diff --git a/lib/storage/storage.go b/lib/storage/storage.go
index 4e3e350b5d..6b851bebed 100644
--- a/lib/storage/storage.go
+++ b/lib/storage/storage.go
@@ -50,8 +50,15 @@ type Storage struct {
 	// dateMetricIDCache is (Date, MetricID) cache.
 	dateMetricIDCache *fastcache.Cache
 
-	stop               chan struct{}
-	retentionWatcherWG sync.WaitGroup
+	// Fast cache for today MetricID values.
+	todayMetricIDs            atomic.Value
+	pendingTodayMetricIDsLock sync.Mutex
+	pendingTodayMetricIDs     map[uint64]struct{}
+
+	stop chan struct{}
+
+	todayMetricIDsUpdaterWG sync.WaitGroup
+	retentionWatcherWG      sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
 // OpenStorage opens storage on the given path with the given number of retention months.
@@ -122,6 +129,10 @@ func OpenStorage(path string, retentionMonths int) (*Storage, error) {
 	}
 	s.tb = tb
 
+	s.todayMetricIDs.Store(&todayMetricIDs{})
+	s.pendingTodayMetricIDs = make(map[uint64]struct{})
+	s.startTodayMetricIDsUpdater()
+
 	s.startRetentionWatcher()
 
 	return s, nil
@@ -341,6 +352,27 @@ func (s *Storage) retentionWatcher() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *Storage) startTodayMetricIDsUpdater() {
+	s.todayMetricIDsUpdaterWG.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		s.todayMetricIDsUpdater()
+		s.todayMetricIDsUpdaterWG.Done()
+	}()
+}
+
+func (s *Storage) todayMetricIDsUpdater() {
+	t := time.NewTimer(time.Second)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-s.stop:
+			return
+		case <-t.C:
+			s.updateTodayMetricIDs()
+			t.Reset(time.Second)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *Storage) mustRotateIndexDB() {
 	// Create new indexdb table.
 	newTableName := nextIndexDBTableName()
@@ -379,6 +411,7 @@ func (s *Storage) MustClose() {
 	close(s.stop)
 
 	s.retentionWatcherWG.Wait()
+	s.todayMetricIDsUpdaterWG.Wait()
 
 	s.tb.MustClose()
 	s.idb().MustClose()
@@ -683,14 +716,25 @@ func (s *Storage) updateDateMetricIDCache(rows []rawRow, errors []error) []error
 			prevTimestamp = r.Timestamp
 		}
 		metricID := r.TSID.MetricID
+		tm := s.todayMetricIDs.Load().(*todayMetricIDs)
+		if date == tm.date {
+			if _, ok := tm.m[metricID]; ok {
+				// Fast path: the (date, metricID) entry is in the fast cache with today's metric ids.
+				continue
+			}
+			s.pendingTodayMetricIDsLock.Lock()
+			s.pendingTodayMetricIDs[metricID] = struct{}{}
+			s.pendingTodayMetricIDsLock.Unlock()
+		}
+
+		// Slower path: check global cache for (date, metricID) entry.
 		a[0] = date
 		a[1] = metricID
 		if s.dateMetricIDCache.Has(keyBuf) {
-			// Fast path: the (date, metricID) entry is in the cache.
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// Slow path: store the entry in the cache and in the indexDB.
+		// Slow path: store the entry in the (date, metricID) cache and in the indexDB.
 		// It is OK if the (date, metricID) entry is added multiple times to db
 		// by concurrent goroutines.
 		s.dateMetricIDCache.Set(keyBuf, nil)
@@ -702,6 +746,53 @@ func (s *Storage) updateDateMetricIDCache(rows []rawRow, errors []error) []error
 	return errors
 }
 
+func (s *Storage) updateTodayMetricIDs() {
+	tm := s.todayMetricIDs.Load().(*todayMetricIDs)
+	s.pendingTodayMetricIDsLock.Lock()
+	newMetricIDsLen := len(s.pendingTodayMetricIDs)
+	s.pendingTodayMetricIDsLock.Unlock()
+	today := uint64(timestampFromTime(time.Now())) / msecPerDay
+	if newMetricIDsLen == 0 {
+		if tm.date == today {
+			// Fast path: nothing to update.
+			return
+		}
+		// Reset tm because of new day.
+		tmNew := &todayMetricIDs{
+			m:    make(map[uint64]struct{}, len(tm.m)),
+			date: today,
+		}
+		s.todayMetricIDs.Store(tmNew)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Slow path tm.m must be updated with non-empty s.pendingTodayMetricIDs.
+	m := make(map[uint64]struct{}, len(tm.m)+newMetricIDsLen)
+	if tm.date == today {
+		for metricID := range tm.m {
+			m[metricID] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.pendingTodayMetricIDsLock.Lock()
+	for metricID := range s.pendingTodayMetricIDs {
+		m[metricID] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	s.pendingTodayMetricIDs = make(map[uint64]struct{}, len(s.pendingTodayMetricIDs))
+	s.pendingTodayMetricIDsLock.Unlock()
+
+	tmNew := &todayMetricIDs{
+		m:    m,
+		date: today,
+	}
+	s.todayMetricIDs.Store(tmNew)
+}
+
+type todayMetricIDs struct {
+	m    map[uint64]struct{}
+	date uint64
+}
+
 func (s *Storage) getTSIDFromCache(dst *TSID, metricName []byte) bool {
 	buf := (*[unsafe.Sizeof(*dst)]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(dst))[:]
 	buf = s.tsidCache.Get(buf[:0], metricName)