diff --git a/src/main/cluster.ts b/src/main/cluster.ts
index b88fe6c7ef..600b377729 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster.ts
@@ -253,16 +253,12 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
   }
 
   protected async k8sRequest<T = any>(path: string, options: RequestPromiseOptions = {}): Promise<T> {
-    const apiUrl = this.kubeProxyUrl + path;
-    return request(apiUrl, {
-      json: true,
-      timeout: 30000,
-      ...options,
-      headers: {
-        Host: `${this.id}.${new URL(this.kubeProxyUrl).host}`, // required in ClusterManager.getClusterForRequest()
-        ...(options.headers || {}),
-      },
-    })
+    options.headers ??= {}
+    options.json ??= true
+    options.timeout ??= 30000
+    options.headers.Host = `${this.id}.${new URL(this.kubeProxyUrl).host}` // required in ClusterManager.getClusterForRequest()
+
+    return request(this.kubeProxyUrl + path, options)
   }
 
   getMetrics(prometheusPath: string, queryParams: IMetricsReqParams & { query: string }) {
diff --git a/src/main/routes/metrics-route.ts b/src/main/routes/metrics-route.ts
index 2665fca5f2..dc77f7fb9f 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/metrics-route.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/metrics-route.ts
@@ -1,72 +1,73 @@
 import { LensApiRequest } from "../router"
 import { LensApi } from "../lens-api"
-import { PrometheusClusterQuery, PrometheusIngressQuery, PrometheusNodeQuery, PrometheusPodQuery, PrometheusProvider, PrometheusPvcQuery, PrometheusQueryOpts } from "../prometheus/provider-registry"
+import { Cluster } from "../cluster"
+import _ from "lodash"
 
 export type IMetricsQuery = string | string[] | {
   [metricName: string]: string;
 }
 
+// This is used for backoff retry tracking.
+const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5
+const ATTEMPTS = [...(_.fill(Array(MAX_ATTEMPTS - 1), false)), true]
+
+// prometheus metrics loader
+async function loadMetrics(promQueries: string[], cluster: Cluster, prometheusPath: string, queryParams: Record<string, string>): Promise<any[]> {
+  const queries = promQueries.map(p => p.trim())
+  const loaders = new Map<string, Promise<any>>()
+
+  async function loadMetric(query: string): Promise<any> {
+    async function loadMetricHelper(): Promise<any> {
+      for (const [attempt, lastAttempt] of ATTEMPTS.entries()) { // retry
+        try {
+          return await cluster.getMetrics(prometheusPath, { query, ...queryParams })
+        } catch (error) {
+          if (lastAttempt || error?.statusCode === 404) {
+            return {
+              status: error.toString(),
+              data: { result: [] },
+            }
+          }
+
+          await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, (attempt + 1) * 1000)); // add delay before repeating request
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return loaders.get(query) ?? loaders.set(query, loadMetricHelper()).get(query)
+  }
+
+  return Promise.all(queries.map(loadMetric))
+}
+
 class MetricsRoute extends LensApi {
-  async routeMetrics(request: LensApiRequest) {
-    const { response, cluster, payload } = request
-    const queryParams: IMetricsQuery = {}
-    request.query.forEach((value: string, key: string) => {
-      queryParams[key] = value
-    })
-    let prometheusPath: string
-    let prometheusProvider: PrometheusProvider
+  async routeMetrics({ response, cluster, payload, query }: LensApiRequest) {
+    const queryParams: IMetricsQuery = Object.fromEntries(query.entries())
+
     try {
-      [prometheusPath, prometheusProvider] = await Promise.all([
+      const [prometheusPath, prometheusProvider] = await Promise.all([
         cluster.contextHandler.getPrometheusPath(),
         cluster.contextHandler.getPrometheusProvider()
       ])
+
+      // return data in same structure as query
+      if (typeof payload === "string") {
+        const [data] = await loadMetrics([payload], cluster, prometheusPath, queryParams)
+        this.respondJson(response, data)
+      } else if (Array.isArray(payload)) {
+        const data = await loadMetrics(payload, cluster, prometheusPath, queryParams)
+        this.respondJson(response, data)
+      } else {
+        const queries = Object.entries(payload).map(([queryName, queryOpts]) => (
+          (prometheusProvider.getQueries(queryOpts) as Record<string, string>)[queryName]
+        ))
+        const result = await loadMetrics(queries, cluster, prometheusPath, queryParams)
+        const data = Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(payload).map((metricName, i) => [metricName, result[i]]))
+        this.respondJson(response, data)
+      }
     } catch {
       this.respondJson(response, {})
-      return
     }
-    // prometheus metrics loader
-    const attempts: { [query: string]: number } = {};
-    const maxAttempts = 5;
-    const loadMetrics = (promQuery: string): Promise<any> => {
-      const query = promQuery.trim()
-      const attempt = attempts[query] = (attempts[query] || 0) + 1;
-      return cluster.getMetrics(prometheusPath, { query, ...queryParams }).catch(async error => {
-        if (attempt < maxAttempts && (error.statusCode && error.statusCode != 404)) {
-          await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, attempt * 1000)); // add delay before repeating request
-          return loadMetrics(query);
-        }
-        return {
-          status: error.toString(),
-          data: {
-            result: []
-          }
-        }
-      })
-    };
-
-    // return data in same structure as query
-    let data: any;
-    if (typeof payload === "string") {
-      data = await loadMetrics(payload)
-    } else if (Array.isArray(payload)) {
-      data = await Promise.all(payload.map(loadMetrics));
-    } else {
-      data = {};
-      const result = await Promise.all(
-        Object.entries(payload).map((queryEntry: any) => {
-          const queryName: string = queryEntry[0]
-          const queryOpts: PrometheusQueryOpts = queryEntry[1]
-          const queries = prometheusProvider.getQueries(queryOpts)
-          const q = queries[queryName as keyof (PrometheusNodeQuery | PrometheusClusterQuery | PrometheusPodQuery | PrometheusPvcQuery | PrometheusIngressQuery)]
-          return loadMetrics(q)
-        })
-      );
-      Object.keys(payload).forEach((metricName, index) => {
-        data[metricName] = result[index];
-      });
-    }
-
-    this.respondJson(response, data)
   }
 }