Only log messages with the given severity or above. One of: [debug, info, warn, error] | `info` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--log.format</code> | Output format of log messages. One of: [logfmt, json] | `logfmt` |
diff --git a/docs/command-line/promtool.md b/docs/command-line/promtool.md
index 6bb80169a9c..6d74200e65b 100644
--- a/docs/command-line/promtool.md
+++ b/docs/command-line/promtool.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Tooling for the Prometheus monitoring system.
 | <code class="text-nowrap">-h</code>, <code class="text-nowrap">--help</code> | Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man). |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--version</code> | Show application version. |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--experimental</code> | Enable experimental commands. |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--enable-feature</code> | Comma separated feature names to enable (only PromQL related and no-default-scrape-port). See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/feature_flags/ for the options and more details. |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--enable-feature</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | Comma separated feature names to enable (only PromQL related and no-default-scrape-port). See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/feature_flags/ for the options and more details. |
 
 
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Run series query.
 
 | Flag | Description |
 | --- | --- |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--start</code> | Start time (RFC3339 or Unix timestamp). |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--end</code> | End time (RFC3339 or Unix timestamp). |
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Run labels query.
 | --- | --- |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--start</code> | Start time (RFC3339 or Unix timestamp). |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--end</code> | End time (RFC3339 or Unix timestamp). |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. |
 
 
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Run queries against your Prometheus to analyze the usage pattern of certain metr
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--type</code> | Type of metric: histogram. |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--duration</code> | Time frame to analyze. | `1h` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--time</code> | Query time (RFC3339 or Unix timestamp), defaults to now. |  |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. |  |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. |  |
 
 
 
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ Unit tests for rules.
 
 | Flag | Description | Default |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--run</code> | If set, will only run test groups whose names match the regular expression. Can be specified multiple times. |  |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--run</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | If set, will only run test groups whose names match the regular expression. Can be specified multiple times. |  |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--diff</code> | [Experimental] Print colored differential output between expected & received output. | `false` |
 
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ Dump samples from a TSDB.
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--sandbox-dir-root</code> | Root directory where a sandbox directory would be created in case WAL replay generates chunks. The sandbox directory is cleaned up at the end. | `data/` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--min-time</code> | Minimum timestamp to dump. | `-9223372036854775808` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--max-time</code> | Maximum timestamp to dump. | `9223372036854775807` |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. | `{__name__=~'(?s:.*)'}` |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. | `{__name__=~'(?s:.*)'}` |
 
 
 
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ Dump samples from a TSDB.
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--sandbox-dir-root</code> | Root directory where a sandbox directory would be created in case WAL replay generates chunks. The sandbox directory is cleaned up at the end. | `data/` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--min-time</code> | Minimum timestamp to dump. | `-9223372036854775808` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--max-time</code> | Maximum timestamp to dump. | `9223372036854775807` |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. | `{__name__=~'(?s:.*)'}` |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--match</code> <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap"> | Series selector. Can be specified multiple times. | `{__name__=~'(?s:.*)'}` |
 
 
 
@@ -641,6 +641,15 @@ Import samples from OpenMetrics input and produce TSDB blocks. Please refer to t
 
 
 
+###### Flags
+
+| Flag | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--label</code> | Label to attach to metrics. Can be specified multiple times. Example --label=label_name=label_value |
+
+
+
+
 ###### Arguments
 
 | Argument | Description | Default | Required |
diff --git a/docs/configuration/configuration.md b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
index ffdfe7bd8a2..61d233b19b7 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/configuration.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ global:
 
   # How frequently to evaluate rules.
   [ evaluation_interval: <duration> | default = 1m ]
-                        
+
   # Offset the rule evaluation timestamp of this particular group by the specified duration into the past to ensure the underlying metrics have been received.
   # Metric availability delays are more likely to occur when Prometheus is running as a remote write target, but can also occur when there's anomalies with scraping.
   [ rule_query_offset: <duration> | default = 0s ]
@@ -307,6 +307,17 @@ tls_config:
 [ proxy_connect_header:
   [ <string>: [<secret>, ...] ] ]
 
+# Custom HTTP headers to be sent along with each request.
+# Headers that are set by Prometheus itself can't be overwritten.
+http_headers:
+  # Header name.
+  [ <string>:
+    # Header values.
+    [ values: [<string>, ...] ]
+    # Headers values. Hidden in configuration page.
+    [ secrets: [<secret>, ...] ]
+    # Files to read header values from.
+    [ files: [<string>, ...] ] ]
 
 # List of Azure service discovery configurations.
 azure_sd_configs:
@@ -957,7 +968,9 @@ tls_config:
 # The host to use if the container is in host networking mode.
 [ host_networking_host: <string> | default = "localhost" ]
 
-# Match the first network if the container has multiple networks defined, thus avoiding collecting duplicate targets.
+# Sort all non-nil networks in ascending order based on network name and
+# get the first network if the container has multiple networks defined, 
+# thus avoiding collecting duplicate targets.
 [ match_first_network: <boolean> | default = true ]
 
 # Optional filters to limit the discovery process to a subset of available
@@ -3279,12 +3292,16 @@ Initially, aside from the configured per-target labels, a target's `job`
 label is set to the `job_name` value of the respective scrape configuration.
 The `__address__` label is set to the `<host>:<port>` address of the target.
 After relabeling, the `instance` label is set to the value of `__address__` by default if
-it was not set during relabeling. The `__scheme__` and `__metrics_path__` labels
-are set to the scheme and metrics path of the target respectively. The `__param_<name>`
-label is set to the value of the first passed URL parameter called `<name>`.
+it was not set during relabeling.
+
+The `__scheme__` and `__metrics_path__` labels
+are set to the scheme and metrics path of the target respectively, as specified in `scrape_config`.
+
+The `__param_<name>`
+label is set to the value of the first passed URL parameter called `<name>`, as defined in `scrape_config`.
 
 The `__scrape_interval__` and `__scrape_timeout__` labels are set to the target's
-interval and timeout.
+interval and timeout, as specified in `scrape_config`.
 
 Additional labels prefixed with `__meta_` may be available during the
 relabeling phase. They are set by the service discovery mechanism that provided
diff --git a/docs/feature_flags.md b/docs/feature_flags.md
index a45b8d644ac..1a8908548c1 100644
--- a/docs/feature_flags.md
+++ b/docs/feature_flags.md
@@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ Note that during this delay, the Head continues its usual operations, which incl
 
 Despite the delay in compaction, the blocks produced are time-aligned in the same manner as they would be if the delay was not in place.
 
+## Delay __name__ label removal for PromQL engine
+
+`--enable-feature=promql-delayed-name-removal`
+
+When enabled, Prometheus will change the way in which the `__name__` label is removed from PromQL query results (for functions and expressions for which this is necessary). Specifically, it will delay the removal to the last step of the query evaluation, instead of every time an expression or function creating derived metrics is evaluated.
+
+This allows optionally preserving the `__name__` label via the `label_replace` and `label_join` functions, and helps prevent the "vector cannot contain metrics with the same labelset" error, which can happen when applying a regex-matcher to the `__name__` label.
+
 ## UTF-8 Name Support
 
 `--enable-feature=utf8-names`
diff --git a/docs/querying/basics.md b/docs/querying/basics.md
index 82c5e472d23..4ea186beeb3 100644
--- a/docs/querying/basics.md
+++ b/docs/querying/basics.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ vector is the only type which can be graphed.
 _Notes about the experimental native histograms:_
 
 * Ingesting native histograms has to be enabled via a [feature
-  flag](../../feature_flags.md#native-histograms).
+  flag](../feature_flags.md#native-histograms).
 * Once native histograms have been ingested into the TSDB (and even after
   disabling the feature flag again), both instant vectors and range vectors may
   now contain samples that aren't simple floating point numbers (float samples)
diff --git a/docs/querying/functions.md b/docs/querying/functions.md
index bf2701b881a..e13628c5c5d 100644
--- a/docs/querying/functions.md
+++ b/docs/querying/functions.md
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ Like `sort`, `sort_desc` only affects the results of instant queries, as range q
 
 **This function has to be enabled via the [feature flag](../feature_flags.md#experimental-promql-functions) `--enable-feature=promql-experimental-functions`.**
 
-`sort_by_label(v instant-vector, label string, ...)` returns vector elements sorted by their label values and sample value in case of label values being equal, in ascending order.
+`sort_by_label(v instant-vector, label string, ...)` returns vector elements sorted by the values of the given labels in ascending order. In case these label values are equal, elements are sorted by their full label sets.
 
 Please note that the sort by label functions only affect the results of instant queries, as range query results always have a fixed output ordering.
 
diff --git a/documentation/examples/remote_storage/go.mod b/documentation/examples/remote_storage/go.mod
index bab39303d79..e5e052469bc 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/remote_storage/go.mod
+++ b/documentation/examples/remote_storage/go.mod
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb v1.11.5
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.57.0
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v0.53.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.27.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 // indirect
diff --git a/documentation/examples/remote_storage/go.sum b/documentation/examples/remote_storage/go.sum
index 6e283cc749f..34c474ef89a 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/remote_storage/go.sum
+++ b/documentation/examples/remote_storage/go.sum
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.2.0/go.mod h1:SYymIcj16QtmaHHD7aYtjjsJG7V
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0/go.mod h1:JR6WtHb+2LUe8TCKY3cZOxFyyO8IZAc4RVcycCCAKdM=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8 h1:YcnTYrq7MikUT7k0Yb5eceMmALQPYBW/Xltxn0NAMnU=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 h1:6KIumPrER1LHsvBVuDa0r5xaG0Es51mhhB9BQB2qeMA=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/kolo/xmlrpc v0.0.0-20220921171641-a4b6fa1dd06b h1:udzkj9S/zlT5X367kqJis0QP7YMxobob6zhzq6Yre00=
 github.com/kolo/xmlrpc v0.0.0-20220921171641-a4b6fa1dd06b/go.mod h1:pcaDhQK0/NJZEvtCO0qQPPropqV0sJOJ6YW7X+9kRwM=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXP
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1 h1:wZWJDwK+NameRJuPGDhlnFgx8e8HN3XHQeLaYJFJBOE=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1/go.mod h1:mP78NwGzrVks5S2H6ab8+ZZGJLZUq1hoULYBAYBw1Ho=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.0 h1:jBzTZ7B099Rg24tny+qngoynol8LtVYlA2bqx3vEloI=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.0/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.4.1/go.mod h1:TNfzLD0ON7rHzMJeJkieUDPYmFC7Snx/y8
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Tlit/dnDKsSWFlCLTWaA1cyBgKHSMdTB80sz/V91rCo=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.26.0/go.mod h1:M7rCNAaPfAosfx8veZJCuw84e35h3Cfd9VFqTh1DIvc=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.29.0/go.mod h1:vu+V0TpY+O6vW9J44gczi3Ap/oXXR10b+M/gUGO4Hls=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 h1:KEi6DK7lXW/m7Ig5i47x0vRzuBsHuvJdi5ee6Y3G1dc=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0/go.mod h1:2SECS4xJG1kd8XF9IcM1gMX6510RAEL65zxzNImwdc8=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.57.0 h1:Ro/rKjwdq9mZn1K5QPctzh+MA4Lp0BuYk5ZZEVhoNcY=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.57.0/go.mod h1:7uRPFSUTbfZWsJ7MHY56sqt7hLQu3bxXHDnNhl8E9qI=
 github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4 v0.1.0 h1:qoVebwtwwEhS85Czm2dSROY5fTo2PAPEVdDeppTwGX4=
 github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4 v0.1.0/go.mod h1:2Jkxxk9yYvCkE5G1sQT7GuEXm57JrvHu9k5YwTjsNtI=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnf
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 h1:mnl8DM0o513X8fdIkmyFE/5hTYxbwYOjDS/+rK6qpRI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0/go.mod h1:Z1PMYSOR5nyMcyAVAIQSKCDwalqy85Aqn1x3Ws4L5DM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0 h1:ypSNr+bnYL2YhwoMt2zPxHFmbAN1KZs/njMG3hxUp30=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0/go.mod h1:T+wALwcMOSE0kXgUAnPAHqTLW+XHgcELELW8VaDgm/M=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240119083558-1b970713d09a h1:Q8/wZp0KX97QFTc2ywcOE0YRjZPVIx+MXInMzdvQqcA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240119083558-1b970713d09a/go.mod h1:idGWGoKP1toJGkd5/ig9ZLuPcZBC3ewk7SzmH0uou08=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200822124328-c89045814202/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81R
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
-golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 h1:soB7SVo0PWrY4vPW/+ay0jKDNScG2X9wFeYlXIvJsOQ=
-golang.org/x/net v0.26.0/go.mod h1:5YKkiSynbBIh3p6iOc/vibscux0x38BZDkn8sCUPxHE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 h1:5K3Njcw06/l2y9vpGCSdcxWOYHOUk3dVNGDXN+FvAys=
+golang.org/x/net v0.27.0/go.mod h1:dDi0PyhWNoiUOrAS8uXv/vnScO4wnHQO4mj9fn/RytE=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210514164344-f6687ab2804c/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ4dDtk6s++YSgaE7mD/BuKKDLBl4A=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 h1:tsimM75w1tF/uws5rbeHzIWxEqElMehnc+iW793zsZs=
@@ -373,11 +373,11 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210603081109-ebe580a85c40/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 h1:rF+pYz3DAGSQAxAu1CbC7catZg4ebC4UIeIhKxBZvws=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
-golang.org/x/term v0.21.0 h1:WVXCp+/EBEHOj53Rvu+7KiT/iElMrO8ACK16SMZ3jaA=
-golang.org/x/term v0.21.0/go.mod h1:ooXLefLobQVslOqselCNF4SxFAaoS6KujMbsGzSDmX0=
+golang.org/x/term v0.22.0 h1:BbsgPEJULsl2fV/AT3v15Mjva5yXKQDyKf+TbDz7QJk=
+golang.org/x/term v0.22.0/go.mod h1:F3qCibpT5AMpCRfhfT53vVJwhLtIVHhB9XDjfFvnMI4=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1c92e52bd26..9a4a35c4d14 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v27.1.1+incompatible
 	github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.1.0
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.0
-	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.4
+	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.1.0
 	github.com/facette/natsort v0.0.0-20181210072756-2cd4dd1e2dcb
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v1.14.0
 	github.com/grafana/regexp v0.0.0-20240518133315-a468a5bfb3bc
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.29.2
+	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.29.4
 	github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api v0.0.0-20240717122358-3d93bd3778f3
-	github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/v2 v2.12.0
-	github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6 v6.2.0
+	github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/v2 v2.13.1
+	github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6 v6.2.1
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9
 	github.com/kolo/xmlrpc v0.0.0-20220921171641-a4b6fa1dd06b
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1
 	github.com/ovh/go-ovh v1.6.0
 	github.com/prometheus/alertmanager v0.27.0
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.56.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common/assets v0.2.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4 v0.1.0
 	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.11.0
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.27.0
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0
@@ -190,6 +189,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240119083558-1b970713d09a // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.22.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240730163845-b1a4ccb954bf // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bd4aa4f6b33..7e763af2657 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1m
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.0 h1:4X+VP1GHd1Mhj6IB5mMeGbLCleqxjletLK6K0rbxyZI=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.0/go.mod h1:ZBTaoJ23lqITozF0M6G4/IragXCQKCnYbmlmtHvwRG0=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
-github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.4 h1:gVPz/FMfvh57HdSJQyvBtF00j8JU4zdyUgIUNhlgg0A=
-github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.4/go.mod h1:qys6tmnRsYrQqIhm2bvKZH4Blx/1gTIZ2UKVY1M+Yew=
+github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.1.0 h1:tntQDh69XqOCOZsDz0lVJQez/2L6Uu2PdjCQwWCJ3bM=
+github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.1.0/go.mod h1:sXRDRVmzEbkM7CVcM06s9shE/m23dg3wzjl0UWqJ2q4=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible h1:jBYDEEiFBPxA0v50tFdvOzQQTCvpL6mnFh5mB2/l16U=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/facette/natsort v0.0.0-20181210072756-2cd4dd1e2dcb h1:IT4JYU7k4ikYg1SCxNI1/Tieq/NFvh6dzLdgi7eu0tM=
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0/go.mod h1:BDjrQk3hbvj6Nolgz8mAMFb
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.20.0 h1:bkypFPDjIYGfCYD5mRBvpqxfYX1YCS1PXdKYWi8FsN0=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.20.0/go.mod h1:P+Lt/0by1T8bfcF3z737NnSbmxQAppXMRziHUxPOC8k=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.3.0/go.mod h1:MmDNSzIMUjNpY/mQ398R4bk2FnqQLoPndWW5VkKPlCE=
-github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.29.2 h1:aYyRn8EdE2mSfG14S1+L9Qkjtz8RzmaWh6AcNGRNwPw=
-github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.29.2/go.mod h1:0YObcaLNDSbtlgzIRtmRXI1ZkeuK0trCBxwZQ4MYnIk=
+github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.29.4 h1:P6slzxDLBOxUSj3fWo2o65VuKtbtOXFi7TSSgtXutuE=
+github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.29.4/go.mod h1:HUlfw+l2Zy68ceJavv2zAyArl2fqhGWnMycyt56sBgg=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public v0.6.2 h1:+DA/3g/IiKlJZb88NBn0ZgXrxJp2NlvCZdEyl+qxvL0=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public v0.6.2/go.mod h1:cXXbOg74KBNGajC+o8RlA502Esf0R9prcoJgiOX/2Tg=
 github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk v0.3.0/go.mod h1:VKf9jXwCTEY1QZP2MOLRhb5i/I/ssyNV1vwHyQBF0x8=
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api v0.0.0-20240717122358-3d93bd3778f3/go.mod h1:svtx
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6hOLApaqBFA1NXqRQAsxw9QxuDEvNxSQRwA/JwenrHc=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.10.1 h1:Z1H2J60yRKvfDYAOZLd2MU0ND4AH/WDz7xYHDWQsIPY=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.10.1/go.mod h1:yL2t6BqATOLGc5HF7qbFkTfXoPIY0WZdWHfEvMqbG+4=
-github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/v2 v2.12.0 h1:nOgfNTo0gyXZJJdM8mo/XH5MO/e80wAEpldRzdWayhY=
-github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:dhix40Br3fDiBhwaSG/zgaYOFFddpfBm/6R1Zz0IiF0=
+github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/v2 v2.13.1 h1:jq0GP4QaYE5d8xR/Zw17s9qoaESRJMXfGmtD1a/qckQ=
+github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/v2 v2.13.1/go.mod h1:dhix40Br3fDiBhwaSG/zgaYOFFddpfBm/6R1Zz0IiF0=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/hudl/fargo v1.3.0/go.mod h1:y3CKSmjA+wD2gak7sUSXTAoopbhU08POFhmITJgmKTg=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 h1:wwQJbIsHYGMUyLSPrEq1CT16AhnhNJQ51+4fdHUnCl4=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client v0.0.0-20191209144304-8bf82d3c094d/go.mod h1:qj24IKcXYK6Iy9ceXlo3Tc+vtHo9lIhSX5JddghvEPo=
-github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6 v6.2.0 h1:qX7gachC0wJSmFfVRnd+DHmz9AStvVraKcwQ/JokIB4=
-github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6 v6.2.0/go.mod h1:EzEgRIDxBELvfoa/uBN0kOQaqovLjUWEB7iW4/Q+t4k=
+github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6 v6.2.1 h1:mxxN+frNVmbFrmmFfXnBC3g2USYJrl6mc1LW2iNYbFY=
+github.com/ionos-cloud/sdk-go/v6 v6.2.1/go.mod h1:SXrO9OGyWjd2rZhAhEpdYN6VUAODzzqRdqA9BCviQtI=
 github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.3.1 h1:iUx3whfZWVf3jT01hQTO/Eo5sAYtB2/rqaUuOtpInww=
 github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.3.1/go.mod h1:3yb8rc4BI7TCBhFY8ng0gjuLKJNquuDNiPaZjnENuYg=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.3.0/go.mod h1:hJaj2vgQTGQmVCsAACORcieXFeD
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.4.0/go.mod h1:e9GMxYsXl05ICDXkRhurwBS4Q3OK1iX/F2sw+iXX5zU=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1 h1:wZWJDwK+NameRJuPGDhlnFgx8e8HN3XHQeLaYJFJBOE=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1/go.mod h1:mP78NwGzrVks5S2H6ab8+ZZGJLZUq1hoULYBAYBw1Ho=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2 h1:5ctymQzZlyOON1666svgwn3s6IKWgfbjsejTMiXIyjg=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.2/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190115171406-56726106282f/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
@@ -625,8 +625,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.9.1/go.mod h1:yhUN8i9wzaXS3w1O07YhxHEBxD+W35wd8b
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Tlit/dnDKsSWFlCLTWaA1cyBgKHSMdTB80sz/V91rCo=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.26.0/go.mod h1:M7rCNAaPfAosfx8veZJCuw84e35h3Cfd9VFqTh1DIvc=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.29.0/go.mod h1:vu+V0TpY+O6vW9J44gczi3Ap/oXXR10b+M/gUGO4Hls=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 h1:KEi6DK7lXW/m7Ig5i47x0vRzuBsHuvJdi5ee6Y3G1dc=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0/go.mod h1:2SECS4xJG1kd8XF9IcM1gMX6510RAEL65zxzNImwdc8=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.56.0 h1:UffReloqkBtvtQEYDg2s+uDPGRrJyC6vZWPGXf6OhPY=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.56.0/go.mod h1:7uRPFSUTbfZWsJ7MHY56sqt7hLQu3bxXHDnNhl8E9qI=
 github.com/prometheus/common/assets v0.2.0 h1:0P5OrzoHrYBOSM1OigWL3mY8ZvV2N4zIE/5AahrSrfM=
 github.com/prometheus/common/assets v0.2.0/go.mod h1:D17UVUE12bHbim7HzwUvtqm6gwBEaDQ0F+hIGbFbccI=
 github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4 v0.1.0 h1:qoVebwtwwEhS85Czm2dSROY5fTo2PAPEVdDeppTwGX4=
@@ -865,8 +865,8 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4Iltr
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20191202225959-858c2ad4c8b6/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20200107190931-bf48bf16ab8d/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210514164344-f6687ab2804c/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ4dDtk6s++YSgaE7mD/BuKKDLBl4A=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 h1:tsimM75w1tF/uws5rbeHzIWxEqElMehnc+iW793zsZs=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0 h1:BzDx2FehcG7jJwgWLELCdmLuxk2i+x9UDpSiss2u0ZA=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
diff --git a/model/exemplar/exemplar.go b/model/exemplar/exemplar.go
index 08f55374ef6..2c28b172571 100644
--- a/model/exemplar/exemplar.go
+++ b/model/exemplar/exemplar.go
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ package exemplar
 
 import "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 
-// The combined length of the label names and values of an Exemplar's LabelSet MUST NOT exceed 128 UTF-8 characters
+// ExemplarMaxLabelSetLength is defined by OpenMetrics: "The combined length of
+// the label names and values of an Exemplar's LabelSet MUST NOT exceed 128
+// UTF-8 characters."
 // https://github.com/OpenObservability/OpenMetrics/blob/main/specification/OpenMetrics.md#exemplars
 const ExemplarMaxLabelSetLength = 128
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ func (e Exemplar) Equals(e2 Exemplar) bool {
 	return e.Value == e2.Value
 }
 
-// Sort first by timestamp, then value, then labels.
+// Compare first timestamps, then values, then labels.
 func Compare(a, b Exemplar) int {
 	if a.Ts < b.Ts {
 		return -1
diff --git a/model/labels/labels.go b/model/labels/labels.go
index cd30f4f8ffa..f4de7496ce7 100644
--- a/model/labels/labels.go
+++ b/model/labels/labels.go
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ func Compare(a, b Labels) int {
 	return len(a) - len(b)
 }
 
-// Copy labels from b on top of whatever was in ls previously, reusing memory or expanding if needed.
+// CopyFrom copies labels from b on top of whatever was in ls previously,
+// reusing memory or expanding if needed.
 func (ls *Labels) CopyFrom(b Labels) {
 	(*ls) = append((*ls)[:0], b...)
 }
@@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ type ScratchBuilder struct {
 	add Labels
 }
 
-// Symbol-table is no-op, just for api parity with dedupelabels.
+// SymbolTable is no-op, just for api parity with dedupelabels.
 type SymbolTable struct{}
 
 func NewSymbolTable() *SymbolTable { return nil }
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ func (b *ScratchBuilder) Add(name, value string) {
 	b.add = append(b.add, Label{Name: name, Value: value})
 }
 
-// Add a name/value pair, using []byte instead of string.
+// UnsafeAddBytes adds a name/value pair, using []byte instead of string.
 // The '-tags stringlabels' version of this function is unsafe, hence the name.
 // This version is safe - it copies the strings immediately - but we keep the same name so everything compiles.
 func (b *ScratchBuilder) UnsafeAddBytes(name, value []byte) {
@@ -475,14 +476,14 @@ func (b *ScratchBuilder) Assign(ls Labels) {
 	b.add = append(b.add[:0], ls...) // Copy on top of our slice, so we don't retain the input slice.
 }
 
-// Return the name/value pairs added so far as a Labels object.
+// Labels returns the name/value pairs added so far as a Labels object.
 // Note: if you want them sorted, call Sort() first.
 func (b *ScratchBuilder) Labels() Labels {
 	// Copy the slice, so the next use of ScratchBuilder doesn't overwrite.
 	return append([]Label{}, b.add...)
 }
 
-// Write the newly-built Labels out to ls.
+// Overwrite the newly-built Labels out to ls.
 // Callers must ensure that there are no other references to ls, or any strings fetched from it.
 func (b *ScratchBuilder) Overwrite(ls *Labels) {
 	*ls = append((*ls)[:0], b.add...)
diff --git a/model/labels/labels_common.go b/model/labels/labels_common.go
index 6db86b03c76..d7bdc1e0768 100644
--- a/model/labels/labels_common.go
+++ b/model/labels/labels_common.go
@@ -95,12 +95,23 @@ func (ls *Labels) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 }
 
 // IsValid checks if the metric name or label names are valid.
-func (ls Labels) IsValid() bool {
+func (ls Labels) IsValid(validationScheme model.ValidationScheme) bool {
 	err := ls.Validate(func(l Label) error {
-		if l.Name == model.MetricNameLabel && !model.IsValidMetricName(model.LabelValue(l.Value)) {
-			return strconv.ErrSyntax
+		if l.Name == model.MetricNameLabel {
+			// If the default validation scheme has been overridden with legacy mode,
+			// we need to call the special legacy validation checker.
+			if validationScheme == model.LegacyValidation && model.NameValidationScheme == model.UTF8Validation && !model.IsValidLegacyMetricName(string(model.LabelValue(l.Value))) {
+				return strconv.ErrSyntax
+			}
+			if !model.IsValidMetricName(model.LabelValue(l.Value)) {
+				return strconv.ErrSyntax
+			}
 		}
-		if !model.LabelName(l.Name).IsValid() || !model.LabelValue(l.Value).IsValid() {
+		if validationScheme == model.LegacyValidation && model.NameValidationScheme == model.UTF8Validation {
+			if !model.LabelName(l.Name).IsValidLegacy() || !model.LabelValue(l.Value).IsValid() {
+				return strconv.ErrSyntax
+			}
+		} else if !model.LabelName(l.Name).IsValid() || !model.LabelValue(l.Value).IsValid() {
 			return strconv.ErrSyntax
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/model/textparse/interface.go b/model/textparse/interface.go
index df01dbc34f3..0b5d9281e4d 100644
--- a/model/textparse/interface.go
+++ b/model/textparse/interface.go
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ const (
 	EntryInvalid   Entry = -1
 	EntryType      Entry = 0
 	EntryHelp      Entry = 1
-	EntrySeries    Entry = 2 // A series with a simple float64 as value.
+	EntrySeries    Entry = 2 // EntrySeries marks a series with a simple float64 as value.
 	EntryComment   Entry = 3
 	EntryUnit      Entry = 4
-	EntryHistogram Entry = 5 // A series with a native histogram as a value.
+	EntryHistogram Entry = 5 // EntryHistogram marks a series with a native histogram as a value.
 )
diff --git a/model/textparse/protobufparse.go b/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
index ea3a2e1a34f..e384a75fca4 100644
--- a/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
+++ b/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import (
 // the re-arrangement work is actually causing problems (which has to be seen),
 // that expectation needs to be changed.
 type ProtobufParser struct {
-	in        []byte // The intput to parse.
+	in        []byte // The input to parse.
 	inPos     int    // Position within the input.
 	metricPos int    // Position within Metric slice.
 	// fieldPos is the position within a Summary or (legacy) Histogram. -2
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type ProtobufParser struct {
 
 	mf *dto.MetricFamily
 
-	// Wether to also parse a classic histogram that is also present as a
+	// Whether to also parse a classic histogram that is also present as a
 	// native histogram.
 	parseClassicHistograms bool
 
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ func (p *ProtobufParser) Next() (Entry, error) {
 	switch p.state {
 	case EntryInvalid:
 		p.metricPos = 0
+		p.exemplarPos = 0
 		p.fieldPos = -2
 		n, err := readDelimited(p.in[p.inPos:], p.mf)
 		p.inPos += n
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ func (p *ProtobufParser) Next() (Entry, error) {
 			p.metricPos++
 			p.fieldPos = -2
 			p.fieldsDone = false
+			p.exemplarPos = 0
 			// If this is a metric family containing native
 			// histograms, we have to switch back to native
 			// histograms after parsing a classic histogram.
diff --git a/promql/engine.go b/promql/engine.go
index b9fa47c38c1..894ecf6ca27 100644
--- a/promql/engine.go
+++ b/promql/engine.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"math"
 	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
@@ -271,6 +272,8 @@ func contextErr(err error, env string) error {
 //
 // 2) Enforcement of the maximum number of concurrent queries.
 type QueryTracker interface {
+	io.Closer
+
 	// GetMaxConcurrent returns maximum number of concurrent queries that are allowed by this tracker.
 	GetMaxConcurrent() int
 
@@ -313,6 +316,11 @@ type EngineOpts struct {
 
 	// EnablePerStepStats if true allows for per-step stats to be computed on request. Disabled otherwise.
 	EnablePerStepStats bool
+
+	// EnableDelayedNameRemoval delays the removal of the __name__ label to the last step of the query evaluation.
+	// This is useful in certain scenarios where the __name__ label must be preserved or where applying a
+	// regex-matcher to the __name__ label may otherwise lead to duplicate labelset errors.
+	EnableDelayedNameRemoval bool
 }
 
 // Engine handles the lifetime of queries from beginning to end.
@@ -330,6 +338,7 @@ type Engine struct {
 	enableAtModifier         bool
 	enableNegativeOffset     bool
 	enablePerStepStats       bool
+	enableDelayedNameRemoval bool
 }
 
 // NewEngine returns a new engine.
@@ -420,9 +429,18 @@ func NewEngine(opts EngineOpts) *Engine {
 		enableAtModifier:         opts.EnableAtModifier,
 		enableNegativeOffset:     opts.EnableNegativeOffset,
 		enablePerStepStats:       opts.EnablePerStepStats,
+		enableDelayedNameRemoval: opts.EnableDelayedNameRemoval,
 	}
 }
 
+// Close closes ng.
+func (ng *Engine) Close() error {
+	if ng.activeQueryTracker != nil {
+		return ng.activeQueryTracker.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SetQueryLogger sets the query logger.
 func (ng *Engine) SetQueryLogger(l QueryLogger) {
 	ng.queryLoggerLock.Lock()
@@ -573,7 +591,7 @@ func (ng *Engine) validateOpts(expr parser.Expr) error {
 	return validationErr
 }
 
-// NewTestQuery: inject special behaviour into Query for testing.
+// NewTestQuery injects special behaviour into Query for testing.
 func (ng *Engine) NewTestQuery(f func(context.Context) error) Query {
 	qry := &query{
 		q:           "test statement",
@@ -706,16 +724,16 @@ func (ng *Engine) execEvalStmt(ctx context.Context, query *query, s *parser.Eval
 			startTimestamp:           start,
 			endTimestamp:             start,
 			interval:                 1,
-			ctx:                      ctxInnerEval,
 			maxSamples:               ng.maxSamplesPerQuery,
 			logger:                   ng.logger,
 			lookbackDelta:            s.LookbackDelta,
 			samplesStats:             query.sampleStats,
 			noStepSubqueryIntervalFn: ng.noStepSubqueryIntervalFn,
+			enableDelayedNameRemoval: ng.enableDelayedNameRemoval,
 		}
 		query.sampleStats.InitStepTracking(start, start, 1)
 
-		val, warnings, err := evaluator.Eval(s.Expr)
+		val, warnings, err := evaluator.Eval(ctxInnerEval, s.Expr)
 
 		evalSpanTimer.Finish()
 
@@ -743,9 +761,9 @@ func (ng *Engine) execEvalStmt(ctx context.Context, query *query, s *parser.Eval
 				// Point might have a different timestamp, force it to the evaluation
 				// timestamp as that is when we ran the evaluation.
 				if len(s.Histograms) > 0 {
-					vector[i] = Sample{Metric: s.Metric, H: s.Histograms[0].H, T: start}
+					vector[i] = Sample{Metric: s.Metric, H: s.Histograms[0].H, T: start, DropName: s.DropName}
 				} else {
-					vector[i] = Sample{Metric: s.Metric, F: s.Floats[0].F, T: start}
+					vector[i] = Sample{Metric: s.Metric, F: s.Floats[0].F, T: start, DropName: s.DropName}
 				}
 			}
 			return vector, warnings, nil
@@ -764,15 +782,15 @@ func (ng *Engine) execEvalStmt(ctx context.Context, query *query, s *parser.Eval
 		startTimestamp:           timeMilliseconds(s.Start),
 		endTimestamp:             timeMilliseconds(s.End),
 		interval:                 durationMilliseconds(s.Interval),
-		ctx:                      ctxInnerEval,
 		maxSamples:               ng.maxSamplesPerQuery,
 		logger:                   ng.logger,
 		lookbackDelta:            s.LookbackDelta,
 		samplesStats:             query.sampleStats,
 		noStepSubqueryIntervalFn: ng.noStepSubqueryIntervalFn,
+		enableDelayedNameRemoval: ng.enableDelayedNameRemoval,
 	}
 	query.sampleStats.InitStepTracking(evaluator.startTimestamp, evaluator.endTimestamp, evaluator.interval)
-	val, warnings, err := evaluator.Eval(s.Expr)
+	val, warnings, err := evaluator.Eval(ctxInnerEval, s.Expr)
 
 	evalSpanTimer.Finish()
 
@@ -990,6 +1008,8 @@ func checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ctx context.Context, expr parser.Expr) (annotations
 		if e.Series != nil {
 			return nil, nil
 		}
+		span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)
+		span.AddEvent("expand start", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("selector", e.String())))
 		series, ws, err := expandSeriesSet(ctx, e.UnexpandedSeriesSet)
 		if e.SkipHistogramBuckets {
 			for i := range series {
@@ -997,6 +1017,7 @@ func checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ctx context.Context, expr parser.Expr) (annotations
 			}
 		}
 		e.Series = series
+		span.AddEvent("expand end", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.Int("num_series", len(series))))
 		return ws, err
 	}
 	return nil, nil
@@ -1026,8 +1047,6 @@ func (e errWithWarnings) Error() string { return e.err.Error() }
 // querier and reports errors. On timeout or cancellation of its context it
 // terminates.
 type evaluator struct {
-	ctx context.Context
-
 	startTimestamp int64 // Start time in milliseconds.
 	endTimestamp   int64 // End time in milliseconds.
 	interval       int64 // Interval in milliseconds.
@@ -1038,6 +1057,7 @@ type evaluator struct {
 	lookbackDelta            time.Duration
 	samplesStats             *stats.QuerySamples
 	noStepSubqueryIntervalFn func(rangeMillis int64) int64
+	enableDelayedNameRemoval bool
 }
 
 // errorf causes a panic with the input formatted into an error.
@@ -1075,10 +1095,13 @@ func (ev *evaluator) recover(expr parser.Expr, ws *annotations.Annotations, errp
 	}
 }
 
-func (ev *evaluator) Eval(expr parser.Expr) (v parser.Value, ws annotations.Annotations, err error) {
+func (ev *evaluator) Eval(ctx context.Context, expr parser.Expr) (v parser.Value, ws annotations.Annotations, err error) {
 	defer ev.recover(expr, &ws, &err)
 
-	v, ws = ev.eval(expr)
+	v, ws = ev.eval(ctx, expr)
+	if ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+		ev.cleanupMetricLabels(v)
+	}
 	return v, ws, nil
 }
 
@@ -1107,6 +1130,9 @@ type EvalNodeHelper struct {
 	rightSigs    map[string]Sample
 	matchedSigs  map[string]map[uint64]struct{}
 	resultMetric map[string]labels.Labels
+
+	// Additional options for the evaluation.
+	enableDelayedNameRemoval bool
 }
 
 func (enh *EvalNodeHelper) resetBuilder(lbls labels.Labels) {
@@ -1123,7 +1149,7 @@ func (enh *EvalNodeHelper) resetBuilder(lbls labels.Labels) {
 // function call results.
 // The prepSeries function (if provided) can be used to prepare the helper
 // for each series, then passed to each call funcCall.
-func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper), funcCall func([]parser.Value, [][]EvalSeriesHelper, *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations), exprs ...parser.Expr) (Matrix, annotations.Annotations) {
+func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(ctx context.Context, prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper), funcCall func([]parser.Value, [][]EvalSeriesHelper, *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations), exprs ...parser.Expr) (Matrix, annotations.Annotations) {
 	numSteps := int((ev.endTimestamp-ev.startTimestamp)/ev.interval) + 1
 	matrixes := make([]Matrix, len(exprs))
 	origMatrixes := make([]Matrix, len(exprs))
@@ -1134,7 +1160,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper)
 		// Functions will take string arguments from the expressions, not the values.
 		if e != nil && e.Type() != parser.ValueTypeString {
 			// ev.currentSamples will be updated to the correct value within the ev.eval call.
-			val, ws := ev.eval(e)
+			val, ws := ev.eval(ctx, e)
 			warnings.Merge(ws)
 			matrixes[i] = val.(Matrix)
 
@@ -1156,7 +1182,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper)
 			biggestLen = len(matrixes[i])
 		}
 	}
-	enh := &EvalNodeHelper{Out: make(Vector, 0, biggestLen)}
+	enh := &EvalNodeHelper{Out: make(Vector, 0, biggestLen), enableDelayedNameRemoval: ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval}
 	type seriesAndTimestamp struct {
 		Series
 		ts int64
@@ -1186,7 +1212,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper)
 	}
 
 	for ts := ev.startTimestamp; ts <= ev.endTimestamp; ts += ev.interval {
-		if err := contextDone(ev.ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
+		if err := contextDone(ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
 			ev.error(err)
 		}
 		// Reset number of samples in memory after each timestamp.
@@ -1202,12 +1228,12 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper)
 			for si, series := range matrixes[i] {
 				switch {
 				case len(series.Floats) > 0 && series.Floats[0].T == ts:
-					vectors[i] = append(vectors[i], Sample{Metric: series.Metric, F: series.Floats[0].F, T: ts})
+					vectors[i] = append(vectors[i], Sample{Metric: series.Metric, F: series.Floats[0].F, T: ts, DropName: series.DropName})
 					// Move input vectors forward so we don't have to re-scan the same
 					// past points at the next step.
 					matrixes[i][si].Floats = series.Floats[1:]
 				case len(series.Histograms) > 0 && series.Histograms[0].T == ts:
-					vectors[i] = append(vectors[i], Sample{Metric: series.Metric, H: series.Histograms[0].H, T: ts})
+					vectors[i] = append(vectors[i], Sample{Metric: series.Metric, H: series.Histograms[0].H, T: ts, DropName: series.DropName})
 					matrixes[i][si].Histograms = series.Histograms[1:]
 				default:
 					continue
@@ -1246,15 +1272,15 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper)
 
 		// If this could be an instant query, shortcut so as not to change sort order.
 		if ev.endTimestamp == ev.startTimestamp {
-			if result.ContainsSameLabelset() {
+			if !ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval && result.ContainsSameLabelset() {
 				ev.errorf("vector cannot contain metrics with the same labelset")
 			}
 			mat := make(Matrix, len(result))
 			for i, s := range result {
 				if s.H == nil {
-					mat[i] = Series{Metric: s.Metric, Floats: []FPoint{{T: ts, F: s.F}}}
+					mat[i] = Series{Metric: s.Metric, Floats: []FPoint{{T: ts, F: s.F}}, DropName: s.DropName}
 				} else {
-					mat[i] = Series{Metric: s.Metric, Histograms: []HPoint{{T: ts, H: s.H}}}
+					mat[i] = Series{Metric: s.Metric, Histograms: []HPoint{{T: ts, H: s.H}}, DropName: s.DropName}
 				}
 			}
 			ev.currentSamples = originalNumSamples + mat.TotalSamples()
@@ -1272,7 +1298,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper)
 				}
 				ss.ts = ts
 			} else {
-				ss = seriesAndTimestamp{Series{Metric: sample.Metric}, ts}
+				ss = seriesAndTimestamp{Series{Metric: sample.Metric, DropName: sample.DropName}, ts}
 			}
 			addToSeries(&ss.Series, enh.Ts, sample.F, sample.H, numSteps)
 			seriess[h] = ss
@@ -1296,7 +1322,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEval(prepSeries func(labels.Labels, *EvalSeriesHelper)
 	return mat, warnings
 }
 
-func (ev *evaluator) rangeEvalAgg(aggExpr *parser.AggregateExpr, sortedGrouping []string, inputMatrix Matrix, param float64) (Matrix, annotations.Annotations) {
+func (ev *evaluator) rangeEvalAgg(ctx context.Context, aggExpr *parser.AggregateExpr, sortedGrouping []string, inputMatrix Matrix, param float64) (Matrix, annotations.Annotations) {
 	// Keep a copy of the original point slice so that it can be returned to the pool.
 	origMatrix := slices.Clone(inputMatrix)
 	defer func() {
@@ -1308,7 +1334,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEvalAgg(aggExpr *parser.AggregateExpr, sortedGrouping
 
 	var warnings annotations.Annotations
 
-	enh := &EvalNodeHelper{}
+	enh := &EvalNodeHelper{enableDelayedNameRemoval: ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval}
 	tempNumSamples := ev.currentSamples
 
 	// Create a mapping from input series to output groups.
@@ -1376,7 +1402,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEvalAgg(aggExpr *parser.AggregateExpr, sortedGrouping
 	}
 
 	for ts := ev.startTimestamp; ts <= ev.endTimestamp; ts += ev.interval {
-		if err := contextDone(ev.ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
+		if err := contextDone(ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
 			ev.error(err)
 		}
 		// Reset number of samples in memory after each timestamp.
@@ -1427,11 +1453,11 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEvalAgg(aggExpr *parser.AggregateExpr, sortedGrouping
 
 // evalSubquery evaluates given SubqueryExpr and returns an equivalent
 // evaluated MatrixSelector in its place. Note that the Name and LabelMatchers are not set.
-func (ev *evaluator) evalSubquery(subq *parser.SubqueryExpr) (*parser.MatrixSelector, int, annotations.Annotations) {
+func (ev *evaluator) evalSubquery(ctx context.Context, subq *parser.SubqueryExpr) (*parser.MatrixSelector, int, annotations.Annotations) {
 	samplesStats := ev.samplesStats
 	// Avoid double counting samples when running a subquery, those samples will be counted in later stage.
 	ev.samplesStats = ev.samplesStats.NewChild()
-	val, ws := ev.eval(subq)
+	val, ws := ev.eval(ctx, subq)
 	// But do incorporate the peak from the subquery
 	samplesStats.UpdatePeakFromSubquery(ev.samplesStats)
 	ev.samplesStats = samplesStats
@@ -1458,18 +1484,20 @@ func (ev *evaluator) evalSubquery(subq *parser.SubqueryExpr) (*parser.MatrixSele
 }
 
 // eval evaluates the given expression as the given AST expression node requires.
-func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotations) {
+func (ev *evaluator) eval(ctx context.Context, expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotations) {
 	// This is the top-level evaluation method.
 	// Thus, we check for timeout/cancellation here.
-	if err := contextDone(ev.ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
+	if err := contextDone(ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
 		ev.error(err)
 	}
 	numSteps := int((ev.endTimestamp-ev.startTimestamp)/ev.interval) + 1
 
 	// Create a new span to help investigate inner evaluation performances.
-	ctxWithSpan, span := otel.Tracer("").Start(ev.ctx, stats.InnerEvalTime.SpanOperation()+" eval "+reflect.TypeOf(expr).String())
-	ev.ctx = ctxWithSpan
+	ctx, span := otel.Tracer("").Start(ctx, stats.InnerEvalTime.SpanOperation()+" eval "+reflect.TypeOf(expr).String())
 	defer span.End()
+	if ss, ok := expr.(interface{ ShortString() string }); ok {
+		span.SetAttributes(attribute.String("operation", ss.ShortString()))
+	}
 
 	switch e := expr.(type) {
 	case *parser.AggregateExpr:
@@ -1490,7 +1518,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 				sortedGrouping = append(sortedGrouping, valueLabel.Val)
 				slices.Sort(sortedGrouping)
 			}
-			return ev.rangeEval(nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+			return ev.rangeEval(ctx, nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 				return ev.aggregationCountValues(e, sortedGrouping, valueLabel.Val, v[0].(Vector), enh)
 			}, e.Expr)
 		}
@@ -1500,16 +1528,16 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 		// param is the number k for topk/bottomk, or q for quantile.
 		var fParam float64
 		if param != nil {
-			val, ws := ev.eval(param)
+			val, ws := ev.eval(ctx, param)
 			warnings.Merge(ws)
 			fParam = val.(Matrix)[0].Floats[0].F
 		}
 		// Now fetch the data to be aggregated.
-		val, ws := ev.eval(e.Expr)
+		val, ws := ev.eval(ctx, e.Expr)
 		warnings.Merge(ws)
 		inputMatrix := val.(Matrix)
 
-		result, ws := ev.rangeEvalAgg(e, sortedGrouping, inputMatrix, fParam)
+		result, ws := ev.rangeEvalAgg(ctx, e, sortedGrouping, inputMatrix, fParam)
 		warnings.Merge(ws)
 		ev.currentSamples = originalNumSamples + result.TotalSamples()
 		ev.samplesStats.UpdatePeak(ev.currentSamples)
@@ -1527,7 +1555,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 			unwrapParenExpr(&arg)
 			vs, ok := arg.(*parser.VectorSelector)
 			if ok {
-				return ev.rangeEvalTimestampFunctionOverVectorSelector(vs, call, e)
+				return ev.rangeEvalTimestampFunctionOverVectorSelector(ctx, vs, call, e)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1551,7 +1579,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 				matrixArgIndex = i
 				matrixArg = true
 				// Replacing parser.SubqueryExpr with parser.MatrixSelector.
-				val, totalSamples, ws := ev.evalSubquery(subq)
+				val, totalSamples, ws := ev.evalSubquery(ctx, subq)
 				e.Args[i] = val
 				warnings.Merge(ws)
 				defer func() {
@@ -1566,14 +1594,14 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 		// Special handling for functions that work on series not samples.
 		switch e.Func.Name {
 		case "label_replace":
-			return ev.evalLabelReplace(e.Args)
+			return ev.evalLabelReplace(ctx, e.Args)
 		case "label_join":
-			return ev.evalLabelJoin(e.Args)
+			return ev.evalLabelJoin(ctx, e.Args)
 		}
 
 		if !matrixArg {
 			// Does not have a matrix argument.
-			return ev.rangeEval(nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+			return ev.rangeEval(ctx, nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 				vec, annos := call(v, e.Args, enh)
 				return vec, warnings.Merge(annos)
 			}, e.Args...)
@@ -1585,7 +1613,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 		otherInArgs := make([]Vector, len(e.Args))
 		for i, e := range e.Args {
 			if i != matrixArgIndex {
-				val, ws := ev.eval(e)
+				val, ws := ev.eval(ctx, e)
 				otherArgs[i] = val.(Matrix)
 				otherInArgs[i] = Vector{Sample{}}
 				inArgs[i] = otherInArgs[i]
@@ -1599,7 +1627,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 		sel := arg.(*parser.MatrixSelector)
 		selVS := sel.VectorSelector.(*parser.VectorSelector)
 
