diff --git a/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index de0051109..3d103791c 100644
--- a/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func readBulkLine(sc *bufio.Scanner, timeField, msgField string,
 	}
 	line = sc.Bytes()
 	p := logstorage.GetJSONParser()
-	if err := p.ParseLogMessage(line, ""); err != nil {
+	if err := p.ParseLogMessage(line); err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse json-encoded log entry: %w", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/vlinsert/jsonline/jsonline.go b/app/vlinsert/jsonline/jsonline.go
index 9d1e7ebf8..33d832789 100644
--- a/app/vlinsert/jsonline/jsonline.go
+++ b/app/vlinsert/jsonline/jsonline.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func readLine(sc *bufio.Scanner, timeField, msgField string, processLogMessage f
 	}
 
 	p := logstorage.GetJSONParser()
-	if err := p.ParseLogMessage(line, ""); err != nil {
+	if err := p.ParseLogMessage(line); err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse json-encoded log entry: %w", err)
 	}
 	ts, err := extractTimestampFromFields(timeField, p.Fields)
diff --git a/app/vlselect/logsql/logsql.go b/app/vlselect/logsql/logsql.go
index bb82402cd..a0d669756 100644
--- a/app/vlselect/logsql/logsql.go
+++ b/app/vlselect/logsql/logsql.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
-	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -145,8 +144,6 @@ func ProcessFieldNamesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 		return
 	}
 
-	slices.Sort(fieldNames)
-
 	// Write results
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	WriteFieldNamesResponse(w, fieldNames)
@@ -163,9 +160,9 @@ func ProcessFieldValuesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 	}
 
 	// Parse fieldName query arg
-	fieldName := r.FormValue("field_name")
+	fieldName := r.FormValue("field")
 	if fieldName == "" {
-		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "missing 'field_name' query arg")
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "missing 'field' query arg")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -187,16 +184,102 @@ func ProcessFieldValuesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 		return
 	}
 
-	if limit == 0 || len(values) < limit {
-		// Sort values only if their number is below the limit.
-		// Otherwise there is little sense in sorting, since the query may return
-		// different subset of values on every execution.
-		slices.Sort(values)
+	// Write results
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	WriteFieldValuesResponse(w, values)
+}
+
+// ProcessStreamLabelNamesRequest processes /select/logsql/stream_label_names request.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-stream-label-names
+func ProcessStreamLabelNamesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	q, tenantIDs, err := parseCommonArgs(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Obtain stream label names for the given query
+	q.Optimize()
+	names, err := vlstorage.GetStreamLabelNames(ctx, tenantIDs, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain stream label names: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	// Write results
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	WriteFieldValuesResponse(w, values)
+	WriteStreamLabelNamesResponse(w, names)
+}
+
+// ProcessStreamLabelValuesRequest processes /select/logsql/stream_label_values request.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-stream-label-values
+func ProcessStreamLabelValuesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	q, tenantIDs, err := parseCommonArgs(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Parse labelName query arg
+	labelName := r.FormValue("label")
+	if labelName == "" {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "missing 'label' query arg")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Parse limit query arg
+	limit, err := httputils.GetInt(r, "limit")
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if limit < 0 {
+		limit = 0
+	}
+
+	// Obtain stream label names for the given query
+	q.Optimize()
+	values, err := vlstorage.GetStreamLabelValues(ctx, tenantIDs, q, labelName, uint64(limit))
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain stream label values: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// Write results
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	WriteStreamLabelValuesResponse(w, values)
+}
+
+// ProcessStreamsRequest processes /select/logsql/streams request.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-streams
+func ProcessStreamsRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	q, tenantIDs, err := parseCommonArgs(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Parse limit query arg
+	limit, err := httputils.GetInt(r, "limit")
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if limit < 0 {
+		limit = 0
+	}
+
+	// Obtain streams for the given query
+	q.Optimize()
+	streams, err := vlstorage.GetStreams(ctx, tenantIDs, q, uint64(limit))
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain streams: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// Write results
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	WriteStreamsResponse(w, streams)
 }
 
 // ProcessQueryRequest handles /select/logsql/query request.
diff --git a/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl b/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e476a79a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% stripspace %}
+
+// StreamLabelNamesResponse formats /select/logsql/stream_label_names response
+{% func StreamLabelNamesResponse(names []string) %}
+{
+	"names":[
+		{% if len(names) > 0 %}
+			{%q= names[0] %}
+			{% for _, v := range names[1:] %}
+				,{%q= v %}
+			{% endfor %}
+		{% endif %}
+	]
+}
+{% endfunc %}
+
+{% endstripspace %}
diff --git a/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl.go b/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa7555656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Code generated by qtc from "stream_label_names_response.qtpl". DO NOT EDIT.
+// See https://github.com/valyala/quicktemplate for details.
+
+// StreamLabelNamesResponse formats /select/logsql/stream_label_names response
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:4
+package logsql
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:4
+import (
+	qtio422016 "io"
+
+	qt422016 "github.com/valyala/quicktemplate"
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:4
+var (
+	_ = qtio422016.Copy
+	_ = qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:4
+func StreamStreamLabelNamesResponse(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, names []string) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:4
+	qw422016.N().S(`{"names":[`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:7
+	if len(names) > 0 {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:8
+		qw422016.N().Q(names[0])
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:9
+		for _, v := range names[1:] {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:9
+			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:10
+			qw422016.N().Q(v)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:11
+		}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:12
+	}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:12
+	qw422016.N().S(`]}`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+func WriteStreamLabelNamesResponse(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, names []string) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+	StreamStreamLabelNamesResponse(qw422016, names)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+func StreamLabelNamesResponse(names []string) string {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+	WriteStreamLabelNamesResponse(qb422016, names)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+	return qs422016
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_names_response.qtpl:15
+}
diff --git a/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl b/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49c1695df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% stripspace %}
+
+// StreamLabelValuesResponse formats /select/logsql/stream_label_values response
+{% func StreamLabelValuesResponse(values []string) %}
+{
+	"values":[
+		{% if len(values) > 0 %}
+			{%q= values[0] %}
+			{% for _, v := range values[1:] %}
+				,{%q= v %}
+			{% endfor %}
+		{% endif %}
+	]
+}
+{% endfunc %}
+
+{% endstripspace %}
diff --git a/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl.go b/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e385c60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Code generated by qtc from "stream_label_values_response.qtpl". DO NOT EDIT.
+// See https://github.com/valyala/quicktemplate for details.
+
+// StreamLabelValuesResponse formats /select/logsql/stream_label_values response
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:4
+package logsql
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:4
+import (
+	qtio422016 "io"
+
+	qt422016 "github.com/valyala/quicktemplate"
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:4
+var (
+	_ = qtio422016.Copy
+	_ = qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:4
+func StreamStreamLabelValuesResponse(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, values []string) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:4
+	qw422016.N().S(`{"values":[`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:7
+	if len(values) > 0 {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:8
+		qw422016.N().Q(values[0])
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:9
+		for _, v := range values[1:] {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:9
+			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:10
+			qw422016.N().Q(v)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:11
+		}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:12
+	}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:12
+	qw422016.N().S(`]}`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+func WriteStreamLabelValuesResponse(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, values []string) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+	StreamStreamLabelValuesResponse(qw422016, values)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+func StreamLabelValuesResponse(values []string) string {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+	WriteStreamLabelValuesResponse(qb422016, values)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+	return qs422016
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/stream_label_values_response.qtpl:15
+}
diff --git a/app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl b/app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3242aa798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% stripspace %}
+
+// StreamsResponse formats /select/logsql/streams response
+{% func StreamsResponse(streams []string) %}
+{
+	"streams":[
+		{% if len(streams) > 0 %}
+			{%q= streams[0] %}
+			{% for _, v := range streams[1:] %}
+				,{%q= v %}
+			{% endfor %}
+		{% endif %}
+	]
+}
+{% endfunc %}
+
+{% endstripspace %}
diff --git a/app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl.go b/app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1a1b8feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Code generated by qtc from "streams_response.qtpl". DO NOT EDIT.
+// See https://github.com/valyala/quicktemplate for details.
+
+// StreamsResponse formats /select/logsql/streams response
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:4
+package logsql
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:4
+import (
+	qtio422016 "io"
+
+	qt422016 "github.com/valyala/quicktemplate"
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:4
+var (
+	_ = qtio422016.Copy
+	_ = qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer
+)
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:4
+func StreamStreamsResponse(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, streams []string) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:4
+	qw422016.N().S(`{"streams":[`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:7
+	if len(streams) > 0 {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:8
+		qw422016.N().Q(streams[0])
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:9
+		for _, v := range streams[1:] {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:9
+			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:10
+			qw422016.N().Q(v)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:11
+		}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:12
+	}
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:12
+	qw422016.N().S(`]}`)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+func WriteStreamsResponse(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, streams []string) {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+	StreamStreamsResponse(qw422016, streams)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+}
+
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+func StreamsResponse(streams []string) string {
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+	WriteStreamsResponse(qb422016, streams)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+	return qs422016
+//line app/vlselect/logsql/streams_response.qtpl:15
+}
diff --git a/app/vlselect/main.go b/app/vlselect/main.go
index 94b366f9e..a45cf26c3 100644
--- a/app/vlselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vlselect/main.go
@@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		// Skip requests, which do not start with /select/, since these aren't our requests.
 		return false
 	}
-	path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "/select")
 	path = strings.ReplaceAll(path, "//", "/")
 
-	if path == "/vmui" {
+	if path == "/select/vmui" {
 		// VMUI access via incomplete url without `/` in the end. Redirect to complete url.
 		// Use relative redirect, since the hostname and path prefix may be incorrect if VictoriaMetrics
 		// is hidden behind vmauth or similar proxy.
@@ -87,8 +86,8 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		httpserver.Redirect(w, newURL)
 		return true
 	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/vmui/") {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/vmui/static/") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/select/vmui/") {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/select/vmui/static/") {
 			// Allow clients caching static contents for long period of time, since it shouldn't change over time.
 			// Path to static contents (such as js and css) must be changed whenever its contents is changed.
 			// See https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-long-cache-ttl/
@@ -140,27 +139,36 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		}
 	}
 
+	httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
 	switch path {
-	case "/logsql/query":
-		logsqlQueryRequests.Inc()
-		httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
-		logsql.ProcessQueryRequest(ctx, w, r)
-		return true
-	case "/logsql/field_values":
-		logsqlFieldValuesRequests.Inc()
-		httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
-		logsql.ProcessFieldValuesRequest(ctx, w, r)
-		return true
-	case "/logsql/field_names":
+	case "/select/logsql/field_names":
 		logsqlFieldNamesRequests.Inc()
-		httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
 		logsql.ProcessFieldNamesRequest(ctx, w, r)
 		return true
-	case "/logsql/hits":
+	case "/select/logsql/field_values":
+		logsqlFieldValuesRequests.Inc()
+		logsql.ProcessFieldValuesRequest(ctx, w, r)
+		return true
+	case "/select/logsql/hits":
 		logsqlHitsRequests.Inc()
-		httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
 		logsql.ProcessHitsRequest(ctx, w, r)
 		return true
+	case "/select/logsql/query":
+		logsqlQueryRequests.Inc()
+		logsql.ProcessQueryRequest(ctx, w, r)
+		return true
+	case "/select/logsql/stream_label_names":
+		logsqlStreamLabelNamesRequests.Inc()
+		logsql.ProcessStreamLabelNamesRequest(ctx, w, r)
+		return true
+	case "/select/logsql/stream_label_values":
+		logsqlStreamLabelValuesRequests.Inc()
+		logsql.ProcessStreamLabelValuesRequest(ctx, w, r)
+		return true
+	case "/select/logsql/streams":
+		logsqlStreamsRequests.Inc()
+		logsql.ProcessStreamsRequest(ctx, w, r)
+		return true
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
@@ -180,8 +188,11 @@ func getMaxQueryDuration(r *http.Request) time.Duration {
 }
 
 var (
-	logsqlQueryRequests       = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/query"}`)
-	logsqlFieldValuesRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/field_values"}`)
-	logsqlFieldNamesRequests  = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/field_names"}`)
-	logsqlHitsRequests        = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/hits"}`)
+	logsqlFieldNamesRequests        = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/field_names"}`)
+	logsqlFieldValuesRequests       = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/field_values"}`)
+	logsqlHitsRequests              = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/hits"}`)
+	logsqlQueryRequests             = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/query"}`)
+	logsqlStreamLabelNamesRequests  = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/stream_label_names"}`)
+	logsqlStreamLabelValuesRequests = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/stream_label_values"}`)
+	logsqlStreamsRequests           = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/streams"}`)
 )
diff --git a/app/vlstorage/main.go b/app/vlstorage/main.go
index 1d46a3ed3..91a1aa2c3 100644
--- a/app/vlstorage/main.go
+++ b/app/vlstorage/main.go
@@ -123,6 +123,25 @@ func GetFieldValues(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []logstorage.TenantID, q *log
 	return strg.GetFieldValues(ctx, tenantIDs, q, fieldName, limit)
 }
 
+// GetStreamLabelNames executes q and returns stream labels names seen in results.
+func GetStreamLabelNames(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []logstorage.TenantID, q *logstorage.Query) ([]string, error) {
+	return strg.GetStreamLabelNames(ctx, tenantIDs, q)
+}
+
+// GetStreamLabelValues executes q and returns stream label values for the given labelName seen in results.
+//
+// If limit > 0, then up to limit unique stream label values are returned.
+func GetStreamLabelValues(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []logstorage.TenantID, q *logstorage.Query, labelName string, limit uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	return strg.GetStreamLabelValues(ctx, tenantIDs, q, labelName, limit)
+}
+
+// GetStreams executes q and returns streams seen in query results.
+//
+// If limit > 0, then up to limit unique streams are returned.
+func GetStreams(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []logstorage.TenantID, q *logstorage.Query, limit uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	return strg.GetStreams(ctx, tenantIDs, q, limit)
+}
+
 func writeStorageMetrics(w io.Writer, strg *logstorage.Storage) {
 	var ss logstorage.StorageStats
 	strg.UpdateStats(&ss)
diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
index e4e86afe0..9f0a8f49f 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,8 +19,21 @@ according to [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/QuickSta
 
 ## tip
 
+* FEATURE: allow using `~"some_regexp"` [regexp filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#regexp-filter) instead of `re("some_regexp")`.
+* FEATURE: allow using `="some phrase"` [exact filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#exact-filter) instead of `exact("some phrase")`.
+* FEATURE: allow using `="some prefix"*` [exact prefix filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#exact-prefix-filter) instead of `exact("some prefix"*)`.
+* FEATURE: add ability to generate output fields according to the provided format string. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#format-pipe).
+* FEATURE: add ability to extract fields with [`extract` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#extract-pipe) only if the given condition is met. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#conditional-extract).
+* FEATURE: add ability to unpack JSON fields with [`unpack_json` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_json-pipe) only if the given condition is met. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#conditional-unpack_json).
+* FEATURE: add ability to unpack [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields with [`unpack_logfmt` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_logfmt-pipe) only if the given condition is met. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#conditional-unpack_logfmt).
+* FEATURE: add [`fields_min`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#fields_min-stats) and [`fields_max`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#fields_max-stats) functions for [`stats` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-pipe), which allow returning all the [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) for the log entry with the minimum / maximum value at the given field.
+* FEATURE: add `/select/logsql/streams` HTTP endpoint for returning [streams](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) from results of the given query. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-streams) for details.
+* FEATURE: add `/select/logsql/stream_label_names` HTTP endpoint for returning [stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) label names from results of the given query. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-stream-label-names) for details.
+* FEATURE: add `/select/logsql/stream_label_values` HTTP endpoint for returning [stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) label values for the given label from results of the given query. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-stream-label-values) for details.
 * FEATURE: [web UI](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/querying/#web-ui): change time range limitation from `_time` in the expression to `start` and `end` query args.
 
+* BUGFIX: fix `invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference` panic when using [`extract`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#extract-pipe), [`unpack_json`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_json-pipe) or [`unpack_logfmt`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_logfmt-pipe) pipes. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6306).
+
 ## [v0.8.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v0.8.0-victorialogs)
 
 Released at 2024-05-20
diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md
index d9d6ad219..81ca6807a 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ with `app` field equal to `nginx`:
 _stream:{app="nginx"}
 ```
 
-This query is equivalent to the following [exact()](#exact-filter) query, but the upper query usually works much faster:
+This query is equivalent to the following [`exact` filter](#exact-filter) query, but the upper query usually works much faster:
 
 ```logsql
-app:exact("nginx")
+app:="nginx"
 ```
 
 Performance tips:
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ This query matches the following [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com
 This query doesn't match the following log messages:
 
 - `Error: foobar`, since the `Error` [word](#word) starts with capital letter. Use `i(err*)` for this case. See [these docs](#case-insensitive-filter) for details.
-- `fooerror`, since the `fooerror` [word](#word) doesn't start with `err`. Use `re("err")` for this case. See [these docs](#regexp-filter) for details.
+- `fooerror`, since the `fooerror` [word](#word) doesn't start with `err`. Use `~"err"` for this case. See [these docs](#regexp-filter) for details.
 
 Prefix filter can be applied to [phrases](#phrase-filter). For example, the following query matches
 [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field) containing phrases with `unexpected fail` prefix:
@@ -537,40 +537,40 @@ See also:
 
 The [word filter](#word-filter) and [phrase filter](#phrase-filter) return [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field),
 which contain the given word or phrase inside them. The message may contain additional text other than the requested word or phrase. If you need searching for log messages
-or [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field) with the exact value, then use the `exact(...)` filter.
+or [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field) with the exact value, then use the `exact` filter.
 For example, the following query returns log messages wih the exact value `fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar`:
 
 ```logsql
-exact("fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar")
+="fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar"
 ```
 
 The query doesn't match the following log messages:
 
 - `fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar/baz` or `some-text fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar`, since they contain an additional text
-  other than the specified in the `exact()` filter. Use `"fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar"` query in this case. See [these docs](#phrase-filter) for details.
+  other than the specified in the `exact` filter. Use `"fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar"` query in this case. See [these docs](#phrase-filter) for details.
 
-- `FATAL ERROR: cannot find /foo/bar`, since the `exact()` filter is case-sensitive. Use `i("fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar")` in this case.
+- `FATAL ERROR: cannot find /foo/bar`, since the `exact` filter is case-sensitive. Use `i("fatal error: cannot find /foo/bar")` in this case.
   See [these docs](#case-insensitive-filter) for details.
 
-By default the `exact()` filter is applied to the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field).
-Specify the [field name](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model) in front of the `exact()` filter and put a colon after it
+By default the `exact` filter is applied to the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field).
+Specify the [field name](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model) in front of the `exact` filter and put a colon after it
 if it must be searched in the given field. For example, the following query returns log entries with the exact `error` value at `log.level` field:
 
 ```logsql
-log.level:exact("error")
+log.level:="error"
 ```
 
 Both the field name and the phrase can contain arbitrary [utf-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8)-encoded chars. For example:
 
 ```logsql
-log.уровень:exact("ошибка")
+log.уровень:="ошибка"
 ```
 
 The field name can be put inside quotes if it contains special chars, which may clash with the query syntax.
 For example, the following query matches the `error` value in the field `log:level`:
 
 ```logsql
-"log:level":exact("error")
+"log:level":="error"
 ```
 
 See also:
@@ -585,11 +585,11 @@ See also:
 
 ### Exact prefix filter
 
-Sometimes it is needed to find log messages starting with some prefix. This can be done with the `exact("prefix"*)` filter.
+Sometimes it is needed to find log messages starting with some prefix. This can be done with the `="prefix"*` filter.
 For example, the following query matches log messages, which start from `Processing request` prefix:
 
 ```logsql
-exact("Processing request"*)
+="Processing request"*
 ```
 
 This filter matches the following [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field):
@@ -599,30 +599,30 @@ This filter matches the following [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.co
 
 It doesn't match the following log messages:
 
-- `processing request foobar`, since the log message starts with lowercase `p`. Use `exact("processing request"*) OR exact("Processing request"*)`
+- `processing request foobar`, since the log message starts with lowercase `p`. Use `="processing request"* OR ="Processing request"*`
   query in this case. See [these docs](#logical-filter) for details.
 - `start: Processing request`, since the log message doesn't start with `Processing request`. Use `"Processing request"` query in this case.
   See [these docs](#phrase-filter) for details.
 
-By default the `exact()` filter is applied to the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field).
-Specify the [field name](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model) in front of the `exact()` filter and put a colon after it
+By default the `exact` filter is applied to the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field).
+Specify the [field name](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model) in front of the `exact` filter and put a colon after it
 if it must be searched in the given field. For example, the following query returns log entries with `log.level` field, which starts with `err` prefix:
 
 ```logsql
-log.level:exact("err"*)
+log.level:="err"*
 ```
 
 Both the field name and the phrase can contain arbitrary [utf-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8)-encoded chars. For example:
 
 ```logsql
-log.уровень:exact("ошиб"*)
+log.уровень:="ошиб"*
 ```
 
 The field name can be put inside quotes if it contains special chars, which may clash with the query syntax.
 For example, the following query matches `log:level` values starting with `err` prefix:
 
 ```logsql
-"log:level":exact("err"*)
+"log:level":="err"*
 ```
 
 See also:
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ combined into a single [logical filter](#logical-filter). For example, the follo
 containing either `error` or `fatal` exact values:
 
 ```logsql
-log.level:(exact("error") OR exact("fatal"))
+log.level:(="error" OR ="fatal")
 ```
 
 While this solution works OK, LogsQL provides simpler and faster solution for this case - the `in()` filter.
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ The query matches the following [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/
 
 The query doesn't match the following log messages:
 
-- `FooError`, since the `FooError` [word](#word) has superflouos prefix `Foo`. Use `re("(?i)error")` for this case. See [these docs](#regexp-filter) for details.
+- `FooError`, since the `FooError` [word](#word) has superflouos prefix `Foo`. Use `~"(?i)error"` for this case. See [these docs](#regexp-filter) for details.
 - `too many Errors`, since the `Errors` [word](#word) has superflouos suffix `s`. Use `i(error*)` for this case.
 
 By default the `i()` filter is applied to the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field).
@@ -764,11 +764,11 @@ See also:
 
 ### Regexp filter
 
-LogsQL supports regular expression filter with [re2 syntax](https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax) via `re(...)` expression.
+LogsQL supports regular expression filter with [re2 syntax](https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax) via `~"regex"` syntax.
 For example, the following query returns all the log messages containing `err` or `warn` susbstrings:
 
