diff --git a/pkg/receive/handler.go b/pkg/receive/handler.go
index 62308285fd..26a1bfcbc5 100644
--- a/pkg/receive/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/receive/handler.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
@@ -141,6 +142,9 @@ type Handler struct {
 	writeTimeseriesTotal *prometheus.HistogramVec
 	writeE2eLatency      *prometheus.HistogramVec
 
+	pendingWriteRequests        prometheus.Gauge
+	pendingWriteRequestsCounter atomic.Int32
+
 	Limiter *Limiter
 }
 
@@ -231,6 +235,12 @@ func NewHandler(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 				Buckets:   []float64{1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 90, 120, 300, 600, 900, 1200, 1800, 3600},
 			}, []string{"code", "tenant", "rollup"},
 		),
+		pendingWriteRequests: promauto.With(registerer).NewGauge(
+			prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+				Name: "thanos_receive_pending_write_requests",
+				Help: "The number of pending write requests.",
+			},
+		),
 	}
 
 	h.forwardRequests.WithLabelValues(labelSuccess)
@@ -1076,6 +1086,9 @@ func (h *Handler) RemoteWrite(ctx context.Context, r *storepb.WriteRequest) (*st
 	span, ctx := tracing.StartSpan(ctx, "receive_grpc")
 	defer span.Finish()
 
+	h.pendingWriteRequests.Set(float64(h.pendingWriteRequestsCounter.Add(1)))
+	defer h.pendingWriteRequestsCounter.Add(-1)
+
 	_, err := h.handleRequest(ctx, uint64(r.Replica), r.Tenant, &prompb.WriteRequest{Timeseries: r.Timeseries})
 	if err != nil {
 		level.Debug(h.logger).Log("msg", "failed to handle request", "err", err)
diff --git a/pkg/store/telemetry.go b/pkg/store/telemetry.go
index 135daf85a0..8d7da11798 100644
--- a/pkg/store/telemetry.go
+++ b/pkg/store/telemetry.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 
 	"github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pkg/store/storepb"
+
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
 
 // seriesStatsAggregator aggregates results from fanned-out queries into a histogram given their
@@ -155,6 +157,9 @@ type instrumentedStoreServer struct {
 	storepb.StoreServer
 	seriesRequested prometheus.Histogram
 	chunksRequested prometheus.Histogram
+
+	pendingRequests        prometheus.Gauge
+	pendingRequestsCounter atomic.Int32
 }
 
 // NewInstrumentedStoreServer creates a new instrumentedStoreServer.
@@ -171,11 +176,18 @@ func NewInstrumentedStoreServer(reg prometheus.Registerer, store storepb.StoreSe
 			Help:    "Number of requested chunks for Series calls",
 			Buckets: []float64{1, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 10000000, 100000000, 1000000000},
 		}),
+		pendingRequests: promauto.With(reg).NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Name: "thanos_store_server_pending_series_requests",
+			Help: "Number of pending series requests",
+		}),
 	}
 }
 
 func (s *instrumentedStoreServer) Series(req *storepb.SeriesRequest, srv storepb.Store_SeriesServer) error {
 	instrumented := newInstrumentedServer(srv)
+	s.pendingRequests.Set(float64(s.pendingRequestsCounter.Add(1)))
+	defer s.pendingRequestsCounter.Add(-1)
+
 	if err := s.StoreServer.Series(req, instrumented); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}