diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 7099ba325a..9f65a9a1a7 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/regexp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator"
 	"github.com/prometheus/sigv4"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
@@ -104,9 +105,9 @@ func Load(s string, logger *slog.Logger) (*Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	switch cfg.OTLPConfig.TranslationStrategy {
-	case UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes, UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes:
+	case otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes, otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes:
 	case "":
-	case NoTranslation, NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes:
+	case otlptranslator.NoTranslation, otlptranslator.NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes:
 		if cfg.GlobalConfig.MetricNameValidationScheme == model.LegacyValidation {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("OTLP translation strategy %q is not allowed when UTF8 is disabled", cfg.OTLPConfig.TranslationStrategy)
 		}
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ var (
 
 	// DefaultOTLPConfig is the default OTLP configuration.
 	DefaultOTLPConfig = OTLPConfig{
-		TranslationStrategy: UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes,
+		TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -1531,79 +1532,14 @@ func getGoGC() int {
 	return DefaultGoGCPercentage
 }
 
-type translationStrategyOption string
-
-var (
-	// NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes will accept metric/label names as they are. Unit
-	// and type suffixes may be added to metric names, according to certain rules.
-	NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes translationStrategyOption = "NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes"
-	// UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes is the default option for translating OTLP
-	// to Prometheus. This option will translate metric name characters that are
-	// not alphanumerics/underscores/colons to underscores, and label name
-	// characters that are not alphanumerics/underscores to underscores. Unit and
-	// type suffixes may be appended to metric names, according to certain rules.
-	UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes translationStrategyOption = "UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes"
-	// UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes translates metric name characters that
-	// are not alphanumerics/underscores/colons to underscores, and label name
-	// characters that are not alphanumerics/underscores to underscores, but
-	// unlike UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes it does not append any suffixes to
-	// the names.
-	UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes translationStrategyOption = "UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes"
-	// NoTranslation (EXPERIMENTAL): disables all translation of incoming metric
-	// and label names. This offers a way for the OTLP users to use native metric
-	// names, reducing confusion.
-	//
-	// WARNING: This setting has significant known risks and limitations (see
-	// https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/  for details): * Impaired UX
-	// when using PromQL in plain YAML (e.g. alerts, rules, dashboard, autoscaling
-	// configuration). * Series collisions which in the best case may result in
-	// OOO errors, in the worst case a silently malformed time series. For
-	// instance, you may end up in situation of ingesting `foo.bar` series with
-	// unit `seconds` and a separate series `foo.bar` with unit `milliseconds`.
-	//
-	// As a result, this setting is experimental and currently, should not be used
-	// in production systems.
-	//
-	// TODO(ArthurSens): Mention `type-and-unit-labels` feature
-	// (https://github.com/prometheus/proposals/pull/39) once released, as
-	// potential mitigation of the above risks.
-	NoTranslation translationStrategyOption = "NoTranslation"
-)
-
-// ShouldEscape returns true if the translation strategy requires that metric
-// names be escaped.
-func (o translationStrategyOption) ShouldEscape() bool {
-	switch o {
-	case UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes, UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes:
-		return true
-	case NoTranslation, NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes:
-		return false
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-// ShouldAddSuffixes returns a bool deciding whether the given translation
-// strategy should have suffixes added.
-func (o translationStrategyOption) ShouldAddSuffixes() bool {
-	switch o {
-	case UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes, NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes:
-		return true
-	case UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes, NoTranslation:
-		return false
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
 // OTLPConfig is the configuration for writing to the OTLP endpoint.
 type OTLPConfig struct {
-	PromoteAllResourceAttributes      bool                      `yaml:"promote_all_resource_attributes,omitempty"`
-	PromoteResourceAttributes         []string                  `yaml:"promote_resource_attributes,omitempty"`
-	IgnoreResourceAttributes          []string                  `yaml:"ignore_resource_attributes,omitempty"`
-	TranslationStrategy               translationStrategyOption `yaml:"translation_strategy,omitempty"`
-	KeepIdentifyingResourceAttributes bool                      `yaml:"keep_identifying_resource_attributes,omitempty"`
-	ConvertHistogramsToNHCB           bool                      `yaml:"convert_histograms_to_nhcb,omitempty"`
+	PromoteAllResourceAttributes      bool                                     `yaml:"promote_all_resource_attributes,omitempty"`
+	PromoteResourceAttributes         []string                                 `yaml:"promote_resource_attributes,omitempty"`
+	IgnoreResourceAttributes          []string                                 `yaml:"ignore_resource_attributes,omitempty"`
+	TranslationStrategy               otlptranslator.TranslationStrategyOption `yaml:"translation_strategy,omitempty"`
+	KeepIdentifyingResourceAttributes bool                                     `yaml:"keep_identifying_resource_attributes,omitempty"`
+	ConvertHistogramsToNHCB           bool                                     `yaml:"convert_histograms_to_nhcb,omitempty"`
 	// PromoteScopeMetadata controls whether to promote OTel scope metadata (i.e. name, version, schema URL, and attributes) to metric labels.
 	// As per OTel spec, the aforementioned scope metadata should be identifying, i.e. made into metric labels.
 	PromoteScopeMetadata bool `yaml:"promote_scope_metadata,omitempty"`
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 0673748b98..f95f15b1eb 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/promslog"
+	"github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ var expectedConf = &Config{
 		PromoteResourceAttributes: []string{
 			"k8s.cluster.name", "k8s.job.name", "k8s.namespace.name",
 		},
-		TranslationStrategy: UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes,
+		TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes,
 	},
 
