diff --git a/pkg/logql/metrics.go b/pkg/logql/metrics.go
index a00ce77cd5..558600c542 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/metrics.go
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ func RecordRangeAndInstantQueryMetrics(
 		"query_type", queryType,
 		"range_type", rt,
 		"length", p.End().Sub(p.Start()),
+		"start_delta", time.Since(p.Start()),
+		"end_delta", time.Since(p.End()),
 		"step", p.Step(),
 		"duration", logql_stats.ConvertSecondsToNanoseconds(stats.Summary.ExecTime),
 		"status", status,
diff --git a/pkg/logql/metrics_test.go b/pkg/logql/metrics_test.go
index 99064b2d32..2e8d65177e 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/metrics_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -82,11 +83,11 @@ func TestLogSlowQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			TotalEntriesReturned:    10,
 		},
 	}, logqlmodel.Streams{logproto.Stream{Entries: make([]logproto.Entry, 10)}})
-	require.Equal(t,
-		fmt.Sprintf(
-			"level=info org_id=foo traceID=%s latency=slow query=\"{foo=\\\"bar\\\"} |= \\\"buzz\\\"\" query_type=filter range_type=range length=1h0m0s step=1m0s duration=25.25s status=200 limit=1000 returned_lines=10 throughput=100kB total_bytes=100kB total_entries=10 queue_time=2ns subqueries=0 cache_chunk_req=0 cache_chunk_hit=0 cache_chunk_bytes_stored=0 cache_chunk_bytes_fetched=0 cache_index_req=0 cache_index_hit=0 cache_result_req=0 cache_result_hit=0 source=logvolhist feature=beta\n",
+	require.Regexp(t,
+		regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf(
+			`level=info org_id=foo traceID=%s latency=slow query=".*" query_type=filter range_type=range length=1h0m0s start_delta=.* end_delta=.* step=1m0s duration=25.25s status=200 limit=1000 returned_lines=10 throughput=100kB total_bytes=100kB total_entries=10 queue_time=2ns subqueries=0 cache_chunk_req=0 cache_chunk_hit=0 cache_chunk_bytes_stored=0 cache_chunk_bytes_fetched=0 cache_index_req=0 cache_index_hit=0 cache_result_req=0 cache_result_hit=0 source=logvolhist feature=beta\n`,
 			sp.Context().(jaeger.SpanContext).SpanID().String(),
-		),
+		)),
 		buf.String())
 	util_log.Logger = log.NewNopLogger()
 }