diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.process.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.process.md
index cf26f176853..32bc90a4c63 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.process.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.process.md
@@ -2056,6 +2056,7 @@ The following fields are exported and can be referenced by other components:
 
 ## Debug metrics
 
+* `loki_fanout_latency` (histogram): Write latency for sending to components.
 * `loki_process_dropped_lines_total` (counter): Number of lines dropped as part of a processing stage.
 * `loki_process_dropped_lines_by_label_total` (counter):  Number of lines dropped when `by_label_name` is non-empty in [stage.limit][].
 * `loki_process_truncated_fields_total` (counter): Number of lines, label values, extracted field values, and structured metadata values truncated as part of a `truncate` stage.
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.api.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.api.md
index 29330111ba2..9f81aa0ce78 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.api.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.api.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ The `tls` block configures TLS for the HTTP server.
 The following are some of the metrics that are exposed when this component is used.
 The metrics include labels such as `status_code` where relevant, which can be used to measure request success rates.
 
+* `loki_fanout_latency` (histogram): Write latency for sending to components.
 * `loki_source_api_request_duration_seconds` (histogram): Time (in seconds) spent serving HTTP requests.
 * `loki_source_api_request_message_bytes` (histogram): Size (in bytes) of messages received in the request.
 * `loki_source_api_response_message_bytes` (histogram): Size (in bytes) of messages sent in response.
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.cloudflare.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.cloudflare.md
index 9848ed97c21..38e968e6733 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.cloudflare.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.cloudflare.md
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ The `loki.source.cloudflare` component doesn't support any blocks. You can confi
 
 ## Debug metrics
 
+* `loki_fanout_latency` (histogram): Write latency for sending to components.
 * `loki_source_cloudflare_target_entries_total` (counter): Total number of successful entries sent via the cloudflare target.
 * `loki_source_cloudflare_target_last_requested_end_timestamp` (gauge): The last cloudflare request end timestamp fetched, for calculating how far behind the target is.
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.docker.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.docker.md
index 6a7e3cd4d52..527d2d51a83 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.docker.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.docker.md
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ The `tls_config` block configures TLS settings for connecting to HTTPS Docker da
 
 ## Debug metrics
 
+* `loki_fanout_latency` (histogram): Write latency for sending to components.
 * `loki_source_docker_target_entries_total` (gauge): Total number of successful entries sent to the Docker target.
 * `loki_source_docker_target_parsing_errors_total` (gauge): Total number of parsing errors while receiving Docker messages.
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.file.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.file.md
index d11b99819fb..b3963b1df17 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.file.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.file.md
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ The glob patterns support the `{a,b,c}` syntax for matching multiple alternative
 
 ## Debug metrics
 
+* `loki_fanout_latency` (histogram): Write latency for sending to components.
 * `loki_source_file_file_bytes_total` (gauge): Number of bytes total.
 * `loki_source_file_files_active_total` (gauge): Number of active files.
 * `loki_source_file_read_bytes_total` (gauge): Number of bytes read.
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.journal.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.journal.md
index 1b3b33924e2..c0073957c7b 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.journal.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.journal.md
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ The translation of legacy position file will happens if there is no position fil
 
 ## Debug Metrics
 
+* `loki_fanout_latency` (histogram): Write latency for sending to components.
 * `loki_source_journal_target_parsing_errors_total` (counter): Total number of parsing errors while reading journal messages.
 * `loki_source_journal_target_lines_total` (counter): Total number of successful journal lines read.
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.kubernetes_events.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.kubernetes_events.md
index fd8b754fba4..a8a8672b591 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.kubernetes_events.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/loki/loki.source.kubernetes_events.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 ## Debug metrics
 
-`loki.source.kubernetes_events` doesn't expose any component-specific debug metrics.
+* `loki_fanout_latency` (histogram): Write latency for sending to components.
 
