diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8dba14810..87f1a94cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ By default cardinality explorer analyzes time series for the current date. It pr
 By default all the time series for the selected date are analyzed. It is possible to narrow down the analysis to series
 matching the specified [series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors).
 
+Cardinality explorer takes into account [deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series), because they stay in the inverted index for up to [-retentionPeriod](#retention). This means that the deleted time series take RAM, CPU, disk IO and disk space for the inverted index in the same way as other time series.
+
 Cardinality explorer is built on top of [/api/v1/status/tsdb](#tsdb-stats).
 
 See [cardinality explorer playground](https://play.victoriametrics.com/select/accounting/1/6a716b0f-38bc-4856-90ce-448fd713e3fe/prometheus/graph/#/cardinality).
@@ -617,7 +619,6 @@ Additionally, VictoriaMetrics provides the following handlers:
 * `/api/v1/series/count` - returns the total number of time series in the database. Some notes:
   * the handler scans all the inverted index, so it can be slow if the database contains tens of millions of time series;
   * the handler may count [deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series) additionally to normal time series due to internal implementation restrictions;
-* `/api/v1/labels/count` - returns a list of `label: values_count` entries. It can be used for determining labels with the maximum number of values.
 * `/api/v1/status/active_queries` - returns a list of currently running queries.
 * `/api/v1/status/top_queries` - returns the following query lists:
   * the most frequently executed queries - `topByCount`
@@ -1245,11 +1246,12 @@ and [clustered VictoriaMetrics](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/11176) Gr
 See more details in [monitoring docs](#monitoring).
 
 The `merge` process is usually named "compaction", because the resulting `part` size is usually smaller than
-the sum of the source `parts`. There are following benefits of doing the merge process:
+the sum of the source `parts` because of better compression rate. The merge process provides the following additional benefits:
 
-* it improves query performance, since lower number of `parts` are inspected with each query;
-* it reduces the number of data files, since each `part`contains fixed number of files;
-* better compression rate for the resulting part.
+* it improves query performance, since lower number of `parts` are inspected with each query
+* it reduces the number of data files, since each `part` contains fixed number of files
+* various background maintenance tasks such as [de-duplication](#deduplication), [downsampling](#downsampling)
+  and [freeing up disk space for the deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series) are perfomed during the merge.
 
 Newly added `parts` either appear in the storage or fail to appear.
 Storage never contains partially created parts. The same applies to merge process — `parts` are either fully
@@ -1411,7 +1413,7 @@ See the example of alerting rules for VM components [here](https://github.com/Vi
 VictoriaMetrics returns TSDB stats at `/api/v1/status/tsdb` page in the way similar to Prometheus - see [these Prometheus docs](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#tsdb-stats). VictoriaMetrics accepts the following optional query args at `/api/v1/status/tsdb` page:
 
 * `topN=N` where `N` is the number of top entries to return in the response. By default top 10 entries are returned.
-* `date=YYYY-MM-DD` where `YYYY-MM-DD` is the date for collecting the stats. By default the stats is collected for the current day.
+* `date=YYYY-MM-DD` where `YYYY-MM-DD` is the date for collecting the stats. By default the stats is collected for the current day. Pass `date=1970-01-01` in order to collect global stats across all the days.
 * `match[]=SELECTOR` where `SELECTOR` is an arbitrary [time series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors) for series to take into account during stats calculation. By default all the series are taken into account.
 * `extra_label=LABEL=VALUE`. See [these docs](#prometheus-querying-api-enhancements) for more details.
 
diff --git a/app/vmselect/graphite/metrics_api.go b/app/vmselect/graphite/metrics_api.go
index c84df8c03..a95fa8104 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/graphite/metrics_api.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/graphite/metrics_api.go
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ func MetricsExpandHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 func MetricsIndexHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 	jsonp := r.FormValue("jsonp")
-	metricNames, err := netstorage.GetLabelValues(nil, "__name__", 0, deadline)
+	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(0, 0, nil, 0)
+	metricNames, err := netstorage.GetLabelValues(nil, "__name__", sq, 0, deadline)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(`cannot obtain metric names: %w`, err)
 	}
diff --git a/app/vmselect/main.go b/app/vmselect/main.go
index 6c9472741..498f2e402 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/main.go
@@ -257,15 +257,6 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 			return true
 		}
 		return true
-	case "/api/v1/labels/count":
-		labelsCountRequests.Inc()
-		httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
-		if err := prometheus.LabelsCountHandler(startTime, w, r); err != nil {
-			labelsCountErrors.Inc()
-			sendPrometheusError(w, r, err)
-			return true
-		}
-		return true
 	case "/api/v1/status/tsdb":
 		statusTSDBRequests.Inc()
 		httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
@@ -502,9 +493,6 @@ var (
 	labelsRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/labels"}`)
 	labelsErrors   = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_request_errors_total{path="/api/v1/labels"}`)
 
-	labelsCountRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/labels/count"}`)
-	labelsCountErrors   = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_request_errors_total{path="/api/v1/labels/count"}`)
-
 	statusTSDBRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_requests_total{path="/api/v1/status/tsdb"}`)
 	statusTSDBErrors   = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_http_request_errors_total{path="/api/v1/status/tsdb"}`)
 
diff --git a/app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go b/app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go
index 99b076cf4..3c21025d9 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go
@@ -611,27 +611,28 @@ func DeleteSeries(qt *querytracer.Tracer, sq *storage.SearchQuery, deadline sear
 	return vmstorage.DeleteMetrics(tfss)
 }
 
-// GetLabelsOnTimeRange returns labels for the given tr until the given deadline.
-func GetLabelsOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tr storage.TimeRange, limit int, deadline searchutils.Deadline) ([]string, error) {
-	qt = qt.NewChild("get labels on timeRange=%s", &tr)
+// GetLabelNames returns label names matching the given sq until the given deadline.
+func GetLabelNames(qt *querytracer.Tracer, sq *storage.SearchQuery, maxLabelNames int, deadline searchutils.Deadline) ([]string, error) {
+	qt = qt.NewChild("get labels: %s", sq)
 	defer qt.Done()
 	if deadline.Exceeded() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded before starting the query processing: %s", deadline.String())
 	}
-	if limit > *maxTagKeysPerSearch || limit <= 0 {
-		limit = *maxTagKeysPerSearch
+	if maxLabelNames > *maxTagKeysPerSearch || maxLabelNames <= 0 {
+		maxLabelNames = *maxTagKeysPerSearch
 	}
-	labels, err := vmstorage.SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tr, limit, deadline.Deadline())
-	qt.Printf("get %d labels", len(labels))
+	tr := storage.TimeRange{
+		MinTimestamp: sq.MinTimestamp,
+		MaxTimestamp: sq.MaxTimestamp,
+	}
+	tfss, err := setupTfss(tr, sq.TagFilterss, sq.MaxMetrics, deadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	labels, err := vmstorage.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt, tfss, tr, maxLabelNames, sq.MaxMetrics, deadline.Deadline())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error during labels search on time range: %w", err)
 	}
-	// Substitute "" with "__name__"
-	for i := range labels {
-		if labels[i] == "" {
-			labels[i] = "__name__"
-		}
-	}
 	// Sort labels like Prometheus does
 	sort.Strings(labels)
 	qt.Printf("sort %d labels", len(labels))
@@ -645,7 +646,8 @@ func GetGraphiteTags(qt *querytracer.Tracer, filter string, limit int, deadline
 	if deadline.Exceeded() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded before starting the query processing: %s", deadline.String())
 	}
-	labels, err := GetLabels(nil, 0, deadline)
+	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(0, 0, nil, 0)
+	labels, err := GetLabelNames(qt, sq, 0, deadline)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -685,50 +687,25 @@ func hasString(a []string, s string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// GetLabels returns labels until the given deadline.
-func GetLabels(qt *querytracer.Tracer, limit int, deadline searchutils.Deadline) ([]string, error) {
-	qt = qt.NewChild("get labels")
+// GetLabelValues returns label values matching the given labelName and sq until the given deadline.
+func GetLabelValues(qt *querytracer.Tracer, labelName string, sq *storage.SearchQuery, maxLabelValues int, deadline searchutils.Deadline) ([]string, error) {
+	qt = qt.NewChild("get values for label %s: %s", labelName, sq)
 	defer qt.Done()
 	if deadline.Exceeded() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded before starting the query processing: %s", deadline.String())
 	}
-	if limit > *maxTagKeysPerSearch || limit <= 0 {
-		limit = *maxTagKeysPerSearch
+	if maxLabelValues > *maxTagValuesPerSearch || maxLabelValues <= 0 {
+		maxLabelValues = *maxTagValuesPerSearch
 	}
-	labels, err := vmstorage.SearchTagKeys(limit, deadline.Deadline())
-	qt.Printf("get %d labels from global index", len(labels))
+	tr := storage.TimeRange{
+		MinTimestamp: sq.MinTimestamp,
+		MaxTimestamp: sq.MaxTimestamp,
+	}
+	tfss, err := setupTfss(tr, sq.TagFilterss, sq.MaxMetrics, deadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error during labels search: %w", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	// Substitute "" with "__name__"
-	for i := range labels {
-		if labels[i] == "" {
-			labels[i] = "__name__"
-		}
-	}
-	// Sort labels like Prometheus does
-	sort.Strings(labels)
-	qt.Printf("sort %d labels", len(labels))
-	return labels, nil
-}
-
-// GetLabelValuesOnTimeRange returns label values for the given labelName on the given tr
-// until the given deadline.
-func GetLabelValuesOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, labelName string, tr storage.TimeRange, limit int, deadline searchutils.Deadline) ([]string, error) {
-	qt = qt.NewChild("get values for label %s on a timeRange %s", labelName, &tr)
-	defer qt.Done()
-	if deadline.Exceeded() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded before starting the query processing: %s", deadline.String())
-	}
-	if labelName == "__name__" {
-		labelName = ""
-	}
-	// Search for tag values
-	if limit > *maxTagValuesPerSearch || limit <= 0 {
-		limit = *maxTagValuesPerSearch
-	}
-	labelValues, err := vmstorage.SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange([]byte(labelName), tr, limit, deadline.Deadline())
-	qt.Printf("get %d label values", len(labelValues))
+	labelValues, err := vmstorage.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt, labelName, tfss, tr, maxLabelValues, sq.MaxMetrics, deadline.Deadline())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error during label values search on time range for labelName=%q: %w", labelName, err)
 	}
@@ -748,7 +725,8 @@ func GetGraphiteTagValues(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tagName, filter string, limit
 	if tagName == "name" {
 		tagName = ""
 	}
-	tagValues, err := GetLabelValues(nil, tagName, 0, deadline)
+	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(0, 0, nil, 0)
+	tagValues, err := GetLabelValues(qt, tagName, sq, 0, deadline)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -764,32 +742,6 @@ func GetGraphiteTagValues(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tagName, filter string, limit
 	return tagValues, nil
 }
 
