diff --git a/pkg/pattern/drain/drain.go b/pkg/pattern/drain/drain.go
index ade8fca366b8..31932832f701 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/drain/drain.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/drain/drain.go
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	ParamString     string
 }
 
-func createLogClusterCache(maxSize int) *LogClusterCache {
+func createLogClusterCache(maxSize int, onEvict func(int, *LogCluster)) *LogClusterCache {
 	if maxSize == 0 {
 		maxSize = math.MaxInt
 	}
-	cache, _ := simplelru.NewLRU[int, *LogCluster](maxSize, nil)
+	cache, _ := simplelru.NewLRU[int, *LogCluster](maxSize, onEvict)
 	return &LogClusterCache{
 		cache: cache,
 	}
@@ -146,16 +146,21 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	}
 }
 
-func New(config *Config) *Drain {
+func New(config *Config, metrics *Metrics) *Drain {
 	if config.LogClusterDepth < 3 {
 		panic("depth argument must be at least 3")
 	}
 	config.maxNodeDepth = config.LogClusterDepth - 2
+	var evictFn func(int, *LogCluster)
+	if metrics != nil {
+		evictFn = func(int, *LogCluster) { metrics.PatternsEvictedTotal.Inc() }
+	}
 
 	d := &Drain{
 		config:      config,
 		rootNode:    createNode(),
-		idToCluster: createLogClusterCache(config.MaxClusters),
+		idToCluster: createLogClusterCache(config.MaxClusters, evictFn),
+		metrics:     metrics,
 	}
 	return d
 }
@@ -165,6 +170,7 @@ type Drain struct {
 	rootNode        *Node
 	idToCluster     *LogClusterCache
 	clustersCounter int
+	metrics         *Metrics
 }
 