 ## Component behavior
 
diff --git a/internal/component/common/loki/fanout.go b/internal/component/common/loki/fanout.go
index 1551bd8fd92..42cc6f1423e 100644
--- a/internal/component/common/loki/fanout.go
+++ b/internal/component/common/loki/fanout.go
@@ -4,12 +4,23 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"reflect"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 // NewFanout creates a new Fanout that will send log entries to the provided
 // list of LogsReceivers.
-func NewFanout(children []LogsReceiver) *Fanout {
+func NewFanout(children []LogsReceiver, register prometheus.Registerer) *Fanout {
+	wl := prometheus.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+		Name:    "loki_fanout_latency",
+		Help:    "Write latency for sending to components",
+		Buckets: []float64{0.0002, 0.001, 0.005, 0.02, 0.1, 1.0},
+	})
+	_ = register.Register(wl)
+
 	return &Fanout{
+		wl:       wl,
 		children: children,
 	}
 }
@@ -18,12 +29,16 @@ func NewFanout(children []LogsReceiver) *Fanout {
 // It is thread-safe and allows the list of receivers to be updated dynamically
 type Fanout struct {
 	mut      sync.RWMutex
+	wl       prometheus.Histogram
 	children []LogsReceiver
 }
 
 // Send forwards a log entry to all registered receivers. It returns an error
 // if the context is cancelled while sending.
 func (f *Fanout) Send(ctx context.Context, entry Entry) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() { f.wl.Observe(float64(time.Since(start).Seconds())) }()
+
 	// NOTE: It's important that we hold a read lock for the duration of Send
 	// rather than making a copy of children and releasing the lock early.
 	//
@@ -50,6 +65,9 @@ func (f *Fanout) Send(ctx context.Context, entry Entry) error {
 // SendBatch forwards a batch of entires to all registered receivers. It returns an error
 // if the context is cancelled while sending.
 func (f *Fanout) SendBatch(ctx context.Context, batch []Entry) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+	defer func() { f.wl.Observe(float64(time.Since(start).Seconds())) }()
+
 	// NOTE: It's important that we hold a read lock for the duration of SendBatch
 	// rather than making a copy of children and releasing the lock early.
 	//
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/process/process.go b/internal/component/loki/process/process.go
index 211c05327ef..3e6f46d83cb 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/process/process.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/process/process.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func New(o component.Options, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 		processOut:         loki.NewLogsReceiver(),
 		processIn:          loki.NewLogsReceiver(),
 		receiver:           loki.NewLogsReceiver(loki.WithComponentID(o.ID)),
-		fanout:             loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo),
+		fanout:             loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo, o.Registerer),
 		debugDataPublisher: debugDataPublisher.(livedebugging.DebugDataPublisher),
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/process/process_test.go b/internal/component/loki/process/process_test.go
index 867f3d2a8ed..de0d459ede2 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/process/process_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/process/process_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/push"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil"
+	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
@@ -47,13 +49,12 @@ func TestComponent(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, ctrl.WaitExports(time.Minute))
 
 		recv := ctrl.Exports().(Exports).Receiver
-		fanout := loki.NewFanout([]loki.LogsReceiver{recv})
-
 		wg.Go(func() {
 			for {
-				// We get error if context is canceled
-				if err := fanout.Send(ctx, loki.Entry{}); err != nil {
+				select {
+				case <-ctx.Done():
 					return
+				case recv.Chan() <- loki.Entry{}:
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -813,9 +814,12 @@ func TestMetricsStageRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// The component will be reconfigured so that it has a metric.
 	t.Run("config with a metric", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tester.updateAndTest(numLogsToSend, cfg,
+		tester.updateAndTest(
+			numLogsToSend,
+			cfg,
 			"",
-			fmt.Sprintf(expectedMetrics, numLogsToSend, numLogsToSend))
+			fmt.Sprintf(expectedMetrics, numLogsToSend, numLogsToSend),
+		)
 	})
 
