diff --git a/pkg/loghttp/query.go b/pkg/loghttp/query.go
index 8bc276e16a5ef..4e99306713a9c 100644
--- a/pkg/loghttp/query.go
+++ b/pkg/loghttp/query.go
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ type InstantQuery struct {
 	Ts        time.Time
 	Limit     uint32
 	Direction logproto.Direction
+	Shards    []string
 }
 
 // ParseInstantQuery parses an InstantQuery request from an http request.
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ func ParseInstantQuery(r *http.Request) (*InstantQuery, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	request.Shards = shards(r)
 
 	request.Direction, err = direction(r)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/querier/http.go b/pkg/querier/http.go
index 2ce0c7ce7cf15..b4ba2dc8293eb 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/http.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/http.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (q *Querier) InstantQueryHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		0,
 		request.Direction,
 		request.Limit,
-		nil,
+		request.Shards,
 	)
 	query := q.engine.Query(params)
 	result, err := query.Exec(ctx)
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/codec.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/codec.go
index e9b9fc5a124c6..107b0afb59a66 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/codec.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/codec.go
@@ -75,6 +75,48 @@ func (r *LokiRequest) LogToSpan(sp opentracing.Span) {
 
 func (*LokiRequest) GetCachingOptions() (res queryrange.CachingOptions) { return }
 
+func (r *LokiInstantRequest) GetStep() int64 {
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (r *LokiInstantRequest) GetEnd() int64 {
+	return r.TimeTs.UnixNano() / (int64(time.Millisecond) / int64(time.Nanosecond))
+}
+
+func (r *LokiInstantRequest) GetStart() int64 {
+	return r.TimeTs.UnixNano() / (int64(time.Millisecond) / int64(time.Nanosecond))
+}
+
+func (r *LokiInstantRequest) WithStartEnd(s int64, e int64) queryrange.Request {
+	new := *r
+	new.TimeTs = time.Unix(0, s*int64(time.Millisecond))
+	return &new
+}
+
+func (r *LokiInstantRequest) WithQuery(query string) queryrange.Request {
+	new := *r
+	new.Query = query
+	return &new
+}
+
+func (r *LokiInstantRequest) WithShards(shards logql.Shards) *LokiInstantRequest {
+	new := *r
+	new.Shards = shards.Encode()
+	return &new
+}
+
+func (r *LokiInstantRequest) LogToSpan(sp opentracing.Span) {
+	sp.LogFields(
+		otlog.String("query", r.GetQuery()),
+		otlog.String("ts", timestamp.Time(r.GetStart()).String()),
+		otlog.Int64("limit", int64(r.GetLimit())),
+		otlog.String("direction", r.GetDirection().String()),
+		otlog.String("shards", strings.Join(r.GetShards(), ",")),
+	)
+}
+
+func (*LokiInstantRequest) GetCachingOptions() (res queryrange.CachingOptions) { return }
+
 func (r *LokiSeriesRequest) GetEnd() int64 {
 	return r.EndTs.UnixNano() / (int64(time.Millisecond) / int64(time.Nanosecond))
 }
@@ -173,6 +215,19 @@ func (Codec) DecodeRequest(_ context.Context, r *http.Request) (queryrange.Reque
 			Path:   r.URL.Path,
 			Shards: req.Shards,
 		}, nil
+	case InstantQueryOp:
+		req, err := loghttp.ParseInstantQuery(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
+		}
+		return &LokiInstantRequest{
+			Query:     req.Query,
+			Limit:     req.Limit,
+			Direction: req.Direction,
+			TimeTs:    req.Ts.UTC(),
+			Path:      r.URL.Path,
+			Shards:    req.Shards,
+		}, nil
 	case SeriesOp:
 		req, err := logql.ParseAndValidateSeriesQuery(r)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -267,6 +322,29 @@ func (Codec) EncodeRequest(ctx context.Context, r queryrange.Request) (*http.Req
 			Body:       http.NoBody,
 			Header:     http.Header{},
 		}
+		return req.WithContext(ctx), nil
+	case *LokiInstantRequest:
+		params := url.Values{
+			"query":     []string{request.Query},
+			"direction": []string{request.Direction.String()},
+			"limit":     []string{fmt.Sprintf("%d", request.Limit)},
+		}
+		if len(request.Shards) > 0 {
+			params["shards"] = request.Shards
+		}
+		u := &url.URL{
+			// the request could come /api/prom/query but we want to only use the new api.
+			Path:     "/loki/api/v1/query",
+			RawQuery: params.Encode(),
+		}
+		req := &http.Request{
+			Method:     "GET",
+			RequestURI: u.String(), // This is what the httpgrpc code looks at.
+			URL:        u,
+			Body:       http.NoBody,
+			Header:     http.Header{},
+		}
+
 		return req.WithContext(ctx), nil
 	default:
 		return nil, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusInternalServerError, "invalid request format")
@@ -343,18 +421,33 @@ func (Codec) DecodeResponse(ctx context.Context, r *http.Response, req queryrang
 					Status: resp.Status,
 					Data: queryrange.PrometheusData{
 						ResultType: loghttp.ResultTypeMatrix,
-						Result:     toProto(resp.Data.Result.(loghttp.Matrix)),
+						Result:     toProtoMatrix(resp.Data.Result.(loghttp.Matrix)),
 					},
 					Headers: convertPrometheusResponseHeadersToPointers(httpResponseHeadersToPromResponseHeaders(r.Header)),
 				},
 				Statistics: resp.Data.Statistics,
 			}, nil
 		case loghttp.ResultTypeStream:
+			// This is the same as in querysharding.go
+			params, err := paramsFromRequest(req)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			var path string
+			switch r := req.(type) {
+			case *LokiRequest:
+				path = r.GetPath()
+			case *LokiInstantRequest:
+				path = r.GetPath()
+			default:
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected *LokiRequest or *LokiInstantRequest, got (%T)", r)
+			}
 			return &LokiResponse{
 				Status:     resp.Status,
-				Direction:  req.(*LokiRequest).Direction,
-				Limit:      req.(*LokiRequest).Limit,
-				Version:    uint32(loghttp.GetVersion(req.(*LokiRequest).Path)),
+				Direction:  params.Direction(),
+				Limit:      params.Limit(),
+				Version:    uint32(loghttp.GetVersion(path)),
 				Statistics: resp.Data.Statistics,
 				Data: LokiData{
 					ResultType: loghttp.ResultTypeStream,
@@ -362,8 +455,20 @@ func (Codec) DecodeResponse(ctx context.Context, r *http.Response, req queryrang
 				},
 				Headers: httpResponseHeadersToPromResponseHeaders(r.Header),
 			}, nil
+		case loghttp.ResultTypeVector:
+			return &LokiPromResponse{
+				Response: &queryrange.PrometheusResponse{
+					Status: resp.Status,
+					Data: queryrange.PrometheusData{
+						ResultType: loghttp.ResultTypeVector,
+						Result:     toProtoVector(resp.Data.Result.(loghttp.Vector)),
+					},
+					Headers: convertPrometheusResponseHeadersToPointers(httpResponseHeadersToPromResponseHeaders(r.Header)),
+				},
+				Statistics: resp.Data.Statistics,
+			}, nil
 		default:
-			return nil, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusInternalServerError, "unsupported response type")
+			return nil, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusInternalServerError, "unsupported response type, got (%s)", string(resp.Data.ResultType))
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -621,7 +726,7 @@ func mergeOrderedNonOverlappingStreams(resps []*LokiResponse, limit uint32, dire
 	return results
 }
 