-		ws, err := checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ev.ctx, sel)
+		ws, err := checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ctx, sel)
 		warnings.Merge(ws)
 		if err != nil {
 			ev.error(errWithWarnings{fmt.Errorf("expanding series: %w", err), warnings})
@@ -1617,12 +1645,19 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 		var prevSS *Series
 		inMatrix := make(Matrix, 1)
 		inArgs[matrixArgIndex] = inMatrix
-		enh := &EvalNodeHelper{Out: make(Vector, 0, 1)}
+		enh := &EvalNodeHelper{Out: make(Vector, 0, 1), enableDelayedNameRemoval: ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval}
 		// Process all the calls for one time series at a time.
 		it := storage.NewBuffer(selRange)
 		var chkIter chunkenc.Iterator
+
+		// The last_over_time function acts like offset; thus, it
+		// should keep the metric name.  For all the other range
+		// vector functions, the only change needed is to drop the
+		// metric name in the output.
+		dropName := e.Func.Name != "last_over_time"
+
 		for i, s := range selVS.Series {
-			if err := contextDone(ev.ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
+			if err := contextDone(ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
 				ev.error(err)
 			}
 			ev.currentSamples -= len(floats) + totalHPointSize(histograms)
@@ -1635,15 +1670,12 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 			chkIter = s.Iterator(chkIter)
 			it.Reset(chkIter)
 			metric := selVS.Series[i].Labels()
-			// The last_over_time function acts like offset; thus, it
-			// should keep the metric name.  For all the other range
-			// vector functions, the only change needed is to drop the
-			// metric name in the output.
-			if e.Func.Name != "last_over_time" {
+			if !ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval && dropName {
 				metric = metric.DropMetricName()
 			}
 			ss := Series{
-				Metric: metric,
+				Metric:   metric,
+				DropName: dropName,
 			}
 			inMatrix[0].Metric = selVS.Series[i].Labels()
 			for ts, step := ev.startTimestamp, -1; ts <= ev.endTimestamp; ts += ev.interval {
@@ -1758,32 +1790,35 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 
 			return Matrix{
 				Series{
-					Metric: createLabelsForAbsentFunction(e.Args[0]),
-					Floats: newp,
+					Metric:   createLabelsForAbsentFunction(e.Args[0]),
+					Floats:   newp,
+					DropName: dropName,
 				},
 			}, warnings
 		}
 
-		if mat.ContainsSameLabelset() {
+		if !ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval && mat.ContainsSameLabelset() {
 			ev.errorf("vector cannot contain metrics with the same labelset")
 		}
-
 		return mat, warnings
 
 	case *parser.ParenExpr:
-		return ev.eval(e.Expr)
+		return ev.eval(ctx, e.Expr)
 
 	case *parser.UnaryExpr:
-		val, ws := ev.eval(e.Expr)
+		val, ws := ev.eval(ctx, e.Expr)
 		mat := val.(Matrix)
 		if e.Op == parser.SUB {
 			for i := range mat {
-				mat[i].Metric = mat[i].Metric.DropMetricName()
+				if !ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+					mat[i].Metric = mat[i].Metric.DropMetricName()
+				}
+				mat[i].DropName = true
 				for j := range mat[i].Floats {
 					mat[i].Floats[j].F = -mat[i].Floats[j].F
 				}
 			}
-			if mat.ContainsSameLabelset() {
+			if !ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval && mat.ContainsSameLabelset() {
 				ev.errorf("vector cannot contain metrics with the same labelset")
 			}
 		}
@@ -1792,7 +1827,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 	case *parser.BinaryExpr:
 		switch lt, rt := e.LHS.Type(), e.RHS.Type(); {
 		case lt == parser.ValueTypeScalar && rt == parser.ValueTypeScalar:
-			return ev.rangeEval(nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+			return ev.rangeEval(ctx, nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 				val := scalarBinop(e.Op, v[0].(Vector)[0].F, v[1].(Vector)[0].F)
 				return append(enh.Out, Sample{F: val}), nil
 			}, e.LHS, e.RHS)
@@ -1805,47 +1840,49 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 			}
 			switch e.Op {
 			case parser.LAND:
-				return ev.rangeEval(initSignatures, func(v []parser.Value, sh [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+				return ev.rangeEval(ctx, initSignatures, func(v []parser.Value, sh [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 					return ev.VectorAnd(v[0].(Vector), v[1].(Vector), e.VectorMatching, sh[0], sh[1], enh), nil
 				}, e.LHS, e.RHS)
 			case parser.LOR:
-				return ev.rangeEval(initSignatures, func(v []parser.Value, sh [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+				return ev.rangeEval(ctx, initSignatures, func(v []parser.Value, sh [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 					return ev.VectorOr(v[0].(Vector), v[1].(Vector), e.VectorMatching, sh[0], sh[1], enh), nil
 				}, e.LHS, e.RHS)
 			case parser.LUNLESS:
-				return ev.rangeEval(initSignatures, func(v []parser.Value, sh [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+				return ev.rangeEval(ctx, initSignatures, func(v []parser.Value, sh [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 					return ev.VectorUnless(v[0].(Vector), v[1].(Vector), e.VectorMatching, sh[0], sh[1], enh), nil
 				}, e.LHS, e.RHS)
 			default:
-				return ev.rangeEval(initSignatures, func(v []parser.Value, sh [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+				return ev.rangeEval(ctx, initSignatures, func(v []parser.Value, sh [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 					vec, err := ev.VectorBinop(e.Op, v[0].(Vector), v[1].(Vector), e.VectorMatching, e.ReturnBool, sh[0], sh[1], enh)
 					return vec, handleVectorBinopError(err, e)
 				}, e.LHS, e.RHS)
 			}
 
 		case lt == parser.ValueTypeVector && rt == parser.ValueTypeScalar:
-			return ev.rangeEval(nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+			return ev.rangeEval(ctx, nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 				vec, err := ev.VectorscalarBinop(e.Op, v[0].(Vector), Scalar{V: v[1].(Vector)[0].F}, false, e.ReturnBool, enh)
 				return vec, handleVectorBinopError(err, e)
 			}, e.LHS, e.RHS)
 
 		case lt == parser.ValueTypeScalar && rt == parser.ValueTypeVector:
-			return ev.rangeEval(nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+			return ev.rangeEval(ctx, nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 				vec, err := ev.VectorscalarBinop(e.Op, v[1].(Vector), Scalar{V: v[0].(Vector)[0].F}, true, e.ReturnBool, enh)
 				return vec, handleVectorBinopError(err, e)
 			}, e.LHS, e.RHS)
 		}
 
 	case *parser.NumberLiteral:
-		return ev.rangeEval(nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+		span.SetAttributes(attribute.Float64("value", e.Val))
+		return ev.rangeEval(ctx, nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 			return append(enh.Out, Sample{F: e.Val, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}), nil
 		})
 
 	case *parser.StringLiteral:
+		span.SetAttributes(attribute.String("value", e.Val))
 		return String{V: e.Val, T: ev.startTimestamp}, nil
 
 	case *parser.VectorSelector:
-		ws, err := checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ev.ctx, e)
+		ws, err := checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ctx, e)
 		if err != nil {
 			ev.error(errWithWarnings{fmt.Errorf("expanding series: %w", err), ws})
 		}
@@ -1854,7 +1891,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 		it := storage.NewMemoizedEmptyIterator(durationMilliseconds(ev.lookbackDelta))
 		var chkIter chunkenc.Iterator
 		for i, s := range e.Series {
-			if err := contextDone(ev.ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
+			if err := contextDone(ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
 				ev.error(err)
 			}
 			chkIter = s.Iterator(chkIter)
@@ -1905,20 +1942,20 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 		if ev.startTimestamp != ev.endTimestamp {
 			panic(errors.New("cannot do range evaluation of matrix selector"))
 		}
-		return ev.matrixSelector(e)
+		return ev.matrixSelector(ctx, e)
 
 	case *parser.SubqueryExpr:
 		offsetMillis := durationMilliseconds(e.Offset)
 		rangeMillis := durationMilliseconds(e.Range)
 		newEv := &evaluator{
 			endTimestamp:             ev.endTimestamp - offsetMillis,
-			ctx:                      ev.ctx,
 			currentSamples:           ev.currentSamples,
 			maxSamples:               ev.maxSamples,
 			logger:                   ev.logger,
 			lookbackDelta:            ev.lookbackDelta,
 			samplesStats:             ev.samplesStats.NewChild(),
 			noStepSubqueryIntervalFn: ev.noStepSubqueryIntervalFn,
+			enableDelayedNameRemoval: ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval,
 		}
 
 		if e.Step != 0 {
@@ -1941,7 +1978,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 			setOffsetForAtModifier(newEv.startTimestamp, e.Expr)
 		}
 
-		res, ws := newEv.eval(e.Expr)
+		res, ws := newEv.eval(ctx, e.Expr)
 		ev.currentSamples = newEv.currentSamples
 		ev.samplesStats.UpdatePeakFromSubquery(newEv.samplesStats)
 		ev.samplesStats.IncrementSamplesAtTimestamp(ev.endTimestamp, newEv.samplesStats.TotalSamples)
@@ -1949,22 +1986,22 @@ func (ev *evaluator) eval(expr parser.Expr) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotatio
 	case *parser.StepInvariantExpr:
 		switch ce := e.Expr.(type) {
 		case *parser.StringLiteral, *parser.NumberLiteral:
-			return ev.eval(ce)
+			return ev.eval(ctx, ce)
 		}
 
 		newEv := &evaluator{
 			startTimestamp:           ev.startTimestamp,
 			endTimestamp:             ev.startTimestamp, // Always a single evaluation.
 			interval:                 ev.interval,
-			ctx:                      ev.ctx,
 			currentSamples:           ev.currentSamples,
 			maxSamples:               ev.maxSamples,
 			logger:                   ev.logger,
 			lookbackDelta:            ev.lookbackDelta,
 			samplesStats:             ev.samplesStats.NewChild(),
 			noStepSubqueryIntervalFn: ev.noStepSubqueryIntervalFn,
+			enableDelayedNameRemoval: ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval,
 		}
-		res, ws := newEv.eval(e.Expr)
+		res, ws := newEv.eval(ctx, e.Expr)
 		ev.currentSamples = newEv.currentSamples
 		ev.samplesStats.UpdatePeakFromSubquery(newEv.samplesStats)
 		for ts, step := ev.startTimestamp, -1; ts <= ev.endTimestamp; ts += ev.interval {
@@ -2040,8 +2077,8 @@ func reuseOrGetFPointSlices(prevSS *Series, numSteps int) (r []FPoint) {
 	return getFPointSlice(numSteps)
 }
 
-func (ev *evaluator) rangeEvalTimestampFunctionOverVectorSelector(vs *parser.VectorSelector, call FunctionCall, e *parser.Call) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotations) {
-	ws, err := checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ev.ctx, vs)
+func (ev *evaluator) rangeEvalTimestampFunctionOverVectorSelector(ctx context.Context, vs *parser.VectorSelector, call FunctionCall, e *parser.Call) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotations) {
+	ws, err := checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ctx, vs)
 	if err != nil {
 		ev.error(errWithWarnings{fmt.Errorf("expanding series: %w", err), ws})
 	}
@@ -2052,7 +2089,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) rangeEvalTimestampFunctionOverVectorSelector(vs *parser.Vec
 		seriesIterators[i] = storage.NewMemoizedIterator(it, durationMilliseconds(ev.lookbackDelta)-1)
 	}
 
-	return ev.rangeEval(nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
+	return ev.rangeEval(ctx, nil, func(v []parser.Value, _ [][]EvalSeriesHelper, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 		if vs.Timestamp != nil {
 			// This is a special case for "timestamp()" when the @ modifier is used, to ensure that
 			// we return a point for each time step in this case.
@@ -2188,7 +2225,7 @@ func putMatrixSelectorHPointSlice(p []HPoint) {
 }
 
 // matrixSelector evaluates a *parser.MatrixSelector expression.
-func (ev *evaluator) matrixSelector(node *parser.MatrixSelector) (Matrix, annotations.Annotations) {
+func (ev *evaluator) matrixSelector(ctx context.Context, node *parser.MatrixSelector) (Matrix, annotations.Annotations) {
 	var (
 		vs = node.VectorSelector.(*parser.VectorSelector)
 
@@ -2199,7 +2236,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) matrixSelector(node *parser.MatrixSelector) (Matrix, annota
 
 		it = storage.NewBuffer(durationMilliseconds(node.Range))
 	)
-	ws, err := checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ev.ctx, node)
+	ws, err := checkAndExpandSeriesSet(ctx, node)
 	if err != nil {
 		ev.error(errWithWarnings{fmt.Errorf("expanding series: %w", err), ws})
 	}
@@ -2207,7 +2244,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) matrixSelector(node *parser.MatrixSelector) (Matrix, annota
 	var chkIter chunkenc.Iterator
 	series := vs.Series
 	for i, s := range series {
-		if err := contextDone(ev.ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
+		if err := contextDone(ctx, "expression evaluation"); err != nil {
 			ev.error(err)
 		}
 		chkIter = s.Iterator(chkIter)
@@ -2559,7 +2596,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) VectorBinop(op parser.ItemType, lhs, rhs Vector, matching *
 			continue
 		}
 		metric := resultMetric(ls.Metric, rs.Metric, op, matching, enh)
-		if returnBool {
+		if !ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval && returnBool {
 			metric = metric.DropMetricName()
 		}
 		insertedSigs, exists := matchedSigs[sig]
@@ -2584,9 +2621,10 @@ func (ev *evaluator) VectorBinop(op parser.ItemType, lhs, rhs Vector, matching *
 		}
 
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: metric,
-			F:      floatValue,
-			H:      histogramValue,
+			Metric:   metric,
+			F:        floatValue,
+			H:        histogramValue,
+			DropName: returnBool,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, lastErr
@@ -2686,7 +2724,10 @@ func (ev *evaluator) VectorscalarBinop(op parser.ItemType, lhs Vector, rhs Scala
 			lhsSample.F = float
 			lhsSample.H = histogram
 			if shouldDropMetricName(op) || returnBool {
-				lhsSample.Metric = lhsSample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+				if !ev.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+					lhsSample.Metric = lhsSample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+				}
+				lhsSample.DropName = true
 			}
 			enh.Out = append(enh.Out, lhsSample)
 		}
@@ -3025,6 +3066,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) aggregation(e *parser.AggregateExpr, q float64, inputMatrix
 
 		ss := &outputMatrix[ri]
 		addToSeries(ss, enh.Ts, aggr.floatValue, aggr.histogramValue, numSteps)
+		ss.DropName = inputMatrix[ri].DropName
 	}
 
 	return annos
@@ -3051,7 +3093,7 @@ seriesLoop:
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
-		s = Sample{Metric: inputMatrix[si].Metric, F: f}
+		s = Sample{Metric: inputMatrix[si].Metric, F: f, DropName: inputMatrix[si].DropName}
 
 		group := &groups[seriesToResult[si]]
 		// Initialize this group if it's the first time we've seen it.
@@ -3135,16 +3177,16 @@ seriesLoop:
 		mat = make(Matrix, 0, len(groups))
 	}
 
-	add := func(lbls labels.Labels, f float64) {
+	add := func(lbls labels.Labels, f float64, dropName bool) {
 		// If this could be an instant query, add directly to the matrix so the result is in consistent order.
 		if ev.endTimestamp == ev.startTimestamp {
-			mat = append(mat, Series{Metric: lbls, Floats: []FPoint{{T: enh.Ts, F: f}}})
+			mat = append(mat, Series{Metric: lbls, Floats: []FPoint{{T: enh.Ts, F: f}}, DropName: dropName})
 		} else {
 			// Otherwise the results are added into seriess elements.
 			hash := lbls.Hash()
 			ss, ok := seriess[hash]
 			if !ok {
-				ss = Series{Metric: lbls}
+				ss = Series{Metric: lbls, DropName: dropName}
 			}
 			addToSeries(&ss, enh.Ts, f, nil, numSteps)
 			seriess[hash] = ss
@@ -3161,7 +3203,7 @@ seriesLoop:
 				sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(aggr.heap))
 			}
 			for _, v := range aggr.heap {
-				add(v.Metric, v.F)
+				add(v.Metric, v.F, v.DropName)
 			}
 
 		case parser.BOTTOMK:
@@ -3170,12 +3212,12 @@ seriesLoop:
 				sort.Sort(sort.Reverse((*vectorByReverseValueHeap)(&aggr.heap)))
 			}
 			for _, v := range aggr.heap {
-				add(v.Metric, v.F)
+				add(v.Metric, v.F, v.DropName)
 			}
 
 		case parser.LIMITK, parser.LIMIT_RATIO:
 			for _, v := range aggr.heap {
-				add(v.Metric, v.F)
+				add(v.Metric, v.F, v.DropName)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -3227,6 +3269,30 @@ func (ev *evaluator) aggregationCountValues(e *parser.AggregateExpr, grouping []
 	return enh.Out, nil
 }
 
+func (ev *evaluator) cleanupMetricLabels(v parser.Value) {
+	if v.Type() == parser.ValueTypeMatrix {
+		mat := v.(Matrix)
+		for i := range mat {
+			if mat[i].DropName {
+				mat[i].Metric = mat[i].Metric.DropMetricName()
+			}
+		}
+		if mat.ContainsSameLabelset() {
+			ev.errorf("vector cannot contain metrics with the same labelset")
+		}
+	} else if v.Type() == parser.ValueTypeVector {
+		vec := v.(Vector)
+		for i := range vec {
+			if vec[i].DropName {
+				vec[i].Metric = vec[i].Metric.DropMetricName()
+			}
+		}
+		if vec.ContainsSameLabelset() {
+			ev.errorf("vector cannot contain metrics with the same labelset")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func addToSeries(ss *Series, ts int64, f float64, h *histogram.FloatHistogram, numSteps int) {
 	if h == nil {
 		if ss.Floats == nil {
@@ -3537,14 +3603,14 @@ func makeInt64Pointer(val int64) *int64 {
 	return valp
 }
 
-// Add RatioSampler interface to allow unit-testing (previously: Randomizer).
+// RatioSampler allows unit-testing (previously: Randomizer).
 type RatioSampler interface {
 	// Return this sample "offset" between [0.0, 1.0]
 	sampleOffset(ts int64, sample *Sample) float64
 	AddRatioSample(r float64, sample *Sample) bool
 }
 
-// Use Hash(labels.String()) / maxUint64 as a "deterministic"
+// HashRatioSampler uses Hash(labels.String()) / maxUint64 as a "deterministic"
 // value in [0.0, 1.0].
 type HashRatioSampler struct{}
 
diff --git a/promql/functions.go b/promql/functions.go
index 2af06c174e4..8141d2a9e64 100644
--- a/promql/functions.go
+++ b/promql/functions.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package promql
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
@@ -406,17 +407,22 @@ func funcSortDesc(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHel
 
 // === sort_by_label(vector parser.ValueTypeVector, label parser.ValueTypeString...) (Vector, Annotations) ===
 func funcSortByLabel(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
-	// In case the labels are the same, NaN should sort to the bottom, so take
-	// ascending sort with NaN first and reverse it.
-	var anno annotations.Annotations
-	vals[0], anno = funcSort(vals, args, enh)
+	// First, sort by the full label set. This ensures a consistent ordering in case sorting by the
+	// labels provided as arguments is not conclusive.
+	slices.SortFunc(vals[0].(Vector), func(a, b Sample) int {
+		return labels.Compare(a.Metric, b.Metric)
+	})
+
 	labels := stringSliceFromArgs(args[1:])
+	// Next, sort by the labels provided as arguments.
 	slices.SortFunc(vals[0].(Vector), func(a, b Sample) int {
-		// Iterate over each given label
+		// Iterate over each given label.
 		for _, label := range labels {
 			lv1 := a.Metric.Get(label)
 			lv2 := b.Metric.Get(label)
 
+			// If we encounter multiple samples with the same label values, the sorting which was
+			// performed in the first step will act as a "tie breaker".
 			if lv1 == lv2 {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -431,22 +437,27 @@ func funcSortByLabel(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNode
 		return 0
 	})
 
-	return vals[0].(Vector), anno
+	return vals[0].(Vector), nil
 }
 
 // === sort_by_label_desc(vector parser.ValueTypeVector, label parser.ValueTypeString...) (Vector, Annotations) ===
 func funcSortByLabelDesc(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
-	// In case the labels are the same, NaN should sort to the bottom, so take
-	// ascending sort with NaN first and reverse it.
-	var anno annotations.Annotations
-	vals[0], anno = funcSortDesc(vals, args, enh)
+	// First, sort by the full label set. This ensures a consistent ordering in case sorting by the
+	// labels provided as arguments is not conclusive.
+	slices.SortFunc(vals[0].(Vector), func(a, b Sample) int {
+		return labels.Compare(b.Metric, a.Metric)
+	})
+
 	labels := stringSliceFromArgs(args[1:])
+	// Next, sort by the labels provided as arguments.
 	slices.SortFunc(vals[0].(Vector), func(a, b Sample) int {
-		// Iterate over each given label
+		// Iterate over each given label.
 		for _, label := range labels {
 			lv1 := a.Metric.Get(label)
 			lv2 := b.Metric.Get(label)
 
+			// If we encounter multiple samples with the same label values, the sorting which was
+			// performed in the first step will act as a "tie breaker".
 			if lv1 == lv2 {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -461,7 +472,7 @@ func funcSortByLabelDesc(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *Eval
 		return 0
 	})
 
-	return vals[0].(Vector), anno
+	return vals[0].(Vector), nil
 }
 
 // === clamp(Vector parser.ValueTypeVector, min, max Scalar) (Vector, Annotations) ===
@@ -473,9 +484,13 @@ func funcClamp(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHelper
 		return enh.Out, nil
 	}
 	for _, el := range vec {
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			el.Metric = el.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: el.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      math.Max(minVal, math.Min(maxVal, el.F)),
+			Metric:   el.Metric,
+			F:        math.Max(minVal, math.Min(maxVal, el.F)),
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -486,9 +501,13 @@ func funcClampMax(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHel
 	vec := vals[0].(Vector)
 	maxVal := vals[1].(Vector)[0].F
 	for _, el := range vec {
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			el.Metric = el.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: el.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      math.Min(maxVal, el.F),
+			Metric:   el.Metric,
+			F:        math.Min(maxVal, el.F),
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -499,9 +518,13 @@ func funcClampMin(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHel
 	vec := vals[0].(Vector)
 	minVal := vals[1].(Vector)[0].F
 	for _, el := range vec {
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			el.Metric = el.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: el.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      math.Max(minVal, el.F),
+			Metric:   el.Metric,
+			F:        math.Max(minVal, el.F),
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -522,8 +545,9 @@ func funcRound(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHelper
 	for _, el := range vec {
 		f := math.Floor(el.F*toNearestInverse+0.5) / toNearestInverse
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: el.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      f,
+			Metric:   el.Metric,
+			F:        f,
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -872,9 +896,13 @@ func funcPresentOverTime(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *Eval
 func simpleFunc(vals []parser.Value, enh *EvalNodeHelper, f func(float64) float64) Vector {
 	for _, el := range vals[0].(Vector) {
 		if el.H == nil { // Process only float samples.
+			if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+				el.Metric = el.Metric.DropMetricName()
+			}
 			enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-				Metric: el.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-				F:      f(el.F),
+				Metric:   el.Metric,
+				F:        f(el.F),
+				DropName: true,
 			})
 		}
 	}
@@ -1018,9 +1046,13 @@ func funcSgn(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHelper)
 func funcTimestamp(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHelper) (Vector, annotations.Annotations) {
 	vec := vals[0].(Vector)
 	for _, el := range vec {
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			el.Metric = el.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: el.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      float64(el.T) / 1000,
+			Metric:   el.Metric,
+			F:        float64(el.T) / 1000,
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -1127,9 +1159,13 @@ func funcHistogramCount(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalN
 		if sample.H == nil {
 			continue
 		}
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			sample.Metric = sample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: sample.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      sample.H.Count,
+			Metric:   sample.Metric,
+			F:        sample.H.Count,
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -1144,9 +1180,13 @@ func funcHistogramSum(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNod
 		if sample.H == nil {
 			continue
 		}
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			sample.Metric = sample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: sample.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      sample.H.Sum,
+			Metric:   sample.Metric,
+			F:        sample.H.Sum,
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -1161,9 +1201,13 @@ func funcHistogramAvg(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNod
 		if sample.H == nil {
 			continue
 		}
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			sample.Metric = sample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: sample.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      sample.H.Sum / sample.H.Count,
+			Metric:   sample.Metric,
+			F:        sample.H.Sum / sample.H.Count,
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -1200,9 +1244,13 @@ func funcHistogramStdDev(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *Eval
 		}
 		variance += cVariance
 		variance /= sample.H.Count
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			sample.Metric = sample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: sample.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      math.Sqrt(variance),
+			Metric:   sample.Metric,
+			F:        math.Sqrt(variance),
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -1239,9 +1287,13 @@ func funcHistogramStdVar(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *Eval
 		}
 		variance += cVariance
 		variance /= sample.H.Count
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			sample.Metric = sample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: sample.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      variance,
+			Metric:   sample.Metric,
+			F:        variance,
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -1258,9 +1310,13 @@ func funcHistogramFraction(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *Ev
 		if sample.H == nil {
 			continue
 		}
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			sample.Metric = sample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: sample.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      histogramFraction(lower, upper, sample.H),
+			Metric:   sample.Metric,
+			F:        histogramFraction(lower, upper, sample.H),
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out, nil
@@ -1328,9 +1384,13 @@ func funcHistogramQuantile(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *Ev
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			sample.Metric = sample.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: sample.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      histogramQuantile(q, sample.H),
+			Metric:   sample.Metric,
+			F:        histogramQuantile(q, sample.H),
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -1404,7 +1464,7 @@ func funcChanges(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHelp
 }
 
 // label_replace function operates only on series; does not look at timestamps or values.
-func (ev *evaluator) evalLabelReplace(args parser.Expressions) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotations) {
+func (ev *evaluator) evalLabelReplace(ctx context.Context, args parser.Expressions) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotations) {
 	var (
 		dst      = stringFromArg(args[1])
 		repl     = stringFromArg(args[2])
@@ -1420,7 +1480,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) evalLabelReplace(args parser.Expressions) (parser.Value, an
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("invalid destination label name in label_replace(): %s", dst))
 	}
 
-	val, ws := ev.eval(args[0])
+	val, ws := ev.eval(ctx, args[0])
 	matrix := val.(Matrix)
 	lb := labels.NewBuilder(labels.EmptyLabels())
 
@@ -1432,6 +1492,11 @@ func (ev *evaluator) evalLabelReplace(args parser.Expressions) (parser.Value, an
 			lb.Reset(el.Metric)
 			lb.Set(dst, string(res))
 			matrix[i].Metric = lb.Labels()
+			if dst == model.MetricNameLabel {
+				matrix[i].DropName = false
+			} else {
+				matrix[i].DropName = el.DropName
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if matrix.ContainsSameLabelset() {
@@ -1456,7 +1521,7 @@ func funcVector(vals []parser.Value, args parser.Expressions, enh *EvalNodeHelpe
 }
 
 // label_join function operates only on series; does not look at timestamps or values.
-func (ev *evaluator) evalLabelJoin(args parser.Expressions) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotations) {
+func (ev *evaluator) evalLabelJoin(ctx context.Context, args parser.Expressions) (parser.Value, annotations.Annotations) {
 	var (
 		dst       = stringFromArg(args[1])
 		sep       = stringFromArg(args[2])
@@ -1473,7 +1538,7 @@ func (ev *evaluator) evalLabelJoin(args parser.Expressions) (parser.Value, annot
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("invalid destination label name in label_join(): %s", dst))
 	}
 
-	val, ws := ev.eval(args[0])
+	val, ws := ev.eval(ctx, args[0])
 	matrix := val.(Matrix)
 	srcVals := make([]string, len(srcLabels))
 	lb := labels.NewBuilder(labels.EmptyLabels())
@@ -1486,6 +1551,12 @@ func (ev *evaluator) evalLabelJoin(args parser.Expressions) (parser.Value, annot
 		lb.Reset(el.Metric)
 		lb.Set(dst, strval)
 		matrix[i].Metric = lb.Labels()
+
+		if dst == model.MetricNameLabel {
+			matrix[i].DropName = false
+		} else {
+			matrix[i].DropName = el.DropName
+		}
 	}
 
 	return matrix, ws
@@ -1508,9 +1579,13 @@ func dateWrapper(vals []parser.Value, enh *EvalNodeHelper, f func(time.Time) flo
 
 	for _, el := range vals[0].(Vector) {
 		t := time.Unix(int64(el.F), 0).UTC()
+		if !enh.enableDelayedNameRemoval {
+			el.Metric = el.Metric.DropMetricName()
+		}
 		enh.Out = append(enh.Out, Sample{
-			Metric: el.Metric.DropMetricName(),
-			F:      f(t),
+			Metric:   el.Metric,
+			F:        f(t),
+			DropName: true,
 		})
 	}
 	return enh.Out
diff --git a/promql/parser/ast.go b/promql/parser/ast.go
index 830e8a2c5e4..162d7817ab0 100644
--- a/promql/parser/ast.go
+++ b/promql/parser/ast.go
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ func (f inspector) Visit(node Node, path []Node) (Visitor, error) {
 // f(node, path); node must not be nil. If f returns a nil error, Inspect invokes f
 // for all the non-nil children of node, recursively.
 func Inspect(node Node, f inspector) {
-	//nolint: errcheck
-	Walk(f, node, nil)
+	Walk(f, node, nil) //nolint:errcheck
 }
 
 // Children returns a list of all child nodes of a syntax tree node.
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ func mergeRanges(first, last Node) posrange.PositionRange {
 	}
 }
 
-// Item implements the Node interface.
+// PositionRange implements the Node interface.
 // This makes it possible to call mergeRanges on them.
 func (i *Item) PositionRange() posrange.PositionRange {
 	return posrange.PositionRange{
diff --git a/promql/parser/lex.go b/promql/parser/lex.go
index 0cefa30c8f9..d031e833075 100644
--- a/promql/parser/lex.go
+++ b/promql/parser/lex.go
@@ -617,6 +617,16 @@ func lexBuckets(l *Lexer) stateFn {
 		l.bracketOpen = false
 		l.emit(RIGHT_BRACKET)
 		return lexHistogram
+	case isAlpha(r):
+		// Current word is Inf or NaN.
+		word := l.input[l.start:l.pos]
+		if desc, ok := key[strings.ToLower(word)]; ok {
+			if desc == NUMBER {
+				l.emit(desc)
+				return lexStatements
+			}
+		}
+		return lexBuckets
 	default:
 		return l.errorf("invalid character in buckets description: %q", r)
 	}
diff --git a/promql/parser/printer.go b/promql/parser/printer.go
index 5613956f7a8..63b19508276 100644
--- a/promql/parser/printer.go
+++ b/promql/parser/printer.go
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ func (node *AggregateExpr) String() string {
 	return aggrString
 }
 
+func (node *AggregateExpr) ShortString() string {
+	aggrString := node.getAggOpStr()
+	return aggrString
+}
+
 func (node *AggregateExpr) getAggOpStr() string {
 	aggrString := node.Op.String()
 
@@ -88,21 +93,27 @@ func (node *AggregateExpr) getAggOpStr() string {
 func joinLabels(ss []string) string {
 	for i, s := range ss {
 		// If the label is already quoted, don't quote it again.
-		if s[0] != '"' && s[0] != '\'' && s[0] != '`' && !model.IsValidLegacyMetricName(model.LabelValue(s)) {
+		if s[0] != '"' && s[0] != '\'' && s[0] != '`' && !model.IsValidLegacyMetricName(string(model.LabelValue(s))) {
 			ss[i] = fmt.Sprintf("\"%s\"", s)
 		}
 	}
 	return strings.Join(ss, ", ")
 }
 
-func (node *BinaryExpr) String() string {
-	returnBool := ""
+func (node *BinaryExpr) returnBool() string {
 	if node.ReturnBool {
-		returnBool = " bool"
+		return " bool"
 	}
+	return ""
+}
 
+func (node *BinaryExpr) String() string {
 	matching := node.getMatchingStr()
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s%s %s", node.LHS, node.Op, returnBool, matching, node.RHS)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s%s %s", node.LHS, node.Op, node.returnBool(), matching, node.RHS)
+}
+
+func (node *BinaryExpr) ShortString() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s", node.Op, node.returnBool(), node.getMatchingStr())
 }
 
 func (node *BinaryExpr) getMatchingStr() string {
@@ -130,9 +141,13 @@ func (node *Call) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s(%s)", node.Func.Name, node.Args)
 }
 
-func (node *MatrixSelector) String() string {
+func (node *Call) ShortString() string {
+	return node.Func.Name
+}
+
+func (node *MatrixSelector) atOffset() (string, string) {
 	// Copy the Vector selector before changing the offset
-	vecSelector := *node.VectorSelector.(*VectorSelector)
+	vecSelector := node.VectorSelector.(*VectorSelector)
 	offset := ""
 	switch {
 	case vecSelector.OriginalOffset > time.Duration(0):
@@ -149,7 +164,13 @@ func (node *MatrixSelector) String() string {
 	case vecSelector.StartOrEnd == END:
 		at = " @ end()"
 	}
+	return at, offset
+}
 
+func (node *MatrixSelector) String() string {
+	at, offset := node.atOffset()
+	// Copy the Vector selector before changing the offset
+	vecSelector := *node.VectorSelector.(*VectorSelector)
 	// Do not print the @ and offset twice.
 	offsetVal, atVal, preproc := vecSelector.OriginalOffset, vecSelector.Timestamp, vecSelector.StartOrEnd
 	vecSelector.OriginalOffset = 0
@@ -163,10 +184,19 @@ func (node *MatrixSelector) String() string {
 	return str
 }
 
+func (node *MatrixSelector) ShortString() string {
+	at, offset := node.atOffset()
+	return fmt.Sprintf("[%s]%s%s", model.Duration(node.Range), at, offset)
+}
+
 func (node *SubqueryExpr) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", node.Expr.String(), node.getSubqueryTimeSuffix())
 }
 
+func (node *SubqueryExpr) ShortString() string {
+	return node.getSubqueryTimeSuffix()
+}
+
 // getSubqueryTimeSuffix returns the '[<range>:<step>] @ <timestamp> offset <offset>' suffix of the subquery.
 func (node *SubqueryExpr) getSubqueryTimeSuffix() string {
 	step := ""
@@ -208,6 +238,10 @@ func (node *UnaryExpr) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", node.Op, node.Expr)
 }
 
+func (node *UnaryExpr) ShortString() string {
+	return node.Op.String()
+}
+
 func (node *VectorSelector) String() string {
 	var labelStrings []string
 	if len(node.LabelMatchers) > 1 {
diff --git a/promql/value.go b/promql/value.go
index f129137d809..f25dbcd7809 100644
--- a/promql/value.go
+++ b/promql/value.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ type Series struct {
 	Metric     labels.Labels `json:"metric"`
 	Floats     []FPoint      `json:"values,omitempty"`
 	Histograms []HPoint      `json:"histograms,omitempty"`
+	// DropName is used to indicate whether the __name__ label should be dropped
+	// as part of the query evaluation.
+	DropName bool `json:"-"`
 }
 
 func (s Series) String() string {
@@ -194,6 +197,9 @@ type Sample struct {
 	H *histogram.FloatHistogram
 
 	Metric labels.Labels
+	// DropName is used to indicate whether the __name__ label should be dropped
+	// as part of the query evaluation.
+	DropName bool
 }
 
 func (s Sample) String() string {
diff --git a/scrape/clientprotobuf.go b/scrape/clientprotobuf.go
index 2213268d59c..e632035b40e 100644
--- a/scrape/clientprotobuf.go
+++ b/scrape/clientprotobuf.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 )
 
-// Write a MetricFamily into a protobuf.
+// MetricFamilyToProtobuf writes a MetricFamily into a protobuf.
 // This function is intended for testing scraping by providing protobuf serialized input.
 func MetricFamilyToProtobuf(metricFamily *dto.MetricFamily) ([]byte, error) {
 	buffer := &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func MetricFamilyToProtobuf(metricFamily *dto.MetricFamily) ([]byte, error) {
 	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
-// Append a MetricFamily protobuf representation to a buffer.
+// AddMetricFamilyToProtobuf appends a MetricFamily protobuf representation to a buffer.
 // This function is intended for testing scraping by providing protobuf serialized input.
 func AddMetricFamilyToProtobuf(buffer *bytes.Buffer, metricFamily *dto.MetricFamily) error {
 	protoBuf, err := proto.Marshal(metricFamily)
diff --git a/scrape/manager.go b/scrape/manager.go
index 6d4e8707bb8..e3dba5f0eed 100644
--- a/scrape/manager.go
+++ b/scrape/manager.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (m *Manager) UnregisterMetrics() {
 
 func (m *Manager) reloader() {
 	reloadIntervalDuration := m.opts.DiscoveryReloadInterval
-	if reloadIntervalDuration < model.Duration(5*time.Second) {
+	if reloadIntervalDuration == model.Duration(0) {
 		reloadIntervalDuration = model.Duration(5 * time.Second)
 	}
 
diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index 9979f7361cc..2abd4691d6d 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ type scrapeLoopOptions struct {
 	interval                 time.Duration
 	timeout                  time.Duration
 	scrapeClassicHistograms  bool
+	validationScheme         model.ValidationScheme
 
 	mrc               []*relabel.Config
 	cache             *scrapeCache
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ func newScrapePool(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, app storage.Appendable, offsetSeed
 			options.PassMetadataInContext,
 			metrics,
 			options.skipOffsetting,
+			opts.validationScheme,
 		)
 	}
 	sp.metrics.targetScrapePoolTargetLimit.WithLabelValues(sp.config.JobName).Set(float64(sp.config.TargetLimit))
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ func (sp *scrapePool) restartLoops(reuseCache bool) {
 				cache:                    cache,
 				interval:                 interval,
 				timeout:                  timeout,
+				validationScheme:         validationScheme,
 			})
 		)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -853,6 +856,7 @@ type scrapeLoop struct {
 	interval                 time.Duration
 	timeout                  time.Duration
 	scrapeClassicHistograms  bool
+	validationScheme         model.ValidationScheme
 
 	// Feature flagged options.
 	enableNativeHistogramIngestion bool
@@ -1160,6 +1164,7 @@ func newScrapeLoop(ctx context.Context,
 	passMetadataInContext bool,
 	metrics *scrapeMetrics,
 	skipOffsetting bool,
+	validationScheme model.ValidationScheme,
 ) *scrapeLoop {
 	if l == nil {
 		l = log.NewNopLogger()
@@ -1211,6 +1216,7 @@ func newScrapeLoop(ctx context.Context,
 		appendMetadataToWAL:            appendMetadataToWAL,
 		metrics:                        metrics,
 		skipOffsetting:                 skipOffsetting,
+		validationScheme:               validationScheme,
 	}
 	sl.ctx, sl.cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
 
@@ -1631,7 +1637,7 @@ loop:
 				err = errNameLabelMandatory
 				break loop
 			}
-			if !lset.IsValid() {
+			if !lset.IsValid(sl.validationScheme) {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("invalid metric name or label names: %s", lset.String())
 				break loop
 			}
@@ -1646,15 +1652,17 @@ loop:
 			updateMetadata(lset, true)
 		}
 
-		if seriesAlreadyScraped {
+		if seriesAlreadyScraped && parsedTimestamp == nil {
 			err = storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp
 		} else {
-			if ctMs := p.CreatedTimestamp(); sl.enableCTZeroIngestion && ctMs != nil {
-				ref, err = app.AppendCTZeroSample(ref, lset, t, *ctMs)
-				if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, storage.ErrOutOfOrderCT) { // OOO is a common case, ignoring completely for now.
-					// CT is an experimental feature. For now, we don't need to fail the
-					// scrape on errors updating the created timestamp, log debug.
-					level.Debug(sl.l).Log("msg", "Error when appending CT in scrape loop", "series", string(met), "ct", *ctMs, "t", t, "err", err)
+			if sl.enableCTZeroIngestion {
+				if ctMs := p.CreatedTimestamp(); ctMs != nil {
+					ref, err = app.AppendCTZeroSample(ref, lset, t, *ctMs)
+					if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, storage.ErrOutOfOrderCT) { // OOO is a common case, ignoring completely for now.
+						// CT is an experimental feature. For now, we don't need to fail the
+						// scrape on errors updating the created timestamp, log debug.
+						level.Debug(sl.l).Log("msg", "Error when appending CT in scrape loop", "series", string(met), "ct", *ctMs, "t", t, "err", err)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/scripts/golangci-lint.yml b/scripts/golangci-lint.yml
index fc0f9c65438..f4a7385bb5d 100644
--- a/scripts/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/scripts/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@aaa42aa0628b4ae2578232a66b541047968fac86 # v6.1.0
         with:
           args: --verbose
-          version: v1.60.1
+          version: v1.60.2
diff --git a/scripts/sync_repo_files.sh b/scripts/sync_repo_files.sh
index 6459fb1e7a1..10293362989 100755
--- a/scripts/sync_repo_files.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync_repo_files.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # List of files that should be synced.
-SYNC_FILES="CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md LICENSE Makefile.common SECURITY.md .yamllint scripts/golangci-lint.yml .github/workflows/scorecards.yml .github/workflows/container_description.yml"
+SYNC_FILES="CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md LICENSE Makefile.common SECURITY.md .yamllint scripts/golangci-lint.yml .github/workflows/scorecards.yml .github/workflows/container_description.yml .github/workflows/stale.yml"
 
 # Go to the root of the repo
 cd "$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)" || exit 1
diff --git a/storage/interface.go b/storage/interface.go
index f85f985e9d2..2f125e59028 100644
--- a/storage/interface.go
+++ b/storage/interface.go
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ type LabelHints struct {
 	Limit int
 }
 
-// TODO(bwplotka): Move to promql/engine_test.go?
 // QueryableFunc is an adapter to allow the use of ordinary functions as
 // Queryables. It follows the idea of http.HandlerFunc.
+// TODO(bwplotka): Move to promql/engine_test.go?
 type QueryableFunc func(mint, maxt int64) (Querier, error)
 
 // Querier calls f() with the given parameters.
diff --git a/storage/remote/azuread/azuread.go b/storage/remote/azuread/azuread.go
index 58520c6a5dd..82f46b82f6f 100644
--- a/storage/remote/azuread/azuread.go
+++ b/storage/remote/azuread/azuread.go
@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
+// Clouds.
 const (
-	// Clouds.
 	AzureChina      = "AzureChina"
 	AzureGovernment = "AzureGovernment"
 	AzurePublic     = "AzurePublic"
+)
 
-	// Audiences.
+// Audiences.
+const (
 	IngestionChinaAudience      = "https://monitor.azure.cn//.default"
 	IngestionGovernmentAudience = "https://monitor.azure.us//.default"
 	IngestionPublicAudience     = "https://monitor.azure.com//.default"
diff --git a/storage/remote/chunked.go b/storage/remote/chunked.go
index 96ce483e0c8..aa5addd6aa2 100644
--- a/storage/remote/chunked.go
+++ b/storage/remote/chunked.go
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
-// DefaultChunkedReadLimit is the default value for the maximum size of the protobuf frame client allows.
-// 50MB is the default. This is equivalent to ~100k full XOR chunks and average labelset.
-const DefaultChunkedReadLimit = 5e+7
-
 // The table gets initialized with sync.Once but may still cause a race
 // with any other use of the crc32 package anywhere. Thus we initialize it
 // before.
diff --git a/storage/remote/client.go b/storage/remote/client.go
index 2a66739ed98..62218cfba91 100644
--- a/storage/remote/client.go
+++ b/storage/remote/client.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package remote
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -36,13 +37,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote/azuread"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote/googleiam"
 )
 
-const maxErrMsgLen = 1024
-
 const (
+	maxErrMsgLen = 1024
+
 	RemoteWriteVersionHeader        = "X-Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version"
 	RemoteWriteVersion1HeaderValue  = "0.1.0"
 	RemoteWriteVersion20HeaderValue = "2.0.0"
@@ -68,9 +70,12 @@ var (
 		config.RemoteWriteProtoMsgV1: appProtoContentType, // Also application/x-protobuf;proto=prometheus.WriteRequest but simplified for compatibility with 1.x spec.
 		config.RemoteWriteProtoMsgV2: appProtoContentType + ";proto=io.prometheus.write.v2.Request",
 	}
-)
 
-var (
+	AcceptedResponseTypes = []prompb.ReadRequest_ResponseType{
+		prompb.ReadRequest_STREAMED_XOR_CHUNKS,
+		prompb.ReadRequest_SAMPLES,
+	}
+
 	remoteReadQueriesTotal = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Namespace: namespace,
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ var (
 			Name:      "read_queries_total",
 			Help:      "The total number of remote read queries.",
 		},
-		[]string{remoteName, endpoint, "code"},
+		[]string{remoteName, endpoint, "response_type", "code"},
 	)
 	remoteReadQueries = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
 		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
@@ -94,13 +99,13 @@ var (
 			Namespace:                       namespace,
 			Subsystem:                       subsystem,
 			Name:                            "read_request_duration_seconds",
-			Help:                            "Histogram of the latency for remote read requests.",
+			Help:                            "Histogram of the latency for remote read requests. Note that for streamed responses this is only the duration of the initial call and does not include the processing of the stream.",
 			Buckets:                         append(prometheus.DefBuckets, 25, 60),
 			NativeHistogramBucketFactor:     1.1,
 			NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber:  100,
 			NativeHistogramMinResetDuration: 1 * time.Hour,
 		},
-		[]string{remoteName, endpoint},
+		[]string{remoteName, endpoint, "response_type"},
 	)
 )
 
@@ -116,10 +121,11 @@ type Client struct {
 	timeout    time.Duration
 
 	retryOnRateLimit bool
+	chunkedReadLimit uint64
 
 	readQueries         prometheus.Gauge
 	readQueriesTotal    *prometheus.CounterVec
-	readQueriesDuration prometheus.Observer
+	readQueriesDuration prometheus.ObserverVec
 
 	writeProtoMsg    config.RemoteWriteProtoMsg
 	writeCompression Compression // Not exposed by ClientConfig for now.
@@ -136,12 +142,13 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	Headers          map[string]string
 	RetryOnRateLimit bool
 	WriteProtoMsg    config.RemoteWriteProtoMsg
+	ChunkedReadLimit uint64
 }
 
