diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 819218ac1871e..9617c67d67018 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/alitto/pond v1.9.2
 	github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.3.4
 	github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.63.107
-	github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1
+	github.com/allegro/bigcache/v3 v3.1.0
 	github.com/amir/raidman v0.0.0-20170415203553-1ccc43bfb9c9
 	github.com/antchfx/jsonquery v1.3.6
 	github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.4.4
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
 	github.com/couchbase/go-couchbase v0.1.1
 	github.com/datadope-io/go-zabbix/v2 v2.0.1
-	github.com/devopsext/tools v0.15.3
-	github.com/devopsext/utils v0.4.3
+	github.com/devopsext/tools v0.18.7
+	github.com/devopsext/utils v0.4.8
 	github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt v0.0.0-20250417173424-a6a66ef779d6
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1
 	github.com/djherbis/times v1.6.0
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/olivere/elastic.v5 v5.0.86
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.33.1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.1
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.33.1
+	k8s.io/api v0.33.3
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.3
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.33.3
 	layeh.com/radius v0.0.0-20221205141417-e7fbddd11d68
 	modernc.org/sqlite v1.37.0
 	software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4cc57c0445858..77e080e6ca25a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -828,8 +828,8 @@ github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.3.4 h1:hR0bqAwJiI2chu3cLN4gVyNC7rc5mj/l5wg0710nxsY=
 github.com/alitto/pond/v2 v2.3.4/go.mod h1:xkjYEgQ05RSpWdfSd1nM3OVv7TBhLdy7rMp3+2Nq+yE=
 github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.63.107 h1:qagvUyrgOnBIlVRQWOyCZGVKUIYbMBdGdJ104vBpRFU=
 github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.63.107/go.mod h1:SOSDHfe1kX91v3W5QiBsWSLqeLxImobbMX1mxrFHsVQ=
-github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1 h1:hg1sY1raCwic3Vnsvje6TT7/pnZba83LeFck5NrFKSc=
-github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1/go.mod h1:Cb/ax3seSYIx7SuZdm2G2xzfwmv3TPSk2ucNfQESPXM=
+github.com/allegro/bigcache/v3 v3.1.0 h1:H2Vp8VOvxcrB91o86fUSVJFqeuz8kpyyB02eH3bSzwk=
+github.com/allegro/bigcache/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:aPyh7jEvrog9zAwx5N7+JUQX5dZTSGpxF1LAR4dr35I=
 github.com/amir/raidman v0.0.0-20170415203553-1ccc43bfb9c9 h1:FXrPTd8Rdlc94dKccl7KPmdmIbVh/OjelJ8/vgMRzcQ=
 github.com/amir/raidman v0.0.0-20170415203553-1ccc43bfb9c9/go.mod h1:eliMa/PW+RDr2QLWRmLH1R1ZA4RInpmvOzDDXtaIZkc=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=
@@ -1137,10 +1137,10 @@ github.com/devigned/tab v0.1.1 h1:3mD6Kb1mUOYeLpJvTVSDwSg5ZsfSxfvxGRTxRsJsITA=
 github.com/devigned/tab v0.1.1/go.mod h1:XG9mPq0dFghrYvoBF3xdRrJzSTX1b7IQrvaL9mzjeJY=
 github.com/devopsext/sdk v0.9.6 h1:UWU4ZeINWMmgLsuCvdC/FPN+HKu1tcW06K65ler4mT4=
 github.com/devopsext/sdk v0.9.6/go.mod h1:AHHlOEv1+GGQ3ktHMlhuTUwo3zljV3QJbC0+8o2kn+4=
-github.com/devopsext/tools v0.15.3 h1:0zTepwKqDCgcCh85ATx6cE2ri98zfOFsyunFVDTavvg=
-github.com/devopsext/tools v0.15.3/go.mod h1:FXft1ABAA2XYDnbg6ElDyQHPUXXp/GRPQRFQ1R1Cz8Y=
-github.com/devopsext/utils v0.4.3 h1:PbAlmjtWjppKFBG479xKkiD5U8OUbXcDRivRMW7L4Pg=
-github.com/devopsext/utils v0.4.3/go.mod h1:Vg3Jxxr4i9JXPmhaZo7TvY+OEr3W3QlZDXmbN8ScU5k=
+github.com/devopsext/tools v0.18.7 h1:dCVTFaylYQ4kJZX2O0zdXtnXErf5hnkayAUTwDAoPL0=
+github.com/devopsext/tools v0.18.7/go.mod h1:RNiXytM21qgylYzJWya8dhfCTA+xxvI4GGFBjx0ZxAA=
+github.com/devopsext/utils v0.4.8 h1:Ql8fwF36lUcHj5nw/IlZrfHEcPNmh1YPJws3MOnuCKA=
+github.com/devopsext/utils v0.4.8/go.mod h1:3Apwsy4/k+baHRxsHuK0ipqdgK/YNHif0fZmO7m0W4Q=
 github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
@@ -3532,12 +3532,12 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.2 h1:MNh1AVMyVX23VUHE2O27jm6lNj3vjO5DexS4A1xvnzk=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.2/go.mod h1:lPVVZ2BS5TfnjLyizF7o7hv7j9/L+8cZY2hLyjP9cGY=
 howett.net/plist v0.0.0-20181124034731-591f970eefbb h1:jhnBjNi9UFpfpl8YZhA9CrOqpnJdvzuiHsl/dnxl11M=
 howett.net/plist v0.0.0-20181124034731-591f970eefbb/go.mod h1:vMygbs4qMhSZSc4lCUl2OEE+rDiIIJAIdR4m7MiMcm0=
-k8s.io/api v0.33.1 h1:tA6Cf3bHnLIrUK4IqEgb2v++/GYUtqiu9sRVk3iBXyw=
-k8s.io/api v0.33.1/go.mod h1:87esjTn9DRSRTD4fWMXamiXxJhpOIREjWOSjsW1kEHw=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.1 h1:mzqXWV8tW9Rw4VeW9rEkqvnxj59k1ezDUl20tFK/oM4=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.1/go.mod h1:BHW0YOu7n22fFv/JkYOEfkUYNRN0fj0BlvMFWA7b+SM=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.33.1 h1:ZZV/Ks2g92cyxWkRRnfUDsnhNn28eFpt26aGc8KbXF4=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.33.1/go.mod h1:JAsUrl1ArO7uRVFWfcj6kOomSlCv+JpvIsp6usAGefA=
+k8s.io/api v0.33.3 h1:SRd5t//hhkI1buzxb288fy2xvjubstenEKL9K51KBI8=
+k8s.io/api v0.33.3/go.mod h1:01Y/iLUjNBM3TAvypct7DIj0M0NIZc+PzAHCIo0CYGE=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.3 h1:4ZSrmNa0c/ZpZJhAgRdcsFcZOw1PQU1bALVQ0B3I5LA=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.3/go.mod h1:BHW0YOu7n22fFv/JkYOEfkUYNRN0fj0BlvMFWA7b+SM=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.33.3 h1:M5AfDnKfYmVJif92ngN532gFqakcGi6RvaOF16efrpA=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.33.3/go.mod h1:luqKBQggEf3shbxHY4uVENAxrDISLOarxpTKMiUuujg=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff h1:/usPimJzUKKu+m+TE36gUyGcf03XZEP0ZIKgKj35LS4=
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/prometheus_http/prometheus_http.go b/plugins/inputs/prometheus_http/prometheus_http.go
index d0a14c7e7080a..ed4c00c14e621 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/prometheus_http/prometheus_http.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/prometheus_http/prometheus_http.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/allegro/bigcache"
+	"github.com/allegro/bigcache/v3"
 	"github.com/araddon/dateparse"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ type PrometheusHttp struct {
 	cache *bigcache.BigCache
 }
 