-func toProto(m loghttp.Matrix) []queryrange.SampleStream {
+func toProtoMatrix(m loghttp.Matrix) []queryrange.SampleStream {
 	if len(m) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -642,6 +747,23 @@ func toProto(m loghttp.Matrix) []queryrange.SampleStream {
 	return res
 }
 
+func toProtoVector(v loghttp.Vector) []queryrange.SampleStream {
+	if len(v) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	res := make([]queryrange.SampleStream, 0, len(v))
+	for _, s := range v {
+		res = append(res, queryrange.SampleStream{
+			Samples: []cortexpb.Sample{{
+				Value:       float64(s.Value),
+				TimestampMs: int64(s.Timestamp),
+			}},
+			Labels: cortexpb.FromMetricsToLabelAdapters(s.Metric),
+		})
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
 func (res LokiResponse) Count() int64 {
 	var result int64
 	for _, s := range res.Data.Result {
@@ -650,38 +772,75 @@ func (res LokiResponse) Count() int64 {
 	return result
 }
 
-type paramsWrapper struct {
+func paramsFromRequest(req queryrange.Request) (logql.Params, error) {
+	switch r := req.(type) {
+	case *LokiRequest:
+		return &paramsRangeWrapper{
+			LokiRequest: r,
+		}, nil
+	case *LokiInstantRequest:
+		return &paramsInstantWrapper{
+			LokiInstantRequest: r,
+		}, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected *LokiRequest or *LokiInstantRequest, got (%T)", r)
+	}
+}
+
+type paramsRangeWrapper struct {
 	*LokiRequest
 }
 
-func paramsFromRequest(req queryrange.Request) *paramsWrapper {
-	return &paramsWrapper{
-		LokiRequest: req.(*LokiRequest),
-	}
+func (p paramsRangeWrapper) Query() string {
+	return p.GetQuery()
+}
+
+func (p paramsRangeWrapper) Start() time.Time {
+	return p.GetStartTs()
+}
+
+func (p paramsRangeWrapper) End() time.Time {
+	return p.GetEndTs()
+}
+
+func (p paramsRangeWrapper) Step() time.Duration {
+	return time.Duration(p.GetStep() * 1e6)
+}
+func (p paramsRangeWrapper) Interval() time.Duration { return 0 }
+func (p paramsRangeWrapper) Direction() logproto.Direction {
+	return p.GetDirection()
+}
+func (p paramsRangeWrapper) Limit() uint32 { return p.LokiRequest.Limit }
+func (p paramsRangeWrapper) Shards() []string {
+	return p.GetShards()
+}
+
+type paramsInstantWrapper struct {
+	*LokiInstantRequest
 }
 
-func (p paramsWrapper) Query() string {
-	return p.LokiRequest.Query
+func (p paramsInstantWrapper) Query() string {
+	return p.GetQuery()
 }
 
-func (p paramsWrapper) Start() time.Time {
-	return p.StartTs
+func (p paramsInstantWrapper) Start() time.Time {
+	return p.LokiInstantRequest.GetTimeTs()
 }
 
-func (p paramsWrapper) End() time.Time {
-	return p.EndTs
+func (p paramsInstantWrapper) End() time.Time {
+	return p.LokiInstantRequest.GetTimeTs()
 }
 