-// ReadClient uses the SAMPLES method of remote read to read series samples from remote server.
-// TODO(bwplotka): Add streamed chunked remote read method as well (https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/5926).
+// ReadClient will request the STREAMED_XOR_CHUNKS method of remote read but can
+// also fall back to the SAMPLES method if necessary.
 type ReadClient interface {
-	Read(ctx context.Context, query *prompb.Query) (*prompb.QueryResult, error)
+	Read(ctx context.Context, query *prompb.Query, sortSeries bool) (storage.SeriesSet, error)
 }
 
 // NewReadClient creates a new client for remote read.
@@ -162,9 +169,10 @@ func NewReadClient(name string, conf *ClientConfig) (ReadClient, error) {
 		urlString:           conf.URL.String(),
 		Client:              httpClient,
 		timeout:             time.Duration(conf.Timeout),
+		chunkedReadLimit:    conf.ChunkedReadLimit,
 		readQueries:         remoteReadQueries.WithLabelValues(name, conf.URL.String()),
 		readQueriesTotal:    remoteReadQueriesTotal.MustCurryWith(prometheus.Labels{remoteName: name, endpoint: conf.URL.String()}),
-		readQueriesDuration: remoteReadQueryDuration.WithLabelValues(name, conf.URL.String()),
+		readQueriesDuration: remoteReadQueryDuration.MustCurryWith(prometheus.Labels{remoteName: name, endpoint: conf.URL.String()}),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -278,8 +286,8 @@ func (c *Client) Store(ctx context.Context, req []byte, attempt int) (WriteRespo
 		return WriteResponseStats{}, RecoverableError{err, defaultBackoff}
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		io.Copy(io.Discard, httpResp.Body)
-		httpResp.Body.Close()
+		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, httpResp.Body)
+		_ = httpResp.Body.Close()
 	}()
 
 	// TODO(bwplotka): Pass logger and emit debug on error?
@@ -329,17 +337,17 @@ func (c *Client) Endpoint() string {
 	return c.urlString
 }
 
-// Read reads from a remote endpoint.
-func (c *Client) Read(ctx context.Context, query *prompb.Query) (*prompb.QueryResult, error) {
+// Read reads from a remote endpoint. The sortSeries parameter is only respected in the case of a sampled response;
+// chunked responses arrive already sorted by the server.
+func (c *Client) Read(ctx context.Context, query *prompb.Query, sortSeries bool) (storage.SeriesSet, error) {
 	c.readQueries.Inc()
 	defer c.readQueries.Dec()
 
 	req := &prompb.ReadRequest{
 		// TODO: Support batching multiple queries into one read request,
 		// as the protobuf interface allows for it.
-		Queries: []*prompb.Query{
-			query,
-		},
+		Queries:               []*prompb.Query{query},
+		AcceptedResponseTypes: AcceptedResponseTypes,
 	}
 	data, err := proto.Marshal(req)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -358,7 +366,6 @@ func (c *Client) Read(ctx context.Context, query *prompb.Query) (*prompb.QueryRe
 	httpReq.Header.Set("X-Prometheus-Remote-Read-Version", "0.1.0")
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.timeout)
-	defer cancel()
 
 	ctx, span := otel.Tracer("").Start(ctx, "Remote Read", trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindClient))
 	defer span.End()
@@ -366,23 +373,57 @@ func (c *Client) Read(ctx context.Context, query *prompb.Query) (*prompb.QueryRe
 	start := time.Now()
 	httpResp, err := c.Client.Do(httpReq.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
+		cancel()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error sending request: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer func() {
-		io.Copy(io.Discard, httpResp.Body)
-		httpResp.Body.Close()
-	}()
-	c.readQueriesDuration.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
-	c.readQueriesTotal.WithLabelValues(strconv.Itoa(httpResp.StatusCode)).Inc()
 
-	compressed, err = io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading response. HTTP status code: %s: %w", httpResp.Status, err)
+	if httpResp.StatusCode/100 != 2 {
+		// Make an attempt at getting an error message.
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
+		_ = httpResp.Body.Close()
+
+		cancel()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("remote server %s returned http status %s: %s", c.urlString, httpResp.Status, string(body))
 	}
 
-	if httpResp.StatusCode/100 != 2 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("remote server %s returned HTTP status %s: %s", c.urlString, httpResp.Status, strings.TrimSpace(string(compressed)))
+	contentType := httpResp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix(contentType, "application/x-protobuf"):
+		c.readQueriesDuration.WithLabelValues("sampled").Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+		c.readQueriesTotal.WithLabelValues("sampled", strconv.Itoa(httpResp.StatusCode)).Inc()
+		ss, err := c.handleSampledResponse(req, httpResp, sortSeries)
+		cancel()
+		return ss, err
+	case strings.HasPrefix(contentType, "application/x-streamed-protobuf; proto=prometheus.ChunkedReadResponse"):
+		c.readQueriesDuration.WithLabelValues("chunked").Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+
+		s := NewChunkedReader(httpResp.Body, c.chunkedReadLimit, nil)
+		return NewChunkedSeriesSet(s, httpResp.Body, query.StartTimestampMs, query.EndTimestampMs, func(err error) {
+			code := strconv.Itoa(httpResp.StatusCode)
+			if !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				code = "aborted_stream"
+			}
+			c.readQueriesTotal.WithLabelValues("chunked", code).Inc()
+			cancel()
+		}), nil
+	default:
+		c.readQueriesDuration.WithLabelValues("unsupported").Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+		c.readQueriesTotal.WithLabelValues("unsupported", strconv.Itoa(httpResp.StatusCode)).Inc()
+		cancel()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported content type: %s", contentType)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Client) handleSampledResponse(req *prompb.ReadRequest, httpResp *http.Response, sortSeries bool) (storage.SeriesSet, error) {
+	compressed, err := io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading response. HTTP status code: %s: %w", httpResp.Status, err)
 	}
+	defer func() {
+		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, httpResp.Body)
+		_ = httpResp.Body.Close()
+	}()
 
 	uncompressed, err := snappy.Decode(nil, compressed)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -399,5 +440,8 @@ func (c *Client) Read(ctx context.Context, query *prompb.Query) (*prompb.QueryRe
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("responses: want %d, got %d", len(req.Queries), len(resp.Results))
 	}
 
-	return resp.Results[0], nil
+	// This client does not batch queries so there's always only 1 result.
+	res := resp.Results[0]
+
+	return FromQueryResult(sortSeries, res), nil
 }
diff --git a/storage/remote/codec.go b/storage/remote/codec.go
index c9220ca42d4..80bb8115003 100644
--- a/storage/remote/codec.go
+++ b/storage/remote/codec.go
@@ -540,6 +540,220 @@ func (c *concreteSeriesIterator) Err() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// chunkedSeriesSet implements storage.SeriesSet.
+type chunkedSeriesSet struct {
+	chunkedReader *ChunkedReader
+	respBody      io.ReadCloser
+	mint, maxt    int64
+	cancel        func(error)
+
+	current storage.Series
+	err     error
+}
+
+func NewChunkedSeriesSet(chunkedReader *ChunkedReader, respBody io.ReadCloser, mint, maxt int64, cancel func(error)) storage.SeriesSet {
+	return &chunkedSeriesSet{
+		chunkedReader: chunkedReader,
+		respBody:      respBody,
+		mint:          mint,
+		maxt:          maxt,
+		cancel:        cancel,
+	}
+}
+
+// Next return true if there is a next series and false otherwise. It will
+// block until the next series is available.
+func (s *chunkedSeriesSet) Next() bool {
+	res := &prompb.ChunkedReadResponse{}
+
+	err := s.chunkedReader.NextProto(res)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+			s.err = err
+			_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, s.respBody)
+		}
+
+		_ = s.respBody.Close()
+		s.cancel(err)
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	s.current = &chunkedSeries{
+		ChunkedSeries: prompb.ChunkedSeries{
+			Labels: res.ChunkedSeries[0].Labels,
+			Chunks: res.ChunkedSeries[0].Chunks,
+		},
+		mint: s.mint,
+		maxt: s.maxt,
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+func (s *chunkedSeriesSet) At() storage.Series {
+	return s.current
+}
+
+func (s *chunkedSeriesSet) Err() error {
+	return s.err
+}
+
+func (s *chunkedSeriesSet) Warnings() annotations.Annotations {
+	return nil
+}
+
+type chunkedSeries struct {
+	prompb.ChunkedSeries
+	mint, maxt int64
+}
+
+var _ storage.Series = &chunkedSeries{}
+
+func (s *chunkedSeries) Labels() labels.Labels {
+	b := labels.NewScratchBuilder(0)
+	return s.ToLabels(&b, nil)
+}
+
+func (s *chunkedSeries) Iterator(it chunkenc.Iterator) chunkenc.Iterator {
+	csIt, ok := it.(*chunkedSeriesIterator)
+	if ok {
+		csIt.reset(s.Chunks, s.mint, s.maxt)
+		return csIt
+	}
+	return newChunkedSeriesIterator(s.Chunks, s.mint, s.maxt)
+}
+
+type chunkedSeriesIterator struct {
+	chunks     []prompb.Chunk
+	idx        int
+	cur        chunkenc.Iterator
+	valType    chunkenc.ValueType
+	mint, maxt int64
+
+	err error
+}
+
+var _ chunkenc.Iterator = &chunkedSeriesIterator{}
+
+func newChunkedSeriesIterator(chunks []prompb.Chunk, mint, maxt int64) *chunkedSeriesIterator {
+	it := &chunkedSeriesIterator{}
+	it.reset(chunks, mint, maxt)
+	return it
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) Next() chunkenc.ValueType {
+	if it.err != nil {
+		return chunkenc.ValNone
+	}
+	if len(it.chunks) == 0 {
+		return chunkenc.ValNone
+	}
+
+	for it.valType = it.cur.Next(); it.valType != chunkenc.ValNone; it.valType = it.cur.Next() {
+		atT := it.AtT()
+		if atT > it.maxt {
+			it.chunks = nil // Exhaust this iterator so follow-up calls to Next or Seek return fast.
+			return chunkenc.ValNone
+		}
+		if atT >= it.mint {
+			return it.valType
+		}
+	}
+
+	if it.idx >= len(it.chunks)-1 {
+		it.valType = chunkenc.ValNone
+	} else {
+		it.idx++
+		it.resetIterator()
+		it.valType = it.Next()
+	}
+
+	return it.valType
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) Seek(t int64) chunkenc.ValueType {
+	if it.err != nil {
+		return chunkenc.ValNone
+	}
+	if len(it.chunks) == 0 {
+		return chunkenc.ValNone
+	}
+
+	startIdx := it.idx
+	it.idx += sort.Search(len(it.chunks)-startIdx, func(i int) bool {
+		return it.chunks[startIdx+i].MaxTimeMs >= t
+	})
+	if it.idx > startIdx {
+		it.resetIterator()
+	} else {
+		ts := it.cur.AtT()
+		if ts >= t {
+			return it.valType
+		}
+	}
+
+	for it.valType = it.cur.Next(); it.valType != chunkenc.ValNone; it.valType = it.cur.Next() {
+		ts := it.cur.AtT()
+		if ts > it.maxt {
+			it.chunks = nil // Exhaust this iterator so follow-up calls to Next or Seek return fast.
+			return chunkenc.ValNone
+		}
+		if ts >= t && ts >= it.mint {
+			return it.valType
+		}
+	}
+
+	it.valType = chunkenc.ValNone
+	return it.valType
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) resetIterator() {
+	if it.idx < len(it.chunks) {
+		chunk := it.chunks[it.idx]
+
+		decodedChunk, err := chunkenc.FromData(chunkenc.Encoding(chunk.Type), chunk.Data)
+		if err != nil {
+			it.err = err
+			return
+		}
+
+		it.cur = decodedChunk.Iterator(nil)
+	} else {
+		it.cur = chunkenc.NewNopIterator()
+	}
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) reset(chunks []prompb.Chunk, mint, maxt int64) {
+	it.chunks = chunks
+	it.mint = mint
+	it.maxt = maxt
+	it.idx = 0
+	if len(chunks) > 0 {
+		it.resetIterator()
+	}
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) At() (ts int64, v float64) {
+	return it.cur.At()
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) AtHistogram(h *histogram.Histogram) (int64, *histogram.Histogram) {
+	return it.cur.AtHistogram(h)
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) AtFloatHistogram(fh *histogram.FloatHistogram) (int64, *histogram.FloatHistogram) {
+	return it.cur.AtFloatHistogram(fh)
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) AtT() int64 {
+	return it.cur.AtT()
+}
+
+func (it *chunkedSeriesIterator) Err() error {
+	return it.err
+}
+
 // validateLabelsAndMetricName validates the label names/values and metric names returned from remote read,
 // also making sure that there are no labels with duplicate names.
 func validateLabelsAndMetricName(ls []prompb.Label) error {
@@ -612,15 +826,6 @@ func FromLabelMatchers(matchers []*prompb.LabelMatcher) ([]*labels.Matcher, erro
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-// LabelProtosToMetric unpack a []*prompb.Label to a model.Metric.
-func LabelProtosToMetric(labelPairs []*prompb.Label) model.Metric {
-	metric := make(model.Metric, len(labelPairs))
-	for _, l := range labelPairs {
-		metric[model.LabelName(l.Name)] = model.LabelValue(l.Value)
-	}
-	return metric
-}
-
 // DecodeWriteRequest from an io.Reader into a prompb.WriteRequest, handling
 // snappy decompression.
 // Used also by documentation/examples/remote_storage.
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
index f2d7ecd4e3d..67cf28119dd 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
-	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
@@ -594,5 +593,5 @@ func addResourceTargetInfo(resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, timesta
 
 // convertTimeStamp converts OTLP timestamp in ns to timestamp in ms
 func convertTimeStamp(timestamp pcommon.Timestamp) int64 {
-	return timestamp.AsTime().UnixNano() / (int64(time.Millisecond) / int64(time.Nanosecond))
+	return int64(timestamp) / 1_000_000
 }
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms.go
index 73528019d89..ec93387fc61 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/value"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/annotations"
 )
 
 const defaultZeroThreshold = 1e-128
@@ -33,13 +34,15 @@ const defaultZeroThreshold = 1e-128
 // addExponentialHistogramDataPoints adds OTel exponential histogram data points to the corresponding time series
 // as native histogram samples.
 func (c *PrometheusConverter) addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(dataPoints pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice,
-	resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, promName string) error {
+	resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, promName string) (annotations.Annotations, error) {
+	var annots annotations.Annotations
 	for x := 0; x < dataPoints.Len(); x++ {
 		pt := dataPoints.At(x)
 
-		histogram, err := exponentialToNativeHistogram(pt)
+		histogram, ws, err := exponentialToNativeHistogram(pt)
+		annots.Merge(ws)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return annots, err
 		}
 
 		lbls := createAttributes(
@@ -58,15 +61,16 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(dataPoints pmetr
 		ts.Exemplars = append(ts.Exemplars, exemplars...)
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return annots, nil
 }
 
 // exponentialToNativeHistogram translates OTel Exponential Histogram data point
 // to Prometheus Native Histogram.
-func exponentialToNativeHistogram(p pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint) (prompb.Histogram, error) {
+func exponentialToNativeHistogram(p pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint) (prompb.Histogram, annotations.Annotations, error) {
+	var annots annotations.Annotations
 	scale := p.Scale()
 	if scale < -4 {
-		return prompb.Histogram{},
+		return prompb.Histogram{}, annots,
 			fmt.Errorf("cannot convert exponential to native histogram."+
 				" Scale must be >= -4, was %d", scale)
 	}
@@ -114,8 +118,11 @@ func exponentialToNativeHistogram(p pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint) (prom
 			h.Sum = p.Sum()
 		}
 		h.Count = &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: p.Count()}
+		if p.Count() == 0 && h.Sum != 0 {
+			annots.Add(fmt.Errorf("exponential histogram data point has zero count, but non-zero sum: %f", h.Sum))
+		}
 	}
-	return h, nil
+	return h, annots, nil
 }
 
 // convertBucketsLayout translates OTel Exponential Histogram dense buckets
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw.go
index a3a78972329..9d768008091 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
 	prometheustranslator "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/annotations"
 )
 
 type Settings struct {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func NewPrometheusConverter() *PrometheusConverter {
 }
 
 // FromMetrics converts pmetric.Metrics to Prometheus remote write format.
-func (c *PrometheusConverter) FromMetrics(md pmetric.Metrics, settings Settings) (errs error) {
+func (c *PrometheusConverter) FromMetrics(md pmetric.Metrics, settings Settings) (annots annotations.Annotations, errs error) {
 	resourceMetricsSlice := md.ResourceMetrics()
 	for i := 0; i < resourceMetricsSlice.Len(); i++ {
 		resourceMetrics := resourceMetricsSlice.At(i)
@@ -107,12 +108,14 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) FromMetrics(md pmetric.Metrics, settings Settings)
 						errs = multierr.Append(errs, fmt.Errorf("empty data points. %s is dropped", metric.Name()))
 						break
 					}
-					errs = multierr.Append(errs, c.addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(
+					ws, err := c.addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(
 						dataPoints,
 						resource,
 						settings,
 						promName,
-					))
+					)
+					annots.Merge(ws)
+					errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
 				case pmetric.MetricTypeSummary:
 					dataPoints := metric.Summary().DataPoints()
 					if dataPoints.Len() == 0 {
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) FromMetrics(md pmetric.Metrics, settings Settings)
 		addResourceTargetInfo(resource, settings, mostRecentTimestamp, c)
 	}
 
-	return
+	return annots, errs
 }
 
 func isSameMetric(ts *prompb.TimeSeries, lbls []prompb.Label) bool {
diff --git a/storage/remote/read.go b/storage/remote/read.go
index e54b14f1e34..2ec48784dc8 100644
--- a/storage/remote/read.go
+++ b/storage/remote/read.go
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ func (q *querier) Select(ctx context.Context, sortSeries bool, hints *storage.Se
 		return storage.ErrSeriesSet(fmt.Errorf("toQuery: %w", err))
 	}
 
-	res, err := q.client.Read(ctx, query)
+	res, err := q.client.Read(ctx, query, sortSeries)
 	if err != nil {
 		return storage.ErrSeriesSet(fmt.Errorf("remote_read: %w", err))
 	}
-	return newSeriesSetFilter(FromQueryResult(sortSeries, res), added)
+	return newSeriesSetFilter(res, added)
 }
 
 // addExternalLabels adds matchers for each external label. External labels
diff --git a/storage/remote/storage.go b/storage/remote/storage.go
index afa2d411a93..05634f1798f 100644
--- a/storage/remote/storage.go
+++ b/storage/remote/storage.go
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ func (s *Storage) ApplyConfig(conf *config.Config) error {
 		c, err := NewReadClient(name, &ClientConfig{
 			URL:              rrConf.URL,
 			Timeout:          rrConf.RemoteTimeout,
+			ChunkedReadLimit: rrConf.ChunkedReadLimit,
 			HTTPClientConfig: rrConf.HTTPClientConfig,
 			Headers:          rrConf.Headers,
 		})
diff --git a/storage/remote/write_handler.go b/storage/remote/write_handler.go
index aba79a561d7..58fb668cc1a 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write_handler.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write_handler.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/exemplar"
@@ -236,11 +237,16 @@ func (h *writeHandler) write(ctx context.Context, req *prompb.WriteRequest) (err
 	b := labels.NewScratchBuilder(0)
 	for _, ts := range req.Timeseries {
 		ls := ts.ToLabels(&b, nil)
-		if !ls.Has(labels.MetricName) || !ls.IsValid() {
+
+		// TODO(bwplotka): Even as per 1.0 spec, this should be a 400 error, while other samples are
+		// potentially written. Perhaps unify with fixed writeV2 implementation a bit.
+		if !ls.Has(labels.MetricName) || !ls.IsValid(model.NameValidationScheme) {
 			level.Warn(h.logger).Log("msg", "Invalid metric names or labels", "got", ls.String())
 			samplesWithInvalidLabels++
-			// TODO(bwplotka): Even as per 1.0 spec, this should be a 400 error, while other samples are
-			// potentially written. Perhaps unify with fixed writeV2 implementation a bit.
+			continue
+		} else if duplicateLabel, hasDuplicate := ls.HasDuplicateLabelNames(); hasDuplicate {
+			level.Warn(h.logger).Log("msg", "Invalid labels for series.", "labels", ls.String(), "duplicated_label", duplicateLabel)
+			samplesWithInvalidLabels++
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -375,10 +381,14 @@ func (h *writeHandler) appendV2(app storage.Appender, req *writev2.Request, rs *
 		// Validate series labels early.
 		// NOTE(bwplotka): While spec allows UTF-8, Prometheus Receiver may impose
 		// specific limits and follow https://prometheus.io/docs/specs/remote_write_spec_2_0/#invalid-samples case.
-		if !ls.Has(labels.MetricName) || !ls.IsValid() {
+		if !ls.Has(labels.MetricName) || !ls.IsValid(model.NameValidationScheme) {
 			badRequestErrs = append(badRequestErrs, fmt.Errorf("invalid metric name or labels, got %v", ls.String()))
 			samplesWithInvalidLabels += len(ts.Samples) + len(ts.Histograms)
 			continue
+		} else if duplicateLabel, hasDuplicate := ls.HasDuplicateLabelNames(); hasDuplicate {
+			badRequestErrs = append(badRequestErrs, fmt.Errorf("invalid labels for series, labels %v, duplicated label %s", ls.String(), duplicateLabel))
+			samplesWithInvalidLabels += len(ts.Samples) + len(ts.Histograms)
+			continue
 		}
 
 		allSamplesSoFar := rs.AllSamples()
@@ -502,12 +512,17 @@ func (h *otlpWriteHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	otlpCfg := h.configFunc().OTLPConfig
 
 	converter := otlptranslator.NewPrometheusConverter()
-	if err := converter.FromMetrics(req.Metrics(), otlptranslator.Settings{
+	annots, err := converter.FromMetrics(req.Metrics(), otlptranslator.Settings{
 		AddMetricSuffixes:         true,
 		PromoteResourceAttributes: otlpCfg.PromoteResourceAttributes,
-	}); err != nil {
+	})
+	if err != nil {
 		level.Warn(h.logger).Log("msg", "Error translating OTLP metrics to Prometheus write request", "err", err)
 	}
+	ws, _ := annots.AsStrings("", 0, 0)
+	if len(ws) > 0 {
+		level.Warn(h.logger).Log("msg", "Warnings translating OTLP metrics to Prometheus write request", "warnings", ws)
+	}
 
 	err = h.rwHandler.write(r.Context(), &prompb.WriteRequest{
 		Timeseries: converter.TimeSeries(),
diff --git a/template/template.go b/template/template.go
index 9ffed6ff61d..0698c6c8ac7 100644
--- a/template/template.go
+++ b/template/template.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func NewTemplateExpander(
 				return html_template.HTML(text)
 			},
 			"match":     regexp.MatchString,
-			"title":     strings.Title,
+			"title":     strings.Title, //nolint:staticcheck // TODO(beorn7): Need to come up with a replacement using the cases package.
 			"toUpper":   strings.ToUpper,
 			"toLower":   strings.ToLower,
 			"graphLink": strutil.GraphLinkForExpression,
diff --git a/tsdb/agent/db.go b/tsdb/agent/db.go
index 1b6df3af0f3..9697739e00b 100644
--- a/tsdb/agent/db.go
+++ b/tsdb/agent/db.go
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ func (a *appender) logSeries() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// mintTs returns the minimum timestamp that a sample can have
+// minValidTime returns the minimum timestamp that a sample can have
 // and is needed for preventing underflow.
 func (a *appender) minValidTime(lastTs int64) int64 {
 	if lastTs < math.MinInt64+a.opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow {
diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/chunk.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/chunk.go
index 1421f3b3986..7082f34c3f4 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/chunk.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/chunk.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func MockSeriesIterator(timestamps []int64, values []float64) Iterator {
 	return &mockSeriesIterator{
 		timeStamps: timestamps,
 		values:     values,
-		currIndex:  0,
+		currIndex:  -1,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram.go
index a5f123bc93f..f18eb77dadb 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram.go
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@ func (it *floatHistogramIterator) Reset(b []byte) {
 	if it.atFloatHistogramCalled {
 		it.atFloatHistogramCalled = false
 		it.pBuckets, it.nBuckets = nil, nil
+		it.pSpans, it.nSpans = nil, nil
 	} else {
 		it.pBuckets, it.nBuckets = it.pBuckets[:0], it.nBuckets[:0]
 	}
@@ -1069,7 +1070,7 @@ func (it *floatHistogramIterator) Next() ValueType {
 	// The case for the 2nd sample with single deltas is implicitly handled correctly with the double delta code,
 	// so we don't need a separate single delta logic for the 2nd sample.
 
-	// Recycle bucket slices that have not been returned yet. Otherwise, copy them.
+	// Recycle bucket and span slices that have not been returned yet. Otherwise, copy them.
 	// We can always recycle the slices for leading and trailing bits as they are
 	// never returned to the caller.
 	if it.atFloatHistogramCalled {
@@ -1088,6 +1089,20 @@ func (it *floatHistogramIterator) Next() ValueType {
 		} else {
 			it.nBuckets = nil
 		}
+		if len(it.pSpans) > 0 {
+			newSpans := make([]histogram.Span, len(it.pSpans))
+			copy(newSpans, it.pSpans)
+			it.pSpans = newSpans
+		} else {
+			it.pSpans = nil
+		}
+		if len(it.nSpans) > 0 {
+			newSpans := make([]histogram.Span, len(it.nSpans))
+			copy(newSpans, it.nSpans)
+			it.nSpans = newSpans
+		} else {
+			it.nSpans = nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	tDod, err := readVarbitInt(&it.br)
diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram.go
index fafae48d3cd..f8796d64ec8 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram.go
@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ func (it *histogramIterator) Reset(b []byte) {
 	if it.atHistogramCalled {
 		it.atHistogramCalled = false
 		it.pBuckets, it.nBuckets = nil, nil
+		it.pSpans, it.nSpans = nil, nil
 	} else {
 		it.pBuckets = it.pBuckets[:0]
 		it.nBuckets = it.nBuckets[:0]
@@ -1185,8 +1186,25 @@ func (it *histogramIterator) Next() ValueType {
 	// The case for the 2nd sample with single deltas is implicitly handled correctly with the double delta code,
 	// so we don't need a separate single delta logic for the 2nd sample.
 
-	// Recycle bucket slices that have not been returned yet. Otherwise,
+	// Recycle bucket and span slices that have not been returned yet. Otherwise, copy them.
 	// copy them.
+	if it.atFloatHistogramCalled || it.atHistogramCalled {
+		if len(it.pSpans) > 0 {
+			newSpans := make([]histogram.Span, len(it.pSpans))
+			copy(newSpans, it.pSpans)
+			it.pSpans = newSpans
+		} else {
+			it.pSpans = nil
+		}
+		if len(it.nSpans) > 0 {
+			newSpans := make([]histogram.Span, len(it.nSpans))
+			copy(newSpans, it.nSpans)
+			it.nSpans = newSpans
+		} else {
+			it.nSpans = nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	if it.atHistogramCalled {
 		it.atHistogramCalled = false
 		if len(it.pBuckets) > 0 {
@@ -1204,6 +1222,7 @@ func (it *histogramIterator) Next() ValueType {
 			it.nBuckets = nil
 		}
 	}
+
 	// FloatBuckets are set from scratch, so simply create empty ones.
 	if it.atFloatHistogramCalled {
 		it.atFloatHistogramCalled = false
diff --git a/tsdb/chunks/head_chunks.go b/tsdb/chunks/head_chunks.go
index 6c8707c57b9..876b42cb26a 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunks/head_chunks.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunks/head_chunks.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (f *chunkPos) bytesToWriteForChunk(chkLen uint64) uint64 {
 // ChunkDiskMapper is for writing the Head block chunks to disk
 // and access chunks via mmapped files.
 type ChunkDiskMapper struct {
-	/// Writer.
+	// Writer.
 	dir             *os.File
 	writeBufferSize int
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ type ChunkDiskMapper struct {
 	crc32        hash.Hash
 	writePathMtx sync.Mutex
 
-	/// Reader.
+	// Reader.
 	// The int key in the map is the file number on the disk.
 	mmappedChunkFiles map[int]*mmappedChunkFile // Contains the m-mapped files for each chunk file mapped with its index.
 	closers           map[int]io.Closer         // Closers for resources behind the byte slices.
diff --git a/tsdb/db.go b/tsdb/db.go
index 706e5bbac11..a5b3a5e602f 100644
--- a/tsdb/db.go
+++ b/tsdb/db.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// Default duration of a block in milliseconds.
+	// DefaultBlockDuration in milliseconds.
 	DefaultBlockDuration = int64(2 * time.Hour / time.Millisecond)
 
 	// Block dir suffixes to make deletion and creation operations atomic.
diff --git a/tsdb/encoding/encoding.go b/tsdb/encoding/encoding.go
index cd98fbd82f3..88fdd30c850 100644
--- a/tsdb/encoding/encoding.go
+++ b/tsdb/encoding/encoding.go
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ func (d *Decbuf) UvarintStr() string {
 	return string(d.UvarintBytes())
 }
 
-// The return value becomes invalid if the byte slice goes away.
-// Compared to UvarintStr, this avoid allocations.
+// UvarintBytes returns invalid values if the byte slice goes away.
+// Compared to UvarintStr, it avoid allocations.
 func (d *Decbuf) UvarintBytes() []byte {
 	l := d.Uvarint64()
 	if d.E != nil {
diff --git a/tsdb/head.go b/tsdb/head.go
index 9d81b24ae43..b7bfaa0fda2 100644
--- a/tsdb/head.go
+++ b/tsdb/head.go
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ type HeadOptions struct {
 	WALReplayConcurrency int
 
 	// EnableSharding enables ShardedPostings() support in the Head.
-	// EnableSharding is temporarily disabled during Init().
 	EnableSharding bool
 }
 
@@ -610,7 +609,7 @@ const cardinalityCacheExpirationTime = time.Duration(30) * time.Second
 // Init loads data from the write ahead log and prepares the head for writes.
 // It should be called before using an appender so that it
 // limits the ingested samples to the head min valid time.
-func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) (err error) {
+func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 	h.minValidTime.Store(minValidTime)
 	defer func() {
 		h.postings.EnsureOrder(h.opts.WALReplayConcurrency)
@@ -624,24 +623,6 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) (err error) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// If sharding is enabled, disable it while initializing, and calculate the shards later.
-	// We're going to use that field for other purposes during WAL replay,
-	// so we don't want to waste time on calculating the shard that we're going to lose anyway.
-	if h.opts.EnableSharding {
-		h.opts.EnableSharding = false
-		defer func() {
-			h.opts.EnableSharding = true
-			if err == nil {
-				// No locking is needed here as nobody should be writing while we're in Init.
-				for _, stripe := range h.series.series {
-					for _, s := range stripe {
-						s.shardHashOrMemoryMappedMaxTime = labels.StableHash(s.lset)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-
 	level.Info(h.logger).Log("msg", "Replaying on-disk memory mappable chunks if any")
 	start := time.Now()
 
@@ -702,6 +683,7 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) (err error) {
 		mmappedChunks    map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef][]*mmappedChunk
 		oooMmappedChunks map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef][]*mmappedChunk
 		lastMmapRef      chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef
+		err              error
 
 		mmapChunkReplayDuration time.Duration
 	)
@@ -2086,11 +2068,9 @@ type memSeries struct {
 	ref  chunks.HeadSeriesRef
 	meta *metadata.Metadata
 
-	// Series labels hash to use for sharding purposes.
-	// The value is always 0 when sharding has not been explicitly enabled in TSDB.
-	// While the WAL replay the value stored here is the max time of any mmapped chunk,
-	// and the shard hash is re-calculated after WAL replay is complete.
-	shardHashOrMemoryMappedMaxTime uint64
+	// Series labels hash to use for sharding purposes. The value is always 0 when sharding has not
+	// been explicitly enabled in TSDB.
+	shardHash uint64
 
 	// Everything after here should only be accessed with the lock held.
 	sync.Mutex
@@ -2115,6 +2095,8 @@ type memSeries struct {
 
 	ooo *memSeriesOOOFields
 
+	mmMaxTime int64 // Max time of any mmapped chunk, only used during WAL replay.
+
 	nextAt                           int64 // Timestamp at which to cut the next chunk.
 	histogramChunkHasComputedEndTime bool  // True if nextAt has been predicted for the current histograms chunk; false otherwise.
 	pendingCommit                    bool  // Whether there are samples waiting to be committed to this series.
@@ -2145,10 +2127,10 @@ type memSeriesOOOFields struct {
 
 func newMemSeries(lset labels.Labels, id chunks.HeadSeriesRef, shardHash uint64, isolationDisabled bool) *memSeries {
 	s := &memSeries{
-		lset:                           lset,
-		ref:                            id,
-		nextAt:                         math.MinInt64,
-		shardHashOrMemoryMappedMaxTime: shardHash,
+		lset:      lset,
+		ref:       id,
+		nextAt:    math.MinInt64,
+		shardHash: shardHash,
 	}
 	if !isolationDisabled {
 		s.txs = newTxRing(0)
@@ -2236,12 +2218,6 @@ func (s *memSeries) truncateChunksBefore(mint int64, minOOOMmapRef chunks.ChunkD
 	return removedInOrder + removedOOO
 }
 
-// shardHash returns the shard hash of the series, only available after WAL replay.
-func (s *memSeries) shardHash() uint64 { return s.shardHashOrMemoryMappedMaxTime }
-
-// mmMaxTime returns the max time of any mmapped chunk in the series, only available during WAL replay.
-func (s *memSeries) mmMaxTime() int64 { return int64(s.shardHashOrMemoryMappedMaxTime) }
-
 // cleanupAppendIDsBelow cleans up older appendIDs. Has to be called after
 // acquiring lock.
 func (s *memSeries) cleanupAppendIDsBelow(bound uint64) {
diff --git a/tsdb/head_other.go b/tsdb/head_other.go
index eb1b93a3e5a..fea91530dc7 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_other.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_other.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (s *memSeries) labels() labels.Labels {
 	return s.lset
 }
 
-// No-op when not using dedupelabels.
+// RebuildSymbolTable is a no-op when not using dedupelabels.
 func (h *Head) RebuildSymbolTable(logger log.Logger) *labels.SymbolTable {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/tsdb/head_read.go b/tsdb/head_read.go
index 47f12df9948..d81ffbb6a03 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_read.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_read.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (h *headIndexReader) ShardedPostings(p index.Postings, shardIndex, shardCou
 		}
 
 		// Check if the series belong to the shard.
-		if s.shardHash()%shardCount != shardIndex {
+		if s.shardHash%shardCount != shardIndex {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ func (h *headChunkReader) ChunkOrIterableWithCopy(meta chunks.Meta) (chunkenc.Ch
 // If copyLastChunk is true, then it makes a copy of the head chunk if asked for it.
 // Also returns max time of the chunk.
 func (h *headChunkReader) chunk(meta chunks.Meta, copyLastChunk bool) (chunkenc.Chunk, int64, error) {
-	sid, cid := chunks.HeadChunkRef(meta.Ref).Unpack()
+	sid, cid, isOOO := unpackHeadChunkRef(meta.Ref)
 
 	s := h.head.series.getByID(sid)
 	// This means that the series has been garbage collected.
@@ -376,12 +376,21 @@ func (h *headChunkReader) chunk(meta chunks.Meta, copyLastChunk bool) (chunkenc.
 
 	s.Lock()
 	defer s.Unlock()
-	return h.chunkFromSeries(s, cid, copyLastChunk)
+	return h.head.chunkFromSeries(s, cid, isOOO, h.mint, h.maxt, h.isoState, copyLastChunk)
+}
+
+// Dumb thing to defeat chunk pool.
+type wrapOOOHeadChunk struct {
+	chunkenc.Chunk
 }
 
 // Call with s locked.
-func (h *headChunkReader) chunkFromSeries(s *memSeries, cid chunks.HeadChunkID, copyLastChunk bool) (chunkenc.Chunk, int64, error) {
-	c, headChunk, isOpen, err := s.chunk(cid, h.head.chunkDiskMapper, &h.head.memChunkPool)
+func (h *Head) chunkFromSeries(s *memSeries, cid chunks.HeadChunkID, isOOO bool, mint, maxt int64, isoState *isolationState, copyLastChunk bool) (chunkenc.Chunk, int64, error) {
+	if isOOO {
+		chk, maxTime, err := s.oooChunk(cid, h.chunkDiskMapper, &h.memChunkPool)
+		return wrapOOOHeadChunk{chk}, maxTime, err
+	}
+	c, headChunk, isOpen, err := s.chunk(cid, h.chunkDiskMapper, &h.memChunkPool)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
@@ -390,12 +399,12 @@ func (h *headChunkReader) chunkFromSeries(s *memSeries, cid chunks.HeadChunkID,
 			// Set this to nil so that Go GC can collect it after it has been used.
 			c.chunk = nil
 			c.prev = nil
-			h.head.memChunkPool.Put(c)
+			h.memChunkPool.Put(c)
 		}
 	}()
 
 	// This means that the chunk is outside the specified range.
-	if !c.OverlapsClosedInterval(h.mint, h.maxt) {
+	if !c.OverlapsClosedInterval(mint, maxt) {
 		return nil, 0, storage.ErrNotFound
 	}
 
@@ -407,7 +416,7 @@ func (h *headChunkReader) chunkFromSeries(s *memSeries, cid chunks.HeadChunkID,
 		newB := make([]byte, len(b))
 		copy(newB, b) // TODO(codesome): Use bytes.Clone() when we upgrade to Go 1.20.
 		// TODO(codesome): Put back in the pool (non-trivial).
-		chk, err = h.head.opts.ChunkPool.Get(s.headChunks.chunk.Encoding(), newB)
+		chk, err = h.opts.ChunkPool.Get(s.headChunks.chunk.Encoding(), newB)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, 0, err
 		}
@@ -417,7 +426,7 @@ func (h *headChunkReader) chunkFromSeries(s *memSeries, cid chunks.HeadChunkID,
 		Chunk:    chk,
 		s:        s,
 		cid:      cid,
-		isoState: h.isoState,
+		isoState: isoState,
 	}, maxTime, nil
 }
 
@@ -430,7 +439,7 @@ func (s *memSeries) chunk(id chunks.HeadChunkID, chunkDiskMapper *chunks.ChunkDi
 	// incremented by 1 when new chunk is created, hence (id - firstChunkID) gives the slice index.
 	// The max index for the s.mmappedChunks slice can be len(s.mmappedChunks)-1, hence if the ix
 	// is >= len(s.mmappedChunks), it represents one of the chunks on s.headChunks linked list.
-	// The order of elemens is different for slice and linked list.
+	// The order of elements is different for slice and linked list.
 	// For s.mmappedChunks slice newer chunks are appended to it.
 	// For s.headChunks list newer chunks are prepended to it.
 	//
@@ -481,104 +490,19 @@ func (s *memSeries) chunk(id chunks.HeadChunkID, chunkDiskMapper *chunks.ChunkDi
 	return elem, true, offset == 0, nil
 }
 
-// mergedChunks return an iterable over one or more OOO chunks for the given
-// chunks.Meta reference from memory or by m-mapping it from the disk. The
-// returned iterable will be a merge of all the overlapping chunks, if any,
-// amongst all the chunks in the OOOHead.
-// If hr is non-nil then in-order chunks are included.
-// This function is not thread safe unless the caller holds a lock.
-// The caller must ensure that s.ooo is not nil.
-func (s *memSeries) mergedChunks(meta chunks.Meta, cdm *chunks.ChunkDiskMapper, hr *headChunkReader, mint, maxt int64, maxMmapRef chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef) (chunkenc.Iterable, error) {
-	_, cid, _ := unpackHeadChunkRef(meta.Ref)
-
-	// ix represents the index of chunk in the s.mmappedChunks slice. The chunk meta's are
-	// incremented by 1 when new chunk is created, hence (meta - firstChunkID) gives the slice index.
-	// The max index for the s.mmappedChunks slice can be len(s.mmappedChunks)-1, hence if the ix
-	// is len(s.mmappedChunks), it represents the next chunk, which is the head chunk.
-	ix := int(cid) - int(s.ooo.firstOOOChunkID)
-	if ix < 0 || ix > len(s.ooo.oooMmappedChunks) {
-		return nil, storage.ErrNotFound
-	}
-
-	if ix == len(s.ooo.oooMmappedChunks) {
-		if s.ooo.oooHeadChunk == nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("invalid ooo head chunk")
-		}
-	}
-
-	// We create a temporary slice of chunk metas to hold the information of all
-	// possible chunks that may overlap with the requested chunk.
-	tmpChks := make([]chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef, 0, len(s.ooo.oooMmappedChunks)+1)
-
-	for i, c := range s.ooo.oooMmappedChunks {
-		if maxMmapRef != 0 && c.ref > maxMmapRef {
-			break
-		}
-		if c.OverlapsClosedInterval(mint, maxt) {
-			tmpChks = append(tmpChks, chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef{
-				meta: chunks.Meta{
-					MinTime: c.minTime,
-					MaxTime: c.maxTime,
-					Ref:     chunks.ChunkRef(chunks.NewHeadChunkRef(s.ref, s.oooHeadChunkID(i))),
-				},
-				ref: c.ref,
-			})
-		}
-	}
-	// Add in data copied from the head OOO chunk.
-	if meta.Chunk != nil {
-		tmpChks = append(tmpChks, chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef{meta: meta})
-	}
-
-	if hr != nil { // Include in-order chunks.
-		metas := appendSeriesChunks(s, max(meta.MinTime, mint), min(meta.MaxTime, maxt), nil)
-		for _, m := range metas {
-			tmpChks = append(tmpChks, chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef{
-				meta: m,
-				ref:  0, // This tells the loop below it's an in-order head chunk.
-			})
-		}
-	}
+// oooChunk returns the chunk for the HeadChunkID by m-mapping it from the disk.
+// It never returns the head OOO chunk.
+func (s *memSeries) oooChunk(id chunks.HeadChunkID, chunkDiskMapper *chunks.ChunkDiskMapper, memChunkPool *sync.Pool) (chunk chunkenc.Chunk, maxTime int64, err error) {
+	// ix represents the index of chunk in the s.ooo.oooMmappedChunks slice. The chunk id's are
+	// incremented by 1 when new chunk is created, hence (id - firstOOOChunkID) gives the slice index.
+	ix := int(id) - int(s.ooo.firstOOOChunkID)
 
-	// Next we want to sort all the collected chunks by min time so we can find
-	// those that overlap and stop when we know the rest don't.
-	slices.SortFunc(tmpChks, refLessByMinTimeAndMinRef)
-
-	mc := &mergedOOOChunks{}
-	absoluteMax := int64(math.MinInt64)
-	for _, c := range tmpChks {
-		if c.meta.Ref != meta.Ref && (len(mc.chunkIterables) == 0 || c.meta.MinTime > absoluteMax) {
-			continue
-		}
-		var iterable chunkenc.Iterable
-		switch {
-		case c.meta.Chunk != nil:
-			iterable = c.meta.Chunk
-		case c.ref == 0: // This is an in-order head chunk.
-			_, cid := chunks.HeadChunkRef(c.meta.Ref).Unpack()
-			var err error
-			iterable, _, err = hr.chunkFromSeries(s, cid, false)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid head chunk: %w", err)
-			}
-		default:
-			chk, err := cdm.Chunk(c.ref)
-			if err != nil {
-				var cerr *chunks.CorruptionErr
-				if errors.As(err, &cerr) {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid ooo mmapped chunk: %w", err)
-				}
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			iterable = chk
-		}
-		mc.chunkIterables = append(mc.chunkIterables, iterable)
-		if c.meta.MaxTime > absoluteMax {
-			absoluteMax = c.meta.MaxTime
-		}
+	if ix < 0 || ix >= len(s.ooo.oooMmappedChunks) {
+		return nil, 0, storage.ErrNotFound
 	}
 
-	return mc, nil
+	chk, err := chunkDiskMapper.Chunk(s.ooo.oooMmappedChunks[ix].ref)
+	return chk, s.ooo.oooMmappedChunks[ix].maxTime, err
 }
 
 // safeHeadChunk makes sure that the chunk can be accessed without a race condition.
diff --git a/tsdb/head_wal.go b/tsdb/head_wal.go
index 7397bbf4139..ef96b533050 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_wal.go
@@ -435,8 +435,6 @@ Outer:
 	return nil
 }
 
-func minInt64() int64 { return math.MinInt64 }
-
 // resetSeriesWithMMappedChunks is only used during the WAL replay.
 func (h *Head) resetSeriesWithMMappedChunks(mSeries *memSeries, mmc, oooMmc []*mmappedChunk, walSeriesRef chunks.HeadSeriesRef) (overlapped bool) {
 	if mSeries.ref != walSeriesRef {
@@ -483,11 +481,10 @@ func (h *Head) resetSeriesWithMMappedChunks(mSeries *memSeries, mmc, oooMmc []*m
 	}
 	// Cache the last mmapped chunk time, so we can skip calling append() for samples it will reject.
 	if len(mmc) == 0 {
-		mSeries.shardHashOrMemoryMappedMaxTime = uint64(minInt64())
+		mSeries.mmMaxTime = math.MinInt64
 	} else {
-		mmMaxTime := mmc[len(mmc)-1].maxTime
-		mSeries.shardHashOrMemoryMappedMaxTime = uint64(mmMaxTime)
-		h.updateMinMaxTime(mmc[0].minTime, mmMaxTime)
+		mSeries.mmMaxTime = mmc[len(mmc)-1].maxTime
+		h.updateMinMaxTime(mmc[0].minTime, mSeries.mmMaxTime)
 	}
 	if len(oooMmc) != 0 {
 		// Mint and maxt can be in any chunk, they are not sorted.
@@ -588,7 +585,7 @@ func (wp *walSubsetProcessor) processWALSamples(h *Head, mmappedChunks, oooMmapp
 				unknownRefs++
 				continue
 			}
-			if s.T <= ms.mmMaxTime() {
+			if s.T <= ms.mmMaxTime {
 				continue
 			}
 			if _, chunkCreated := ms.append(s.T, s.V, 0, appendChunkOpts); chunkCreated {
@@ -617,7 +614,7 @@ func (wp *walSubsetProcessor) processWALSamples(h *Head, mmappedChunks, oooMmapp
 				unknownHistogramRefs++
 				continue
 			}
-			if s.t <= ms.mmMaxTime() {
+			if s.t <= ms.mmMaxTime {
 				continue
 			}
 			var chunkCreated bool
diff --git a/tsdb/index/index.go b/tsdb/index/index.go
index 36210545983..0e0e3537191 100644
--- a/tsdb/index/index.go
+++ b/tsdb/index/index.go
@@ -196,8 +196,9 @@ func NewTOCFromByteSlice(bs ByteSlice) (*TOC, error) {
 	return toc, d.Err()
 }
 