 ```logsql
-re("err|warn")
+~"err|warn"
 ```
 
 The query matches the following [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field), which contain either `err` or `warn` substrings:
@@ -779,33 +779,33 @@ The query matches the following [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/
 
 The query doesn't match the following log messages:
 
-- `ERROR: cannot open file`, since the `ERROR` word is in uppercase letters. Use `re("(?i)(err|warn)")` query for case-insensitive regexp search.
+- `ERROR: cannot open file`, since the `ERROR` word is in uppercase letters. Use `~"(?i)(err|warn)"` query for case-insensitive regexp search.
   See [these docs](https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax) for details. See also [case-insenstive filter docs](#case-insensitive-filter).
 - `it is warmer than usual`, since it doesn't contain neither `err` nor `warn` substrings.
 
-By default the `re()` filter is applied to the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field).
+By default the regexp filter is applied to the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field).
 Specify the needed [field name](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model) in front of the filter
 in order to apply it to the given field. For example, the following query matches `event.original` field containing either `err` or `warn` substrings:
 
 ```logsql
-event.original:re("err|warn")
+event.original:~"err|warn"
 ```
 
 If the field name contains special chars, which may clash with the query syntax, then it may be put into quotes in the query.
 For example, the following query matches `event:original` field containing either `err` or `warn` substrings:
 
 ```logsql
-"event:original":re("err|warn")
+"event:original":~"err|warn"
 ```
 
 Performance tips:
 
 - Prefer combining simple [word filter](#word-filter) with [logical filter](#logical-filter) instead of using regexp filter.
-  For example, the `re("error|warning")` query can be substituted with `error OR warning` query, which usually works much faster.
-  Note that the `re("error|warning")` matches `errors` as well as `warnings` [words](#word), while `error OR warning` matches
+  For example, the `~"error|warning"` query can be substituted with `error OR warning` query, which usually works much faster.
+  Note that the `~"error|warning"` matches `errors` as well as `warnings` [words](#word), while `error OR warning` matches
   only the specified [words](#word). See also [multi-exact filter](#multi-exact-filter).
 - Prefer moving the regexp filter to the end of the [logical filter](#logical-filter), so lightweighter filters are executed first.
-- Prefer using `exact("some prefix"*)` instead of `re("^some prefix")`, since the [exact()](#exact-prefix-filter) works much faster than the `re()` filter.
+- Prefer using `="some prefix"*` instead of `~"^some prefix"`, since the [`exact` filter](#exact-prefix-filter) works much faster than the regexp filter.
 - See [other performance tips](#performance-tips).
 
 See also:
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ Performance tips:
   while moving less specific and the slowest filters (such as [regexp filter](#regexp-filter) and [case-insensitive filter](#case-insensitive-filter))
   to the right. For example, if you need to find [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#message-field)
   with the `error` word, which match some `/foo/(bar|baz)` regexp,
-  it is better from performance PoV to use the query `error re("/foo/(bar|baz)")` instead of `re("/foo/(bar|baz)") error`.
+  it is better from performance PoV to use the query `error ~"/foo/(bar|baz)"` instead of `~"/foo/(bar|baz)" error`.
 
   The most specific filter means that it matches the lowest number of log entries comparing to other filters.
 
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ LogsQL supports the following pipes:
 - [`field_names`](#field_names-pipe) returns all the names of [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model).
 - [`fields`](#fields-pipe) selects the given set of [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model).
 - [`filter`](#filter-pipe) applies additional [filters](#filters) to results.
+- [`format`](#format-pipe) formats ouptut field from input [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model).
 - [`limit`](#limit-pipe) limits the number selected logs.
 - [`offset`](#offset-pipe) skips the given number of selected logs.
 - [`rename`](#rename-pipe) renames [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model).
@@ -1110,21 +1111,21 @@ See also:
 
 ### extract pipe
 
-`| extract from field_name "pattern"` [pipe](#pipes) allows extracting additional fields specified in the `pattern` from the given
-`field_name` [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model). Existing log fields remain unchanged
-after the `| extract ...` pipe.
+`| extract "pattern" from field_name` [pipe](#pipes) allows extracting abitrary text into output fields according to the [`pattern`](#format-for-extract-pipe-pattern) from the given
+[`field_name`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model). Existing log fields remain unchanged after the `| extract ...` pipe.
 
-`| extract ...` pipe can be useful for extracting additional fields needed for further data processing with other pipes such as [`stats` pipe](#stats-pipe) or [`sort` pipe](#sort-pipe).
+`| extract ...` can be useful for extracting additional fields needed for further data processing with other pipes such as [`stats` pipe](#stats-pipe) or [`sort` pipe](#sort-pipe).
 
 For example, the following query selects logs with the `error` [word](#word) for the last day,
 extracts ip address from [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field) into `ip` field and then calculates top 10 ip addresses
 with the biggest number of logs:
 
 ```logsql
-_time:1d error | extract from _msg "ip=<ip> " | stats by (ip) count() logs | sort by (logs) desc limit 10
+_time:1d error | extract "ip=<ip> " from _msg | stats by (ip) count() logs | sort by (logs) desc limit 10
 ```
 
-It is expected that `_msg` field contains `ip=...` substring, which ends with space. For example, `error ip=1.2.3.4 from user_id=42`.
+It is expected that `_msg` field contains `ip=...` substring ending with space. For example, `error ip=1.2.3.4 from user_id=42`.
+If there is no such substring in the current `_msg` field, then the `ip` output field will be empty.
 
 If the `| extract ...` pipe is applied to [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field), then the `from _msg` part can be omitted.
 For example, the following query is equivalent to the previous one:
@@ -1133,19 +1134,40 @@ For example, the following query is equivalent to the previous one:
 _time:1d error | extract "ip=<ip> " | stats by (ip) count() logs | sort by (logs) desc limit 10
 ```
 
+If the `pattern` contains double quotes, then it can be quoted into single quotes. For example, the following query extracts `ip` from the corresponding JSON field:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | extract '"ip":"<ip>"'
+```
+
 See also:
 
-- [format for extract pipe pattern](#format-for-extract-pipe-pattern)
+- [Format for extract pipe pattern](#format-for-extract-pipe-pattern)
+- [Conditional extract](#conditional-extract)
 - [`unpack_json` pipe](#unpack_json-pipe)
 - [`unpack_logfmt` pipe](#unpack_logfmt-pipe)
 
 #### Format for extract pipe pattern
 
-The `pattern` part from [`| extract from src_field "pattern"` pipe](#extract-pipes) may contain arbitrary text, which matches as is to the `src_field` value.
-Additionally to arbitrary text, the `pattern` may contain placeholders in the form `<...>`, which match any strings, including empty strings.
-Placeholders may be named, such as `<ip>`, or anonymous, such as `<_>`. Named placeholders extract the matching text into
-the corresponding [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model).
-Anonymous placeholders are useful for skipping arbitrary text during pattern matching.
+The `pattern` part from [`extract ` pipe](#extract-pipe) has the following format:
+
+```
+text1<field1>text2<field2>...textN<fieldN>textN+1
+```
+
+Where `text1`, ... `textN+1` is arbitrary non-empty text, which matches as is to the input text.
+
+The `field1`, ... `fieldN` are placeholders, which match a substring of any length (including zero length) in the input text until the next `textX`.
+Placeholders can be anonymous and named. Anonymous placeholders are written as `<_>`. They are used for convenience when some input text
+must be skipped until the next `textX`. Named palceholders are written as `<some_name>`, where `some_name` is the name of the log field to store
+the corresponding matching substring to.
+
+The matching starts from the first occurence of the `text1` in the input text. If the `pattern` starts with `<field1>` and doesn't contain `text1`,
+then the matching starts from the beginning of the input text. Matching is performed sequentially according to the `pattern`. If some `textX` isn't found
+in the remaining input text, then the remaining named placeholders receive empty string values and the matching finishes prematurely.
+
+Matching finishes successfully when `textN+1` is found in the input text.
+If the `pattern` ends with `<fieldN>` and doesn't contain `textN+1`, then the `<fieldN>` matches the remaining input text.
 
 For example, if [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field) contains the following text:
 
@@ -1153,34 +1175,44 @@ For example, if [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/key
 1.2.3.4 GET /foo/bar?baz 404 "Mozilla  foo bar baz" some tail here
 ```
 
-Then the following `| extract ...` [pipe](#pipes) can be used for extracting `ip`, `path` and `user_agent` fields from it:
+Then the following `pattern` can be used for extracting `ip`, `path` and `user_agent` fields from it:
 
 ```
-| extract '<ip> <_> <path> <_> "<user_agent>"'
+<ip> <_> <path> <_> "<user_agent>"
 ```
 
 Note that the user-agent part of the log message is in double quotes. This means that it may contain special chars, including escaped double quote, e.g. `\"`.
 This may break proper matching of the string in double quotes.
 
-VictoriaLogs automatically detects the whole string in quotes and automatically decodes it if the first char in the placeholder is double quote or backtick.
-So it is better to use the following `pattern` for proper matching of quoted strings:
+VictoriaLogs automatically detects quoted strings and automatically unquotes them if the first matching char in the placeholder is double quote or backtick.
+So it is better to use the following `pattern` for proper matching of quoted `user_agent` string:
 
 ```
-| extract "<ip> <_> <path> <_> <user_agent>"
+<ip> <_> <path> <_> <user_agent>
 ```
 
-Note that the `user_agent` now matches double quotes, but VictoriaLogs automatically unquotes the matching string before storing it in the `user_agent` field.
-This is useful for extracting JSON strings. For example, the following `pattern` properly extracts the `message` JSON string into `msg` field:
+This is useful for extracting JSON strings. For example, the following `pattern` properly extracts the `message` JSON string into `msg` field, even if it contains special chars:
 
 ```
-| extract '"message":<msg>'
+"message":<msg>
 ```
 
 If some special chars such as `<` must be matched by the `pattern`, then they can be [html-escaped](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references).
-For example, the following `pattern` properly matches `a < 123.456` text:
+For example, the following `pattern` properly matches `a < b` text by extracting `a` into `left` field and `b` into `right` field:
 
 ```
-| extract "<left> &lt; <right>"
+<left> &lt; <right>
+```
+
+#### Conditional extract
+
+If some log entries must be skipped from [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe), then add `if (<filters>)` filter after the `extract` word.
+The `<filters>` can contain arbitrary [filters](#filters). For example, the following query extracts `ip` field
+from [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) only
+if the input [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/keyConcepts.html#data-model) doesn't contain `ip` field or this field is empty:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | extract if (ip:"") "ip=<ip> "
 ```
 
 ### field_names pipe
@@ -1209,6 +1241,12 @@ and [`_msg`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-
 _time:5m | fields host, _msg
 ```
 
+`keep` can be used instead of `fields` for convenience. For example, the following query is equivalent to the previous one:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | keep host, _msg
+```
+
 See also:
 
 - [`copy` pipe](#copy-pipe)
@@ -1232,6 +1270,50 @@ See also:
 - [`stats` pipe](#stats-pipe)
 - [`sort` pipe](#sort-pipe)
 
+### format pipe
+
+`| format "pattern" as result_field` [pipe](#format-pipe) combines [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+according to the `pattern` and stores it to the `result_field`. All the other fields remain unchanged after the `| format ...` pipe.
+
+For example, the following query stores `request from <ip>:<port>` text into [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field),
+by substituting `<ip>` and `<port>` with the corresponding [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | format "request from <ip>:<port>" as _msg
+```
+
+If the result of the `format` pattern is stored into [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field),
+then `as _msg` part can be omitted. The following query is equivalent to the previous one:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | format "request from <ip>:<port>"
+```
+
+If some field values must be put into double quotes before formatting, then add `q:` in front of the corresponding field name.
+For example, the following command generates properly encoded JSON object from `_msg` and `stacktrace` [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+and stores it into `my_json` output field:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | format '{"_msg":<q:_msg>,"stacktrace":<q:stacktrace>}' as my_json
+```
+
+See also:
+
+- [Conditional format](#conditional-format)
+- [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe)
+
+
+#### Conditional format
+
+If the [`format` pipe](#format-pipe) musn't be applied to every [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model),
+then add `if (<filters>)` just after the `format` word.
+The `<filters>` can contain arbitrary [filters](#filters). For example, the following query stores the formatted result to `message` field
+only if `ip` and `host` [fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) aren't empty:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | format if (ip:* and host:*) "request from <ip>:<host>" as message
+```
+
 ### limit pipe
 
 If only a subset of selected logs must be processed, then `| limit N` [pipe](#pipes) can be used, where `N` can contain any [supported integer numeric value](#numeric-values).
@@ -1548,8 +1630,8 @@ See also:
 
 ### unpack_json pipe
 
-`| unpack_json from field_name` pipe unpacks `{"k1":"v1", ..., "kN":"vN"}` JSON from the given `field_name` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
-into `k1`, ... `kN` field names with the corresponding `v1`, ..., `vN` values. It overrides existing fields with names from the `k1`, ..., `kN` list. Other fields remain untouched.
+`| unpack_json from field_name` pipe unpacks `{"k1":"v1", ..., "kN":"vN"}` JSON from the given input [`field_name`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+into `k1`, ... `kN` output field names with the corresponding `v1`, ..., `vN` values. It overrides existing fields with names from the `k1`, ..., `kN` list. Other fields remain untouched.
 
 Nested JSON is unpacked according to the rules defined [here](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
@@ -1566,30 +1648,48 @@ The following query is equivalent to the previous one:
 _time:5m | unpack_json
 ```
 
-If you want to make sure that the unpacked JSON fields do not clash with the existing fields, then specify common prefix for all the fields extracted from JSON,
-by adding `result_prefix "prefix_name"` to `unpack_json`. For example, the following query adds `foo_` prefix for all the unpacked fields
-form [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field):
+If only some fields must be extracted from JSON, then they can be enumerated inside `fields (...)`. For example, the following query unpacks only `foo` and `bar`
+fields from JSON value stored in `my_json` [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model):
 
 ```logsql
-_time:5m | unpack_json result_prefix "foo_"
+_time:5m | unpack_json from my_json fields (foo, bar)
 ```
 
 Performance tip: if you need extracting a single field from long JSON, it is faster to use [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe). For example, the following query extracts `"ip"` field from JSON
-stored in [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field):
+stored in [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field) at the maximum speed:
 
 ```
 _time:5m | extract '"ip":<ip>'
 ```
 
+If you want to make sure that the unpacked JSON fields do not clash with the existing fields, then specify common prefix for all the fields extracted from JSON,
+by adding `result_prefix "prefix_name"` to `unpack_json`. For example, the following query adds `foo_` prefix for all the unpacked fields
+form `foo`:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_json from foo result_prefix "foo_"
+```
+
 See also:
 
+- [Conditional `unpack_json`](#conditional-unpack_json)
 - [`unpack_logfmt` pipe](#unpack_logfmt-pipe)
 - [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe)
 
+#### Conditional unpack_json
+
+If the [`unpack_json` pipe](#unpack_json-pipe) musn't be applied to every [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model),
+then add `if (<filters>)` after `unpack_json`.
+The `<filters>` can contain arbitrary [filters](#filters). For example, the following query unpacks JSON fields from `foo` field only if `ip` field in the current log entry isn't set or empty:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_json if (ip:"") from foo
+```
+
 ### unpack_logfmt pipe
 
 `| unpack_logfmt from field_name` pipe unpacks `k1=v1 ... kN=vN` [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields
-from the given `field_name` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) into `k1`, ... `kN` field names
+from the given [`field_name`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) into `k1`, ... `kN` field names
 with the corresponding `v1`, ..., `vN` values. It overrides existing fields with names from the `k1`, ..., `kN` list. Other fields remain untouched.
 
 For example, the following query unpacks [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields from the [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field)
@@ -1606,12 +1706,11 @@ The following query is equivalent to the previous one:
 _time:5m | unpack_logfmt
 ```
 
-If you want to make sure that the unpacked [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields do not clash with the existing fields, then specify common prefix for all the fields extracted from JSON,
-by adding `result_prefix "prefix_name"` to `unpack_logfmt`. For example, the following query adds `foo_` prefix for all the unpacked fields
-from [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field):
+If only some fields must be unpacked from logfmt, then they can be enumerated inside `fields (...)`. For example, the following query extracts only `foo` and `bar` fields
+from logfmt stored in the `my_logfmt` field:
 
 ```logsql
-_time:5m | unpack_logfmt result_prefix "foo_"
+_time:5m | unpack_logfmt from my_logfmt fields (foo, bar)
 ```
 
 Performance tip: if you need extracting a single field from long [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) line, it is faster to use [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe).
@@ -1622,31 +1721,53 @@ in [`_msg` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#mes
 _time:5m | extract ' ip=<ip>'
 ```
 
+If you want to make sure that the unpacked [logfmt](https://brandur.org/logfmt) fields do not clash with the existing fields, then specify common prefix for all the fields extracted from JSON,
+by adding `result_prefix "prefix_name"` to `unpack_logfmt`. For example, the following query adds `foo_` prefix for all the unpacked fields
+from `foo` field:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_logfmt from foo result_prefix "foo_"
+```
+
 See also:
 
+- [Conditional unpack_logfmt](#conditional-unpack_logfmt)
 - [`unpack_json` pipe](#unpack_json-pipe)
 - [`extract` pipe](#extract-pipe)
 
+#### Conditional unpack_logfmt
+
+If the [`unpack_logfmt` pipe](#unpack_logfmt-pipe) musn't be applied to every [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model),
+then add `if (<filters>)` after `unpack_logfmt`.
+The `<filters>` can contain arbitrary [filters](#filters). For example, the following query unpacks logfmt fields from `foo` field
+only if `ip` field in the current log entry isn't set or empty:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | unpack_logfmt if (ip:"") from foo
+```
+
 ## stats pipe functions
 
 LogsQL supports the following functions for [`stats` pipe](#stats-pipe):
 
-- [`avg`](#avg-stats) calculates the average value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`count`](#count-stats) calculates the number of log entries.
-- [`count_empty`](#count_empty-stats) calculates the number logs with empty [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`count_uniq`](#count_uniq-stats) calculates the number of unique non-empty values for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`max`](#max-stats) calcualtes the maximum value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`median`](#median-stats) calcualtes the [median](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median) value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`min`](#min-stats) calculates the minumum value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`quantile`](#quantile-stats) calculates the given quantile for the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`sum`](#sum-stats) calculates the sum for the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`sum_len`](#sum_len-stats) calculates the sum of lengths for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`avg`](#avg-stats) returns the average value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`count`](#count-stats) returns the number of log entries.
+- [`count_empty`](#count_empty-stats) returns the number logs with empty [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`count_uniq`](#count_uniq-stats) returns the number of unique non-empty values for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`fields_max`](#fields_max-stats) returns the [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) with the minimum value at the given field.
+- [`fields_min`](#fields_min-stats) returns the [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) with the maximum value at the given field.
+- [`max`](#max-stats) returns the maximum value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`median`](#median-stats) returns the [median](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median) value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`min`](#min-stats) returns the minumum value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`quantile`](#quantile-stats) returns the given quantile for the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`sum`](#sum-stats) returns the sum for the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`sum_len`](#sum_len-stats) returns the sum of lengths for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`uniq_values`](#uniq_values-stats) returns unique non-empty values for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`values`](#values-stats) returns all the values for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
 ### avg stats
 
-`avg(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) calculates the average value across
+`avg(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) calculates the average value across
 all the mentioned [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 Non-numeric values are ignored.
 
@@ -1668,7 +1789,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### count stats
 
-`count()` calculates the number of selected logs.
+`count()` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) calculates the number of selected logs.
 
 For example, the following query returns the number of logs over the last 5 minutes:
 
@@ -1700,7 +1821,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### count_empty stats
 
-`count_empty(field1, ..., fieldN)` calculates the number of logs with empty `(field1, ..., fieldN)` tuples.
+`count_empty(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) calculates the number of logs with empty `(field1, ..., fieldN)` tuples.
 
 For example, the following query calculates the number of logs with empty `username` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
 during the last 5 minutes:
@@ -1716,7 +1837,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### count_uniq stats
 
-`count_uniq(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) calculates the number of unique non-empty `(field1, ..., fieldN)` tuples.
+`count_uniq(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) calculates the number of unique non-empty `(field1, ..., fieldN)` tuples.
 
 For example, the following query returns the number of unique non-empty values for `ip` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
 over the last 5 minutes:
@@ -1746,9 +1867,62 @@ See also:
 - [`uniq_values`](#uniq_values-stats)
 - [`count`](#count-stats)
 
+### fields_max stats
+
+`fields_max(field)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) returns [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+with the maximum value for the given `field`. Log entry is returned as JSON-encoded dictionary with all the fields from the original log.
+
+For example, the following query returns log entry with the maximum value for the `duration` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+across logs for the last 5 minutes:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | stats fields_max(duration) as log_with_max_duration
+```
+
+Fields from the returned values can be decoded with [`unpack_json`](#unpack_json-pipe) or [`extract`](#extract) pipes.
+
+If only the specific fields are needed from the returned log entry, then they can be enumerated inside `fields_max(...)`.
+For example, the following query returns only `_time`, `path` and `duration` fields from the log entry with the maximum `duration` over the last 5 minutes:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | stats fields_max(duration, _time, path, duration) as time_and_ip_with_max_duration
+```
+
+See also:
+
+- [`max`](#max-stats)
+- [`fields_min`](#fields_min-stats)
+
+
+### fields_min stats
+
+`fields_min(field)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) returns [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+with the minimum value for the given `field`. Log entry is returned as JSON-encoded dictionary with all the fields from the original log.
+
+For example, the following query returns log entry with the minimum value for the `duration` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+across logs for the last 5 minutes:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | stats fields_min(duration) as log_with_min_duration
+```
+
+Fields from the returned values can be decoded with [`unpack_json`](#unpack_json-pipe) or [`extract`](#extract) pipes.
+
+If only the specific fields are needed from the returned log entry, then they can be enumerated inside `fields_max(...)`.
+For example, the following query returns only `_time`, `path` and `duration` fields from the log entry with the minimum `duration` over the last 5 minutes:
+
+```logsql
+_time:5m | stats fields_min(duration, _time, path, duration) as time_and_ip_with_min_duration
+```
+
+See also:
+
+- [`min`](#min-stats)
+- [`fields_max`](#fields_max-stats)
+
 ### max stats
 
-`max(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) returns the maximum value across
+`max(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) returns the maximum value across
 all the mentioned [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
 For example, the following query returns the maximum value for the `duration` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
@@ -1758,17 +1932,18 @@ over logs for the last 5 minutes:
 _time:5m | stats max(duration) max_duration
 ```
 