-func (p paramsWrapper) Step() time.Duration {
-	return time.Duration(p.LokiRequest.Step * 1e6)
+func (p paramsInstantWrapper) Step() time.Duration {
+	return time.Duration(p.GetStep() * 1e6)
 }
-func (p paramsWrapper) Interval() time.Duration { return 0 }
-func (p paramsWrapper) Direction() logproto.Direction {
-	return p.LokiRequest.Direction
+func (p paramsInstantWrapper) Interval() time.Duration { return 0 }
+func (p paramsInstantWrapper) Direction() logproto.Direction {
+	return p.GetDirection()
 }
-func (p paramsWrapper) Limit() uint32 { return p.LokiRequest.Limit }
-func (p paramsWrapper) Shards() []string {
-	return p.LokiRequest.Shards
+func (p paramsInstantWrapper) Limit() uint32 { return p.LokiInstantRequest.Limit }
+func (p paramsInstantWrapper) Shards() []string {
+	return p.GetShards()
 }
 
 func httpResponseHeadersToPromResponseHeaders(httpHeaders http.Header) []queryrange.PrometheusResponseHeader {
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/downstreamer.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/downstreamer.go
index 0b70a97c9ae13..d532ef24961bb 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/downstreamer.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/downstreamer.go
@@ -24,7 +24,17 @@ type DownstreamHandler struct {
 	next queryrange.Handler
 }
 
-func ParamsToLokiRequest(params logql.Params) *LokiRequest {
+func ParamsToLokiRequest(params logql.Params, shards logql.Shards) queryrange.Request {
+	if params.Start() == params.End() {
+		return &LokiInstantRequest{
+			Query:     params.Query(),
+			Limit:     params.Limit(),
+			TimeTs:    params.Start(),
+			Direction: params.Direction(),
+			Path:      "/loki/api/v1/query", // TODO(owen-d): make this derivable
+			Shards:    shards.Encode(),
+		}
+	}
 	return &LokiRequest{
 		Query:     params.Query(),
 		Limit:     params.Limit(),
@@ -33,6 +43,7 @@ func ParamsToLokiRequest(params logql.Params) *LokiRequest {
 		EndTs:     params.End(),
 		Direction: params.Direction(),
 		Path:      "/loki/api/v1/query_range", // TODO(owen-d): make this derivable
+		Shards:    shards.Encode(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -58,10 +69,10 @@ type instance struct {
 
 func (in instance) Downstream(ctx context.Context, queries []logql.DownstreamQuery) ([]logqlmodel.Result, error) {
 	return in.For(ctx, queries, func(qry logql.DownstreamQuery) (logqlmodel.Result, error) {
-		req := ParamsToLokiRequest(qry.Params).WithShards(qry.Shards).WithQuery(qry.Expr.String()).(*LokiRequest)
+		req := ParamsToLokiRequest(qry.Params, qry.Shards).WithQuery(qry.Expr.String())
 		logger, ctx := spanlogger.New(ctx, "DownstreamHandler.instance")
 		defer logger.Finish()
-		level.Debug(logger).Log("shards", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", req.Shards), "query", req.Query, "step", req.GetStep())
+		level.Debug(logger).Log("shards", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", qry.Shards), "query", req.GetQuery(), "step", req.GetStep())
 
 		res, err := in.handler.Do(ctx, req)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/downstreamer_test.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/downstreamer_test.go
index 29408982be5c2..a2fd85434723c 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/downstreamer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/downstreamer_test.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func TestInstanceDownstream(t *testing.T) {
 			// for some reason these seemingly can't be checked in their own goroutines,
 			// so we assign them to scoped variables for later comparison.
 			got = req
-			want = ParamsToLokiRequest(params).WithShards(logql.Shards{{Shard: 0, Of: 2}}).WithQuery(expr.String())
+			want = ParamsToLokiRequest(params, queries[0].Shards).WithQuery(expr.String())
 
 			return expectedResp(), nil
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrange.pb.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrange.pb.go
index 893f3e51c7168..85ddd5ec4cf4f 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrange.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrange.pb.go
@@ -132,6 +132,89 @@ func (m *LokiRequest) GetShards() []string {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type LokiInstantRequest struct {
+	Query     string             `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=query,proto3" json:"query,omitempty"`
+	Limit     uint32             `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=limit,proto3" json:"limit,omitempty"`
+	TimeTs    time.Time          `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=timeTs,proto3,stdtime" json:"timeTs"`
+	Direction logproto.Direction `protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=direction,proto3,enum=logproto.Direction" json:"direction,omitempty"`
+	Path      string             `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=path,proto3" json:"path,omitempty"`
+	Shards    []string           `protobuf:"bytes,6,rep,name=shards,proto3" json:"shards"`
+}
+
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) Reset()      { *m = LokiInstantRequest{} }
+func (*LokiInstantRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
+func (*LokiInstantRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{1}
+}
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
+	return m.Unmarshal(b)
+}
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) XXX_Marshal(b []byte, deterministic bool) ([]byte, error) {
+	if deterministic {
+		return xxx_messageInfo_LokiInstantRequest.Marshal(b, m, deterministic)
+	} else {
+		b = b[:cap(b)]
+		n, err := m.MarshalTo(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return b[:n], nil
+	}
+}
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) XXX_Merge(src proto.Message) {
+	xxx_messageInfo_LokiInstantRequest.Merge(m, src)
+}
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) XXX_Size() int {
+	return m.Size()
+}
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) XXX_DiscardUnknown() {
+	xxx_messageInfo_LokiInstantRequest.DiscardUnknown(m)
+}
+
+var xxx_messageInfo_LokiInstantRequest proto.InternalMessageInfo
+
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) GetQuery() string {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Query
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) GetLimit() uint32 {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Limit
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) GetTimeTs() time.Time {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.TimeTs
+	}
+	return time.Time{}
+}
+
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) GetDirection() logproto.Direction {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Direction
+	}
+	return logproto.FORWARD
+}
+
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) GetPath() string {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Path
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) GetShards() []string {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Shards
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type LokiResponse struct {
 	Status     string                                                                            `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=Status,proto3" json:"status"`
 	Data       LokiData                                                                          `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=Data,proto3" json:"data,omitempty"`
@@ -147,7 +230,7 @@ type LokiResponse struct {
 func (m *LokiResponse) Reset()      { *m = LokiResponse{} }
 func (*LokiResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 func (*LokiResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{1}
+	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{2}
 }
 func (m *LokiResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -243,7 +326,7 @@ type LokiSeriesRequest struct {
 func (m *LokiSeriesRequest) Reset()      { *m = LokiSeriesRequest{} }
 func (*LokiSeriesRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
 func (*LokiSeriesRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{2}
+	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{3}
 }
 func (m *LokiSeriesRequest) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -317,7 +400,7 @@ type LokiSeriesResponse struct {
 func (m *LokiSeriesResponse) Reset()      { *m = LokiSeriesResponse{} }
 func (*LokiSeriesResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 func (*LokiSeriesResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{3}
+	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{4}
 }
 func (m *LokiSeriesResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -376,7 +459,7 @@ type LokiLabelNamesRequest struct {
 func (m *LokiLabelNamesRequest) Reset()      { *m = LokiLabelNamesRequest{} }
 func (*LokiLabelNamesRequest) ProtoMessage() {}
 func (*LokiLabelNamesRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{4}
+	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{5}
 }
 func (m *LokiLabelNamesRequest) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -436,7 +519,7 @@ type LokiLabelNamesResponse struct {
 func (m *LokiLabelNamesResponse) Reset()      { *m = LokiLabelNamesResponse{} }
 func (*LokiLabelNamesResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 func (*LokiLabelNamesResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{5}
+	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{6}
 }
 func (m *LokiLabelNamesResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -494,7 +577,7 @@ type LokiData struct {
 func (m *LokiData) Reset()      { *m = LokiData{} }
 func (*LokiData) ProtoMessage() {}
 func (*LokiData) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{6}
+	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{7}
 }
 func (m *LokiData) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -539,7 +622,7 @@ type LokiPromResponse struct {
 func (m *LokiPromResponse) Reset()      { *m = LokiPromResponse{} }
 func (*LokiPromResponse) ProtoMessage() {}
 func (*LokiPromResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{7}
+	return fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902, []int{8}
 }
 func (m *LokiPromResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
 	return m.Unmarshal(b)
@@ -584,6 +667,7 @@ func (m *LokiPromResponse) GetStatistics() stats.Result {
 