-// NewWriter returns a new Writer to the given filename. It serializes data in format version 2.
-// It uses the given encoder to encode each postings list.
+// NewWriterWithEncoder returns a new Writer to the given filename. It
+// serializes data in format version 2. It uses the given encoder to encode each
+// postings list.
 func NewWriterWithEncoder(ctx context.Context, fn string, encoder PostingsEncoder) (*Writer, error) {
 	dir := filepath.Dir(fn)
 
diff --git a/tsdb/ooo_head_read.go b/tsdb/ooo_head_read.go
index 55e241fd90e..7b58ec566fc 100644
--- a/tsdb/ooo_head_read.go
+++ b/tsdb/ooo_head_read.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package tsdb
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"slices"
 
@@ -139,33 +140,39 @@ func getOOOSeriesChunks(s *memSeries, mint, maxt int64, lastGarbageCollectedMmap
 	// those that overlap.
 	slices.SortFunc(tmpChks, lessByMinTimeAndMinRef)
 
-	// Next we want to iterate the sorted collected chunks and only return the
-	// chunks Meta the first chunk that overlaps with others.
+	// Next we want to iterate the sorted collected chunks and return composites for chunks that overlap with others.
 	// Example chunks of a series: 5:(100, 200) 6:(500, 600) 7:(150, 250) 8:(550, 650)
-	// In the example 5 overlaps with 7 and 6 overlaps with 8 so we only want to
-	// return chunk Metas for chunk 5 and chunk 6e
-	*chks = append(*chks, tmpChks[0])
-	maxTime := tmpChks[0].MaxTime // Tracks the maxTime of the previous "to be merged chunk".
+	// In the example 5 overlaps with 7 and 6 overlaps with 8 so we will return
+	// [5,7], [6,8].
+	toBeMerged := tmpChks[0]
 	for _, c := range tmpChks[1:] {
-		switch {
-		case c.MinTime > maxTime:
-			*chks = append(*chks, c)
-			maxTime = c.MaxTime
-		case c.MaxTime > maxTime:
-			maxTime = c.MaxTime
-			(*chks)[len(*chks)-1].MaxTime = c.MaxTime
-			fallthrough
-		default:
-			// If the head OOO chunk is part of an output chunk, copy the chunk pointer.
-			if c.Chunk != nil {
-				(*chks)[len(*chks)-1].Chunk = c.Chunk
+		if c.MinTime > toBeMerged.MaxTime {
+			// This chunk doesn't overlap. Send current toBeMerged to output and start a new one.
+			*chks = append(*chks, toBeMerged)
+			toBeMerged = c
+		} else {
+			// Merge this chunk with existing toBeMerged.
+			if mm, ok := toBeMerged.Chunk.(*multiMeta); ok {
+				mm.metas = append(mm.metas, c)
+			} else {
+				toBeMerged.Chunk = &multiMeta{metas: []chunks.Meta{toBeMerged, c}}
+			}
+			if toBeMerged.MaxTime < c.MaxTime {
+				toBeMerged.MaxTime = c.MaxTime
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	*chks = append(*chks, toBeMerged)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Fake Chunk object to pass a set of Metas inside Meta.Chunk.
+type multiMeta struct {
+	chunkenc.Chunk // We don't expect any of the methods to be called.
+	metas          []chunks.Meta
+}
+
 // LabelValues needs to be overridden from the headIndexReader implementation
 // so we can return labels within either in-order range or ooo range.
 func (oh *HeadAndOOOIndexReader) LabelValues(ctx context.Context, name string, matchers ...*labels.Matcher) ([]string, error) {
@@ -180,29 +187,6 @@ func (oh *HeadAndOOOIndexReader) LabelValues(ctx context.Context, name string, m
 	return labelValuesWithMatchers(ctx, oh, name, matchers...)
 }
 
-type chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef struct {
-	meta chunks.Meta
-	ref  chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef
-}
-
-func refLessByMinTimeAndMinRef(a, b chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef) int {
-	switch {
-	case a.meta.MinTime < b.meta.MinTime:
-		return -1
-	case a.meta.MinTime > b.meta.MinTime:
-		return 1
-	}
-
-	switch {
-	case a.meta.Ref < b.meta.Ref:
-		return -1
-	case a.meta.Ref > b.meta.Ref:
-		return 1
-	default:
-		return 0
-	}
-}
-
 func lessByMinTimeAndMinRef(a, b chunks.Meta) int {
 	switch {
 	case a.MinTime < b.MinTime:
@@ -241,33 +225,55 @@ func NewHeadAndOOOChunkReader(head *Head, mint, maxt int64, cr *headChunkReader,
 }
 
 func (cr *HeadAndOOOChunkReader) ChunkOrIterable(meta chunks.Meta) (chunkenc.Chunk, chunkenc.Iterable, error) {
-	sid, _, isOOO := unpackHeadChunkRef(meta.Ref)
-	if !isOOO {
-		return cr.cr.ChunkOrIterable(meta)
-	}
+	c, it, _, err := cr.chunkOrIterable(meta, false)
+	return c, it, err
+}
 
+// ChunkOrIterableWithCopy implements ChunkReaderWithCopy. The special Copy
+// behaviour is only implemented for the in-order head chunk.
+func (cr *HeadAndOOOChunkReader) ChunkOrIterableWithCopy(meta chunks.Meta) (chunkenc.Chunk, chunkenc.Iterable, int64, error) {
+	return cr.chunkOrIterable(meta, true)
+}
+
+func (cr *HeadAndOOOChunkReader) chunkOrIterable(meta chunks.Meta, copyLastChunk bool) (chunkenc.Chunk, chunkenc.Iterable, int64, error) {
+	sid, cid, isOOO := unpackHeadChunkRef(meta.Ref)
 	s := cr.head.series.getByID(sid)
 	// This means that the series has been garbage collected.
 	if s == nil {
-		return nil, nil, storage.ErrNotFound
+		return nil, nil, 0, storage.ErrNotFound
+	}
+	var isoState *isolationState
+	if cr.cr != nil {
+		isoState = cr.cr.isoState
 	}
 
 	s.Lock()
-	mc, err := s.mergedChunks(meta, cr.head.chunkDiskMapper, cr.cr, cr.mint, cr.maxt, cr.maxMmapRef)
-	s.Unlock()
-
-	return nil, mc, err
-}
+	defer s.Unlock()
 
-// ChunkOrIterableWithCopy: implements ChunkReaderWithCopy. The special Copy behaviour
-// is only implemented for the in-order head chunk.
-func (cr *HeadAndOOOChunkReader) ChunkOrIterableWithCopy(meta chunks.Meta) (chunkenc.Chunk, chunkenc.Iterable, int64, error) {
-	_, _, isOOO := unpackHeadChunkRef(meta.Ref)
-	if !isOOO {
-		return cr.cr.ChunkOrIterableWithCopy(meta)
+	if meta.Chunk == nil {
+		c, maxt, err := cr.head.chunkFromSeries(s, cid, isOOO, meta.MinTime, meta.MaxTime, isoState, copyLastChunk)
+		return c, nil, maxt, err
+	}
+	mm, ok := meta.Chunk.(*multiMeta)
+	if !ok { // Complete chunk was supplied.
+		return meta.Chunk, nil, meta.MaxTime, nil
+	}
+	// We have a composite meta: construct a composite iterable.
+	mc := &mergedOOOChunks{}
+	for _, m := range mm.metas {
+		switch {
+		case m.Chunk != nil:
+			mc.chunkIterables = append(mc.chunkIterables, m.Chunk)
+		default:
+			_, cid, isOOO := unpackHeadChunkRef(m.Ref)
+			iterable, _, err := cr.head.chunkFromSeries(s, cid, isOOO, m.MinTime, m.MaxTime, isoState, copyLastChunk)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid head chunk: %w", err)
+			}
+			mc.chunkIterables = append(mc.chunkIterables, iterable)
+		}
 	}
-	chk, iter, err := cr.ChunkOrIterable(meta)
-	return chk, iter, 0, err
+	return nil, mc, meta.MaxTime, nil
 }
 
 func (cr *HeadAndOOOChunkReader) Close() error {
diff --git a/tsdb/querier.go b/tsdb/querier.go
index 2e15f0b084d..912c950329a 100644
--- a/tsdb/querier.go
+++ b/tsdb/querier.go
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ func (p *populateWithDelChunkSeriesIterator) populateChunksFromIterable() bool {
 		// Check if the encoding has changed (i.e. we need to create a new
 		// chunk as chunks can't have multiple encoding types).
 		// For the first sample, the following condition will always be true as
-		// ValNoneNone != ValFloat | ValHistogram | ValFloatHistogram.
+		// ValNone != ValFloat | ValHistogram | ValFloatHistogram.
 		if currentValueType != prevValueType {
 			if prevValueType != chunkenc.ValNone {
 				p.chunksFromIterable = append(p.chunksFromIterable, chunks.Meta{Chunk: currentChunk, MinTime: cmint, MaxTime: cmaxt})
diff --git a/tsdb/wlog/watcher.go b/tsdb/wlog/watcher.go
index c1eed78f6de..ac5041e87b9 100644
--- a/tsdb/wlog/watcher.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/watcher.go
@@ -58,15 +58,16 @@ type WriteTo interface {
 	StoreSeries([]record.RefSeries, int)
 	StoreMetadata([]record.RefMetadata)
 
-	// Next two methods are intended for garbage-collection: first we call
-	// UpdateSeriesSegment on all current series
+	// UpdateSeriesSegment and SeriesReset are intended for
+	// garbage-collection:
+	// First we call UpdateSeriesSegment on all current series.
 	UpdateSeriesSegment([]record.RefSeries, int)
-	// Then SeriesReset is called to allow the deletion
-	// of all series created in a segment lower than the argument.
+	// Then SeriesReset is called to allow the deletion of all series
+	// created in a segment lower than the argument.
 	SeriesReset(int)
 }
 
-// Used to notify the watcher that data has been written so that it can read.
+// WriteNotified notifies the watcher that data has been written so that it can read.
 type WriteNotified interface {
 	Notify()
 }
@@ -602,7 +603,7 @@ func (w *Watcher) readSegment(r *LiveReader, segmentNum int, tail bool) error {
 			}
 
 		case record.Metadata:
-			if !w.sendMetadata || !tail {
+			if !w.sendMetadata {
 				break
 			}
 			meta, err := dec.Metadata(rec, metadata[:0])
diff --git a/tsdb/wlog/wlog.go b/tsdb/wlog/wlog.go
index 993e930cefe..b14521f358f 100644
--- a/tsdb/wlog/wlog.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/wlog.go
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	DefaultSegmentSize = 128 * 1024 * 1024 // 128 MB
-	pageSize           = 32 * 1024         // 32KB
+	DefaultSegmentSize = 128 * 1024 * 1024 // DefaultSegmentSize is 128 MB.
+	pageSize           = 32 * 1024         // pageSize is 32KB.
 	recordHeaderSize   = 7
 	WblDirName         = "wbl"
 )
diff --git a/util/almost/almost.go b/util/almost/almost.go
index 34f1290a5fc..5f866b89b36 100644
--- a/util/almost/almost.go
+++ b/util/almost/almost.go
@@ -13,13 +13,23 @@
 
 package almost
 
-import "math"
+import (
+	"math"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/value"
+)
 
 var minNormal = math.Float64frombits(0x0010000000000000) // The smallest positive normal value of type float64.
 
 // Equal returns true if a and b differ by less than their sum
-// multiplied by epsilon.
+// multiplied by epsilon, or if both are StaleNaN, or if both are any other NaN.
 func Equal(a, b, epsilon float64) bool {
+	// StaleNaN is a special value that is used as staleness maker, and
+	// we don't want it to compare equal to any other NaN.
+	if value.IsStaleNaN(a) || value.IsStaleNaN(b) {
+		return value.IsStaleNaN(a) && value.IsStaleNaN(b)
+	}
+
 	// NaN has no equality but for testing we still want to know whether both values
 	// are NaN.
 	if math.IsNaN(a) && math.IsNaN(b) {
diff --git a/util/annotations/annotations.go b/util/annotations/annotations.go
index bc5d76db431..b0272b7fee0 100644
--- a/util/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/util/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func NewInvalidQuantileWarning(q float64, pos posrange.PositionRange) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// NewInvalidQuantileWarning is used when the user specifies an invalid ratio
+// NewInvalidRatioWarning is used when the user specifies an invalid ratio
 // value, i.e. a float that is outside the range [-1, 1] or NaN.
 func NewInvalidRatioWarning(q, to float64, pos posrange.PositionRange) error {
 	return annoErr{
diff --git a/util/documentcli/documentcli.go b/util/documentcli/documentcli.go
index 9de2bb8d4ca..6964952af45 100644
--- a/util/documentcli/documentcli.go
+++ b/util/documentcli/documentcli.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
@@ -75,6 +76,16 @@ func createFlagRow(flag *kingpin.FlagModel) []string {
 		name = fmt.Sprintf(`<code class="text-nowrap">-%c</code>, <code class="text-nowrap">--%s</code>`, flag.Short, flag.Name)
 	}
 
+	valueType := reflect.TypeOf(flag.Value)
+	if valueType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		valueType = valueType.Elem()
+	}
+	if valueType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+		if _, found := valueType.FieldByName("slice"); found {
+			name = fmt.Sprintf(`%s <code class="text-nowrap">...<code class="text-nowrap">`, name)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return []string{name, strings.ReplaceAll(flag.Help, "|", `\|`), defaultVal}
 }
 
diff --git a/util/netconnlimit/netconnlimit.go b/util/netconnlimit/netconnlimit.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bdd805b83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/netconnlimit/netconnlimit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Prometheus Authors
+// Based on golang.org/x/net/netutil:
+//   Copyright 2013 The Go Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package netconnlimit provides network utility functions for limiting
+// simultaneous connections across multiple listeners.
+package netconnlimit
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// NewSharedSemaphore creates and returns a new semaphore channel that can be used
+// to limit the number of simultaneous connections across multiple listeners.
+func NewSharedSemaphore(n int) chan struct{} {
+	return make(chan struct{}, n)
+}
+
+// SharedLimitListener returns a listener that accepts at most n simultaneous
+// connections across multiple listeners using the provided shared semaphore.
+func SharedLimitListener(l net.Listener, sem chan struct{}) net.Listener {
+	return &sharedLimitListener{
+		Listener: l,
+		sem:      sem,
+		done:     make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+type sharedLimitListener struct {
+	net.Listener
+	sem       chan struct{}
+	closeOnce sync.Once     // Ensures the done chan is only closed once.
+	done      chan struct{} // No values sent; closed when Close is called.
+}
+
+// Acquire acquires the shared semaphore. Returns true if successfully
+// acquired, false if the listener is closed and the semaphore is not
+// acquired.
+func (l *sharedLimitListener) acquire() bool {
+	select {
+	case <-l.done:
+		return false
+	case l.sem <- struct{}{}:
+		return true
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *sharedLimitListener) release() { <-l.sem }
+
+func (l *sharedLimitListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
+	if !l.acquire() {
+		for {
+			c, err := l.Listener.Accept()
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			c.Close()
+		}
+	}
+
+	c, err := l.Listener.Accept()
+	if err != nil {
+		l.release()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &sharedLimitListenerConn{Conn: c, release: l.release}, nil
+}
+
+func (l *sharedLimitListener) Close() error {
+	err := l.Listener.Close()
+	l.closeOnce.Do(func() { close(l.done) })
+	return err
+}
+
+type sharedLimitListenerConn struct {
+	net.Conn
+	releaseOnce sync.Once
+	release     func()
+}
+
+func (l *sharedLimitListenerConn) Close() error {
+	err := l.Conn.Close()
+	l.releaseOnce.Do(l.release)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/package.json b/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/package.json
index 73ec824671d..1e52207f304 100644
--- a/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/package.json
+++ b/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql",
-  "version": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "0.54.1",
   "description": "a CodeMirror mode for the PromQL language",
   "types": "dist/esm/index.d.ts",
   "module": "dist/esm/index.js",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/main/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/README.md",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+    "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.54.1",
     "lru-cache": "^7.18.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/web/ui/module/lezer-promql/package.json b/web/ui/module/lezer-promql/package.json
index 6cc4f481e01..d863cd1c084 100644
--- a/web/ui/module/lezer-promql/package.json
+++ b/web/ui/module/lezer-promql/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql",
-  "version": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "0.54.1",
   "description": "lezer-based PromQL grammar",
   "main": "dist/index.cjs",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/web/ui/package-lock.json b/web/ui/package-lock.json
index 408ce566212..d425ecc9ab2 100644
--- a/web/ui/package-lock.json
+++ b/web/ui/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "prometheus-io",
-  "version": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "0.54.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "prometheus-io",
-      "version": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+      "version": "0.54.1",
       "workspaces": [
         "react-app",
         "module/*"
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
     },
     "module/codemirror-promql": {
       "name": "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql",
-      "version": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+      "version": "0.54.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+        "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.54.1",
         "lru-cache": "^7.18.3"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     },
     "module/lezer-promql": {
       "name": "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql",
-      "version": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+      "version": "0.54.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@lezer/generator": "^1.7.1",
@@ -19352,7 +19352,7 @@
     },
     "react-app": {
       "name": "@prometheus-io/app",
-      "version": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+      "version": "0.54.1",
       "dependencies": {
         "@codemirror/autocomplete": "^6.17.0",
         "@codemirror/commands": "^6.6.0",
@@ -19370,7 +19370,7 @@
         "@lezer/lr": "^1.4.2",
         "@nexucis/fuzzy": "^0.4.1",
         "@nexucis/kvsearch": "^0.8.1",
-        "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+        "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.54.1",
         "bootstrap": "^4.6.2",
         "css.escape": "^1.5.1",
         "downshift": "^9.0.6",
diff --git a/web/ui/package.json b/web/ui/package.json
index fe1e77ef535..f97d7098b25 100644
--- a/web/ui/package.json
+++ b/web/ui/package.json
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
     "ts-jest": "^29.2.2",
     "typescript": "^4.9.5"
   },
-  "version": "0.54.0-rc.1"
+  "version": "0.54.1"
 }
diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/package.json b/web/ui/react-app/package.json
index 1915ecc66a1..8f29b7c1497 100644
--- a/web/ui/react-app/package.json
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@prometheus-io/app",
-  "version": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "0.54.1",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@codemirror/autocomplete": "^6.17.0",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "@lezer/lr": "^1.4.2",
     "@nexucis/fuzzy": "^0.4.1",
     "@nexucis/kvsearch": "^0.8.1",
-    "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.54.0-rc.1",
+    "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.54.1",
     "bootstrap": "^4.6.2",
     "css.escape": "^1.5.1",
     "downshift": "^9.0.6",
diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index 8e84acd039c..098baa055e0 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ import (
 	toolkit_web "github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/web"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
-	"golang.org/x/net/netutil"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/notifier"
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/template"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/httputil"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/netconnlimit"
 	api_v1 "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/web/api/v1"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/web/ui"
 )
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	Version               *PrometheusVersion
 	Flags                 map[string]string
 
-	ListenAddress              string
+	ListenAddresses            []string
 	CORSOrigin                 *regexp.Regexp
 	ReadTimeout                time.Duration
 	MaxConnections             int
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func New(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 		},
 		o.Flags,
 		api_v1.GlobalURLOptions{
-			ListenAddress: o.ListenAddress,
+			ListenAddress: o.ListenAddresses[0],
 			Host:          o.ExternalURL.Host,
 			Scheme:        o.ExternalURL.Scheme,
 		},
@@ -566,15 +566,29 @@ func (h *Handler) Reload() <-chan chan error {
 	return h.reloadCh
 }
 
+// Listeners creates the TCP listeners for web requests.
+func (h *Handler) Listeners() ([]net.Listener, error) {
+	var listeners []net.Listener
+	sem := netconnlimit.NewSharedSemaphore(h.options.MaxConnections)
+	for _, address := range h.options.ListenAddresses {
+		listener, err := h.Listener(address, sem)
+		if err != nil {
+			return listeners, err
+		}
+		listeners = append(listeners, listener)
+	}
+	return listeners, nil
+}
+
 // Listener creates the TCP listener for web requests.
-func (h *Handler) Listener() (net.Listener, error) {
-	level.Info(h.logger).Log("msg", "Start listening for connections", "address", h.options.ListenAddress)
+func (h *Handler) Listener(address string, sem chan struct{}) (net.Listener, error) {
+	level.Info(h.logger).Log("msg", "Start listening for connections", "address", address)
 
-	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", h.options.ListenAddress)
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return listener, err
 	}
-	listener = netutil.LimitListener(listener, h.options.MaxConnections)
+	listener = netconnlimit.SharedLimitListener(listener, sem)
 
 	// Monitor incoming connections with conntrack.
 	listener = conntrack.NewListener(listener,
@@ -585,10 +599,10 @@ func (h *Handler) Listener() (net.Listener, error) {
 }
 
 // Run serves the HTTP endpoints.
-func (h *Handler) Run(ctx context.Context, listener net.Listener, webConfig string) error {
-	if listener == nil {
+func (h *Handler) Run(ctx context.Context, listeners []net.Listener, webConfig string) error {
+	if len(listeners) == 0 {
 		var err error
-		listener, err = h.Listener()
+		listeners, err = h.Listeners()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -623,7 +637,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Run(ctx context.Context, listener net.Listener, webConfig stri
 
 	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
 	go func() {
-		errCh <- toolkit_web.Serve(listener, httpSrv, &toolkit_web.FlagConfig{WebConfigFile: &webConfig}, h.logger)
+		errCh <- toolkit_web.ServeMultiple(listeners, httpSrv, &toolkit_web.FlagConfig{WebConfigFile: &webConfig}, h.logger)
 	}()
 
 	select {


Test patch:
diff --git a/cmd/promtool/backfill_test.go b/cmd/promtool/backfill_test.go
index 32abfa46a8c..b818194e865 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/backfill_test.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/backfill_test.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func TestBackfill(t *testing.T) {
 		Description          string
 		MaxSamplesInAppender int
 		MaxBlockDuration     time.Duration
+		Labels               map[string]string
 		Expected             struct {
 			MinTime       int64
 			MaxTime       int64
@@ -636,6 +637,49 @@ http_requests_total{code="400"} 1024 7199
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			ToParse: `# HELP http_requests_total The total number of HTTP requests.
+# TYPE http_requests_total counter
+http_requests_total{code="200"} 1 1624463088.000
+http_requests_total{code="200"} 2 1629503088.000
+http_requests_total{code="200"} 3 1629863088.000
+# EOF
+`,
+			IsOk:                 true,
+			Description:          "Sample with external labels.",
+			MaxSamplesInAppender: 5000,
+			MaxBlockDuration:     2048 * time.Hour,
+			Labels:               map[string]string{"cluster_id": "123", "org_id": "999"},
+			Expected: struct {
+				MinTime       int64
+				MaxTime       int64
+				NumBlocks     int
+				BlockDuration int64
+				Samples       []backfillSample
+			}{
+				MinTime:       1624463088000,
+				MaxTime:       1629863088000,
+				NumBlocks:     2,
+				BlockDuration: int64(1458 * time.Hour / time.Millisecond),
+				Samples: []backfillSample{
+					{
+						Timestamp: 1624463088000,
+						Value:     1,
+						Labels:    labels.FromStrings("__name__", "http_requests_total", "code", "200", "cluster_id", "123", "org_id", "999"),
+					},
+					{
+						Timestamp: 1629503088000,
+						Value:     2,
+						Labels:    labels.FromStrings("__name__", "http_requests_total", "code", "200", "cluster_id", "123", "org_id", "999"),
+					},
+					{
+						Timestamp: 1629863088000,
+						Value:     3,
+						Labels:    labels.FromStrings("__name__", "http_requests_total", "code", "200", "cluster_id", "123", "org_id", "999"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			ToParse: `# HELP rpc_duration_seconds A summary of the RPC duration in seconds.
 # TYPE rpc_duration_seconds summary
@@ -689,7 +733,7 @@ after_eof 1 2
 
 			outputDir := t.TempDir()
 
-			err := backfill(test.MaxSamplesInAppender, []byte(test.ToParse), outputDir, false, false, test.MaxBlockDuration)
+			err := backfill(test.MaxSamplesInAppender, []byte(test.ToParse), outputDir, false, false, test.MaxBlockDuration, test.Labels)
 
 			if !test.IsOk {
 				require.Error(t, err, test.Description)
diff --git a/cmd/promtool/tsdb_test.go b/cmd/promtool/tsdb_test.go
index d7cc560881d..ffc5467b474 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/tsdb_test.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/tsdb_test.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestTSDBDumpOpenMetricsRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 
 	dbDir := t.TempDir()
 	// Import samples from OM format
-	err = backfill(5000, initialMetrics, dbDir, false, false, 2*time.Hour)
+	err = backfill(5000, initialMetrics, dbDir, false, false, 2*time.Hour, map[string]string{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	db, err := tsdb.Open(dbDir, nil, nil, tsdb.DefaultOptions(), nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 9b074bef1ca..22190618236 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package config
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -164,10 +165,11 @@ var expectedConf = &Config{
 
 	RemoteReadConfigs: []*RemoteReadConfig{
 		{
-			URL:           mustParseURL("http://remote1/read"),
-			RemoteTimeout: model.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
-			ReadRecent:    true,
-			Name:          "default",
+			URL:              mustParseURL("http://remote1/read"),
+			RemoteTimeout:    model.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+			ChunkedReadLimit: DefaultChunkedReadLimit,
+			ReadRecent:       true,
+			Name:             "default",
 			HTTPClientConfig: config.HTTPClientConfig{
 				FollowRedirects: true,
 				EnableHTTP2:     false,
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ var expectedConf = &Config{
 		{
 			URL:              mustParseURL("http://remote3/read"),
 			RemoteTimeout:    model.Duration(1 * time.Minute),
+			ChunkedReadLimit: DefaultChunkedReadLimit,
 			ReadRecent:       false,
 			Name:             "read_special",
 			RequiredMatchers: model.LabelSet{"job": "special"},
@@ -2300,3 +2303,52 @@ func TestScrapeConfigDisableCompression(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.False(t, got.ScrapeConfigs[0].EnableCompression)
 }
+
+func TestScrapeConfigNameValidationSettings(t *testing.T) {
+	model.NameValidationScheme = model.UTF8Validation
+	defer func() {
+		model.NameValidationScheme = model.LegacyValidation
+	}()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		inputFile    string
+		expectScheme string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "blank config implies default",
+			inputFile:    "scrape_config_default_validation_mode",
+			expectScheme: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "global setting implies local settings",
+			inputFile:    "scrape_config_global_validation_mode",
+			expectScheme: "utf8",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "local setting",
+			inputFile:    "scrape_config_local_validation_mode",
+			expectScheme: "utf8",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "local setting overrides global setting",
+			inputFile:    "scrape_config_local_global_validation_mode",
+			expectScheme: "legacy",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			want, err := LoadFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/%s.yml", tc.inputFile), false, false, log.NewNopLogger())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			out, err := yaml.Marshal(want)
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			got := &Config{}
+			require.NoError(t, yaml.UnmarshalStrict(out, got))
+
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expectScheme, got.ScrapeConfigs[0].MetricNameValidationScheme)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/config/testdata/scrape_config_default_validation_mode.yml b/config/testdata/scrape_config_default_validation_mode.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96680d64381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/scrape_config_default_validation_mode.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: prometheus
diff --git a/config/testdata/scrape_config_global_validation_mode.yml b/config/testdata/scrape_config_global_validation_mode.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1548554397c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/scrape_config_global_validation_mode.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+global:
+  metric_name_validation_scheme: utf8
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: prometheus
diff --git a/config/testdata/scrape_config_local_global_validation_mode.yml b/config/testdata/scrape_config_local_global_validation_mode.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d13605e21d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/scrape_config_local_global_validation_mode.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+global:
+  metric_name_validation_scheme: utf8
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: prometheus
+    metric_name_validation_scheme: legacy
diff --git a/config/testdata/scrape_config_local_validation_mode.yml b/config/testdata/scrape_config_local_validation_mode.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fad4235806a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/scrape_config_local_validation_mode.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: prometheus
+    metric_name_validation_scheme: utf8
diff --git a/discovery/manager_test.go b/discovery/manager_test.go
index be07edbdb40..831cefe514d 100644
--- a/discovery/manager_test.go
+++ b/discovery/manager_test.go
@@ -939,11 +939,13 @@ func TestTargetSetTargetGroupsPresentOnConfigChange(t *testing.T) {
 	discoveryManager.ApplyConfig(c)
 
 	// Original targets should be present as soon as possible.
+	// An empty list should be sent for prometheus2 to drop any stale targets
 	syncedTargets = <-discoveryManager.SyncCh()
 	mu.Unlock()
-	require.Len(t, syncedTargets, 1)
+	require.Len(t, syncedTargets, 2)
 	verifySyncedPresence(t, syncedTargets, "prometheus", "{__address__=\"foo:9090\"}", true)
 	require.Len(t, syncedTargets["prometheus"], 1)
+	require.Empty(t, syncedTargets["prometheus2"])
 
 	// prometheus2 configs should be ready on second sync.
 	syncedTargets = <-discoveryManager.SyncCh()
@@ -1049,8 +1051,8 @@ func TestDiscovererConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestTargetSetRecreatesEmptyStaticConfigs ensures that reloading a config file after
-// removing all targets from the static_configs sends an update with empty targetGroups.
-// This is required to signal the receiver that this target set has no current targets.
+// removing all targets from the static_configs cleans the corresponding targetGroups entries to avoid leaks and sends an empty update.
+// The update is required to signal the consumers that the previous targets should be dropped.
 func TestTargetSetRecreatesEmptyStaticConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
@@ -1083,16 +1085,14 @@ func TestTargetSetRecreatesEmptyStaticConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	discoveryManager.ApplyConfig(c)
 
 	syncedTargets = <-discoveryManager.SyncCh()
+	require.Len(t, discoveryManager.targets, 1)
 	p = pk("static", "prometheus", 1)
 	targetGroups, ok := discoveryManager.targets[p]
-	require.True(t, ok, "'%v' should be present in target groups", p)
-	group, ok := targetGroups[""]
-	require.True(t, ok, "missing '' key in target groups %v", targetGroups)
-
-	require.Empty(t, group.Targets, "Invalid number of targets.")
-	require.Len(t, syncedTargets, 1)
-	require.Len(t, syncedTargets["prometheus"], 1)
-	require.Nil(t, syncedTargets["prometheus"][0].Labels)
+	require.True(t, ok, "'%v' should be present in targets", p)
+	// Otherwise the targetGroups will leak, see https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/12436.
+	require.Empty(t, targetGroups, 0, "'%v' should no longer have any associated target groups", p)
+	require.Len(t, syncedTargets, 1, "an update with no targetGroups should still be sent.")
+	require.Empty(t, syncedTargets["prometheus"], 0)
 }
 
 func TestIdenticalConfigurationsAreCoalesced(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1275,6 +1275,7 @@ func TestCoordinationWithReceiver(t *testing.T) {
 								Targets: []model.LabelSet{{"__instance__": "1"}},
 							},
 						},
+						"mock1": {},
 					},
 				},
 				{
diff --git a/discovery/moby/docker_test.go b/discovery/moby/docker_test.go
index c108ddf5826..398393a15ae 100644
--- a/discovery/moby/docker_test.go
+++ b/discovery/moby/docker_test.go
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ host: %s
 	tg := tgs[0]
 	require.NotNil(t, tg)
 	require.NotNil(t, tg.Targets)
-	require.Len(t, tg.Targets, 6)
+	require.Len(t, tg.Targets, 8)
 
-	for i, lbls := range []model.LabelSet{
+	expected := []model.LabelSet{
 		{
 			"__address__":                "172.19.0.2:9100",
 			"__meta_docker_container_id": "c301b928faceb1a18fe379f6bc178727ef920bb30b0f9b8592b32b36255a0eca",
@@ -163,7 +163,43 @@ host: %s
 			"__meta_docker_network_scope":                              "local",
 			"__meta_docker_port_private":                               "9104",
 		},
-	} {
+		{
+			"__address__":                "172.20.0.3:3306",
+			"__meta_docker_container_id": "f84b2a0cfaa58d9e70b0657e2b3c6f44f0e973de4163a871299b4acf127b224f",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_project": "dockersd",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_service": "mysql",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_version": "2.2.2",
+			"__meta_docker_container_name":                             "/dockersd_multi_networks",
+			"__meta_docker_container_network_mode":                     "dockersd_private_none",
+			"__meta_docker_network_id":                                 "e804771e55254a360fdb70dfdd78d3610fdde231b14ef2f837a00ac1eeb9e601",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ingress":                            "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_internal":                           "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ip":                                 "172.20.0.3",
+			"__meta_docker_network_name":                               "dockersd_private",
+			"__meta_docker_network_scope":                              "local",
+			"__meta_docker_port_private":                               "3306",
+		},
+		{
+			"__address__":                "172.20.0.3:33060",
+			"__meta_docker_container_id": "f84b2a0cfaa58d9e70b0657e2b3c6f44f0e973de4163a871299b4acf127b224f",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_project": "dockersd",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_service": "mysql",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_version": "2.2.2",
+			"__meta_docker_container_name":                             "/dockersd_multi_networks",
+			"__meta_docker_container_network_mode":                     "dockersd_private_none",
+			"__meta_docker_network_id":                                 "e804771e55254a360fdb70dfdd78d3610fdde231b14ef2f837a00ac1eeb9e601",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ingress":                            "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_internal":                           "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ip":                                 "172.20.0.3",
+			"__meta_docker_network_name":                               "dockersd_private",
+			"__meta_docker_network_scope":                              "local",
+			"__meta_docker_port_private":                               "33060",
+		},
+	}
+	sortFunc(expected)
+	sortFunc(tg.Targets)
+
+	for i, lbls := range expected {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("item %d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
 			require.Equal(t, lbls, tg.Targets[i])
 		})
@@ -202,13 +238,8 @@ host: %s
 	tg := tgs[0]
 	require.NotNil(t, tg)
 	require.NotNil(t, tg.Targets)
-	require.Len(t, tg.Targets, 9)
+	require.Len(t, tg.Targets, 13)
 
-	sortFunc := func(labelSets []model.LabelSet) {
-		sort.Slice(labelSets, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return labelSets[i]["__address__"] < labelSets[j]["__address__"]
-		})
-	}
 	expected := []model.LabelSet{
 		{
 			"__address__":                "172.19.0.2:9100",
@@ -359,6 +390,70 @@ host: %s
 			"__meta_docker_network_scope":                              "local",
 			"__meta_docker_port_private":                               "9104",
 		},
+		{
+			"__address__":                "172.20.0.3:3306",
+			"__meta_docker_container_id": "f84b2a0cfaa58d9e70b0657e2b3c6f44f0e973de4163a871299b4acf127b224f",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_project": "dockersd",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_service": "mysql",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_version": "2.2.2",
+			"__meta_docker_container_name":                             "/dockersd_multi_networks",
+			"__meta_docker_container_network_mode":                     "dockersd_private_none",
+			"__meta_docker_network_id":                                 "e804771e55254a360fdb70dfdd78d3610fdde231b14ef2f837a00ac1eeb9e601",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ingress":                            "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_internal":                           "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ip":                                 "172.20.0.3",
+			"__meta_docker_network_name":                               "dockersd_private",
+			"__meta_docker_network_scope":                              "local",
+			"__meta_docker_port_private":                               "3306",
+		},
+		{
+			"__address__":                "172.20.0.3:33060",
+			"__meta_docker_container_id": "f84b2a0cfaa58d9e70b0657e2b3c6f44f0e973de4163a871299b4acf127b224f",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_project": "dockersd",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_service": "mysql",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_version": "2.2.2",
+			"__meta_docker_container_name":                             "/dockersd_multi_networks",
+			"__meta_docker_container_network_mode":                     "dockersd_private_none",
+			"__meta_docker_network_id":                                 "e804771e55254a360fdb70dfdd78d3610fdde231b14ef2f837a00ac1eeb9e601",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ingress":                            "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_internal":                           "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ip":                                 "172.20.0.3",
+			"__meta_docker_network_name":                               "dockersd_private",
+			"__meta_docker_network_scope":                              "local",
+			"__meta_docker_port_private":                               "33060",
+		},
+		{
+			"__address__":                "172.21.0.3:3306",
+			"__meta_docker_container_id": "f84b2a0cfaa58d9e70b0657e2b3c6f44f0e973de4163a871299b4acf127b224f",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_project": "dockersd",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_service": "mysql",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_version": "2.2.2",
+			"__meta_docker_container_name":                             "/dockersd_multi_networks",
+			"__meta_docker_container_network_mode":                     "dockersd_private_none",
+			"__meta_docker_network_id":                                 "bfcf66a6b64f7d518f009e34290dc3f3c66a08164257ad1afc3bd31d75f656e8",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ingress":                            "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_internal":                           "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ip":                                 "172.21.0.3",
+			"__meta_docker_network_name":                               "dockersd_private1",
+			"__meta_docker_network_scope":                              "local",
+			"__meta_docker_port_private":                               "3306",
+		},
+		{
+			"__address__":                "172.21.0.3:33060",
+			"__meta_docker_container_id": "f84b2a0cfaa58d9e70b0657e2b3c6f44f0e973de4163a871299b4acf127b224f",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_project": "dockersd",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_service": "mysql",
+			"__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_version": "2.2.2",
+			"__meta_docker_container_name":                             "/dockersd_multi_networks",
+			"__meta_docker_container_network_mode":                     "dockersd_private_none",
+			"__meta_docker_network_id":                                 "bfcf66a6b64f7d518f009e34290dc3f3c66a08164257ad1afc3bd31d75f656e8",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ingress":                            "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_internal":                           "false",
+			"__meta_docker_network_ip":                                 "172.21.0.3",
+			"__meta_docker_network_name":                               "dockersd_private1",
+			"__meta_docker_network_scope":                              "local",
+			"__meta_docker_port_private":                               "33060",
+		},
 	}
 
 	sortFunc(expected)
@@ -370,3 +465,9 @@ host: %s
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func sortFunc(labelSets []model.LabelSet) {
+	sort.Slice(labelSets, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return labelSets[i]["__address__"] < labelSets[j]["__address__"]
+	})
+}
diff --git a/discovery/moby/testdata/dockerprom/containers/json.json b/discovery/moby/testdata/dockerprom/containers/json.json
index ebfc56b6d5c..33406bf9a4f 100644
--- a/discovery/moby/testdata/dockerprom/containers/json.json
+++ b/discovery/moby/testdata/dockerprom/containers/json.json
@@ -228,5 +228,74 @@
       "Networks": {}
     },
     "Mounts": []
+  },
+  {
+    "Id": "f84b2a0cfaa58d9e70b0657e2b3c6f44f0e973de4163a871299b4acf127b224f",
+    "Names": [
+      "/dockersd_multi_networks"
+    ],
+    "Image": "mysql:5.7.29",
+    "ImageID": "sha256:16ae2f4625ba63a250462bedeece422e741de9f0caf3b1d89fd5b257aca80cd1",
+    "Command": "mysqld",
+    "Created": 1616273136,
+    "Ports": [
+      {
+        "PrivatePort": 3306,
+        "Type": "tcp"
+      },
+      {
+        "PrivatePort": 33060,
+        "Type": "tcp"
+      }
+    ],
+    "Labels": {
+      "com.docker.compose.project": "dockersd",
+      "com.docker.compose.service": "mysql",
+      "com.docker.compose.version": "2.2.2"
+    },
+    "State": "running",
+    "Status": "Up 40 seconds",
+    "HostConfig": {
+      "NetworkMode": "dockersd_private_none"
+    },
+    "NetworkSettings": {
+      "Networks": {
+        "dockersd_private": {
+          "IPAMConfig": null,
+          "Links": null,
+          "Aliases": null,
+          "NetworkID": "e804771e55254a360fdb70dfdd78d3610fdde231b14ef2f837a00ac1eeb9e601",
+          "EndpointID": "972d6807997369605ace863af58de6cb90c787a5bf2ffc4105662d393ae539b7",
+          "Gateway": "172.20.0.1",
+          "IPAddress": "172.20.0.3",
+          "IPPrefixLen": 16,
+          "IPv6Gateway": "",
+          "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
+          "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
+          "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:14:00:02",
+          "DriverOpts": null
+        },
+        "dockersd_private1": {
+          "IPAMConfig": {},
+          "Links": null,
+          "Aliases": [
+            "mysql",
+            "mysql",
+            "f9ade4b83199"
+          ],
+          "NetworkID": "bfcf66a6b64f7d518f009e34290dc3f3c66a08164257ad1afc3bd31d75f656e8",
+          "EndpointID": "91a98405344ee1cb7d977cafabe634837876651544b32da20a5e0155868e6f5f",
+          "Gateway": "172.21.0.1",
+          "IPAddress": "172.21.0.3",
+          "IPPrefixLen": 24,
+          "IPv6Gateway": "",
+          "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
+          "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
+          "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:15:00:02",
+          "DriverOpts": null
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "Mounts": []
   }
 ]
diff --git a/model/labels/labels_test.go b/model/labels/labels_test.go
index d8910cdc855..9208908311f 100644
--- a/model/labels/labels_test.go
+++ b/model/labels/labels_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
@@ -272,11 +273,86 @@ func TestLabels_IsValid(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
-			require.Equal(t, test.expected, test.input.IsValid())
+			require.Equal(t, test.expected, test.input.IsValid(model.LegacyValidation))
 		})
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLabels_ValidationModes(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		input      Labels
+		globalMode model.ValidationScheme
+		callMode   model.ValidationScheme
+		expected   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			input: FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "test.metric",
+				"hostname", "localhost",
+				"job", "check",
+			),
+			globalMode: model.UTF8Validation,
+			callMode:   model.UTF8Validation,
+			expected:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			input: FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "test",
+				"\xc5 bad utf8", "localhost",
+				"job", "check",
+			),
+			globalMode: model.UTF8Validation,
+			callMode:   model.UTF8Validation,
+			expected:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Setting the common model to legacy validation and then trying to check for UTF-8 on a
+			// per-call basis is not supported.
+			input: FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "test.utf8.metric",
+				"hostname", "localhost",
+				"job", "check",
+			),
+			globalMode: model.LegacyValidation,
+			callMode:   model.UTF8Validation,
+			expected:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			input: FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "test",
+				"hostname", "localhost",
+				"job", "check",
+			),
+			globalMode: model.LegacyValidation,
+			callMode:   model.LegacyValidation,
+			expected:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			input: FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "test.utf8.metric",
+				"hostname", "localhost",
+				"job", "check",
+			),
+			globalMode: model.UTF8Validation,
+			callMode:   model.LegacyValidation,
+			expected:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			input: FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "test",
+				"host.name", "localhost",
+				"job", "check",
+			),
+			globalMode: model.UTF8Validation,
+			callMode:   model.LegacyValidation,
+			expected:   false,
+		},
+	} {
+		model.NameValidationScheme = test.globalMode
+		require.Equal(t, test.expected, test.input.IsValid(test.callMode))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLabels_Equal(t *testing.T) {
 	labels := FromStrings(
 		"aaa", "111",
diff --git a/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go b/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
index e323a6cc8f3..cf34ae52df1 100644
--- a/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
+++ b/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
@@ -695,6 +695,70 @@ metric: <
   timestamp_ms: 1234568
 >
 
+`,
+
+		`name: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2"
+help: "Another histogram with native histogram exemplars."
+type: HISTOGRAM
+metric: <
+  histogram: <
+    sample_count: 175
+    sample_sum: 0.0008280461746287094
+    bucket: <
+      cumulative_count: 2
+      upper_bound: -0.0004899999999999998
+    >
+    bucket: <
+      cumulative_count: 4
+      upper_bound: -0.0003899999999999998
+    >
+    bucket: <
+      cumulative_count: 16
+      upper_bound: -0.0002899999999999998
+    >
+    schema: 3
+    zero_threshold: 2.938735877055719e-39
+    zero_count: 2
+    negative_span: <
+      offset: -162
+      length: 1
+    >
+    negative_span: <
+      offset: 23
+      length: 4
+    >
+    negative_delta: 1
+    negative_delta: 3
+    negative_delta: -2
+    negative_delta: -1
+    negative_delta: 1
+    positive_span: <
+      offset: -161
+      length: 1
+    >
+    positive_span: <
+      offset: 8
+      length: 3
+    >
+    positive_delta: 1
+    positive_delta: 2
+    positive_delta: -1
+    positive_delta: -1
+    exemplars: <
+      label: <
+        name: "dummyID"
+        value: "59780"
+      >
+      value: -0.00039
+      timestamp: <
+        seconds: 1625851155
+        nanos: 146848499
+      >
+    >
+  >
+  timestamp_ms: 1234568
+>
+
 `,
 	}
 