 func (d *Drain) Clusters() []*LogCluster {
@@ -195,6 +201,9 @@ func (d *Drain) train(tokens []string, stringer func([]string) string, ts int64)
 		matchCluster.append(model.TimeFromUnixNano(ts))
 		d.idToCluster.Set(clusterID, matchCluster)
 		d.addSeqToPrefixTree(d.rootNode, matchCluster)
+		if d.metrics != nil {
+			d.metrics.PatternsDetectedTotal.Inc()
+		}
 	} else {
 		newTemplateTokens := d.createTemplate(tokens, matchCluster.Tokens)
 		matchCluster.Tokens = newTemplateTokens
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/drain/drain_test.go b/pkg/pattern/drain/drain_test.go
index 72b80aeb67d3..e9709aed3fec 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/drain/drain_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/drain/drain_test.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			// High variation leads to many patterns including some that are too generic (many tokens matched) and some that are too specific (too few matchers)
-			name:      "Generate patterns on high variation logfmt logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
-			inputFile: "testdata/agent-logfmt.txt",
+			name:      `Generate patterns on high variation logfmt logs`,
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
+			inputFile: `testdata/agent-logfmt.txt`,
 			patterns: []string{
 				"ts=2024-04-16T15:10:43.192290389Z caller=filetargetmanager.go:361 level=info component=logs logs_config=default msg=\"Adding target\" key=\"/var/log/pods/*19a1cce8-5f04-46e0-a124-292b0dd9b343/testcoordinator/*.log:{batch_kubernetes_io_controller_uid=\\\"25ec5edf-f78e-468b-b6f3-3b9685f0cc8f\\\", batch_kubernetes_io_job_name=\\\"testcoordinator-job-2665838\\\", container=\\\"testcoordinator\\\", controller_uid=\\\"25ec5edf-f78e-468b-b6f3-3b9685f0cc8f\\\", job=\\\"k6-cloud/testcoordinator\\\", job_name=\\\"testcoordinator-job-2665838\\\", name=\\\"testcoordinator\\\", namespace=\\\"k6-cloud\\\", pod=\\\"testcoordinator-job-2665838-9g8ds\\\"}\"",
 				"<_> <_> level=info component=logs logs_config=default <_> target\" <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_>",
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			// Lower variation leads to fewer patterns including some with limited value (single lines, no matchers)
-			name:      "Generate patterns on low variation logfmt logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
-			inputFile: "testdata/ingester-logfmt.txt",
+			name:      `Generate patterns on low variation logfmt logs`,
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
+			inputFile: `testdata/ingester-logfmt.txt`,
 			patterns: []string{
 				"<_> caller=head.go:216 level=debug tenant=987678 msg=\"profile is empty after delta computation\" metricName=memory",
 				"ts=2024-04-17T09:52:46.363974185Z caller=http.go:194 level=debug traceID=1b48f5156a61ca69 msg=\"GET /debug/pprof/delta_mutex (200) 1.161082ms\"",
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			// Lower variation logs in json leads to a high number of patterns with very few matchers
-			name:      "Generate patterns on json formatted logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
-			inputFile: "testdata/drone-json.txt",
+			name:      `Generate patterns on json formatted logs`,
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
+			inputFile: `testdata/drone-json.txt`,
 			patterns: []string{
 				"<_> capacity <_>",
 				"<_> capacity changes <_>",
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "Patterns for distributor logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputFile: "testdata/distributor-logfmt.txt",
 			patterns: []string{
 				`<_> caller=http.go:194 level=debug <_> <_> msg="POST <_> <_> <_>`,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "Patterns for journald logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputFile: "testdata/journald.txt",
 			patterns: []string{
 				"2024-05-07T11:59:43.484606Z INFO ExtHandler ExtHandler Downloading agent manifest",
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "Patterns for kafka logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputFile: "testdata/kafka.txt",
 			patterns: []string{
 				`[2024-05-07 <_> INFO [LocalLog partition=mimir-dev-09-aggregations-offsets-0, dir=/bitnami/kafka/data] Deleting segment files <_> size=948, <_> <_> (kafka.log.LocalLog$)`,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "Patterns for kubernetes logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputFile: "testdata/kubernetes.txt",
 			patterns: []string{
 				"I0507 12:04:17.596484       1 highnodeutilization.go:107] \"Criteria for a node below target utilization\" CPU=50 Mem=50 Pods=100",
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "Patterns for vault logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputFile: "testdata/vault.txt",
 			patterns: []string{
 				"<_> [INFO]  expiration: revoked lease: <_>",
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func TestDrain_TrainExtractsPatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "Patterns for calico logs",
-			drain:     New(DefaultConfig()),
+			drain:     New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputFile: "testdata/calico.txt",
 			patterns: []string{
 				`2024-05-08 <_> [DEBUG][216945] felix/table.go 870: Found forward-reference <_> ipVersion=0x4 <_> <_> [0:0]" table="nat"`,
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ func TestDrain_TrainGeneratesMatchablePatterns(t *testing.T) {
 		inputLines []string
 	}{
 		{
-			name:  `should match each line against a pattern`,
-			drain: New(DefaultConfig()),
+			name:  "should match each line against a pattern",
+			drain: New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputLines: []string{
 				"test test test",
 				"test test test",
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ func TestDrain_TrainGeneratesMatchablePatterns(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:  `should also match newlines`,
-			drain: New(DefaultConfig()),
+			name:  "should also match newlines",
+			drain: New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputLines: []string{
 				`test test test
 `,
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ func TestDrain_TrainGeneratesMatchablePatterns(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, line := range tt.inputLines {
 				tt.drain.Train(line, 0)
 			}
-			t.Log(`Learned clusters`, tt.drain.Clusters())
 