 	RemoteReadConfigs: []*RemoteReadConfig{
@@ -1828,7 +1829,7 @@ func TestOTLPAllowUTF8(t *testing.T) {
 		verify := func(t *testing.T, conf *Config, err error) {
 			t.Helper()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.Equal(t, NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes, conf.OTLPConfig.TranslationStrategy)
+			require.Equal(t, otlptranslator.NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes, conf.OTLPConfig.TranslationStrategy)
 		}
 
 		t.Run("LoadFile", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1868,7 +1869,7 @@ func TestOTLPAllowUTF8(t *testing.T) {
 		verify := func(t *testing.T, conf *Config, err error) {
 			t.Helper()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.Equal(t, NoTranslation, conf.OTLPConfig.TranslationStrategy)
+			require.Equal(t, otlptranslator.NoTranslation, conf.OTLPConfig.TranslationStrategy)
 		}
 
 		t.Run("LoadFile", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1927,7 +1928,7 @@ func TestOTLPAllowUTF8(t *testing.T) {
 		verify := func(t *testing.T, conf *Config, err error) {
 			t.Helper()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.Equal(t, UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes, conf.OTLPConfig.TranslationStrategy)
+			require.Equal(t, otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes, conf.OTLPConfig.TranslationStrategy)
 		}
 