+[`fields_max`](#fields_max-stats) function can be used for obtaining other fields with the maximum duration.
+
 See also:
 
+- [`fields_max`](#fields_max-stats)
 - [`min`](#min-stats)
 - [`quantile`](#quantile-stats)
 - [`avg`](#avg-stats)
-- [`sum`](#sum-stats)
-- [`count`](#count-stats)
 
 ### median stats
 
-`median(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) calculates the [median](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median) value across
+`median(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) calculates the [median](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median) value across
 the give numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
 For example, the following query return median for the `duration` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
@@ -1785,7 +1960,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### min stats
 
-`min(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) returns the minimum value across
+`min(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) returns the minimum value across
 all the mentioned [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
 For example, the following query returns the minimum value for the `duration` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
@@ -1795,17 +1970,18 @@ over logs for the last 5 minutes:
 _time:5m | stats min(duration) min_duration
 ```
 
+[`fields_min`](#fields_min-stats) function can be used for obtaining other fields with the minimum duration.
+
 See also:
 
+- [`fields_min`](#fields_min-stats)
 - [`max`](#max-stats)
 - [`quantile`](#quantile-stats)
 - [`avg`](#avg-stats)
-- [`sum`](#sum-stats)
-- [`count`](#count-stats)
 
 ### quantile stats
 
-`quantile(phi, field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) calculates `phi` [percentile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile) over numeric values
+`quantile(phi, field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) calculates `phi` [percentile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile) over numeric values
 for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model). The `phi` must be in the range `0 ... 1`, where `0` means `0th` percentile,
 while `1` means `100th` percentile.
 
@@ -1828,7 +2004,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### sum stats
 
-`sum(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) calculates the sum of numeric values across
+`sum(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) calculates the sum of numeric values across
 all the mentioned [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
 For example, the following query returns the sum of numeric values for the `duration` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
@@ -1847,7 +2023,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### sum_len stats
 
-`sum_len(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) calculates the sum of lengths of all the values
+`sum_len(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) calculates the sum of lengths of all the values
 for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
 For example, the following query returns the sum of lengths of [`_msg` fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field)
@@ -1863,9 +2039,9 @@ See also:
 
 ### uniq_values stats
 
-`uniq_values(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) returns the unique non-empty values across
+`uniq_values(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) returns the unique non-empty values across
 the mentioned [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-The returned values are encoded in JSON array. The order of the returned values is arbitrary.
+The returned values are encoded in sorted JSON array.
 
 For example, the following query returns unique non-empty values for the `ip` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
 over logs for the last 5 minutes:
@@ -1878,12 +2054,14 @@ Every unique value is stored in memory during query execution. Big number of uni
 only a subset of unique values. In this case add `limit N` after `uniq_values(...)` in order to limit the number of returned unique values to `N`,
 while limiting the maximum memory usage.
 For example, the following query returns up to `100` unique values for the `ip` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
-over the logs for the last 5 minutes. Note that arbitrary subset of unique `ip` values is returned every time:
+over the logs for the last 5 minutes:
 
 ```logsql
 _time:5m | stats uniq_values(ip) limit 100 as unique_ips_100
 ```
 
+Arbitrary subset of unique `ip` values is returned every time if the `limit` is reached.
+
 See also:
 
 - [`uniq` pipe](#uniq-pipe)
@@ -1893,7 +2071,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### values stats
 
-`values(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe](#stats-pipe) returns all the values (including empty values)
+`values(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe fuction](#stats-pipe-functions) returns all the values (including empty values)
 for the mentioned [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 The returned values are encoded in JSON array.
 
diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/querying/README.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/querying/README.md
index 42f45b487..44d52fc64 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/querying/README.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/querying/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,19 @@ via the following ways:
 
 ## HTTP API
 
-VictoriaLogs can be queried at the `/select/logsql/query` HTTP endpoint.
+VictoriaLogs provides the following HTTP endpoints:
+
+- [`/select/logsql/query`](#querying-logs) for querying logs
+- [`/select/logsql/hits`](#querying-hits-stats) for querying log hits stats over the given time range
+- [`/select/logsql/streams`](#querying-streams) for querying [log streams](#https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields)
+- [`/select/logsql/stream_label_names`](#querying-stream-label-names) for querying [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) label names
+- [`/select/logsql/stream_label_values`](#querying-stream-label-values) for querying [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) label values
+- [`/select/logsql/field_names`](#querying-field-names) for querying [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names.
+- [`/select/logsql/field_values`](#querying-field-values) for querying [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) values.
+
+### Querying logs
+
+Logs stored in VictoriaLogs can be queried at the `/select/logsql/query` HTTP endpoint.
 The [LogsQL](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.html) query must be passed via `query` argument.
 For example, the following query returns all the log entries with the `error` word:
 
@@ -88,6 +100,10 @@ curl http://localhost:9428/select/logsql/query -H 'AccountID: 12' -H 'ProjectID:
 The number of requests to `/select/logsql/query` can be [monitored](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/#monitoring)
 with `vl_http_requests_total{path="/select/logsql/query"}` metric.
 
+- [Querying hits stats](#querying-hits-stats)
+- [Querying streams](#querying-streams)
+- [HTTP API](#http-api)
+
 ### Querying hits stats
 
 VictoriaMetrics provides `/select/logsql/hits?query=<query>&start=<start>&end=<end>&step=<step>` HTTP endpoint, which returns the number
@@ -187,10 +203,125 @@ The grouped fields are put inside `"fields"` object:
 
 See also:
 
-- [Querying field names](#querying-field-names)
-- [Querying field values](#querying-field-values)
+- [Querying logs](#querying-logs)
+- [Querying streams](#querying-streams)
 - [HTTP API](#http-api)
 
+### Querying streams
+
+VictoriaLogs provides `/select/logsql/streams?query=<query>&start=<start>&end=<end>` HTTP endpoint, which returns [streams](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields)
+from results of the given `<query>` [LogsQL query](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/) on the given `[<start> ... <end>]` time range.
+
+The `<start>` and `<end>` args can contain values in [any supported format](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#timestamp-formats).
+If `<start>` is missing, then it equals to the minimum timestamp across logs stored in VictoriaLogs.
+If `<end>` is missing, then it equals to the maximum timestamp across logs stored in VictoriaLogs.
+
+For example, the following command returns streams across logs with the `error` [word](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#word)
+for the last 5 minutes:
+
+```sh
+curl http://localhost:9428/select/logsql/streams -d 'query=error' -d 'start=5m'
+```
+
+Below is an example JSON output returned from this endpoint:
+
+```json
+{
+  "streams": [
+    "{host=\"1.2.3.4\",app=\"foo\"}",
+    "{host=\"1.2.3.4\",app=\"bar\"}",
+    "{host=\"10.2.3.4\",app=\"foo\"}",
+    "{host=\"10.2.3.5\",app=\"baz\"}"
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+The `/select/logsql/streams` endpoint supports optional `limit=N` query arg, which allows limiting the number of returned streams to `N`.
+The endpoint returns arbitrary subset of values if their number exceeds `N`, so `limit=N` cannot be used for pagination over big number of streams.
+
+See also:
+
+- [Querying logs](#querying-logs)
+- [Querying hits stats](#querying-hits-stats)
+- [HTTP API](#http-api)
+
+### Querying stream label names
+
+VictoriaLogs provides `/select/logsql/stream_label_names?query=<query>&start=<start>&end=<end>` HTTP endpoint, which returns
+[log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) label names from results
+of the given `<query>` [LogsQL query](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/) on the given `[<start> ... <end>]` time range.
+
+The `<start>` and `<end>` args can contain values in [any supported format](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#timestamp-formats).
+If `<start>` is missing, then it equals to the minimum timestamp across logs stored in VictoriaLogs.
+If `<end>` is missing, then it equals to the maximum timestamp across logs stored in VictoriaLogs.
+
+For example, the following command returns stream label names across logs with the `error` [word](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#word)
+for the last 5 minutes:
+
+```sh
+curl http://localhost:9428/select/logsql/stream_label_names -d 'query=error' -d 'start=5m'
+```
+
+Below is an example JSON output returned from this endpoint:
+
+```json
+{
+  "names": [
+    "app",
+    "container",
+    "datacenter",
+    "host",
+    "namespace"
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+See also:
+
+- [Querying stream label names](#querying-stream-label-names)
+- [Querying field values](#querying-field-values)
+- [Querying streams](#querying-streams)
+- [HTTP API](#http-api)
+
+### Querying stream label values
+
+VictoriaLogs provides `/select/logsql/stream_label_values?query=<query>&start=<start>&<end>&label=<labelName>` HTTP endpoint,
+which returns [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) label values for the label with the given `<labelName>` name
+from results of the given `<query>` [LogsQL query](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/) on the given `[<start> ... <end>]` time range.
+
+The `<start>` and `<end>` args can contain values in [any supported format](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#timestamp-formats).
+If `<start>` is missing, then it equals to the minimum timestamp across logs stored in VictoriaLogs.
+If `<end>` is missing, then it equals to the maximum timestamp across logs stored in VictoriaLogs.
+
+For example, the following command returns values for the stream label `host` across logs with the `error` [word](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#word)
+for the last 5 minutes:
+
+```sh
+curl http://localhost:9428/select/logsql/stream_label_values -d 'query=error' -d 'start=5m' -d 'label=host'
+```
+
+Below is an example JSON output returned from this endpoint:
+
+```json
+{
+  "values": [
+    "host-0",
+    "host-1",
+    "host-2",
+    "host-3"
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+The `/select/logsql/stream_label_names` endpoint supports optional `limit=N` query arg, which allows limiting the number of returned values to `N`.
+The endpoint returns arbitrary subset of values if their number exceeds `N`, so `limit=N` cannot be used for pagination over big number of field values.
+
+See also:
+
+- [Querying stream label values](#querying-stream-label-values)
+- [Querying field names](#querying-field-names)
+- [Querying streams](#querying-streams)
+- [HTTP API](#http-api)
 
 ### Querying field names
 
@@ -225,13 +356,14 @@ Below is an example JSON output returned from this endpoint:
 
 See also:
 
+- [Querying stream label names](#querying-stream-label-names)
 - [Querying field values](#querying-field-values)
-- [Querying hits stats](#querying-hits-stats)
+- [Querying streams](#querying-streams)
 - [HTTP API](#http-api)
 
 ### Querying field values
 
-VictoriaLogs provides `/select/logsql/field_values?query=<query>&field_name=<fieldName>&start=<start>&end=<end>` HTTP endpoint, which returns
+VictoriaLogs provides `/select/logsql/field_values?query=<query>&field=<fieldName>&start=<start>&end=<end>` HTTP endpoint, which returns
 unique values for the given `<fieldName>` [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
 from results of the given `<query>` [LogsQL query](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/) on the given `[<start> ... <end>]` time range.
 
@@ -243,7 +375,7 @@ For example, the following command returns unique values for `host` [field](http
 across logs with the `error` [word](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#word) for the last 5 minutes:
 
