diff --git a/doctest/build.gradle b/doctest/build.gradle
index f01d457a59f..d758a6de4b8 100644
--- a/doctest/build.gradle
+++ b/doctest/build.gradle
@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ task bootstrap(type: Exec, dependsOn: ['cloneSqlCli']) {
 
 }
 
+def isPrometheusRunning = { ->
+    try {
+        def process = "pgrep -f prometheus".execute()
+        def output = process.text
+        def result = !output.trim().isEmpty()
+        println "Prometheus running status: ${result}"
+        return result
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+        println "Error checking Prometheus process: ${e.message}"
+        return false
+    }
+}
+
 task startPrometheus(type: SpawnProcessTask) {
     doFirst {
         download.run {
@@ -63,7 +76,7 @@ task startPrometheus(type: SpawnProcessTask) {
     command "$projectDir/bin/prometheus/prometheus --storage.tsdb.path=$projectDir/bin/prometheus/data --config.file=$projectDir/bin/prometheus/prometheus.yml"
     ready 'TSDB started'
     pidLockFileName ".prom.pid.lock"
-    onlyIf { !ignorePrometheus && getOSFamilyType() != "windows" }
+    onlyIf { !ignorePrometheus && getOSFamilyType() != "windows" && !isPrometheusRunning() }
 }
 
 //evaluationDependsOn(':')
diff --git a/integ-test/build.gradle b/integ-test/build.gradle
index 8578d882844..8a55e4c47c3 100644
--- a/integ-test/build.gradle
+++ b/integ-test/build.gradle
@@ -295,6 +295,19 @@ testClusters {
     }
 }
 
+def isPrometheusRunning() {
+    try {
+        def process = "pgrep -f prometheus".execute()
+        def output = process.text
+        def result = !output.trim().isEmpty()
+        println "Prometheus running status: ${result}"
+        return result
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+        println "Error checking Prometheus process: ${e.message}"
+        return false
+    }
+}
+
 task startPrometheus(type: SpawnProcessTask) {
     mustRunAfter ':doctest:doctest'
 
@@ -319,7 +332,7 @@ task startPrometheus(type: SpawnProcessTask) {
     }
     command "$projectDir/bin/prometheus/prometheus --storage.tsdb.path=$projectDir/bin/prometheus/data --config.file=$projectDir/bin/prometheus/prometheus.yml"
     ready 'TSDB started'
-    onlyIf { !ignorePrometheus }
+    onlyIf { !ignorePrometheus && !isPrometheusRunning() }
 }
 
 task stopPrometheus(type: KillProcessTask) {