 		t.Run("LoadFile", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f038ecf33e..e993819936 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf v0.6.1-0.20240319094008-0393e58bdf10 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.0-20250620074007-94f535e0c588
+	github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.0-20250731173911-a9673827589a
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4db727944b..14a9b22ff1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common/assets v0.2.0 h1:0P5OrzoHrYBOSM1OigWL3mY8ZvV2N4zIE/
 github.com/prometheus/common/assets v0.2.0/go.mod h1:D17UVUE12bHbim7HzwUvtqm6gwBEaDQ0F+hIGbFbccI=
 github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.14.0 h1:NMlswfibpcZZ+H0sZBiTjrA3/aBFHkNZqE+iCj5EmRg=
 github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.14.0/go.mod h1:Gu5LnVvt7Nr/oqTBUC23WILZepW0nffNo10XdhQcwWA=
-github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.0-20250620074007-94f535e0c588 h1:QlySqDdSESgWDePeAYskbbcKKdowI26m9aU9zloHyYE=
-github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.0-20250620074007-94f535e0c588/go.mod h1:P8AwMgdD7XEr6QRUJ2QWLpiAZTgTE2UYgjlu3svompI=
+github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.0-20250731173911-a9673827589a h1:r2csuCATbgDz2Nk2PkKo7b6x7ErrF3NMmxwH0fifqN8=
+github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.0-20250731173911-a9673827589a/go.mod h1:P8AwMgdD7XEr6QRUJ2QWLpiAZTgTE2UYgjlu3svompI=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20181005140218-185b4288413d/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.2/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.8/go.mod h1:7Qr8sr6344vo1JqZ6HhLceV9o3AJ1Ff+GxbHq6oeK9A=
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
index 2056045f63..691e48de1c 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var seps = []byte{'\xff'}
 // If settings.PromoteResourceAttributes is not empty, it's a set of resource attributes that should be promoted to labels.
 func createAttributes(resource pcommon.Resource, attributes pcommon.Map, scope scope, settings Settings,
 	ignoreAttrs []string, logOnOverwrite bool, metadata prompb.MetricMetadata, extras ...string,
-) []prompb.Label {
+) ([]prompb.Label, error) {
 	resourceAttrs := resource.Attributes()
 	serviceName, haveServiceName := resourceAttrs.Get(conventions.AttributeServiceName)
 	instance, haveInstanceID := resourceAttrs.Get(conventions.AttributeServiceInstanceID)
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ func createAttributes(resource pcommon.Resource, attributes pcommon.Map, scope s
 	l := make(map[string]string, maxLabelCount)
 	labelNamer := otlptranslator.LabelNamer{UTF8Allowed: settings.AllowUTF8}
 	for _, label := range labels {
-		finalKey := labelNamer.Build(label.Name)
+		finalKey, err := labelNamer.Build(label.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		if existingValue, alreadyExists := l[finalKey]; alreadyExists {
 			l[finalKey] = existingValue + ";" + label.Value
 		} else {
@@ -173,17 +176,28 @@ func createAttributes(resource pcommon.Resource, attributes pcommon.Map, scope s
 	}
 
 	for _, lbl := range promotedAttrs {
-		normalized := labelNamer.Build(lbl.Name)
+		normalized, err := labelNamer.Build(lbl.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		if _, exists := l[normalized]; !exists {
 			l[normalized] = lbl.Value
 		}
 	}
 	if promoteScope {
+		var rangeErr error
 		scope.attributes.Range(func(k string, v pcommon.Value) bool {
-			name := labelNamer.Build("otel_scope_" + k)
+			name, err := labelNamer.Build("otel_scope_" + k)
+			if err != nil {
+				rangeErr = err
+				return false
+			}
 			l[name] = v.AsString()
 			return true
 		})
+		if rangeErr != nil {
+			return nil, rangeErr
+		}
 		// Scope Name, Version and Schema URL are added after attributes to ensure they are not overwritten by attributes.
 		l["otel_scope_name"] = scope.name
 		l["otel_scope_version"] = scope.version
@@ -233,7 +247,11 @@ func createAttributes(resource pcommon.Resource, attributes pcommon.Map, scope s
 		}
 		// internal labels should be maintained.
 		if len(name) <= 4 || name[:2] != "__" || name[len(name)-2:] != "__" {
-			name = labelNamer.Build(name)
+			var err error
+			name, err = labelNamer.Build(name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}
 		l[name] = extras[i+1]
 	}
@@ -243,7 +261,7 @@ func createAttributes(resource pcommon.Resource, attributes pcommon.Map, scope s
 		labels = append(labels, prompb.Label{Name: k, Value: v})
 	}
 
