diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index 50fd56fa9ff..217ff17ceb9 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -58,4 +58,5 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   prometheusStreamingJSONParser?: boolean;
   validateDashboardsOnSave?: boolean;
   prometheusWideSeries?: boolean;
+  logRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknown?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go b/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
index a91b6849f1b..b60d9c75868 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/metrics"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ func init() {
 
 // RequestMetrics is a middleware handler that instruments the request.
 func RequestMetrics(features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles) web.Handler {
+	log := log.New("middleware.request-metrics")
+
 	return func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, c *web.Context) {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(c.Req.URL.Path, "/public/") || c.Req.URL.Path == "robots.txt" || c.Req.URL.Path == "/metrics" {
 			c.Next()
@@ -59,15 +62,18 @@ func RequestMetrics(features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles) web.Handler {
 		c.Map(c.Req)
 		c.Next()
 
-		handler := "unknown"
-
-		if routeOperation, exists := RouteOperationNameFromContext(c.Req.Context()); exists {
-			handler = routeOperation
-		}
-
 		status := rw.Status()
 		code := sanitizeCode(status)
 
+		handler := "unknown"
+		if routeOperation, exists := RouteOperationNameFromContext(c.Req.Context()); exists {
+			handler = routeOperation
+		} else {
+			if features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagLogRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknown) {
+				log.Warn("request instrumented as unknown", "path", c.Req.URL.Path, "status_code", status)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// avoiding the sanitize functions for in the new instrumentation
 		// since they dont make much sense. We should remove them later.
 		histogram := httpRequestDurationHistogram.
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index 69506473013..8ff5c56bb49 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -237,5 +237,10 @@ var (
 			Description: "Enable wide series responses in the Prometheus datasource",
 			State:       FeatureStateAlpha,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:        "logRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknown",
+			Description: "Logs the path for requests that are instrumented as unknown",
+			State:       FeatureStateAlpha,
+		},
 	}
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index 95d0cc121fe..0bdbedddfa9 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -174,4 +174,8 @@ const (
 	// FlagPrometheusWideSeries
 	// Enable wide series responses in the Prometheus datasource
 	FlagPrometheusWideSeries = "prometheusWideSeries"
+
+	// FlagLogRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknown
+	// Logs the path for requests that are instrumented as unknown
+	FlagLogRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknown = "logRequestsInstrumentedAsUnknown"
 )