diff --git a/relay-server/src/services/processor/span/processing.rs b/relay-server/src/services/processor/span/processing.rs
index 677d246e6b..c980116ea7 100644
--- a/relay-server/src/services/processor/span/processing.rs
+++ b/relay-server/src/services/processor/span/processing.rs
@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ fn validate(mut span: Annotated<Span>) -> Result<Annotated<Span>, anyhow::Error>
         ref mut timestamp,
         ref mut span_id,
         ref mut trace_id,
-        ref mut measurements,
-        ref mut _metrics_summary,
         ..
     } = inner;
 
@@ -467,19 +465,6 @@ fn validate(mut span: Annotated<Span>) -> Result<Annotated<Span>, anyhow::Error>
     if let Some(tags) = tags.value_mut() {
         tags.retain(|_, value| !value.value().is_empty())
     }
-    if let Some(measurements) = measurements.value_mut() {
-        measurements.retain(|_, v| {
-            v.value()
-                .and_then(|v| v.value.value().cloned())
-                .map_or(false, f64::is_finite)
-        });
-    }
-    if let Some(metrics_summary) = _metrics_summary.value_mut() {
-        metrics_summary.0.retain(|_, value| match value.value() {
-            Some(v) => !v.is_empty() && v.iter().all(|v| !v.is_empty()),
-            None => false,
-        });
-    }
 
     Ok(span)
 }
diff --git a/relay-server/src/services/store.rs b/relay-server/src/services/store.rs
index 2bec27d68f..740ae5ff14 100644
--- a/relay-server/src/services/store.rs
+++ b/relay-server/src/services/store.rs
@@ -865,6 +865,35 @@ impl StoreService {
             }
         };
 
+        if let Some(measurements) = &mut span.measurements {
+            measurements.retain(|_, v| {
+                if let Some(v) = v {
+                    v.value.map_or(false, f64::is_finite)
+                } else {
+                    false
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        if let Some(metrics_summary) = &mut span.metrics_summary {
+            metrics_summary.retain(|_, mut v| {
+                if let Some(v) = &mut v {
+                    v.retain(|v| {
+                        if let Some(v) = v {
+                            return v.min.is_some()
+                                || v.max.is_some()
+                                || v.sum.is_some()
+                                || v.count.is_some();
+                        }
+                        false
+                    });
+                    !v.is_empty()
+                } else {
+                    false
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
         span.duration_ms = ((span.end_timestamp - span.start_timestamp) * 1e3) as u32;
         span.event_id = event_id;
         span.project_id = scoping.project_id.value();
@@ -1170,6 +1199,26 @@ struct CheckInKafkaMessage {
     retention_days: u16,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct SpanMeasurement {
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    value: Option<f64>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct SpanMetricsSummary {
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    count: Option<u64>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    max: Option<f64>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    min: Option<f64>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    sum: Option<f64>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    tags: Option<BTreeMap<String, String>>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 struct SpanKafkaMessage<'a> {
     #[serde(skip_serializing)]
@@ -1189,13 +1238,13 @@ struct SpanKafkaMessage<'a> {
     is_segment: bool,
 
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    measurements: Option<&'a RawValue>,
+    measurements: Option<BTreeMap<&'a str, Option<SpanMeasurement>>>,
     #[serde(
         default,
         rename = "_metrics_summary",
         skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"
     )]
-    metrics_summary: Option<&'a RawValue>,
+    metrics_summary: Option<BTreeMap<&'a str, Option<Vec<Option<SpanMetricsSummary>>>>>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     parent_span_id: Option<&'a str>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_store.py b/tests/integration/test_store.py
index c49a563ef4..e000e0507d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_store.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_store.py
@@ -1812,3 +1812,65 @@ def test_span_extraction_with_ddm(
     }
 
     spans_consumer.assert_empty()
+
+
+def test_span_extraction_with_ddm_missing_values(
+    mini_sentry,
+    relay_with_processing,
+    spans_consumer,
+):
+    spans_consumer = spans_consumer()
+
+    relay = relay_with_processing()
+    project_id = 42
+    project_config = mini_sentry.add_full_project_config(project_id)
+    project_config["config"]["spanAttributes"] = ["exclusive-time"]
+    project_config["config"]["features"] = [
+        "organizations:custom-metrics",
+    ]
+
+    event = make_transaction({"event_id": "cbf6960622e14a45abc1f03b2055b186"})
+    metrics_summary = {
+        "c:spans/some_metric@none": [
+            {
+                "min": None,
+                "max": 2.0,
+                "count": 4,
+                "tags": {
+                    "environment": "test",
+                },
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+    event["_metrics_summary"] = metrics_summary
+
+    relay.send_event(project_id, event)
+
+    start_timestamp = datetime.fromisoformat(event["start_timestamp"])
+    end_timestamp = datetime.fromisoformat(event["timestamp"])
+    duration_ms = int((end_timestamp - start_timestamp).total_seconds() * 1e3)
+
+    metrics_summary["c:spans/some_metric@none"][0].pop("min", None)
+    metrics_summary["c:spans/some_metric@none"][0]["tags"].pop("random", None)
+
+    transaction_span = spans_consumer.get_span()
+    del transaction_span["received"]
+    assert transaction_span == {
+        "duration_ms": duration_ms,
+        "event_id": "cbf6960622e14a45abc1f03b2055b186",
+        "project_id": 42,
+        "retention_days": 90,
+        "description": "hi",
+        "exclusive_time_ms": 2000.0,
+        "is_segment": True,
+        "segment_id": "968cff94913ebb07",
+        "sentry_tags": {"transaction": "hi", "transaction.op": "hi"},
+        "span_id": "968cff94913ebb07",
+        "start_timestamp_ms": int(
+            start_timestamp.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp() * 1e3
+        ),
+        "trace_id": "a0fa8803753e40fd8124b21eeb2986b5",
+        "_metrics_summary": metrics_summary,
+    }
+
+    spans_consumer.assert_empty()