-	return labels
+	return labels, nil
 }
 
 func aggregationTemporality(metric pmetric.Metric) (pmetric.AggregationTemporality, bool, error) {
@@ -278,7 +296,10 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addHistogramDataPoints(ctx context.Context, dataPo
 
 		pt := dataPoints.At(x)
 		timestamp := convertTimeStamp(pt.Timestamp())
-		baseLabels := createAttributes(resource, pt.Attributes(), scope, settings, nil, false, metadata)
+		baseLabels, err := createAttributes(resource, pt.Attributes(), scope, settings, nil, false, metadata)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
 		// If the sum is unset, it indicates the _sum metric point should be
 		// omitted
@@ -488,7 +509,10 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addSummaryDataPoints(ctx context.Context, dataPoin
 
 		pt := dataPoints.At(x)
 		timestamp := convertTimeStamp(pt.Timestamp())
-		baseLabels := createAttributes(resource, pt.Attributes(), scope, settings, nil, false, metadata)
+		baseLabels, err := createAttributes(resource, pt.Attributes(), scope, settings, nil, false, metadata)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
 		// treat sum as a sample in an individual TimeSeries
 		sum := &prompb.Sample{
@@ -622,9 +646,9 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addTimeSeriesIfNeeded(lbls []prompb.Label, startTi
 }
 
 // addResourceTargetInfo converts the resource to the target info metric.
-func addResourceTargetInfo(resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, earliestTimestamp, latestTimestamp time.Time, converter *PrometheusConverter) {
+func addResourceTargetInfo(resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, earliestTimestamp, latestTimestamp time.Time, converter *PrometheusConverter) error {
 	if settings.DisableTargetInfo {
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	attributes := resource.Attributes()
@@ -642,7 +666,7 @@ func addResourceTargetInfo(resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, earlies
 	}
 	if nonIdentifyingAttrsCount == 0 {
 		// If we only have job + instance, then target_info isn't useful, so don't add it.
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	name := targetMetricName
@@ -655,7 +679,10 @@ func addResourceTargetInfo(resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, earlies
 		// Do not pass identifying attributes as ignoreAttrs below.
 		identifyingAttrs = nil
 	}
-	labels := createAttributes(resource, attributes, scope{}, settings, identifyingAttrs, false, prompb.MetricMetadata{}, model.MetricNameLabel, name)
+	labels, err := createAttributes(resource, attributes, scope{}, settings, identifyingAttrs, false, prompb.MetricMetadata{}, model.MetricNameLabel, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	haveIdentifier := false
 	for _, l := range labels {
 		if l.Name == model.JobLabel || l.Name == model.InstanceLabel {
@@ -666,7 +693,7 @@ func addResourceTargetInfo(resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, earlies
 
 	if !haveIdentifier {
 		// We need at least one identifying label to generate target_info.
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	// Generate target_info samples starting at earliestTimestamp and ending at latestTimestamp,
@@ -688,6 +715,7 @@ func addResourceTargetInfo(resource pcommon.Resource, settings Settings, earlies
 		Value:     float64(1),
 		Timestamp: latestTimestamp.UnixMilli(),
 	})
+	return nil
 }
 
 // convertTimeStamp converts OTLP timestamp in ns to timestamp in ms.
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go
index b2e491377f..9ab37e26fd 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper_test.go
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ func TestCreateAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 				}),
 				PromoteScopeMetadata: tc.promoteScope,
 			}
-			lbls := createAttributes(resource, attrs, tc.scope, settings, tc.ignoreAttrs, false, prompb.MetricMetadata{}, model.MetricNameLabel, "test_metric")
+			lbls, err := createAttributes(resource, attrs, tc.scope, settings, tc.ignoreAttrs, false, prompb.MetricMetadata{}, model.MetricNameLabel, "test_metric")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			require.ElementsMatch(t, lbls, tc.expectedLabels)
 		})
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms.go
index 421526926e..f4199fd1c2 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(ctx context.Cont
 			return annots, err
 		}
 