 ```sh
-curl http://localhost:9428/select/logsql/field_values -d 'query=error' -d 'field_name=host' -d 'start=5m'
+curl http://localhost:9428/select/logsql/field_values -d 'query=error' -d 'field=host' -d 'start=5m'
 ```
 
 Below is an example JSON output returned from this endpoint:
@@ -265,8 +397,9 @@ The endpoint returns arbitrary subset of values if their number exceeds `N`, so
 
 See also:
 
+- [Querying stream label values](#querying-stream-label-values)
 - [Querying field names](#querying-field-names)
-- [Querying hits stats](#querying-hits-stats)
+- [Querying streams](#querying-streams)
 - [HTTP API](#http-api)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/bitmap.go b/lib/logstorage/bitmap.go
index b12680848..ac1c10695 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/bitmap.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/bitmap.go
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ func (bm *bitmap) areAllBitsSet() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func (bm *bitmap) isSetBit(i int) bool {
+	wordIdx := uint(i) / 64
+	wordOffset := uint(i) % 64
+	word := bm.a[wordIdx]
+	return (word & (1 << wordOffset)) != 0
+}
+
 func (bm *bitmap) andNot(x *bitmap) {
 	if bm.bitsLen != x.bitsLen {
 		logger.Panicf("BUG: cannot merge bitmaps with distinct lengths; %d vs %d", bm.bitsLen, x.bitsLen)
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/block_result.go b/lib/logstorage/block_result.go
index 552cffd47..5162c5f57 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/block_result.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/block_result.go
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ type blockResult struct {
 	// timestamps contain timestamps for the selected log entries in the block.
 	timestamps []int64
 
-	// csBufOffset contains csBuf offset for the requested columns.
-	//
-	// columns with indexes below csBufOffset are ignored.
-	// This is needed for simplifying data transformations at pipe stages.
-	csBufOffset int
-
 	// csBuf contains requested columns.
 	csBuf []blockResultColumn
 
@@ -52,8 +46,6 @@ func (br *blockResult) reset() {
 
 	br.timestamps = br.timestamps[:0]
 
-	br.csBufOffset = 0
-
 	clear(br.csBuf)
 	br.csBuf = br.csBuf[:0]
 
@@ -208,30 +200,13 @@ func (br *blockResult) sizeBytes() int {
 	return n
 }
 
-// addResultColumns adds the given rcs to br.
-//
-// The br is valid only until rcs are modified.
-func (br *blockResult) addResultColumns(rcs []resultColumn) {
-	if len(rcs) == 0 || len(rcs[0].values) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	for i := range rcs {
-		br.addResultColumn(&rcs[i])
-	}
-}
-
 // setResultColumns sets the given rcs as br columns.
 //
 // The br is valid only until rcs are modified.
-func (br *blockResult) setResultColumns(rcs []resultColumn) {
+func (br *blockResult) setResultColumns(rcs []resultColumn, rowsCount int) {
 	br.reset()
 
-	if len(rcs) == 0 || len(rcs[0].values) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	br.timestamps = fastnum.AppendInt64Zeros(br.timestamps[:0], len(rcs[0].values))
+	br.timestamps = fastnum.AppendInt64Zeros(br.timestamps[:0], rowsCount)
 
 	for i := range rcs {
 		br.addResultColumn(&rcs[i])
@@ -1227,56 +1202,59 @@ func (br *blockResult) getBucketedValue(s string, bf *byStatsField) string {
 
 // copyColumns copies columns from srcColumnNames to dstColumnNames.
 func (br *blockResult) copyColumns(srcColumnNames, dstColumnNames []string) {
-	if len(srcColumnNames) == 0 {
-		return
+	for i, srcName := range srcColumnNames {
+		br.copySingleColumn(srcName, dstColumnNames[i])
 	}
+}
 
-	csBuf := br.csBuf
-	csBufOffset := len(csBuf)
-	for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
-		if idx := slices.Index(srcColumnNames, c.name); idx >= 0 {
-			c.name = dstColumnNames[idx]
-			csBuf = append(csBuf, *c)
-			// continue is skipped intentionally in order to leave the original column in the columns list.
+func (br *blockResult) copySingleColumn(srcName, dstName string) {
+	found := false
+	cs := br.getColumns()
+	csBufLen := len(br.csBuf)
+	for _, c := range cs {
+		if c.name != dstName {
+			br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf, *c)
 		}
-		if !slices.Contains(dstColumnNames, c.name) {
-			csBuf = append(csBuf, *c)
+		if c.name == srcName {
+			cCopy := *c
+			cCopy.name = dstName
+			br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf, cCopy)
+			found = true
 		}
 	}
-	br.csBufOffset = csBufOffset
-	br.csBuf = csBuf
+	if !found {
+		br.addConstColumn(dstName, "")
+	}
+	br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf[:0], br.csBuf[csBufLen:]...)
 	br.csInitialized = false
-
-	for _, dstColumnName := range dstColumnNames {
-		br.createMissingColumnByName(dstColumnName)
-	}
 }
 
 // renameColumns renames columns from srcColumnNames to dstColumnNames.
 func (br *blockResult) renameColumns(srcColumnNames, dstColumnNames []string) {
-	if len(srcColumnNames) == 0 {
-		return
+	for i, srcName := range srcColumnNames {
+		br.renameSingleColumn(srcName, dstColumnNames[i])
 	}
+}
 
-	csBuf := br.csBuf
-	csBufOffset := len(csBuf)
-	for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
-		if idx := slices.Index(srcColumnNames, c.name); idx >= 0 {
-			c.name = dstColumnNames[idx]
-			csBuf = append(csBuf, *c)
-			continue
-		}
-		if !slices.Contains(dstColumnNames, c.name) {
-			csBuf = append(csBuf, *c)
+func (br *blockResult) renameSingleColumn(srcName, dstName string) {
+	found := false
+	cs := br.getColumns()
+	csBufLen := len(br.csBuf)
+	for _, c := range cs {
+		if c.name == srcName {
+			cCopy := *c
+			cCopy.name = dstName
+			br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf, cCopy)
+			found = true
+		} else if c.name != dstName {
+			br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf, *c)
 		}
 	}
-	br.csBufOffset = csBufOffset
-	br.csBuf = csBuf
+	if !found {
+		br.addConstColumn(dstName, "")
+	}
+	br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf[:0], br.csBuf[csBufLen:]...)
 	br.csInitialized = false
-
-	for _, dstColumnName := range dstColumnNames {
-		br.createMissingColumnByName(dstColumnName)
-	}
 }
 
 // deleteColumns deletes columns with the given columnNames.
@@ -1285,15 +1263,15 @@ func (br *blockResult) deleteColumns(columnNames []string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	csBuf := br.csBuf
-	csBufOffset := len(csBuf)
-	for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
+	cs := br.getColumns()
+	csBufLen := len(br.csBuf)
+	for _, c := range cs {
 		if !slices.Contains(columnNames, c.name) {
-			csBuf = append(csBuf, *c)
+			br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf, *c)
 		}
 	}
-	br.csBufOffset = csBufOffset
-	br.csBuf = csBuf
+
+	br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf[:0], br.csBuf[csBufLen:]...)
 	br.csInitialized = false
 }
 
@@ -1305,14 +1283,21 @@ func (br *blockResult) setColumns(columnNames []string) {
 	}
 
 	// Slow path - construct the requested columns
-	csBuf := br.csBuf
-	csBufOffset := len(csBuf)
-	for _, columnName := range columnNames {
-		c := br.getColumnByName(columnName)
-		csBuf = append(csBuf, *c)
+	cs := br.getColumns()
+	csBufLen := len(br.csBuf)
+	for _, c := range cs {
+		if slices.Contains(columnNames, c.name) {
+			br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf, *c)
+		}
 	}
-	br.csBufOffset = csBufOffset
-	br.csBuf = csBuf
+
+	for _, columnName := range columnNames {
+		if idx := getBlockResultColumnIdxByName(cs, columnName); idx < 0 {
+			br.addConstColumn(columnName, "")
+		}
+	}
+
+	br.csBuf = append(br.csBuf[:0], br.csBuf[csBufLen:]...)
 	br.csInitialized = false
 }
 
@@ -1344,22 +1329,12 @@ func (br *blockResult) getColumnByName(columnName string) *blockResultColumn {
 	return &br.csBuf[len(br.csBuf)-1]
 }
 
-func (br *blockResult) createMissingColumnByName(columnName string) {
-	for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
-		if c.name == columnName {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	br.addConstColumn(columnName, "")
-}
-
 func (br *blockResult) getColumns() []*blockResultColumn {
 	if br.csInitialized {
 		return br.cs
 	}
 
-	csBuf := br.csBuf[br.csBufOffset:]
+	csBuf := br.csBuf
 	clear(br.cs)
 	cs := br.cs[:0]
 	for i := range csBuf {
@@ -1810,6 +1785,11 @@ type resultColumn struct {
 	values []string
 }
 
+func (rc *resultColumn) reset() {
+	rc.name = ""
+	rc.resetValues()
+}
+
 func (rc *resultColumn) resetValues() {
 	clear(rc.values)
 	rc.values = rc.values[:0]
@@ -1818,8 +1798,8 @@ func (rc *resultColumn) resetValues() {
 func appendResultColumnWithName(dst []resultColumn, name string) []resultColumn {
 	dst = slicesutil.SetLength(dst, len(dst)+1)
 	rc := &dst[len(dst)-1]
-	rc.resetValues()
 	rc.name = name
+	rc.resetValues()
 	return dst
 }
 
@@ -1862,5 +1842,12 @@ func visitValuesReadonly(bs *blockSearch, ch *columnHeader, bm *bitmap, f func(v
 	})
 }
 
+func getCanonicalColumnName(columnName string) string {
+	if columnName == "" {
+		return "_msg"
+	}
+	return columnName
+}
+
 var nan = math.NaN()
 var inf = math.Inf(1)
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/filter_exact.go b/lib/logstorage/filter_exact.go
index fbd74d17d..98e9ea1ee 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/filter_exact.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/filter_exact.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // filterExact matches the exact value.
 //
-// Example LogsQL: `fieldName:exact("foo bar")`
+// Example LogsQL: `fieldName:exact("foo bar")` of `fieldName:="foo bar"
 type filterExact struct {
 	fieldName string
 	value     string
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type filterExact struct {
 }
 
 func (fe *filterExact) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%sexact(%s)", quoteFieldNameIfNeeded(fe.fieldName), quoteTokenIfNeeded(fe.value))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", quoteFieldNameIfNeeded(fe.fieldName), quoteTokenIfNeeded(fe.value))
 }
 
 func (fe *filterExact) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/filter_exact_prefix.go b/lib/logstorage/filter_exact_prefix.go
index 653bdfc4b..e0b3b8648 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/filter_exact_prefix.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/filter_exact_prefix.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type filterExactPrefix struct {
 }
 
 func (fep *filterExactPrefix) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%sexact(%s*)", quoteFieldNameIfNeeded(fep.fieldName), quoteTokenIfNeeded(fep.prefix))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s*", quoteFieldNameIfNeeded(fep.fieldName), quoteTokenIfNeeded(fep.prefix))
 }
 
 func (fep *filterExactPrefix) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/filter_regexp.go b/lib/logstorage/filter_regexp.go
index 31b383826..4d8ad0245 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/filter_regexp.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/filter_regexp.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type filterRegexp struct {
 }
 
 func (fr *filterRegexp) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%sre(%q)", quoteFieldNameIfNeeded(fr.fieldName), fr.re.String())
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s~%q", quoteFieldNameIfNeeded(fr.fieldName), fr.re.String())
 }
 
 func (fr *filterRegexp) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/if_filter.go b/lib/logstorage/if_filter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6852e604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/if_filter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+type ifFilter struct {
+	f            filter
+	neededFields []string
+}
+
+func (iff *ifFilter) String() string {
+	return "if (" + iff.f.String() + ")"
+}
+
+func parseIfFilter(lex *lexer) (*ifFilter, error) {
+	if !lex.isKeyword("if") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected keyword %q; expecting 'if'", lex.token)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+	if !lex.isKeyword("(") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected token %q after 'if'; expecting '('", lex.token)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+
+	if lex.isKeyword(")") {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		iff := &ifFilter{
+			f: &filterNoop{},
+		}
+		return iff, nil
+	}
+
+	f, err := parseFilter(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'if' filter: %w", err)
+	}
+	if !lex.isKeyword(")") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected token %q after 'if' filter; expecting ')'", lex.token)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+
+	neededFields := newFieldsSet()
+	f.updateNeededFields(neededFields)
+
+	iff := &ifFilter{
+		f:            f,
+		neededFields: neededFields.getAll(),
+	}
+
+	return iff, nil
+}
+
+func (iff *ifFilter) optimizeFilterIn() {
+	if iff == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	optimizeFilterIn(iff.f)
+}
+
+func optimizeFilterIn(f filter) {
+	if f == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	visitFunc := func(f filter) bool {
+		fi, ok := f.(*filterIn)
+		if ok && fi.q != nil {
+			fi.q.Optimize()
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+	_ = visitFilter(f, visitFunc)
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/json_parser.go b/lib/logstorage/json_parser.go
index 767d636a8..ccffcf315 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/json_parser.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/json_parser.go
@@ -33,16 +33,10 @@ type JSONParser struct {
 }
 
 func (p *JSONParser) reset() {
-	p.resetNobuf()
-
-	p.buf = p.buf[:0]
-}
-
-func (p *JSONParser) resetNobuf() {
 	clear(p.Fields)
 	p.Fields = p.Fields[:0]
 
-	p.prefixBuf = p.prefixBuf[:0]
+	p.buf = p.buf[:0]
 }
 
 // GetJSONParser returns JSONParser ready to parse JSON lines.
@@ -66,39 +60,20 @@ func PutJSONParser(p *JSONParser) {
 
 var parserPool sync.Pool
 
-// ParseLogMessageNoResetBuf parses the given JSON log message msg into p.Fields.
-//
-// It adds the given prefix to all the parsed field names.
-//
-// The p.Fields remains valid until the next call to PutJSONParser().
-func (p *JSONParser) ParseLogMessageNoResetBuf(msg, prefix string) error {
-	return p.parseLogMessage(msg, prefix, false)
-}
-
 // ParseLogMessage parses the given JSON log message msg into p.Fields.
 //
-// It adds the given prefix to all the parsed field names.
-//
 // The p.Fields remains valid until the next call to ParseLogMessage() or PutJSONParser().
-func (p *JSONParser) ParseLogMessage(msg []byte, prefix string) error {
-	msgStr := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(msg)
-	return p.parseLogMessage(msgStr, prefix, true)
-}
+func (p *JSONParser) ParseLogMessage(msg []byte) error {
+	p.reset()
 
-func (p *JSONParser) parseLogMessage(msg, prefix string, resetBuf bool) error {
-	v, err := p.p.Parse(msg)
+	msgStr := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(msg)
+	v, err := p.p.Parse(msgStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse json: %w", err)
 	}
 	if t := v.Type(); t != fastjson.TypeObject {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expecting json dictionary; got %s", t)
 	}
-	if resetBuf {
-		p.reset()
-	} else {
-		p.resetNobuf()
-	}
-	p.prefixBuf = append(p.prefixBuf[:0], prefix...)
 	p.Fields, p.buf, p.prefixBuf = appendLogFields(p.Fields, p.buf, p.prefixBuf, v)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/json_parser_test.go b/lib/logstorage/json_parser_test.go
index 4c294615f..818fd4976 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/json_parser_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/json_parser_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ func TestJSONParserFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		p := GetJSONParser()
-		err := p.ParseLogMessage([]byte(data), "")
+		err := p.ParseLogMessage([]byte(data))
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error")
 		}
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ func TestJSONParserFailure(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestJSONParserSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(data, prefix string, fieldsExpected []Field) {
+	f := func(data string, fieldsExpected []Field) {
 		t.Helper()
 
 		p := GetJSONParser()
-		err := p.ParseLogMessage([]byte(data), prefix)
+		err := p.ParseLogMessage([]byte(data))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -37,23 +37,21 @@ func TestJSONParserSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		PutJSONParser(p)
 	}
 
-	f("{}", "", nil)
-	f(`{"foo":"bar"}`, "", []Field{
+	f("{}", nil)
+	f(`{"foo":"bar"}`, []Field{
 		{
 			Name:  "foo",
 			Value: "bar",
 		},
 	})
-	f(`{"foo":"bar"}`, "prefix_", []Field{
+	f(`{"foo":{"bar":{"x":"y","z":["foo"]}},"a":1,"b":true,"c":[1,2],"d":false}`, []Field{
 		{
-			Name:  "prefix_foo",
-			Value: "bar",
+			Name:  "foo.bar.x",
+			Value: "y",
 		},
-	})
-	f(`{"foo":{"bar":"baz"},"a":1,"b":true,"c":[1,2],"d":false}`, "", []Field{
 		{
-			Name:  "foo.bar",
-			Value: "baz",
+			Name:  "foo.bar.z",
+			Value: `["foo"]`,
 		},
 		{
 			Name:  "a",
@@ -72,26 +70,4 @@ func TestJSONParserSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			Value: "false",
 		},
 	})
-	f(`{"foo":{"bar":"baz"},"a":1,"b":true,"c":[1,2],"d":false}`, "prefix_", []Field{
-		{
-			Name:  "prefix_foo.bar",
-			Value: "baz",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:  "prefix_a",
-			Value: "1",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:  "prefix_b",
-			Value: "true",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:  "prefix_c",
-			Value: "[1,2]",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:  "prefix_d",
-			Value: "false",
-		},
-	})
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/logfmt_parser.go b/lib/logstorage/logfmt_parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eede8bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/logfmt_parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type logfmtParser struct {
+	fields []Field
+}
+
+func (p *logfmtParser) reset() {
+	clear(p.fields)
+	p.fields = p.fields[:0]
+}
+
+func (p *logfmtParser) addField(name, value string) {
+	p.fields = append(p.fields, Field{
+		Name:  name,
+		Value: value,
+	})
+}
+
+func (p *logfmtParser) parse(s string) {
+	for {
+		// Search for field name
+		n := strings.IndexByte(s, '=')
+		if n < 0 {
+			// field name couldn't be read
+			return
+		}
+
+		name := strings.TrimSpace(s[:n])
+		s = s[n+1:]
+		if len(s) == 0 {
+			p.addField(name, "")
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Search for field value
+		value, nOffset := tryUnquoteString(s)
+		if nOffset >= 0 {
+			p.addField(name, value)
+			s = s[nOffset:]
+			if len(s) == 0 {
+				return
+			}
+			if s[0] != ' ' {
+				return
+			}
+			s = s[1:]
+		} else {
+			n := strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
+			if n < 0 {
+				p.addField(name, s)
+				return
+			}
+			p.addField(name, s[:n])
+			s = s[n+1:]
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getLogfmtParser() *logfmtParser {
+	v := logfmtParserPool.Get()
+	if v == nil {
+		return &logfmtParser{}
+	}
+	return v.(*logfmtParser)
+}
+
+func putLogfmtParser(p *logfmtParser) {
+	p.reset()
+	logfmtParserPool.Put(p)
+}
+
+var logfmtParserPool sync.Pool
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/logfmt_parser_test.go b/lib/logstorage/logfmt_parser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60161271e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/logfmt_parser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLogfmtParser(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s, resultExpected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		p := getLogfmtParser()
+		defer putLogfmtParser(p)
+
+		p.parse(s)
+		result := marshalFieldsToJSON(nil, p.fields)
+		if string(result) != resultExpected {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result when parsing [%s]; got\n%s\nwant\n%s\n", s, result, resultExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	f(``, `{}`)
+	f(`foo=bar`, `{"foo":"bar"}`)
+	f(`foo="bar=baz x=y"`, `{"foo":"bar=baz x=y"}`)
+	f(`foo=`, `{"foo":""}`)
+	f(`foo=bar baz="x y" a=b`, `{"foo":"bar","baz":"x y","a":"b"}`)
+
+	// errors
+	f(`foo`, `{}`)
+	f(`foo=bar  baz=x z qwe`, `{"foo":"bar","baz":"x"}`)
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/parser.go b/lib/logstorage/parser.go
index ef0ce27db..536b0016e 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/parser.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/parser.go
@@ -232,10 +232,15 @@ func (q *Query) AddCountByTimePipe(step, off int64, fields []string) {
 		}
 		s := fmt.Sprintf("stats by (%s) count() hits", byFieldsStr)
 		lex := newLexer(s)
+
 		ps, err := parsePipeStats(lex)
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error when parsing %q: %s", s, err)
+			logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error when parsing [%s]: %s", s, err)
 		}
+		if !lex.isEnd() {
+			logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected tail left after parsing [%s]: %q", s, lex.s)
+		}
+
 		q.pipes = append(q.pipes, ps)
 	}
 
@@ -320,10 +325,16 @@ func (q *Query) Optimize() {
 		switch t := p.(type) {
 		case *pipeStats:
 			for _, f := range t.funcs {
-				if f.iff != nil {
-					optimizeFilterIn(f.iff)
-				}
+				f.iff.optimizeFilterIn()
 			}
+		case *pipeFormat:
+			t.iff.optimizeFilterIn()
+		case *pipeExtract:
+			t.iff.optimizeFilterIn()
+		case *pipeUnpackJSON:
+			t.iff.optimizeFilterIn()
+		case *pipeUnpackLogfmt:
+			t.iff.optimizeFilterIn()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -344,17 +355,6 @@ func removeStarFilters(f filter) filter {
 	return f
 }
 
-func optimizeFilterIn(f filter) {
-	visitFunc := func(f filter) bool {
-		fi, ok := f.(*filterIn)
-		if ok && fi.q != nil {
-			fi.q.Optimize()
-		}
-		return false
-	}
-	_ = visitFilter(f, visitFunc)
-}
-
 func optimizeSortOffsetPipes(pipes []pipe) []pipe {
 	// Merge 'sort ... | offset ...' into 'sort ... offset ...'
 	i := 1
@@ -498,11 +498,14 @@ func parseQuery(lex *lexer) (*Query, error) {
 		f: f,
 	}
 
-	pipes, err := parsePipes(lex)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w; context: [%s]", err, lex.context())
+	if lex.isKeyword("|") {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		pipes, err := parsePipes(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w; context: [%s]", err, lex.context())
+		}
+		q.pipes = pipes
 	}
-	q.pipes = pipes
 
 	return q, nil
 }
@@ -592,6 +595,10 @@ func parseGenericFilter(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
 		return parseFilterGT(lex, fieldName)
 	case lex.isKeyword("<"):
 		return parseFilterLT(lex, fieldName)
+	case lex.isKeyword("="):
+		return parseFilterEQ(lex, fieldName)
+	case lex.isKeyword("~"):
+		return parseFilterTilda(lex, fieldName)
 	case lex.isKeyword("not", "!"):
 		return parseFilterNot(lex, fieldName)
 	case lex.isKeyword("exact"):
@@ -1012,10 +1019,39 @@ func parseFilterRegexp(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
 	})
 }
 
-func parseFilterGT(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
-	if fieldName == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("'>' and '>=' must be prefixed with the field name")
+func parseFilterTilda(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
+	lex.nextToken()
+	arg := getCompoundFuncArg(lex)
+	re, err := regexp.Compile(arg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid regexp %q: %w", arg, err)
 	}
+	fr := &filterRegexp{
+		fieldName: fieldName,
+		re:        re,
+	}
+	return fr, nil
+}
+
+func parseFilterEQ(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
+	lex.nextToken()
+	phrase := getCompoundFuncArg(lex)
+	if lex.isKeyword("*") && !lex.isSkippedSpace {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		f := &filterExactPrefix{
+			fieldName: fieldName,
+			prefix:    phrase,
+		}
+		return f, nil
+	}
+	f := &filterExact{
+		fieldName: fieldName,
+		value:     phrase,
+	}
+	return f, nil
+}
+
+func parseFilterGT(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
 	lex.nextToken()
 
 	includeMinValue := false
@@ -1045,9 +1081,6 @@ func parseFilterGT(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
 }
 
 func parseFilterLT(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
-	if fieldName == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("'<' and '<=' must be prefixed with the field name")
-	}
 	lex.nextToken()
 
 	includeMaxValue := false
@@ -1151,7 +1184,7 @@ func parseFilterRange(lex *lexer, fieldName string) (filter, error) {
 func parseFloat64(lex *lexer) (float64, string, error) {
 	s, err := getCompoundToken(lex)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("cannot parse float64: %w", err)
+		return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("cannot parse float64 from %q: %w", s, err)
 	}
 	f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(s, 64)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -1164,7 +1197,7 @@ func parseFloat64(lex *lexer) (float64, string, error) {
 	if err == nil {
 		return float64(n), s, nil
 	}
-	return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %q as float64: %w", lex.token, err)
+	return 0, "", fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %q as float64: %w", s, err)
 }
 
 func parseFuncArg(lex *lexer, fieldName string, callback func(args string) (filter, error)) (filter, error) {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/parser_test.go b/lib/logstorage/parser_test.go
index bd45658d8..6e8c458a6 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/parser_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/parser_test.go
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ func TestParseRangeFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	f(`duration:range[100ns, 1y2w2.5m3s5ms]`, `duration`, 100, 1*nsecsPerYear+2*nsecsPerWeek+2.5*nsecsPerMinute+3*nsecsPerSecond+5*nsecsPerMillisecond)
 
+	f(`>=10`, ``, 10, inf)
+	f(`<=10`, ``, -inf, 10)
 	f(`foo:>10.43`, `foo`, nextafter(10.43, inf), inf)
 	f(`foo: > -10.43`, `foo`, nextafter(-10.43, inf), inf)
 	f(`foo:>=10.43`, `foo`, 10.43, inf)
@@ -569,7 +571,7 @@ func TestParseQuerySuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`foo:(bar baz or not :xxx)`, `foo:bar foo:baz or !foo:xxx`)
 	f(`(foo:bar and (foo:baz or aa:bb) and xx) and y`, `foo:bar (foo:baz or aa:bb) xx y`)
 	f("level:error and _msg:(a or b)", "level:error (a or b)")
-	f("level: ( ((error or warn*) and re(foo))) (not (bar))", `(level:error or level:warn*) level:re("foo") !bar`)
+	f("level: ( ((error or warn*) and re(foo))) (not (bar))", `(level:error or level:warn*) level:~"foo" !bar`)
 	f("!(foo bar or baz and not aa*)", `!(foo bar or baz !aa*)`)
 
 	// prefix search
@@ -687,12 +689,17 @@ func TestParseQuerySuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f("string_range-a:x", `string_range-a:x`)
 
 	// exact filter
-	f("exact(foo)", `exact(foo)`)
-	f("exact(foo*)", `exact(foo*)`)
-	f("exact('foo bar),|baz')", `exact("foo bar),|baz")`)
-	f("exact('foo bar),|baz'*)", `exact("foo bar),|baz"*)`)
-	f(`exact(foo/b:ar)`, `exact("foo/b:ar")`)
-	f(`foo:exact(foo/b:ar*)`, `foo:exact("foo/b:ar"*)`)
+	f("exact(foo)", `=foo`)
+	f("exact(foo*)", `=foo*`)
+	f("exact('foo bar),|baz')", `="foo bar),|baz"`)
+	f("exact('foo bar),|baz'*)", `="foo bar),|baz"*`)
+	f(`exact(foo/b:ar)`, `="foo/b:ar"`)
+	f(`foo:exact(foo/b:ar*)`, `foo:="foo/b:ar"*`)
+	f(`exact("foo/bar")`, `="foo/bar"`)
+	f(`exact('foo/bar')`, `="foo/bar"`)
+	f(`="foo/bar"`, `="foo/bar"`)
+	f("=foo=bar =b<=a>z ='abc'*", `="foo=bar" ="b<=a>z" =abc*`)
+	f("==foo =>=bar x : ( = =a<b*='c*' >=20)", `="=foo" =">=bar" x:="=a<b"* x:="c*" x:>=20`)
 
 	// i filter
 	f("i(foo)", `i(foo)`)
@@ -750,11 +757,16 @@ func TestParseQuerySuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`foo: >= 10.5M`, `foo:>=10.5M`)