@@ -1276,6 +1340,41 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						{Labels: labels.FromStrings("dummyID", "59772"), Value: -0.00052, HasTs: true, Ts: 1625851160156},
 					},
 				},
+				{
+					m:    "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2",
+					help: "Another histogram with native histogram exemplars.",
+				},
+				{
+					m:   "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2",
+					typ: model.MetricTypeHistogram,
+				},
+				{
+					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2",
+					t: 1234568,
+					shs: &histogram.Histogram{
+						Count:         175,
+						ZeroCount:     2,
+						Sum:           0.0008280461746287094,
+						ZeroThreshold: 2.938735877055719e-39,
+						Schema:        3,
+						PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
+							{Offset: -161, Length: 1},
+							{Offset: 8, Length: 3},
+						},
+						NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
+							{Offset: -162, Length: 1},
+							{Offset: 23, Length: 4},
+						},
+						PositiveBuckets: []int64{1, 2, -1, -1},
+						NegativeBuckets: []int64{1, 3, -2, -1, 1},
+					},
+					lset: labels.FromStrings(
+						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2",
+					),
+					e: []exemplar.Exemplar{
+						{Labels: labels.FromStrings("dummyID", "59780"), Value: -0.00039, HasTs: true, Ts: 1625851155146},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -1995,15 +2094,15 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "without_quantiles_sum",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 78
+				{ // 81
 					m:    "empty_histogram",
 					help: "A histogram without observations and with a zero threshold of zero but with a no-op span to identify it as a native histogram.",
 				},
-				{ // 79
+				{ // 82
 					m:   "empty_histogram",
 					typ: model.MetricTypeHistogram,
 				},
-				{ // 80
+				{ // 83
 					m: "empty_histogram",
 					shs: &histogram.Histogram{
 						CounterResetHint: histogram.UnknownCounterReset,
@@ -2014,15 +2113,15 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "empty_histogram",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 81
+				{ // 84
 					m:    "test_counter_with_createdtimestamp",
 					help: "A counter with a created timestamp.",
 				},
-				{ // 82
+				{ // 85
 					m:   "test_counter_with_createdtimestamp",
 					typ: model.MetricTypeCounter,
 				},
-				{ // 83
+				{ // 86
 					m:  "test_counter_with_createdtimestamp",
 					v:  42,
 					ct: 1000,
@@ -2030,15 +2129,15 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "test_counter_with_createdtimestamp",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 84
+				{ // 87
 					m:    "test_summary_with_createdtimestamp",
 					help: "A summary with a created timestamp.",
 				},
-				{ // 85
+				{ // 88
 					m:   "test_summary_with_createdtimestamp",
 					typ: model.MetricTypeSummary,
 				},
-				{ // 86
+				{ // 89
 					m:  "test_summary_with_createdtimestamp_count",
 					v:  42,
 					ct: 1000,
@@ -2046,7 +2145,7 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "test_summary_with_createdtimestamp_count",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 87
+				{ // 90
 					m:  "test_summary_with_createdtimestamp_sum",
 					v:  1.234,
 					ct: 1000,
@@ -2054,15 +2153,15 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "test_summary_with_createdtimestamp_sum",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 88
+				{ // 91
 					m:    "test_histogram_with_createdtimestamp",
 					help: "A histogram with a created timestamp.",
 				},
-				{ // 89
+				{ // 92
 					m:   "test_histogram_with_createdtimestamp",
 					typ: model.MetricTypeHistogram,
 				},
-				{ // 90
+				{ // 93
 					m:  "test_histogram_with_createdtimestamp",
 					ct: 1000,
 					shs: &histogram.Histogram{
@@ -2074,15 +2173,15 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_createdtimestamp",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 91
+				{ // 94
 					m:    "test_gaugehistogram_with_createdtimestamp",
 					help: "A gauge histogram with a created timestamp.",
 				},
-				{ // 92
+				{ // 95
 					m:   "test_gaugehistogram_with_createdtimestamp",
 					typ: model.MetricTypeGaugeHistogram,
 				},
-				{ // 93
+				{ // 96
 					m:  "test_gaugehistogram_with_createdtimestamp",
 					ct: 1000,
 					shs: &histogram.Histogram{
@@ -2094,15 +2193,15 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "test_gaugehistogram_with_createdtimestamp",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 94
+				{ // 97
 					m:    "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars",
 					help: "A histogram with native histogram exemplars.",
 				},
-				{ // 95
+				{ // 98
 					m:   "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars",
 					typ: model.MetricTypeHistogram,
 				},
-				{ // 96
+				{ // 99
 					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars",
 					t: 1234568,
 					shs: &histogram.Histogram{
@@ -2130,7 +2229,7 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						{Labels: labels.FromStrings("dummyID", "59772"), Value: -0.00052, HasTs: true, Ts: 1625851160156},
 					},
 				},
-				{ // 97
+				{ // 100
 					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars_count",
 					t: 1234568,
 					v: 175,
@@ -2138,7 +2237,7 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars_count",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 98
+				{ // 101
 					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars_sum",
 					t: 1234568,
 					v: 0.0008280461746287094,
@@ -2146,7 +2245,7 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars_sum",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 99
+				{ // 102
 					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars_bucket\xffle\xff-0.0004899999999999998",
 					t: 1234568,
 					v: 2,
@@ -2155,7 +2254,7 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"le", "-0.0004899999999999998",
 					),
 				},
-				{ // 100
+				{ // 103
 					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars_bucket\xffle\xff-0.0003899999999999998",
 					t: 1234568,
 					v: 4,
@@ -2167,7 +2266,7 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						{Labels: labels.FromStrings("dummyID", "59727"), Value: -0.00039, HasTs: true, Ts: 1625851155146},
 					},
 				},
-				{ // 101
+				{ // 104
 					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars_bucket\xffle\xff-0.0002899999999999998",
 					t: 1234568,
 					v: 16,
@@ -2179,7 +2278,7 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						{Labels: labels.FromStrings("dummyID", "5617"), Value: -0.00029, HasTs: false},
 					},
 				},
-				{ // 102
+				{ // 105
 					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars_bucket\xffle\xff+Inf",
 					t: 1234568,
 					v: 175,
@@ -2188,6 +2287,93 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 						"le", "+Inf",
 					),
 				},
+				{ // 106
+					m:    "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2",
+					help: "Another histogram with native histogram exemplars.",
+				},
+				{ // 107
+					m:   "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2",
+					typ: model.MetricTypeHistogram,
+				},
+				{ // 108
+					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2",
+					t: 1234568,
+					shs: &histogram.Histogram{
+						Count:         175,
+						ZeroCount:     2,
+						Sum:           0.0008280461746287094,
+						ZeroThreshold: 2.938735877055719e-39,
+						Schema:        3,
+						PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
+							{Offset: -161, Length: 1},
+							{Offset: 8, Length: 3},
+						},
+						NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
+							{Offset: -162, Length: 1},
+							{Offset: 23, Length: 4},
+						},
+						PositiveBuckets: []int64{1, 2, -1, -1},
+						NegativeBuckets: []int64{1, 3, -2, -1, 1},
+					},
+					lset: labels.FromStrings(
+						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2",
+					),
+					e: []exemplar.Exemplar{
+						{Labels: labels.FromStrings("dummyID", "59780"), Value: -0.00039, HasTs: true, Ts: 1625851155146},
+					},
+				},
+				{ // 109
+					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_count",
+					t: 1234568,
+					v: 175,
+					lset: labels.FromStrings(
+						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_count",
+					),
+				},
+				{ // 110
+					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_sum",
+					t: 1234568,
+					v: 0.0008280461746287094,
+					lset: labels.FromStrings(
+						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_sum",
+					),
+				},
+				{ // 111
+					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_bucket\xffle\xff-0.0004899999999999998",
+					t: 1234568,
+					v: 2,
+					lset: labels.FromStrings(
+						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_bucket",
+						"le", "-0.0004899999999999998",
+					),
+				},
+				{ // 112
+					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_bucket\xffle\xff-0.0003899999999999998",
+					t: 1234568,
+					v: 4,
+					lset: labels.FromStrings(
+						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_bucket",
+						"le", "-0.0003899999999999998",
+					),
+				},
+				{ // 113
+					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_bucket\xffle\xff-0.0002899999999999998",
+					t: 1234568,
+					v: 16,
+					lset: labels.FromStrings(
+						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_bucket",
+						"le", "-0.0002899999999999998",
+					),
+				},
+				{ // 114
+					m: "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_bucket\xffle\xff+Inf",
+					t: 1234568,
+					v: 175,
+					lset: labels.FromStrings(
+						"__name__", "test_histogram_with_native_histogram_exemplars2_bucket",
+						"le", "+Inf",
+					),
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/promql/bench_test.go b/promql/bench_test.go
index 33523b2dbcf..74e85b0548f 100644
--- a/promql/bench_test.go
+++ b/promql/bench_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql/parser"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql/promqltest"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/teststorage"
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ func BenchmarkRangeQuery(b *testing.B) {
 		MaxSamples: 50000000,
 		Timeout:    100 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(b, opts)
 
 	const interval = 10000 // 10s interval.
 	// A day of data plus 10k steps.
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ func BenchmarkNativeHistograms(b *testing.B) {
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		b.Run(tc.name, func(b *testing.B) {
-			ng := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+			ng := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(b, opts)
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 				qry, err := ng.NewRangeQuery(context.Background(), testStorage, nil, tc.query, start, end, step)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/promql/engine_test.go b/promql/engine_test.go
index 41f12c54715..4015d087487 100644
--- a/promql/engine_test.go
+++ b/promql/engine_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
-	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
@@ -56,14 +54,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 func TestQueryConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
 	maxConcurrency := 10
 
-	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "test_concurrency")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
-	queryTracker := promql.NewActiveQueryTracker(dir, maxConcurrency, nil)
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, queryTracker.Close())
-	})
-
+	queryTracker := promql.NewActiveQueryTracker(t.TempDir(), maxConcurrency, nil)
 	opts := promql.EngineOpts{
 		Logger:             nil,
 		Reg:                nil,
@@ -71,15 +62,17 @@ func TestQueryConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
 		Timeout:            100 * time.Second,
 		ActiveQueryTracker: queryTracker,
 	}
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
 	ctx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancelCtx()
+	t.Cleanup(cancelCtx)
 
 	block := make(chan struct{})
 	processing := make(chan struct{})
 	done := make(chan int)
-	defer close(done)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		close(done)
+	})
 
 	f := func(context.Context) error {
 		select {
@@ -164,7 +157,7 @@ func TestQueryTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    5 * time.Millisecond,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ctx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancelCtx()
 
@@ -189,7 +182,7 @@ func TestQueryCancel(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ctx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancelCtx()
 
@@ -263,7 +256,7 @@ func TestQueryError(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	errStorage := promql.ErrStorage{errors.New("storage error")}
 	queryable := storage.QueryableFunc(func(mint, maxt int64) (storage.Querier, error) {
 		return &errQuerier{err: errStorage}, nil
@@ -597,7 +590,7 @@ func TestSelectHintsSetCorrectly(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.query, func(t *testing.T) {
-			engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+			engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 			hintsRecorder := &noopHintRecordingQueryable{}
 
 			var (
@@ -628,7 +621,7 @@ func TestEngineShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ctx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 	block := make(chan struct{})
@@ -764,7 +757,7 @@ load 10s
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d query=%s", i, c.Query), func(t *testing.T) {
 			var err error
 			var qry promql.Query
-			engine := newTestEngine()
+			engine := newTestEngine(t)
 			if c.Interval == 0 {
 				qry, err = engine.NewInstantQuery(context.Background(), storage, nil, c.Query, c.Start)
 			} else {
@@ -1303,7 +1296,7 @@ load 10s
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.Query, func(t *testing.T) {
 			opts := promql.NewPrometheusQueryOpts(true, 0)
-			engine := promqltest.NewTestEngine(true, 0, promqltest.DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery)
+			engine := promqltest.NewTestEngine(t, true, 0, promqltest.DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery)
 
 			runQuery := func(expErr error) *stats.Statistics {
 				var err error
@@ -1330,7 +1323,7 @@ load 10s
 			if c.SkipMaxCheck {
 				return
 			}
-			engine = promqltest.NewTestEngine(true, 0, stats.Samples.PeakSamples-1)
+			engine = promqltest.NewTestEngine(t, true, 0, stats.Samples.PeakSamples-1)
 			runQuery(promql.ErrTooManySamples(env))
 		})
 	}
@@ -1483,7 +1476,7 @@ load 10s
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.Query, func(t *testing.T) {
-			engine := newTestEngine()
+			engine := newTestEngine(t)
 			testFunc := func(expError error) {
 				var err error
 				var qry promql.Query
@@ -1504,18 +1497,18 @@ load 10s
 			}
 
 			// Within limit.
-			engine = promqltest.NewTestEngine(false, 0, c.MaxSamples)
+			engine = promqltest.NewTestEngine(t, false, 0, c.MaxSamples)
 			testFunc(nil)
 
 			// Exceeding limit.
-			engine = promqltest.NewTestEngine(false, 0, c.MaxSamples-1)
+			engine = promqltest.NewTestEngine(t, false, 0, c.MaxSamples-1)
 			testFunc(promql.ErrTooManySamples(env))
 		})
 	}
 }
 
 func TestAtModifier(t *testing.T) {
-	engine := newTestEngine()
+	engine := newTestEngine(t)
 	storage := promqltest.LoadedStorage(t, `
 load 10s
   metric{job="1"} 0+1x1000
@@ -1711,7 +1704,8 @@ load 1ms
 						{F: 3600, T: 6 * 60 * 1000},
 						{F: 3600, T: 7 * 60 * 1000},
 					},
-					Metric: labels.EmptyLabels(),
+					Metric:   labels.EmptyLabels(),
+					DropName: true,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -1927,20 +1921,24 @@ func TestSubquerySelector(t *testing.T) {
 						nil,
 						promql.Matrix{
 							promql.Series{
-								Floats: []promql.FPoint{{F: 3, T: 7985000}, {F: 3, T: 7990000}, {F: 3, T: 7995000}, {F: 3, T: 8000000}},
-								Metric: labels.FromStrings("job", "api-server", "instance", "0", "group", "canary"),
+								Floats:   []promql.FPoint{{F: 3, T: 7985000}, {F: 3, T: 7990000}, {F: 3, T: 7995000}, {F: 3, T: 8000000}},
+								Metric:   labels.FromStrings("job", "api-server", "instance", "0", "group", "canary"),
+								DropName: true,
 							},
 							promql.Series{
-								Floats: []promql.FPoint{{F: 4, T: 7985000}, {F: 4, T: 7990000}, {F: 4, T: 7995000}, {F: 4, T: 8000000}},
-								Metric: labels.FromStrings("job", "api-server", "instance", "1", "group", "canary"),
+								Floats:   []promql.FPoint{{F: 4, T: 7985000}, {F: 4, T: 7990000}, {F: 4, T: 7995000}, {F: 4, T: 8000000}},
+								Metric:   labels.FromStrings("job", "api-server", "instance", "1", "group", "canary"),
+								DropName: true,
 							},
 							promql.Series{
-								Floats: []promql.FPoint{{F: 1, T: 7985000}, {F: 1, T: 7990000}, {F: 1, T: 7995000}, {F: 1, T: 8000000}},
-								Metric: labels.FromStrings("job", "api-server", "instance", "0", "group", "production"),
+								Floats:   []promql.FPoint{{F: 1, T: 7985000}, {F: 1, T: 7990000}, {F: 1, T: 7995000}, {F: 1, T: 8000000}},
+								Metric:   labels.FromStrings("job", "api-server", "instance", "0", "group", "production"),
+								DropName: true,
 							},
 							promql.Series{
-								Floats: []promql.FPoint{{F: 2, T: 7985000}, {F: 2, T: 7990000}, {F: 2, T: 7995000}, {F: 2, T: 8000000}},
-								Metric: labels.FromStrings("job", "api-server", "instance", "1", "group", "production"),
+								Floats:   []promql.FPoint{{F: 2, T: 7985000}, {F: 2, T: 7990000}, {F: 2, T: 7995000}, {F: 2, T: 8000000}},
+								Metric:   labels.FromStrings("job", "api-server", "instance", "1", "group", "production"),
+								DropName: true,
 							},
 						},
 						nil,
@@ -1993,7 +1991,7 @@ func TestSubquerySelector(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
-			engine := newTestEngine()
+			engine := newTestEngine(t)
 			storage := promqltest.LoadedStorage(t, tst.loadString)
 			t.Cleanup(func() { storage.Close() })
 
@@ -2042,7 +2040,7 @@ func TestQueryLogger_basic(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 
 	queryExec := func() {
 		ctx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -2093,7 +2091,7 @@ func TestQueryLogger_fields(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 
 	f1 := NewFakeQueryLogger()
 	engine.SetQueryLogger(f1)
@@ -2122,7 +2120,7 @@ func TestQueryLogger_error(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 
 	f1 := NewFakeQueryLogger()
 	engine.SetQueryLogger(f1)
@@ -3005,7 +3003,7 @@ func TestEngineOptsValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		eng := promql.NewEngine(c.opts)
+		eng := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, c.opts)
 		_, err1 := eng.NewInstantQuery(context.Background(), nil, nil, c.query, time.Unix(10, 0))
 		_, err2 := eng.NewRangeQuery(context.Background(), nil, nil, c.query, time.Unix(0, 0), time.Unix(10, 0), time.Second)
 		if c.fail {
@@ -3019,7 +3017,7 @@ func TestEngineOptsValidation(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestInstantQueryWithRangeVectorSelector(t *testing.T) {
-	engine := newTestEngine()
+	engine := newTestEngine(t)
 
 	baseT := timestamp.Time(0)
 	storage := promqltest.LoadedStorage(t, `
@@ -3213,7 +3211,7 @@ func TestNativeHistogram_Sum_Count_Add_AvgOperator(t *testing.T) {
 				seriesName := "sparse_histogram_series"
 				seriesNameOverTime := "sparse_histogram_series_over_time"
 
-				engine := newTestEngine()
+				engine := newTestEngine(t)
 
 				ts := idx0 * int64(10*time.Minute/time.Millisecond)
 				app := storage.Appender(context.Background())
@@ -3293,11 +3291,11 @@ func TestNativeHistogram_Sum_Count_Add_AvgOperator(t *testing.T) {
 
 				// sum_over_time().
 				queryString = fmt.Sprintf("sum_over_time(%s[%dm:1m])", seriesNameOverTime, offset+1)
-				queryAndCheck(queryString, newTs, []promql.Sample{{T: newTs, H: &c.expected, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}})
+				queryAndCheck(queryString, newTs, []promql.Sample{{T: newTs, H: &c.expected, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels(), DropName: true}})
 
 				// avg_over_time().
 				queryString = fmt.Sprintf("avg_over_time(%s[%dm:1m])", seriesNameOverTime, offset+1)
-				queryAndCheck(queryString, newTs, []promql.Sample{{T: newTs, H: &c.expectedAvg, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}})
+				queryAndCheck(queryString, newTs, []promql.Sample{{T: newTs, H: &c.expectedAvg, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels(), DropName: true}})
 			})
 			idx0++
 		}
@@ -3483,7 +3481,7 @@ func TestNativeHistogram_SubOperator(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		for _, floatHisto := range []bool{true, false} {
 			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("floatHistogram=%t %d", floatHisto, idx0), func(t *testing.T) {
-				engine := newTestEngine()
+				engine := newTestEngine(t)
 				storage := teststorage.New(t)
 				t.Cleanup(func() { storage.Close() })
 
@@ -3539,171 +3537,6 @@ func TestNativeHistogram_SubOperator(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestNativeHistogram_MulDivOperator(t *testing.T) {
-	// TODO(codesome): Integrate histograms into the PromQL testing framework
-	// and write more tests there.
-	originalHistogram := histogram.Histogram{
-		Schema:        0,
-		Count:         21,
-		Sum:           33,
-		ZeroThreshold: 0.001,
-		ZeroCount:     3,
-		PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
-			{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-		},
-		PositiveBuckets: []int64{3, 0, 0},
-		NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
-			{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-		},
-		NegativeBuckets: []int64{3, 0, 0},
-	}
-
-	cases := []struct {
-		scalar      float64
-		histogram   histogram.Histogram
-		expectedMul histogram.FloatHistogram
-		expectedDiv histogram.FloatHistogram
-	}{
-		{
-			scalar:    3,
-			histogram: originalHistogram,
-			expectedMul: histogram.FloatHistogram{
-				Schema:        0,
-				Count:         63,
-				Sum:           99,
-				ZeroThreshold: 0.001,
-				ZeroCount:     9,
-				PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
-					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-				},
-				PositiveBuckets: []float64{9, 9, 9},
-				NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
-					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-				},
-				NegativeBuckets: []float64{9, 9, 9},
-			},
-			expectedDiv: histogram.FloatHistogram{
-				Schema:        0,
-				Count:         7,
-				Sum:           11,
-				ZeroThreshold: 0.001,
-				ZeroCount:     1,
-				PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
-					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-				},
-				PositiveBuckets: []float64{1, 1, 1},
-				NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
-					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-				},
-				NegativeBuckets: []float64{1, 1, 1},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			scalar:    0,
-			histogram: originalHistogram,
-			expectedMul: histogram.FloatHistogram{
-				Schema:        0,
-				Count:         0,
-				Sum:           0,
-				ZeroThreshold: 0.001,
-				ZeroCount:     0,
-				PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
-					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-				},
-				PositiveBuckets: []float64{0, 0, 0},
-				NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
-					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-				},
-				NegativeBuckets: []float64{0, 0, 0},
-			},
-			expectedDiv: histogram.FloatHistogram{
-				Schema:        0,
-				Count:         math.Inf(1),
-				Sum:           math.Inf(1),
-				ZeroThreshold: 0.001,
-				ZeroCount:     math.Inf(1),
-				PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
-					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-				},
-				PositiveBuckets: []float64{math.Inf(1), math.Inf(1), math.Inf(1)},
-				NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
-					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
-				},
-				NegativeBuckets: []float64{math.Inf(1), math.Inf(1), math.Inf(1)},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	idx0 := int64(0)
-	for _, c := range cases {
-		for _, floatHisto := range []bool{true, false} {
-			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("floatHistogram=%t %d", floatHisto, idx0), func(t *testing.T) {
-				storage := teststorage.New(t)
-				t.Cleanup(func() { storage.Close() })
-
-				seriesName := "sparse_histogram_series"
-				floatSeriesName := "float_series"
-
-				engine := newTestEngine()
-
-				ts := idx0 * int64(10*time.Minute/time.Millisecond)
-				app := storage.Appender(context.Background())
-				h := c.histogram
-				lbls := labels.FromStrings("__name__", seriesName)
-				// Since we mutate h later, we need to create a copy here.
-				var err error
-				if floatHisto {
-					_, err = app.AppendHistogram(0, lbls, ts, nil, h.Copy().ToFloat(nil))
-				} else {
-					_, err = app.AppendHistogram(0, lbls, ts, h.Copy(), nil)
-				}
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				_, err = app.Append(0, labels.FromStrings("__name__", floatSeriesName), ts, c.scalar)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
-
-				queryAndCheck := func(queryString string, exp promql.Vector) {
-					qry, err := engine.NewInstantQuery(context.Background(), storage, nil, queryString, timestamp.Time(ts))
-					require.NoError(t, err)
-
-					res := qry.Exec(context.Background())
-					require.NoError(t, res.Err)
-
-					vector, err := res.Vector()
-					require.NoError(t, err)
-
-					testutil.RequireEqual(t, exp, vector)
-				}
-
-				// histogram * scalar.
-				queryString := fmt.Sprintf(`%s * %f`, seriesName, c.scalar)
-				queryAndCheck(queryString, []promql.Sample{{T: ts, H: &c.expectedMul, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}})
-
-				// scalar * histogram.
-				queryString = fmt.Sprintf(`%f * %s`, c.scalar, seriesName)
-				queryAndCheck(queryString, []promql.Sample{{T: ts, H: &c.expectedMul, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}})
-
-				// histogram * float.
-				queryString = fmt.Sprintf(`%s * %s`, seriesName, floatSeriesName)
-				queryAndCheck(queryString, []promql.Sample{{T: ts, H: &c.expectedMul, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}})
-
-				// float * histogram.
-				queryString = fmt.Sprintf(`%s * %s`, floatSeriesName, seriesName)
-				queryAndCheck(queryString, []promql.Sample{{T: ts, H: &c.expectedMul, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}})
-
-				// histogram / scalar.
-				queryString = fmt.Sprintf(`%s / %f`, seriesName, c.scalar)
-				queryAndCheck(queryString, []promql.Sample{{T: ts, H: &c.expectedDiv, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}})
-
-				// histogram / float.
-				queryString = fmt.Sprintf(`%s / %s`, seriesName, floatSeriesName)
-				queryAndCheck(queryString, []promql.Sample{{T: ts, H: &c.expectedDiv, Metric: labels.EmptyLabels()}})
-			})
-			idx0++
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestQueryLookbackDelta(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		load = `load 5m
@@ -3767,7 +3600,7 @@ metric 0 1 2
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		c := c
 		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			engine := promqltest.NewTestEngine(false, c.engineLookback, promqltest.DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery)
+			engine := promqltest.NewTestEngine(t, false, c.engineLookback, promqltest.DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery)
 			storage := promqltest.LoadedStorage(t, load)
 			t.Cleanup(func() { storage.Close() })
 
@@ -3804,7 +3637,7 @@ histogram {{sum:4 count:4 buckets:[2 2]}} {{sum:6 count:6 buckets:[3 3]}} {{sum:
 `
 	storage := promqltest.LoadedStorage(t, load)
 	t.Cleanup(func() { storage.Close() })
-	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngine(false, 0, promqltest.DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngine(t, false, 0, promqltest.DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery)
 
 	verify := func(t *testing.T, qry promql.Query, expected []histogram.FloatHistogram) {
 		res := qry.Exec(context.Background())
diff --git a/promql/functions_test.go b/promql/functions_test.go
index aef59c83795..9ee0ba51dcb 100644
--- a/promql/functions_test.go
+++ b/promql/functions_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/timestamp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql/parser"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql/promqltest"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/teststorage"
 )
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func TestDeriv(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10000,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 
 	a := storage.Appender(context.Background())
 
diff --git a/promql/parser/lex_test.go b/promql/parser/lex_test.go
index ac9aa276259..c5475a8b940 100644
--- a/promql/parser/lex_test.go
+++ b/promql/parser/lex_test.go
@@ -639,6 +639,29 @@ var tests = []struct {
 				},
 				seriesDesc: true,
 			},
+			{
+				input: `{} {{buckets: [Inf NaN] schema:1}}`,
+				expected: []Item{
+					{LEFT_BRACE, 0, `{`},
+					{RIGHT_BRACE, 1, `}`},
+					{SPACE, 2, ` `},
+					{OPEN_HIST, 3, `{{`},
+					{BUCKETS_DESC, 5, `buckets`},
+					{COLON, 12, `:`},
+					{SPACE, 13, ` `},
+					{LEFT_BRACKET, 14, `[`},
+					{NUMBER, 15, `Inf`},
+					{SPACE, 18, ` `},
+					{NUMBER, 19, `NaN`},
+					{RIGHT_BRACKET, 22, `]`},
+					{SPACE, 23, ` `},
+					{SCHEMA_DESC, 24, `schema`},
+					{COLON, 30, `:`},
+					{NUMBER, 31, `1`},
+					{CLOSE_HIST, 32, `}}`},
+				},
+				seriesDesc: true,
+			},
 			{ // Series with sum as -Inf and count as NaN.
 				input: `{} {{buckets: [5 10 7] sum:Inf count:NaN}}`,
 				expected: []Item{
diff --git a/promql/promql_test.go b/promql/promql_test.go
index a423f90ee8b..345ecab5ed6 100644
--- a/promql/promql_test.go
+++ b/promql/promql_test.go
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/teststorage"
 )
 
-func newTestEngine() *promql.Engine {
-	return promqltest.NewTestEngine(false, 0, promqltest.DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery)
+func newTestEngine(t *testing.T) *promql.Engine {
+	return promqltest.NewTestEngine(t, false, 0, promqltest.DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery)
 }
 
 func TestEvaluations(t *testing.T) {
-	promqltest.RunBuiltinTests(t, newTestEngine())
+	promqltest.RunBuiltinTests(t, newTestEngine(t))
 }
 
 // Run a lot of queries at the same time, to check for race conditions.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestConcurrentRangeQueries(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// Enable experimental functions testing
 	parser.EnableExperimentalFunctions = true
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 
 	const interval = 10000 // 10s interval.
 	// A day of data plus 10k steps.
diff --git a/promql/promqltest/test.go b/promql/promqltest/test.go
index 8b1ec381adf..ff709e44268 100644
--- a/promql/promqltest/test.go
+++ b/promql/promqltest/test.go
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ func LoadedStorage(t testutil.T, input string) *teststorage.TestStorage {
 	return test.storage
 }
 
-func NewTestEngine(enablePerStepStats bool, lookbackDelta time.Duration, maxSamples int) *promql.Engine {
-	return promql.NewEngine(promql.EngineOpts{
+// NewTestEngine creates a promql.Engine with enablePerStepStats, lookbackDelta and maxSamples, and returns it.
+func NewTestEngine(tb testing.TB, enablePerStepStats bool, lookbackDelta time.Duration, maxSamples int) *promql.Engine {
+	return NewTestEngineWithOpts(tb, promql.EngineOpts{
 		Logger:                   nil,
 		Reg:                      nil,
 		MaxSamples:               maxSamples,
@@ -90,9 +91,20 @@ func NewTestEngine(enablePerStepStats bool, lookbackDelta time.Duration, maxSamp
 		EnableNegativeOffset:     true,
 		EnablePerStepStats:       enablePerStepStats,
 		LookbackDelta:            lookbackDelta,
+		EnableDelayedNameRemoval: true,
 	})
 }
 
+// NewTestEngineWithOpts creates a promql.Engine with opts and returns it.
+func NewTestEngineWithOpts(tb testing.TB, opts promql.EngineOpts) *promql.Engine {
+	tb.Helper()
+	ng := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	tb.Cleanup(func() {
+		require.NoError(tb, ng.Close())
+	})
+	return ng
+}
+
 // RunBuiltinTests runs an acceptance test suite against the provided engine.
 func RunBuiltinTests(t TBRun, engine promql.QueryEngine) {
 	t.Cleanup(func() { parser.EnableExperimentalFunctions = false })
@@ -650,8 +662,9 @@ type evalCmd struct {
 	expectedFailMessage string
 	expectedFailRegexp  *regexp.Regexp
 
-	metrics  map[uint64]labels.Labels
-	expected map[uint64]entry
+	metrics      map[uint64]labels.Labels
+	expectScalar bool
+	expected     map[uint64]entry
 }
 
 type entry struct {
@@ -695,12 +708,15 @@ func (ev *evalCmd) String() string {
 // expect adds a sequence of values to the set of expected
 // results for the query.
 func (ev *evalCmd) expect(pos int, vals ...parser.SequenceValue) {
+	ev.expectScalar = true
 	ev.expected[0] = entry{pos: pos, vals: vals}
 }
 
 // expectMetric adds a new metric with a sequence of values to the set of expected
 // results for the query.
 func (ev *evalCmd) expectMetric(pos int, m labels.Labels, vals ...parser.SequenceValue) {
+	ev.expectScalar = false
+
 	h := m.Hash()
 	ev.metrics[h] = m
 	ev.expected[h] = entry{pos: pos, vals: vals}
@@ -714,6 +730,10 @@ func (ev *evalCmd) compareResult(result parser.Value) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("expected ordered result, but query returned a matrix")
 		}
 
+		if ev.expectScalar {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected scalar result, but got matrix %s", val.String())
+		}
+
 		if err := assertMatrixSorted(val); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -769,7 +789,7 @@ func (ev *evalCmd) compareResult(result parser.Value) error {
 					return fmt.Errorf("expected histogram value at index %v for %s to have timestamp %v, but it had timestamp %v (result has %s)", i, ev.metrics[hash], expected.T, actual.T, formatSeriesResult(s))
 				}
 
-				if !actual.H.Equals(expected.H.Compact(0)) {
+				if !compareNativeHistogram(expected.H.Compact(0), actual.H.Compact(0)) {
 					return fmt.Errorf("expected histogram value at index %v (t=%v) for %s to be %v, but got %v (result has %s)", i, actual.T, ev.metrics[hash], expected.H, actual.H, formatSeriesResult(s))
 				}
 			}
@@ -782,6 +802,10 @@ func (ev *evalCmd) compareResult(result parser.Value) error {
 		}
 
 	case promql.Vector:
+		if ev.expectScalar {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected scalar result, but got vector %s", val.String())
+		}
+
 		seen := map[uint64]bool{}
 		for pos, v := range val {
 			fp := v.Metric.Hash()
@@ -804,7 +828,7 @@ func (ev *evalCmd) compareResult(result parser.Value) error {
 			if expH != nil && v.H == nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("expected histogram %s for %s but got float value %v", HistogramTestExpression(expH), v.Metric, v.F)
 			}
-			if expH != nil && !expH.Compact(0).Equals(v.H) {
+			if expH != nil && !compareNativeHistogram(expH.Compact(0), v.H.Compact(0)) {
 				return fmt.Errorf("expected %v for %s but got %s", HistogramTestExpression(expH), v.Metric, HistogramTestExpression(v.H))
 			}
 			if !almost.Equal(exp0.Value, v.F, defaultEpsilon) {
@@ -820,15 +844,15 @@ func (ev *evalCmd) compareResult(result parser.Value) error {
 		}
 
 	case promql.Scalar:
-		if len(ev.expected) != 1 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("expected vector result, but got scalar %s", val.String())
+		if !ev.expectScalar {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected vector or matrix result, but got %s", val.String())
 		}
 		exp0 := ev.expected[0].vals[0]
 		if exp0.Histogram != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("expected Histogram %v but got scalar %s", exp0.Histogram.TestExpression(), val.String())
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected histogram %v but got %s", exp0.Histogram.TestExpression(), val.String())
 		}
 		if !almost.Equal(exp0.Value, val.V, defaultEpsilon) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("expected Scalar %v but got %v", val.V, exp0.Value)
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected scalar %v but got %v", exp0.Value, val.V)
 		}
 
 	default:
@@ -837,6 +861,121 @@ func (ev *evalCmd) compareResult(result parser.Value) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// compareNativeHistogram is helper function to compare two native histograms
+// which can tolerate some differ in the field of float type, such as Count, Sum.
+func compareNativeHistogram(exp, cur *histogram.FloatHistogram) bool {
+	if exp == nil || cur == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if exp.Schema != cur.Schema ||
+		!almost.Equal(exp.Count, cur.Count, defaultEpsilon) ||
+		!almost.Equal(exp.Sum, cur.Sum, defaultEpsilon) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if exp.UsesCustomBuckets() {
+		if !histogram.FloatBucketsMatch(exp.CustomValues, cur.CustomValues) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	if exp.ZeroThreshold != cur.ZeroThreshold ||
+		!almost.Equal(exp.ZeroCount, cur.ZeroCount, defaultEpsilon) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if !spansMatch(exp.NegativeSpans, cur.NegativeSpans) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !floatBucketsMatch(exp.NegativeBuckets, cur.NegativeBuckets) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if !spansMatch(exp.PositiveSpans, cur.PositiveSpans) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !floatBucketsMatch(exp.PositiveBuckets, cur.PositiveBuckets) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+func floatBucketsMatch(b1, b2 []float64) bool {
+	if len(b1) != len(b2) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i, b := range b1 {
+		if !almost.Equal(b, b2[i], defaultEpsilon) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func spansMatch(s1, s2 []histogram.Span) bool {
+	if len(s1) == 0 && len(s2) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	s1idx, s2idx := 0, 0
+	for {
+		if s1idx >= len(s1) {
+			return allEmptySpans(s2[s2idx:])
+		}
+		if s2idx >= len(s2) {
+			return allEmptySpans(s1[s1idx:])
+		}
+
+		currS1, currS2 := s1[s1idx], s2[s2idx]
+		s1idx++
+		s2idx++
+		if currS1.Length == 0 {
+			// This span is zero length, so we add consecutive such spans
+			// until we find a non-zero span.
+			for ; s1idx < len(s1) && s1[s1idx].Length == 0; s1idx++ {
+				currS1.Offset += s1[s1idx].Offset
+			}
+			if s1idx < len(s1) {
+				currS1.Offset += s1[s1idx].Offset
+				currS1.Length = s1[s1idx].Length
+				s1idx++
+			}
+		}
+		if currS2.Length == 0 {
+			// This span is zero length, so we add consecutive such spans
+			// until we find a non-zero span.
+			for ; s2idx < len(s2) && s2[s2idx].Length == 0; s2idx++ {
+				currS2.Offset += s2[s2idx].Offset
+			}
+			if s2idx < len(s2) {
+				currS2.Offset += s2[s2idx].Offset
+				currS2.Length = s2[s2idx].Length
+				s2idx++
+			}
+		}
+
+		if currS1.Length == 0 && currS2.Length == 0 {
+			// The last spans of both set are zero length. Previous spans match.
+			return true
+		}
+
+		if currS1.Offset != currS2.Offset || currS1.Length != currS2.Length {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func allEmptySpans(s []histogram.Span) bool {
+	for _, ss := range s {
+		if ss.Length > 0 {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func (ev *evalCmd) checkExpectedFailure(actual error) error {
 	if ev.expectedFailMessage != "" {
 		if ev.expectedFailMessage != actual.Error() {
@@ -1247,6 +1386,7 @@ func (ll *LazyLoader) clear() error {
 		NoStepSubqueryIntervalFn: func(int64) int64 { return durationMilliseconds(ll.SubqueryInterval) },
 		EnableAtModifier:         ll.opts.EnableAtModifier,
 		EnableNegativeOffset:     ll.opts.EnableNegativeOffset,
+		EnableDelayedNameRemoval: true,
 	}
 
 	ll.queryEngine = promql.NewEngine(opts)
@@ -1307,7 +1447,11 @@ func (ll *LazyLoader) Storage() storage.Storage {
 // Close closes resources associated with the LazyLoader.
 func (ll *LazyLoader) Close() error {
 	ll.cancelCtx()
-	return ll.storage.Close()
+	err := ll.queryEngine.Close()
+	if sErr := ll.storage.Close(); sErr != nil {
+		return errors.Join(sErr, err)
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func makeInt64Pointer(val int64) *int64 {
diff --git a/promql/promqltest/test_test.go b/promql/promqltest/test_test.go
index da0584ec500..bc0027a686e 100644
--- a/promql/promqltest/test_test.go
+++ b/promql/promqltest/test_test.go
@@ -554,11 +554,48 @@ eval range from 0 to 5m step 5m testmetric
 `,
 			expectedError: `error in eval testmetric (line 5): expected float value at index 0 for {__name__="testmetric"} to have timestamp 300000, but it had timestamp 0 (result has 1 float point [3 @[0]] and 1 histogram point [{count:0, sum:0} @[300000]])`,
 		},
+		"instant query with expected scalar result": {
+			input: `
+				eval instant at 1m 3
+					3
+			`,
+		},
+		"instant query with unexpected scalar result": {
+			input: `
+				eval instant at 1m 3
+					2
+			`,
+			expectedError: `error in eval 3 (line 2): expected scalar 2 but got 3`,
+		},
+		"instant query that returns a scalar but expects a vector": {
+			input: `
+				eval instant at 1m 3
+					{} 3
+			`,
+			expectedError: `error in eval 3 (line 2): expected vector or matrix result, but got scalar: 3 @[60000]`,
+		},
+		"instant query that returns a vector but expects a scalar": {
+			input: `
+				eval instant at 1m vector(3)
+					3
+			`,
+			expectedError: `error in eval vector(3) (line 2): expected scalar result, but got vector {} => 3 @[60000]`,
+		},
+		"range query that returns a matrix but expects a scalar": {
+			input: `
+				eval range from 0 to 1m step 30s vector(3)
+					3
+			`,
+			expectedError: `error in eval vector(3) (line 2): expected scalar result, but got matrix {} =>
+3 @[0]
+3 @[30000]
+3 @[60000]`,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, testCase := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := runTest(t, testCase.input, NewTestEngine(false, 0, DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery))
+			err := runTest(t, testCase.input, NewTestEngine(t, false, 0, DefaultMaxSamplesPerQuery))
 
 			if testCase.expectedError == "" {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/promql/promqltest/testdata/functions.test b/promql/promqltest/testdata/functions.test
index 0d901ce010b..4b025448a56 100644
--- a/promql/promqltest/testdata/functions.test
+++ b/promql/promqltest/testdata/functions.test
@@ -534,16 +534,16 @@ load 5m
 	node_uname_info{job="node_exporter", instance="4m1000", release="1.111.3"} 0+10x10
 
 eval_ordered instant at 50m sort_by_label(http_requests, "instance")
-	http_requests{group="production", instance="0", job="api-server"} 100
 	http_requests{group="canary", instance="0", job="api-server"} 300
-	http_requests{group="production", instance="0", job="app-server"} 500
 	http_requests{group="canary", instance="0", job="app-server"} 700
-	http_requests{group="production", instance="1", job="api-server"} 200
+	http_requests{group="production", instance="0", job="api-server"} 100
+	http_requests{group="production", instance="0", job="app-server"} 500
 	http_requests{group="canary", instance="1", job="api-server"} 400
-	http_requests{group="production", instance="1", job="app-server"} 600
 	http_requests{group="canary", instance="1", job="app-server"} 800
-	http_requests{group="production", instance="2", job="api-server"} 100
+	http_requests{group="production", instance="1", job="api-server"} 200
+	http_requests{group="production", instance="1", job="app-server"} 600
 	http_requests{group="canary", instance="2", job="api-server"} NaN
+	http_requests{group="production", instance="2", job="api-server"} 100
 
 eval_ordered instant at 50m sort_by_label(http_requests, "instance", "group")
 	http_requests{group="canary", instance="0", job="api-server"} 300
@@ -596,14 +596,14 @@ eval_ordered instant at 50m sort_by_label(http_requests, "job", "instance", "gro
 eval_ordered instant at 50m sort_by_label_desc(http_requests, "instance")
 	http_requests{group="production", instance="2", job="api-server"} 100
 	http_requests{group="canary", instance="2", job="api-server"} NaN
-	http_requests{group="canary", instance="1", job="app-server"} 800
 	http_requests{group="production", instance="1", job="app-server"} 600
-	http_requests{group="canary", instance="1", job="api-server"} 400
 	http_requests{group="production", instance="1", job="api-server"} 200
-	http_requests{group="canary", instance="0", job="app-server"} 700
+	http_requests{group="canary", instance="1", job="app-server"} 800
+	http_requests{group="canary", instance="1", job="api-server"} 400
 	http_requests{group="production", instance="0", job="app-server"} 500
-	http_requests{group="canary", instance="0", job="api-server"} 300
 	http_requests{group="production", instance="0", job="api-server"} 100
+	http_requests{group="canary", instance="0", job="app-server"} 700
+	http_requests{group="canary", instance="0", job="api-server"} 300
 
 eval_ordered instant at 50m sort_by_label_desc(http_requests, "instance", "group")
 	http_requests{group="production", instance="2", job="api-server"} 100
diff --git a/promql/promqltest/testdata/name_label_dropping.test b/promql/promqltest/testdata/name_label_dropping.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f5dcd5e4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/promql/promqltest/testdata/name_label_dropping.test
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Test for __name__ label drop.
+load 5m
+	metric{env="1"}	0 60 120
+	another_metric{env="1"}	60 120 180
+
+# Does not drop __name__ for vector selector
+eval instant at 10m metric{env="1"}
+	metric{env="1"} 120
+
+# Drops __name__ for unary operators
+eval instant at 10m -metric
+	{env="1"} -120
+
+# Drops __name__ for binary operators
+eval instant at 10m metric + another_metric
+	{env="1"} 300
+
+# Does not drop __name__ for binary comparison operators
+eval instant at 10m metric <= another_metric
+	metric{env="1"} 120
+
+# Drops __name__ for binary comparison operators with "bool" modifier
+eval instant at 10m metric <= bool another_metric
+	{env="1"} 1
+
+# Drops __name__ for vector-scalar operations
+eval instant at 10m metric * 2
+	{env="1"} 240
+
+# Drops __name__ for instant-vector functions
+eval instant at 10m clamp(metric, 0, 100)
+	{env="1"} 100
+
+# Drops __name__ for range-vector functions
+eval instant at 10m rate(metric{env="1"}[10m])
+	{env="1"} 0.2
+
+# Does not drop __name__ for last_over_time function
+eval instant at 10m last_over_time(metric{env="1"}[10m])
+	metric{env="1"} 120
+
+# Drops name for other _over_time functions
+eval instant at 10m max_over_time(metric{env="1"}[10m])
+	{env="1"} 120
+
+# Allows relabeling (to-be-dropped) __name__  via label_replace
+eval instant at 10m label_replace(rate({env="1"}[10m]), "my_name", "rate_$1", "__name__", "(.+)")
+	{my_name="rate_metric", env="1"} 0.2
+	{my_name="rate_another_metric", env="1"} 0.2
+
+# Allows preserving __name__ via label_replace
+eval instant at 10m label_replace(rate({env="1"}[10m]), "__name__", "rate_$1", "__name__", "(.+)")
+	rate_metric{env="1"} 0.2
+	rate_another_metric{env="1"} 0.2
+
+# Allows relabeling (to-be-dropped) __name__  via label_join
+eval instant at 10m label_join(rate({env="1"}[10m]), "my_name", "_", "__name__")
+	{my_name="metric", env="1"} 0.2
+	{my_name="another_metric", env="1"} 0.2
+
+# Allows preserving __name__ via label_join
+eval instant at 10m label_join(rate({env="1"}[10m]), "__name__", "_", "__name__", "env")
+	metric_1{env="1"} 0.2
+	another_metric_1{env="1"} 0.2
+
+# Does not drop metric names fro aggregation operators
+eval instant at 10m sum by (__name__, env) (metric{env="1"})
+	metric{env="1"} 120
+
+# Aggregation operators by __name__ lead to duplicate labelset errors (aggregation is partitioned by not yet removed __name__ label)
+# This is an accidental side effect of delayed __name__ label dropping
+eval_fail instant at 10m sum by (__name__) (rate({env="1"}[10m]))
+
+# Aggregation operators aggregate metrics with same labelset and to-be-dropped names
+# This is an accidental side effect of delayed __name__ label dropping
+eval instant at 10m sum(rate({env="1"}[10m])) by (env)
+	{env="1"} 0.4
+
+# Aggregationk operators propagate __name__ label dropping information
+eval instant at 10m topk(10, sum by (__name__, env) (metric{env="1"}))
+	metric{env="1"} 120
+
+eval instant at 10m topk(10, sum by (__name__, env) (rate(metric{env="1"}[10m])))
+	{env="1"} 0.2
diff --git a/promql/promqltest/testdata/native_histograms.test b/promql/promqltest/testdata/native_histograms.test
index 8f917cf4800..549781e8c54 100644
--- a/promql/promqltest/testdata/native_histograms.test
+++ b/promql/promqltest/testdata/native_histograms.test
@@ -750,6 +750,52 @@ eval instant at 10m histogram_fraction(-Inf, +Inf, histogram_fraction_4)
 eval instant at 10m histogram_sum(scalar(histogram_fraction(-Inf, +Inf, sum(histogram_fraction_4))) * histogram_fraction_4)
     {} 100
 
+# Apply multiplication and division operator to histogram.
+load 10m
+    histogram_mul_div {{schema:0 count:21 sum:33 z_bucket:3 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[3 3 3] n_buckets:[3 3 3]}}x1
+    float_series_3 3+0x1
+    float_series_0 0+0x1
+
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div*3
+    {} {{schema:0 count:63 sum:99 z_bucket:9 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[9 9 9] n_buckets:[9 9 9]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m 3*histogram_mul_div
+    {} {{schema:0 count:63 sum:99 z_bucket:9 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[9 9 9] n_buckets:[9 9 9]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div*float_series_3
+    {} {{schema:0 count:63 sum:99 z_bucket:9 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[9 9 9] n_buckets:[9 9 9]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m float_series_3*histogram_mul_div
+    {} {{schema:0 count:63 sum:99 z_bucket:9 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[9 9 9] n_buckets:[9 9 9]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div/3
+    {} {{schema:0 count:7 sum:11 z_bucket:1 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[1 1 1] n_buckets:[1 1 1]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div/float_series_3
+    {} {{schema:0 count:7 sum:11 z_bucket:1 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[1 1 1] n_buckets:[1 1 1]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div*0
+    {} {{schema:0 count:0 sum:0 z_bucket:0 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[0 0 0] n_buckets:[0 0 0]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m 0*histogram_mul_div
+    {} {{schema:0 count:0 sum:0 z_bucket:0 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[0 0 0] n_buckets:[0 0 0]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div*float_series_0
+    {} {{schema:0 count:0 sum:0 z_bucket:0 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[0 0 0] n_buckets:[0 0 0]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m float_series_0*histogram_mul_div
+    {} {{schema:0 count:0 sum:0 z_bucket:0 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[0 0 0] n_buckets:[0 0 0]}}
+
+# TODO: (NeerajGartia21) remove all the histogram buckets in case of division with zero. See: https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/13934
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div/0
+    {} {{schema:0 count:Inf sum:Inf z_bucket:Inf z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[Inf Inf Inf] n_buckets:[Inf Inf Inf]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div/float_series_0
+    {} {{schema:0 count:Inf sum:Inf z_bucket:Inf z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[Inf Inf Inf] n_buckets:[Inf Inf Inf]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m histogram_mul_div*0/0
+    {} {{schema:0 count:NaN sum:NaN z_bucket:NaN z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[NaN NaN NaN] n_buckets:[NaN NaN NaN]}}
+
 clear
 