 	// The component will be "updated" with the same config.
@@ -825,16 +829,24 @@ func TestMetricsStageRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 	// which reloads the collector config every X seconds.
 	// Those users wouldn't expect their metrics to be reset every time the config is reloaded.
 	t.Run("config with the same metric", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tester.updateAndTest(numLogsToSend, cfg,
+		tester.updateAndTest(
+			numLogsToSend,
+			cfg,
 			fmt.Sprintf(expectedMetrics, numLogsToSend, numLogsToSend),
-			fmt.Sprintf(expectedMetrics, 2*numLogsToSend, 2*numLogsToSend))
+			fmt.Sprintf(expectedMetrics, 2*numLogsToSend, 2*numLogsToSend),
+		)
 	})
 
 	// Use a config which has no metrics stage.
 	// This should cause the metric to disappear.
 	cfgWithNoStages := forwardArgs
 	t.Run("config with no metrics stage", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tester.updateAndTest(numLogsToSend, cfgWithNoStages, "", "")
+		tester.updateAndTest(
+			numLogsToSend,
+			cfgWithNoStages,
+			"",
+			"",
+		)
 	})
 
 	// Use a config which has a metric with a different name,
@@ -881,16 +893,19 @@ func TestMetricsStageRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 	`
 
 	t.Run("config with a new and old metric", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tester.updateAndTest(numLogsToSend, updatedCfg,
+		tester.updateAndTest(
+			numLogsToSend,
+			updatedCfg,
 			"",
-			fmt.Sprintf(expectedMetrics3, numLogsToSend, numLogsToSend, numLogsToSend))
+			fmt.Sprintf(expectedMetrics3, numLogsToSend, numLogsToSend, numLogsToSend),
+		)
 	})
 }
 
 type tester struct {
 	t            *testing.T
 	component    *Component
-	registry     *prometheus.Registry
+	registry     *ignoringRegistry
 	cancelFunc   context.CancelFunc
 	logReceiver  loki.LogsReceiver
 	logTimestamp time.Time
@@ -900,7 +915,10 @@ type tester struct {
 
 // Create the component, so that it can process and forward logs.
 func newTester(t *testing.T) *tester {
-	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	reg := newIgnoringRegistry(
+		prometheus.NewRegistry(),
+		"loki_fanout_latency",
+	)
 
 	opts := component.Options{
 		Logger:         util.TestAlloyLogger(t),
@@ -960,10 +978,7 @@ func (t *tester) updateAndTest(numLogsToSend int, cfg, expectedMetricsBeforeSend
 	t.component.Update(args)
 
 	// Check the component metrics.
-	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(t.registry,
-		strings.NewReader(expectedMetricsBeforeSendingLogs)); err != nil {
-		require.NoError(t.t, err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t.t, testutil.GatherAndCompare(t.registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetricsBeforeSendingLogs)))
 
 	// Send logs.
 	for i := 0; i < numLogsToSend; i++ {
@@ -983,8 +998,34 @@ func (t *tester) updateAndTest(numLogsToSend int, cfg, expectedMetricsBeforeSend
 	}
 
 	// Check the component metrics.
-	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(t.registry,
-		strings.NewReader(expectedMetricsAfterSendingLogs)); err != nil {
-		require.NoError(t.t, err)
+	require.NoError(t.t, testutil.GatherAndCompare(t.registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetricsAfterSendingLogs)))
+}
+
+func newIgnoringRegistry(reg *prometheus.Registry, ignore ...string) *ignoringRegistry {
+	return &ignoringRegistry{
+		Registry: reg,
+		ignore:   ignore,
 	}
 }
+
+type ignoringRegistry struct {
+	*prometheus.Registry
+	ignore []string
+}
+
+func (r *ignoringRegistry) Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
+	mfs, err := r.Registry.Gather()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	filtered := make([]*dto.MetricFamily, 0, len(mfs))
+	for _, mf := range mfs {
+		if slices.Contains(r.ignore, mf.GetName()) {
+			continue
+		}
+		filtered = append(filtered, mf)
+	}
+
+	return filtered, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/api/api.go b/internal/component/loki/source/api/api.go
index b5f2b6ff3a6..05d37aa33bb 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/api/api.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func New(opts component.Options, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 		handler:            loki.NewLogsBatchReceiver(),
 		uncheckedCollector: util.NewUncheckedCollector(nil),
 