 	f(`foo: < 10.5M`, `foo:<10.5M`)
 	f(`foo: <= 10.5M`, `foo:<=10.5M`)
+	f(`foo:(>10 <=20)`, `foo:>10 foo:<=20`)
+	f(`>=10 <20`, `>=10 <20`)
 
 	// re filter
-	f("re('foo|ba(r.+)')", `re("foo|ba(r.+)")`)
-	f("re(foo)", `re("foo")`)
-	f(`foo:re(foo-bar/baz.)`, `foo:re("foo-bar/baz.")`)
+	f("re('foo|ba(r.+)')", `~"foo|ba(r.+)"`)
+	f("re(foo)", `~"foo"`)
+	f(`foo:re(foo-bar/baz.)`, `foo:~"foo-bar/baz."`)
+	f(`~foo.bar.baz`, `~"foo.bar.baz"`)
+	f(`foo:~~foo~ba/ba>z`, `foo:~"~foo~ba/ba>z"`)
+	f(`foo:~'.*'`, `foo:~".*"`)
 
 	// seq filter
 	f(`seq()`, `seq()`)
@@ -882,6 +894,10 @@ func TestParseQuerySuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`* | stats min(*) x`, `* | stats min(*) as x`)
 	f(`* | stats min(foo,*,bar) x`, `* | stats min(*) as x`)
 
+	// stats pipe fields_min
+	f(`* | stats fields_Min(foo) bar`, `* | stats fields_min(foo) as bar`)
+	f(`* | stats BY(x, y, ) fields_MIN(foo,bar,) bar`, `* | stats by (x, y) fields_min(foo, bar) as bar`)
+
 	// stats pipe avg
 	f(`* | stats Avg(foo) bar`, `* | stats avg(foo) as bar`)
 	f(`* | stats BY(x, y, ) AVG(foo,bar,) bar`, `* | stats by (x, y) avg(foo, bar) as bar`)
@@ -923,8 +939,8 @@ func TestParseQuerySuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`* | stats quantile(0, foo) bar`, `* | stats quantile(0, foo) as bar`)
 	f(`* | stats quantile(1, foo) bar`, `* | stats quantile(1, foo) as bar`)
 	f(`* | stats quantile(0.5, a, b, c) bar`, `* | stats quantile(0.5, a, b, c) as bar`)
-	f(`* | stats quantile(0.99, *) bar`, `* | stats quantile(0.99, *) as bar`)
-	f(`* | stats quantile(0.99, a, *, b) bar`, `* | stats quantile(0.99, *) as bar`)
+	f(`* | stats quantile(0.99) bar`, `* | stats quantile(0.99) as bar`)
+	f(`* | stats quantile(0.99, a, *, b) bar`, `* | stats quantile(0.99) as bar`)
 
 	// stats pipe median
 	f(`* | stats Median(foo) bar`, `* | stats median(foo) as bar`)
@@ -997,10 +1013,11 @@ func TestParseQuerySuccess(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// extract pipe
 	f(`* | extract "foo<bar>baz"`, `* | extract "foo<bar>baz"`)
-	f(`* | extract from _msg "foo<bar>baz"`, `* | extract "foo<bar>baz"`)
-	f(`* | extract from '' 'foo<bar>baz'`, `* | extract "foo<bar>baz"`)
-	f("* | extract from x `foo<bar>baz`", `* | extract from x "foo<bar>baz"`)
-	f("* | extract from x foo<bar>baz", `* | extract from x "foo<bar>baz"`)
+	f(`* | extract "foo<bar>baz" from _msg`, `* | extract "foo<bar>baz"`)
+	f(`* | extract 'foo<bar>baz' from ''`, `* | extract "foo<bar>baz"`)
+	f("* | extract `foo<bar>baz` from x", `* | extract "foo<bar>baz" from x`)
+	f("* | extract foo<bar>baz from x", `* | extract "foo<bar>baz" from x`)
+	f("* | extract if (a:b) foo<bar>baz from x", `* | extract if (a:b) "foo<bar>baz" from x`)
 
 	// unpack_json pipe
 	f(`* | unpack_json`, `* | unpack_json`)
@@ -1314,6 +1331,10 @@ func TestParseQueryFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`foo | stats min`)
 	f(`foo | stats min()`)
 
+	// invalid stats min
+	f(`foo | stats fields_min`)
+	f(`foo | stats fields_min()`)
+
 	// invalid stats avg
 	f(`foo | stats avg`)
 	f(`foo | stats avg()`)
@@ -1350,7 +1371,6 @@ func TestParseQueryFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`foo | stats quantile`)
 	f(`foo | stats quantile() foo`)
 	f(`foo | stats quantile(bar, baz) foo`)
-	f(`foo | stats quantile(0.5) foo`)
 	f(`foo | stats quantile(-1, x) foo`)
 	f(`foo | stats quantile(10, x) foo`)
 
@@ -1540,6 +1560,49 @@ func TestQueryGetNeededColumns(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`* | stats by(f3,f4) count(f1,f2) r1 | stats count(f2) r1, count(r1) r2 | fields r2`, `f1,f2,f3,f4`, ``)
 	f(`* | stats by(f3,f4) count(f1,f2) r1 | stats count(f3) r1, count(r1) r2 | fields r1`, `f3,f4`, ``)
 
+	f(`* | stats avg() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats avg(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats avg(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count_empty() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count_empty(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count_empty(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count() q`, ``, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count(*) q`, ``, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count_uniq() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count_uniq(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats count_uniq(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats fields_max(a) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats fields_max(a, *) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats fields_max(a, x) q`, `a,x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats fields_min(a) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats fields_min(a, *) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats fields_min(a, x) q`, `a,x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats min() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats min(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats min(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats median() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats median(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats median(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats max() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats max(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats max(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats quantile(0.5) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats quantile(0.5, *) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats quantile(0.5, x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats sum() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats sum(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats sum(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats sum_len() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats sum_len(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats sum_len(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats uniq_values() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats uniq_values(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats uniq_values(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats values() q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats values(*) q`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | stats values(x) q`, `x`, ``)
+
 	f(`_time:5m | stats by(_time:day) count() r1 | stats values(_time) r2`, `_time`, ``)
 	f(`_time:1y | stats (_time:1w) count() r1 | stats count() r2`, `_time`, ``)
 
@@ -1570,15 +1633,80 @@ func TestQueryGetNeededColumns(t *testing.T) {
 	f(`* | fields x,y | field_names as bar | fields baz`, `x,y`, ``)
 	f(`* | rm x,y | field_names as bar | fields baz`, `*`, `x,y`)
 
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>"`, `*`, `f1,f2`)
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>" | fields foo`, `foo`, ``)
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>" | fields foo,s1`, `foo,s1`, ``)
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>" | fields foo,f1`, `foo,s1`, ``)
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>" | fields foo,f1,f2`, `foo,s1`, ``)
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>" | rm foo`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>" | rm foo,s1`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>" | rm foo,f1`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
-	f(`* | extract from s1 "<f1>x<f2>" | rm foo,f1,f2`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo,s1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo" as s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo<f1>" as s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo<s1>" as s1`, `*`, ``)
+
+	f(`* | format if (x1:y) "foo" as s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format if (x1:y) "foo<f1>" as s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format if (s1:y) "foo<f1>" as s1`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | format if (x1:y) "foo<s1>" as s1`, `*`, ``)
+
+	f(`* | format "foo" as s1 | fields f1`, `f1`, ``)
+	f(`* | format "foo" as s1 | fields s1`, ``, ``)
+	f(`* | format "foo<f1>" as s1 | fields f2`, `f2`, ``)
+	f(`* | format "foo<f1>" as s1 | fields f1`, `f1`, ``)
+	f(`* | format "foo<f1>" as s1 | fields s1`, `f1`, ``)
+	f(`* | format "foo<s1>" as s1 | fields f1`, `f1`, ``)
+	f(`* | format "foo<s1>" as s1 | fields s1`, `s1`, ``)
+
+	f(`* | format if (f1:x) "foo" as s1 | fields s1`, `f1`, ``)
+	f(`* | format if (f1:x) "foo" as s1 | fields s2`, `s2`, ``)
+
+	f(`* | format "foo" as s1 | rm f1`, `*`, `f1,s1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo" as s1 | rm s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo<f1>" as s1 | rm f2`, `*`, `f2,s1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo<f1>" as s1 | rm f1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo<f1>" as s1 | rm s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo<s1>" as s1 | rm f1`, `*`, `f1`)
+	f(`* | format "foo<s1>" as s1 | rm s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+
+	f(`* | format if (f1:x) "foo" as s1 | rm s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format if (f1:x) "foo" as s1 | rm f1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | format if (f1:x) "foo" as s1 | rm f2`, `*`, `f2,s1`)
+
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1`, `*`, `f1,f2`)
+	f(`* | extract if (f3:foo) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1`, `*`, `f1,f2`)
+	f(`* | extract if (f1:foo) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1`, `*`, `f2`)
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | fields foo`, `foo`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:bar) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | fields foo`, `foo`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1| fields foo,s1`, `foo,s1`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:bar) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | fields foo,s1`, `foo,s1`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | fields foo,f1`, `foo,s1`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:bar) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | fields foo,f1`, `foo,s1,x`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | fields foo,f1,f2`, `foo,s1`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:bar) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | fields foo,f1,f2`, `foo,s1,x`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | rm foo`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:bar) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | rm foo`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | rm foo,s1`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:bar) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | rm foo,s1`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | rm foo,f1`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:bar) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | rm foo,f1`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo`)
+	f(`* | extract "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | rm foo,f1,f2`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo,s1`)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:bar) "<f1>x<f2>" from s1 | rm foo,f1,f2`, `*`, `f1,f2,foo,s1`)
+
+	f(`* | extract "x<s1>y" from s1 `, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1`, `*`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<f1>y" from s1`, `*`, `f1`)
+
+	f(`* | extract "x<s1>y" from s1 | fields s2`, `s2`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract "x<s1>y" from s1 | fields s1`, `s1`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1 | fields s1`, `s1,x`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1 | fields s2`, `s2`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1 | fields s1`, `s1`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1 | fields s2`, `s2`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<f1>y" from s1 | fields s1`, `s1`, ``)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<f1>y" from s1 | fields s2`, `s2`, ``)
+
+	f(`* | extract "x<s1>y" from s1 | rm s2`, `*`, `s2`)
+	f(`* | extract "x<s1>y" from s1 | rm s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1 | rm s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | extract if (x:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1 | rm s2`, `*`, `s2`)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1 | rm s1`, `*`, `s1`)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<s1>y" from s1 | rm s2`, `*`, `s2`)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<f1>y" from s1 | rm s1`, `*`, `f1`)
+	f(`* | extract if (s1:foo) "x<f1>y" from s1 | rm s2`, `*`, `f1,s2`)
 
 	f(`* | unpack_json`, `*`, ``)
 	f(`* | unpack_json from s1`, `*`, ``)
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pattern.go b/lib/logstorage/pattern.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed1f7758f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pattern.go
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"html"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+)
+
+// pattern represents text pattern in the form 'some_text<some_field>other_text...'
+type pattern struct {
+	// steps contains steps for extracting fields from string
+	steps []patternStep
+
+	// matches contains matches for every step in steps
+	matches []string
+
+	// fields contains matches for non-empty fields
+	fields []patternField
+}
+
+type patternField struct {
+	name  string
+	value *string
+}
+
+type patternStep struct {
+	prefix string
+	field  string
+	opt    string
+}
+
+func (ptn *pattern) clone() *pattern {
+	steps := ptn.steps
+	fields, matches := newFieldsAndMatchesFromPatternSteps(steps)
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: fields cannot be empty for steps=%v", steps)
+	}
+	return &pattern{
+		steps:   steps,
+		matches: matches,
+		fields:  fields,
+	}
+}
+
+func parsePattern(s string) (*pattern, error) {
+	steps, err := parsePatternSteps(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Verify that prefixes are non-empty between fields. The first prefix may be empty.
+	for i := 1; i < len(steps); i++ {
+		if steps[i].prefix == "" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing delimiter between <%s> and <%s>", steps[i-1].field, steps[i].field)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Build pattern struct
+	fields, matches := newFieldsAndMatchesFromPatternSteps(steps)
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pattern %q must contain at least a single named field in the form <field_name>", s)
+	}
+
+	ptn := &pattern{
+		steps:   steps,
+		matches: matches,
+		fields:  fields,
+	}
+	return ptn, nil
+}
+
+func newFieldsAndMatchesFromPatternSteps(steps []patternStep) ([]patternField, []string) {
+	matches := make([]string, len(steps))
+
+	var fields []patternField
+	for i, step := range steps {
+		if step.field != "" {
+			fields = append(fields, patternField{
+				name:  step.field,
+				value: &matches[i],
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fields, matches
+}
+
+func (ptn *pattern) apply(s string) {
+	clear(ptn.matches)
+
+	steps := ptn.steps
+
+	if prefix := steps[0].prefix; prefix != "" {
+		n := strings.Index(s, prefix)
+		if n < 0 {
+			// Mismatch
+			return
+		}
+		s = s[n+len(prefix):]
+	}
+
+	matches := ptn.matches
+	for i := range steps {
+		nextPrefix := ""
+		if i+1 < len(steps) {
+			nextPrefix = steps[i+1].prefix
+		}
+
+		us, nOffset := tryUnquoteString(s)
+		if nOffset >= 0 {
+			// Matched quoted string
+			matches[i] = us
+			s = s[nOffset:]
+			if !strings.HasPrefix(s, nextPrefix) {
+				// Mismatch
+				return
+			}
+			s = s[len(nextPrefix):]
+		} else {
+			// Match unquoted string until the nextPrefix
+			if nextPrefix == "" {
+				matches[i] = s
+				return
+			}
+			n := strings.Index(s, nextPrefix)
+			if n < 0 {
+				// Mismatch
+				return
+			}
+			matches[i] = s[:n]
+			s = s[n+len(nextPrefix):]
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func tryUnquoteString(s string) (string, int) {
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return s, -1
+	}
+	if s[0] != '"' && s[0] != '`' {
+		return s, -1
+	}
+	qp, err := strconv.QuotedPrefix(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return s, -1
+	}
+	us, err := strconv.Unquote(qp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return s, -1
+	}
+	return us, len(qp)
+}
+
+func parsePatternSteps(s string) ([]patternStep, error) {
+	steps, err := parsePatternStepsInternal(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Unescape prefixes
+	for i := range steps {
+		step := &steps[i]
+		step.prefix = html.UnescapeString(step.prefix)
+	}
+
+	// extract options part from fields
+	for i := range steps {
+		step := &steps[i]
+		field := step.field
+		if n := strings.IndexByte(field, ':'); n >= 0 {
+			step.opt = field[:n]
+			step.field = field[n+1:]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return steps, nil
+}
+
+func parsePatternStepsInternal(s string) ([]patternStep, error) {
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var steps []patternStep
+
+	n := strings.IndexByte(s, '<')
+	if n < 0 {
+		steps = append(steps, patternStep{
+			prefix: s,
+		})
+		return steps, nil
+	}
+	prefix := s[:n]
+	s = s[n+1:]
+	for {
+		n := strings.IndexByte(s, '>')
+		if n < 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing '>' for <%s", s)
+		}
+		field := s[:n]
+		s = s[n+1:]
+
+		if field == "_" || field == "*" {
+			field = ""
+		}
+		steps = append(steps, patternStep{
+			prefix: prefix,
+			field:  field,
+		})
+		if len(s) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		n = strings.IndexByte(s, '<')
+		if n < 0 {
+			steps = append(steps, patternStep{
+				prefix: s,
+			})
+			break
+		}
+		prefix = s[:n]
+		s = s[n+1:]
+	}
+
+	return steps, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pattern_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pattern_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eee5a1a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pattern_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestPatternApply(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(patternStr, s string, resultsExpected []string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		checkFields := func(ptn *pattern) {
+			t.Helper()
+			if len(ptn.fields) != len(resultsExpected) {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected number of results; got %d; want %d", len(ptn.fields), len(resultsExpected))
+			}
+			for i, f := range ptn.fields {
+				if v := *f.value; v != resultsExpected[i] {
+					t.Fatalf("unexpected value for field %q; got %q; want %q", f.name, v, resultsExpected[i])
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		ptn, err := parsePattern(patternStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("cannot parse %q: %s", patternStr, err)
+		}
+		ptn.apply(s)
+		checkFields(ptn)
+
+		// clone pattern and check fields again
+		ptnCopy := ptn.clone()
+		ptnCopy.apply(s)
+		checkFields(ptn)
+	}
+
+	f("<foo>", "", []string{""})
+	f("<foo>", "abc", []string{"abc"})
+	f("<foo>bar", "", []string{""})
+	f("<foo>bar", "bar", []string{""})
+	f("<foo>bar", "bazbar", []string{"baz"})
+	f("<foo>bar", "a bazbar xdsf", []string{"a baz"})
+	f("<foo>bar<>", "a bazbar xdsf", []string{"a baz"})
+	f("<foo>bar<>x", "a bazbar xdsf", []string{"a baz"})
+	f("foo<bar>", "", []string{""})
+	f("foo<bar>", "foo", []string{""})
+	f("foo<bar>", "a foo xdf sdf", []string{" xdf sdf"})
+	f("foo<bar>", "a foo foobar", []string{" foobar"})
+	f("foo<bar>baz", "a foo foobar", []string{""})
+	f("foo<bar>baz", "a foobaz bar", []string{""})
+	f("foo<bar>baz", "a foo foobar baz", []string{" foobar "})
+	f("foo<bar>baz", "a foo foobar bazabc", []string{" foobar "})
+
+	f("ip=<ip> <> path=<path> ", "x=a, ip=1.2.3.4 method=GET host='abc' path=/foo/bar some tail here", []string{"1.2.3.4", "/foo/bar"})
+
+	// escaped pattern
+	f("ip=&lt;<ip>&gt;", "foo ip=<1.2.3.4> bar", []string{"1.2.3.4"})
+	f("ip=&lt;<ip>&gt;", "foo ip=<foo&amp;bar> bar", []string{"foo&amp;bar"})
+
+	// quoted fields
+	f(`"msg":<msg>,`, `{"foo":"bar","msg":"foo,b\"ar\n\t","baz":"x"}`, []string{`foo,b"ar` + "\n\t"})
+	f(`foo=<bar>`, "foo=`bar baz,abc` def", []string{"bar baz,abc"})
+	f(`foo=<bar> `, "foo=`bar baz,abc` def", []string{"bar baz,abc"})
+	f(`<foo>`, `"foo,\"bar"`, []string{`foo,"bar`})
+	f(`<foo>,"bar`, `"foo,\"bar"`, []string{`foo,"bar`})
+}
+
+func TestParsePatternFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(patternStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		ptn, err := parsePattern(patternStr)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting error when parsing %q; got %v", patternStr, ptn)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Missing named fields
+	f("")
+	f("foobar")
+	f("<>")
+	f("<>foo<>bar")
+
+	// Missing delimiter between fields
+	f("<foo><bar>")
+	f("abc<foo><bar>def")
+	f("abc<foo><bar>")
+	f("abc<foo><_>")
+	f("abc<_><_>")
+}
+
+func TestParsePatternStepsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s string, stepsExpected []patternStep) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		steps, err := parsePatternSteps(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error when parsing %q: %s", s, err)
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(steps, stepsExpected) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected steps for [%s]; got %v; want %v", s, steps, stepsExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	f("", nil)
+
+	f("foobar", []patternStep{
+		{
+			prefix: "foobar",
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("<>", []patternStep{
+		{},
+	})
+
+	f("foo<>", []patternStep{
+		{
+			prefix: "foo",
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("<foo><bar>", []patternStep{
+		{
+			field: "foo",
+		},
+		{
+			field: "bar",
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("<foo>", []patternStep{
+		{
+			field: "foo",
+		},
+	})
+	f("<foo>bar", []patternStep{
+		{
+			field: "foo",
+		},
+		{
+			prefix: "bar",
+		},
+	})
+	f("<>bar<foo>", []patternStep{
+		{},
+		{
+			prefix: "bar",
+			field:  "foo",
+		},
+	})
+	f("bar<foo>", []patternStep{
+		{
+			prefix: "bar",
+			field:  "foo",
+		},
+	})
+	f("bar<foo>abc", []patternStep{
+		{
+			prefix: "bar",
+			field:  "foo",
+		},
+		{
+			prefix: "abc",
+		},
+	})
+	f("bar<foo>abc<_>", []patternStep{
+		{
+			prefix: "bar",
+			field:  "foo",
+		},
+		{
+			prefix: "abc",
+		},
+	})
+	f("<foo>bar<baz>", []patternStep{
+		{
+			field: "foo",
+		},
+		{
+			prefix: "bar",
+			field:  "baz",
+		},
+	})
+	f("bar<foo>baz", []patternStep{
+		{
+			prefix: "bar",
+			field:  "foo",
+		},
+		{
+			prefix: "baz",
+		},
+	})
+	f("&lt;&amp;&gt;", []patternStep{
+		{
+			prefix: "<&>",
+		},
+	})
+	f("&lt;<foo>&amp;gt;", []patternStep{
+		{
+			prefix: "<",
+			field:  "foo",
+		},
+		{
+			prefix: "&gt;",
+		},
+	})
+	f("<q:foo>bar<abc:baz:c:y>f<:foo:bar:baz>", []patternStep{
+		{
+			field: "foo",
+			opt:   "q",
+		},
+		{
+			prefix: "bar",
+			field:  "baz:c:y",
+			opt:    "abc",
+		},
+		{
+			prefix: "f",
+			field:  "foo:bar:baz",
+		},
+	})
+
+}
+
+func TestParsePatternStepsFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		steps, err := parsePatternSteps(s)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error when parsing %q; got steps: %v", s, steps)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// missing >
+	f("<foo")
+	f("foo<bar")
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract_timing_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pattern_timing_test.go
similarity index 81%
rename from lib/logstorage/pipe_extract_timing_test.go
rename to lib/logstorage/pattern_timing_test.go
index 89e63f3bc..d7e7601bb 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract_timing_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pattern_timing_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func BenchmarkExtractFormatApply(b *testing.B) {
+func BenchmarkPatternApply(b *testing.B) {
 	a := []string{
 		`{"level":"error","ts":1716113701.63973,"caller":"gcm/export.go:498","msg":"Failed to export self-observability metrics to Cloud Monitoring","error":"rpc error: code = PermissionDenied desc = Permission monitoring.timeSeries.create denied (or the resource may not exist).","stacktrace":"google3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/common/gcm/gcm.(*exporter).startSelfObservability\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/common/gcm/export.go:498","foo":"bar"}`,
 		`{"level":"error","ts":1716113370.2321634,"caller":"gcm/export.go:434","msg":"Failed to export metrics to Cloud Monitoring","error":"rpc error: code = PermissionDenied desc = Permission monitoring.timeSeries.create denied (or the resource may not exist).","stacktrace":"google3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/common/gcm/gcm.(*exporter).exportBuffer\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/common/gcm/export.go:434\ngoogle3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/common/gcm/gcm.(*exporter).flush\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/common/gcm/export.go:383\ngoogle3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/common/gcm/gcm.(*exporter).Flush\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/common/gcm/export.go:365\ngoogle3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/adapter/adapter.(*adapter).Finalize\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/adapter/consume.go:131\ngoogle3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/prometheus/prometheus.(*parser).ParseText\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/prometheus/parse.go:158\ngoogle3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/collector.runScrapeLoop\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/collector.go:103\ngoogle3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/collector.Run\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/collector.go:81\ngoogle3/cloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/collector.Start.func1\n\tcloud/kubernetes/metrics/components/collector/multi_target_collector.go:45","foo":"bar"}`,
@@ -14,47 +14,47 @@ func BenchmarkExtractFormatApply(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 
 	b.Run("single-small-field-at-start", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"level":"<level>"`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"level":"<level>"`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("single-small-field-at-start-unquote", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"level":<level>`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"level":<level>`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("single-small-field-at-end", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"foo":"<foo>"`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"foo":"<foo>"`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("single-small-field-at-end-unquote", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"foo":<foo>`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"foo":<foo>`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("single-medium-field", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"msg":"<message>"`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"msg":"<message>"`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("single-medium-field-unquote", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"msg":<message>`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"msg":<message>`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("single-large-field", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"stacktrace":"<stacktrace>"`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"stacktrace":"<stacktrace>"`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("single-large-field-unquote", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"stacktrace":<stacktrace>`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"stacktrace":<stacktrace>`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("two-fields", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"level":"<level>",<_>"msg":"<msg>"`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"level":"<level>",<_>"msg":"<msg>"`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("two-fields-unquote", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"level":<level>,<_>"msg":<msg>`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"level":<level>,<_>"msg":<msg>`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("many-fields", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"level":"<level>","ts":"<ts>","caller":"<caller>","msg":"<msg>","error":"<error>"`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"level":"<level>","ts":"<ts>","caller":"<caller>","msg":"<msg>","error":"<error>"`, a)