-// GetLabelValues returns label values for the given labelName
-// until the given deadline.
-func GetLabelValues(qt *querytracer.Tracer, labelName string, limit int, deadline searchutils.Deadline) ([]string, error) {
-	qt = qt.NewChild("get values for label %s", labelName)
-	defer qt.Done()
-	if deadline.Exceeded() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded before starting the query processing: %s", deadline.String())
-	}
-	if labelName == "__name__" {
-		labelName = ""
-	}
-	// Search for tag values
-	if limit > *maxTagValuesPerSearch || limit <= 0 {
-		limit = *maxTagValuesPerSearch
-	}
-	labelValues, err := vmstorage.SearchTagValues([]byte(labelName), limit, deadline.Deadline())
-	qt.Printf("get %d label values", len(labelValues))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error during label values search for labelName=%q: %w", labelName, err)
-	}
-	// Sort labelValues like Prometheus does
-	sort.Strings(labelValues)
-	qt.Printf("sort %d label values", len(labelValues))
-	return labelValues, nil
-}
-
 // GetTagValueSuffixes returns tag value suffixes for the given tagKey and the given tagValuePrefix.
 //
 // It can be used for implementing https://graphite-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#metrics-find
@@ -812,40 +764,6 @@ func GetTagValueSuffixes(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tr storage.TimeRange, tagKey, t
 	return suffixes, nil
 }
 
-// GetLabelEntries returns all the label entries until the given deadline.
-func GetLabelEntries(qt *querytracer.Tracer, deadline searchutils.Deadline) ([]storage.TagEntry, error) {
-	qt = qt.NewChild("get label entries")
-	defer qt.Done()
-	if deadline.Exceeded() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded before starting the query processing: %s", deadline.String())
-	}
-	labelEntries, err := vmstorage.SearchTagEntries(*maxTagKeysPerSearch, *maxTagValuesPerSearch, deadline.Deadline())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error during label entries request: %w", err)
-	}
-	qt.Printf("get %d label entries", len(labelEntries))
-
-	// Substitute "" with "__name__"
-	for i := range labelEntries {
-		e := &labelEntries[i]
-		if e.Key == "" {
-			e.Key = "__name__"
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Sort labelEntries by the number of label values in each entry.
-	sort.Slice(labelEntries, func(i, j int) bool {
-		a, b := labelEntries[i].Values, labelEntries[j].Values
-		if len(a) != len(b) {
-			return len(a) > len(b)
-		}
-		return labelEntries[i].Key > labelEntries[j].Key
-	})
-	qt.Printf("sort %d label entries", len(labelEntries))
-
-	return labelEntries, nil
-}
-
 // GetTSDBStatusForDate returns tsdb status according to https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#tsdb-stats
 func GetTSDBStatusForDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, deadline searchutils.Deadline, date uint64, topN, maxMetrics int) (*storage.TSDBStatus, error) {
 	qt = qt.NewChild("get tsdb stats for date=%d, topN=%d", date, topN)
diff --git a/app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl b/app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl
deleted file mode 100644
index b96bc843d..000000000
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{% import "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/storage" %}
-
-{% stripspace %}
-LabelsCountResponse generates response for /api/v1/labels/count .
-{% func LabelsCountResponse(labelEntries []storage.TagEntry) %}
-{
-	"status":"success",
-	"data":{
-		{% for i, e := range labelEntries %}
-			{%q= e.Key %}:{%d= len(e.Values) %}
-			{% if i+1 < len(labelEntries) %},{% endif %}
-		{% endfor %}
-	}
-}
-{% endfunc %}
-
-{% endstripspace %}
diff --git a/app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl.go b/app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 177a91df1..000000000
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-// Code generated by qtc from "labels_count_response.qtpl". DO NOT EDIT.
-// See https://github.com/valyala/quicktemplate for details.
-
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:1
-package prometheus
-
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:1
-import "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/storage"
-
-// LabelsCountResponse generates response for /api/v1/labels/count .
-
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:5
-import (
-	qtio422016 "io"
-
-	qt422016 "github.com/valyala/quicktemplate"
-)
-
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:5
-var (
-	_ = qtio422016.Copy
-	_ = qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer
-)
-
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:5
-func StreamLabelsCountResponse(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, labelEntries []storage.TagEntry) {
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:5
-	qw422016.N().S(`{"status":"success","data":{`)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:9
-	for i, e := range labelEntries {
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:10
-		qw422016.N().Q(e.Key)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:10
-		qw422016.N().S(`:`)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:10
-		qw422016.N().D(len(e.Values))
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:11
-		if i+1 < len(labelEntries) {
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:11
-			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:11
-		}
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:12
-	}
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:12
-	qw422016.N().S(`}}`)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-}
-
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-func WriteLabelsCountResponse(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, labelEntries []storage.TagEntry) {
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-	StreamLabelsCountResponse(qw422016, labelEntries)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-}
-
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-func LabelsCountResponse(labelEntries []storage.TagEntry) string {
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-	WriteLabelsCountResponse(qb422016, labelEntries)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-	return qs422016
-//line app/vmselect/prometheus/labels_count_response.qtpl:15
-}
diff --git a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 3c7dd973e..5c945fbb2 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -454,38 +453,10 @@ func LabelValuesHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, labelName s
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	var labelValues []string
-	if len(cp.filterss) == 0 {
-		if cp.IsDefaultTimeRange() {
-			labelValues, err = netstorage.GetLabelValues(qt, labelName, limit, cp.deadline)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf(`cannot obtain label values for %q: %w`, labelName, err)
-			}
-		} else {
-			if cp.start == 0 {
-				cp.start = cp.end - defaultStep
-			}
-			tr := storage.TimeRange{
-				MinTimestamp: cp.start,
-				MaxTimestamp: cp.end,
-			}
-			labelValues, err = netstorage.GetLabelValuesOnTimeRange(qt, labelName, tr, limit, cp.deadline)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf(`cannot obtain label values on time range for %q: %w`, labelName, err)
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		// Extended functionality that allows filtering by label filters and time range
-		// i.e. /api/v1/label/foo/values?match[]=foobar{baz="abc"}&start=...&end=...
-		// is equivalent to `label_values(foobar{baz="abc"}, foo)` call on the selected
-		// time range in Grafana templating.
-		if cp.start == 0 {
-			cp.start = cp.end - defaultStep
-		}
-		labelValues, err = labelValuesWithMatches(qt, labelName, cp, limit)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot obtain label values for %q on time range [%d...%d]: %w", labelName, cp.start, cp.end, err)
-		}
+	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(cp.start, cp.end, cp.filterss, *maxUniqueTimeseries)
+	labelValues, err := netstorage.GetLabelValues(qt, labelName, sq, limit, cp.deadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot obtain values for label %q: %w", labelName, err)
 	}
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -498,89 +469,8 @@ func LabelValuesHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, labelName s
 	return nil
 }
 
-func labelValuesWithMatches(qt *querytracer.Tracer, labelName string, cp *commonParams, limit int) ([]string, error) {
-	// Add `labelName!=''` tag filter in order to filter out series without the labelName.
-	// There is no need in adding `__name__!=''` filter, since all the time series should
-	// already have non-empty name.
-	if labelName != "__name__" {
-		key := []byte(labelName)
-		for i, tfs := range cp.filterss {
-			cp.filterss[i] = append(tfs, storage.TagFilter{
-				Key:        key,
-				IsNegative: true,
-			})
-		}
-	}
-	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(cp.start, cp.end, cp.filterss, *maxSeriesLimit)
-	m := make(map[string]struct{})
-	if cp.end-cp.start > 24*3600*1000 {
-		// It is cheaper to call SearchMetricNames on time ranges exceeding a day.
-		mns, err := netstorage.SearchMetricNames(qt, sq, cp.deadline)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch time series for %q: %w", sq, err)
-		}
-		for _, mn := range mns {
-			labelValue := mn.GetTagValue(labelName)
-			if len(labelValue) == 0 {
-				continue
-			}
-			m[string(labelValue)] = struct{}{}
-		}
-	} else {
-		rss, err := netstorage.ProcessSearchQuery(qt, sq, false, cp.deadline)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch data for %q: %w", sq, err)
-		}
-		var mLock sync.Mutex
-		err = rss.RunParallel(qt, func(rs *netstorage.Result, workerID uint) error {
-			labelValue := rs.MetricName.GetTagValue(labelName)
-			if len(labelValue) == 0 {
-				return nil
-			}
-			mLock.Lock()
-			m[string(labelValue)] = struct{}{}
-			mLock.Unlock()
-			return nil
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch label values from storage: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-	labelValues := make([]string, 0, len(m))
-	for labelValue := range m {
-		labelValues = append(labelValues, labelValue)
-	}
-	if limit > 0 && len(labelValues) > limit {
-		labelValues = labelValues[:limit]
-	}
-	sort.Strings(labelValues)
-	qt.Printf("sort %d label values", len(labelValues))
-	return labelValues, nil
-}
-
 var labelValuesDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_seconds{path="/api/v1/label/{}/values"}`)
 
-// LabelsCountHandler processes /api/v1/labels/count request.
-func LabelsCountHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
-	defer labelsCountDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
-
-	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForStatusRequest(r, startTime)
-	labelEntries, err := netstorage.GetLabelEntries(nil, deadline)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf(`cannot obtain label entries: %w`, err)
-	}
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	bw := bufferedwriter.Get(w)
-	defer bufferedwriter.Put(bw)
-	WriteLabelsCountResponse(bw, labelEntries)
-	if err := bw.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot send labels count response to remote client: %w", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-var labelsCountDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_seconds{path="/api/v1/labels/count"}`)
-
 const secsPerDay = 3600 * 24
 
 // TSDBStatusHandler processes /api/v1/status/tsdb request.
@@ -670,36 +560,10 @@ func LabelsHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseW
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	var labels []string
-	if len(cp.filterss) == 0 {
-		if cp.IsDefaultTimeRange() {
-			labels, err = netstorage.GetLabels(qt, limit, cp.deadline)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("cannot obtain labels: %w", err)
-			}
-		} else {
-			if cp.start == 0 {
-				cp.start = cp.end - defaultStep
-			}
-			tr := storage.TimeRange{
-				MinTimestamp: cp.start,
-				MaxTimestamp: cp.end,
-			}
-			labels, err = netstorage.GetLabelsOnTimeRange(qt, tr, limit, cp.deadline)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("cannot obtain labels on time range: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		// Extended functionality that allows filtering by label filters and time range
-		// i.e. /api/v1/labels?match[]=foobar{baz="abc"}&start=...&end=...
-		if cp.start == 0 {
-			cp.start = cp.end - defaultStep
-		}
-		labels, err = labelsWithMatches(qt, cp, limit)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot obtain labels for timeRange=[%d..%d]: %w", cp.start, cp.end, err)
-		}
+	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(cp.start, cp.end, cp.filterss, *maxUniqueTimeseries)
+	labels, err := netstorage.GetLabelNames(qt, sq, limit, cp.deadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot obtain labels: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -712,54 +576,6 @@ func LabelsHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseW
 	return nil
 }
 