 func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*LokiRequest)(nil), "queryrange.LokiRequest")
+	proto.RegisterType((*LokiInstantRequest)(nil), "queryrange.LokiInstantRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*LokiResponse)(nil), "queryrange.LokiResponse")
 	proto.RegisterType((*LokiSeriesRequest)(nil), "queryrange.LokiSeriesRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*LokiSeriesResponse)(nil), "queryrange.LokiSeriesResponse")
@@ -598,62 +682,65 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var fileDescriptor_51b9d53b40d11902 = []byte{
-	// 874 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
-	0x1f, 0x8b, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0xff, 0xdc, 0x56, 0x4f, 0x6f, 0xdc, 0x44,
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-	0x3e, 0x01, 0x88, 0x33, 0x7c, 0x87, 0x1c, 0x73, 0xac, 0x2a, 0x61, 0xc8, 0xe6, 0x82, 0xf6, 0xd4,
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 func (this *LokiRequest) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
@@ -706,6 +793,50 @@ func (this *LokiRequest) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+func (this *LokiInstantRequest) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
+	if that == nil {
+		return this == nil
+	}
+
+	that1, ok := that.(*LokiInstantRequest)
+	if !ok {
+		that2, ok := that.(LokiInstantRequest)
+		if ok {
+			that1 = &that2
+		} else {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	if that1 == nil {
+		return this == nil
+	} else if this == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if this.Query != that1.Query {
+		return false
+	}
+	if this.Limit != that1.Limit {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !this.TimeTs.Equal(that1.TimeTs) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if this.Direction != that1.Direction {
+		return false
+	}
+	if this.Path != that1.Path {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(this.Shards) != len(that1.Shards) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range this.Shards {
+		if this.Shards[i] != that1.Shards[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
 func (this *LokiResponse) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
 	if that == nil {
 		return this == nil
@@ -997,6 +1128,21 @@ func (this *LokiRequest) GoString() string {
 	s = append(s, "}")
 	return strings.Join(s, "")
 }
+func (this *LokiInstantRequest) GoString() string {
+	if this == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	s := make([]string, 0, 10)
+	s = append(s, "&queryrange.LokiInstantRequest{")
+	s = append(s, "Query: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.Query)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "Limit: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.Limit)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "TimeTs: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.TimeTs)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "Direction: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.Direction)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "Path: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.Path)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "Shards: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.Shards)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "}")
+	return strings.Join(s, "")
+}
 func (this *LokiResponse) GoString() string {
 	if this == nil {
 		return "nil"
@@ -1181,6 +1327,69 @@ func (m *LokiRequest) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	return i, nil
 }
 