+// Panic implements [common.Logger].
+func (p *PrometheusHttp) Panic(obj interface{}, args ...interface{}) {
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
+
 type PrometheusHttpPushFunc = func(when time.Time, tags map[string]string, stamp time.Time, value float64)
 
 type PrometheusHttpDatasourceResponse struct {
@@ -527,7 +532,6 @@ func (p *PrometheusHttp) setMetrics(w *sync.WaitGroup, pm *PrometheusHttpMetric,
 			}
 			pm.uniques[hash] = true
 		}
-
 		v, err := p.getTemplateValue(pm.template, value)
 		if err != nil {
 			p.Log.Error(err)
@@ -643,6 +647,7 @@ func (p *PrometheusHttp) gatherMetrics(gid uint64, ds PrometheusHttpDatasource)
 
 	fields := p.addFields("requests", p.requests.counter.Value())
 	fields["errors"] = p.errors.counter.Value()
+	p.addCacheStats(fields)
 
 	r1 := float64(p.requests.counter.Value())
 	r2 := float64(p.errors.counter.Value())
@@ -654,6 +659,22 @@ func (p *PrometheusHttp) gatherMetrics(gid uint64, ds PrometheusHttpDatasource)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (p *PrometheusHttp) addCacheStats(fields map[string]interface{}) {
+
+	if p.cache == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	stats := p.cache.Stats()
+	fields["cache_hits_count"] = stats.Hits
+	fields["cache_misses_count"] = stats.Misses
+	fields["cache_delete_hits_count"] = stats.DelHits
+	fields["cache_delete_misses_count"] = stats.DelMisses
+	fields["cache_collisions_count"] = stats.Collisions
+	fields["cache_len"] = p.cache.Len()
+	fields["cache_capacity_bytes"] = p.cache.Capacity()
+}
+
 func (ptt *PrometheusHttpTextTemplate) fCacheRegexMatchFindKey(obj interface{}, field, value string) string {
 