 	})
 	b.Run("many-fields-unquote", func(b *testing.B) {
-		benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b, `"level":<level>,"ts":<ts>,"caller":<caller>,"msg":<msg>,"error":<error>`, a)
+		benchmarkPatternApply(b, `"level":<level>,"ts":<ts>,"caller":<caller>,"msg":<msg>,"error":<error>`, a)
 	})
 }
 
-func benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b *testing.B, pattern string, a []string) {
-	steps, err := parseExtractFormatSteps(pattern)
+func benchmarkPatternApply(b *testing.B, patternStr string, a []string) {
+	ptnMain, err := parsePattern(patternStr)
 	if err != nil {
-		b.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+		b.Fatalf("cannot parse pattern %q: %s", patternStr, err)
 	}
 
 	n := 0
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ func benchmarkExtractFormatApply(b *testing.B, pattern string, a []string) {
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 	b.SetBytes(int64(n))
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		ptn := ptnMain.clone()
 		sink := 0
-		ef := newExtractFormat(steps)
 		for pb.Next() {
 			for _, s := range a {
-				ef.apply(s)
-				for _, v := range ef.matches {
+				ptn.apply(s)
+				for _, v := range ptn.matches {
 					sink += len(v)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe.go
index 85323cc7e..ccc4dbeff 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe.go
@@ -63,18 +63,20 @@ func (dpp defaultPipeProcessor) flush() error {
 
 func parsePipes(lex *lexer) ([]pipe, error) {
 	var pipes []pipe
-	for !lex.isKeyword(")", "") {
-		if !lex.isKeyword("|") {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("expecting '|'; got %q", lex.token)
-		}
-		lex.nextToken()
+	for {
 		p, err := parsePipe(lex)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		pipes = append(pipes, p)
+
+		switch {
+		case lex.isKeyword("|"):
+			lex.nextToken()
+		case lex.isKeyword(")", ""):
+			return pipes, nil
+		}
 	}
-	return pipes, nil
 }
 
 func parsePipe(lex *lexer) (pipe, error) {
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ func parsePipe(lex *lexer) (pipe, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'field_names' pipe: %w", err)
 		}
 		return pf, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("fields"):
+	case lex.isKeyword("fields", "keep"):
 		pf, err := parsePipeFields(lex)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields' pipe: %w", err)
@@ -115,6 +117,12 @@ func parsePipe(lex *lexer) (pipe, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'filter' pipe: %w", err)
 		}
 		return pf, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("format"):
+		pf, err := parsePipeFormat(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'format' pipe: %w", err)
+		}
+		return pf, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("limit", "head"):
 		pl, err := parsePipeLimit(lex)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_copy.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_copy.go
index d512bb0d5..8868b9c90 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_copy.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_copy.go
@@ -32,29 +32,21 @@ func (pc *pipeCopy) String() string {
 }
 
 func (pc *pipeCopy) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededSrcFields := make([]bool, len(pc.srcFields))
-	for i, dstField := range pc.dstFields {
-		if neededFields.contains(dstField) && !unneededFields.contains(dstField) {
-			neededSrcFields[i] = true
-		}
-	}
-	if neededFields.contains("*") {
-		// update only unneeded fields
-		unneededFields.addFields(pc.dstFields)
-		for i, srcField := range pc.srcFields {
-			if neededSrcFields[i] {
+	for i := len(pc.srcFields) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		srcField := pc.srcFields[i]
+		dstField := pc.dstFields[i]
+
+		if neededFields.contains("*") {
+			if !unneededFields.contains(dstField) {
+				unneededFields.add(dstField)
 				unneededFields.remove(srcField)
 			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		// update only needed fields and reset unneeded fields
-		neededFields.removeFields(pc.dstFields)
-		for i, srcField := range pc.srcFields {
-			if neededSrcFields[i] {
+		} else {
+			if neededFields.contains(dstField) {
+				neededFields.remove(dstField)
 				neededFields.add(srcField)
 			}
 		}
-		unneededFields.reset()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_copy_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_copy_test.go
index c9e30ae22..327825ea4 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_copy_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_copy_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,186 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeCopySuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`copy foo as bar`)
+	f(`copy foo as bar, a as b`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeCopyFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`copy`)
+	f(`copy x`)
+	f(`copy x as`)
+	f(`copy x y z`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// single row, copy from existing field
+	f("copy a as b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+			{"b", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, copy from existing field to multiple fields
+	f("copy a as b, a as c, _msg as d", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+			{"b", `test`},
+			{"c", `test`},
+			{"d", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, copy from non-exsiting field
+	f("copy x as b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+			{"b", ``},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// copy to existing field
+	f("copy _msg as a", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// copy to itself
+	f("copy a as a", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// swap copy
+	f("copy a as b, _msg as a, b as _msg", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `test`},
+			{"a", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"b", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// copy to the same field multiple times
+	f("copy a as b, _msg as b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+			{"b", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// chain copy
+	f("copy a as b, b as c", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+			{"b", `test`},
+			{"c", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Multiple rows
+	f("copy a as b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `foobar`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", `baz`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+			{"e", "afdf"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", "dss"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+			{"b", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `foobar`},
+			{"b", `foobar`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ``},
+			{"c", "d"},
+			{"e", "afdf"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", "dss"},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeCopyUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
@@ -13,6 +193,7 @@ func TestPipeCopyUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// all the needed fields
 	f("copy s1 d1, s2 d2", "*", "", "*", "d1,d2")
+	f("copy a a", "*", "", "*", "")
 
 	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields do not intersect with src and dst
 	f("copy s1 d1 ,s2 d2", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "d1,d2,f1,f2")
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_delete_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_delete_test.go
index 05c718dea..d423c23fd 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_delete_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_delete_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,111 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeDeleteSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`delete f1`)
+	f(`delete f1, f2`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeDeleteFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`delete`)
+	f(`delete x y`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// single row, drop existing field
+	f("delete _msg", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, drop existing field multiple times
+	f("delete _msg, _msg", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, drop all the fields
+	f("delete a, _msg", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{},
+	})
+
+	// delete non-existing fields
+	f("delete foo, _msg, bar", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Multiple rows
+	f("delete _msg, a", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `foobar`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", `baz`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+			{"e", "afdf"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", "dss"},
+			{"b", "df"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"b", `baz`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+			{"e", "afdf"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", "dss"},
+			{"b", "df"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeDeleteUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract.go
index 854c51138..b9b4c3ae1 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract.go
@@ -2,30 +2,30 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"html"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"unsafe"
-
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 )
 
-// pipeExtract processes '| extract from <field> <pattern>' pipe.
+// pipeExtract processes '| extract ...' pipe.
 //
 // See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#extract-pipe
 type pipeExtract struct {
 	fromField string
-	steps     []extractFormatStep
+	ptn       *pattern
 
-	pattern string
+	patternStr string
+
+	// iff is an optional filter for skipping the extract func
+	iff *ifFilter
 }
 
 func (pe *pipeExtract) String() string {
 	s := "extract"
+	if pe.iff != nil {
+		s += " " + pe.iff.String()
+	}
+	s += " " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pe.patternStr)
 	if !isMsgFieldName(pe.fromField) {
 		s += " from " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pe.fromField)
 	}
-	s += " " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pe.pattern)
 	return s
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (pe *pipeExtract) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet
 	if neededFields.contains("*") {
 		unneededFieldsOrig := unneededFields.clone()
 		needFromField := false
-		for _, step := range pe.steps {
+		for _, step := range pe.ptn.steps {
 			if step.field != "" {
 				if !unneededFieldsOrig.contains(step.field) {
 					needFromField = true
@@ -43,110 +43,45 @@ func (pe *pipeExtract) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet
 		}
 		if needFromField {
 			unneededFields.remove(pe.fromField)
+			if pe.iff != nil {
+				unneededFields.removeFields(pe.iff.neededFields)
+			}
 		} else {
 			unneededFields.add(pe.fromField)
 		}
 	} else {
+		neededFieldsOrig := neededFields.clone()
 		needFromField := false
-		for _, step := range pe.steps {
-			if step.field != "" && neededFields.contains(step.field) {
+		for _, step := range pe.ptn.steps {
+			if step.field != "" && neededFieldsOrig.contains(step.field) {
 				needFromField = true
 				neededFields.remove(step.field)
 			}
 		}
 		if needFromField {
 			neededFields.add(pe.fromField)
+			if pe.iff != nil {
+				neededFields.addFields(pe.iff.neededFields)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func (pe *pipeExtract) newPipeProcessor(workersCount int, _ <-chan struct{}, _ func(), ppBase pipeProcessor) pipeProcessor {
-	shards := make([]pipeExtractProcessorShard, workersCount)
-	for i := range shards {
-		ef := newExtractFormat(pe.steps)
-		rcs := make([]resultColumn, len(ef.fields))
-		for j := range rcs {
-			rcs[j].name = ef.fields[j].name
-		}
-		shards[i] = pipeExtractProcessorShard{
-			pipeExtractProcessorShardNopad: pipeExtractProcessorShardNopad{
-				ef:  ef,
-				rcs: rcs,
-			},
+	patterns := make([]*pattern, workersCount)
+	for i := range patterns {
+		patterns[i] = pe.ptn.clone()
+	}
+
+	unpackFunc := func(uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext, s string) {
+		ptn := patterns[uctx.workerID]
+		ptn.apply(s)
+		for _, f := range ptn.fields {
+			uctx.addField(f.name, *f.value)
 		}
 	}
 
-	pep := &pipeExtractProcessor{
-		pe:     pe,
-		ppBase: ppBase,
-
-		shards: shards,
-	}
-	return pep
-}
-
-type pipeExtractProcessor struct {
-	pe     *pipeExtract
-	ppBase pipeProcessor
-
-	shards []pipeExtractProcessorShard
-}
-
-type pipeExtractProcessorShard struct {
-	pipeExtractProcessorShardNopad
-
-	// The padding prevents false sharing on widespread platforms with 128 mod (cache line size) = 0 .
-	_ [128 - unsafe.Sizeof(pipeExtractProcessorShardNopad{})%128]byte
-}
-
-type pipeExtractProcessorShardNopad struct {
-	ef *extractFormat
-
-	rcs []resultColumn
-}
-
-func (pep *pipeExtractProcessor) writeBlock(workerID uint, br *blockResult) {
-	if len(br.timestamps) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	shard := &pep.shards[workerID]
-	ef := shard.ef
-	rcs := shard.rcs
-
-	c := br.getColumnByName(pep.pe.fromField)
-	if c.isConst {
-		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
-		ef.apply(v)
-		for i, f := range ef.fields {
-			fieldValue := *f.value
-			rc := &rcs[i]
-			for range br.timestamps {
-				rc.addValue(fieldValue)
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		values := c.getValues(br)
-		for i, v := range values {
-			if i == 0 || values[i-1] != v {
-				ef.apply(v)
-			}
-			for j, f := range ef.fields {
-				rcs[j].addValue(*f.value)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	br.addResultColumns(rcs)
-	pep.ppBase.writeBlock(workerID, br)
-
-	for i := range rcs {
-		rcs[i].resetValues()
-	}
-}
-
-func (pep *pipeExtractProcessor) flush() error {
-	return nil
+	return newPipeUnpackProcessor(workersCount, unpackFunc, ppBase, pe.fromField, "", pe.iff)
 }
 
 func parsePipeExtract(lex *lexer) (*pipeExtract, error) {
@@ -155,6 +90,27 @@ func parsePipeExtract(lex *lexer) (*pipeExtract, error) {
 	}
 	lex.nextToken()
 
+	// parse optional if (...)
+	var iff *ifFilter
+	if lex.isKeyword("if") {
+		f, err := parseIfFilter(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		iff = f
+	}
+
+	// parse pattern
+	patternStr, err := getCompoundToken(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot read 'pattern': %w", err)
+	}
+	ptn, err := parsePattern(patternStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'pattern' %q: %w", patternStr, err)
+	}
+
+	// parse optional 'from ...' part
 	fromField := "_msg"
 	if lex.isKeyword("from") {
 		lex.nextToken()
@@ -165,193 +121,12 @@ func parsePipeExtract(lex *lexer) (*pipeExtract, error) {
 		fromField = f
 	}
 
-	pattern, err := getCompoundToken(lex)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot read 'pattern': %w", err)
-	}
-	steps, err := parseExtractFormatSteps(pattern)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'pattern' %q: %w", pattern, err)
+	pe := &pipeExtract{
+		fromField:  fromField,
+		ptn:        ptn,
+		patternStr: patternStr,
+		iff:        iff,
 	}
 
-	pe := &pipeExtract{
-		fromField: fromField,
-		steps:     steps,
-		pattern:   pattern,
-	}
 	return pe, nil
 }
-
-type extractFormat struct {
-	// steps contains steps for extracting fields from string
-	steps []extractFormatStep
-
-	// matches contains matches for every step in steps
-	matches []string
-
-	// fields contains matches for non-empty fields
-	fields []extractField
-}
-
-type extractField struct {
-	name  string
-	value *string
-}
-
-type extractFormatStep struct {
-	prefix string
-	field  string
-}
-
-func newExtractFormat(steps []extractFormatStep) *extractFormat {
-	if len(steps) == 0 {
-		logger.Panicf("BUG: steps cannot be empty")
-	}
-
-	matches := make([]string, len(steps))
-
-	var fields []extractField
-	for i, step := range steps {
-		if step.field != "" {
-			fields = append(fields, extractField{
-				name:  step.field,
-				value: &matches[i],
-			})
-		}
-	}
-	if len(fields) == 0 {
-		logger.Panicf("BUG: fields cannot be empty")
-	}
-
-	ef := &extractFormat{
-		steps:   steps,
-		matches: matches,
-		fields:  fields,
-	}
-	return ef
-}
-
-func (ef *extractFormat) apply(s string) {
-	clear(ef.matches)
-
-	steps := ef.steps
-
-	if prefix := steps[0].prefix; prefix != "" {
-		n := strings.Index(s, prefix)
-		if n < 0 {
-			// Mismatch
-			return
-		}
-		s = s[n+len(prefix):]
-	}
-
-	matches := ef.matches
-	for i := range steps {
-		nextPrefix := ""
-		if i+1 < len(steps) {
-			nextPrefix = steps[i+1].prefix
-		}
-
-		us, nOffset := tryUnquoteString(s)
-		if nOffset >= 0 {
-			// Matched quoted string
-			matches[i] = us
-			s = s[nOffset:]
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(s, nextPrefix) {
-				// Mismatch
-				return
-			}
-			s = s[len(nextPrefix):]
-		} else {
-			// Match unquoted string until the nextPrefix
-			if nextPrefix == "" {
-				matches[i] = s
-				return
-			}
-			n := strings.Index(s, nextPrefix)
-			if n < 0 {
-				// Mismatch
-				return
-			}
-			matches[i] = s[:n]
-			s = s[n+len(nextPrefix):]
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func tryUnquoteString(s string) (string, int) {
-	if len(s) == 0 {
-		return s, -1
-	}
-	if s[0] != '"' && s[0] != '`' {
-		return s, -1
-	}
-	qp, err := strconv.QuotedPrefix(s)
-	if err != nil {
-		return s, -1
-	}
-	us, err := strconv.Unquote(qp)
-	if err != nil {
-		return s, -1
-	}
-	return us, len(qp)
-}
-
-func parseExtractFormatSteps(s string) ([]extractFormatStep, error) {
-	var steps []extractFormatStep
-
-	hasNamedField := false
-
-	n := strings.IndexByte(s, '<')
-	if n < 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing <...> fields")
-	}
-	prefix := s[:n]
-	s = s[n+1:]
-	for {
-		n := strings.IndexByte(s, '>')
-		if n < 0 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing '>' for <%s", s)
-		}
-		field := s[:n]
-		s = s[n+1:]
-
-		if field == "_" || field == "*" {
-			field = ""
-		}
-		steps = append(steps, extractFormatStep{
-			prefix: prefix,
-			field:  field,
-		})
-		if !hasNamedField && field != "" {
-			hasNamedField = true
-		}
-		if len(s) == 0 {
-			break
-		}
-
-		n = strings.IndexByte(s, '<')
-		if n < 0 {
-			steps = append(steps, extractFormatStep{
-				prefix: s,
-			})
-			break
-		}
-		if n == 0 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing delimiter after <%s>", field)
-		}
-		prefix = s[:n]
-		s = s[n+1:]
-	}
-
-	if !hasNamedField {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing named fields like <name>")
-	}
-
-	for i := range steps {
-		step := &steps[i]
-		step.prefix = html.UnescapeString(step.prefix)
-	}
-
-	return steps, nil
-}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract_test.go
index b8c21ff0a..7a2d39f99 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_extract_test.go
@@ -1,181 +1,196 @@
 package logstorage
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestExtractFormatApply(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(pattern, s string, resultsExpected []string) {
+func TestParsePipeExtractSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
 		t.Helper()
-
-		steps, err := parseExtractFormatSteps(pattern)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
-		}
-		ef := newExtractFormat(steps)
-		ef.apply(s)
-
-		if len(ef.fields) != len(resultsExpected) {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected number of results; got %d; want %d", len(ef.fields), len(resultsExpected))
-		}
-		for i, f := range ef.fields {
-			if v := *f.value; v != resultsExpected[i] {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected value for field %q; got %q; want %q", f.name, v, resultsExpected[i])
-			}
-		}
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
 	}
 
-	f("<foo>", "", []string{""})
-	f("<foo>", "abc", []string{"abc"})
-	f("<foo>bar", "", []string{""})
-	f("<foo>bar", "bar", []string{""})
-	f("<foo>bar", "bazbar", []string{"baz"})
-	f("<foo>bar", "a bazbar xdsf", []string{"a baz"})
-	f("<foo>bar<>", "a bazbar xdsf", []string{"a baz"})
-	f("<foo>bar<>x", "a bazbar xdsf", []string{"a baz"})
-	f("foo<bar>", "", []string{""})
-	f("foo<bar>", "foo", []string{""})
-	f("foo<bar>", "a foo xdf sdf", []string{" xdf sdf"})
-	f("foo<bar>", "a foo foobar", []string{" foobar"})
-	f("foo<bar>baz", "a foo foobar", []string{""})
-	f("foo<bar>baz", "a foobaz bar", []string{""})
-	f("foo<bar>baz", "a foo foobar baz", []string{" foobar "})
-	f("foo<bar>baz", "a foo foobar bazabc", []string{" foobar "})
-
-	f("ip=<ip> <> path=<path> ", "x=a, ip=1.2.3.4 method=GET host='abc' path=/foo/bar some tail here", []string{"1.2.3.4", "/foo/bar"})
-
-	// escaped pattern
-	f("ip=&lt;<ip>&gt;", "foo ip=<1.2.3.4> bar", []string{"1.2.3.4"})
-	f("ip=&lt;<ip>&gt;", "foo ip=<foo&amp;bar> bar", []string{"foo&amp;bar"})
-
-	// quoted fields
-	f(`"msg":<msg>,`, `{"foo":"bar","msg":"foo,b\"ar\n\t","baz":"x"}`, []string{`foo,b"ar` + "\n\t"})
-	f(`foo=<bar>`, "foo=`bar baz,abc` def", []string{"bar baz,abc"})
-	f(`foo=<bar> `, "foo=`bar baz,abc` def", []string{"bar baz,abc"})
-	f(`<foo>`, `"foo,\"bar"`, []string{`foo,"bar`})
-	f(`<foo>,"bar`, `"foo,\"bar"`, []string{`foo,"bar`})
+	f(`extract "foo<bar>"`)
+	f(`extract "foo<bar>" from x`)
+	f(`extract if (x:y) "foo<bar>" from baz`)
 }
 
-func TestParseExtractFormatStepsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(s string, stepsExpected []extractFormatStep) {
+func TestParsePipeExtractFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
 		t.Helper()
-
-		steps, err := parseExtractFormatSteps(s)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected error when parsing %q: %s", s, err)
-		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(steps, stepsExpected) {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected steps for [%s]; got %v; want %v", s, steps, stepsExpected)
-		}
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
 	}
 
-	f("<foo>", []extractFormatStep{
-		{
-			field: "foo",
-		},
-	})
-	f("<foo>bar", []extractFormatStep{
-		{
-			field: "foo",
-		},
-		{
-			prefix: "bar",
-		},
-	})
-	f("<>bar<foo>", []extractFormatStep{
-		{},
-		{
-			prefix: "bar",
-			field:  "foo",
-		},
-	})
-	f("bar<foo>", []extractFormatStep{
-		{
-			prefix: "bar",
-			field:  "foo",
-		},
-	})
-	f("bar<foo>abc", []extractFormatStep{
-		{
-			prefix: "bar",
-			field:  "foo",
-		},
-		{
-			prefix: "abc",
-		},
-	})
-	f("bar<foo>abc<_>", []extractFormatStep{
-		{
-			prefix: "bar",
-			field:  "foo",
-		},
-		{
-			prefix: "abc",
-		},
-	})
-	f("<foo>bar<baz>", []extractFormatStep{
-		{
-			field: "foo",
-		},
-		{
-			prefix: "bar",
-			field:  "baz",
-		},
-	})
-	f("bar<foo>baz", []extractFormatStep{
-		{
-			prefix: "bar",
-			field:  "foo",
-		},
-		{
-			prefix: "baz",
-		},
-	})
-	f("&lt;<foo>&amp;gt;", []extractFormatStep{
-		{
-			prefix: "<",
-			field:  "foo",
-		},
-		{
-			prefix: "&gt;",
-		},
-	})
+	f(`extract`)
+	f(`extract from`)
+	f(`extract from x`)
+	f(`extract from x "y<foo>"`)
+	f(`extract if (x:y)`)
+	f(`extract "a<b>" if (x:y)`)
+	f(`extract "a"`)
+	f(`extract "<a><b>"`)
+	f(`extract "<*>foo<_>bar"`)
 }
 
-func TestParseExtractFormatStepFailure(t *testing.T) {
-	f := func(s string) {
+func TestPipeExtract(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
 		t.Helper()
-
-		_, err := parseExtractFormatSteps(s)
-		if err == nil {
-			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error when parsing %q", s)
-		}
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
 	}
 
-	// empty string
-	f("")
+	// single row, extract from _msg
+	f(`extract "baz=<abc> a=<aa>"`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar baz="x y=z" a=b`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar baz="x y=z" a=b`},
+			{"abc", "x y=z"},
+			{"aa", "b"},
+		},
+	})
 
-	// zero fields
-	f("foobar")
+	// single row, extract from _msg into _msg
+	f(`extract "msg=<_msg>"`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `msg=bar`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", "bar"},
+		},
+	})
 
-	// Zero named fields
-	f("<>")
-	f("foo<>")
-	f("<>foo")
-	f("foo<_>bar<*>baz<>xxx")
+	// single row, extract from non-existing field
+	f(`extract "foo=<bar>" from x`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar`},
+			{"bar", ""},
+		},
+	})
 
-	// missing delimiter between fields
-	f("<foo><bar>")
-	f("<><bar>")
-	f("<foo><>")
-	f("bb<foo><><bar>aa")
-	f("aa<foo><bar>")
-	f("aa<foo><bar>bb")
+	// single row, pattern mismatch
+	f(`extract "foo=<bar>" from x`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `foobar`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `foobar`},
+			{"bar", ""},
+		},
+	})
 
-	// missing >
-	f("<foo")
-	f("foo<bar")
+	// single row, partial partern match
+	f(`extract "foo=<bar> baz=<xx>" from x`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `a foo="a\"b\\c" cde baz=aa`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `a foo="a\"b\\c" cde baz=aa`},
+			{"bar", `a"b\c`},
+			{"xx", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, overwirte existing column
+	f(`extract "foo=<bar> baz=<xx>" from x`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `a foo=cc baz=aa b`},
+			{"bar", "abc"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `a foo=cc baz=aa b`},
+			{"bar", `cc`},
+			{"xx", `aa b`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, if match
+	f(`extract if (x:baz) "foo=<bar> baz=<xx>" from "x"`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `a foo=cc baz=aa b`},
+			{"bar", "abc"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `a foo=cc baz=aa b`},
+			{"bar", `cc`},
+			{"xx", `aa b`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, if mismatch
+	f(`extract if (bar:"") "foo=<bar> baz=<xx>" from 'x'`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `a foo=cc baz=aa b`},
+			{"bar", "abc"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `a foo=cc baz=aa b`},
+			{"bar", `abc`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// multiple rows with distinct set of labels
+	f(`extract if (!ip:keep) "ip=<ip> "`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"foo", "bar"},
+			{"_msg", "request from ip=1.2.3.4 xxx"},
+			{"f3", "y"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"foo", "aaa"},
+			{"_msg", "ip=5.4.3.1 abcd"},
+			{"ip", "keep"},
+			{"a", "b"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"foo", "aaa"},
+			{"_msg", "ip=34.32.11.94 abcd"},
+			{"ip", "ppp"},
+			{"a", "b"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"foo", "klkfs"},