 # Counter reset only noticeable in a single bucket.
@@ -918,3 +964,39 @@ eval_warn instant at 0 sum by (group) (metric)
   {group="just-floats"} 5
   {group="just-exponential-histograms"} {{sum:5 count:7 buckets:[2 3 2]}}
   {group="just-custom-histograms"} {{schema:-53 sum:4 count:5 custom_values:[2] buckets:[8]}}
+
+clear
+
+# Test native histograms with sum, count, avg.
+load 10m
+    histogram_sum{idx="0"} {{schema:0 count:25 sum:1234.5 z_bucket:4 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[1 2 0 1 1] n_buckets:[2 4 0 0 1 9]}}x1
+    histogram_sum{idx="1"} {{schema:0 count:41 sum:2345.6 z_bucket:5 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[1 3 1 2 1 1 1] n_buckets:[0 1 4 2 7 0 0 0 0 5 5 2]}}x1
+    histogram_sum{idx="2"} {{schema:0 count:41 sum:1111.1 z_bucket:5 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[1 3 1 2 1 1 1] n_buckets:[0 1 4 2 7 0 0 0 0 5 5 2]}}x1
+    histogram_sum{idx="3"} {{schema:1 count:0}}x1
+    histogram_sum_float{idx="0"} 42.0x1
+
+eval instant at 10m sum(histogram_sum)
+    {} {{schema:0 count:107 sum:4691.2 z_bucket:14 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[3 8 2 5 3 2 2] n_buckets:[2 6 8 4 15 9 0 0 0 10 10 4]}}
+
+eval_warn instant at 10m sum({idx="0"})
+
+eval instant at 10m sum(histogram_sum{idx="0"} + ignoring(idx) histogram_sum{idx="1"} + ignoring(idx) histogram_sum{idx="2"} + ignoring(idx) histogram_sum{idx="3"})
+    {} {{schema:0 count:107 sum:4691.2 z_bucket:14 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[3 8 2 5 3 2 2] n_buckets:[2 6 8 4 15 9 0 0 0 10 10 4]}}
+
+eval instant at 10m count(histogram_sum)
+    {} 4
+
+eval instant at 10m avg(histogram_sum)
+    {} {{schema:0 count:26.75 sum:1172.8 z_bucket:3.5 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[0.75 2 0.5 1.25 0.75 0.5 0.5] n_buckets:[0.5 1.5 2 1 3.75 2.25 0 0 0 2.5 2.5 1]}}
+
+clear
+
+# Test native histograms with sum_over_time, avg_over_time.
+load 1m
+    histogram_sum_over_time {{schema:0 count:25 sum:1234.5 z_bucket:4 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[1 2 0 1 1] n_buckets:[2 4 0 0 1 9]}} {{schema:0 count:41 sum:2345.6 z_bucket:5 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[1 3 1 2 1 1 1] n_buckets:[0 1 4 2 7 0 0 0 0 5 5 2]}} {{schema:0 count:41 sum:1111.1 z_bucket:5 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[1 3 1 2 1 1 1] n_buckets:[0 1 4 2 7 0 0 0 0 5 5 2]}} {{schema:1 count:0}}
+
+eval instant at 3m sum_over_time(histogram_sum_over_time[4m:1m])
+    {} {{schema:0 count:107 sum:4691.2 z_bucket:14 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[3 8 2 5 3 2 2] n_buckets:[2 6 8 4 15 9 0 0 0 10 10 4]}}
+
+eval instant at 3m avg_over_time(histogram_sum_over_time[4m:1m])
+    {} {{schema:0 count:26.75 sum:1172.8 z_bucket:3.5 z_bucket_w:0.001 buckets:[0.75 2 0.5 1.25 0.75 0.5 0.5] n_buckets:[0.5 1.5 2 1 3.75 2.25 0 0 0 2.5 2.5 1]}}
diff --git a/rules/alerting_test.go b/rules/alerting_test.go
index 5ebd049f669..67d683c851f 100644
--- a/rules/alerting_test.go
+++ b/rules/alerting_test.go
@@ -36,16 +36,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/testutil"
 )
 
-var testEngine = promql.NewEngine(promql.EngineOpts{
-	Logger:                   nil,
-	Reg:                      nil,
-	MaxSamples:               10000,
-	Timeout:                  100 * time.Second,
-	NoStepSubqueryIntervalFn: func(int64) int64 { return 60 * 1000 },
-	EnableAtModifier:         true,
-	EnableNegativeOffset:     true,
-	EnablePerStepStats:       true,
-})
+func testEngine(tb testing.TB) *promql.Engine {
+	tb.Helper()
+	return promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(tb, promql.EngineOpts{
+		Logger:                   nil,
+		Reg:                      nil,
+		MaxSamples:               10000,
+		Timeout:                  100 * time.Second,
+		NoStepSubqueryIntervalFn: func(int64) int64 { return 60 * 1000 },
+		EnableAtModifier:         true,
+		EnableNegativeOffset:     true,
+		EnablePerStepStats:       true,
+	})
+}
 
 func TestAlertingRuleState(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -225,12 +228,14 @@ func TestAlertingRuleLabelsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
+
 	baseTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 	for i, result := range results {
 		t.Logf("case %d", i)
 		evalTime := baseTime.Add(time.Duration(i) * time.Minute)
 		result[0].T = timestamp.FromTime(evalTime)
-		res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+		res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		var filteredRes promql.Vector // After removing 'ALERTS_FOR_STATE' samples.
@@ -247,7 +252,7 @@ func TestAlertingRuleLabelsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		testutil.RequireEqual(t, result, filteredRes)
 	}
 	evalTime := baseTime.Add(time.Duration(len(results)) * time.Minute)
-	res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+	res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Empty(t, res)
 }
@@ -309,13 +314,15 @@ func TestAlertingRuleExternalLabelsInTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
+
 	evalTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 	result[0].T = timestamp.FromTime(evalTime)
 	result[1].T = timestamp.FromTime(evalTime)
 
 	var filteredRes promql.Vector // After removing 'ALERTS_FOR_STATE' samples.
 	res, err := ruleWithoutExternalLabels.Eval(
-		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0,
+		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0,
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	for _, smpl := range res {
@@ -329,7 +336,7 @@ func TestAlertingRuleExternalLabelsInTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	res, err = ruleWithExternalLabels.Eval(
-		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0,
+		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0,
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	for _, smpl := range res {
@@ -406,9 +413,11 @@ func TestAlertingRuleExternalURLInTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	result[0].T = timestamp.FromTime(evalTime)
 	result[1].T = timestamp.FromTime(evalTime)
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
+
 	var filteredRes promql.Vector // After removing 'ALERTS_FOR_STATE' samples.
 	res, err := ruleWithoutExternalURL.Eval(
-		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0,
+		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0,
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	for _, smpl := range res {
@@ -422,7 +431,7 @@ func TestAlertingRuleExternalURLInTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	res, err = ruleWithExternalURL.Eval(
-		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0,
+		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0,
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	for _, smpl := range res {
@@ -475,9 +484,11 @@ func TestAlertingRuleEmptyLabelFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	evalTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 	result[0].T = timestamp.FromTime(evalTime)
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
+
 	var filteredRes promql.Vector // After removing 'ALERTS_FOR_STATE' samples.
 	res, err := rule.Eval(
-		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0,
+		context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0,
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	for _, smpl := range res {
@@ -520,6 +531,8 @@ instance: {{ $v.Labels.instance }}, value: {{ printf "%.0f" $v.Value }};
 	)
 	evalTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
+
 	startQueryCh := make(chan struct{})
 	getDoneCh := make(chan struct{})
 	slowQueryFunc := func(ctx context.Context, q string, ts time.Time) (promql.Vector, error) {
@@ -533,7 +546,7 @@ instance: {{ $v.Labels.instance }}, value: {{ printf "%.0f" $v.Value }};
 				require.Fail(t, "unexpected blocking when template expanding.")
 			}
 		}
-		return EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage)(ctx, q, ts)
+		return EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage)(ctx, q, ts)
 	}
 	go func() {
 		<-startQueryCh
@@ -578,7 +591,7 @@ func TestAlertingRuleDuplicate(t *testing.T) {
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
 
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ctx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancelCtx()
 
@@ -642,13 +655,13 @@ func TestAlertingRuleLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	evalTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
-
+	ng := testEngine(t)
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		switch _, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, test.limit); {
+		switch _, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, test.limit); {
 		case err != nil:
 			require.EqualError(t, err, test.err)
 		case test.err != "":
-			t.Errorf("Expected errror %s, got none", test.err)
+			t.Errorf("Expected error %s, got none", test.err)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -866,12 +879,13 @@ func TestKeepFiringFor(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
 	baseTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 	for i, result := range results {
 		t.Logf("case %d", i)
 		evalTime := baseTime.Add(time.Duration(i) * time.Minute)
 		result[0].T = timestamp.FromTime(evalTime)
-		res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+		res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		var filteredRes promql.Vector // After removing 'ALERTS_FOR_STATE' samples.
@@ -888,7 +902,7 @@ func TestKeepFiringFor(t *testing.T) {
 		testutil.RequireEqual(t, result, filteredRes)
 	}
 	evalTime := baseTime.Add(time.Duration(len(results)) * time.Minute)
-	res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+	res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Empty(t, res)
 }
@@ -923,9 +937,10 @@ func TestPendingAndKeepFiringFor(t *testing.T) {
 		F: 1,
 	}
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
 	baseTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 	result.T = timestamp.FromTime(baseTime)
-	res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, baseTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+	res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, baseTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	require.Len(t, res, 2)
@@ -940,7 +955,7 @@ func TestPendingAndKeepFiringFor(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	evalTime := baseTime.Add(time.Minute)
-	res, err = rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+	res, err = rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Empty(t, res)
 }
diff --git a/rules/manager_test.go b/rules/manager_test.go
index 9865cbdfeda..b9f6db3273e 100644
--- a/rules/manager_test.go
+++ b/rules/manager_test.go
@@ -158,12 +158,13 @@ func TestAlertingRule(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
 	for i, test := range tests {
 		t.Logf("case %d", i)
 
 		evalTime := baseTime.Add(test.time)
 
-		res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+		res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		var filteredRes promql.Vector // After removing 'ALERTS_FOR_STATE' samples.
@@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ func TestForStateAddSamples(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}
 
+			ng := testEngine(t)
 			var forState float64
 			for i, test := range tests {
 				t.Logf("case %d", i)
@@ -311,7 +313,7 @@ func TestForStateAddSamples(t *testing.T) {
 					forState = float64(value.StaleNaN)
 				}
 
-				res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), queryOffset, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+				res, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), queryOffset, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 
 				var filteredRes promql.Vector // After removing 'ALERTS' samples.
@@ -366,8 +368,9 @@ func TestForStateRestore(t *testing.T) {
 			expr, err := parser.ParseExpr(`http_requests{group="canary", job="app-server"} < 100`)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
+			ng := testEngine(t)
 			opts := &ManagerOptions{
-				QueryFunc:       EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage),
+				QueryFunc:       EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage),
 				Appendable:      storage,
 				Queryable:       storage,
 				Context:         context.Background(),
@@ -538,7 +541,7 @@ func TestStaleness(t *testing.T) {
 			MaxSamples: 10,
 			Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 		}
-		engine := promql.NewEngine(engineOpts)
+		engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, engineOpts)
 		opts := &ManagerOptions{
 			QueryFunc:  EngineQueryFunc(engine, st),
 			Appendable: st,
@@ -772,7 +775,7 @@ func TestUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ruleManager := NewManager(&ManagerOptions{
 		Appendable: st,
 		Queryable:  st,
@@ -910,7 +913,7 @@ func TestNotify(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(engineOpts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, engineOpts)
 	var lastNotified []*Alert
 	notifyFunc := func(ctx context.Context, expr string, alerts ...*Alert) {
 		lastNotified = alerts
@@ -985,7 +988,7 @@ func TestMetricsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ruleManager := NewManager(&ManagerOptions{
 		Appendable: storage,
 		Queryable:  storage,
@@ -1059,7 +1062,7 @@ func TestGroupStalenessOnRemoval(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ruleManager := NewManager(&ManagerOptions{
 		Appendable: storage,
 		Queryable:  storage,
@@ -1136,7 +1139,7 @@ func TestMetricsStalenessOnManagerShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ruleManager := NewManager(&ManagerOptions{
 		Appendable: storage,
 		Queryable:  storage,
@@ -1238,7 +1241,7 @@ func TestRuleHealthUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(engineOpts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, engineOpts)
 	opts := &ManagerOptions{
 		QueryFunc:  EngineQueryFunc(engine, st),
 		Appendable: st,
@@ -1335,9 +1338,10 @@ func TestRuleGroupEvalIterationFunc(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
 	testFunc := func(tst testInput) {
 		opts := &ManagerOptions{
-			QueryFunc:       EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage),
+			QueryFunc:       EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage),
 			Appendable:      storage,
 			Queryable:       storage,
 			Context:         context.Background(),
@@ -1421,8 +1425,9 @@ func TestNativeHistogramsInRecordingRules(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
 	opts := &ManagerOptions{
-		QueryFunc:  EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage),
+		QueryFunc:  EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage),
 		Appendable: storage,
 		Queryable:  storage,
 		Context:    context.Background(),
diff --git a/rules/recording_test.go b/rules/recording_test.go
index fdddd4e02e0..72c0764f9bb 100644
--- a/rules/recording_test.go
+++ b/rules/recording_test.go
@@ -123,10 +123,11 @@ func TestRuleEval(t *testing.T) {
 	storage := setUpRuleEvalTest(t)
 	t.Cleanup(func() { storage.Close() })
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
 	for _, scenario := range ruleEvalTestScenarios {
 		t.Run(scenario.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			rule := NewRecordingRule("test_rule", scenario.expr, scenario.ruleLabels)
-			result, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, ruleEvaluationTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+			result, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, ruleEvaluationTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			testutil.RequireEqual(t, scenario.expected, result)
 		})
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ func BenchmarkRuleEval(b *testing.B) {
 	storage := setUpRuleEvalTest(b)
 	b.Cleanup(func() { storage.Close() })
 
+	ng := testEngine(b)
 	for _, scenario := range ruleEvalTestScenarios {
 		b.Run(scenario.name, func(b *testing.B) {
 			rule := NewRecordingRule("test_rule", scenario.expr, scenario.ruleLabels)
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ func BenchmarkRuleEval(b *testing.B) {
 			b.ResetTimer()
 
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-				_, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, ruleEvaluationTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, 0)
+				_, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, ruleEvaluationTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, 0)
 				if err != nil {
 					require.NoError(b, err)
 				}
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ func TestRuleEvalDuplicate(t *testing.T) {
 		Timeout:    10 * time.Second,
 	}
 
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(opts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, opts)
 	ctx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancelCtx()
 
@@ -212,10 +214,11 @@ func TestRecordingRuleLimit(t *testing.T) {
 		labels.FromStrings("test", "test"),
 	)
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
 	evalTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		switch _, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(testEngine, storage), nil, test.limit); {
+		switch _, err := rule.Eval(context.TODO(), 0, evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(ng, storage), nil, test.limit); {
 		case err != nil:
 			require.EqualError(t, err, test.err)
 		case test.err != "":
diff --git a/scrape/manager_test.go b/scrape/manager_test.go
index c8d9bd6980d..c71691c95d2 100644
--- a/scrape/manager_test.go
+++ b/scrape/manager_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery"
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/file"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/targetgroup"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/relabel"
@@ -722,8 +724,6 @@ func TestManagerCTZeroIngestion(t *testing.T) {
 		name                  string
 		counterSample         *dto.Counter
 		enableCTZeroIngestion bool
-
-		expectedValues []float64
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "disabled with CT on counter",
@@ -732,7 +732,6 @@ func TestManagerCTZeroIngestion(t *testing.T) {
 				// Timestamp does not matter as long as it exists in this test.
 				CreatedTimestamp: timestamppb.Now(),
 			},
-			expectedValues: []float64{1.0},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "enabled with CT on counter",
@@ -742,7 +741,6 @@ func TestManagerCTZeroIngestion(t *testing.T) {
 				CreatedTimestamp: timestamppb.Now(),
 			},
 			enableCTZeroIngestion: true,
-			expectedValues:        []float64{0.0, 1.0},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "enabled without CT on counter",
@@ -750,7 +748,6 @@ func TestManagerCTZeroIngestion(t *testing.T) {
 				Value: proto.Float64(1.0),
 			},
 			enableCTZeroIngestion: true,
-			expectedValues:        []float64{1.0},
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -817,44 +814,42 @@ func TestManagerCTZeroIngestion(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 			scrapeManager.reload()
 
+			var got []float64
 			// Wait for one scrape.
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Minute)
 			defer cancel()
 			require.NoError(t, runutil.Retry(100*time.Millisecond, ctx.Done(), func() error {
-				if countFloatSamples(app, mName) != len(tc.expectedValues) {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected %v samples", tc.expectedValues)
+				app.mtx.Lock()
+				defer app.mtx.Unlock()
+
+				// Check if scrape happened and grab the relevant samples, they have to be there - or it's a bug
+				// and it's not worth waiting.
+				for _, f := range app.resultFloats {
+					if f.metric.Get(model.MetricNameLabel) == mName {
+						got = append(got, f.f)
+					}
+				}
+				if len(app.resultFloats) > 0 {
+					return nil
 				}
-				return nil
+				return fmt.Errorf("expected some samples, got none")
 			}), "after 1 minute")
 			scrapeManager.Stop()
 
-			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedValues, getResultFloats(app, mName))
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func countFloatSamples(a *collectResultAppender, expectedMetricName string) (count int) {
-	a.mtx.Lock()
-	defer a.mtx.Unlock()
-
-	for _, f := range a.resultFloats {
-		if f.metric.Get(model.MetricNameLabel) == expectedMetricName {
-			count++
-		}
-	}
-	return count
-}
-
-func getResultFloats(app *collectResultAppender, expectedMetricName string) (result []float64) {
-	app.mtx.Lock()
-	defer app.mtx.Unlock()
+			// Check for zero samples, assuming we only injected always one sample.
+			// Did it contain CT to inject? If yes, was CT zero enabled?
+			if tc.counterSample.CreatedTimestamp.IsValid() && tc.enableCTZeroIngestion {
+				require.Len(t, got, 2)
+				require.Equal(t, 0.0, got[0])
+				require.Equal(t, tc.counterSample.GetValue(), got[1])
+				return
+			}
 
-	for _, f := range app.resultFloats {
-		if f.metric.Get(model.MetricNameLabel) == expectedMetricName {
-			result = append(result, f.f)
-		}
+			// Expect only one, valid sample.
+			require.Len(t, got, 1)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.counterSample.GetValue(), got[0])
+		})
 	}
-	return result
 }
 
 func TestUnregisterMetrics(t *testing.T) {
@@ -869,3 +864,414 @@ func TestUnregisterMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		manager.UnregisterMetrics()
 	}
 }
+
+func applyConfig(
+	t *testing.T,
+	config string,
+	scrapeManager *Manager,
+	discoveryManager *discovery.Manager,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	cfg := loadConfiguration(t, config)
+	require.NoError(t, scrapeManager.ApplyConfig(cfg))
+
+	c := make(map[string]discovery.Configs)
+	scfgs, err := cfg.GetScrapeConfigs()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	for _, v := range scfgs {
+		c[v.JobName] = v.ServiceDiscoveryConfigs
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, discoveryManager.ApplyConfig(c))
+}
+
+func runManagers(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) (*discovery.Manager, *Manager) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	sdMetrics, err := discovery.RegisterSDMetrics(reg, discovery.NewRefreshMetrics(reg))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	discoveryManager := discovery.NewManager(
+		ctx,
+		log.NewNopLogger(),
+		reg,
+		sdMetrics,
+		discovery.Updatert(100*time.Millisecond),
+	)
+	scrapeManager, err := NewManager(
+		&Options{DiscoveryReloadInterval: model.Duration(100 * time.Millisecond)},
+		nil,
+		nopAppendable{},
+		prometheus.NewRegistry(),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	go discoveryManager.Run()
+	go scrapeManager.Run(discoveryManager.SyncCh())
+	return discoveryManager, scrapeManager
+}
+
+func writeIntoFile(t *testing.T, content, filePattern string) *os.File {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", filePattern)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = file.WriteString(content)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return file
+}
+
+func requireTargets(
+	t *testing.T,
+	scrapeManager *Manager,
+	jobName string,
+	waitToAppear bool,
+	expectedTargets []string,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		targets, ok := scrapeManager.TargetsActive()[jobName]
+		if !ok {
+			if waitToAppear {
+				return false
+			}
+			t.Fatalf("job %s shouldn't be dropped", jobName)
+		}
+		if expectedTargets == nil {
+			return targets == nil
+		}
+		if len(targets) != len(expectedTargets) {
+			return false
+		}
+		sTargets := []string{}
+		for _, t := range targets {
+			sTargets = append(sTargets, t.String())
+		}
+		sort.Strings(expectedTargets)
+		sort.Strings(sTargets)
+		for i, t := range sTargets {
+			if t != expectedTargets[i] {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	}, 1*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond)
+}
+
+// TestTargetDisappearsAfterProviderRemoved makes sure that when a provider is dropped, (only) its targets are dropped.
+func TestTargetDisappearsAfterProviderRemoved(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	myJob := "my-job"
+	myJobSDTargetURL := "my:9876"
+	myJobStaticTargetURL := "my:5432"
+
+	sdFileContent := fmt.Sprintf(`[{"targets": ["%s"]}]`, myJobSDTargetURL)
+	sDFile := writeIntoFile(t, sdFileContent, "*targets.json")
+
+	baseConfig := `
+scrape_configs:
+- job_name: %s
+  static_configs:
+  - targets: ['%s']
+  file_sd_configs:
+  - files: ['%s']
+`
+
+	discoveryManager, scrapeManager := runManagers(t, ctx)
+	defer scrapeManager.Stop()
+
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(
+			baseConfig,
+			myJob,
+			myJobStaticTargetURL,
+			sDFile.Name(),
+		),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+	// Make sure the jobs targets are taken into account
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		myJob,
+		true,
+		[]string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", myJobSDTargetURL),
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", myJobStaticTargetURL),
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Apply a new config where a provider is removed
+	baseConfig = `
+scrape_configs:
+- job_name: %s
+  static_configs:
+  - targets: ['%s']
+`
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(
+			baseConfig,
+			myJob,
+			myJobStaticTargetURL,
+		),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+	// Make sure the corresponding target was dropped
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		myJob,
+		false,
+		[]string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", myJobStaticTargetURL),
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Apply a new config with no providers
+	baseConfig = `
+scrape_configs:
+- job_name: %s
+`
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(
+			baseConfig,
+			myJob,
+		),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+	// Make sure the corresponding target was dropped
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		myJob,
+		false,
+		nil,
+	)
+}
+
+// TestOnlyProviderStaleTargetsAreDropped makes sure that when a job has only one provider with multiple targets
+// and when the provider can no longer discover some of those targets, only those stale targets are dropped.
+func TestOnlyProviderStaleTargetsAreDropped(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	jobName := "my-job"
+	jobTarget1URL := "foo:9876"
+	jobTarget2URL := "foo:5432"
+
+	sdFile1Content := fmt.Sprintf(`[{"targets": ["%s"]}]`, jobTarget1URL)
+	sdFile2Content := fmt.Sprintf(`[{"targets": ["%s"]}]`, jobTarget2URL)
+	sDFile1 := writeIntoFile(t, sdFile1Content, "*targets.json")
+	sDFile2 := writeIntoFile(t, sdFile2Content, "*targets.json")
+
+	baseConfig := `
+scrape_configs:
+- job_name: %s
+  file_sd_configs:
+  - files: ['%s', '%s']
+`
+	discoveryManager, scrapeManager := runManagers(t, ctx)
+	defer scrapeManager.Stop()
+
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(baseConfig, jobName, sDFile1.Name(), sDFile2.Name()),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+
+	// Make sure the job's targets are taken into account
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		jobName,
+		true,
+		[]string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", jobTarget1URL),
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", jobTarget2URL),
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Apply the same config for the same job but with a non existing file to make the provider
+	// unable to discover some targets
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(baseConfig, jobName, sDFile1.Name(), "/idontexistdoi.json"),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+
+	// The old target should get dropped
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		jobName,
+		false,
+		[]string{fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", jobTarget1URL)},
+	)
+}
+
+// TestProviderStaleTargetsAreDropped makes sure that when a job has only one provider and when that provider
+// should no longer discover targets, the targets of that provider are dropped.
+// See: https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/12858
+func TestProviderStaleTargetsAreDropped(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	jobName := "my-job"
+	jobTargetURL := "foo:9876"
+
+	sdFileContent := fmt.Sprintf(`[{"targets": ["%s"]}]`, jobTargetURL)
+	sDFile := writeIntoFile(t, sdFileContent, "*targets.json")
+
+	baseConfig := `
+scrape_configs:
+- job_name: %s
+  file_sd_configs:
+  - files: ['%s']
+`
+	discoveryManager, scrapeManager := runManagers(t, ctx)
+	defer scrapeManager.Stop()
+
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(baseConfig, jobName, sDFile.Name()),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+
+	// Make sure the job's targets are taken into account
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		jobName,
+		true,
+		[]string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", jobTargetURL),
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Apply the same config for the same job but with a non existing file to make the provider
+	// unable to discover some targets
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(baseConfig, jobName, "/idontexistdoi.json"),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+
+	// The old target should get dropped
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		jobName,
+		false,
+		nil,
+	)
+}
+
+// TestOnlyStaleTargetsAreDropped makes sure that when a job has multiple providers, when one of them should no
+// longer discover targets, only the stale targets of that provier are dropped.
+func TestOnlyStaleTargetsAreDropped(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	myJob := "my-job"
+	myJobSDTargetURL := "my:9876"
+	myJobStaticTargetURL := "my:5432"
+	otherJob := "other-job"
+	otherJobTargetURL := "other:1234"
+
+	sdFileContent := fmt.Sprintf(`[{"targets": ["%s"]}]`, myJobSDTargetURL)
+	sDFile := writeIntoFile(t, sdFileContent, "*targets.json")
+
+	baseConfig := `
+scrape_configs:
+- job_name: %s
+  static_configs:
+  - targets: ['%s']
+  file_sd_configs:
+  - files: ['%s']
+- job_name: %s
+  static_configs:
+  - targets: ['%s']
+`
+
+	discoveryManager, scrapeManager := runManagers(t, ctx)
+	defer scrapeManager.Stop()
+
+	// Apply the initial config with an existing file
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(
+			baseConfig,
+			myJob,
+			myJobStaticTargetURL,
+			sDFile.Name(),
+			otherJob,
+			otherJobTargetURL,
+		),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+	// Make sure the jobs targets are taken into account
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		myJob,
+		true,
+		[]string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", myJobSDTargetURL),
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", myJobStaticTargetURL),
+		},
+	)
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		otherJob,
+		true,
+		[]string{fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", otherJobTargetURL)},
+	)
+
+	// Apply the same config with a non existing file for myJob
+	applyConfig(
+		t,
+		fmt.Sprintf(
+			baseConfig,
+			myJob,
+			myJobStaticTargetURL,
+			"/idontexistdoi.json",
+			otherJob,
+			otherJobTargetURL,
+		),
+		scrapeManager,
+		discoveryManager,
+	)
+
+	// Only the SD target should get dropped for myJob
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		myJob,
+		false,
+		[]string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", myJobStaticTargetURL),
+		},
+	)
+	// The otherJob should keep its target
+	requireTargets(
+		t,
+		scrapeManager,
+		otherJob,
+		false,
+		[]string{fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", otherJobTargetURL)},
+	)
+}
diff --git a/scrape/scrape_test.go b/scrape/scrape_test.go
index be81b8677c7..b703f21d46a 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape_test.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	prom_testutil "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	config_util "github.com/prometheus/common/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
@@ -683,6 +684,7 @@ func newBasicScrapeLoop(t testing.TB, ctx context.Context, scraper scraper, app
 		false,
 		newTestScrapeMetrics(t),
 		false,
+		model.LegacyValidation,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -825,6 +827,7 @@ func TestScrapeLoopRun(t *testing.T) {
 		false,
 		scrapeMetrics,
 		false,
+		model.LegacyValidation,
 	)
 
 	// The loop must terminate during the initial offset if the context
@@ -969,6 +972,7 @@ func TestScrapeLoopMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		false,
 		scrapeMetrics,
 		false,
+		model.LegacyValidation,
 	)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -1064,6 +1068,40 @@ func TestScrapeLoopFailWithInvalidLabelsAfterRelabel(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 0, seriesAdded)
 }
 
+func TestScrapeLoopFailLegacyUnderUTF8(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that scrapes fail when default validation is utf8 but scrape config is
+	// legacy.
+	model.NameValidationScheme = model.UTF8Validation
+	defer func() {
+		model.NameValidationScheme = model.LegacyValidation
+	}()
+	s := teststorage.New(t)
+	defer s.Close()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	sl := newBasicScrapeLoop(t, ctx, &testScraper{}, s.Appender, 0)
+	sl.validationScheme = model.LegacyValidation
+
+	slApp := sl.appender(ctx)
+	total, added, seriesAdded, err := sl.append(slApp, []byte("{\"test.metric\"} 1\n"), "", time.Time{})
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "invalid metric name or label names")
+	require.NoError(t, slApp.Rollback())
+	require.Equal(t, 1, total)
+	require.Equal(t, 0, added)
+	require.Equal(t, 0, seriesAdded)
+
+	// When scrapeloop has validation set to UTF-8, the metric is allowed.
+	sl.validationScheme = model.UTF8Validation
+
+	slApp = sl.appender(ctx)
+	total, added, seriesAdded, err = sl.append(slApp, []byte("{\"test.metric\"} 1\n"), "", time.Time{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, total)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, added)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, seriesAdded)
+}
+
 func makeTestMetrics(n int) []byte {
 	// Construct a metrics string to parse
 	sb := bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -3644,6 +3682,7 @@ func TestScrapeLoopSeriesAddedDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 3, total)
 	require.Equal(t, 3, added)
 	require.Equal(t, 1, seriesAdded)
+	require.Equal(t, 2.0, prom_testutil.ToFloat64(sl.metrics.targetScrapeSampleDuplicate))
 
 	slApp = sl.appender(ctx)
 	total, added, seriesAdded, err = sl.append(slApp, []byte("test_metric 1\ntest_metric 1\ntest_metric 1\n"), "", time.Time{})
@@ -3652,12 +3691,18 @@ func TestScrapeLoopSeriesAddedDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 3, total)
 	require.Equal(t, 3, added)
 	require.Equal(t, 0, seriesAdded)
+	require.Equal(t, 4.0, prom_testutil.ToFloat64(sl.metrics.targetScrapeSampleDuplicate))
 
-	metric := dto.Metric{}
-	err = sl.metrics.targetScrapeSampleDuplicate.Write(&metric)
+	// When different timestamps are supplied, multiple samples are accepted.
+	slApp = sl.appender(ctx)
+	total, added, seriesAdded, err = sl.append(slApp, []byte("test_metric 1 1001\ntest_metric 1 1002\ntest_metric 1 1003\n"), "", time.Time{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	value := metric.GetCounter().GetValue()
-	require.Equal(t, 4.0, value)
+	require.NoError(t, slApp.Commit())
+	require.Equal(t, 3, total)
+	require.Equal(t, 3, added)
+	require.Equal(t, 0, seriesAdded)
+	// Metric is not higher than last time.
+	require.Equal(t, 4.0, prom_testutil.ToFloat64(sl.metrics.targetScrapeSampleDuplicate))
 }
 
 // This tests running a full scrape loop and checking that the scrape option
diff --git a/scrape/testdata/ca.cer b/scrape/testdata/ca.cer
index df93443923b..dbbd009d4a9 100644
--- a/scrape/testdata/ca.cer
+++ b/scrape/testdata/ca.cer
@@ -1,3 +1,61 @@
+Certificate:
+    Data:
+        Version: 3 (0x2)
+        Serial Number:
+            93:6c:9e:29:8d:37:7b:66
+        Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
+        Issuer: C = XX, L = Default City, O = Default Company Ltd, CN = Prometheus Test CA
+        Validity
+            Not Before: Aug 20 11:51:23 2024 GMT
+            Not After : Dec  5 11:51:23 2044 GMT
+        Subject: C = XX, L = Default City, O = Default Company Ltd, CN = Prometheus Test CA
+        Subject Public Key Info:
+            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
+                Public-Key: (2048 bit)
+                Modulus:
+                    00:e9:52:05:4d:f2:5a:95:04:2d:b8:73:8b:3c:e7:
+                    47:48:67:00:be:dd:6c:41:f3:7c:4b:44:73:a3:77:
+                    3e:84:af:30:d7:2a:ad:45:6a:b7:89:23:05:15:b3:
+                    aa:46:79:b8:95:64:cc:13:c4:44:a1:01:a0:e2:3d:
+                    a5:67:2b:aa:d3:13:06:43:33:1c:96:36:12:9e:c6:
+                    1d:36:9b:d7:47:bd:28:2d:88:15:04:fa:14:a3:ff:
+                    8c:26:22:c5:a2:15:c7:76:b3:11:f6:a3:44:9a:28:
+                    0f:ca:fb:f4:51:a8:6a:05:94:7c:77:47:c8:21:56:
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+                CC:F5:05:99:E5:AB:12:69:D8:78:89:4A:31:CA:F0:8B:0B:AD:66:1B
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+                CA:TRUE
+    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
+    Signature Value:
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diff --git a/storage/interface_test.go b/storage/interface_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba607217368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/interface_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package storage_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/chunkenc"
+)
+
+func TestMockSeries(t *testing.T) {
+	s := storage.MockSeries([]int64{1, 2, 3}, []float64{1, 2, 3}, []string{"__name__", "foo"})
+	it := s.Iterator(nil)
+	ts := []int64{}
+	vs := []float64{}
+	for it.Next() == chunkenc.ValFloat {
+		t, v := it.At()
+		ts = append(ts, t)
+		vs = append(vs, v)
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, []int64{1, 2, 3}, ts)
+	require.Equal(t, []float64{1, 2, 3}, vs)
+}
diff --git a/storage/remote/client_test.go b/storage/remote/client_test.go
index 9184ce10083..c8b3d487e72 100644
--- a/storage/remote/client_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/client_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 	config_util "github.com/prometheus/common/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/chunkenc"
 )
 