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalTo(dAtA)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	var i int
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if len(m.Query) > 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0xa
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.Query)))
+		i += copy(dAtA[i:], m.Query)
+	}
+	if m.Limit != 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0x10
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Limit))
+	}
+	dAtA[i] = 0x1a
+	i++
+	i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.TimeTs)))
+	n3, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.TimeTs, dAtA[i:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	i += n3
+	if m.Direction != 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0x20
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Direction))
+	}
+	if len(m.Path) > 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0x2a
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.Path)))
+		i += copy(dAtA[i:], m.Path)
+	}
+	if len(m.Shards) > 0 {
+		for _, s := range m.Shards {
+			dAtA[i] = 0x32
+			i++
+			l = len(s)
+			for l >= 1<<7 {
+				dAtA[i] = uint8(uint64(l)&0x7f | 0x80)
+				l >>= 7
+				i++
+			}
+			dAtA[i] = uint8(l)
+			i++
+			i += copy(dAtA[i:], s)
+		}
+	}
+	return i, nil
+}
+
 func (m *LokiResponse) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
 	size := m.Size()
 	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
@@ -1205,11 +1414,11 @@ func (m *LokiResponse) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	dAtA[i] = 0x12
 	i++
 	i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Data.Size()))
-	n3, err := m.Data.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
+	n4, err := m.Data.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	i += n3
+	i += n4
 	if len(m.ErrorType) > 0 {
 		dAtA[i] = 0x1a
 		i++
@@ -1240,11 +1449,11 @@ func (m *LokiResponse) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	dAtA[i] = 0x42
 	i++
 	i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Statistics.Size()))
-	n4, err := m.Statistics.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
+	n5, err := m.Statistics.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	i += n4
+	i += n5
 	if len(m.Headers) > 0 {
 		for _, msg := range m.Headers {
 			dAtA[i] = 0x4a
@@ -1293,19 +1502,19 @@ func (m *LokiSeriesRequest) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	dAtA[i] = 0x12
 	i++
 	i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.StartTs)))
-	n5, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.StartTs, dAtA[i:])
+	n6, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.StartTs, dAtA[i:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	i += n5
+	i += n6
 	dAtA[i] = 0x1a
 	i++
 	i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.EndTs)))
-	n6, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.EndTs, dAtA[i:])
+	n7, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.EndTs, dAtA[i:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	i += n6
+	i += n7
 	if len(m.Path) > 0 {
 		dAtA[i] = 0x22
 		i++
@@ -1401,19 +1610,19 @@ func (m *LokiLabelNamesRequest) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	dAtA[i] = 0xa
 	i++
 	i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.StartTs)))
-	n7, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.StartTs, dAtA[i:])
+	n8, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.StartTs, dAtA[i:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	i += n7
+	i += n8
 	dAtA[i] = 0x12
 	i++
 	i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.EndTs)))
-	n8, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.EndTs, dAtA[i:])
+	n9, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.EndTs, dAtA[i:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	i += n8
+	i += n9
 	if len(m.Path) > 0 {
 		dAtA[i] = 0x1a
 		i++
@@ -1534,20 +1743,20 @@ func (m *LokiPromResponse) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 		dAtA[i] = 0xa
 		i++
 		i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Response.Size()))
-		n9, err := m.Response.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
+		n10, err := m.Response.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
-		i += n9
+		i += n10
 	}
 	dAtA[i] = 0x12
 	i++
 	i = encodeVarintQueryrange(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Statistics.Size()))
-	n10, err := m.Statistics.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
+	n11, err := m.Statistics.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	i += n10
+	i += n11
 	return i, nil
 }
 
@@ -1596,6 +1805,37 @@ func (m *LokiRequest) Size() (n int) {
 	return n
 }
 
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) Size() (n int) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	l = len(m.Query)
+	if l > 0 {
+		n += 1 + l + sovQueryrange(uint64(l))
+	}
+	if m.Limit != 0 {
+		n += 1 + sovQueryrange(uint64(m.Limit))
+	}
+	l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.TimeTs)
+	n += 1 + l + sovQueryrange(uint64(l))
+	if m.Direction != 0 {
+		n += 1 + sovQueryrange(uint64(m.Direction))
+	}
+	l = len(m.Path)
+	if l > 0 {
+		n += 1 + l + sovQueryrange(uint64(l))
+	}
+	if len(m.Shards) > 0 {
+		for _, s := range m.Shards {
+			l = len(s)
+			n += 1 + l + sovQueryrange(uint64(l))
+		}
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 func (m *LokiResponse) Size() (n int) {
 	if m == nil {
 		return 0
@@ -1802,6 +2042,21 @@ func (this *LokiRequest) String() string {
 	}, "")
 	return s
 }
+func (this *LokiInstantRequest) String() string {
+	if this == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	s := strings.Join([]string{`&LokiInstantRequest{`,
+		`Query:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Query) + `,`,
+		`Limit:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Limit) + `,`,
+		`TimeTs:` + strings.Replace(strings.Replace(this.TimeTs.String(), "Timestamp", "types.Timestamp", 1), `&`, ``, 1) + `,`,
+		`Direction:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Direction) + `,`,
+		`Path:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Path) + `,`,
+		`Shards:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Shards) + `,`,
+		`}`,
+	}, "")
+	return s
+}
 func (this *LokiResponse) String() string {
 	if this == nil {
 		return "nil"
@@ -2174,6 +2429,226 @@ func (m *LokiRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+func (m *LokiInstantRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowQueryrange
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: LokiInstantRequest: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: LokiInstantRequest: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Query", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowQueryrange
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.Query = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 2:
+			if wireType != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Limit", wireType)
+			}
+			m.Limit = 0
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowQueryrange
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				m.Limit |= uint32(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		case 3:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field TimeTs", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowQueryrange
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeUnmarshal(&m.TimeTs, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 4:
+			if wireType != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Direction", wireType)
+			}
+			m.Direction = 0
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowQueryrange
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				m.Direction |= logproto.Direction(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		case 5:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Path", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowQueryrange
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.Path = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 6:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Shards", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowQueryrange
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.Shards = append(m.Shards, string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]))
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipQueryrange(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if skippy < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthQueryrange
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 func (m *LokiResponse) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 	l := len(dAtA)
 	iNdEx := 0
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrange.proto b/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrange.proto
index 3513454867de3..88394b9ce2faa 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrange.proto
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/queryrange.proto
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ message LokiRequest {
   repeated string shards = 8 [(gogoproto.jsontag) = "shards"];
 }
 