-func labelsWithMatches(qt *querytracer.Tracer, cp *commonParams, limit int) ([]string, error) {
-	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(cp.start, cp.end, cp.filterss, *maxSeriesLimit)
-	m := make(map[string]struct{})
-	if cp.end-cp.start > 24*3600*1000 {
-		// It is cheaper to call SearchMetricNames on time ranges exceeding a day.
-		mns, err := netstorage.SearchMetricNames(qt, sq, cp.deadline)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch time series for %q: %w", sq, err)
-		}
-		for _, mn := range mns {
-			for _, tag := range mn.Tags {
-				m[string(tag.Key)] = struct{}{}
-			}
-		}
-		if len(mns) > 0 {
-			m["__name__"] = struct{}{}
-		}
-	} else {
-		rss, err := netstorage.ProcessSearchQuery(qt, sq, false, cp.deadline)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch data for %q: %w", sq, err)
-		}
-		var mLock sync.Mutex
-		err = rss.RunParallel(qt, func(rs *netstorage.Result, workerID uint) error {
-			mLock.Lock()
-			for _, tag := range rs.MetricName.Tags {
-				m[string(tag.Key)] = struct{}{}
-			}
-			m["__name__"] = struct{}{}
-			mLock.Unlock()
-			return nil
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch labels from storage: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-	labels := make([]string, 0, len(m))
-	for label := range m {
-		labels = append(labels, label)
-	}
-	if limit > 0 && limit < len(labels) {
-		labels = labels[:limit]
-	}
-	sort.Strings(labels)
-	qt.Printf("sort %d labels", len(labels))
-	return labels, nil
-}
-
 var labelsDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_seconds{path="/api/v1/labels"}`)
 
 // SeriesCountHandler processes /api/v1/series/count request.
diff --git a/app/vmstorage/main.go b/app/vmstorage/main.go
index f6080dde4..d973d048b 100644
--- a/app/vmstorage/main.go
+++ b/app/vmstorage/main.go
@@ -180,36 +180,21 @@ func SearchMetricNames(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tfss []*storage.TagFilters, tr st
 	return mns, err
 }
 
-// SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange searches for tag keys on tr.
-func SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tr storage.TimeRange, maxTagKeys int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
+// SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange searches for tag keys matching the given tfss on tr.
+func SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tfss []*storage.TagFilters, tr storage.TimeRange, maxTagKeys, maxMetrics int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
 	WG.Add(1)
-	keys, err := Storage.SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tr, maxTagKeys, deadline)
+	labelNames, err := Storage.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt, tfss, tr, maxTagKeys, maxMetrics, deadline)
 	WG.Done()
-	return keys, err
+	return labelNames, err
 }
 
-// SearchTagKeys searches for tag keys
-func SearchTagKeys(maxTagKeys int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
+// SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange searches for label values for the given labelName, tfss and tr.
+func SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, labelName string, tfss []*storage.TagFilters,
+	tr storage.TimeRange, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
 	WG.Add(1)
-	keys, err := Storage.SearchTagKeys(maxTagKeys, deadline)
+	labelValues, err := Storage.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt, labelName, tfss, tr, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics, deadline)
 	WG.Done()
-	return keys, err
-}
-
-// SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange searches for tag values for the given tagKey on tr.
-func SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tagKey []byte, tr storage.TimeRange, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	WG.Add(1)
-	values, err := Storage.SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tagKey, tr, maxTagValues, deadline)
-	WG.Done()
-	return values, err
-}
-
-// SearchTagValues searches for tag values for the given tagKey
-func SearchTagValues(tagKey []byte, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	WG.Add(1)
-	values, err := Storage.SearchTagValues(tagKey, maxTagValues, deadline)
-	WG.Done()
-	return values, err
+	return labelValues, err
 }
 
 // SearchTagValueSuffixes returns all the tag value suffixes for the given tagKey and tagValuePrefix on the given tr.
@@ -230,14 +215,6 @@ func SearchGraphitePaths(tr storage.TimeRange, query []byte, maxPaths int, deadl
 	return paths, err
 }
 
-// SearchTagEntries searches for tag entries.
-func SearchTagEntries(maxTagKeys, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]storage.TagEntry, error) {
-	WG.Add(1)
-	tagEntries, err := Storage.SearchTagEntries(maxTagKeys, maxTagValues, deadline)
-	WG.Done()
-	return tagEntries, err
-}
-
 // GetTSDBStatusForDate returns TSDB status for the given date.
 func GetTSDBStatusForDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, date uint64, topN, maxMetrics int, deadline uint64) (*storage.TSDBStatus, error) {
 	WG.Add(1)
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 18ec49947..bb83e86b2 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ The following tip changes can be tested by building VictoriaMetrics components f
 * FEATURE: add support of `lowercase` and `uppercase` relabeling actions in the same way as [Prometheus 2.36.0 does](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v2.36.0). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/2664).
 * FEATURE: add ability to change the `indexdb` rotation timezone offset via `-retentionTimezoneOffset` command-line flag. Previously it was performed at 4am UTC time. This could lead to performance degradation in the middle of the day when VictoriaMetrics runs in time zones located too far from UTC. Thanks to @cnych for [the pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/2574).
 * FEATURE: limit the number of background merge threads on systems with big number of CPU cores by default. This increases the max size of parts, which can be created during background merge when `-storageDataPath` directory has limited free disk space. This may improve on-disk data compression efficiency and query performance. The limits can be tuned if needed with `-smallMergeConcurrency` and `-bigMergeConcurrency` command-line flags. See [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/2673).
-* FEATURE: accept optional `limit` query arg at [/api/v1/labels](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#getting-label-names) and [/api/v1/label_values](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#querying-label-values) for limiting the numbef of sample entries returned from these endpoints. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#prometheus-querying-api-enhancements).
+* FEATURE: accept optional `limit` query arg at [/api/v1/labels](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#getting-label-names) and [/api/v1/label/.../values](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#querying-label-values) for limiting the numbef of sample entries returned from these endpoints. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#prometheus-querying-api-enhancements).
+* FEATURE: optimize performance for [/api/v1/labels](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#getting-label-names) and [/api/v1/label/.../values](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#querying-label-values) endpoints when `match[]`, `extra_label` or `extra_filters[]` query args are passed to these endpoints.
 * FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html): support `limit` param per-group for limiting number of produced samples per each rule. Thanks to @Howie59 for [implementation](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/2676).
 * FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html): remove dependency on Internet access at [web API pages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#web). Previously the functionality and the layout of these pages was broken without Internet access. See [shis issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/2594).
 * FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): implement the `http://vmagent:8429/service-discovery` page in the same way as Prometheus does. This page shows the original labels for all the discovered targets alongside the resulting labels after the relabeling. This simplifies service discovery debugging.
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 8dba14810..87f1a94cb 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ By default cardinality explorer analyzes time series for the current date. It pr
 By default all the time series for the selected date are analyzed. It is possible to narrow down the analysis to series
 matching the specified [series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors).
 
+Cardinality explorer takes into account [deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series), because they stay in the inverted index for up to [-retentionPeriod](#retention). This means that the deleted time series take RAM, CPU, disk IO and disk space for the inverted index in the same way as other time series.
+
 Cardinality explorer is built on top of [/api/v1/status/tsdb](#tsdb-stats).
 
 See [cardinality explorer playground](https://play.victoriametrics.com/select/accounting/1/6a716b0f-38bc-4856-90ce-448fd713e3fe/prometheus/graph/#/cardinality).
@@ -617,7 +619,6 @@ Additionally, VictoriaMetrics provides the following handlers:
 * `/api/v1/series/count` - returns the total number of time series in the database. Some notes:
   * the handler scans all the inverted index, so it can be slow if the database contains tens of millions of time series;
   * the handler may count [deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series) additionally to normal time series due to internal implementation restrictions;
-* `/api/v1/labels/count` - returns a list of `label: values_count` entries. It can be used for determining labels with the maximum number of values.
 * `/api/v1/status/active_queries` - returns a list of currently running queries.
 * `/api/v1/status/top_queries` - returns the following query lists:
   * the most frequently executed queries - `topByCount`
@@ -1245,11 +1246,12 @@ and [clustered VictoriaMetrics](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/11176) Gr
 See more details in [monitoring docs](#monitoring).
 
 The `merge` process is usually named "compaction", because the resulting `part` size is usually smaller than
-the sum of the source `parts`. There are following benefits of doing the merge process:
+the sum of the source `parts` because of better compression rate. The merge process provides the following additional benefits:
 
-* it improves query performance, since lower number of `parts` are inspected with each query;
-* it reduces the number of data files, since each `part`contains fixed number of files;
-* better compression rate for the resulting part.
+* it improves query performance, since lower number of `parts` are inspected with each query
+* it reduces the number of data files, since each `part` contains fixed number of files
+* various background maintenance tasks such as [de-duplication](#deduplication), [downsampling](#downsampling)
+  and [freeing up disk space for the deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series) are perfomed during the merge.
 
 Newly added `parts` either appear in the storage or fail to appear.
 Storage never contains partially created parts. The same applies to merge process — `parts` are either fully
@@ -1411,7 +1413,7 @@ See the example of alerting rules for VM components [here](https://github.com/Vi
 VictoriaMetrics returns TSDB stats at `/api/v1/status/tsdb` page in the way similar to Prometheus - see [these Prometheus docs](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#tsdb-stats). VictoriaMetrics accepts the following optional query args at `/api/v1/status/tsdb` page:
 
 * `topN=N` where `N` is the number of top entries to return in the response. By default top 10 entries are returned.
-* `date=YYYY-MM-DD` where `YYYY-MM-DD` is the date for collecting the stats. By default the stats is collected for the current day.
+* `date=YYYY-MM-DD` where `YYYY-MM-DD` is the date for collecting the stats. By default the stats is collected for the current day. Pass `date=1970-01-01` in order to collect global stats across all the days.
 * `match[]=SELECTOR` where `SELECTOR` is an arbitrary [time series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors) for series to take into account during stats calculation. By default all the series are taken into account.
 * `extra_label=LABEL=VALUE`. See [these docs](#prometheus-querying-api-enhancements) for more details.
 
diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
index 223f8d492..65e3889fb 100644
--- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
+++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ By default cardinality explorer analyzes time series for the current date. It pr
 By default all the time series for the selected date are analyzed. It is possible to narrow down the analysis to series
 matching the specified [series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors).
 
+Cardinality explorer takes into account [deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series), because they stay in the inverted index for up to [-retentionPeriod](#retention). This means that the deleted time series take RAM, CPU, disk IO and disk space for the inverted index in the same way as other time series.
+
 Cardinality explorer is built on top of [/api/v1/status/tsdb](#tsdb-stats).
 