 	if obj == nil || utils.IsEmpty(field) || utils.IsEmpty(value) {
@@ -662,21 +683,33 @@ func (ptt *PrometheusHttpTextTemplate) fCacheRegexMatchFindKey(obj interface{},
 	if ptt.input.cache == nil {
 		return ""
 	}
-	key := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s", ptt.tag, field, value)
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s.%s", ptt.name, ptt.tag, field, value)
 
 	entry, err := ptt.input.cache.Get(key)
 	if err == nil {
 		v1 := string(entry)
-		if !utils.IsEmpty(v1) {
-			return v1
+		if v1 == "nil" {
+			md := ptt.input.cache.KeyMetadata(key)
+			if md.RequestCount > 1000 {
+				ptt.input.cache.Delete(key)
+			}
+			return ""
 		}
+		return v1
+	}
+	var v2 any
+	keys := ptt.template.RegexMatchFindKeys(obj, field, value)
+	if len(keys) == 0 {
+		v2 = ""
+	} else {
+		v2 = keys[0]
 	}
-	v2 := ptt.template.RegexMatchFindKey(obj, field, value)
 	v1 := fmt.Sprintf("%v", v2)
 	if !utils.IsEmpty(v1) {
 		ptt.input.cache.Set(key, []byte(v1))
 		return v1
 	}
+	ptt.input.cache.Set(key, []byte("nil"))
 	return ""
 }
 
@@ -991,6 +1024,7 @@ func (p *PrometheusHttp) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	var ds PrometheusHttpDatasource = nil
 	gid := utils.GoRoutineID()
 	p.readFiles(gid, &globalFiles, &globalHashes, p.Metrics, false)
+
 	// Gather data
 	err := p.gatherMetrics(gid, ds)
 	return err
@@ -1031,53 +1065,54 @@ func (p *PrometheusHttp) Init() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	p.Log.Debugf("[%d] %s metrics amount: %d", gid, p.Name, lMetrics)
+	maxltags := 0
 
 	for _, m := range p.Metrics {
 		p.setDefaultMetric(gid, m)
+		ltags := len(m.Tags)
+		if maxltags < ltags {
+			maxltags = ltags
+		}
 	}
 
+	p.Log.Debugf("[%d] %s metrics amount: %d, max tags %d", gid, p.Name, lMetrics, maxltags)
+
 	//p.files = &sync.Map{}
 	p.requests = NewRateCounter(time.Duration(p.Interval))
 	p.errors = NewRateCounter(time.Duration(p.Interval))
 	p.mtx = &sync.Mutex{}
 
-	if len(p.Files) > 0 {
+	if len(p.Files) > 0 && p.cache == nil {
 
-		entries, length := p.readFiles(gid, &globalFiles, &globalHashes, p.Metrics, true)
+		_, length := p.readFiles(gid, &globalFiles, &globalHashes, p.Metrics, true)
 
 		seconds := time.Duration(p.Timeout).Seconds()
 
 		if p.CacheDuration <= 0 {
-			p.CacheDuration = config.Duration(time.Second * time.Duration(seconds))
+			p.CacheDuration = config.Duration(time.Second * time.Duration(seconds) * 60)
 		}
 
 		config := bigcache.DefaultConfig(time.Duration(p.CacheDuration))
-		config.Shards = 256
 		config.CleanWindow = 0
-		/*if seconds > 0 {
-			t := int(math.Round(seconds / 2))
-			if t > 1 {
-				config.CleanWindow = time.Duration(time.Second * time.Duration(t))
-			}
-		}*/
+		config.Shards = 32
 
-		config.MaxEntriesInWindow = entries
+		config.MaxEntriesInWindow = lMetrics * maxltags
 		config.MaxEntrySize = length
 
-		maxSizeInMb := 0
-		if p.CacheSize > 0 {
-			maxSizeInMb = int(p.CacheSize) / (1024 * 1024)
-		} else {
-			maxSizeInMb = (entries * length * int(seconds)) / (1024 * 1024)
-		}
-		if maxSizeInMb == 0 {
-			maxSizeInMb = 1
-		}
+		maxSizeInMb := 1
+		// if p.CacheSize > 0 {
+		// 	maxSizeInMb = int(p.CacheSize) / (1024)
+		// } else {
+		// 	maxSizeInMb = (entries * length * int(seconds)) / (1024)
+		// }
+		// if maxSizeInMb == 0 {
+		// 	maxSizeInMb = 1
+		// }
 		config.HardMaxCacheSize = maxSizeInMb
 
 		config.Logger = p
 		config.Verbose = true
+		config.StatsEnabled = true
 
 		cache, err := bigcache.NewBigCache(config)
 		if err != nil {