+message LokiInstantRequest {
+  string query = 1;
+  uint32 limit = 2;
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp timeTs = 3 [(gogoproto.stdtime) = true, (gogoproto.nullable) = false];
+  logproto.Direction direction = 4;
+  string path = 5;
+  repeated string shards = 6 [(gogoproto.jsontag) = "shards"];
+}
+
 message LokiResponse {
   string Status = 1 [(gogoproto.jsontag) = "status"];
   LokiData Data = 2 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false, (gogoproto.jsontag) = "data,omitempty"];
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/querysharding.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/querysharding.go
index e4d5d6e09f8f4..7295ecb80e815 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/querysharding.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/querysharding.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 func NewQueryShardMiddleware(
 	logger log.Logger,
 	confs queryrange.ShardingConfigs,
-	minShardingLookback time.Duration,
 	middlewareMetrics *queryrange.InstrumentMiddlewareMetrics,
 	shardingMetrics *logql.ShardingMetrics,
 	limits logql.Limits,
@@ -88,11 +87,6 @@ func (ast *astMapperware) Do(ctx context.Context, r queryrange.Request) (queryra
 	shardedLog, ctx := spanlogger.New(ctx, "shardedEngine")
 	defer shardedLog.Finish()
 
-	req, ok := r.(*LokiRequest)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected *LokiRequest, got (%T)", r)
-	}
-
 	mapper, err := logql.NewShardMapper(int(conf.RowShards), ast.metrics)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -111,7 +105,21 @@ func (ast *astMapperware) Do(ctx context.Context, r queryrange.Request) (queryra
 		return ast.next.Do(ctx, r)
 	}
 
-	query := ast.ng.Query(paramsFromRequest(req), parsed)
+	params, err := paramsFromRequest(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var path string
+	switch r := r.(type) {
+	case *LokiRequest:
+		path = r.GetPath()
+	case *LokiInstantRequest:
+		path = r.GetPath()
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected *LokiRequest or *LokiInstantRequest, got (%T)", r)
+	}
+	query := ast.ng.Query(params, parsed)
 
 	res, err := query.Exec(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ func (ast *astMapperware) Do(ctx context.Context, r queryrange.Request) (queryra
 				Status: loghttp.QueryStatusSuccess,
 				Data: queryrange.PrometheusData{
 					ResultType: loghttp.ResultTypeMatrix,
-					Result:     toProto(value.(loghttp.Matrix)),
+					Result:     toProtoMatrix(value.(loghttp.Matrix)),
 				},
 			},
 			Statistics: res.Statistics,
@@ -138,17 +146,26 @@ func (ast *astMapperware) Do(ctx context.Context, r queryrange.Request) (queryra
 	case logqlmodel.ValueTypeStreams:
 		return &LokiResponse{
 			Status:     loghttp.QueryStatusSuccess,
-			Direction:  req.Direction,
-			Limit:      req.Limit,
-			Version:    uint32(loghttp.GetVersion(req.Path)),
+			Direction:  params.Direction(),
+			Limit:      params.Limit(),
+			Version:    uint32(loghttp.GetVersion(path)),
 			Statistics: res.Statistics,
 			Data: LokiData{
 				ResultType: loghttp.ResultTypeStream,
 				Result:     value.(loghttp.Streams).ToProto(),
 			},
 		}, nil
+	case parser.ValueTypeVector:
+		return &LokiPromResponse{Response: &queryrange.PrometheusResponse{
+			Status: loghttp.QueryStatusSuccess,
+			Data: queryrange.PrometheusData{
+				ResultType: loghttp.ResultTypeVector,
+				Result:     toProtoVector(value.(loghttp.Vector)),
+			},
+		},
+		}, nil
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected downstream response type (%T)", res.Data)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected downstream response type (%T)", res.Data.Type())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/querysharding_test.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/querysharding_test.go
index 5346dba795988..72463d6c643b9 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/querysharding_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/querysharding_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk"
+	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/cortexpb"
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/querier/queryrange"
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
@@ -234,6 +235,70 @@ func mockHandler(resp queryrange.Response, err error) queryrange.Handler {
 	})
 }
 