 See [cardinality explorer playground](https://play.victoriametrics.com/select/accounting/1/6a716b0f-38bc-4856-90ce-448fd713e3fe/prometheus/graph/#/cardinality).
@@ -621,7 +623,6 @@ Additionally, VictoriaMetrics provides the following handlers:
 * `/api/v1/series/count` - returns the total number of time series in the database. Some notes:
   * the handler scans all the inverted index, so it can be slow if the database contains tens of millions of time series;
   * the handler may count [deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series) additionally to normal time series due to internal implementation restrictions;
-* `/api/v1/labels/count` - returns a list of `label: values_count` entries. It can be used for determining labels with the maximum number of values.
 * `/api/v1/status/active_queries` - returns a list of currently running queries.
 * `/api/v1/status/top_queries` - returns the following query lists:
   * the most frequently executed queries - `topByCount`
@@ -1249,11 +1250,12 @@ and [clustered VictoriaMetrics](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/11176) Gr
 See more details in [monitoring docs](#monitoring).
 
 The `merge` process is usually named "compaction", because the resulting `part` size is usually smaller than
-the sum of the source `parts`. There are following benefits of doing the merge process:
+the sum of the source `parts` because of better compression rate. The merge process provides the following additional benefits:
 
-* it improves query performance, since lower number of `parts` are inspected with each query;
-* it reduces the number of data files, since each `part`contains fixed number of files;
-* better compression rate for the resulting part.
+* it improves query performance, since lower number of `parts` are inspected with each query
+* it reduces the number of data files, since each `part` contains fixed number of files
+* various background maintenance tasks such as [de-duplication](#deduplication), [downsampling](#downsampling)
+  and [freeing up disk space for the deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series) are perfomed during the merge.
 
 Newly added `parts` either appear in the storage or fail to appear.
 Storage never contains partially created parts. The same applies to merge process — `parts` are either fully
@@ -1415,7 +1417,7 @@ See the example of alerting rules for VM components [here](https://github.com/Vi
 VictoriaMetrics returns TSDB stats at `/api/v1/status/tsdb` page in the way similar to Prometheus - see [these Prometheus docs](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#tsdb-stats). VictoriaMetrics accepts the following optional query args at `/api/v1/status/tsdb` page:
 
 * `topN=N` where `N` is the number of top entries to return in the response. By default top 10 entries are returned.
-* `date=YYYY-MM-DD` where `YYYY-MM-DD` is the date for collecting the stats. By default the stats is collected for the current day.
+* `date=YYYY-MM-DD` where `YYYY-MM-DD` is the date for collecting the stats. By default the stats is collected for the current day. Pass `date=1970-01-01` in order to collect global stats across all the days.
 * `match[]=SELECTOR` where `SELECTOR` is an arbitrary [time series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors) for series to take into account during stats calculation. By default all the series are taken into account.
 * `extra_label=LABEL=VALUE`. See [these docs](#prometheus-querying-api-enhancements) for more details.
 
diff --git a/lib/storage/index_db.go b/lib/storage/index_db.go
index 307225219..b729dad77 100644
--- a/lib/storage/index_db.go
+++ b/lib/storage/index_db.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func marshalTagFiltersKey(dst []byte, tfss []*TagFilters, tr TimeRange, versione
 	}
 	// Round start and end times to per-day granularity according to per-day inverted index.
 	startDate := uint64(tr.MinTimestamp) / msecPerDay
-	endDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp) / msecPerDay
+	endDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp-1) / msecPerDay
 	dst = encoding.MarshalUint64(dst, prefix)
 	dst = encoding.MarshalUint64(dst, startDate)
 	dst = encoding.MarshalUint64(dst, endDate)
@@ -715,50 +715,65 @@ func putIndexItems(ii *indexItems) {
 
 var indexItemsPool sync.Pool
 
-// SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange returns all the tag keys on the given tr.
-func (db *indexDB) SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tr TimeRange, maxTagKeys int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	tks := make(map[string]struct{})
+// SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange returns all the label names, which match the given tfss on the given tr.
+func (db *indexDB) SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tfss []*TagFilters, tr TimeRange, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	qt = qt.NewChild("search for label names: filters=%s, timeRange=%s, maxLabelNames=%d, maxMetrics=%d", tfss, &tr, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics)
+	defer qt.Done()
+	lns := make(map[string]struct{})
+	qtChild := qt.NewChild("search for label names in the current indexdb")
 	is := db.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-	err := is.searchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tks, tr, maxTagKeys)
+	err := is.searchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qtChild, lns, tfss, tr, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics)
 	db.putIndexSearch(is)
+	qtChild.Donef("found %d label names", len(lns))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	ok := db.doExtDB(func(extDB *indexDB) {
+		qtChild := qt.NewChild("search for label names in the previous indexdb")
+		lnsLen := len(lns)
 		is := extDB.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-		err = is.searchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tks, tr, maxTagKeys)
+		err = is.searchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qtChild, lns, tfss, tr, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics)
 		extDB.putIndexSearch(is)
+		qtChild.Donef("found %d additional label names", len(lns)-lnsLen)
 	})
 	if ok && err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	keys := make([]string, 0, len(tks))
-	for key := range tks {
-		// Do not skip empty keys, since they are converted to __name__
-		keys = append(keys, key)
+	labelNames := make([]string, 0, len(lns))
+	for labelName := range lns {
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, labelName)
 	}
-	// Do not sort keys, since they must be sorted by vmselect.
-	return keys, nil
+	// Do not sort label names, since they must be sorted by vmselect.
+	qt.Printf("found %d label names in the current and the previous indexdb", len(labelNames))
+	return labelNames, nil
 }
 
-func (is *indexSearch) searchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tks map[string]struct{}, tr TimeRange, maxTagKeys int) error {
+func (is *indexSearch) searchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, lns map[string]struct{}, tfss []*TagFilters, tr TimeRange, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics int) error {
 	minDate := uint64(tr.MinTimestamp) / msecPerDay
-	maxDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp) / msecPerDay
-	if minDate > maxDate || maxDate-minDate > maxDaysForPerDaySearch {
-		return is.searchTagKeys(tks, maxTagKeys)
+	maxDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp-1) / msecPerDay
+	if maxDate == 0 || minDate > maxDate || maxDate-minDate > maxDaysForPerDaySearch {
+		qtChild := qt.NewChild("search for label names in global index: filters=%s", tfss)
+		err := is.searchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnDate(qtChild, lns, tfss, 0, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics)
+		qtChild.Done()
+		return err
 	}
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	wg := getWaitGroup()
 	var errGlobal error
+	qt = qt.NewChild("parallel search for label names: filters=%s, timeRange=%s", tfss, &tr)
 	for date := minDate; date <= maxDate; date++ {
 		wg.Add(1)
+		qtChild := qt.NewChild("search for label names: filters=%s, date=%d", tfss, date)
 		go func(date uint64) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			tksLocal := make(map[string]struct{})
+			defer func() {
+				qtChild.Done()
+				wg.Done()
+			}()
+			lnsLocal := make(map[string]struct{})
 			isLocal := is.db.getIndexSearch(is.deadline)
-			err := isLocal.searchTagKeysOnDate(tksLocal, date, maxTagKeys)
+			err := isLocal.searchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnDate(qtChild, lnsLocal, tfss, date, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics)
 			is.db.putIndexSearch(isLocal)
 			mu.Lock()
 			defer mu.Unlock()
@@ -769,31 +784,43 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tks map[string]struct{}, tr Time
 				errGlobal = err
 				return
 			}
-			if len(tks) >= maxTagKeys {
+			if len(lns) >= maxLabelNames {
 				return
 			}
-			for k := range tksLocal {
-				tks[k] = struct{}{}
+			for k := range lnsLocal {
+				lns[k] = struct{}{}
 			}
 		}(date)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 	putWaitGroup(wg)
+	qt.Done()
 	return errGlobal
 }
 
-func (is *indexSearch) searchTagKeysOnDate(tks map[string]struct{}, date uint64, maxTagKeys int) error {
+func (is *indexSearch) searchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, lns map[string]struct{}, tfss []*TagFilters, date uint64, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics int) error {
+	filter, err := is.searchMetricIDsWithFiltersOnDate(qt, tfss, date, maxMetrics)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if filter != nil && filter.Len() == 0 {
+		qt.Printf("found zero label names for filter=%s", tfss)
+		return nil
+	}
+	var prevLabelName []byte
 	ts := &is.ts
 	kb := &is.kb
 	mp := &is.mp
-	mp.Reset()
 	dmis := is.db.s.getDeletedMetricIDs()
 	loopsPaceLimiter := 0
-	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
-	kb.B = encoding.MarshalUint64(kb.B, date)
+	nsPrefixExpected := byte(nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
+	if date == 0 {
+		nsPrefixExpected = nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs
+	}
+	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefixForDate(kb.B[:0], date)
 	prefix := kb.B
 	ts.Seek(prefix)
-	for len(tks) < maxTagKeys && ts.NextItem() {
+	for len(lns) < maxLabelNames && ts.NextItem() {
 		if loopsPaceLimiter&paceLimiterFastIterationsMask == 0 {
 			if err := checkSearchDeadlineAndPace(is.deadline); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -804,110 +831,36 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagKeysOnDate(tks map[string]struct{}, date uint64,
 		if !bytes.HasPrefix(item, prefix) {
 			break
 		}
-		if err := mp.Init(item, nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs); err != nil {
+		if err := mp.Init(item, nsPrefixExpected); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if mp.IsDeletedTag(dmis) {
 			continue
 		}
-		key := mp.Tag.Key
-		if !isArtificialTagKey(key) {
-			tks[string(key)] = struct{}{}
+		if mp.GetMatchingSeriesCount(filter) == 0 {
+			continue
 		}
-
-		// Search for the next tag key.
-		// The last char in kb.B must be tagSeparatorChar.
-		// Just increment it in order to jump to the next tag key.
-		kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
-		kb.B = encoding.MarshalUint64(kb.B, date)
-		if len(key) > 0 && key[0] == compositeTagKeyPrefix {
-			// skip composite tag entries
-			kb.B = append(kb.B, compositeTagKeyPrefix)
-		} else {
-			kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, key)
+		labelName := mp.Tag.Key
+		if len(labelName) == 0 {
+			labelName = []byte("__name__")
 		}
-		kb.B[len(kb.B)-1]++
-		ts.Seek(kb.B)
-	}
-	if err := ts.Error(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error during search for prefix %q: %w", prefix, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// SearchTagKeys returns all the tag keys.
-func (db *indexDB) SearchTagKeys(maxTagKeys int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	tks := make(map[string]struct{})
-
-	is := db.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-	err := is.searchTagKeys(tks, maxTagKeys)
-	db.putIndexSearch(is)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	ok := db.doExtDB(func(extDB *indexDB) {
-		is := extDB.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-		err = is.searchTagKeys(tks, maxTagKeys)
-		extDB.putIndexSearch(is)
-	})
-	if ok && err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	keys := make([]string, 0, len(tks))
-	for key := range tks {
-		// Do not skip empty keys, since they are converted to __name__
-		keys = append(keys, key)
-	}
-	// Do not sort keys, since they must be sorted by vmselect.
-	return keys, nil
-}
-
-func (is *indexSearch) searchTagKeys(tks map[string]struct{}, maxTagKeys int) error {
-	ts := &is.ts
-	kb := &is.kb
-	mp := &is.mp
-	mp.Reset()
-	dmis := is.db.s.getDeletedMetricIDs()
-	loopsPaceLimiter := 0
-	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs)
-	prefix := kb.B
-	ts.Seek(prefix)
-	for len(tks) < maxTagKeys && ts.NextItem() {
-		if loopsPaceLimiter&paceLimiterFastIterationsMask == 0 {
-			if err := checkSearchDeadlineAndPace(is.deadline); err != nil {
-				return err
+		if isArtificialTagKey(labelName) || string(labelName) == string(prevLabelName) {
+			// Search for the next tag key.
+			// The last char in kb.B must be tagSeparatorChar.
+			// Just increment it in order to jump to the next tag key.
+			kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefixForDate(kb.B[:0], date)
+			if len(labelName) > 0 && labelName[0] == compositeTagKeyPrefix {
+				// skip composite tag entries
+				kb.B = append(kb.B, compositeTagKeyPrefix)
+			} else {
+				kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, labelName)
 			}
-		}
-		loopsPaceLimiter++
-		item := ts.Item
-		if !bytes.HasPrefix(item, prefix) {
-			break
-		}
-		if err := mp.Init(item, nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if mp.IsDeletedTag(dmis) {
+			kb.B[len(kb.B)-1]++
+			ts.Seek(kb.B)
 			continue
 		}
-		key := mp.Tag.Key
-		if !isArtificialTagKey(key) {
-			tks[string(key)] = struct{}{}
-		}
-
-		// Search for the next tag key.
-		// The last char in kb.B must be tagSeparatorChar.
-		// Just increment it in order to jump to the next tag key.
-		kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs)
-		if len(key) > 0 && key[0] == compositeTagKeyPrefix {
-			// skip composite tag entries
-			kb.B = append(kb.B, compositeTagKeyPrefix)
-		} else {
-			kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, key)
-		}
-		kb.B[len(kb.B)-1]++
-		ts.Seek(kb.B)
+		lns[string(labelName)] = struct{}{}
+		prevLabelName = append(prevLabelName[:0], labelName...)
 	}
 	if err := ts.Error(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error during search for prefix %q: %w", prefix, err)
@@ -915,53 +868,71 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagKeys(tks map[string]struct{}, maxTagKeys int) er
 	return nil
 }
 
-// SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange returns all the tag values for the given tagKey on tr.
-func (db *indexDB) SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tagKey []byte, tr TimeRange, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	tvs := make(map[string]struct{})
+// SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange returns label values for the given labelName, tfss and tr.
+func (db *indexDB) SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, labelName string, tfss []*TagFilters, tr TimeRange,
+	maxLabelValues, maxMetrics int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	qt = qt.NewChild("search for label values: labelName=%q, filters=%s, timeRange=%s, maxLabelNames=%d, maxMetrics=%d", labelName, tfss, &tr, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics)
+	defer qt.Done()
+	lvs := make(map[string]struct{})
+	qtChild := qt.NewChild("search for label values in the current indexdb")
 	is := db.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-	err := is.searchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tvs, tagKey, tr, maxTagValues)
+	err := is.searchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qtChild, lvs, labelName, tfss, tr, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics)
 	db.putIndexSearch(is)
+	qtChild.Donef("found %d label values", len(lvs))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	ok := db.doExtDB(func(extDB *indexDB) {
+		qtChild := qt.NewChild("search for label values in the previous indexdb")
+		lvsLen := len(lvs)
 		is := extDB.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-		err = is.searchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tvs, tagKey, tr, maxTagValues)
+		err = is.searchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qtChild, lvs, labelName, tfss, tr, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics)
 		extDB.putIndexSearch(is)
+		qtChild.Donef("found %d additional label values", len(lvs)-lvsLen)
 	})
 	if ok && err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	tagValues := make([]string, 0, len(tvs))
-	for tv := range tvs {
-		if len(tv) == 0 {
+	labelValues := make([]string, 0, len(lvs))
+	for labelValue := range lvs {
+		if len(labelValue) == 0 {
 			// Skip empty values, since they have no any meaning.
 			// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/600
 			continue
 		}
-		tagValues = append(tagValues, tv)
+		labelValues = append(labelValues, labelValue)
 	}
-	// Do not sort tagValues, since they must be sorted by vmselect.
-	return tagValues, nil
+	// Do not sort labelValues, since they must be sorted by vmselect.
+	qt.Printf("found %d label values in the current and the previous indexdb", len(labelValues))
+	return labelValues, nil
 }
 
-func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tvs map[string]struct{}, tagKey []byte, tr TimeRange, maxTagValues int) error {
+func (is *indexSearch) searchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, lvs map[string]struct{}, labelName string, tfss []*TagFilters,
+	tr TimeRange, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics int) error {
 	minDate := uint64(tr.MinTimestamp) / msecPerDay
-	maxDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp) / msecPerDay
-	if minDate > maxDate || maxDate-minDate > maxDaysForPerDaySearch {
-		return is.searchTagValues(tvs, tagKey, maxTagValues)
+	maxDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp-1) / msecPerDay
+	if maxDate == 0 || minDate > maxDate || maxDate-minDate > maxDaysForPerDaySearch {
+		qtChild := qt.NewChild("search for label values in global index: labelName=%q, filters=%s", labelName, tfss)
+		err := is.searchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnDate(qtChild, lvs, labelName, tfss, 0, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics)
+		qtChild.Done()
+		return err
 	}
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 	wg := getWaitGroup()
 	var errGlobal error
+	qt = qt.NewChild("parallel search for label values: labelName=%q, filters=%s, timeRange=%s", labelName, tfss, &tr)
 	for date := minDate; date <= maxDate; date++ {
 		wg.Add(1)
+		qtChild := qt.NewChild("search for label names: filters=%s, date=%d", tfss, date)
 		go func(date uint64) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			tvsLocal := make(map[string]struct{})
+			defer func() {
+				qtChild.Done()
+				wg.Done()
+			}()
+			lvsLocal := make(map[string]struct{})
 			isLocal := is.db.getIndexSearch(is.deadline)
-			err := isLocal.searchTagValuesOnDate(tvsLocal, tagKey, date, maxTagValues)
+			err := isLocal.searchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnDate(qtChild, lvsLocal, labelName, tfss, date, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics)
 			is.db.putIndexSearch(isLocal)
 			mu.Lock()
 			defer mu.Unlock()
@@ -972,117 +943,50 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tvs map[string]struct{}, tagKe
 				errGlobal = err
 				return
 			}
-			if len(tvs) >= maxTagValues {
+			if len(lvs) >= maxLabelValues {
 				return
 			}
-			for v := range tvsLocal {
-				tvs[v] = struct{}{}
+			for v := range lvsLocal {
+				lvs[v] = struct{}{}
 			}
 		}(date)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 	putWaitGroup(wg)
+	qt.Done()
 	return errGlobal
 }
 
-func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValuesOnDate(tvs map[string]struct{}, tagKey []byte, date uint64, maxTagValues int) error {
-	ts := &is.ts
-	kb := &is.kb
-	mp := &is.mp
-	mp.Reset()
-	dmis := is.db.s.getDeletedMetricIDs()
-	loopsPaceLimiter := 0
-	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
-	kb.B = encoding.MarshalUint64(kb.B, date)
-	kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, tagKey)
-	prefix := kb.B
-	ts.Seek(prefix)
-	for len(tvs) < maxTagValues && ts.NextItem() {
-		if loopsPaceLimiter&paceLimiterFastIterationsMask == 0 {
-			if err := checkSearchDeadlineAndPace(is.deadline); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-		loopsPaceLimiter++
-		item := ts.Item
-		if !bytes.HasPrefix(item, prefix) {
-			break
-		}
-		if err := mp.Init(item, nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if mp.IsDeletedTag(dmis) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if string(mp.Tag.Key) != string(tagKey) {
-			break
-		}
-		tvs[string(mp.Tag.Value)] = struct{}{}
-		if mp.MetricIDsLen() < maxMetricIDsPerRow/2 {
-			// There is no need in searching for the next tag value,
-			// since it is likely it is located in the next row,
-			// because the current row contains incomplete metricIDs set.
-			continue
-		}
-		// Search for the next tag value.
-		// The last char in kb.B must be tagSeparatorChar.
-		// Just increment it in order to jump to the next tag value.
-		kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
-		kb.B = encoding.MarshalUint64(kb.B, date)
-		kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, mp.Tag.Key)
-		kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, mp.Tag.Value)
-		kb.B[len(kb.B)-1]++
-		ts.Seek(kb.B)
-	}
-	if err := ts.Error(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error when searching for tag name prefix %q: %w", prefix, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// SearchTagValues returns all the tag values for the given tagKey
-func (db *indexDB) SearchTagValues(tagKey []byte, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	tvs := make(map[string]struct{})
-	is := db.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-	err := is.searchTagValues(tvs, tagKey, maxTagValues)
-	db.putIndexSearch(is)
+func (is *indexSearch) searchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, lvs map[string]struct{}, labelName string, tfss []*TagFilters,
+	date uint64, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics int) error {
+	filter, err := is.searchMetricIDsWithFiltersOnDate(qt, tfss, date, maxMetrics)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
-	ok := db.doExtDB(func(extDB *indexDB) {
-		is := extDB.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-		err = is.searchTagValues(tvs, tagKey, maxTagValues)
-		extDB.putIndexSearch(is)
-	})
-	if ok && err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if filter != nil && filter.Len() == 0 {
+		qt.Printf("found zero label values for filter=%s", tfss)
+		return nil
 	}
-
-	tagValues := make([]string, 0, len(tvs))
-	for tv := range tvs {
-		if len(tv) == 0 {
-			// Skip empty values, since they have no any meaning.
-			// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/600
-			continue
-		}
-		tagValues = append(tagValues, tv)
+	if labelName == "__name__" {
+		// __name__ label is encoded as empty string in indexdb.
+		labelName = ""
 	}
-	// Do not sort tagValues, since they must be sorted by vmselect.
-	return tagValues, nil
-}
-
-func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValues(tvs map[string]struct{}, tagKey []byte, maxTagValues int) error {
+	labelNameBytes := bytesutil.ToUnsafeBytes(labelName)
+	var prevLabelValue []byte
 	ts := &is.ts
 	kb := &is.kb
 	mp := &is.mp
-	mp.Reset()
 	dmis := is.db.s.getDeletedMetricIDs()
 	loopsPaceLimiter := 0
-	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs)
-	kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, tagKey)
+	nsPrefixExpected := byte(nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
+	if date == 0 {
+		nsPrefixExpected = nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs
+	}
+	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefixForDate(kb.B[:0], date)
+	kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, labelNameBytes)
 	prefix := kb.B
 	ts.Seek(prefix)
-	for len(tvs) < maxTagValues && ts.NextItem() {
+	for len(lvs) < maxLabelValues && ts.NextItem() {
 		if loopsPaceLimiter&paceLimiterFastIterationsMask == 0 {
 			if err := checkSearchDeadlineAndPace(is.deadline); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -1093,30 +997,29 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValues(tvs map[string]struct{}, tagKey []byte, m
 		if !bytes.HasPrefix(item, prefix) {
 			break
 		}
-		if err := mp.Init(item, nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs); err != nil {
+		if err := mp.Init(item, nsPrefixExpected); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if mp.IsDeletedTag(dmis) {
 			continue
 		}
-		if string(mp.Tag.Key) != string(tagKey) {
-			break
-		}
-		tvs[string(mp.Tag.Value)] = struct{}{}
-		if mp.MetricIDsLen() < maxMetricIDsPerRow/2 {
-			// There is no need in searching for the next tag value,
-			// since it is likely it is located in the next row,
-			// because the current row contains incomplete metricIDs set.
+		if mp.GetMatchingSeriesCount(filter) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
-		// Search for the next tag value.
-		// The last char in kb.B must be tagSeparatorChar.
-		// Just increment it in order to jump to the next tag value.
-		kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs)
-		kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, mp.Tag.Key)
-		kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, mp.Tag.Value)
-		kb.B[len(kb.B)-1]++
-		ts.Seek(kb.B)
+		labelValue := mp.Tag.Value
+		if string(labelValue) == string(prevLabelValue) {
+			// Search for the next tag value.
+			// The last char in kb.B must be tagSeparatorChar.
+			// Just increment it in order to jump to the next tag value.
+			kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefixForDate(kb.B[:0], date)
+			kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, labelNameBytes)
+			kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, labelValue)
+			kb.B[len(kb.B)-1]++
+			ts.Seek(kb.B)
+			continue
+		}
+		lvs[string(labelValue)] = struct{}{}
+		prevLabelValue = append(prevLabelValue[:0], labelValue...)
 	}
 	if err := ts.Error(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error when searching for tag name prefix %q: %w", prefix, err)
@@ -1164,7 +1067,7 @@ func (db *indexDB) SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr TimeRange, tagKey, tagValuePrefix [
 