 var longErrMessage = strings.Repeat("error message", maxErrMsgLen)
@@ -208,3 +214,226 @@ func TestClientCustomHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.True(t, called, "The remote server wasn't called")
 }
+
+func TestReadClient(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                  string
+		query                 *prompb.Query
+		httpHandler           http.HandlerFunc
+		expectedLabels        []map[string]string
+		expectedSamples       [][]model.SamplePair
+		expectedErrorContains string
+		sortSeries            bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "sorted sampled response",
+			httpHandler: sampledResponseHTTPHandler(t),
+			expectedLabels: []map[string]string{
+				{"foo1": "bar"},
+				{"foo2": "bar"},
+			},
+			expectedSamples: [][]model.SamplePair{
+				{
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(0), Value: model.SampleValue(3)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(5), Value: model.SampleValue(4)},
+				},
+				{
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(0), Value: model.SampleValue(1)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(5), Value: model.SampleValue(2)},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedErrorContains: "",
+			sortSeries:            true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "unsorted sampled response",
+			httpHandler: sampledResponseHTTPHandler(t),
+			expectedLabels: []map[string]string{
+				{"foo2": "bar"},
+				{"foo1": "bar"},
+			},
+			expectedSamples: [][]model.SamplePair{
+				{
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(0), Value: model.SampleValue(1)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(5), Value: model.SampleValue(2)},
+				},
+				{
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(0), Value: model.SampleValue(3)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(5), Value: model.SampleValue(4)},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedErrorContains: "",
+			sortSeries:            false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "chunked response",
+			query: &prompb.Query{
+				StartTimestampMs: 4000,
+				EndTimestampMs:   12000,
+			},
+			httpHandler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/x-streamed-protobuf; proto=prometheus.ChunkedReadResponse")
+
+				flusher, ok := w.(http.Flusher)
+				require.True(t, ok)
+
+				cw := NewChunkedWriter(w, flusher)
+				l := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"},
+				}
+
+				chunks := buildTestChunks(t)
+				for i, c := range chunks {
+					cSeries := prompb.ChunkedSeries{Labels: l, Chunks: []prompb.Chunk{c}}
+					readResp := prompb.ChunkedReadResponse{
+						ChunkedSeries: []*prompb.ChunkedSeries{&cSeries},
+						QueryIndex:    int64(i),
+					}
+
+					b, err := proto.Marshal(&readResp)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+
+					_, err = cw.Write(b)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+				}
+			}),
+			expectedLabels: []map[string]string{
+				{"foo": "bar"},
+				{"foo": "bar"},
+				{"foo": "bar"},
+			},
+			// This is the output of buildTestChunks minus the samples outside the query range.
+			expectedSamples: [][]model.SamplePair{
+				{
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(4000), Value: model.SampleValue(4)},
+				},
+				{
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(5000), Value: model.SampleValue(1)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(6000), Value: model.SampleValue(2)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(7000), Value: model.SampleValue(3)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(8000), Value: model.SampleValue(4)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(9000), Value: model.SampleValue(5)},
+				},
+				{
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(10000), Value: model.SampleValue(2)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(11000), Value: model.SampleValue(3)},
+					{Timestamp: model.Time(12000), Value: model.SampleValue(4)},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedErrorContains: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unsupported content type",
+			httpHandler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "foobar")
+			}),
+			expectedErrorContains: "unsupported content type",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			server := httptest.NewServer(test.httpHandler)
+			defer server.Close()
+
+			u, err := url.Parse(server.URL)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			conf := &ClientConfig{
+				URL:              &config_util.URL{URL: u},
+				Timeout:          model.Duration(5 * time.Second),
+				ChunkedReadLimit: config.DefaultChunkedReadLimit,
+			}
+			c, err := NewReadClient("test", conf)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			query := &prompb.Query{}
+			if test.query != nil {
+				query = test.query
+			}
+
+			ss, err := c.Read(context.Background(), query, test.sortSeries)
+			if test.expectedErrorContains != "" {
+				require.ErrorContains(t, err, test.expectedErrorContains)
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			i := 0
+
+			for ss.Next() {
+				require.NoError(t, ss.Err())
+				s := ss.At()
+
+				l := s.Labels()
+				require.Len(t, test.expectedLabels[i], l.Len())
+				for k, v := range test.expectedLabels[i] {
+					require.True(t, l.Has(k))
+					require.Equal(t, v, l.Get(k))
+				}
+
+				it := s.Iterator(nil)
+				j := 0
+
+				for valType := it.Next(); valType != chunkenc.ValNone; valType = it.Next() {
+					require.NoError(t, it.Err())
+
+					ts, v := it.At()
+					expectedSample := test.expectedSamples[i][j]
+
+					require.Equal(t, int64(expectedSample.Timestamp), ts)
+					require.Equal(t, float64(expectedSample.Value), v)
+
+					j++
+				}
+
+				require.Len(t, test.expectedSamples[i], j)
+
+				i++
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, ss.Err())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func sampledResponseHTTPHandler(t *testing.T) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/x-protobuf")
+
+		resp := prompb.ReadResponse{
+			Results: []*prompb.QueryResult{
+				{
+					Timeseries: []*prompb.TimeSeries{
+						{
+							Labels: []prompb.Label{
+								{Name: "foo2", Value: "bar"},
+							},
+							Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+								{Value: float64(1), Timestamp: int64(0)},
+								{Value: float64(2), Timestamp: int64(5)},
+							},
+							Exemplars: []prompb.Exemplar{},
+						},
+						{
+							Labels: []prompb.Label{
+								{Name: "foo1", Value: "bar"},
+							},
+							Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+								{Value: float64(3), Timestamp: int64(0)},
+								{Value: float64(4), Timestamp: int64(5)},
+							},
+							Exemplars: []prompb.Exemplar{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		b, err := proto.Marshal(&resp)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		_, err = w.Write(snappy.Encode(nil, b))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/storage/remote/codec_test.go b/storage/remote/codec_test.go
index 279d10e41bf..404f1add75a 100644
--- a/storage/remote/codec_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/codec_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package remote
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/histogram"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/metadata"
@@ -705,3 +707,270 @@ func (c *mockChunkIterator) Next() bool {
 func (c *mockChunkIterator) Err() error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func TestChunkedSeriesIterator(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("happy path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		chks := buildTestChunks(t)
+
+		it := newChunkedSeriesIterator(chks, 2000, 12000)
+
+		require.NoError(t, it.err)
+		require.NotNil(t, it.cur)
+
+		// Initial next; advance to first valid sample of first chunk.
+		res := it.Next()
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValFloat, res)
+		require.NoError(t, it.Err())
+
+		ts, v := it.At()
+		require.Equal(t, int64(2000), ts)
+		require.Equal(t, float64(2), v)
+
+		// Next to the second sample of the first chunk.
+		res = it.Next()
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValFloat, res)
+		require.NoError(t, it.Err())
+
+		ts, v = it.At()
+		require.Equal(t, int64(3000), ts)
+		require.Equal(t, float64(3), v)
+
+		// Attempt to seek to the first sample of the first chunk (should return current sample).
+		res = it.Seek(0)
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValFloat, res)
+
+		ts, v = it.At()
+		require.Equal(t, int64(3000), ts)
+		require.Equal(t, float64(3), v)
+
+		// Seek to the end of the first chunk.
+		res = it.Seek(4000)
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValFloat, res)
+
+		ts, v = it.At()
+		require.Equal(t, int64(4000), ts)
+		require.Equal(t, float64(4), v)
+
+		// Next to the first sample of the second chunk.
+		res = it.Next()
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValFloat, res)
+		require.NoError(t, it.Err())
+
+		ts, v = it.At()
+		require.Equal(t, int64(5000), ts)
+		require.Equal(t, float64(1), v)
+
+		// Seek to the second sample of the third chunk.
+		res = it.Seek(10999)
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValFloat, res)
+		require.NoError(t, it.Err())
+
+		ts, v = it.At()
+		require.Equal(t, int64(11000), ts)
+		require.Equal(t, float64(3), v)
+
+		// Attempt to seek to something past the last sample (should return false and exhaust the iterator).
+		res = it.Seek(99999)
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, res)
+		require.NoError(t, it.Err())
+
+		// Attempt to next past the last sample (should return false as the iterator is exhausted).
+		res = it.Next()
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, res)
+		require.NoError(t, it.Err())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid chunk encoding error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		chks := buildTestChunks(t)
+
+		// Set chunk type to an invalid value.
+		chks[0].Type = 8
+
+		it := newChunkedSeriesIterator(chks, 0, 14000)
+
+		res := it.Next()
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, res)
+
+		res = it.Seek(1000)
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, res)
+
+		require.ErrorContains(t, it.err, "invalid chunk encoding")
+		require.Nil(t, it.cur)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty chunks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		emptyChunks := make([]prompb.Chunk, 0)
+
+		it1 := newChunkedSeriesIterator(emptyChunks, 0, 1000)
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, it1.Next())
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, it1.Seek(1000))
+		require.NoError(t, it1.Err())
+
+		var nilChunks []prompb.Chunk
+
+		it2 := newChunkedSeriesIterator(nilChunks, 0, 1000)
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, it2.Next())
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, it2.Seek(1000))
+		require.NoError(t, it2.Err())
+	})
+}
+
+func TestChunkedSeries(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("happy path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		chks := buildTestChunks(t)
+
+		s := chunkedSeries{
+			ChunkedSeries: prompb.ChunkedSeries{
+				Labels: []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"},
+					{Name: "asdf", Value: "zxcv"},
+				},
+				Chunks: chks,
+			},
+		}
+
+		require.Equal(t, labels.FromStrings("asdf", "zxcv", "foo", "bar"), s.Labels())
+
+		it := s.Iterator(nil)
+		res := it.Next() // Behavior is undefined w/o the initial call to Next.
+
+		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValFloat, res)
+		require.NoError(t, it.Err())
+
+		ts, v := it.At()
+		require.Equal(t, int64(0), ts)
+		require.Equal(t, float64(0), v)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestChunkedSeriesSet(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("happy path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		flusher := &mockFlusher{}
+
+		w := NewChunkedWriter(buf, flusher)
+		r := NewChunkedReader(buf, config.DefaultChunkedReadLimit, nil)
+
+		chks := buildTestChunks(t)
+		l := []prompb.Label{
+			{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"},
+		}
+
+		for i, c := range chks {
+			cSeries := prompb.ChunkedSeries{Labels: l, Chunks: []prompb.Chunk{c}}
+			readResp := prompb.ChunkedReadResponse{
+				ChunkedSeries: []*prompb.ChunkedSeries{&cSeries},
+				QueryIndex:    int64(i),
+			}
+
+			b, err := proto.Marshal(&readResp)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			_, err = w.Write(b)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+
+		ss := NewChunkedSeriesSet(r, io.NopCloser(buf), 0, 14000, func(error) {})
+		require.NoError(t, ss.Err())
+		require.Nil(t, ss.Warnings())
+
+		res := ss.Next()
+		require.True(t, res)
+		require.NoError(t, ss.Err())
+
+		s := ss.At()
+		require.Equal(t, 1, s.Labels().Len())
+		require.True(t, s.Labels().Has("foo"))
+		require.Equal(t, "bar", s.Labels().Get("foo"))
+
+		it := s.Iterator(nil)
+		it.Next()
+		ts, v := it.At()
+		require.Equal(t, int64(0), ts)
+		require.Equal(t, float64(0), v)
+
+		numResponses := 1
+		for ss.Next() {
+			numResponses++
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, numTestChunks, numResponses)
+		require.NoError(t, ss.Err())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("chunked reader error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		flusher := &mockFlusher{}
+
+		w := NewChunkedWriter(buf, flusher)
+		r := NewChunkedReader(buf, config.DefaultChunkedReadLimit, nil)
+
+		chks := buildTestChunks(t)
+		l := []prompb.Label{
+			{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"},
+		}
+
+		for i, c := range chks {
+			cSeries := prompb.ChunkedSeries{Labels: l, Chunks: []prompb.Chunk{c}}
+			readResp := prompb.ChunkedReadResponse{
+				ChunkedSeries: []*prompb.ChunkedSeries{&cSeries},
+				QueryIndex:    int64(i),
+			}
+
+			b, err := proto.Marshal(&readResp)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			b[0] = 0xFF // Corruption!
+
+			_, err = w.Write(b)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+
+		ss := NewChunkedSeriesSet(r, io.NopCloser(buf), 0, 14000, func(error) {})
+		require.NoError(t, ss.Err())
+		require.Nil(t, ss.Warnings())
+
+		res := ss.Next()
+		require.False(t, res)
+		require.ErrorContains(t, ss.Err(), "proto: illegal wireType 7")
+	})
+}
+
+// mockFlusher implements http.Flusher.
+type mockFlusher struct{}
+
+func (f *mockFlusher) Flush() {}
+
+const (
+	numTestChunks          = 3
+	numSamplesPerTestChunk = 5
+)
+
+func buildTestChunks(t *testing.T) []prompb.Chunk {
+	startTime := int64(0)
+	chks := make([]prompb.Chunk, 0, numTestChunks)
+
+	time := startTime
+
+	for i := 0; i < numTestChunks; i++ {
+		c := chunkenc.NewXORChunk()
+
+		a, err := c.Appender()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		minTimeMs := time
+
+		for j := 0; j < numSamplesPerTestChunk; j++ {
+			a.Append(time, float64(i+j))
+			time += int64(1000)
+		}
+
+		chks = append(chks, prompb.Chunk{
+			MinTimeMs: minTimeMs,
+			MaxTimeMs: time,
+			Type:      prompb.Chunk_XOR,
+			Data:      c.Bytes(),
+		})
+	}
+
+	return chks
+}
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go
index c4dd781ae60..e02ebbf5deb 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,21 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
+// Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/debbf30360b8d3a0ded8db09c4419d2a9c99b94a/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go
+// Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
+// Provenance-includes-copyright: Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors.
+
 package prometheusremotewrite
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
 )
@@ -159,3 +167,239 @@ func TestCreateAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_convertTimeStamp(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		arg  pcommon.Timestamp
+		want int64
+	}{
+		{"zero", 0, 0},
+		{"1ms", 1_000_000, 1},
+		{"1s", pcommon.Timestamp(time.Unix(1, 0).UnixNano()), 1000},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := convertTimeStamp(tt.arg)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrometheusConverter_AddSummaryDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := pcommon.Timestamp(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		metric func() pmetric.Metric
+		want   func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "summary with start time",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_summary")
+				metric.SetEmptySummary()
+
+				dp := metric.Summary().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				dp.SetTimestamp(ts)
+				dp.SetStartTimestamp(ts)
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_summary" + countStr},
+				}
+				createdLabels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_summary" + createdSuffix},
+				}
+				sumLabels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_summary" + sumStr},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+					timeSeriesSignature(sumLabels): {
+						Labels: sumLabels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+					timeSeriesSignature(createdLabels): {
+						Labels: createdLabels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: float64(convertTimeStamp(ts)), Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "summary without start time",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_summary")
+				metric.SetEmptySummary()
+
+				dp := metric.Summary().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				dp.SetTimestamp(ts)
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_summary" + countStr},
+				}
+				sumLabels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_summary" + sumStr},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+					timeSeriesSignature(sumLabels): {
+						Labels: sumLabels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			metric := tt.metric()
+			converter := NewPrometheusConverter()
+
+			converter.addSummaryDataPoints(
+				metric.Summary().DataPoints(),
+				pcommon.NewResource(),
+				Settings{
+					ExportCreatedMetric: true,
+				},
+				metric.Name(),
+			)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want(), converter.unique)
+			assert.Empty(t, converter.conflicts)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrometheusConverter_AddHistogramDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := pcommon.Timestamp(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		metric func() pmetric.Metric
+		want   func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "histogram with start time",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_hist")
+				metric.SetEmptyHistogram().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+
+				pt := metric.Histogram().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				pt.SetTimestamp(ts)
+				pt.SetStartTimestamp(ts)
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_hist" + countStr},
+				}
+				createdLabels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_hist" + createdSuffix},
+				}
+				infLabels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_hist_bucket"},
+					{Name: model.BucketLabel, Value: "+Inf"},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(infLabels): {
+						Labels: infLabels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+					timeSeriesSignature(createdLabels): {
+						Labels: createdLabels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: float64(convertTimeStamp(ts)), Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "histogram without start time",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_hist")
+				metric.SetEmptyHistogram().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+
+				pt := metric.Histogram().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				pt.SetTimestamp(ts)
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_hist" + countStr},
+				}
+				infLabels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_hist_bucket"},
+					{Name: model.BucketLabel, Value: "+Inf"},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(infLabels): {
+						Labels: infLabels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			metric := tt.metric()
+			converter := NewPrometheusConverter()
+
+			converter.addHistogramDataPoints(
+				metric.Histogram().DataPoints(),
+				pcommon.NewResource(),
+				Settings{
+					ExportCreatedMetric: true,
+				},
+				metric.Name(),
+			)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want(), converter.unique)
+			assert.Empty(t, converter.conflicts)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms_test.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd1c858ac18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,771 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/247a9f996e09a83cdc25addf70c05e42b8b30186/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms_test.go
+// Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
+// Provenance-includes-copyright: Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors.
+
+package prometheusremotewrite
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+
+	prometheustranslator "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheus"
+)
+
+type expectedBucketLayout struct {
+	wantSpans  []prompb.BucketSpan
+	wantDeltas []int64
+}
+
+func TestConvertBucketsLayout(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		buckets    func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets
+		wantLayout map[int32]expectedBucketLayout
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "zero offset",
+			buckets: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets {
+				b := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets()
+				b.SetOffset(0)
+				b.BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{4, 3, 2, 1})
+				return b
+			},
+			wantLayout: map[int32]expectedBucketLayout{
+				0: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 1,
+							Length: 4,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, -1, -1, -1},
+				},
+				1: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 1,
+							Length: 2,
+						},
+					},
+					// 4+3, 2+1 = 7, 3 =delta= 7, -4
+					wantDeltas: []int64{7, -4},
+				},
+				2: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 1,
+							Length: 1,
+						},
+					},
+					// 4+3+2+1 = 10 =delta= 10
+					wantDeltas: []int64{10},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "offset 1",
+			buckets: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets {
+				b := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets()
+				b.SetOffset(1)
+				b.BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{4, 3, 2, 1})
+				return b
+			},
+			wantLayout: map[int32]expectedBucketLayout{
+				0: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 2,
+							Length: 4,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, -1, -1, -1},
+				},
+				1: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 1,
+							Length: 3,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, 1, -4}, // 0+4, 3+2, 1+0 = 4, 5, 1
+				},
+				2: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 1,
+							Length: 2,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{9, -8}, // 0+4+3+2, 1+0+0+0 = 9, 1
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "positive offset",
+			buckets: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets {
+				b := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets()
+				b.SetOffset(4)
+				b.BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{4, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1})
+				return b
+			},
+			wantLayout: map[int32]expectedBucketLayout{
+				0: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 5,
+							Length: 4,
+						},
+						{
+							Offset: 12,
+							Length: 1,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, -2, -2, 2, -1},
+				},
+				1: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 3,
+							Length: 2,
+						},
+						{
+							Offset: 6,
+							Length: 1,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 4+2, 0+2, 0+0, 0+0, 0+0, 0+0, 0+0, 0+0, 1+0 = 6, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{6, -4, -1},
+				},
+				2: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 2,
+							Length: 1,
+						},
+						{
+							Offset: 3,
+							Length: 1,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 4+2+0+2, 0+0+0+0, 0+0+0+0, 0+0+0+0, 1+0+0+0 = 8, 0, 0, 0, 1
+					// Check from sclaing from previous: 6+2, 0+0, 0+0, 0+0, 1+0 = 8, 0, 0, 0, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{8, -7},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "scaledown merges spans",
+			buckets: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets {
+				b := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets()
+				b.SetOffset(4)
+				b.BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{4, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1})
+				return b
+			},
+			wantLayout: map[int32]expectedBucketLayout{
+				0: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 5,
+							Length: 4,
+						},
+						{
+							Offset: 8,
+							Length: 1,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, -2, -2, 2, -1},
+				},
+				1: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 3,
+							Length: 2,
+						},
+						{
+							Offset: 4,
+							Length: 1,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 4+2, 0+2, 0+0, 0+0, 0+0, 0+0, 1+0 = 6, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{6, -4, -1},
+				},
+				2: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 2,
+							Length: 4,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 4+2+0+2, 0+0+0+0, 0+0+0+0, 1+0+0+0 = 8, 0, 0, 1
+					// Check from sclaing from previous: 6+2, 0+0, 0+0, 1+0 = 8, 0, 0, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{8, -8, 0, 1},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative offset",
+			buckets: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets {
+				b := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets()
+				b.SetOffset(-2)
+				b.BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1})
+				return b
+			},
+			wantLayout: map[int32]expectedBucketLayout{
+				0: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: -1,
+							Length: 2,
+						},
+						{
+							Offset: 3,
+							Length: 1,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{3, -2, 0},
+				},
+				1: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 0,
+							Length: 3,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 3+1, 0+0, 0+1 = 4, 0, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, -4, 1},
+				},
+				2: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 0,
+							Length: 2,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 0+0+3+1, 0+0+0+0 = 4, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, -3},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "buckets with gaps of size 1",
+			buckets: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets {
+				b := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets()
+				b.SetOffset(-2)
+				b.BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{3, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1})
+				return b
+			},
+			wantLayout: map[int32]expectedBucketLayout{
+				0: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: -1,
+							Length: 6,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{3, -2, -1, 1, -1, 1},
+				},
+				1: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 0,
+							Length: 3,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 3+1, 0+1, 0+1 = 4, 1, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, -3, 0},
+				},
+				2: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 0,
+							Length: 2,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 0+0+3+1, 0+1+0+1 = 4, 2
+					wantDeltas: []int64{4, -2},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "buckets with gaps of size 2",
+			buckets: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets {
+				b := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets()
+				b.SetOffset(-2)
+				b.BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{3, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1})
+				return b
+			},
+			wantLayout: map[int32]expectedBucketLayout{
+				0: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: -1,
+							Length: 7,
+						},
+					},
+					wantDeltas: []int64{3, -3, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1},
+				},
+				1: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 0,
+							Length: 4,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 3+0, 0+1, 0+0, 0+1 = 3, 1, 0, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{3, -2, -1, 1},
+				},
+				2: {
+					wantSpans: []prompb.BucketSpan{
+						{
+							Offset: 0,
+							Length: 3,
+						},
+					},
+					// Downscale:
+					// 0+0+3+0, 0+1+0+0, 1+0+0+0 = 3, 1, 1
+					wantDeltas: []int64{3, -2, 0},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "zero buckets",
+			buckets: pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets,
+			wantLayout: map[int32]expectedBucketLayout{
+				0: {
+					wantSpans:  nil,
+					wantDeltas: nil,
+				},
+				1: {
+					wantSpans:  nil,
+					wantDeltas: nil,
+				},
+				2: {
+					wantSpans:  nil,
+					wantDeltas: nil,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		for scaleDown, wantLayout := range tt.wantLayout {
+			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s-scaleby-%d", tt.name, scaleDown), func(t *testing.T) {
+				gotSpans, gotDeltas := convertBucketsLayout(tt.buckets(), scaleDown)
+				assert.Equal(t, wantLayout.wantSpans, gotSpans)
+				assert.Equal(t, wantLayout.wantDeltas, gotDeltas)
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkConvertBucketLayout(b *testing.B) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		gap int
+	}{
+		{gap: 0},
+		{gap: 1},
+		{gap: 2},
+		{gap: 3},
+	}
+
+	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
+		buckets := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets()
+		buckets.SetOffset(0)
+		for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+			if i%(scenario.gap+1) == 0 {
+				buckets.BucketCounts().Append(10)
+			} else {
+				buckets.BucketCounts().Append(0)
+			}
+		}
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("gap %d", scenario.gap), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				convertBucketsLayout(buckets, 0)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExponentialToNativeHistogram(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name            string
+		exponentialHist func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint
+		wantNativeHist  func() prompb.Histogram
+		wantErrMessage  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "convert exp. to native histogram",
+			exponentialHist: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint {
+				pt := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPoint()
+				pt.SetStartTimestamp(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.UnixMilli(100)))
+				pt.SetTimestamp(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.UnixMilli(500)))
+				pt.SetCount(4)
+				pt.SetSum(10.1)
+				pt.SetScale(1)
+				pt.SetZeroCount(1)
+
+				pt.Positive().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{1, 1})
+				pt.Positive().SetOffset(1)
+
+				pt.Negative().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{1, 1})
+				pt.Negative().SetOffset(1)
+
+				return pt
+			},
+			wantNativeHist: func() prompb.Histogram {
+				return prompb.Histogram{
+					Count:          &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: 4},
+					Sum:            10.1,
+					Schema:         1,
+					ZeroThreshold:  defaultZeroThreshold,
+					ZeroCount:      &prompb.Histogram_ZeroCountInt{ZeroCountInt: 1},
+					NegativeSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 2, Length: 2}},
+					NegativeDeltas: []int64{1, 0},
+					PositiveSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 2, Length: 2}},
+					PositiveDeltas: []int64{1, 0},
+					Timestamp:      500,
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "convert exp. to native histogram with no sum",
+			exponentialHist: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint {
+				pt := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPoint()
+				pt.SetStartTimestamp(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.UnixMilli(100)))
+				pt.SetTimestamp(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.UnixMilli(500)))
+
+				pt.SetCount(4)
+				pt.SetScale(1)
+				pt.SetZeroCount(1)
+
+				pt.Positive().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{1, 1})
+				pt.Positive().SetOffset(1)
+
+				pt.Negative().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{1, 1})
+				pt.Negative().SetOffset(1)
+
+				return pt
+			},
+			wantNativeHist: func() prompb.Histogram {
+				return prompb.Histogram{
+					Count:          &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: 4},
+					Schema:         1,
+					ZeroThreshold:  defaultZeroThreshold,
+					ZeroCount:      &prompb.Histogram_ZeroCountInt{ZeroCountInt: 1},
+					NegativeSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 2, Length: 2}},
+					NegativeDeltas: []int64{1, 0},
+					PositiveSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 2, Length: 2}},
+					PositiveDeltas: []int64{1, 0},
+					Timestamp:      500,
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid negative scale",
+			exponentialHist: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint {
+				pt := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPoint()
+				pt.SetScale(-10)
+				return pt
+			},
+			wantErrMessage: "cannot convert exponential to native histogram." +
+				" Scale must be >= -4, was -10",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no downscaling at scale 8",
+			exponentialHist: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint {
+				pt := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPoint()
+				pt.SetTimestamp(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.UnixMilli(500)))
+				pt.SetCount(6)
+				pt.SetSum(10.1)
+				pt.SetScale(8)
+				pt.SetZeroCount(1)
+
+				pt.Positive().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{1, 1, 1})
+				pt.Positive().SetOffset(1)
+
+				pt.Negative().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{1, 1, 1})
+				pt.Negative().SetOffset(2)
+				return pt
+			},
+			wantNativeHist: func() prompb.Histogram {
+				return prompb.Histogram{
+					Count:          &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: 6},
+					Sum:            10.1,
+					Schema:         8,
+					ZeroThreshold:  defaultZeroThreshold,
+					ZeroCount:      &prompb.Histogram_ZeroCountInt{ZeroCountInt: 1},
+					PositiveSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 2, Length: 3}},
+					PositiveDeltas: []int64{1, 0, 0}, // 1, 1, 1
+					NegativeSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 3, Length: 3}},
+					NegativeDeltas: []int64{1, 0, 0}, // 1, 1, 1
+					Timestamp:      500,
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "downsample if scale is more than 8",
+			exponentialHist: func() pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint {
+				pt := pmetric.NewExponentialHistogramDataPoint()
+				pt.SetTimestamp(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.UnixMilli(500)))
+				pt.SetCount(6)
+				pt.SetSum(10.1)
+				pt.SetScale(9)
+				pt.SetZeroCount(1)
+
+				pt.Positive().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{1, 1, 1})
+				pt.Positive().SetOffset(1)
+
+				pt.Negative().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{1, 1, 1})
+				pt.Negative().SetOffset(2)
+				return pt
+			},
+			wantNativeHist: func() prompb.Histogram {
+				return prompb.Histogram{
+					Count:          &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: 6},
+					Sum:            10.1,
+					Schema:         8,
+					ZeroThreshold:  defaultZeroThreshold,
+					ZeroCount:      &prompb.Histogram_ZeroCountInt{ZeroCountInt: 1},
+					PositiveSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 1, Length: 2}},
+					PositiveDeltas: []int64{1, 1}, // 0+1, 1+1 = 1, 2
+					NegativeSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 2, Length: 2}},
+					NegativeDeltas: []int64{2, -1}, // 1+1, 1+0 = 2, 1
+					Timestamp:      500,
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			validateExponentialHistogramCount(t, tt.exponentialHist()) // Sanity check.
+			got, annots, err := exponentialToNativeHistogram(tt.exponentialHist())
+			if tt.wantErrMessage != "" {
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tt.wantErrMessage)
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Empty(t, annots)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantNativeHist(), got)
+			validateNativeHistogramCount(t, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func validateExponentialHistogramCount(t *testing.T, h pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPoint) {
+	actualCount := uint64(0)
+	for _, bucket := range h.Positive().BucketCounts().AsRaw() {
+		actualCount += bucket
+	}
+	for _, bucket := range h.Negative().BucketCounts().AsRaw() {
+		actualCount += bucket
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, h.Count(), actualCount, "exponential histogram count mismatch")
+}
+
+func validateNativeHistogramCount(t *testing.T, h prompb.Histogram) {
+	require.NotNil(t, h.Count)
+	require.IsType(t, &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{}, h.Count)
+	want := h.Count.(*prompb.Histogram_CountInt).CountInt
+	var (
+		actualCount uint64
+		prevBucket  int64
+	)
+	for _, delta := range h.PositiveDeltas {
+		prevBucket += delta
+		actualCount += uint64(prevBucket)
+	}
+	prevBucket = 0
+	for _, delta := range h.NegativeDeltas {
+		prevBucket += delta
+		actualCount += uint64(prevBucket)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, want, actualCount, "native histogram count mismatch")
+}
+
+func TestPrometheusConverter_addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		metric     func() pmetric.Metric
+		wantSeries func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "histogram data points with same labels",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_hist")
+				metric.SetEmptyExponentialHistogram().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+
+				pt := metric.ExponentialHistogram().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				pt.SetCount(7)
+				pt.SetScale(1)
+				pt.Positive().SetOffset(-1)
+				pt.Positive().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{4, 2})
+				pt.Exemplars().AppendEmpty().SetDoubleValue(1)
+				pt.Attributes().PutStr("attr", "test_attr")
+
+				pt = metric.ExponentialHistogram().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				pt.SetCount(4)
+				pt.SetScale(1)
+				pt.Positive().SetOffset(-1)
+				pt.Positive().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{4, 2, 1})
+				pt.Exemplars().AppendEmpty().SetDoubleValue(2)
+				pt.Attributes().PutStr("attr", "test_attr")
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			wantSeries: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_hist"},
+					{Name: "attr", Value: "test_attr"},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Histograms: []prompb.Histogram{
+							{
+								Count:          &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: 7},
+								Schema:         1,
+								ZeroThreshold:  defaultZeroThreshold,
+								ZeroCount:      &prompb.Histogram_ZeroCountInt{ZeroCountInt: 0},
+								PositiveSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 0, Length: 2}},
+								PositiveDeltas: []int64{4, -2},
+							},
+							{
+								Count:          &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: 4},
+								Schema:         1,
+								ZeroThreshold:  defaultZeroThreshold,
+								ZeroCount:      &prompb.Histogram_ZeroCountInt{ZeroCountInt: 0},
+								PositiveSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 0, Length: 3}},
+								PositiveDeltas: []int64{4, -2, -1},
+							},
+						},
+						Exemplars: []prompb.Exemplar{
+							{Value: 1},
+							{Value: 2},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "histogram data points with different labels",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_hist")
+				metric.SetEmptyExponentialHistogram().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+
+				pt := metric.ExponentialHistogram().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				pt.SetCount(7)
+				pt.SetScale(1)
+				pt.Positive().SetOffset(-1)
+				pt.Positive().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{4, 2})
+				pt.Exemplars().AppendEmpty().SetDoubleValue(1)
+				pt.Attributes().PutStr("attr", "test_attr")
+
+				pt = metric.ExponentialHistogram().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				pt.SetCount(4)
+				pt.SetScale(1)
+				pt.Negative().SetOffset(-1)
+				pt.Negative().BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{4, 2, 1})
+				pt.Exemplars().AppendEmpty().SetDoubleValue(2)
+				pt.Attributes().PutStr("attr", "test_attr_two")
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			wantSeries: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_hist"},
+					{Name: "attr", Value: "test_attr"},
+				}
+				labelsAnother := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_hist"},
+					{Name: "attr", Value: "test_attr_two"},
+				}
+
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Histograms: []prompb.Histogram{
+							{
+								Count:          &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: 7},
+								Schema:         1,
+								ZeroThreshold:  defaultZeroThreshold,
+								ZeroCount:      &prompb.Histogram_ZeroCountInt{ZeroCountInt: 0},
+								PositiveSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 0, Length: 2}},
+								PositiveDeltas: []int64{4, -2},
+							},
+						},
+						Exemplars: []prompb.Exemplar{
+							{Value: 1},
+						},
+					},
+					timeSeriesSignature(labelsAnother): {
+						Labels: labelsAnother,
+						Histograms: []prompb.Histogram{
+							{
+								Count:          &prompb.Histogram_CountInt{CountInt: 4},
+								Schema:         1,
+								ZeroThreshold:  defaultZeroThreshold,
+								ZeroCount:      &prompb.Histogram_ZeroCountInt{ZeroCountInt: 0},
+								NegativeSpans:  []prompb.BucketSpan{{Offset: 0, Length: 3}},
+								NegativeDeltas: []int64{4, -2, -1},
+							},
+						},
+						Exemplars: []prompb.Exemplar{
+							{Value: 2},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			metric := tt.metric()
+
+			converter := NewPrometheusConverter()
+			annots, err := converter.addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(
+				metric.ExponentialHistogram().DataPoints(),
+				pcommon.NewResource(),
+				Settings{
+					ExportCreatedMetric: true,
+				},
+				prometheustranslator.BuildCompliantName(metric, "", true),
+			)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Empty(t, annots)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantSeries(), converter.unique)
+			assert.Empty(t, converter.conflicts)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw_test.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw_test.go
index 37ac6777473..bdc1c9d0b2b 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,41 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric/pmetricotlp"
 )
 
+func TestFromMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("exponential histogram warnings for zero count and non-zero sum", func(t *testing.T) {
+		request := pmetricotlp.NewExportRequest()
+		rm := request.Metrics().ResourceMetrics().AppendEmpty()
+		generateAttributes(rm.Resource().Attributes(), "resource", 10)
+
+		metrics := rm.ScopeMetrics().AppendEmpty().Metrics()
+		ts := pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.Now())
+
+		for i := 1; i <= 10; i++ {
+			m := metrics.AppendEmpty()
+			m.SetEmptyExponentialHistogram()
+			m.SetName(fmt.Sprintf("histogram-%d", i))
+			m.ExponentialHistogram().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+			h := m.ExponentialHistogram().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+			h.SetTimestamp(ts)
+
+			h.SetCount(0)
+			h.SetSum(155)
+
+			generateAttributes(h.Attributes(), "series", 10)
+		}
+
+		converter := NewPrometheusConverter()
+		annots, err := converter.FromMetrics(request.Metrics(), Settings{})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, annots)
+		ws, infos := annots.AsStrings("", 0, 0)
+		require.Empty(t, infos)
+		require.Equal(t, []string{
+			"exponential histogram data point has zero count, but non-zero sum: 155.000000",
+		}, ws)
+	})
+}
+
 func BenchmarkPrometheusConverter_FromMetrics(b *testing.B) {
 	for _, resourceAttributeCount := range []int{0, 5, 50} {
 		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("resource attribute count: %v", resourceAttributeCount), func(b *testing.B) {
@@ -49,7 +84,9 @@ func BenchmarkPrometheusConverter_FromMetrics(b *testing.B) {
 
 											for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 												converter := NewPrometheusConverter()
-												require.NoError(b, converter.FromMetrics(payload.Metrics(), Settings{}))
+												annots, err := converter.FromMetrics(payload.Metrics(), Settings{})
+												require.NoError(b, err)
+												require.Empty(b, annots)
 												require.NotNil(b, converter.TimeSeries())
 											}
 										})
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/number_data_points_test.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/number_data_points_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41afc8c4c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/number_data_points_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/247a9f996e09a83cdc25addf70c05e42b8b30186/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite/number_data_points_test.go
+// Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
+// Provenance-includes-copyright: Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors.
+
+package prometheusremotewrite
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+)
+
+func TestPrometheusConverter_addGaugeNumberDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		metric func() pmetric.Metric
+		want   func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "gauge",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				return getIntGaugeMetric(
+					"test",
+					pcommon.NewMap(),
+					1, ts,
+				)
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test"},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{
+								Value:     1,
+								Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(pcommon.Timestamp(ts)),
+							}},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			metric := tt.metric()
+			converter := NewPrometheusConverter()
+
+			converter.addGaugeNumberDataPoints(
+				metric.Gauge().DataPoints(),
+				pcommon.NewResource(),
+				Settings{
+					ExportCreatedMetric: true,
+				},
+				metric.Name(),
+			)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want(), converter.unique)
+			assert.Empty(t, converter.conflicts)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrometheusConverter_addSumNumberDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := pcommon.Timestamp(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		metric func() pmetric.Metric
+		want   func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "sum",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				return getIntSumMetric(
+					"test",
+					pcommon.NewMap(),
+					1,
+					uint64(ts.AsTime().UnixNano()),
+				)
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test"},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{
+								Value:     1,
+								Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts),
+							}},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "sum with exemplars",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				m := getIntSumMetric(
+					"test",
+					pcommon.NewMap(),
+					1,
+					uint64(ts.AsTime().UnixNano()),
+				)
+				m.Sum().DataPoints().At(0).Exemplars().AppendEmpty().SetDoubleValue(2)
+				return m
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test"},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{{
+							Value:     1,
+							Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts),
+						}},
+						Exemplars: []prompb.Exemplar{
+							{Value: 2},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "monotonic cumulative sum with start timestamp",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_sum")
+				metric.SetEmptySum().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+				metric.SetEmptySum().SetIsMonotonic(true)
+
+				dp := metric.Sum().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				dp.SetDoubleValue(1)
+				dp.SetTimestamp(ts)
+				dp.SetStartTimestamp(ts)
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_sum"},
+				}
+				createdLabels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_sum" + createdSuffix},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 1, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+					timeSeriesSignature(createdLabels): {
+						Labels: createdLabels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: float64(convertTimeStamp(ts)), Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "monotonic cumulative sum with no start time",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_sum")
+				metric.SetEmptySum().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+				metric.SetEmptySum().SetIsMonotonic(true)
+
+				dp := metric.Sum().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				dp.SetTimestamp(ts)
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_sum"},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "non-monotonic cumulative sum with start time",
+			metric: func() pmetric.Metric {
+				metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+				metric.SetName("test_sum")
+				metric.SetEmptySum().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+				metric.SetEmptySum().SetIsMonotonic(false)
+
+				dp := metric.Sum().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+				dp.SetTimestamp(ts)
+
+				return metric
+			},
+			want: func() map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries {
+				labels := []prompb.Label{
+					{Name: model.MetricNameLabel, Value: "test_sum"},
+				}
+				return map[uint64]*prompb.TimeSeries{
+					timeSeriesSignature(labels): {
+						Labels: labels,
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{Value: 0, Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(ts)},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			metric := tt.metric()
+			converter := NewPrometheusConverter()
+
+			converter.addSumNumberDataPoints(
+				metric.Sum().DataPoints(),
+				pcommon.NewResource(),
+				metric,
+				Settings{
+					ExportCreatedMetric: true,
+				},
+				metric.Name(),
+			)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want(), converter.unique)
+			assert.Empty(t, converter.conflicts)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/testutil_test.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/testutil_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..187127fcb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/testutil_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/247a9f996e09a83cdc25addf70c05e42b8b30186/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite/testutil_test.go
+// Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
+// Provenance-includes-copyright: Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors.
+
+package prometheusremotewrite
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+)
+
+func getIntGaugeMetric(name string, attributes pcommon.Map, value int64, ts uint64) pmetric.Metric {
+	metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+	metric.SetName(name)
+	dp := metric.SetEmptyGauge().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "staleNaN") {
+		dp.SetFlags(pmetric.DefaultDataPointFlags.WithNoRecordedValue(true))
+	}
+	dp.SetIntValue(value)
+	attributes.CopyTo(dp.Attributes())
+
+	dp.SetStartTimestamp(pcommon.Timestamp(0))
+	dp.SetTimestamp(pcommon.Timestamp(ts))
+	return metric
+}
+
+func getIntSumMetric(name string, attributes pcommon.Map, value int64, ts uint64) pmetric.Metric {
+	metric := pmetric.NewMetric()
+	metric.SetName(name)
+	metric.SetEmptySum().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
+	dp := metric.Sum().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "staleNaN") {
+		dp.SetFlags(pmetric.DefaultDataPointFlags.WithNoRecordedValue(true))
+	}
+	dp.SetIntValue(value)
+	attributes.CopyTo(dp.Attributes())
+
+	dp.SetStartTimestamp(pcommon.Timestamp(0))
+	dp.SetTimestamp(pcommon.Timestamp(ts))
+	return metric
+}
diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
index 1c06173a59f..032a1a92f7c 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ func createHistograms(numSamples, numSeries int, floatHistogram bool) ([]record.
 }
 
 func createSeriesMetadata(series []record.RefSeries) []record.RefMetadata {
-	metas := make([]record.RefMetadata, len(series))
+	metas := make([]record.RefMetadata, 0, len(series))
 
 	for _, s := range series {
 		metas = append(metas, record.RefMetadata{
diff --git a/storage/remote/read_handler_test.go b/storage/remote/read_handler_test.go
index a681872687e..4cd4647e72c 100644
--- a/storage/remote/read_handler_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/read_handler_test.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func BenchmarkStreamReadEndpoint(b *testing.B) {
 		require.Equal(b, 2, recorder.Code/100)
 
 		var results []*prompb.ChunkedReadResponse
-		stream := NewChunkedReader(recorder.Result().Body, DefaultChunkedReadLimit, nil)
+		stream := NewChunkedReader(recorder.Result().Body, config.DefaultChunkedReadLimit, nil)
 
 		for {
 			res := &prompb.ChunkedReadResponse{}
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func TestStreamReadEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "", recorder.Result().Header.Get("Content-Encoding"))
 
 	var results []*prompb.ChunkedReadResponse
-	stream := NewChunkedReader(recorder.Result().Body, DefaultChunkedReadLimit, nil)
+	stream := NewChunkedReader(recorder.Result().Body, config.DefaultChunkedReadLimit, nil)
 	for {
 		res := &prompb.ChunkedReadResponse{}
 		err := stream.NextProto(res)
diff --git a/storage/remote/read_test.go b/storage/remote/read_test.go
index 357bdba1f52..d63cefc3fe7 100644
--- a/storage/remote/read_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/read_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/annotations"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/testutil"
 )
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ type mockedRemoteClient struct {
 	b     labels.ScratchBuilder
 }
 
-func (c *mockedRemoteClient) Read(_ context.Context, query *prompb.Query) (*prompb.QueryResult, error) {
+func (c *mockedRemoteClient) Read(_ context.Context, query *prompb.Query, sortSeries bool) (storage.SeriesSet, error) {
 	if c.got != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected only one call to remote client got: %v", query)
 	}
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ func (c *mockedRemoteClient) Read(_ context.Context, query *prompb.Query) (*prom
 			q.Timeseries = append(q.Timeseries, &prompb.TimeSeries{Labels: s.Labels})
 		}
 	}
-	return q, nil
+	return FromQueryResult(sortSeries, q), nil
 }
 
 func (c *mockedRemoteClient) reset() {
diff --git a/storage/remote/write_handler_test.go b/storage/remote/write_handler_test.go
index 6e1336a7aae..5c89a1ab953 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write_handler_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write_handler_test.go
@@ -338,6 +338,15 @@ func TestRemoteWriteHandler_V2Message(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedCode:     http.StatusBadRequest,
 			expectedRespBody: "invalid metric name or labels, got {__name__=\"\"}\n",
 		},
+		{
+			desc: "Partial write; first series with duplicate labels",
+			input: append(
+				// Series with __name__="test_metric1",test_metric1="test_metric1",test_metric1="test_metric1" labels.
+				[]writev2.TimeSeries{{LabelsRefs: []uint32{1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2}, Samples: []writev2.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: 1}}}},
+				writeV2RequestFixture.Timeseries...),
+			expectedCode:     http.StatusBadRequest,
+			expectedRespBody: "invalid labels for series, labels {__name__=\"test_metric1\", test_metric1=\"test_metric1\", test_metric1=\"test_metric1\"}, duplicated label test_metric1\n",
+		},
 		{
 			desc: "Partial write; first series with one OOO sample",
 			input: func() []writev2.TimeSeries {
@@ -836,6 +845,13 @@ func (m *mockAppendable) Append(_ storage.SeriesRef, l labels.Labels, t int64, v
 		return 0, storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp
 	}
 
+	if l.IsEmpty() {
+		return 0, tsdb.ErrInvalidSample
+	}
+	if _, hasDuplicates := l.HasDuplicateLabelNames(); hasDuplicates {
+		return 0, tsdb.ErrInvalidSample
+	}
+
 	m.latestSample[l.Hash()] = t
 	m.samples = append(m.samples, mockSample{l, t, v})
 	return 0, nil
@@ -887,6 +903,13 @@ func (m *mockAppendable) AppendHistogram(_ storage.SeriesRef, l labels.Labels, t
 		return 0, storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp
 	}
 
+	if l.IsEmpty() {
+		return 0, tsdb.ErrInvalidSample
+	}
+	if _, hasDuplicates := l.HasDuplicateLabelNames(); hasDuplicates {
+		return 0, tsdb.ErrInvalidSample
+	}
+
 	m.latestHistogram[l.Hash()] = t
 	m.histograms = append(m.histograms, mockHistogram{l, t, h, fh})
 	return 0, nil
diff --git a/tracing/testdata/ca.cer b/tracing/testdata/ca.cer
index df93443923b..dbbd009d4a9 100644
--- a/tracing/testdata/ca.cer
+++ b/tracing/testdata/ca.cer
@@ -1,3 +1,61 @@
+Certificate:
+    Data:
+        Version: 3 (0x2)
+        Serial Number:
+            93:6c:9e:29:8d:37:7b:66
+        Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
+        Issuer: C = XX, L = Default City, O = Default Company Ltd, CN = Prometheus Test CA
+        Validity
+            Not Before: Aug 20 11:51:23 2024 GMT
+            Not After : Dec  5 11:51:23 2044 GMT
+        Subject: C = XX, L = Default City, O = Default Company Ltd, CN = Prometheus Test CA
+        Subject Public Key Info:
+            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
+                Public-Key: (2048 bit)
+                Modulus:
+                    00:e9:52:05:4d:f2:5a:95:04:2d:b8:73:8b:3c:e7:
+                    47:48:67:00:be:dd:6c:41:f3:7c:4b:44:73:a3:77:
+                    3e:84:af:30:d7:2a:ad:45:6a:b7:89:23:05:15:b3:
+                    aa:46:79:b8:95:64:cc:13:c4:44:a1:01:a0:e2:3d:
+                    a5:67:2b:aa:d3:13:06:43:33:1c:96:36:12:9e:c6:
+                    1d:36:9b:d7:47:bd:28:2d:88:15:04:fa:14:a3:ff:
+                    8c:26:22:c5:a2:15:c7:76:b3:11:f6:a3:44:9a:28:
+                    0f:ca:fb:f4:51:a8:6a:05:94:7c:77:47:c8:21:56:
+                    25:bf:e2:2e:df:33:f3:e4:bd:d6:47:a5:49:13:12:
+                    c8:1f:4c:d7:2a:56:a2:6c:c1:cf:55:05:5d:9a:75:
+                    a2:23:4e:e6:8e:ff:76:05:d6:e0:c8:0b:51:f0:b6:
+                    a1:b2:7d:8f:9c:6a:a5:ce:86:92:15:8c:5b:86:45:
+                    c0:4a:ff:54:b8:ee:cf:11:bd:07:cb:4b:7d:0b:a1:
+                    9d:72:86:9f:55:bc:f9:6c:d9:55:60:96:30:3f:ec:
+                    2d:f6:5f:9a:32:9a:5a:5c:1c:5f:32:f9:d6:0f:04:
+                    f8:81:08:04:9a:95:c3:9d:5a:30:8e:a5:0e:47:2f:
+                    00:ce:e0:2e:ad:5a:b8:b6:4c:55:7c:8a:59:22:b0:
+                    ed:73
+                Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
+        X509v3 extensions:
+            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier: 
+                CC:F5:05:99:E5:AB:12:69:D8:78:89:4A:31:CA:F0:8B:0B:AD:66:1B
+            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier: 
+                CC:F5:05:99:E5:AB:12:69:D8:78:89:4A:31:CA:F0:8B:0B:AD:66:1B
+            X509v3 Basic Constraints: 
+                CA:TRUE
+    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
+    Signature Value:
+        4a:a1:b0:bc:c8:87:4f:7c:96:62:e5:09:29:ae:3a:2e:68:d0:
+        d2:c5:68:ed:ea:83:36:b1:86:f3:b9:e9:19:2b:b6:73:10:6f:
+        df:7f:bb:f1:76:81:03:c1:a1:5a:ee:6c:44:b8:7c:10:d1:5a:
+        d7:c1:92:64:59:35:a6:e0:aa:08:41:37:6e:e7:c8:b6:bd:0c:
+        4b:47:78:ec:c4:b4:15:a3:62:76:4a:39:8e:6e:19:ff:f0:c0:
+        8a:7e:1c:cd:87:e5:00:6c:f1:ce:27:26:ff:b8:e9:eb:f7:2f:
+        bd:c2:4b:9c:d6:57:de:74:74:b3:4f:03:98:9a:b5:08:2d:16:
+        ca:7f:b6:c8:76:62:86:1b:7c:f2:3e:6c:78:cc:2c:95:9a:bb:
+        77:25:e8:80:ff:9b:e8:f8:9a:85:3b:85:b7:17:4e:77:a1:cf:
+        4d:b9:d0:25:e8:5d:8c:e6:7c:f1:d9:52:30:3d:ec:2b:37:91:
+        bc:e2:e8:39:31:6f:3d:e9:98:70:80:7c:41:dd:19:13:05:21:
+        94:7b:16:cf:d8:ee:4e:38:34:5e:6a:ff:cd:85:ac:8f:94:9a:
+        dd:4e:77:05:13:a6:b4:80:52:b2:97:64:76:88:f4:dd:42:0a:
+        50:1c:80:fd:4b:6e:a9:62:10:aa:ef:2e:c1:2f:be:0e:c2:2e:
+        b5:28:5f:83
 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
 MIIDkTCCAnmgAwIBAgIJAJNsnimNN3tmMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMF8xCzAJBgNV
 BAYTAlhYMRUwEwYDVQQHDAxEZWZhdWx0IENpdHkxHDAaBgNVBAoME0RlZmF1bHQg
diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram_test.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram_test.go
index 689696f5ae9..6092c0f6366 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram_test.go
@@ -1306,3 +1306,54 @@ func TestFloatHistogramAppendOnlyErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		require.EqualError(t, err, "float histogram counter reset")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestFloatHistogramUniqueSpansAfterNext(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create two histograms with the same schema and spans.
+	h1 := &histogram.FloatHistogram{
+		Schema:        1,
+		ZeroThreshold: 1e-100,
+		Count:         10,
+		ZeroCount:     2,
+		Sum:           15.0,
+		PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
+			{Offset: 0, Length: 2},
+			{Offset: 1, Length: 2},
+		},
+		PositiveBuckets: []float64{1, 2, 3, 4},
+		NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
+			{Offset: 1, Length: 1},
+		},
+		NegativeBuckets: []float64{2},
+	}
+
+	h2 := h1.Copy()
+
+	// Create a chunk and append both histograms.
+	c := NewFloatHistogramChunk()
+	app, err := c.Appender()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, _, _, err = app.AppendFloatHistogram(nil, 0, h1, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, _, _, err = app.AppendFloatHistogram(nil, 1, h2, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create an iterator and advance to the first histogram.
+	it := c.Iterator(nil)
+	require.Equal(t, ValFloatHistogram, it.Next())
+	_, rh1 := it.AtFloatHistogram(nil)
+
+	// Advance to the second histogram and retrieve it.
+	require.Equal(t, ValFloatHistogram, it.Next())
+	_, rh2 := it.AtFloatHistogram(nil)
+
+	require.Equal(t, rh1.PositiveSpans, h1.PositiveSpans, "Returned positive spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh1.NegativeSpans, h1.NegativeSpans, "Returned negative spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh2.PositiveSpans, h1.PositiveSpans, "Returned positive spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh2.NegativeSpans, h1.NegativeSpans, "Returned negative spans are as expected")
+
+	// Check that the spans for h1 and h2 are unique slices.
+	require.NotSame(t, &rh1.PositiveSpans[0], &rh2.PositiveSpans[0], "PositiveSpans should be unique between histograms")
+	require.NotSame(t, &rh1.NegativeSpans[0], &rh2.NegativeSpans[0], "NegativeSpans should be unique between histograms")
+}
diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram_test.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram_test.go
index 59187ed17ea..29b77b1583a 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram_test.go
@@ -1487,6 +1487,108 @@ func TestHistogramAppendOnlyErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestHistogramUniqueSpansAfterNext(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create two histograms with the same schema and spans.
+	h1 := &histogram.Histogram{
+		Schema:        1,
+		ZeroThreshold: 1e-100,
+		Count:         10,
+		ZeroCount:     2,
+		Sum:           15.0,
+		PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
+			{Offset: 0, Length: 2},
+			{Offset: 1, Length: 2},
+		},
+		PositiveBuckets: []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
+		NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
+			{Offset: 1, Length: 1},
+		},
+		NegativeBuckets: []int64{2},
+	}
+
+	h2 := h1.Copy()
+
+	// Create a chunk and append both histograms.
+	c := NewHistogramChunk()
+	app, err := c.Appender()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, _, _, err = app.AppendHistogram(nil, 0, h1, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, _, _, err = app.AppendHistogram(nil, 1, h2, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create an iterator and advance to the first histogram.
+	it := c.Iterator(nil)
+	require.Equal(t, ValHistogram, it.Next())
+	_, rh1 := it.AtHistogram(nil)
+
+	// Advance to the second histogram and retrieve it.
+	require.Equal(t, ValHistogram, it.Next())
+	_, rh2 := it.AtHistogram(nil)
+
+	require.Equal(t, rh1.PositiveSpans, h1.PositiveSpans, "Returned positive spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh1.NegativeSpans, h1.NegativeSpans, "Returned negative spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh2.PositiveSpans, h1.PositiveSpans, "Returned positive spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh2.NegativeSpans, h1.NegativeSpans, "Returned negative spans are as expected")
+
+	// Check that the spans for h1 and h2 are unique slices.
+	require.NotSame(t, &rh1.PositiveSpans[0], &rh2.PositiveSpans[0], "PositiveSpans should be unique between histograms")
+	require.NotSame(t, &rh1.NegativeSpans[0], &rh2.NegativeSpans[0], "NegativeSpans should be unique between histograms")
+}
+
+func TestHistogramUniqueSpansAfterNextWithAtFloatHistogram(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create two histograms with the same schema and spans.
+	h1 := &histogram.Histogram{
+		Schema:        1,
+		ZeroThreshold: 1e-100,
+		Count:         10,
+		ZeroCount:     2,
+		Sum:           15.0,
+		PositiveSpans: []histogram.Span{
+			{Offset: 0, Length: 2},
+			{Offset: 1, Length: 2},
+		},
+		PositiveBuckets: []int64{1, 2, 3, 4},
+		NegativeSpans: []histogram.Span{
+			{Offset: 1, Length: 1},
+		},
+		NegativeBuckets: []int64{2},
+	}
+
+	h2 := h1.Copy()
+
+	// Create a chunk and append both histograms.
+	c := NewHistogramChunk()
+	app, err := c.Appender()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, _, _, err = app.AppendHistogram(nil, 0, h1, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, _, _, err = app.AppendHistogram(nil, 1, h2, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create an iterator and advance to the first histogram.
+	it := c.Iterator(nil)
+	require.Equal(t, ValHistogram, it.Next())
+	_, rh1 := it.AtFloatHistogram(nil)
+
+	// Advance to the second histogram and retrieve it.
+	require.Equal(t, ValHistogram, it.Next())
+	_, rh2 := it.AtFloatHistogram(nil)
+
+	require.Equal(t, rh1.PositiveSpans, h1.PositiveSpans, "Returned positive spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh1.NegativeSpans, h1.NegativeSpans, "Returned negative spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh2.PositiveSpans, h1.PositiveSpans, "Returned positive spans are as expected")
+	require.Equal(t, rh2.NegativeSpans, h1.NegativeSpans, "Returned negative spans are as expected")
+
+	// Check that the spans for h1 and h2 are unique slices.
+	require.NotSame(t, &rh1.PositiveSpans[0], &rh2.PositiveSpans[0], "PositiveSpans should be unique between histograms")
+	require.NotSame(t, &rh1.NegativeSpans[0], &rh2.NegativeSpans[0], "NegativeSpans should be unique between histograms")
+}
+
 func BenchmarkAppendable(b *testing.B) {
 	// Create a histogram with a bunch of spans and buckets.
 	const (
diff --git a/tsdb/chunks/head_chunks_test.go b/tsdb/chunks/head_chunks_test.go
index 4a4d89e8111..b2aa39c3b02 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunks/head_chunks_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunks/head_chunks_test.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func TestChunkDiskMapper_Truncate_WriteQueueRaceCondition(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
-// TestHeadReadWriter_TruncateAfterIterateChunksError tests for
+// TestHeadReadWriter_TruncateAfterFailedIterateChunks tests for
 // https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/7753
 func TestHeadReadWriter_TruncateAfterFailedIterateChunks(t *testing.T) {
 	hrw := createChunkDiskMapper(t, "")
diff --git a/tsdb/compact_test.go b/tsdb/compact_test.go
index 0ea155d1076..e7998abf7d6 100644
--- a/tsdb/compact_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/compact_test.go
@@ -2018,7 +2018,7 @@ func TestDelayedCompaction(t *testing.T) {
 				// This implies that the compaction delay doesn't block or wait on the initial trigger.
 				// 3 is an arbitrary value because it's difficult to determine the precise value.
 				require.GreaterOrEqual(t, prom_testutil.ToFloat64(db.metrics.compactionsTriggered)-prom_testutil.ToFloat64(db.metrics.compactionsSkipped), 3.0)
-				// The delay doesn't change the head blocks alignement.
+				// The delay doesn't change the head blocks alignment.
 				require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 					return db.head.MinTime() == db.compactor.(*LeveledCompactor).ranges[0]+1
 				}, 500*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Millisecond)
diff --git a/tsdb/db_test.go b/tsdb/db_test.go
index 904fdeffcbf..4e3a077f6a4 100644
--- a/tsdb/db_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/db_test.go
@@ -5036,16 +5036,21 @@ func testOOOQueryAfterRestartWithSnapshotAndRemovedWBL(t *testing.T, scenario sa
 
 func Test_Querier_OOOQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	opts := DefaultOptions()
-	opts.OutOfOrderCapMax = 30
 	opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow = 24 * time.Hour.Milliseconds()
 
 	series1 := labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar1")
 