-		lbls := createAttributes(
+		lbls, err := createAttributes(
 			resource,
 			pt.Attributes(),
 			scope,
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(ctx context.Cont
 			model.MetricNameLabel,
 			metadata.MetricFamilyName,
 		)
-
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		ts, _ := c.getOrCreateTimeSeries(lbls)
 		ts.Histograms = append(ts.Histograms, histogram)
 
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addCustomBucketsHistogramDataPoints(ctx context.Co
 			return annots, err
 		}
 
-		lbls := createAttributes(
+		lbls, err := createAttributes(
 			resource,
 			pt.Attributes(),
 			scope,
@@ -282,6 +284,9 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addCustomBucketsHistogramDataPoints(ctx context.Co
 			model.MetricNameLabel,
 			metadata.MetricFamilyName,
 		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 
 		ts, _ := c.getOrCreateTimeSeries(lbls)
 		ts.Histograms = append(ts.Histograms, histogram)
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms_test.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms_test.go
index eec7e95240..97f7dc9bca 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/histograms_test.go
@@ -847,6 +847,8 @@ func TestPrometheusConverter_addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 			namer := otlptranslator.MetricNamer{
 				WithMetricSuffixes: true,
 			}
+			name, err := namer.Build(TranslatorMetricFromOtelMetric(metric))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			annots, err := converter.addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(
 				context.Background(),
 				metric.ExponentialHistogram().DataPoints(),
@@ -855,7 +857,7 @@ func TestPrometheusConverter_addExponentialHistogramDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 					ExportCreatedMetric:  true,
 					PromoteScopeMetadata: tt.promoteScope,
 				},
-				prompb.MetricMetadata{MetricFamilyName: namer.Build(TranslatorMetricFromOtelMetric(metric))},
+				prompb.MetricMetadata{MetricFamilyName: name},
 				pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative,
 				tt.scope,
 			)
@@ -1303,6 +1305,8 @@ func TestPrometheusConverter_addCustomBucketsHistogramDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 			namer := otlptranslator.MetricNamer{
 				WithMetricSuffixes: true,
 			}
+			name, err := namer.Build(TranslatorMetricFromOtelMetric(metric))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			annots, err := converter.addCustomBucketsHistogramDataPoints(
 				context.Background(),
 				metric.Histogram().DataPoints(),
@@ -1312,7 +1316,7 @@ func TestPrometheusConverter_addCustomBucketsHistogramDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 					ConvertHistogramsToNHCB: true,
 					PromoteScopeMetadata:    tt.promoteScope,
 				},
-				prompb.MetricMetadata{MetricFamilyName: namer.Build(TranslatorMetricFromOtelMetric(metric))},
+				prompb.MetricMetadata{MetricFamilyName: name},
 				pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative,
 				tt.scope,
 			)
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw.go
index 6488e1e7d1..0eef4e1567 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw.go
@@ -171,9 +171,14 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) FromMetrics(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metric
 					continue
 				}
 
+				promName, err := namer.Build(TranslatorMetricFromOtelMetric(metric))
+				if err != nil {
+					errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+					continue
+				}
 				metadata := prompb.MetricMetadata{
 					Type:             otelMetricTypeToPromMetricType(metric),
-					MetricFamilyName: namer.Build(TranslatorMetricFromOtelMetric(metric)),
+					MetricFamilyName: promName,
 					Help:             metric.Description(),
 					Unit:             metric.Unit(),
 				}
@@ -273,7 +278,10 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) FromMetrics(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metric
 		if earliestTimestamp < pcommon.Timestamp(math.MaxUint64) {
 			// We have at least one metric sample for this resource.
 			// Generate a corresponding target_info series.
-			addResourceTargetInfo(resource, settings, earliestTimestamp.AsTime(), latestTimestamp.AsTime(), c)
+			err := addResourceTargetInfo(resource, settings, earliestTimestamp.AsTime(), latestTimestamp.AsTime(), c)
+			if err != nil {
+				errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw_test.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw_test.go
index 057dc63a7d..d264c81af8 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/metrics_to_prw_test.go
@@ -310,9 +310,11 @@ func TestFromMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			namer := otlptranslator.MetricNamer{}
+			name, err := namer.Build(TranslatorMetricFromOtelMetric(m))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			expMetadata = append(expMetadata, prompb.MetricMetadata{
 				Type:             otelMetricTypeToPromMetricType(m),
-				MetricFamilyName: namer.Build(TranslatorMetricFromOtelMetric(m)),
+				MetricFamilyName: name,
 				Help:             m.Description(),
 				Unit:             m.Unit(),
 			})
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/number_data_points.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/number_data_points.go
index 68a28c0eca..6992ce20e0 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/number_data_points.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/number_data_points.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addGaugeNumberDataPoints(ctx context.Context, data
 		}
 