+			{"_msg", "sdfdsfds dsf fd fdsa ip=123 abcd"},
+			{"ip", "bbbsd"},
+			{"a", "klo2i"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"foo", "bar"},
+			{"_msg", "request from ip=1.2.3.4 xxx"},
+			{"f3", "y"},
+			{"ip", "1.2.3.4"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"foo", "aaa"},
+			{"_msg", "ip=5.4.3.1 abcd"},
+			{"ip", "keep"},
+			{"a", "b"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"foo", "aaa"},
+			{"_msg", "ip=34.32.11.94 abcd"},
+			{"ip", "34.32.11.94"},
+			{"a", "b"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"foo", "klkfs"},
+			{"_msg", "sdfdsfds dsf fd fdsa ip=123 abcd"},
+			{"ip", "123"},
+			{"a", "klo2i"},
+		},
+	})
 }
 
 func TestPipeExtractUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
@@ -185,29 +200,70 @@ func TestPipeExtractUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// all the needed fields
-	f("extract from x '<foo>'", "*", "", "*", "foo")
+	f("extract '<foo>' from x", "*", "", "*", "foo")
+	f("extract if (foo:bar) '<foo>' from x", "*", "", "*", "")
 
-	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields do not intersect with fromField and output fields
-	f("extract from x '<foo>'", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2,foo")
+	// unneeded fields do not intersect with pattern and output fields
+	f("extract '<foo>' from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2,foo")
+	f("extract if (f1:x) '<foo>' from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f2,foo")
+	f("extract if (foo:bar f1:x) '<foo>' from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f2")
 
-	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields intersect with fromField
-	f("extract from x '<foo>'", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2,foo")
+	// unneeded fields intersect with pattern
+	f("extract '<foo>' from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2,foo")
+	f("extract if (f1:abc) '<foo>' from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2,foo")
+	f("extract if (f2:abc) '<foo>' from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "foo")
 
-	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields intersect with output fields
-	f("extract from x '<foo>x<bar>'", "*", "f2,foo", "*", "bar,f2,foo")
+	// unneeded fields intersect with output fields
+	f("extract '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "*", "f2,foo", "*", "bar,f2,foo")
+	f("extract if (f1:abc) '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "*", "f2,foo", "*", "bar,f2,foo")
+	f("extract if (f2:abc foo:w) '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "*", "f2,foo", "*", "bar")
 
-	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields intersect with all the output fields
-	f("extract from x '<foo>x<bar>'", "*", "f2,foo,bar", "*", "bar,f2,foo,x")
+	// unneeded fields intersect with all the output fields
+	f("extract '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "*", "f2,foo,bar", "*", "bar,f2,foo,x")
+	f("extract if (a:b f2:q x:y foo:w) '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "*", "f2,foo,bar", "*", "bar,f2,foo,x")
 
-	// needed fields do not intersect with fromField and output fields
-	f("extract from x '<foo>x<bar>'", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2", "")
+	// needed fields do not intersect with pattern and output fields
+	f("extract '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2", "")
+	f("extract if (a:b) '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2", "")
+	f("extract if (f1:b) '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2", "")
 
-	// needed fields intersect with fromField
-	f("extract from x '<foo>x<bar>'", "f2,x", "", "f2,x", "")
+	// needed fields intersect with pattern field
+	f("extract '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x", "")
+	f("extract if (a:b) '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x", "")
 
 	// needed fields intersect with output fields
-	f("extract from x '<foo>x<bar>'", "f2,foo", "", "f2,x", "")
+	f("extract '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f2,foo", "", "f2,x", "")
+	f("extract if (a:b) '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f2,foo", "", "a,f2,x", "")
 
-	// needed fields intersect with fromField and output fields
-	f("extract from x '<foo>x<bar>'", "f2,foo,x,y", "", "f2,x,y", "")
+	// needed fields intersect with pattern and output fields
+	f("extract '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f2,foo,x,y", "", "f2,x,y", "")
+	f("extract if (a:b foo:q) '<foo>x<bar>' from x", "f2,foo,x,y", "", "a,f2,foo,x,y", "")
+}
+
+func expectParsePipeFailure(t *testing.T, pipeStr string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	lex := newLexer(pipeStr)
+	p, err := parsePipe(lex)
+	if err == nil && lex.isEnd() {
+		t.Fatalf("expecting error when parsing [%s]; parsed result: [%s]", pipeStr, p)
+	}
+}
+
+func expectParsePipeSuccess(t *testing.T, pipeStr string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	lex := newLexer(pipeStr)
+	p, err := parsePipe(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cannot parse [%s]: %s", pipeStr, err)
+	}
+	if !lex.isEnd() {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected tail after parsing [%s]: [%s]", pipeStr, lex.s)
+	}
+
+	pipeStrResult := p.String()
+	if pipeStrResult != pipeStr {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected string representation of pipe; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", pipeStrResult, pipeStr)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_field_names.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_field_names.go
index 9ac1a206d..284855c8d 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_field_names.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_field_names.go
@@ -123,12 +123,17 @@ type pipeFieldNamesWriteContext struct {
 	rcs [1]resultColumn
 	br  blockResult
 
+	// rowsCount is the number of rows in the current block
+	rowsCount int
+
+	// valuesLen is the total length of values in the current block
 	valuesLen int
 }
 
 func (wctx *pipeFieldNamesWriteContext) writeRow(v string) {
 	wctx.rcs[0].addValue(v)
 	wctx.valuesLen += len(v)
+	wctx.rowsCount++
 	if wctx.valuesLen >= 1_000_000 {
 		wctx.flush()
 	}
@@ -140,7 +145,8 @@ func (wctx *pipeFieldNamesWriteContext) flush() {
 	wctx.valuesLen = 0
 
 	// Flush rcs to ppBase
-	br.setResultColumns(wctx.rcs[:1])
+	br.setResultColumns(wctx.rcs[:1], wctx.rowsCount)
+	wctx.rowsCount = 0
 	wctx.pfp.ppBase.writeBlock(0, br)
 	br.reset()
 	wctx.rcs[0].resetValues()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_field_names_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_field_names_test.go
index 4b19f2e34..72e5d4adc 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_field_names_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_field_names_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,64 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeFieldNamesSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`field_names as x`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeFieldNamesFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`field_names`)
+	f(`field_names(foo)`)
+	f(`field_names a b`)
+	f(`field_names as`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeFieldNames(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// single row, result column doesn't clash with original columns
+	f("field_names as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "_msg"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"x", "a"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, result column do clashes with original columns
+	f("field_names as _msg", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", "_msg"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", "a"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeFieldNamesUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_fields.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_fields.go
index 07298c6dd..a391cbd0e 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_fields.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_fields.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (pfp *pipeFieldsProcessor) flush() error {
 }
 
 func parsePipeFields(lex *lexer) (*pipeFields, error) {
-	if !lex.isKeyword("fields") {
+	if !lex.isKeyword("fields", "keep") {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expecting 'fields'; got %q", lex.token)
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_fields_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_fields_test.go
index a7b1e792b..7df2ecced 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_fields_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_fields_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,135 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeFieldsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`fields *`)
+	f(`fields f1`)
+	f(`fields f1, f2, f3`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeFieldsFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`fields`)
+	f(`fields x y`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeFields(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// single row, star
+	f("fields *", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, leave existing field
+	f("fields a", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, no existing fields
+	f("fields x, y", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", ``},
+			{"y", ``},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, mention existing field multiple times
+	f("fields a, a", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// mention non-existing fields
+	f("fields foo, a, bar", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"foo", ""},
+			{"bar", ""},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Multiple rows
+	f("fields a, b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `foobar`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", `baz`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+			{"e", "afdf"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", "dss"},
+			{"d", "df"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `test`},
+			{"b", ``},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `foobar`},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"b", "baz"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeFieldsUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_filter_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_filter_test.go
index 73da2c8bb..0c3183019 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_filter_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_filter_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,103 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeFilterSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`filter *`)
+	f(`filter foo bar`)
+	f(`filter a:b or c:d in(x,y) z:>343`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeFilterFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`filter`)
+	f(`filter |`)
+	f(`filter ()`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// filter mismatch
+	f("filter abc", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{})
+
+	// filter match
+	f("filter foo", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// multiple rows
+	f("filter x:foo y:bar", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "f1"},
+			{"x", "foo"},
+			{"y", "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "f2"},
+			{"x", "x foo bar"},
+			{"y", "aa bar bbb"},
+			{"z", "iwert"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "f3"},
+			{"x", "x fo bar"},
+			{"y", "aa bar bbb"},
+			{"z", "it"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "f4"},
+			{"x", "x foo bar"},
+			{"y", "aa ba bbb"},
+			{"z", "t"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"x", "x foo"},
+			{"y", "aa bar"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "f1"},
+			{"x", "foo"},
+			{"y", "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "f2"},
+			{"x", "x foo bar"},
+			{"y", "aa bar bbb"},
+			{"z", "iwert"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"x", "x foo"},
+			{"y", "aa bar"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeFilterUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_format.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_format.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..459400c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_format.go
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+)
+
+// pipeFormat processes '| format ...' pipe.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#format-pipe
+type pipeFormat struct {
+	formatStr string
+	steps     []patternStep
+
+	resultField string
+
+	// iff is an optional filter for skipping the format func
+	iff *ifFilter
+}
+
+func (pf *pipeFormat) String() string {
+	s := "format"
+	if pf.iff != nil {
+		s += " " + pf.iff.String()
+	}
+	s += " " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pf.formatStr)
+	if !isMsgFieldName(pf.resultField) {
+		s += " as " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pf.resultField)
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+func (pf *pipeFormat) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet) {
+	if neededFields.contains("*") {
+		if !unneededFields.contains(pf.resultField) {
+			unneededFields.add(pf.resultField)
+			if pf.iff != nil {
+				unneededFields.removeFields(pf.iff.neededFields)
+			}
+			for _, step := range pf.steps {
+				if step.field != "" {
+					unneededFields.remove(step.field)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		if neededFields.contains(pf.resultField) {
+			neededFields.remove(pf.resultField)
+			if pf.iff != nil {
+				neededFields.addFields(pf.iff.neededFields)
+			}
+			for _, step := range pf.steps {
+				if step.field != "" {
+					neededFields.add(step.field)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (pf *pipeFormat) newPipeProcessor(workersCount int, _ <-chan struct{}, _ func(), ppBase pipeProcessor) pipeProcessor {
+	return &pipeFormatProcessor{
+		pf:     pf,
+		ppBase: ppBase,
+
+		shards: make([]pipeFormatProcessorShard, workersCount),
+	}
+}
+
+type pipeFormatProcessor struct {
+	pf     *pipeFormat
+	ppBase pipeProcessor
+
+	shards []pipeFormatProcessorShard
+}
+
+type pipeFormatProcessorShard struct {
+	pipeFormatProcessorShardNopad
+
+	// The padding prevents false sharing on widespread platforms with 128 mod (cache line size) = 0 .
+	_ [128 - unsafe.Sizeof(pipeFormatProcessorShardNopad{})%128]byte
+}
+
+type pipeFormatProcessorShardNopad struct {
+	bm bitmap
+
+	uctx fieldsUnpackerContext
+	wctx pipeUnpackWriteContext
+}
+
+func (pfp *pipeFormatProcessor) writeBlock(workerID uint, br *blockResult) {
+	if len(br.timestamps) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	shard := &pfp.shards[workerID]
+	shard.wctx.init(workerID, pfp.ppBase, br)
+	shard.uctx.init(workerID, "")
+
+	bm := &shard.bm
+	bm.init(len(br.timestamps))
+	bm.setBits()
+	if iff := pfp.pf.iff; iff != nil {
+		iff.f.applyToBlockResult(br, bm)
+		if bm.isZero() {
+			pfp.ppBase.writeBlock(workerID, br)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	for rowIdx := range br.timestamps {
+		if bm.isSetBit(rowIdx) {
+			shard.formatRow(pfp.pf, br, rowIdx)
+			shard.wctx.writeRow(rowIdx, shard.uctx.fields)
+		} else {
+			shard.wctx.writeRow(rowIdx, nil)
+		}
+	}
+
+	shard.wctx.flush()
+	shard.wctx.reset()
+	shard.uctx.reset()
+}
+
+func (pfp *pipeFormatProcessor) flush() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (shard *pipeFormatProcessorShard) formatRow(pf *pipeFormat, br *blockResult, rowIdx int) {
+	bb := bbPool.Get()
+	b := bb.B
+	for _, step := range pf.steps {
+		b = append(b, step.prefix...)
+		if step.field != "" {
+			c := br.getColumnByName(step.field)
+			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+			if step.opt == "q" {
+				b = strconv.AppendQuote(b, v)
+			} else {
+				b = append(b, v...)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	bb.B = b
+
+	s := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(b)
+	shard.uctx.resetFields()
+	shard.uctx.addField(pf.resultField, s)
+	bbPool.Put(bb)
+}
+
+func parsePipeFormat(lex *lexer) (*pipeFormat, error) {
+	if !lex.isKeyword("format") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected token: %q; want %q", lex.token, "format")
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+
+	// parse optional if (...)
+	var iff *ifFilter
+	if lex.isKeyword("if") {
+		f, err := parseIfFilter(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		iff = f
+	}
+
+	// parse format
+	formatStr, err := getCompoundToken(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot read 'format': %w", err)
+	}
+	steps, err := parsePatternSteps(formatStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'pattern' %q: %w", formatStr, err)
+	}
+
+	// parse optional 'as ...` part
+	resultField := "_msg"
+	if lex.isKeyword("as") {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		field, err := parseFieldName(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse result field after 'format %q as': %w", formatStr, err)
+		}
+		resultField = field
+	}
+
+	pf := &pipeFormat{
+		formatStr:   formatStr,
+		steps:       steps,
+		resultField: resultField,
+		iff:         iff,
+	}
+
+	return pf, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_format_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_format_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bda91e588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_format_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParsePipeFormatSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`format "foo<bar>"`)
+	f(`format "" as x`)
+	f(`format "<>" as x`)
+	f(`format foo as x`)
+	f(`format "<foo>"`)
+	f(`format "<foo>bar<baz>"`)
+	f(`format "bar<baz><xyz>bac"`)
+	f(`format if (x:y) "bar<baz><xyz>bac"`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeFormatFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`format`)
+	f(`format if`)
+	f(`format foo bar`)
+	f(`format foo if`)
+	f(`format foo as x if (x:y)`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// plain string into a single field
+	f(`format '{"foo":<q:foo>,"bar":"<bar>"}' as x`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"foo", `"abc"`},
+			{"bar", `cde`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"foo", `"abc"`},
+			{"bar", `cde`},
+			{"x", `{"foo":"\"abc\"","bar":"cde"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// plain string into a single field
+	f(`format foo as x`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foobar`},
+			{"a", "x"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foobar`},
+			{"a", "x"},
+			{"x", `foo`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// plain string with html escaping into a single field
+	f(`format "&lt;foo&gt;" as x`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foobar`},
+			{"a", "x"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foobar`},
+			{"a", "x"},
+			{"x", `<foo>`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// format with empty placeholders into existing field
+	f(`format "<_>foo<_>" as _msg`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foobar`},
+			{"a", "x"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo`},
+			{"a", "x"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// format with various placeholders into new field
+	f(`format "a<foo>aa<_msg>xx<a>x" as x`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foobar`},
+			{"a", "b"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foobar`},
+			{"a", "b"},
+			{"x", `aaafoobarxxbx`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// format into existing field
+	f(`format "a<foo>aa<_msg>xx<a>x"`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foobar`},
+			{"a", "b"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `aaafoobarxxbx`},
+			{"a", "b"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// conditional format over multiple rows
+	f(`format if (!c:*) "a: <a>, b: <b>, x: <a>" as c`, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "bar"},
+			{"a", "foo"},
+			{"c", "keep-me"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", ""},
+			{"a", "f"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", "x"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "bar"},
+			{"a", "foo"},
+			{"c", "keep-me"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "f"},
+			{"c", "a: f, b: , x: f"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", "x"},
+			{"c", "a: , b: x, x: "},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestPipeFormatUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s string, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeNeededFields(t, s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// all the needed fields
+	f(`format "foo" as x`, "*", "", "*", "x")
+	f(`format "<f1>foo" as x`, "*", "", "*", "x")
+	f(`format if (f2:z) "<f1>foo" as x`, "*", "", "*", "x")
+
+	// unneeded fields do not intersect with pattern and output field
+	f(`format "foo" as x`, "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2,x")
+	f(`format "<f3>foo" as x`, "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2,x")
+	f(`format if (f4:z) "<f3>foo" as x`, "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2,x")
+	f(`format if (f1:z) "<f3>foo" as x`, "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f2,x")
+
+	// unneeded fields intersect with pattern
+	f(`format "<f1>foo" as x`, "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f2,x")
+	f(`format if (f4:z) "<f1>foo" as x`, "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f2,x")
+	f(`format if (f2:z) "<f1>foo" as x`, "*", "f1,f2", "*", "x")
+
+	// unneeded fields intersect with output field
+	f(`format "<f1>foo" as x`, "*", "x,y", "*", "x,y")
+	f(`format if (f2:z) "<f1>foo" as x`, "*", "x,y", "*", "x,y")
+	f(`format if (y:z) "<f1>foo" as x`, "*", "x,y", "*", "x,y")
+
+	// needed fields do not intersect with pattern and output field
+	f(`format "<f1>foo" as f2`, "x,y", "", "x,y", "")
+	f(`format if (f3:z) "<f1>foo" as f2`, "x,y", "", "x,y", "")
+	f(`format if (x:z) "<f1>foo" as f2`, "x,y", "", "x,y", "")
+
+	// needed fields intersect with pattern field
+	f(`format "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f1,y", "", "f1,y", "")
+	f(`format if (f3:z) "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f1,y", "", "f1,y", "")
+	f(`format if (x:z) "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f1,y", "", "f1,y", "")
+
+	// needed fields intersect with output field
+	f(`format "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f2,y", "", "f1,y", "")
+	f(`format if (f3:z) "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f2,y", "", "f1,f3,y", "")
+	f(`format if (x:z or y:w) "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f2,y", "", "f1,x,y", "")
+
+	// needed fields intersect with pattern and output fields
+	f(`format "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f1,f2,y", "", "f1,y", "")
+	f(`format if (f3:z) "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f1,f2,y", "", "f1,f3,y", "")
+	f(`format if (x:z or y:w) "<f1>foo" as f2`, "f1,f2,y", "", "f1,x,y", "")
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_limit_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_limit_test.go
index 49e79d5d2..bc7afa4fd 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_limit_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_limit_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,98 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeLimitSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`limit 10`)
+	f(`limit 10000`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeLimitFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`limit`)
+	f(`limit -10`)
+	f(`limit foo`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("limit 100", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("limit 1", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("limit 0", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{})
+
+	f("limit 1", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `aiewr`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("limit 1", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `aiewr`},
+			{"asdf", "fsf"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeLimitUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_offset_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_offset_test.go
index 53b22af61..57f62a719 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_offset_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_offset_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,92 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeOffsetSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`offset 10`)
+	f(`offset 10000`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeOffsetFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`offset`)
+	f(`offset -10`)
+	f(`offset foo`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeOffset(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("offset 100", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{})
+
+	f("offset 0", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("offset 1", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `aiewr`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `aiewr`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("offset 2", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `sdfsd`},
+			{"adffd", `aiewr`},
+			{"assdff", "fsf"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `aiewr`},
+			{"asdf", "fsf"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `aiewr`},
+			{"asdf", "fsf"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeOffsetUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_rename.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_rename.go
index 99a774ad4..76814c3e3 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_rename.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_rename.go
@@ -32,33 +32,25 @@ func (pr *pipeRename) String() string {
 }
 
 func (pr *pipeRename) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededSrcFields := make([]bool, len(pr.srcFields))
-	for i, dstField := range pr.dstFields {
-		if neededFields.contains(dstField) && !unneededFields.contains(dstField) {
-			neededSrcFields[i] = true
-		}
-	}
-	if neededFields.contains("*") {
-		// update only unneeded fields
-		unneededFields.addFields(pr.dstFields)
-		for i, srcField := range pr.srcFields {
-			if neededSrcFields[i] {
-				unneededFields.remove(srcField)
-			} else {
+	for i := len(pr.srcFields) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		srcField := pr.srcFields[i]
+		dstField := pr.dstFields[i]
+
+		if neededFields.contains("*") {
+			if unneededFields.contains(dstField) {
 				unneededFields.add(srcField)
+			} else {
+				unneededFields.add(dstField)
+				unneededFields.remove(srcField)
 			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		// update only needed fields and reset unneeded fields
-		neededFields.removeFields(pr.dstFields)
-		for i, srcField := range pr.srcFields {
-			if neededSrcFields[i] {
+		} else {
+			if neededFields.contains(dstField) {
+				neededFields.remove(dstField)
 				neededFields.add(srcField)
 			} else {
 				neededFields.remove(srcField)
 			}
 		}
-		unneededFields.reset()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_rename_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_rename_test.go
index 506a2f5fa..4b44e5ee7 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_rename_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_rename_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,175 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeRenameSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`rename foo as bar`)