 			for _, line := range tt.inputLines {
 				match := tt.drain.Match(line)
@@ -432,8 +431,8 @@ func TestDrain_TrainGeneratesPatternsMatchableByLokiPatternFilter(t *testing.T)
 		inputLines []string
 	}{
 		{
-			name:  `should extract patterns that all lines match`,
-			drain: New(DefaultConfig()),
+			name:  "should extract patterns that all lines match",
+			drain: New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputLines: []string{
 				"test 1 test",
 				"test 2 test",
@@ -442,8 +441,8 @@ func TestDrain_TrainGeneratesPatternsMatchableByLokiPatternFilter(t *testing.T)
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:  `should extract patterns that match if line ends with newlines`,
-			drain: New(DefaultConfig()),
+			name:  "should extract patterns that match if line ends with newlines",
+			drain: New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputLines: []string{
 				`test 1 test
 `,
@@ -456,8 +455,8 @@ func TestDrain_TrainGeneratesPatternsMatchableByLokiPatternFilter(t *testing.T)
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:  `should extract patterns that match if line ends with empty space`,
-			drain: New(DefaultConfig()),
+			name:  "should extract patterns that match if line ends with empty space",
+			drain: New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputLines: []string{
 				`test 1 test			`,
 				`test 2 test			`,
@@ -466,8 +465,8 @@ func TestDrain_TrainGeneratesPatternsMatchableByLokiPatternFilter(t *testing.T)
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:  `should extract patterns that match if line starts with empty space`,
-			drain: New(DefaultConfig()),
+			name:  "should extract patterns that match if line starts with empty space",
+			drain: New(DefaultConfig(), nil),
 			inputLines: []string{
 				`			test 1 test`,
 				`			test 2 test`,
@@ -484,7 +483,6 @@ func TestDrain_TrainGeneratesPatternsMatchableByLokiPatternFilter(t *testing.T)
 			}
 			require.Equal(t, 1, len(tt.drain.Clusters()))
 			cluster := tt.drain.Clusters()[0]
-			t.Log(`Extracted cluster: `, cluster)
 
 			matcher, err := pattern.ParseLineFilter([]byte(cluster.String()))
 			require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/drain/metrics.go b/pkg/pattern/drain/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b09ef1230127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pattern/drain/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package drain
+
+import "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
+type Metrics struct {
+	PatternsEvictedTotal  prometheus.Counter
+	PatternsDetectedTotal prometheus.Counter
+}
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/ingester.go b/pkg/pattern/ingester.go
index af2e842c28b8..1cb91a1cda29 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/ingester.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/ingester.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (i *Ingester) GetOrCreateInstance(instanceID string) (*instance, error) { /
 	inst, ok = i.instances[instanceID]
 	if !ok {
 		var err error
-		inst, err = newInstance(instanceID, i.logger)
+		inst, err = newInstance(instanceID, i.logger, i.metrics)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/ingester_querier.go b/pkg/pattern/ingester_querier.go
index bfbaeb92aedb..13315b0a13f1 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/ingester_querier.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/ingester_querier.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (q *IngesterQuerier) Patterns(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.QueryPatte
 }
 
 func prunePatterns(resp *logproto.QueryPatternsResponse, minClusterSize int) *logproto.QueryPatternsResponse {
-	d := drain.New(drain.DefaultConfig())
+	d := drain.New(drain.DefaultConfig(), nil)
 	for _, p := range resp.Series {
 		d.TrainPattern(p.Pattern, p.Samples)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/ingester_test.go b/pkg/pattern/ingester_test.go
index 16d5d0f04189..eff054b9ec04 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/ingester_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/ingester_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestInstancePushQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	lbs := labels.New(labels.Label{Name: "test", Value: "test"})
-	inst, err := newInstance("foo", log.NewNopLogger())
+	inst, err := newInstance("foo", log.NewNopLogger(), newIngesterMetrics(nil, "test"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	err = inst.Push(context.Background(), &push.PushRequest{
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/instance.go b/pkg/pattern/instance.go
index 7ac0099edec3..f6efa7de0443 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/instance.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/instance.go
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ type instance struct {
 	streams    *streamsMap
 	index      *index.BitPrefixInvertedIndex
 	logger     log.Logger
+	metrics    *ingesterMetrics
 }
 