+func Test_InstantSharding(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := user.InjectOrgID(context.Background(), "1")
+
+	var lock sync.Mutex
+	called := 0
+	shards := []string{}
+
+	sharding := NewQueryShardMiddleware(log.NewNopLogger(), queryrange.ShardingConfigs{
+		chunk.PeriodConfig{
+			RowShards: 3,
+		},
+	}, queryrange.NewInstrumentMiddlewareMetrics(nil),
+		nilShardingMetrics,
+		fakeLimits{
+			maxSeries:           math.MaxInt32,
+			maxQueryParallelism: 10,
+		})
+	response, err := sharding.Wrap(queryrange.HandlerFunc(func(c context.Context, r queryrange.Request) (queryrange.Response, error) {
+		lock.Lock()
+		defer lock.Unlock()
+		called++
+		shards = append(shards, r.(*LokiInstantRequest).Shards...)
+		return &LokiPromResponse{Response: &queryrange.PrometheusResponse{
+			Data: queryrange.PrometheusData{
+				ResultType: loghttp.ResultTypeVector,
+				Result: []queryrange.SampleStream{
+					{
+						Labels:  []cortexpb.LabelAdapter{{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"}},
+						Samples: []cortexpb.Sample{{Value: 10, TimestampMs: 10}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}}, nil
+	})).Do(ctx, &LokiInstantRequest{
+		Query:  `rate({app="foo"}[1m])`,
+		TimeTs: util.TimeFromMillis(10),
+		Path:   "/v1/query",
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 3, called, "expected 3 calls but got {}", called)
+	require.Len(t, response.(*LokiPromResponse).Response.Data.Result, 3)
+	require.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"0_of_3", "1_of_3", "2_of_3"}, shards)
+	require.Equal(t, &LokiPromResponse{Response: &queryrange.PrometheusResponse{
+		Status: "success",
+		Data: queryrange.PrometheusData{
+			ResultType: loghttp.ResultTypeVector,
+			Result: []queryrange.SampleStream{
+				{
+					Labels:  []cortexpb.LabelAdapter{{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"}},
+					Samples: []cortexpb.Sample{{Value: 10, TimestampMs: 10}},
+				},
+				{
+					Labels:  []cortexpb.LabelAdapter{{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"}},
+					Samples: []cortexpb.Sample{{Value: 10, TimestampMs: 10}},
+				},
+				{
+					Labels:  []cortexpb.LabelAdapter{{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"}},
+					Samples: []cortexpb.Sample{{Value: 10, TimestampMs: 10}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}}, response)
+}
+
 func Test_SeriesShardingHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	sharding := NewSeriesQueryShardMiddleware(log.NewNopLogger(), queryrange.ShardingConfigs{
 		chunk.PeriodConfig{
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip.go
index 42946b7faebb8..fe7fd8a4df6e1 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip.go
@@ -76,30 +76,36 @@ func NewTripperware(
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
+	instantMetricTripperware, err := NewInstantMetricTripperware(cfg, log, limits, schema, LokiCodec, instrumentMetrics, retryMetrics, shardingMetrics, splitByMetrics)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
 	return func(next http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
 		metricRT := metricsTripperware(next)
 		logFilterRT := logFilterTripperware(next)
 		seriesRT := seriesTripperware(next)
 		labelsRT := labelsTripperware(next)
-		return newRoundTripper(next, logFilterRT, metricRT, seriesRT, labelsRT, limits)
+		instantRT := instantMetricTripperware(next)
+		return newRoundTripper(next, logFilterRT, metricRT, seriesRT, labelsRT, instantRT, limits)
 	}, cache, nil
 }
 
 type roundTripper struct {
-	next, log, metric, series, labels http.RoundTripper
+	next, log, metric, series, labels, instantMetric http.RoundTripper
 
 	limits Limits
 }
 
 // newRoundTripper creates a new queryrange roundtripper
-func newRoundTripper(next, log, metric, series, labels http.RoundTripper, limits Limits) roundTripper {
+func newRoundTripper(next, log, metric, series, labels, instantMetric http.RoundTripper, limits Limits) roundTripper {
 	return roundTripper{
-		log:    log,
-		limits: limits,
-		metric: metric,
-		series: series,
-		labels: labels,
-		next:   next,
+		log:           log,
+		limits:        limits,
+		metric:        metric,
+		series:        series,
+		labels:        labels,
+		instantMetric: instantMetric,
+		next:          next,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -150,6 +156,21 @@ func (r roundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 			return nil, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
 		}
 		return r.labels.RoundTrip(req)
+	case InstantQueryOp:
+		instantQuery, err := loghttp.ParseInstantQuery(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
+		}
+		expr, err := logql.ParseExpr(instantQuery.Query)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
+		}
+		switch expr.(type) {
+		case logql.SampleExpr:
+			return r.instantMetric.RoundTrip(req)
+		default:
+			return r.next.RoundTrip(req)
+		}
 	default:
 		return r.next.RoundTrip(req)
 	}
@@ -190,9 +211,10 @@ func validateLimits(req *http.Request, reqLimit uint32, limits Limits) error {
 }
 
 const (
-	QueryRangeOp = "query_range"
-	SeriesOp     = "series"
-	LabelNamesOp = "labels"
+	InstantQueryOp = "instant_query"
+	QueryRangeOp   = "query_range"
+	SeriesOp       = "series"
+	LabelNamesOp   = "labels"
 )
 