 func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesForTimeRange(tvss map[string]struct{}, tr TimeRange, tagKey, tagValuePrefix []byte, delimiter byte, maxTagValueSuffixes int) error {
 	minDate := uint64(tr.MinTimestamp) / msecPerDay
-	maxDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp) / msecPerDay
+	maxDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp-1) / msecPerDay
 	if minDate > maxDate || maxDate-minDate > maxDaysForPerDaySearch {
 		return is.searchTagValueSuffixesAll(tvss, tagKey, tagValuePrefix, delimiter, maxTagValueSuffixes)
 	}
@@ -1230,7 +1133,6 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesForPrefix(tvss map[string]struct{},
 	kb := &is.kb
 	ts := &is.ts
 	mp := &is.mp
-	mp.Reset()
 	dmis := is.db.s.getDeletedMetricIDs()
 	loopsPaceLimiter := 0
 	ts.Seek(prefix)
@@ -1371,23 +1273,14 @@ func (db *indexDB) GetTSDBStatusWithFiltersForDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tfss
 
 // getTSDBStatusWithFiltersForDate returns topN entries for tsdb status for the given tfss and the given date.
 func (is *indexSearch) getTSDBStatusWithFiltersForDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tfss []*TagFilters, date uint64, topN, maxMetrics int) (*TSDBStatus, error) {
-	var filter *uint64set.Set
-	if len(tfss) > 0 {
-		tr := TimeRange{
-			MinTimestamp: int64(date) * msecPerDay,
-			MaxTimestamp: int64(date+1)*msecPerDay - 1,
-		}
-		metricIDs, err := is.searchMetricIDsInternal(qt, tfss, tr, maxMetrics)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if metricIDs.Len() == 0 {
-			// Nothing found.
-			return &TSDBStatus{}, nil
-		}
-		filter = metricIDs
+	filter, err := is.searchMetricIDsWithFiltersOnDate(qt, tfss, date, maxMetrics)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if filter != nil && filter.Len() == 0 {
+		qt.Printf("no matching series for filter=%s", tfss)
+		return &TSDBStatus{}, nil
 	}
-
 	ts := &is.ts
 	kb := &is.kb
 	mp := &is.mp
@@ -1400,8 +1293,11 @@ func (is *indexSearch) getTSDBStatusWithFiltersForDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, t
 	nameEqualBytes := []byte("__name__=")
 
 	loopsPaceLimiter := 0
-	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
-	kb.B = encoding.MarshalUint64(kb.B, date)
+	nsPrefixExpected := byte(nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
+	if date == 0 {
+		nsPrefixExpected = nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs
+	}
+	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefixForDate(kb.B[:0], date)
 	prefix := kb.B
 	ts.Seek(prefix)
 	for ts.NextItem() {
@@ -1415,28 +1311,15 @@ func (is *indexSearch) getTSDBStatusWithFiltersForDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, t
 		if !bytes.HasPrefix(item, prefix) {
 			break
 		}
-		matchingSeriesCount := 0
-		if filter != nil {
-			if err := mp.Init(item, nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			mp.ParseMetricIDs()
-			for _, metricID := range mp.MetricIDs {
-				if filter.Has(metricID) {
-					matchingSeriesCount++
-				}
-			}
-			if matchingSeriesCount == 0 {
-				// Skip rows without matching metricIDs.
-				continue
-			}
+		if err := mp.Init(item, nsPrefixExpected); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		tail := item[len(prefix):]
-		var err error
-		tail, tmp, err = unmarshalTagValue(tmp[:0], tail)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal tag key from line %q: %w", item, err)
+		matchingSeriesCount := mp.GetMatchingSeriesCount(filter)
+		if matchingSeriesCount == 0 {
+			// Skip rows without matching metricIDs.
+			continue
 		}
+		tmp = append(tmp[:0], mp.Tag.Key...)
 		tagKey := tmp
 		if isArtificialTagKey(tagKey) {
 			// Skip artificially created tag keys.
@@ -1455,17 +1338,8 @@ func (is *indexSearch) getTSDBStatusWithFiltersForDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, t
 			tmp = tagKey
 		}
 		tmp = append(tmp, '=')
-		tail, tmp, err = unmarshalTagValue(tmp, tail)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal tag value from line %q: %w", item, err)
-		}
+		tmp = append(tmp, mp.Tag.Value...)
 		tagKeyValue := tmp
-		if filter == nil {
-			if err := mp.InitOnlyTail(item, tail); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			matchingSeriesCount = mp.MetricIDsLen()
-		}
 		if string(tagKey) == "__name__" {
 			totalSeries += uint64(matchingSeriesCount)
 		}
@@ -2243,6 +2117,25 @@ func matchTagFilters(mn *MetricName, tfs []*tagFilter, kb *bytesutil.ByteBuffer)
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+func (is *indexSearch) searchMetricIDsWithFiltersOnDate(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tfss []*TagFilters, date uint64, maxMetrics int) (*uint64set.Set, error) {
+	if len(tfss) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	tr := TimeRange{
+		MinTimestamp: int64(date) * msecPerDay,
+		MaxTimestamp: int64(date+1)*msecPerDay - 1,
+	}
+	if date == 0 {
+		// Search for metricIDs on the whole time range.
+		tr.MaxTimestamp = timestampFromTime(time.Now())
+	}
+	metricIDs, err := is.searchMetricIDsInternal(qt, tfss, tr, maxMetrics)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return metricIDs, nil
+}
+
 func (is *indexSearch) searchMetricIDs(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tfss []*TagFilters, tr TimeRange, maxMetrics int) ([]uint64, error) {
 	metricIDs, err := is.searchMetricIDsInternal(qt, tfss, tr, maxMetrics)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2359,7 +2252,6 @@ func (is *indexSearch) getMetricIDsForTagFilterSlow(tf *tagFilter, f func(metric
 	ts := &is.ts
 	kb := &is.kb
 	mp := &is.mp
-	mp.Reset()
 	var prevMatchingSuffix []byte
 	var prevMatch bool
 	var loopsCount int64
@@ -2467,7 +2359,6 @@ func (is *indexSearch) updateMetricIDsForOrSuffixes(tf *tagFilter, metricIDs *ui
 func (is *indexSearch) updateMetricIDsForOrSuffix(prefix []byte, metricIDs *uint64set.Set, maxMetrics int, maxLoopsCount int64) (int64, error) {
 	ts := &is.ts
 	mp := &is.mp
-	mp.Reset()
 	var loopsCount int64
 	loopsPaceLimiter := 0
 	ts.Seek(prefix)
@@ -2505,7 +2396,7 @@ const maxDaysForPerDaySearch = 40
 func (is *indexSearch) tryUpdatingMetricIDsForDateRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, metricIDs *uint64set.Set, tfs *TagFilters, tr TimeRange, maxMetrics int) error {
 	atomic.AddUint64(&is.db.dateRangeSearchCalls, 1)
 	minDate := uint64(tr.MinTimestamp) / msecPerDay
-	maxDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp) / msecPerDay
+	maxDate := uint64(tr.MaxTimestamp-1) / msecPerDay
 	if minDate > maxDate || maxDate-minDate > maxDaysForPerDaySearch {
 		// Too much dates must be covered. Give up, since it may be slow.
 		return errFallbackToGlobalSearch
@@ -2927,14 +2818,7 @@ func (is *indexSearch) getMetricIDsForDateTagFilter(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tf *
 	}
 	kb := kbPool.Get()
 	defer kbPool.Put(kb)
-	if date != 0 {
-		// Use per-date search.
-		kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
-		kb.B = encoding.MarshalUint64(kb.B, date)
-	} else {
-		// Use global search if date isn't set.
-		kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs)
-	}
+	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefixForDate(kb.B[:0], date)
 	prefix := kb.B
 	kb.B = append(kb.B, tf.prefix[len(commonPrefix):]...)
 	tfNew := *tf
@@ -3004,14 +2888,7 @@ func (is *indexSearch) getMetricIDsForDate(date uint64, maxMetrics int) (*uint64
 	// Extract all the metricIDs from (date, __name__=value)->metricIDs entries.
 	kb := kbPool.Get()
 	defer kbPool.Put(kb)
-	if date != 0 {
-		// Use per-date search
-		kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
-		kb.B = encoding.MarshalUint64(kb.B, date)
-	} else {
-		// Use global search
-		kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs)
-	}
+	kb.B = is.marshalCommonPrefixForDate(kb.B[:0], date)
 	kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, nil)
 	var metricIDs uint64set.Set
 	if err := is.updateMetricIDsForPrefix(kb.B, &metricIDs, maxMetrics); err != nil {
@@ -3085,6 +2962,16 @@ func (is *indexSearch) marshalCommonPrefix(dst []byte, nsPrefix byte) []byte {
 	return marshalCommonPrefix(dst, nsPrefix)
 }
 