+	type filterFunc func(t int64) bool
+	defaultFilterFunc := func(t int64) bool { return true }
+
 	minutes := func(m int64) int64 { return m * time.Minute.Milliseconds() }
-	addSample := func(db *DB, fromMins, toMins, queryMinT, queryMaxT int64, expSamples []chunks.Sample) ([]chunks.Sample, int) {
+	addSample := func(db *DB, fromMins, toMins, queryMinT, queryMaxT int64, expSamples []chunks.Sample, filter filterFunc) ([]chunks.Sample, int) {
 		app := db.Appender(context.Background())
 		totalAppended := 0
 		for m := fromMins; m <= toMins; m += time.Minute.Milliseconds() {
+			if !filter(m / time.Minute.Milliseconds()) {
+				continue
+			}
 			_, err := app.Append(0, series1, m, float64(m))
 			if m >= queryMinT && m <= queryMaxT {
 				expSamples = append(expSamples, sample{t: m, f: float64(m)})
@@ -5054,39 +5059,158 @@ func Test_Querier_OOOQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			totalAppended++
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
+		require.Positive(t, totalAppended, 0) // Sanity check that filter is not too zealous.
 		return expSamples, totalAppended
 	}
 
+	type sampleBatch struct {
+		minT   int64
+		maxT   int64
+		filter filterFunc
+		isOOO  bool
+	}
+
 	tests := []struct {
-		name        string
-		queryMinT   int64
-		queryMaxT   int64
-		inOrderMinT int64
-		inOrderMaxT int64
-		oooMinT     int64
-		oooMaxT     int64
+		name      string
+		oooCap    int64
+		queryMinT int64
+		queryMaxT int64
+		batches   []sampleBatch
 	}{
 		{
-			name:        "query interval covering ooomint and inordermaxt returns all ingested samples",
-			queryMinT:   minutes(0),
-			queryMaxT:   minutes(200),
-			inOrderMinT: minutes(100),
-			inOrderMaxT: minutes(200),
-			oooMinT:     minutes(0),
-			oooMaxT:     minutes(99),
+			name:      "query interval covering ooomint and inordermaxt returns all ingested samples",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: defaultFilterFunc,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(0),
+					maxT:   minutes(99),
+					filter: defaultFilterFunc,
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "partial query interval returns only samples within interval",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(20),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(180),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: defaultFilterFunc,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(0),
+					maxT:   minutes(99),
+					filter: defaultFilterFunc,
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:        "partial query interval returns only samples within interval",
-			queryMinT:   minutes(20),
-			queryMaxT:   minutes(180),
-			inOrderMinT: minutes(100),
-			inOrderMaxT: minutes(200),
-			oooMinT:     minutes(0),
-			oooMaxT:     minutes(99),
+			name:      "query overlapping inorder and ooo samples returns all ingested samples at the end of the interval",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 0 },
+					isOOO:  false,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(170),
+					maxT:   minutes(180),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query overlapping inorder and ooo in-memory samples returns all ingested samples at the beginning of the interval",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 0 },
+					isOOO:  false,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(110),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query inorder contain ooo mmaped samples returns all ingested samples at the beginning of the interval",
+			oooCap:    5,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 0 },
+					isOOO:  false,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(101),
+					maxT:   minutes(101 + (5-1)*2), // Append samples to fit in a single mmmaped OOO chunk and fit inside the first in-order mmaped chunk.
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(191),
+					maxT:   minutes(193), // Append some more OOO samples to trigger mapping the OOO chunk, but use time 151 to not overlap with in-order head chunk.
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query overlapping inorder and ooo mmaped samples returns all ingested samples at the beginning of the interval",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 0 },
+					isOOO:  false,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(101),
+					maxT:   minutes(101 + (30-1)*2), // Append samples to fit in a single mmmaped OOO chunk and overlap the first in-order mmaped chunk.
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(191),
+					maxT:   minutes(193), // Append some more OOO samples to trigger mapping the OOO chunk, but use time 151 to not overlap with in-order head chunk.
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("name=%s", tc.name), func(t *testing.T) {
+			opts.OutOfOrderCapMax = tc.oooCap
 			db := openTestDB(t, opts, nil)
 			db.DisableCompactions()
 			defer func() {
@@ -5094,12 +5218,14 @@ func Test_Querier_OOOQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			}()
 
 			var expSamples []chunks.Sample
+			var oooSamples, appendedCount int
 
-			// Add in-order samples.
-			expSamples, _ = addSample(db, tc.inOrderMinT, tc.inOrderMaxT, tc.queryMinT, tc.queryMaxT, expSamples)
-
-			// Add out-of-order samples.
-			expSamples, oooSamples := addSample(db, tc.oooMinT, tc.oooMaxT, tc.queryMinT, tc.queryMaxT, expSamples)
+			for _, batch := range tc.batches {
+				expSamples, appendedCount = addSample(db, batch.minT, batch.maxT, tc.queryMinT, tc.queryMaxT, expSamples, batch.filter)
+				if batch.isOOO {
+					oooSamples += appendedCount
+				}
+			}
 
 			sort.Slice(expSamples, func(i, j int) bool {
 				return expSamples[i].T() < expSamples[j].T()
@@ -5125,11 +5251,17 @@ func Test_ChunkQuerier_OOOQuery(t *testing.T) {
 
 	series1 := labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar1")
 
+	type filterFunc func(t int64) bool
+	defaultFilterFunc := func(t int64) bool { return true }
+
 	minutes := func(m int64) int64 { return m * time.Minute.Milliseconds() }
-	addSample := func(db *DB, fromMins, toMins, queryMinT, queryMaxT int64, expSamples []chunks.Sample) ([]chunks.Sample, int) {
+	addSample := func(db *DB, fromMins, toMins, queryMinT, queryMaxT int64, expSamples []chunks.Sample, filter filterFunc) ([]chunks.Sample, int) {
 		app := db.Appender(context.Background())
 		totalAppended := 0
 		for m := fromMins; m <= toMins; m += time.Minute.Milliseconds() {
+			if !filter(m / time.Minute.Milliseconds()) {
+				continue
+			}
 			_, err := app.Append(0, series1, m, float64(m))
 			if m >= queryMinT && m <= queryMaxT {
 				expSamples = append(expSamples, sample{t: m, f: float64(m)})
@@ -5138,39 +5270,158 @@ func Test_ChunkQuerier_OOOQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			totalAppended++
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
+		require.Positive(t, totalAppended) // Sanity check that filter is not too zealous.
 		return expSamples, totalAppended
 	}
 
+	type sampleBatch struct {
+		minT   int64
+		maxT   int64
+		filter filterFunc
+		isOOO  bool
+	}
+
 	tests := []struct {
-		name        string
-		queryMinT   int64
-		queryMaxT   int64
-		inOrderMinT int64
-		inOrderMaxT int64
-		oooMinT     int64
-		oooMaxT     int64
+		name      string
+		oooCap    int64
+		queryMinT int64
+		queryMaxT int64
+		batches   []sampleBatch
 	}{
 		{
-			name:        "query interval covering ooomint and inordermaxt returns all ingested samples",
-			queryMinT:   minutes(0),
-			queryMaxT:   minutes(200),
-			inOrderMinT: minutes(100),
-			inOrderMaxT: minutes(200),
-			oooMinT:     minutes(0),
-			oooMaxT:     minutes(99),
+			name:      "query interval covering ooomint and inordermaxt returns all ingested samples",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: defaultFilterFunc,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(0),
+					maxT:   minutes(99),
+					filter: defaultFilterFunc,
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "partial query interval returns only samples within interval",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(20),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(180),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: defaultFilterFunc,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(0),
+					maxT:   minutes(99),
+					filter: defaultFilterFunc,
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query overlapping inorder and ooo samples returns all ingested samples at the end of the interval",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 0 },
+					isOOO:  false,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(170),
+					maxT:   minutes(180),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query overlapping inorder and ooo in-memory samples returns all ingested samples at the beginning of the interval",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 0 },
+					isOOO:  false,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(110),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:        "partial query interval returns only samples within interval",
-			queryMinT:   minutes(20),
-			queryMaxT:   minutes(180),
-			inOrderMinT: minutes(100),
-			inOrderMaxT: minutes(200),
-			oooMinT:     minutes(0),
-			oooMaxT:     minutes(99),
+			name:      "query inorder contain ooo mmaped samples returns all ingested samples at the beginning of the interval",
+			oooCap:    5,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 0 },
+					isOOO:  false,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(101),
+					maxT:   minutes(101 + (5-1)*2), // Append samples to fit in a single mmmaped OOO chunk and fit inside the first in-order mmaped chunk.
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(191),
+					maxT:   minutes(193), // Append some more OOO samples to trigger mapping the OOO chunk, but use time 151 to not overlap with in-order head chunk.
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query overlapping inorder and ooo mmaped samples returns all ingested samples at the beginning of the interval",
+			oooCap:    30,
+			queryMinT: minutes(0),
+			queryMaxT: minutes(200),
+			batches: []sampleBatch{
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(100),
+					maxT:   minutes(200),
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 0 },
+					isOOO:  false,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(101),
+					maxT:   minutes(101 + (30-1)*2), // Append samples to fit in a single mmmaped OOO chunk and overlap the first in-order mmaped chunk.
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+				{
+					minT:   minutes(191),
+					maxT:   minutes(193), // Append some more OOO samples to trigger mapping the OOO chunk, but use time 151 to not overlap with in-order head chunk.
+					filter: func(t int64) bool { return t%2 == 1 },
+					isOOO:  true,
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("name=%s", tc.name), func(t *testing.T) {
+			opts.OutOfOrderCapMax = tc.oooCap
 			db := openTestDB(t, opts, nil)
 			db.DisableCompactions()
 			defer func() {
@@ -5178,12 +5429,14 @@ func Test_ChunkQuerier_OOOQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			}()
 
 			var expSamples []chunks.Sample
+			var oooSamples, appendedCount int
 
-			// Add in-order samples.
-			expSamples, _ = addSample(db, tc.inOrderMinT, tc.inOrderMaxT, tc.queryMinT, tc.queryMaxT, expSamples)
-
-			// Add out-of-order samples.
-			expSamples, oooSamples := addSample(db, tc.oooMinT, tc.oooMaxT, tc.queryMinT, tc.queryMaxT, expSamples)
+			for _, batch := range tc.batches {
+				expSamples, appendedCount = addSample(db, batch.minT, batch.maxT, tc.queryMinT, tc.queryMaxT, expSamples, batch.filter)
+				if batch.isOOO {
+					oooSamples += appendedCount
+				}
+			}
 
 			sort.Slice(expSamples, func(i, j int) bool {
 				return expSamples[i].T() < expSamples[j].T()
diff --git a/tsdb/head_test.go b/tsdb/head_test.go
index 0ce60b8494c..18ec4f0aca5 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
-	"runtime/pprof"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	prom_testutil "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -90,43 +88,6 @@ func newTestHeadWithOptions(t testing.TB, compressWAL wlog.CompressionType, opts
 	return h, wal
 }
 
-// BenchmarkLoadRealWLs will be skipped unless the BENCHMARK_LOAD_REAL_WLS_DIR environment variable is set.
-// BENCHMARK_LOAD_REAL_WLS_DIR should be the folder where `wal` and `chunks_head` are located.
-// Optionally, BENCHMARK_LOAD_REAL_WLS_PROFILE can be set to a file path to write a CPU profile.
-func BenchmarkLoadRealWLs(b *testing.B) {
-	dir := os.Getenv("BENCHMARK_LOAD_REAL_WLS_DIR")
-	if dir == "" {
-		b.Skipped()
-	}
-
-	profileFile := os.Getenv("BENCHMARK_LOAD_REAL_WLS_PROFILE")
-	if profileFile != "" {
-		b.Logf("Will profile in %s", profileFile)
-		f, err := os.Create(profileFile)
-		require.NoError(b, err)
-		b.Cleanup(func() { f.Close() })
-		require.NoError(b, pprof.StartCPUProfile(f))
-		b.Cleanup(pprof.StopCPUProfile)
-	}
-
-	wal, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), wlog.CompressionNone)
-	require.NoError(b, err)
-	b.Cleanup(func() { wal.Close() })
-
-	wbl, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wbl"), wlog.CompressionNone)
-	require.NoError(b, err)
-	b.Cleanup(func() { wbl.Close() })
-
-	// Load the WAL.
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
-		opts.ChunkDirRoot = dir
-		h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, wbl, opts, nil)
-		require.NoError(b, err)
-		h.Init(0)
-	}
-}
-
 func BenchmarkCreateSeries(b *testing.B) {
 	series := genSeries(b.N, 10, 0, 0)
 	h, _ := newTestHead(b, 10000, wlog.CompressionNone, false)
@@ -476,6 +437,32 @@ func BenchmarkLoadWLs(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+// BenchmarkLoadRealWLs will be skipped unless the BENCHMARK_LOAD_REAL_WLS_DIR environment variable is set.
+// BENCHMARK_LOAD_REAL_WLS_DIR should be the folder where `wal` and `chunks_head` are located.
+func BenchmarkLoadRealWLs(b *testing.B) {
+	dir := os.Getenv("BENCHMARK_LOAD_REAL_WLS_DIR")
+	if dir == "" {
+		b.SkipNow()
+	}
+
+	wal, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), wlog.CompressionNone)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	b.Cleanup(func() { wal.Close() })
+
+	wbl, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wbl"), wlog.CompressionNone)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	b.Cleanup(func() { wbl.Close() })
+
+	// Load the WAL.
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
+		opts.ChunkDirRoot = dir
+		h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, wbl, opts, nil)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		require.NoError(b, h.Init(0))
+	}
+}
+
 // TestHead_HighConcurrencyReadAndWrite generates 1000 series with a step of 15s and fills a whole block with samples,
 // this means in total it generates 4000 chunks because with a step of 15s there are 4 chunks per block per series.
 // While appending the samples to the head it concurrently queries them from multiple go routines and verifies that the
@@ -5957,16 +5944,16 @@ func TestHeadAppender_AppendCTZeroSample(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		name              string
 		appendableSamples []appendableSamples
-		expectedSamples   []model.Sample
+		expectedSamples   []chunks.Sample
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "In order ct+normal sample",
 			appendableSamples: []appendableSamples{
 				{ts: 100, val: 10, ct: 1},
 			},
-			expectedSamples: []model.Sample{
-				{Timestamp: 1, Value: 0},
-				{Timestamp: 100, Value: 10},
+			expectedSamples: []chunks.Sample{
+				sample{t: 1, f: 0},
+				sample{t: 100, f: 10},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -5975,10 +5962,10 @@ func TestHeadAppender_AppendCTZeroSample(t *testing.T) {
 				{ts: 100, val: 10, ct: 1},
 				{ts: 101, val: 10, ct: 1},
 			},
-			expectedSamples: []model.Sample{
-				{Timestamp: 1, Value: 0},
-				{Timestamp: 100, Value: 10},
-				{Timestamp: 101, Value: 10},
+			expectedSamples: []chunks.Sample{
+				sample{t: 1, f: 0},
+				sample{t: 100, f: 10},
+				sample{t: 101, f: 10},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -5987,11 +5974,11 @@ func TestHeadAppender_AppendCTZeroSample(t *testing.T) {
 				{ts: 100, val: 10, ct: 1},
 				{ts: 102, val: 10, ct: 101},
 			},
-			expectedSamples: []model.Sample{
-				{Timestamp: 1, Value: 0},
-				{Timestamp: 100, Value: 10},
-				{Timestamp: 101, Value: 0},
-				{Timestamp: 102, Value: 10},
+			expectedSamples: []chunks.Sample{
+				sample{t: 1, f: 0},
+				sample{t: 100, f: 10},
+				sample{t: 101, f: 0},
+				sample{t: 102, f: 10},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -6000,41 +5987,33 @@ func TestHeadAppender_AppendCTZeroSample(t *testing.T) {
 				{ts: 100, val: 10, ct: 1},
 				{ts: 101, val: 10, ct: 100},
 			},
-			expectedSamples: []model.Sample{
-				{Timestamp: 1, Value: 0},
-				{Timestamp: 100, Value: 10},
-				{Timestamp: 101, Value: 10},
+			expectedSamples: []chunks.Sample{
+				sample{t: 1, f: 0},
+				sample{t: 100, f: 10},
+				sample{t: 101, f: 10},
 			},
 		},
 	} {
-		h, _ := newTestHead(t, DefaultBlockDuration, wlog.CompressionNone, false)
-		defer func() {
-			require.NoError(t, h.Close())
-		}()
-		a := h.Appender(context.Background())
-		lbls := labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar")
-		for _, sample := range tc.appendableSamples {
-			_, err := a.AppendCTZeroSample(0, lbls, sample.ts, sample.ct)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			_, err = a.Append(0, lbls, sample.ts, sample.val)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-		}
-		require.NoError(t, a.Commit())
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			h, _ := newTestHead(t, DefaultBlockDuration, wlog.CompressionNone, false)
+			defer func() {
+				require.NoError(t, h.Close())
+			}()
+			a := h.Appender(context.Background())
+			lbls := labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar")
+			for _, sample := range tc.appendableSamples {
+				_, err := a.AppendCTZeroSample(0, lbls, sample.ts, sample.ct)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				_, err = a.Append(0, lbls, sample.ts, sample.val)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, a.Commit())
 
-		q, err := NewBlockQuerier(h, math.MinInt64, math.MaxInt64)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		ss := q.Select(context.Background(), false, nil, labels.MustNewMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, "foo", "bar"))
-		require.True(t, ss.Next())
-		s := ss.At()
-		require.False(t, ss.Next())
-		it := s.Iterator(nil)
-		for _, sample := range tc.expectedSamples {
-			require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValFloat, it.Next())
-			timestamp, value := it.At()
-			require.Equal(t, sample.Timestamp, model.Time(timestamp))
-			require.Equal(t, sample.Value, model.SampleValue(value))
-		}
-		require.Equal(t, chunkenc.ValNone, it.Next())
+			q, err := NewBlockQuerier(h, math.MinInt64, math.MaxInt64)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			result := query(t, q, labels.MustNewMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, "foo", "bar"))
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedSamples, result[`{foo="bar"}`])
+		})
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tsdb/ooo_head_read_test.go b/tsdb/ooo_head_read_test.go
index f71d497320d..40e37043b84 100644
--- a/tsdb/ooo_head_read_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/ooo_head_read_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ type chunkInterval struct {
 	maxt int64
 }
 
+type expChunk struct {
+	c chunkInterval
+	m []chunkInterval
+}
+
 // permutateChunkIntervals returns all possible orders of the given chunkIntervals.
 func permutateChunkIntervals(in []chunkInterval, out [][]chunkInterval, left, right int) [][]chunkInterval {
 	if left == right {
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 		queryMinT           int64
 		queryMaxT           int64
 		inputChunkIntervals []chunkInterval
-		expChunks           []chunkInterval
+		expChunks           []expChunk
 	}{
 		{
 			name:      "Empty result and no error when head is empty",
@@ -107,8 +112,8 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// ts                    0       100       150       200       250       300       350       400       450       500       550       600       650       700
 			// Query Interval                [-----------------------------------------------------------]
 			// Chunk 0:                                 [---------------------------------------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{0, 150, 350},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{0, 150, 350}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -121,8 +126,8 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// ts                    0       100       150       200       250       300       350       400       450       500       550       600       650       700
 			// Query Interval:                          [---------------------------------------]
 			// Chunk 0:                       [-----------------------------------------------------------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{0, 100, 400},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{0, 100, 400}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -142,9 +147,9 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// Chunk 2:                                  [-------------------]
 			// Chunk 3:                                                                                                                  [-------------------]
 			// Output Graphically              [-----------------------------]                                                 [-----------------------------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{0, 100, 250},
-				{1, 500, 650},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{0, 100, 250}, m: []chunkInterval{{0, 100, 200}, {2, 150, 250}}},
+				{c: chunkInterval{1, 500, 650}, m: []chunkInterval{{1, 500, 600}, {3, 550, 650}}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -164,8 +169,8 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// Chunk 2:                                                                [-------------------]
 			// Chunk 3:                                                                                    [------------------]
 			// Output Graphically              [------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{0, 100, 500},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{0, 100, 500}, m: []chunkInterval{{0, 100, 200}, {1, 200, 300}, {2, 300, 400}, {3, 400, 500}}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -185,11 +190,11 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// Chunk 2:                                                                [------------------]
 			// Chunk 3:                                                                                    [------------------]
 			// Output Graphically              [------------------][------------------][------------------][------------------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{0, 100, 199},
-				{1, 200, 299},
-				{2, 300, 399},
-				{3, 400, 499},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{0, 100, 199}},
+				{c: chunkInterval{1, 200, 299}},
+				{c: chunkInterval{2, 300, 399}},
+				{c: chunkInterval{3, 400, 499}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -209,8 +214,8 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// Chunk 2:                                                     [------------------]
 			// Chunk 3:                                                                                             [------------------]
 			// Output Graphically              [-----------------------------------------------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{0, 100, 350},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{0, 100, 350}, m: []chunkInterval{{0, 100, 200}, {1, 150, 300}, {2, 250, 350}}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -228,8 +233,8 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// Chunk 1:             [-----------------------------]
 			// Chunk 2:                                [------------------------------]
 			// Output Graphically   [-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{1, 0, 500},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{1, 0, 500}, m: []chunkInterval{{1, 0, 200}, {2, 150, 300}, {0, 250, 500}}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -251,9 +256,9 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// Chunk 3:                                                                                                                                      [-------------------]
 			// Chunk 4:                                                                                                                             [---------------------------------------]
 			// Output Graphically              [---------------------------------------]                                                            [------------------------------------------------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{0, 100, 300},
-				{4, 600, 850},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{0, 100, 300}, m: []chunkInterval{{0, 100, 300}, {2, 150, 250}}},
+				{c: chunkInterval{4, 600, 850}, m: []chunkInterval{{4, 600, 800}, {3, 650, 750}, {1, 770, 850}}},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -271,10 +276,10 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 			// Chunk 1:                                                              [----------]
 			// Chunk 2:                                           [--------]
 			// Output Graphically              [-------]          [--------]         [----------]
-			expChunks: []chunkInterval{
-				{0, 100, 150},
-				{1, 300, 350},
-				{2, 200, 250},
+			expChunks: []expChunk{
+				{c: chunkInterval{0, 100, 150}},
+				{c: chunkInterval{2, 200, 250}},
+				{c: chunkInterval{1, 300, 350}},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -305,24 +310,38 @@ func TestOOOHeadIndexReader_Series(t *testing.T) {
 					s1.ooo = &memSeriesOOOFields{}
 
 					// define our expected chunks, by looking at the expected ChunkIntervals and setting...
+					// Ref to whatever Ref the chunk has, that we refer to by ID
+					findID := func(id int) chunks.ChunkRef {
+						for ref, c := range intervals {
+							if c.ID == id {
+								return chunks.ChunkRef(chunks.NewHeadChunkRef(chunks.HeadSeriesRef(s1ID), s1.oooHeadChunkID(ref)))
+							}
+						}
+						return 0
+					}
 					var expChunks []chunks.Meta
 					for _, e := range tc.expChunks {
-						meta := chunks.Meta{
-							Chunk:   chunkenc.Chunk(nil),
-							MinTime: e.mint,
-							MaxTime: e.maxt,
-						}
-
-						// Ref to whatever Ref the chunk has, that we refer to by ID
-						for ref, c := range intervals {
-							if c.ID == e.ID {
-								meta.Ref = chunks.ChunkRef(chunks.NewHeadChunkRef(chunks.HeadSeriesRef(s1ID), s1.oooHeadChunkID(ref)))
-								break
+						var chunk chunkenc.Chunk
+						if len(e.m) > 0 {
+							mm := &multiMeta{}
+							for _, x := range e.m {
+								meta := chunks.Meta{
+									MinTime: x.mint,
+									MaxTime: x.maxt,
+									Ref:     findID(x.ID),
+								}
+								mm.metas = append(mm.metas, meta)
 							}
+							chunk = mm
+						}
+						meta := chunks.Meta{
+							Chunk:   chunk,
+							MinTime: e.c.mint,
+							MaxTime: e.c.maxt,
+							Ref:     findID(e.c.ID),
 						}
 						expChunks = append(expChunks, meta)
 					}
-					slices.SortFunc(expChunks, lessByMinTimeAndMinRef) // We always want the chunks to come back sorted by minTime asc.
 
 					if headChunk && len(intervals) > 0 {
 						// Put the last interval in the head chunk
@@ -497,6 +516,7 @@ func testOOOHeadChunkReader_Chunk(t *testing.T, scenario sampleTypeScenario) {
 		queryMaxT            int64
 		firstInOrderSampleAt int64
 		inputSamples         []testValue
+		expSingleChunks      bool
 		expChunkError        bool
 		expChunksSamples     []chunks.SampleSlice
 	}{
@@ -509,7 +529,8 @@ func testOOOHeadChunkReader_Chunk(t *testing.T, scenario sampleTypeScenario) {
 				{Ts: minutes(30), V: 0},
 				{Ts: minutes(40), V: 0},
 			},
-			expChunkError: false,
+			expChunkError:   false,
+			expSingleChunks: true,
 			// ts (in minutes)         0       10       20       30       40       50       60       70       80       90       100
 			// Query Interval          [------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
 			// Chunk 0: Current Head                              [--------] (With 2 samples)
@@ -689,7 +710,8 @@ func testOOOHeadChunkReader_Chunk(t *testing.T, scenario sampleTypeScenario) {
 				{Ts: minutes(40), V: 3},
 				{Ts: minutes(42), V: 3},
 			},
-			expChunkError: false,
+			expChunkError:   false,
+			expSingleChunks: true,
 			// ts (in minutes)         0       10       20       30       40       50       60       70       80       90       100
 			// Query Interval          [------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
 			// Chunk 0                          [-------]
@@ -844,9 +866,13 @@ func testOOOHeadChunkReader_Chunk(t *testing.T, scenario sampleTypeScenario) {
 			for i := 0; i < len(chks); i++ {
 				c, iterable, err := cr.ChunkOrIterable(chks[i])
 				require.NoError(t, err)
-				require.Nil(t, c)
-
-				it := iterable.Iterator(nil)
+				var it chunkenc.Iterator
+				if tc.expSingleChunks {
+					it = c.Iterator(nil)
+				} else {
+					require.Nil(t, c)
+					it = iterable.Iterator(nil)
+				}
 				resultSamples, err := storage.ExpandSamples(it, nil)
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				requireEqualSamples(t, s1.String(), tc.expChunksSamples[i], resultSamples, true)
@@ -1029,94 +1055,6 @@ func testOOOHeadChunkReader_Chunk_ConsistentQueryResponseDespiteOfHeadExpanding(
 	}
 }
 
-// TestSortByMinTimeAndMinRef tests that the sort function for chunk metas does sort
-// by chunk meta MinTime and in case of same references by the lower reference.
-func TestSortByMinTimeAndMinRef(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name  string
-		input []chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef
-		exp   []chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "chunks are ordered by min time",
-			input: []chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef{
-				{
-					meta: chunks.Meta{
-						Ref:     0,
-						MinTime: 0,
-					},
-					ref: chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef(0),
-				},
-				{
-					meta: chunks.Meta{
-						Ref:     1,
-						MinTime: 1,
-					},
-					ref: chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef(1),
-				},
-			},
-			exp: []chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef{
-				{
-					meta: chunks.Meta{
-						Ref:     0,
-						MinTime: 0,
-					},
-					ref: chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef(0),
-				},
-				{
-					meta: chunks.Meta{
-						Ref:     1,
-						MinTime: 1,
-					},
-					ref: chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef(1),
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "if same mintime, lower reference goes first",
-			input: []chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef{
-				{
-					meta: chunks.Meta{
-						Ref:     10,
-						MinTime: 0,
-					},
-					ref: chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef(0),
-				},
-				{
-					meta: chunks.Meta{
-						Ref:     5,
-						MinTime: 0,
-					},
-					ref: chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef(1),
-				},
-			},
-			exp: []chunkMetaAndChunkDiskMapperRef{
-				{
-					meta: chunks.Meta{
-						Ref:     5,
-						MinTime: 0,
-					},
-					ref: chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef(1),
-				},
-				{
-					meta: chunks.Meta{
-						Ref:     10,
-						MinTime: 0,
-					},
-					ref: chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef(0),
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range tests {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("name=%s", tc.name), func(t *testing.T) {
-			slices.SortFunc(tc.input, refLessByMinTimeAndMinRef)
-			require.Equal(t, tc.exp, tc.input)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 // TestSortMetaByMinTimeAndMinRef tests that the sort function for chunk metas does sort
 // by chunk meta MinTime and in case of same references by the lower reference.
 func TestSortMetaByMinTimeAndMinRef(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/util/almost/almost_test.go b/util/almost/almost_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fba37f13f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/almost/almost_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package almost
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/value"
+)
+
+func TestEqual(t *testing.T) {
+	staleNaN := math.Float64frombits(value.StaleNaN)
+	tests := []struct {
+		a       float64
+		b       float64
+		epsilon float64
+		want    bool
+	}{
+		{0.0, 0.0, 0.0, true},
+		{0.0, 0.1, 0.0, false},
+		{1.0, 1.1, 0.1, true},
+		{-1.0, -1.1, 0.1, true},
+		{math.MaxFloat64, math.MaxFloat64 / 10, 0.1, false},
+		{1.0, math.NaN(), 0.1, false},
+		{math.NaN(), math.NaN(), 0.1, true},
+		{math.NaN(), staleNaN, 0.1, false},
+		{staleNaN, math.NaN(), 0.1, false},
+		{staleNaN, staleNaN, 0.1, true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%v,%v,%v", tt.a, tt.b, tt.epsilon), func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := Equal(tt.a, tt.b, tt.epsilon); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("Equal(%v,%v,%v) = %v, want %v", tt.a, tt.b, tt.epsilon, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/netconnlimit/netconnlimit_test.go b/util/netconnlimit/netconnlimit_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4d4904209c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/netconnlimit/netconnlimit_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+package netconnlimit
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestSharedLimitListenerConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name        string
+		semCapacity int
+		connCount   int
+		expected    int // Expected number of connections processed simultaneously.
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "Single connection allowed",
+			semCapacity: 1,
+			connCount:   3,
+			expected:    1,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "Two connections allowed",
+			semCapacity: 2,
+			connCount:   3,
+			expected:    2,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "Three connections allowed",
+			semCapacity: 3,
+			connCount:   3,
+			expected:    3,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			sem := NewSharedSemaphore(tc.semCapacity)
+			listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+			require.NoError(t, err, "failed to create listener")
+			defer listener.Close()
+
+			limitedListener := SharedLimitListener(listener, sem)
+
+			var wg sync.WaitGroup
+			var activeConnCount int64
+			var mu sync.Mutex
+
+			wg.Add(tc.connCount)
+
+			// Accept connections.
+			for i := 0; i < tc.connCount; i++ {
+				go func() {
+					defer wg.Done()
+
+					conn, err := limitedListener.Accept()
+					require.NoError(t, err, "failed to accept connection")
+					defer conn.Close()
+
+					// Simulate work and track the active connection count.
+					mu.Lock()
+					activeConnCount++
+					require.LessOrEqual(t, activeConnCount, int64(tc.expected), "too many simultaneous connections")
+					mu.Unlock()
+
+					time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+					mu.Lock()
+					activeConnCount--
+					mu.Unlock()
+				}()
+			}
+
+			// Create clients that attempt to connect to the listener.
+			for i := 0; i < tc.connCount; i++ {
+				go func() {
+					conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", listener.Addr().String())
+					require.NoError(t, err, "failed to connect to listener")
+					defer conn.Close()
+					_, _ = io.WriteString(conn, "hello")
+				}()
+			}
+
+			wg.Wait()
+
+			// Ensure all connections are released and semaphore is empty.
+			require.Empty(t, sem)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSharedLimitListenerClose(t *testing.T) {
+	sem := NewSharedSemaphore(2)
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to create listener")
+
+	limitedListener := SharedLimitListener(listener, sem)
+
+	// Close the listener and ensure it does not accept new connections.
+	err = limitedListener.Close()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to close listener")
+
+	conn, err := limitedListener.Accept()
+	require.Error(t, err, "expected error on accept after listener closed")
+	if conn != nil {
+		conn.Close()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/testutil/cmp.go b/util/testutil/cmp.go
index 370d191f3f3..24d39d514c1 100644
--- a/util/testutil/cmp.go
+++ b/util/testutil/cmp.go
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 )
 
-// Replacement for require.Equal using go-cmp adapted for Prometheus data structures, instead of DeepEqual.
+// RequireEqual is a replacement for require.Equal using go-cmp adapted for
+// Prometheus data structures, instead of DeepEqual.
 func RequireEqual(t testing.TB, expected, actual interface{}, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 	t.Helper()
 	RequireEqualWithOptions(t, expected, actual, nil, msgAndArgs...)
 }
 
-// As RequireEqual but allows extra cmp.Options.
+// RequireEqualWithOptions works like RequireEqual but allows extra cmp.Options.
 func RequireEqualWithOptions(t testing.TB, expected, actual interface{}, extra []cmp.Option, msgAndArgs ...interface{}) {
 	t.Helper()
 	options := append([]cmp.Option{cmp.Comparer(labels.Equal)}, extra...)
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api_test.go b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
index ba38ddc9785..ef9d53dd9dc 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
@@ -59,16 +59,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/teststorage"
 )
 
-var testEngine = promql.NewEngine(promql.EngineOpts{
-	Logger:                   nil,
-	Reg:                      nil,
-	MaxSamples:               10000,
-	Timeout:                  100 * time.Second,
-	NoStepSubqueryIntervalFn: func(int64) int64 { return 60 * 1000 },
-	EnableAtModifier:         true,
-	EnableNegativeOffset:     true,
-	EnablePerStepStats:       true,
-})
+func testEngine(t *testing.T) *promql.Engine {
+	t.Helper()
+	return promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, promql.EngineOpts{
+		Logger:                   nil,
+		Reg:                      nil,
+		MaxSamples:               10000,
+		Timeout:                  100 * time.Second,
+		NoStepSubqueryIntervalFn: func(int64) int64 { return 60 * 1000 },
+		EnableAtModifier:         true,
+		EnableNegativeOffset:     true,
+		EnablePerStepStats:       true,
+	})
+}
 
 // testMetaStore satisfies the scrape.MetricMetadataStore interface.
 // It is used to inject specific metadata as part of a test case.
@@ -306,8 +309,7 @@ func (m *rulesRetrieverMock) CreateRuleGroups() {
 		MaxSamples: 10,
 		Timeout:    100 * time.Second,
 	}
-
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(engineOpts)
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(m.testing, engineOpts)
 	opts := &rules.ManagerOptions{
 		QueryFunc:  rules.EngineQueryFunc(engine, storage),
 		Appendable: storage,
@@ -431,9 +433,10 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 
 	now := time.Now()
 
+	ng := testEngine(t)
+
 	t.Run("local", func(t *testing.T) {
-		algr := rulesRetrieverMock{}
-		algr.testing = t
+		algr := rulesRetrieverMock{testing: t}
 
 		algr.CreateAlertingRules()
 		algr.CreateRuleGroups()
@@ -445,7 +448,7 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 
 		api := &API{
 			Queryable:             storage,
-			QueryEngine:           testEngine,
+			QueryEngine:           ng,
 			ExemplarQueryable:     storage.ExemplarQueryable(),
 			targetRetriever:       testTargetRetriever.toFactory(),
 			alertmanagerRetriever: testAlertmanagerRetriever{}.toFactory(),
@@ -496,8 +499,7 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		algr := rulesRetrieverMock{}
-		algr.testing = t
+		algr := rulesRetrieverMock{testing: t}
 
 		algr.CreateAlertingRules()
 		algr.CreateRuleGroups()
@@ -509,7 +511,7 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 
 		api := &API{
 			Queryable:             remote,
-			QueryEngine:           testEngine,
+			QueryEngine:           ng,
 			ExemplarQueryable:     storage.ExemplarQueryable(),
 			targetRetriever:       testTargetRetriever.toFactory(),
 			alertmanagerRetriever: testAlertmanagerRetriever{}.toFactory(),
@@ -651,7 +653,7 @@ func TestQueryExemplars(t *testing.T) {
 
 	api := &API{
 		Queryable:         storage,
-		QueryEngine:       testEngine,
+		QueryEngine:       testEngine(t),
 		ExemplarQueryable: storage.ExemplarQueryable(),
 	}
 
@@ -870,7 +872,7 @@ func TestStats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	api := &API{
 		Queryable:   storage,
-		QueryEngine: testEngine,
+		QueryEngine: testEngine(t),
 		now: func() time.Time {
 			return time.Unix(123, 0)
 		},
@@ -1074,6 +1076,9 @@ func setupRemote(s storage.Storage) *httptest.Server {
 			}
 		}
 
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/x-protobuf")
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "snappy")
+
 		if err := remote.EncodeReadResponse(&resp, w); err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
diff --git a/web/api/v1/errors_test.go b/web/api/v1/errors_test.go
index 99ef8101863..7e1fc09d8ac 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/errors_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/errors_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql/promqltest"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/rules"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/scrape"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func TestApiStatusCodes(t *testing.T) {
 			"error from seriesset": errorTestQueryable{q: errorTestQuerier{s: errorTestSeriesSet{err: tc.err}}},
 		} {
 			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", name, k), func(t *testing.T) {
-				r := createPrometheusAPI(q)
+				r := createPrometheusAPI(t, q)
 				rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 
 				req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/query?query=up", nil)
@@ -100,8 +101,10 @@ func TestApiStatusCodes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func createPrometheusAPI(q storage.SampleAndChunkQueryable) *route.Router {
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(promql.EngineOpts{
+func createPrometheusAPI(t *testing.T, q storage.SampleAndChunkQueryable) *route.Router {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	engine := promqltest.NewTestEngineWithOpts(t, promql.EngineOpts{
 		Logger:             log.NewNopLogger(),
 		Reg:                nil,
 		ActiveQueryTracker: nil,
diff --git a/web/web_test.go b/web/web_test.go
index e1fa66fa8bb..b660746b13d 100644
--- a/web/web_test.go
+++ b/web/web_test.go
@@ -73,19 +73,19 @@ func TestReadyAndHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 	port := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", testutil.RandomUnprivilegedPort(t))
 
 	opts := &Options{
-		ListenAddress:  port,
-		ReadTimeout:    30 * time.Second,
-		MaxConnections: 512,
-		Context:        nil,
-		Storage:        nil,
-		LocalStorage:   &dbAdapter{db},
-		TSDBDir:        dbDir,
-		QueryEngine:    nil,
-		ScrapeManager:  &scrape.Manager{},
-		RuleManager:    &rules.Manager{},
-		Notifier:       nil,
-		RoutePrefix:    "/",
-		EnableAdminAPI: true,
+		ListenAddresses: []string{port},
+		ReadTimeout:     30 * time.Second,
+		MaxConnections:  512,
+		Context:         nil,
+		Storage:         nil,
+		LocalStorage:    &dbAdapter{db},
+		TSDBDir:         dbDir,
+		QueryEngine:     nil,
+		ScrapeManager:   &scrape.Manager{},
+		RuleManager:     &rules.Manager{},
+		Notifier:        nil,
+		RoutePrefix:     "/",
+		EnableAdminAPI:  true,
 		ExternalURL: &url.URL{
 			Scheme: "http",
 			Host:   "localhost" + port,
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ func TestReadyAndHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	webHandler.config = &config.Config{}
 	webHandler.notifier = &notifier.Manager{}
-	l, err := webHandler.Listener()
+	l, err := webHandler.Listeners()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listener: %s", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listeners: %s", err))
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -198,19 +198,19 @@ func TestRoutePrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	port := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", testutil.RandomUnprivilegedPort(t))
 
 	opts := &Options{
-		ListenAddress:  port,
-		ReadTimeout:    30 * time.Second,
-		MaxConnections: 512,
-		Context:        nil,
-		TSDBDir:        dbDir,
-		LocalStorage:   &dbAdapter{db},
-		Storage:        nil,
-		QueryEngine:    nil,
-		ScrapeManager:  nil,
-		RuleManager:    nil,
-		Notifier:       nil,
-		RoutePrefix:    "/prometheus",
-		EnableAdminAPI: true,
+		ListenAddresses: []string{port},
+		ReadTimeout:     30 * time.Second,
+		MaxConnections:  512,
+		Context:         nil,
+		TSDBDir:         dbDir,
+		LocalStorage:    &dbAdapter{db},
+		Storage:         nil,
+		QueryEngine:     nil,
+		ScrapeManager:   nil,
+		RuleManager:     nil,
+		Notifier:        nil,
+		RoutePrefix:     "/prometheus",
+		EnableAdminAPI:  true,
 		ExternalURL: &url.URL{
 			Host:   "localhost.localdomain" + port,
 			Scheme: "http",
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ func TestRoutePrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	opts.Flags = map[string]string{}
 
 	webHandler := New(nil, opts)
-	l, err := webHandler.Listener()
+	l, err := webHandler.Listeners()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listener: %s", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listeners: %s", err))
 	}
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ func TestDebugHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		{"/foo", "/bar/debug/pprof/goroutine", 404},
 	} {
 		opts := &Options{
-			RoutePrefix:   tc.prefix,
-			ListenAddress: "somehost:9090",
+			RoutePrefix:     tc.prefix,
+			ListenAddresses: []string{"somehost:9090"},
 			ExternalURL: &url.URL{
 				Host:   "localhost.localdomain:9090",
 				Scheme: "http",
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ func TestDebugHandler(t *testing.T) {
 func TestHTTPMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	handler := New(nil, &Options{
-		RoutePrefix:   "/",
-		ListenAddress: "somehost:9090",
+		RoutePrefix:     "/",
+		ListenAddresses: []string{"somehost:9090"},
 		ExternalURL: &url.URL{
 			Host:   "localhost.localdomain:9090",
 			Scheme: "http",
@@ -381,18 +381,18 @@ func TestShutdownWithStaleConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	port := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", testutil.RandomUnprivilegedPort(t))
 
 	opts := &Options{
-		ListenAddress:  port,
-		ReadTimeout:    timeout,
-		MaxConnections: 512,
-		Context:        nil,
-		Storage:        nil,
-		LocalStorage:   &dbAdapter{db},
-		TSDBDir:        dbDir,
-		QueryEngine:    nil,
-		ScrapeManager:  &scrape.Manager{},
-		RuleManager:    &rules.Manager{},
-		Notifier:       nil,
-		RoutePrefix:    "/",
+		ListenAddresses: []string{port},
+		ReadTimeout:     timeout,
+		MaxConnections:  512,
+		Context:         nil,
+		Storage:         nil,
+		LocalStorage:    &dbAdapter{db},
+		TSDBDir:         dbDir,
+		QueryEngine:     nil,
+		ScrapeManager:   &scrape.Manager{},
+		RuleManager:     &rules.Manager{},
+		Notifier:        nil,
+		RoutePrefix:     "/",
 		ExternalURL: &url.URL{
 			Scheme: "http",
 			Host:   "localhost" + port,
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ func TestShutdownWithStaleConnection(t *testing.T) {
 
 	webHandler.config = &config.Config{}
 	webHandler.notifier = &notifier.Manager{}
-	l, err := webHandler.Listener()
+	l, err := webHandler.Listeners()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listener: %s", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listeners: %s", err))
 	}
 
 	closed := make(chan struct{})
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func TestHandleMultipleQuitRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	port := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", testutil.RandomUnprivilegedPort(t))
 
 	opts := &Options{
-		ListenAddress:   port,
+		ListenAddresses: []string{port},
 		MaxConnections:  512,
 		EnableLifecycle: true,
 		RoutePrefix:     "/",
@@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ func TestHandleMultipleQuitRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	webHandler := New(nil, opts)
 	webHandler.config = &config.Config{}
 	webHandler.notifier = &notifier.Manager{}
-	l, err := webHandler.Listener()
+	l, err := webHandler.Listeners()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listener: %s", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listeners: %s", err))
 	}
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	closed := make(chan struct{})
@@ -513,17 +513,17 @@ func TestAgentAPIEndPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	port := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", testutil.RandomUnprivilegedPort(t))
 
 	opts := &Options{
-		ListenAddress:  port,
-		ReadTimeout:    30 * time.Second,
-		MaxConnections: 512,
-		Context:        nil,
-		Storage:        nil,
-		QueryEngine:    nil,
-		ScrapeManager:  &scrape.Manager{},
-		RuleManager:    &rules.Manager{},
-		Notifier:       nil,
-		RoutePrefix:    "/",
-		EnableAdminAPI: true,
+		ListenAddresses: []string{port},
+		ReadTimeout:     30 * time.Second,
+		MaxConnections:  512,
+		Context:         nil,
+		Storage:         nil,
+		QueryEngine:     nil,
+		ScrapeManager:   &scrape.Manager{},
+		RuleManager:     &rules.Manager{},
+		Notifier:        nil,
+		RoutePrefix:     "/",
+		EnableAdminAPI:  true,
 		ExternalURL: &url.URL{
 			Scheme: "http",
 			Host:   "localhost" + port,
@@ -540,9 +540,9 @@ func TestAgentAPIEndPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	webHandler.SetReady(true)
 	webHandler.config = &config.Config{}
 	webHandler.notifier = &notifier.Manager{}
-	l, err := webHandler.Listener()
+	l, err := webHandler.Listeners()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listener: %s", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listeners: %s", err))
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -628,3 +628,83 @@ func cleanupSnapshot(t *testing.T, dbDir string, resp *http.Response) {
 	require.NoError(t, os.Remove(filepath.Join(dbDir, "snapshots", snapshot.Data.Name)))
 	require.NoError(t, os.Remove(filepath.Join(dbDir, "snapshots")))
 }
+
+func TestMultipleListenAddresses(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	dbDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	db, err := tsdb.Open(dbDir, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		require.NoError(t, db.Close())
+	})
+
+	// Create multiple ports for testing multiple ListenAddresses
+	port1 := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", testutil.RandomUnprivilegedPort(t))
+	port2 := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", testutil.RandomUnprivilegedPort(t))
+
+	opts := &Options{
+		ListenAddresses: []string{port1, port2},
+		ReadTimeout:     30 * time.Second,
+		MaxConnections:  512,
+		Context:         nil,
+		Storage:         nil,
+		LocalStorage:    &dbAdapter{db},
+		TSDBDir:         dbDir,
+		QueryEngine:     nil,
+		ScrapeManager:   &scrape.Manager{},
+		RuleManager:     &rules.Manager{},
+		Notifier:        nil,
+		RoutePrefix:     "/",
+		EnableAdminAPI:  true,
+		ExternalURL: &url.URL{
+			Scheme: "http",
+			Host:   "localhost" + port1,
+			Path:   "/",
+		},
+		Version:  &PrometheusVersion{},
+		Gatherer: prometheus.DefaultGatherer,
+	}
+
+	opts.Flags = map[string]string{}
+
+	webHandler := New(nil, opts)
+
+	webHandler.config = &config.Config{}
+	webHandler.notifier = &notifier.Manager{}
+	l, err := webHandler.Listeners()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to start web listener: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	go func() {
+		err := webHandler.Run(ctx, l, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("Can't start web handler:%s", err))
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Give some time for the web goroutine to run since we need the server
+	// to be up before starting tests.
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
+	// Set to ready.
+	webHandler.SetReady(true)
+
+	for _, port := range []string{port1, port2} {
+		baseURL := "http://localhost" + port
+
+		resp, err := http.Get(baseURL + "/-/healthy")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+		cleanupTestResponse(t, resp)
+
+		resp, err = http.Get(baseURL + "/-/ready")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+		cleanupTestResponse(t, resp)
+	}
+}