diff --git a/p2p/protocol/circuitv2/relay/metrics.go b/p2p/protocol/circuitv2/relay/metrics.go
index 63961b17e5..9b9ada7aca 100644
--- a/p2p/protocol/circuitv2/relay/metrics.go
+++ b/p2p/protocol/circuitv2/relay/metrics.go
@@ -183,41 +183,77 @@ func (mt *metricsTracer) RelayStatus(enabled bool) {
 }
 
 func (mt *metricsTracer) ConnectionRequestReceived() {
-	connectionTotal.WithLabelValues(typeReceived).Add(1)
+	tags := metricshelper.GetStringSlice()
+	defer metricshelper.PutStringSlice(tags)
+	*tags = append(*tags, typeReceived)
+
+	connectionTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 }
 
 func (mt *metricsTracer) ConnectionOpened() {
-	connectionTotal.WithLabelValues(typeOpened).Add(1)
+	tags := metricshelper.GetStringSlice()
+	defer metricshelper.PutStringSlice(tags)
+	*tags = append(*tags, typeOpened)
+
+	connectionTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 }
 
 func (mt *metricsTracer) ConnectionClosed(d time.Duration) {
-	connectionTotal.WithLabelValues(typeClosed).Add(1)
+	tags := metricshelper.GetStringSlice()
+	defer metricshelper.PutStringSlice(tags)
+	*tags = append(*tags, typeClosed)
+
+	connectionTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 	connectionDurationSeconds.Observe(d.Seconds())
 }
 
 func (mt *metricsTracer) ConnectionRequestHandled(status string, rejectionReason string) {
-	connectionRequestStatusTotal.WithLabelValues(status).Add(1)
+	tags := metricshelper.GetStringSlice()
+	defer metricshelper.PutStringSlice(tags)
+	*tags = append(*tags, status)
+
+	connectionRequestStatusTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 	if status == requestStatusRejected {
-		connectionRejectionTotal.WithLabelValues(rejectionReason).Add(1)
+		*tags = (*tags)[:0]
+		*tags = append(*tags, rejectionReason)
+		connectionRejectionTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 	}
 }
 
 func (mt *metricsTracer) ReservationRequestReceived() {
-	reservationTotal.WithLabelValues(typeReceived).Add(1)
+	tags := metricshelper.GetStringSlice()
+	defer metricshelper.PutStringSlice(tags)
+	*tags = append(*tags, typeReceived)
+
+	reservationTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 }
 
 func (mt *metricsTracer) ReservationOpened() {
-	reservationTotal.WithLabelValues(typeOpened).Add(1)
+	tags := metricshelper.GetStringSlice()
+	defer metricshelper.PutStringSlice(tags)
+	*tags = append(*tags, typeOpened)
+
+	reservationTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 }
 
 func (mt *metricsTracer) ReservationClosed(cnt int) {
-	reservationTotal.WithLabelValues(typeClosed).Add(float64(cnt))
+	tags := metricshelper.GetStringSlice()
+	defer metricshelper.PutStringSlice(tags)
+	*tags = append(*tags, typeClosed)
+
+	reservationTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(float64(cnt))
 }
 
 func (mt *metricsTracer) ReservationRequestHandled(status string, rejectionReason string) {
-	reservationRequestStatusTotal.WithLabelValues(status).Add(1)
+	tags := metricshelper.GetStringSlice()
+	defer metricshelper.PutStringSlice(tags)
+	*tags = append(*tags, status)
+
+	reservationRequestStatusTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 	if status == requestStatusRejected {
-		reservationRejectedTotal.WithLabelValues(rejectionReason).Add(1)
+		*tags = (*tags)[:0]
+		*tags = append(*tags, rejectionReason)
+		reservationRejectedTotal.WithLabelValues(*tags...).Add(1)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/p2p/protocol/circuitv2/relay/metrics_test.go b/p2p/protocol/circuitv2/relay/metrics_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c9de6c415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p2p/protocol/circuitv2/relay/metrics_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//go:build nocover
+
+package relay
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestNoCoverNoAlloc(t *testing.T) {
+	statuses := []string{requestStatusOK, requestStatusRejected, requestStatusError}
+	rejectionReason := []string{"", rejectionReasonAttemptOverRelay, rejectionReasonBadRequest, rejectionReasonDisallowed}
+	mt := NewMetricsTracer()
+	tests := map[string]func(){
+		"RelayStatus":               func() { mt.RelayStatus(rand.Intn(2) == 1) },
+		"ConnectionRequestReceived": func() { mt.ConnectionRequestReceived() },
+		"ConnectionOpened":          func() { mt.ConnectionOpened() },
+		"ConnectionClosed":          func() { mt.ConnectionClosed(time.Duration(rand.Intn(10)) * time.Second) },
+		"ConnectionRequestHandled": func() {
+			mt.ConnectionRequestHandled(statuses[rand.Intn(len(statuses))], rejectionReason[rand.Intn(len(rejectionReason))])
+		},
+		"ReservationRequestReceived": func() { mt.ReservationRequestReceived() },
+		"ReservationOpened":          func() { mt.ReservationOpened() },
+		"ReservationClosed":          func() { mt.ReservationClosed(rand.Intn(10)) },
+		"ReservationRequestHandled": func() {
+			mt.ReservationRequestHandled(statuses[rand.Intn(len(statuses))], rejectionReason[rand.Intn(len(rejectionReason))])
+		},
+		"BytesTransferred": func() { mt.BytesTransferred(rand.Intn(1000)) },
+	}
+	for method, f := range tests {
+		allocs := testing.AllocsPerRun(1000, f)
+		if allocs > 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Alloc Test: %s, got: %0.2f, expected: 0 allocs", method, allocs)
+		}
+	}
+}