-func newInstance(instanceID string, logger log.Logger) (*instance, error) {
+func newInstance(instanceID string, logger log.Logger, metrics *ingesterMetrics) (*instance, error) {
 	index, err := index.NewBitPrefixWithShards(indexShards)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ func newInstance(instanceID string, logger log.Logger) (*instance, error) {
 		instanceID: instanceID,
 		streams:    newStreamsMap(),
 		index:      index,
+		metrics:    metrics,
 	}
 	i.mapper = ingester.NewFPMapper(i.getLabelsFromFingerprint)
 	return i, nil
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ func (i *instance) createStream(_ context.Context, pushReqStream logproto.Stream
 	}
 	fp := i.getHashForLabels(labels)
 	sortedLabels := i.index.Add(logproto.FromLabelsToLabelAdapters(labels), fp)
-	s, err := newStream(fp, sortedLabels)
+	s, err := newStream(fp, sortedLabels, i.metrics)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create stream: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/metrics.go b/pkg/pattern/metrics.go
index e4a9c146c36f..cb814d56905a 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/metrics.go
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ingesterMetrics struct {
-	flushQueueLength prometheus.Gauge
+	flushQueueLength       prometheus.Gauge
+	patternsDiscardedTotal prometheus.Counter
+	patternsDetectedTotal  prometheus.Counter
 }
 
 func newIngesterMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer, metricsNamespace string) *ingesterMetrics {
@@ -17,5 +19,17 @@ func newIngesterMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer, metricsNamespace string) *inges
 			Name:      "flush_queue_length",
 			Help:      "The total number of series pending in the flush queue.",
 		}),
+		patternsDiscardedTotal: promauto.With(r).NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+			Subsystem: "pattern_ingester",
+			Name:      "patterns_evicted_total",
+			Help:      "The total number of patterns evicted from the LRU cache.",
+		}),
+		patternsDetectedTotal: promauto.With(r).NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+			Subsystem: "pattern_ingester",
+			Name:      "patterns_detected_total",
+			Help:      "The total number of patterns detected from incoming log lines.",
+		}),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/stream.go b/pkg/pattern/stream.go
index 8321fce9f647..f3aad280250d 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/stream.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/stream.go
@@ -27,13 +27,17 @@ type stream struct {
 func newStream(
 	fp model.Fingerprint,
 	labels labels.Labels,
+	metrics *ingesterMetrics,
 ) (*stream, error) {
 	return &stream{
 		fp:           fp,
 		labels:       labels,
 		labelsString: labels.String(),
 		labelHash:    labels.Hash(),
-		patterns:     drain.New(drain.DefaultConfig()),
+		patterns: drain.New(drain.DefaultConfig(), &drain.Metrics{
+			PatternsEvictedTotal:  metrics.patternsDiscardedTotal,
+			PatternsDetectedTotal: metrics.patternsDetectedTotal,
+		}),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/stream_test.go b/pkg/pattern/stream_test.go
index cd76336b2e60..f2218816b111 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/stream_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/stream_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestAddStream(t *testing.T) {
 	lbs := labels.New(labels.Label{Name: "test", Value: "test"})
-	stream, err := newStream(model.Fingerprint(lbs.Hash()), lbs)
+	stream, err := newStream(model.Fingerprint(lbs.Hash()), lbs, newIngesterMetrics(nil, "test"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	err = stream.Push(context.Background(), []push.Entry{
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestAddStream(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPruneStream(t *testing.T) {
 	lbs := labels.New(labels.Label{Name: "test", Value: "test"})
-	stream, err := newStream(model.Fingerprint(lbs.Hash()), lbs)
+	stream, err := newStream(model.Fingerprint(lbs.Hash()), lbs, newIngesterMetrics(nil, "test"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	err = stream.Push(context.Background(), []push.Entry{