-		fanout: loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo),
+		fanout: loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo, opts.Registerer),
 	}
 	opts.Registerer.MustRegister(c.uncheckedCollector)
 	err := c.Update(args)
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/cloudflare/cloudflare.go b/internal/component/loki/source/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
index 0417efcba44..e64351bbb85 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func New(o component.Options, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 		opts:    o,
 		metrics: newMetrics(o.Registerer),
 		handler: loki.NewLogsReceiver(),
-		fanout:  loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo),
+		fanout:  loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo, o.Registerer),
 		posFile: positionsFile,
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/consume_test.go b/internal/component/loki/source/consume_test.go
index eca02596f39..d42a276ec79 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/consume_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/consume_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/push"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/common/loki"
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestConsume(t *testing.T) {
 	consumer := loki.NewLogsReceiver()
 	producer := loki.NewLogsReceiver()
-	fanout := loki.NewFanout([]loki.LogsReceiver{consumer})
+	fanout := loki.NewFanout([]loki.LogsReceiver{consumer}, prometheus.NewRegistry())
 
 	t.Run("should fanout any consumed entries", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func TestConsume(t *testing.T) {
 func TestConsumeAndProcess(t *testing.T) {
 	consumer := loki.NewLogsReceiver()
 	producer := loki.NewLogsReceiver()
-	fanout := loki.NewFanout([]loki.LogsReceiver{consumer})
+	fanout := loki.NewFanout([]loki.LogsReceiver{consumer}, prometheus.NewRegistry())
 
 	t.Run("should process and fanout any consumed entries", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ func TestConsumeAndProcess(t *testing.T) {
 func TestConsumeBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	consumer := loki.NewLogsReceiver()
 	producer := loki.NewLogsBatchReceiver()
-	fanout := loki.NewFanout([]loki.LogsReceiver{consumer})
+	fanout := loki.NewFanout([]loki.LogsReceiver{consumer}, prometheus.NewRegistry())
 
 	t.Run("should fanout any consumed entries", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/docker/docker.go b/internal/component/loki/source/docker/docker.go
index 369ac661a18..74dad8d0ae7 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/docker/docker.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/docker/docker.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func New(o component.Options, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 		exited:    atomic.NewBool(false),
 		handler:   loki.NewLogsReceiver(),
 		scheduler: source.NewScheduler[string](),
-		fanout:    loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo),
+		fanout:    loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo, o.Registerer),
 		posFile:   positionsFile,
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/file/file.go b/internal/component/loki/source/file/file.go
index 4c23db283f5..a7671cd79cd 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/file/file.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/file/file.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func New(o component.Options, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 		opts:      o,
 		metrics:   newMetrics(o.Registerer),
 		handler:   loki.NewLogsReceiver(),
-		fanout:    loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo),
+		fanout:    loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo, o.Registerer),
 		posFile:   positionsFile,
 		scheduler: source.NewScheduler[positions.Entry](),
 		watcher:   time.NewTicker(args.FileMatch.SyncPeriod),
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/journal/journal.go b/internal/component/loki/source/journal/journal.go
index 06cec76b83c..bed9b43c61d 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/journal/journal.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/journal/journal.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func New(o component.Options, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 		opts:           o,
 		recv:           loki.NewLogsReceiver(),
 		positions:      positionsFile,
-		fanout:         loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo),
+		fanout:         loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo, o.Registerer),
 		targetsUpdated: make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		args:           args,
 	}
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/kubernetes_events/kubernetes_events.go b/internal/component/loki/source/kubernetes_events/kubernetes_events.go
index d266ed300c2..647a6add11f 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/kubernetes_events/kubernetes_events.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/kubernetes_events/kubernetes_events.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func New(o component.Options, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
 		positions: positionsFile,
 		handler:   loki.NewLogsReceiver(),
 		scheduler: source.NewScheduler[string](),
-		fanout:    loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo),
+		fanout:    loki.NewFanout(args.ForwardTo, o.Registerer),
 	}
 	if err := c.Update(args); err != nil {
 		return nil, err