 func getOperation(path string) string {
@@ -203,6 +225,8 @@ func getOperation(path string) string {
 		return SeriesOp
 	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/labels") || strings.HasSuffix(path, "/label"):
 		return LabelNamesOp
+	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/v1/query"):
+		return InstantQueryOp
 	default:
 		return ""
 	}
@@ -234,7 +258,6 @@ func NewLogFilterTripperware(
 			NewQueryShardMiddleware(
 				log,
 				schema.Configs,
-				minShardingLookback,
 				instrumentMetrics, // instrumentation is included in the sharding middleware
 				shardingMetrics,
 				limits,
@@ -396,7 +419,6 @@ func NewMetricTripperware(
 			NewQueryShardMiddleware(
 				log,
 				schema.Configs,
-				minShardingLookback,
 				instrumentMetrics, // instrumentation is included in the sharding middleware
 				shardingMetrics,
 				limits,
@@ -426,3 +448,45 @@ func NewMetricTripperware(
 		return next
 	}, c, nil
 }
+
+// NewInstantMetricTripperware creates a new frontend tripperware responsible for handling metric queries
+func NewInstantMetricTripperware(
+	cfg Config,
+	log log.Logger,
+	limits Limits,
+	schema chunk.SchemaConfig,
+	codec queryrange.Codec,
+	instrumentMetrics *queryrange.InstrumentMiddlewareMetrics,
+	retryMiddlewareMetrics *queryrange.RetryMiddlewareMetrics,
+	shardingMetrics *logql.ShardingMetrics,
+	splitByMetrics *SplitByMetrics,
+) (queryrange.Tripperware, error) {
+	queryRangeMiddleware := []queryrange.Middleware{StatsCollectorMiddleware(), queryrange.NewLimitsMiddleware(limits)}
+
+	if cfg.ShardedQueries {
+		queryRangeMiddleware = append(queryRangeMiddleware,
+			NewQueryShardMiddleware(
+				log,
+				schema.Configs,
+				instrumentMetrics, // instrumentation is included in the sharding middleware
+				shardingMetrics,
+				limits,
+			),
+		)
+	}
+
+	if cfg.MaxRetries > 0 {
+		queryRangeMiddleware = append(
+			queryRangeMiddleware,
+			queryrange.InstrumentMiddleware("retry", instrumentMetrics),
+			queryrange.NewRetryMiddleware(log, cfg.MaxRetries, retryMiddlewareMetrics),
+		)
+	}
+
+	return func(next http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
+		if len(queryRangeMiddleware) > 0 {
+			return NewLimitedRoundTripper(next, codec, limits, queryRangeMiddleware...)
+		}
+		return next
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip_test.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip_test.go
index d61e8b38ea1f2..c49f74de13402 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,24 @@ var (
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	vector = promql.Vector{
+		{
+			Point: promql.Point{
+				T: toMs(testTime.Add(-4 * time.Hour)),
+				V: 0.013333333333333334,
+			},
+			Metric: []labels.Label{
+				{
+					Name:  "filename",
+					Value: `/var/hostlog/apport.log`,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:  "job",
+					Value: "varlogs",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	streams = logqlmodel.Streams{
 		{
 			Entries: []logproto.Entry{
@@ -200,6 +218,45 @@ func TestLogFilterTripperware(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestInstantQueryTripperware(t *testing.T) {
+
+	testShardingConfig := testConfig
+	testShardingConfig.ShardedQueries = true
+	tpw, stopper, err := NewTripperware(testShardingConfig, util_log.Logger, fakeLimits{}, chunk.SchemaConfig{}, 1*time.Second, nil)
+	if stopper != nil {
+		defer stopper.Stop()
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	rt, err := newfakeRoundTripper()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer rt.Close()
+
+	lreq := &LokiInstantRequest{
+		Query:     `sum by (job) (bytes_rate({cluster="dev-us-central-0"}[15m]))`,
+		Limit:     1000,
+		Direction: logproto.FORWARD,
+		Path:      "/loki/api/v1/query",
+	}
+
+	ctx := user.InjectOrgID(context.Background(), "1")
+	req, err := LokiCodec.EncodeRequest(ctx, lreq)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	req = req.WithContext(ctx)
+	err = user.InjectOrgIDIntoHTTPRequest(ctx, req)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	count, h := promqlResult(vector)
+	rt.setHandler(h)
+	resp, err := tpw(rt).RoundTrip(req)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, *count)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	lokiResponse, err := LokiCodec.DecodeResponse(ctx, resp, lreq)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.IsType(t, &LokiPromResponse{}, lokiResponse)
+}
+
 func TestSeriesTripperware(t *testing.T) {
 	tpw, stopper, err := NewTripperware(testConfig, util_log.Logger, fakeLimits{}, chunk.SchemaConfig{}, 0, nil)
 	if stopper != nil {
@@ -419,6 +476,10 @@ func TestPostQueries(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Error("unexpected labels roundtripper called")
 			return nil, nil
 		}),
+		queryrange.RoundTripFunc(func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+			t.Error("unexpected instant roundtripper called")
+			return nil, nil
+		}),
 		fakeLimits{},
 	).RoundTrip(req)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/stats.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/stats.go
index c9e4b187d29a1..cda6cc3273430 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/stats.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/stats.go
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@ func StatsCollectorMiddleware() queryrange.Middleware {
 			if data, ok := ctxValue.(*queryData); ok {
 				data.recorded = true
 				data.statistics = statistics
-				data.params = paramsFromRequest(req)
 				data.result = res
+				data.params, err = paramsFromRequest(req)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
 			}
 			return resp, err
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/stats_test.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/stats_test.go
index e5e94c90cd02f..61603f0dc2a28 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/stats_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/stats_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func Test_StatsHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				data := r.Context().Value(ctxKey).(*queryData)
 				data.recorded = true
-				data.params = paramsFromRequest(&LokiRequest{
+				data.params, _ = paramsFromRequest(&LokiRequest{
 					Query:     "foo",
 					Direction: logproto.BACKWARD,
 					Limit:     100,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func Test_StatsHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				data := r.Context().Value(ctxKey).(*queryData)
 				data.recorded = true
-				data.params = paramsFromRequest(&LokiRequest{
+				data.params, _ = paramsFromRequest(&LokiRequest{
 					Query:     "foo",
 					Direction: logproto.BACKWARD,
 					Limit:     100,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func Test_StatsHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				data := r.Context().Value(ctxKey).(*queryData)
 				data.recorded = true
-				data.params = paramsFromRequest(&LokiRequest{
+				data.params, _ = paramsFromRequest(&LokiRequest{
 					Query:     "foo",
 					Direction: logproto.BACKWARD,
 					Limit:     100,
diff --git a/tools/dev/loki-boltdb-storage-s3/compose-up.sh b/tools/dev/loki-boltdb-storage-s3/compose-up.sh
index df1077c4a0def..1841f312ca33f 100755
--- a/tools/dev/loki-boltdb-storage-s3/compose-up.sh
+++ b/tools/dev/loki-boltdb-storage-s3/compose-up.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -mod=vendor -gcflags "all=-N -l" -o "${SCRIPT_
 # ## install loki driver to send logs
 docker plugin install grafana/loki-docker-driver:latest --alias loki-compose --grant-all-permissions || true
 # build the compose image
-docker compose -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/docker-compose.yml build distributor
+docker-compose -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/docker-compose.yml build distributor
 # cleanup sources
 rm -Rf "${SRC_DEST}"
-docker compose -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/docker-compose.yml up "$@"
+docker-compose -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/docker-compose.yml up "$@"