+func (is *indexSearch) marshalCommonPrefixForDate(dst []byte, date uint64) []byte {
+	if date == 0 {
+		// Global index
+		return is.marshalCommonPrefix(dst, nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs)
+	}
+	// Per-day index
+	dst = is.marshalCommonPrefix(dst, nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
+	return encoding.MarshalUint64(dst, date)
+}
+
 func unmarshalCommonPrefix(src []byte) ([]byte, byte, error) {
 	if len(src) < commonPrefixLen {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal common prefix from %d bytes; need at least %d bytes; data=%X", len(src), commonPrefixLen, src)
@@ -3107,6 +2994,9 @@ type tagToMetricIDsRowParser struct {
 	// MetricIDs contains parsed MetricIDs after ParseMetricIDs call
 	MetricIDs []uint64
 
+	// metricIDsParsed is set to true after ParseMetricIDs call
+	metricIDsParsed bool
+
 	// Tag contains parsed tag after Init call
 	Tag Tag
 
@@ -3118,6 +3008,7 @@ func (mp *tagToMetricIDsRowParser) Reset() {
 	mp.NSPrefix = 0
 	mp.Date = 0
 	mp.MetricIDs = mp.MetricIDs[:0]
+	mp.metricIDsParsed = false
 	mp.Tag.Reset()
 	mp.tail = nil
 }
@@ -3171,6 +3062,7 @@ func (mp *tagToMetricIDsRowParser) InitOnlyTail(b, tail []byte) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid tail length in the tag->metricIDs row; got %d bytes; must be multiple of 8 bytes", len(tail))
 	}
 	mp.tail = tail
+	mp.metricIDsParsed = false
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -3191,6 +3083,9 @@ func (mp *tagToMetricIDsRowParser) MetricIDsLen() int {
 
 // ParseMetricIDs parses MetricIDs from mp.tail into mp.MetricIDs.
 func (mp *tagToMetricIDsRowParser) ParseMetricIDs() {
+	if mp.metricIDsParsed {
+		return
+	}
 	tail := mp.tail
 	mp.MetricIDs = mp.MetricIDs[:0]
 	n := len(tail) / 8
@@ -3210,6 +3105,24 @@ func (mp *tagToMetricIDsRowParser) ParseMetricIDs() {
 		metricIDs[i] = metricID
 		tail = tail[8:]
 	}
+	mp.metricIDsParsed = true
+}
+
+// GetMatchingSeriesCount returns the number of series in mp, which match metricIDs from the given filter.
+//
+// if filter is empty, then all series in mp are taken into account.
+func (mp *tagToMetricIDsRowParser) GetMatchingSeriesCount(filter *uint64set.Set) int {
+	if filter == nil {
+		return mp.MetricIDsLen()
+	}
+	mp.ParseMetricIDs()
+	n := 0
+	for _, metricID := range mp.MetricIDs {
+		if filter.Has(metricID) {
+			n++
+		}
+	}
+	return n
 }
 
 // IsDeletedTag verifies whether the tag from mp is deleted according to dmis.
diff --git a/lib/storage/index_db_test.go b/lib/storage/index_db_test.go
index 994ddcf46..201ed1afe 100644
--- a/lib/storage/index_db_test.go
+++ b/lib/storage/index_db_test.go
@@ -703,9 +703,9 @@ func testIndexDBGetOrCreateTSIDByName(db *indexDB, metricGroups int) ([]MetricNa
 }
 
 func testIndexDBCheckTSIDByName(db *indexDB, mns []MetricName, tsids []TSID, isConcurrent bool) error {
-	hasValue := func(tvs []string, v []byte) bool {
-		for _, tv := range tvs {
-			if string(v) == tv {
+	hasValue := func(lvs []string, v []byte) bool {
+		for _, lv := range lvs {
+			if string(v) == lv {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ func testIndexDBCheckTSIDByName(db *indexDB, mns []MetricName, tsids []TSID, isC
 	timeseriesCounters := make(map[uint64]bool)
 	var tsidCopy TSID
 	var metricNameCopy []byte
-	allKeys := make(map[string]bool)
+	allLabelNames := make(map[string]bool)
 	for i := range mns {
 		mn := &mns[i]
 		tsid := &tsids[i]
@@ -757,38 +757,38 @@ func testIndexDBCheckTSIDByName(db *indexDB, mns []MetricName, tsids []TSID, isC
 			return fmt.Errorf("expecting empty buf when searching for non-existent metricID; got %X", buf)
 		}
 
-		// Test SearchTagValues
-		tvs, err := db.SearchTagValues(nil, 1e5, noDeadline)
+		// Test SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange
+		lvs, err := db.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, "__name__", nil, TimeRange{}, 1e5, 1e9, noDeadline)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagValues for __name__: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(labelName=%q): %w", "__name__", err)
 		}
-		if !hasValue(tvs, mn.MetricGroup) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("SearchTagValues couldn't find %q; found %q", mn.MetricGroup, tvs)
+		if !hasValue(lvs, mn.MetricGroup) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(labelName=%q): couldn't find %q; found %q", "__name__", mn.MetricGroup, lvs)
 		}
 		for i := range mn.Tags {
 			tag := &mn.Tags[i]
-			tvs, err := db.SearchTagValues(tag.Key, 1e5, noDeadline)
+			lvs, err := db.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, string(tag.Key), nil, TimeRange{}, 1e5, 1e9, noDeadline)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagValues for __name__: %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(labelName=%q): %w", tag.Key, err)
 			}
-			if !hasValue(tvs, tag.Value) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("SearchTagValues couldn't find %q=%q; found %q", tag.Key, tag.Value, tvs)
+			if !hasValue(lvs, tag.Value) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(labelName=%q): couldn't find %q; found %q", tag.Key, tag.Value, lvs)
 			}
-			allKeys[string(tag.Key)] = true
+			allLabelNames[string(tag.Key)] = true
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Test SearchTagKeys
-	tks, err := db.SearchTagKeys(1e5, noDeadline)
+	// Test SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange (empty filters, global time range)
+	lns, err := db.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, nil, TimeRange{}, 1e5, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagKeys: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(empty filter, global time range): %w", err)
 	}
-	if !hasValue(tks, nil) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot find __name__ in %q", tks)
+	if !hasValue(lns, []byte("__name__")) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot find __name__ in %q", lns)
 	}
-	for key := range allKeys {
-		if !hasValue(tks, []byte(key)) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot find %q in %q", key, tks)
+	for labelName := range allLabelNames {
+		if !hasValue(lns, []byte(labelName)) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot find %q in %q", labelName, lns)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1633,13 +1633,13 @@ func TestSearchTSIDWithTimeRange(t *testing.T) {
 	var metricNameBuf []byte
 	perDayMetricIDs := make(map[uint64]*uint64set.Set)
 	var allMetricIDs uint64set.Set
-	tagKeys := []string{
-		"", "constant", "day", "uniqueid",
+	labelNames := []string{
+		"__name__", "constant", "day", "uniqueid",
 	}
-	tagValues := []string{
+	labelValues := []string{
 		"testMetric",
 	}
-	sort.Strings(tagKeys)
+	sort.Strings(labelNames)
 	for day := 0; day < days; day++ {
 		var tsids []TSID
 		var mns []MetricName
@@ -1709,30 +1709,28 @@ func TestSearchTSIDWithTimeRange(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected metricIDs found;\ngot\n%d\nwant\n%d", metricIDs.AppendTo(nil), allMetricIDs.AppendTo(nil))
 	}
 
-	// Check SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange.
-	tks, err := db.SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange(TimeRange{
+	// Check SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange with the specified time range.
+	tr := TimeRange{
 		MinTimestamp: int64(now) - msecPerDay,
 		MaxTimestamp: int64(now),
-	}, 10000, noDeadline)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange: %s", err)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(tks)
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(tks, tagKeys) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected tagKeys; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", tks, tagKeys)
+	lns, err := db.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, nil, tr, 10000, 1e9, noDeadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(timeRange=%s): %s", &tr, err)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(lns)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(lns, labelNames) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected labelNames; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", lns, labelNames)
 	}
 
-	// Check SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange.
-	tvs, err := db.SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange([]byte(""), TimeRange{
-		MinTimestamp: int64(now) - msecPerDay,
-		MaxTimestamp: int64(now),
-	}, 10000, noDeadline)
+	// Check SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange with the specified time range.
+	lvs, err := db.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, "", nil, tr, 10000, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange: %s", err)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(timeRange=%s): %s", &tr, err)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(tvs)
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(tvs, tagValues) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected tagValues; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", tvs, tagValues)
+	sort.Strings(lvs)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(lvs, labelValues) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected labelValues; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", lvs, labelValues)
 	}
 
 	// Create a filter that will match series that occur across multiple days
@@ -1743,7 +1741,7 @@ func TestSearchTSIDWithTimeRange(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Perform a search within a day.
 	// This should return the metrics for the day
-	tr := TimeRange{
+	tr = TimeRange{
 		MinTimestamp: int64(now - 2*msecPerHour - 1),
 		MaxTimestamp: int64(now),
 	}
@@ -1755,6 +1753,46 @@ func TestSearchTSIDWithTimeRange(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %d time series for current day, got %d time series", metricsPerDay, len(matchedTSIDs))
 	}
 
+	// Check SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange with the specified filter.
+	lns, err = db.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, []*TagFilters{tfs}, TimeRange{}, 10000, 1e9, noDeadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(filters=%s): %s", tfs, err)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(lns)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(lns, labelNames) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected labelNames; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", lns, labelNames)
+	}
+
+	// Check SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange with the specified filter and time range.
+	lns, err = db.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, []*TagFilters{tfs}, tr, 10000, 1e9, noDeadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(filters=%s, timeRange=%s): %s", tfs, &tr, err)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(lns)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(lns, labelNames) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected labelNames; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", lns, labelNames)
+	}
+
+	// Check SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange with the specified filter.
+	lvs, err = db.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, "", []*TagFilters{tfs}, TimeRange{}, 10000, 1e9, noDeadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(filters=%s): %s", tfs, err)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(lvs)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(lvs, labelValues) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected labelValues; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", lvs, labelValues)
+	}
+
+	// Check SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange with the specified filter and time range.
+	lvs, err = db.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, "", []*TagFilters{tfs}, tr, 10000, 1e9, noDeadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(filters=%s, timeRange=%s): %s", tfs, &tr, err)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(lvs)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(lvs, labelValues) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected labelValues; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", lvs, labelValues)
+	}
+
 	// Perform a search across all the days, should match all metrics
 	tr = TimeRange{
 		MinTimestamp: int64(now - msecPerDay*days),
diff --git a/lib/storage/storage.go b/lib/storage/storage.go
index 1309d78fa..11d99b56a 100644
--- a/lib/storage/storage.go
+++ b/lib/storage/storage.go
@@ -1263,24 +1263,15 @@ func (s *Storage) DeleteMetrics(tfss []*TagFilters) (int, error) {
 	return deletedCount, nil
 }
 
-// SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange searches for tag keys on tr.
-func (s *Storage) SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tr TimeRange, maxTagKeys int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	return s.idb().SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tr, maxTagKeys, deadline)
+// SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange searches for label names matching the given tfss on tr.
+func (s *Storage) SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, tfss []*TagFilters, tr TimeRange, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	return s.idb().SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt, tfss, tr, maxLabelNames, maxMetrics, deadline)
 }
 
-// SearchTagKeys searches for tag keys
-func (s *Storage) SearchTagKeys(maxTagKeys int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	return s.idb().SearchTagKeys(maxTagKeys, deadline)
-}
-
-// SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange searches for tag values for the given tagKey on tr.
-func (s *Storage) SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tagKey []byte, tr TimeRange, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	return s.idb().SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange(tagKey, tr, maxTagValues, deadline)
-}
-
-// SearchTagValues searches for tag values for the given tagKey
-func (s *Storage) SearchTagValues(tagKey []byte, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	return s.idb().SearchTagValues(tagKey, maxTagValues, deadline)
+// SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange searches for label values for the given labelName, filters and tr.
+func (s *Storage) SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt *querytracer.Tracer, labelName string, tfss []*TagFilters,
+	tr TimeRange, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	return s.idb().SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(qt, labelName, tfss, tr, maxLabelValues, maxMetrics, deadline)
 }
 
 // SearchTagValueSuffixes returns all the tag value suffixes for the given tagKey and tagValuePrefix on the given tr.
@@ -1468,39 +1459,6 @@ func getRegexpPartsForGraphiteQuery(q string) ([]string, string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// SearchTagEntries returns a list of (tagName -> tagValues)
-func (s *Storage) SearchTagEntries(maxTagKeys, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]TagEntry, error) {
-	idb := s.idb()
-	keys, err := idb.SearchTagKeys(maxTagKeys, deadline)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot search tag keys: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Sort keys for faster seeks below
-	sort.Strings(keys)
-
-	tes := make([]TagEntry, len(keys))
-	for i, key := range keys {
-		values, err := idb.SearchTagValues([]byte(key), maxTagValues, deadline)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot search values for tag %q: %w", key, err)
-		}
-		te := &tes[i]
-		te.Key = key
-		te.Values = values
-	}
-	return tes, nil
-}
-
-// TagEntry contains (tagName -> tagValues) mapping
-type TagEntry struct {
-	// Key is tagName
-	Key string
-
-	// Values contains all the values for Key.
-	Values []string
-}
-
 // GetSeriesCount returns the approximate number of unique time series.
 //
 // It includes the deleted series too and may count the same series
diff --git a/lib/storage/storage_test.go b/lib/storage/storage_test.go
index 8c350cde4..91ad8d6fd 100644
--- a/lib/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/lib/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -502,13 +502,13 @@ func TestStorageDeleteMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("cannot open storage: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	// Verify no tag keys exist
-	tks, err := s.SearchTagKeys(1e5, noDeadline)
+	// Verify no label names exist
+	lns, err := s.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, nil, TimeRange{}, 1e5, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("error in SearchTagKeys at the start: %s", err)
+		t.Fatalf("error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange() at the start: %s", err)
 	}
-	if len(tks) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("found non-empty tag keys at the start: %q", tks)
+	if len(lns) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("found non-empty tag keys at the start: %q", lns)
 	}
 
 	t.Run("serial", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -554,12 +554,12 @@ func TestStorageDeleteMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	// Verify no more tag keys exist
-	tks, err = s.SearchTagKeys(1e5, noDeadline)
+	lns, err = s.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, nil, TimeRange{}, 1e5, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("error in SearchTagKeys after the test: %s", err)
+		t.Fatalf("error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange after the test: %s", err)
 	}
-	if len(tks) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("found non-empty tag keys after the test: %q", tks)
+	if len(lns) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("found non-empty tag keys after the test: %q", lns)
 	}
 
 	s.MustClose()
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ func testStorageDeleteMetrics(s *Storage, workerNum int) error {
 
 	workerTag := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("workerTag_%d", workerNum))
 
-	tksAll := make(map[string]bool)
-	tksAll[""] = true // __name__
+	lnsAll := make(map[string]bool)
+	lnsAll["__name__"] = true
 	for i := 0; i < metricsCount; i++ {
 		var mrs []MetricRow
 		var mn MetricName
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ func testStorageDeleteMetrics(s *Storage, workerNum int) error {
 			{workerTag, []byte("foobar")},
 		}
 		for i := range mn.Tags {
-			tksAll[string(mn.Tags[i].Key)] = true
+			lnsAll[string(mn.Tags[i].Key)] = true
 		}
 		mn.MetricGroup = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("metric_%d_%d", i, workerNum))
 		metricNameRaw := mn.marshalRaw(nil)
@@ -610,21 +610,21 @@ func testStorageDeleteMetrics(s *Storage, workerNum int) error {
 	s.DebugFlush()
 
 	// Verify tag values exist
-	tvs, err := s.SearchTagValues(workerTag, 1e5, noDeadline)
+	tvs, err := s.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, string(workerTag), nil, TimeRange{}, 1e5, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagValues before metrics removal: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange before metrics removal: %w", err)
 	}
 	if len(tvs) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected empty number of tag values for workerTag")
 	}
 
 	// Verify tag keys exist
-	tks, err := s.SearchTagKeys(1e5, noDeadline)
+	lns, err := s.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, nil, TimeRange{}, 1e5, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagKeys before metrics removal: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange before metrics removal: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err := checkTagKeys(tks, tksAll); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected tag keys before metrics removal: %w", err)
+	if err := checkLabelNames(lns, lnsAll); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected label names before metrics removal: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	var sr Search
@@ -683,9 +683,9 @@ func testStorageDeleteMetrics(s *Storage, workerNum int) error {
 	if n := metricBlocksCount(tfs); n != 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expecting zero metric blocks after deleting all the metrics; got %d blocks", n)
 	}
-	tvs, err = s.SearchTagValues(workerTag, 1e5, noDeadline)
+	tvs, err = s.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, string(workerTag), nil, TimeRange{}, 1e5, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagValues after all the metrics are removed: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange after all the metrics are removed: %w", err)
 	}
 	if len(tvs) != 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("found non-empty tag values for %q after metrics removal: %q", workerTag, tvs)
@@ -694,21 +694,21 @@ func testStorageDeleteMetrics(s *Storage, workerNum int) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func checkTagKeys(tks []string, tksExpected map[string]bool) error {
-	if len(tks) < len(tksExpected) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of tag keys found; got %d; want at least %d; tks=%q, tksExpected=%v", len(tks), len(tksExpected), tks, tksExpected)
+func checkLabelNames(lns []string, lnsExpected map[string]bool) error {
+	if len(lns) < len(lnsExpected) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of label names found; got %d; want at least %d; lns=%q, lnsExpected=%v", len(lns), len(lnsExpected), lns, lnsExpected)
 	}
-	hasItem := func(k string, tks []string) bool {
-		for _, kk := range tks {
-			if k == kk {
+	hasItem := func(s string, lns []string) bool {
+		for _, labelName := range lns {
+			if s == labelName {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
 		return false
 	}
-	for k := range tksExpected {
-		if !hasItem(k, tks) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot find %q in tag keys %q", k, tks)
+	for labelName := range lnsExpected {
+		if !hasItem(labelName, lns) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot find %q in label names %q", labelName, lns)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -796,23 +796,23 @@ func testStorageRegisterMetricNames(s *Storage) error {
 	// Verify the storage contains the added metric names.
 	s.DebugFlush()
 
-	// Verify that SearchTagKeys returns correct result.
-	tksExpected := []string{
-		"",
+	// Verify that SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange returns correct result.
+	lnsExpected := []string{
+		"__name__",
 		"add_id",
 		"instance",
 		"job",
 	}
-	tks, err := s.SearchTagKeys(100, noDeadline)
+	lns, err := s.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, nil, TimeRange{}, 100, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagKeys: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange: %w", err)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(tks)
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(tks, tksExpected) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected tag keys returned from SearchTagKeys;\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", tks, tksExpected)
+	sort.Strings(lns)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(lns, lnsExpected) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected label names returned from SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange;\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", lns, lnsExpected)
 	}
 
-	// Verify that SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange returns correct result.
+	// Verify that SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange with the specified timr range returns correct result.
 	now := timestampFromTime(time.Now())
 	start := now - msecPerDay
 	end := now + 60*1000
@@ -820,33 +820,33 @@ func testStorageRegisterMetricNames(s *Storage) error {
 		MinTimestamp: start,
 		MaxTimestamp: end,
 	}
-	tks, err = s.SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange(tr, 100, noDeadline)
+	lns, err = s.SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, nil, tr, 100, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange: %w", err)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(tks)
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(tks, tksExpected) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected tag keys returned from SearchTagKeysOnTimeRange;\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", tks, tksExpected)
+	sort.Strings(lns)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(lns, lnsExpected) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected label names returned from SearchLabelNamesWithFiltersOnTimeRange;\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", lns, lnsExpected)
 	}
 
-	// Verify that SearchTagValues returns correct result.
-	addIDs, err := s.SearchTagValues([]byte("add_id"), addsCount+100, noDeadline)
+	// Verify that SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange returns correct result.
+	addIDs, err := s.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, "add_id", nil, TimeRange{}, addsCount+100, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagValues: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange: %w", err)
 	}
 	sort.Strings(addIDs)
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(addIDs, addIDsExpected) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected tag values returned from SearchTagValues;\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", addIDs, addIDsExpected)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected tag values returned from SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange;\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", addIDs, addIDsExpected)
 	}
 
-	// Verify that SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange returns correct result.
-	addIDs, err = s.SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange([]byte("add_id"), tr, addsCount+100, noDeadline)
+	// Verify that SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange with the specified time range returns correct result.
+	addIDs, err = s.SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange(nil, "add_id", nil, tr, addsCount+100, 1e9, noDeadline)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error in SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange: %w", err)
 	}
 	sort.Strings(addIDs)
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(addIDs, addIDsExpected) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected tag values returned from SearchTagValuesOnTimeRange;\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", addIDs, addIDsExpected)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected tag values returned from SearchLabelValuesWithFiltersOnTimeRange;\ngot\n%q\nwant\n%q", addIDs, addIDsExpected)
 	}
 
 	// Verify that SearchMetricNames returns correct result.