 		pt := dataPoints.At(x)
-		labels := createAttributes(
+		labels, err := createAttributes(
 			resource,
 			pt.Attributes(),
 			scope,
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addGaugeNumberDataPoints(ctx context.Context, data
 			model.MetricNameLabel,
 			metadata.MetricFamilyName,
 		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		sample := &prompb.Sample{
 			// convert ns to ms
 			Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(pt.Timestamp()),
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addSumNumberDataPoints(ctx context.Context, dataPo
 		}
 
 		pt := dataPoints.At(x)
-		lbls := createAttributes(
+		lbls, err := createAttributes(
 			resource,
 			pt.Attributes(),
 			scope,
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ func (c *PrometheusConverter) addSumNumberDataPoints(ctx context.Context, dataPo
 			model.MetricNameLabel,
 			metadata.MetricFamilyName,
 		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		sample := &prompb.Sample{
 			// convert ns to ms
 			Timestamp: convertTimeStamp(pt.Timestamp()),
diff --git a/storage/remote/write_test.go b/storage/remote/write_test.go
index cfe19345f6..9c347ae8e7 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	common_config "github.com/prometheus/common/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ func TestOTLPWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "NoTranslation/NoTypeAndUnitLabels",
 			otlpCfg: config.OTLPConfig{
-				TranslationStrategy: config.NoTranslation,
+				TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.NoTranslation,
 			},
 			expectedSamples: []mockSample{
 				{
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ func TestOTLPWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "NoTranslation/WithTypeAndUnitLabels",
 			otlpCfg: config.OTLPConfig{
-				TranslationStrategy: config.NoTranslation,
+				TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.NoTranslation,
 			},
 			typeAndUnitLabels: true,
 			expectedSamples: []mockSample{
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ func TestOTLPWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes/NoTypeAndUnitLabels",
 			otlpCfg: config.OTLPConfig{
-				TranslationStrategy: config.UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes,
+				TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes,
 			},
 			expectedSamples: []mockSample{
 				{
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ func TestOTLPWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes",
 			otlpCfg: config.OTLPConfig{
-				TranslationStrategy: config.UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes,
+				TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes,
 			},
 			expectedSamples: []mockSample{
 				{
@@ -499,7 +500,7 @@ func TestOTLPWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes/WithTypeAndUnitLabels",
 			otlpCfg: config.OTLPConfig{
-				TranslationStrategy: config.UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes,
+				TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithSuffixes,
 			},
 			typeAndUnitLabels: true,
 			expectedSamples: []mockSample{
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ func TestOTLPWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes/NoTypeAndUnitLabels",
 			otlpCfg: config.OTLPConfig{
-				TranslationStrategy: config.NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes,
+				TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes,
 			},
 			expectedSamples: []mockSample{
 				{
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ func TestOTLPWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes/WithTypeAndUnitLabels",
 			otlpCfg: config.OTLPConfig{
-				TranslationStrategy: config.NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes,
+				TranslationStrategy: otlptranslator.NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes,
 			},
 			typeAndUnitLabels: true,
 			expectedSamples: []mockSample{