+	f(`rename foo as bar, a as b`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeRenameFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`rename`)
+	f(`rename x`)
+	f(`rename x as`)
+	f(`rename x y z`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeRename(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// single row, rename from existing field
+	f("rename a as b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"b", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, rename from existing field to multiple fields
+	f("rename a as b, a as c, _msg as d", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", `test`},
+			{"c", ``},
+			{"d", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// single row, rename from non-exsiting field
+	f("rename x as b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+			{"b", ``},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// rename to existing field
+	f("rename _msg as a", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// rename to itself
+	f("rename a as a", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// swap rename
+	f("rename a as b, _msg as a, b as _msg", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `test`},
+			{"a", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// rename to the same field multiple times
+	f("rename a as b, _msg as b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// chain rename (shouldn't work - otherwise swap rename will break)
+	f("rename a as b, b as c", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"c", `test`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Multiple rows
+	f("rename a as b", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"a", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `foobar`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", `baz`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+			{"e", "afdf"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", "dss"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"b", `test`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", `foobar`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ``},
+			{"c", "d"},
+			{"e", "afdf"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", "dss"},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeRenameUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
@@ -12,6 +181,7 @@ func TestPipeRenameUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// all the needed fields
 	f("rename s1 d1, s2 d2", "*", "", "*", "d1,d2")
+	f("rename a a", "*", "", "*", "")
 
 	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields do not intersect with src and dst
 	f("rename s1 d1, s2 d2", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "d1,d2,f1,f2")
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort.go
index a29da7aa4..cdc294644 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort.go
@@ -485,8 +485,14 @@ type pipeSortWriteContext struct {
 	rcs []resultColumn
 	br  blockResult
 
+	// rowsWritten is the total number of rows passed to writeNextRow.
 	rowsWritten uint64
-	valuesLen   int
+
+	// rowsCount is the number of rows in the current block
+	rowsCount int
+
+	// valuesLen is the length of all the values in the current block
+	valuesLen int
 }
 
 func (wctx *pipeSortWriteContext) writeNextRow(shard *pipeSortProcessorShard) {
@@ -516,7 +522,7 @@ func (wctx *pipeSortWriteContext) writeNextRow(shard *pipeSortProcessorShard) {
 		}
 	}
 	if !areEqualColumns {
-		// send the current block to bbBase and construct a block with new set of columns
+		// send the current block to ppBase and construct a block with new set of columns
 		wctx.flush()
 
 		rcs = wctx.rcs[:0]
@@ -543,6 +549,7 @@ func (wctx *pipeSortWriteContext) writeNextRow(shard *pipeSortProcessorShard) {
 		wctx.valuesLen += len(v)
 	}
 
+	wctx.rowsCount++
 	if wctx.valuesLen >= 1_000_000 {
 		wctx.flush()
 	}
@@ -554,12 +561,9 @@ func (wctx *pipeSortWriteContext) flush() {
 
 	wctx.valuesLen = 0
 
-	if len(rcs) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
 	// Flush rcs to ppBase
-	br.setResultColumns(rcs)
+	br.setResultColumns(rcs, wctx.rowsCount)
+	wctx.rowsCount = 0
 	wctx.psp.ppBase.writeBlock(0, br)
 	br.reset()
 	for i := range rcs {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort_test.go
index b2bb0aef8..10b6564fb 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,254 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeSortSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`sort`)
+	f(`sort by (x)`)
+	f(`sort by (x) limit 10`)
+	f(`sort by (x) offset 20 limit 10`)
+	f(`sort by (x desc, y) desc`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeSortFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`sort a`)
+	f(`sort by`)
+	f(`sort by(x) foo`)
+	f(`sort by(x) limit`)
+	f(`sort by(x) limit N`)
+	f(`sort by(x) offset`)
+	f(`sort by(x) offset N`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeSort(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	// Sort by all fields
+	f("sort", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Sort by a single field
+	f("sort by (a)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Sort by a in descending order
+	f("sort by (a) desc", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Sort by multiple fields
+	f("sort by (a, b desc) desc", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Sort by multiple fields with limit
+	f("sort by (a, b) limit 1", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Sort by multiple fields with limit desc
+	f("sort by (a, b) desc limit 1", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Sort by multiple fields with offset
+	f("sort by (a, b) offset 1", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Sort by multiple fields with offset and limit
+	f("sort by (a, b) offset 1 limit 1", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Sort by multiple fields with offset and limit
+	f("sort by (a, b) desc offset 2 limit 100", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeSortUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats.go
index 1397a1e60..4643017ae 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"unsafe"
@@ -28,11 +27,8 @@ type pipeStatsFunc struct {
 	// f is stats function to execute
 	f statsFunc
 
-	// neededFieldsForFunc contains needed fields for f execution
-	neededFieldsForFunc []string
-
 	// iff is an additional filter, which is applied to results before executing f on them
-	iff filter
+	iff *ifFilter
 
 	// resultName is the name of the output generated by f
 	resultName string
@@ -90,7 +86,7 @@ func (ps *pipeStats) String() string {
 	for i, f := range ps.funcs {
 		line := f.f.String()
 		if f.iff != nil {
-			line += " if (" + f.iff.String() + ")"
+			line += " " + f.iff.String()
 		}
 		line += " as " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(f.resultName)
 		a[i] = line
@@ -112,7 +108,7 @@ func (ps *pipeStats) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet)
 		if neededFieldsOrig.contains(f.resultName) && !unneededFields.contains(f.resultName) {
 			f.f.updateNeededFields(neededFields)
 			if f.iff != nil {
-				f.iff.updateNeededFields(neededFields)
+				neededFields.addFields(f.iff.neededFields)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -311,7 +307,7 @@ func (shard *pipeStatsProcessorShard) applyPerFunctionFilters(brSrc *blockResult
 		bm := &shard.bms[i]
 		bm.init(len(brSrc.timestamps))
 		bm.setBits()
-		iff.applyToBlockResult(brSrc, bm)
+		iff.f.applyToBlockResult(brSrc, bm)
 		if bm.areAllBitsSet() {
 			// Fast path - per-function filter doesn't filter out rows
 			brs[i] = brSrc
@@ -323,7 +319,7 @@ func (shard *pipeStatsProcessorShard) applyPerFunctionFilters(brSrc *blockResult
 		if bm.isZero() {
 			brDst.reset()
 		} else {
-			brDst.initFromFilterNeededColumns(brSrc, bm, funcs[i].neededFieldsForFunc)
+			brDst.initFromFilterNeededColumns(brSrc, bm, iff.neededFields)
 		}
 		brs[i] = brDst
 	}
@@ -442,6 +438,7 @@ func (psp *pipeStatsProcessor) flush() error {
 	var br blockResult
 
 	var values []string
+	rowsCount := 0
 	valuesLen := 0
 	for key, psg := range m {
 		// m may be quite big, so this loop can take a lot of time and CPU.
@@ -478,8 +475,11 @@ func (psp *pipeStatsProcessor) flush() error {
 			rcs[i].addValue(v)
 			valuesLen += len(v)
 		}
+
+		rowsCount++
 		if valuesLen >= 1_000_000 {
-			br.setResultColumns(rcs)
+			br.setResultColumns(rcs, rowsCount)
+			rowsCount = 0
 			psp.ppBase.writeBlock(0, &br)
 			br.reset()
 			for i := range rcs {
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ func (psp *pipeStatsProcessor) flush() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	br.setResultColumns(rcs)
+	br.setResultColumns(rcs, rowsCount)
 	psp.ppBase.writeBlock(0, &br)
 
 	return nil
@@ -526,18 +526,14 @@ func parsePipeStats(lex *lexer) (*pipeStats, error) {
 		if lex.isKeyword("if") {
 			iff, err := parseIfFilter(lex)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'if' filter for %s: %w", sf, err)
+				return nil, err
 			}
 			f.iff = iff
-
-			neededFields := newFieldsSet()
-			iff.updateNeededFields(neededFields)
-			f.neededFieldsForFunc = neededFields.getAll()
 		}
 
 		resultName, err := parseResultName(lex)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse result name for %s: %w", sf, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse result name for [%s]: %w", sf, err)
 		}
 		f.resultName = resultName
 
@@ -554,32 +550,14 @@ func parsePipeStats(lex *lexer) (*pipeStats, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func parseIfFilter(lex *lexer) (filter, error) {
-	if !lex.isKeyword("if") {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected keyword %q; expecting 'if'", lex.token)
-	}
-	lex.nextToken()
-	if !lex.isKeyword("(") {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected token %q after 'if'; expecting '('", lex.token)
-	}
-	lex.nextToken()
-	if lex.isKeyword(")") {
-		lex.nextToken()
-		return &filterNoop{}, nil
-	}
-	f, err := parseFilter(lex)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'if' filter: %w", err)
-	}
-	if !lex.isKeyword(")") {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected token %q after 'if' filter; expecting ')'", lex.token)
-	}
-	lex.nextToken()
-	return f, nil
-}
-
 func parseStatsFunc(lex *lexer) (statsFunc, error) {
 	switch {
+	case lex.isKeyword("avg"):
+		sas, err := parseStatsAvg(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'avg' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sas, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("count"):
 		scs, err := parseStatsCount(lex)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -598,30 +576,54 @@ func parseStatsFunc(lex *lexer) (statsFunc, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'count_uniq' func: %w", err)
 		}
 		return sus, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("sum"):
-		sss, err := parseStatsSum(lex)
+	case lex.isKeyword("fields_max"):
+		sms, err := parseStatsFieldsMax(lex)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'sum' func: %w", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields_max' func: %w", err)
 		}
-		return sss, nil
+		return sms, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("fields_min"):
+		sms, err := parseStatsFieldsMin(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields_min' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sms, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("max"):
 		sms, err := parseStatsMax(lex)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'max' func: %w", err)
 		}
 		return sms, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("median"):
+		sms, err := parseStatsMedian(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'median' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sms, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("min"):
 		sms, err := parseStatsMin(lex)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'min' func: %w", err)
 		}
 		return sms, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("avg"):
-		sas, err := parseStatsAvg(lex)
+	case lex.isKeyword("quantile"):
+		sqs, err := parseStatsQuantile(lex)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'avg' func: %w", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'quantile' func: %w", err)
 		}
-		return sas, nil
+		return sqs, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("sum"):
+		sss, err := parseStatsSum(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'sum' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sss, nil
+	case lex.isKeyword("sum_len"):
+		sss, err := parseStatsSumLen(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'sum_len' func: %w", err)
+		}
+		return sss, nil
 	case lex.isKeyword("uniq_values"):
 		sus, err := parseStatsUniqValues(lex)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -634,24 +636,6 @@ func parseStatsFunc(lex *lexer) (statsFunc, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'values' func: %w", err)
 		}
 		return svs, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("sum_len"):
-		sss, err := parseStatsSumLen(lex)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'sum_len' func: %w", err)
-		}
-		return sss, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("quantile"):
-		sqs, err := parseStatsQuantile(lex)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'quantile' func: %w", err)
-		}
-		return sqs, nil
-	case lex.isKeyword("median"):
-		sms, err := parseStatsMedian(lex)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'median' func: %w", err)
-		}
-		return sms, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown stats func %q", lex.token)
 	}
@@ -846,24 +830,6 @@ func tryParseBucketSize(s string) (float64, bool) {
 	return 0, false
 }
 
-// parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc parses field names for statsFunc.
-//
-// It returns ["*"] if the fields names list is empty or if it contains "*" field.
-func parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex *lexer, funcName string) ([]string, error) {
-	if !lex.isKeyword(funcName) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected func; got %q; want %q", lex.token, funcName)
-	}
-	lex.nextToken()
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesInParens(lex)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %q args: %w", funcName, err)
-	}
-	if len(fields) == 0 || slices.Contains(fields, "*") {
-		fields = []string{"*"}
-	}
-	return fields, nil
-}
-
 func parseFieldNamesInParens(lex *lexer) ([]string, error) {
 	if !lex.isKeyword("(") {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing `(`")
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats_test.go
index 51837eba6..0d2cdd4c9 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_stats_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,376 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeStatsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`stats count(*) as rows`)
+	f(`stats by (x) count(*) as rows, count_uniq(x) as uniqs`)
+	f(`stats by (_time:month offset 6.5h, y) count(*) as rows, count_uniq(x) as uniqs`)
+	f(`stats by (_time:month offset 6.5h, y) count(*) if (q:w) as rows, count_uniq(x) as uniqs`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeStatsFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`stats`)
+	f(`stats by`)
+	f(`stats foo`)
+	f(`stats count`)
+	f(`stats if (x:y)`)
+	f(`stats by(x) foo`)
+	f(`stats by(x:abc) count() rows`)
+	f(`stats by(x:1h offset) count () rows`)
+	f(`stats by(x:1h offset foo) count() rows`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeStats(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats count(*) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"rows", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count(*) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+		{},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"rows", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count(b) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"rows", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count(x) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"rows", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count(x, _msg, b) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"rows", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count(*) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"rows", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count(*) if (b:54) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"rows", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, x) count(*) if (b:54) as rows_b54, count(*) as rows_total", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"x", "123"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "123"},
+			{"rows_b54", "0"},
+			{"rows_total", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"x", ""},
+			{"rows_b54", "1"},
+			{"rows_total", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (x:1KiB) count(*) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "1023"},
+			{"_msg", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"x", "1024"},
+			{"_msg", "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"x", "2047"},
+			{"_msg", "baz"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "0"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"x", "1024"},
+			{"rows", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (ip:/24) count(*) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"ip", "1.2.3.4"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"ip", "1.2.3.255"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"ip", "127.2.3.4"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"ip", "1.2.4.0"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"ip", "1.2.3.0"},
+			{"rows", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"ip", "1.2.4.0"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"ip", "127.2.3.0"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (_time:1d) count(*) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-01T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"c", `xyz`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-01T00:00:00Z"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T00:00:00Z"},
+			{"rows", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (_time:1d offset 2h) count(*) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-01T00:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T22:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-03T01:59:59.999999999Z"},
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"c", `xyz`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-03-31T02:00:00Z"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T02:00:00Z"},
+			{"rows", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, _time:1d) count(*) as rows", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-01T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T10:20:30Z"},
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"c", `xyz`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"_time", "2024-04-01T00:00:00Z"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T00:00:00Z"},
+			{"rows", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"_time", "2024-04-02T00:00:00Z"},
+			{"rows", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeStatsUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_topk.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_topk.go
index ea77370e1..4aa3d5bdf 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_topk.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_topk.go
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ func (shard *pipeTopkProcessorShard) addRow(br *blockResult, byColumns []string,
 	r.timestamp = timestamp
 
 	rows := shard.rows
-	if len(rows) > 0 && !topkLess(shard.ps, r, rows[0]) {
+	maxRows := shard.ps.offset + shard.ps.limit
+	if uint64(len(rows)) >= maxRows && !topkLess(shard.ps, r, rows[0]) {
 		// Fast path - nothing to add.
 		return
 	}
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ func (shard *pipeTopkProcessorShard) addRow(br *blockResult, byColumns []string,
 	shard.stateSizeBudget -= r.sizeBytes()
 
 	// Push r to shard.rows.
-	if uint64(len(rows)) < shard.ps.offset+shard.ps.limit {
+	if uint64(len(rows)) < maxRows {
 		heap.Push(shard, r)
 		shard.stateSizeBudget -= int(unsafe.Sizeof(r))
 	} else {
@@ -424,8 +425,14 @@ type pipeTopkWriteContext struct {
 	rcs []resultColumn
 	br  blockResult
 
+	// rowsWritten is the total number of rows passed to writeNextRow.
 	rowsWritten uint64
-	valuesLen   int
+
+	// rowsCount is the number of rows in the current block
+	rowsCount int
+
+	// valuesLen is the total length of values in the current block
+	valuesLen int
 }
 
 func (wctx *pipeTopkWriteContext) writeNextRow(shard *pipeTopkProcessorShard) bool {
@@ -457,7 +464,7 @@ func (wctx *pipeTopkWriteContext) writeNextRow(shard *pipeTopkProcessorShard) bo
 		}
 	}
 	if !areEqualColumns {
-		// send the current block to bbBase and construct a block with new set of columns
+		// send the current block to ppBase and construct a block with new set of columns
 		wctx.flush()
 
 		rcs = wctx.rcs[:0]
@@ -489,6 +496,7 @@ func (wctx *pipeTopkWriteContext) writeNextRow(shard *pipeTopkProcessorShard) bo
 		wctx.valuesLen += len(v)
 	}
 
+	wctx.rowsCount++
 	if wctx.valuesLen >= 1_000_000 {
 		wctx.flush()
 	}
@@ -502,12 +510,9 @@ func (wctx *pipeTopkWriteContext) flush() {
 
 	wctx.valuesLen = 0
 
-	if len(rcs) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
 	// Flush rcs to ppBase
-	br.setResultColumns(rcs)
+	br.setResultColumns(rcs, wctx.rowsCount)
+	wctx.rowsCount = 0
 	wctx.ptp.ppBase.writeBlock(0, br)
 	br.reset()
 	for i := range rcs {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_uniq.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_uniq.go
index 6b43fb442..32b9e8f28 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_uniq.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_uniq.go
@@ -331,8 +331,13 @@ type pipeUniqWriteContext struct {
 	rcs []resultColumn
 	br  blockResult
 
+	// rowsWritten is the total number of rows passed to writeRow.
 	rowsWritten uint64
 
+	// rowsCount is the number of rows in the current block
+	rowsCount int
+
+	// valuesLen is the total length of values in the current block
 	valuesLen int
 }
 
@@ -354,7 +359,7 @@ func (wctx *pipeUniqWriteContext) writeRow(rowFields []Field) {
 		}
 	}
 	if !areEqualColumns {
-		// send the current block to bbBase and construct a block with new set of columns
+		// send the current block to ppBase and construct a block with new set of columns
 		wctx.flush()
 
 		rcs = wctx.rcs[:0]
@@ -369,6 +374,8 @@ func (wctx *pipeUniqWriteContext) writeRow(rowFields []Field) {
 		rcs[i].addValue(v)
 		wctx.valuesLen += len(v)
 	}
+
+	wctx.rowsCount++
 	if wctx.valuesLen >= 1_000_000 {
 		wctx.flush()
 	}
@@ -380,12 +387,9 @@ func (wctx *pipeUniqWriteContext) flush() {
 
 	wctx.valuesLen = 0
 
-	if len(rcs) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
 	// Flush rcs to ppBase
-	br.setResultColumns(rcs)
+	br.setResultColumns(rcs, wctx.rowsCount)
+	wctx.rowsCount = 0
 	wctx.pup.ppBase.writeBlock(0, br)
 	br.reset()
 	for i := range rcs {
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_uniq_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_uniq_test.go
index b88a2697e..1b59ca88c 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_uniq_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_uniq_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,176 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeUniqSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`uniq`)
+	f(`uniq limit 10`)
+	f(`uniq by (x)`)
+	f(`uniq by (x) limit 10`)
+	f(`uniq by (x, y)`)
+	f(`uniq by (x, y) limit 10`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeUniqFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`uniq foo`)
+	f(`uniq by`)
+	f(`uniq by(x) limit`)
+	f(`uniq by(x) limit foo`)
+}
+
+func TestPipeUniq(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("uniq", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("uniq by (a)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("uniq by (b)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", "54"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("uniq by (c)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"c", ""},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", "d"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("uniq by (d)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"d", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("uniq by (a, b)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "d"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+			{"b", "54"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPipeUniqUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s, neededFields, unneededFields, neededFieldsExpected, unneededFieldsExpected string) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b4333452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack.go
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+)
+
+type fieldsUnpackerContext struct {
+	workerID    uint
+	fieldPrefix string
+
+	fields []Field
+	a      arena
+}
+
+func (uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext) reset() {
+	uctx.workerID = 0
+	uctx.fieldPrefix = ""
+	uctx.resetFields()
+	uctx.a.reset()
+}
+
+func (uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext) resetFields() {
+	clear(uctx.fields)
+	uctx.fields = uctx.fields[:0]
+}
+
+func (uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext) init(workerID uint, fieldPrefix string) {
+	uctx.reset()
+
+	uctx.workerID = workerID
+	uctx.fieldPrefix = fieldPrefix
+}
+
+func (uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext) addField(name, value string) {
+	nameCopy := ""
+	fieldPrefix := uctx.fieldPrefix
+	if fieldPrefix != "" {
+		nameBuf := uctx.a.newBytes(len(fieldPrefix) + len(name))
+		copy(nameBuf, fieldPrefix)
+		copy(nameBuf[len(fieldPrefix):], name)
+		nameCopy = bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(nameBuf)
+	} else {
+		nameCopy = uctx.a.copyString(name)
+	}
+
+	valueCopy := uctx.a.copyString(value)
+
+	uctx.fields = append(uctx.fields, Field{
+		Name:  nameCopy,
+		Value: valueCopy,
+	})
+}
+
+func newPipeUnpackProcessor(workersCount int, unpackFunc func(uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext, s string), ppBase pipeProcessor,
+	fromField, fieldPrefix string, iff *ifFilter) *pipeUnpackProcessor {
+
+	return &pipeUnpackProcessor{
+		unpackFunc: unpackFunc,
+		ppBase:     ppBase,
+
+		shards: make([]pipeUnpackProcessorShard, workersCount),
+
+		fromField:   fromField,
+		fieldPrefix: fieldPrefix,
+		iff:         iff,
+	}
+}
+
+type pipeUnpackProcessor struct {
+	unpackFunc func(uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext, s string)
+	ppBase     pipeProcessor
+
+	shards []pipeUnpackProcessorShard
+
+	fromField   string
+	fieldPrefix string
+
+	iff *ifFilter
+}
+
+type pipeUnpackProcessorShard struct {
+	pipeUnpackProcessorShardNopad
+
+	// The padding prevents false sharing on widespread platforms with 128 mod (cache line size) = 0 .
+	_ [128 - unsafe.Sizeof(pipeUnpackProcessorShardNopad{})%128]byte
+}
+
+type pipeUnpackProcessorShardNopad struct {
+	bm bitmap
+
+	uctx fieldsUnpackerContext
+	wctx pipeUnpackWriteContext
+}
+
+func (pup *pipeUnpackProcessor) writeBlock(workerID uint, br *blockResult) {
+	if len(br.timestamps) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	shard := &pup.shards[workerID]
+	shard.wctx.init(workerID, pup.ppBase, br)
+	shard.uctx.init(workerID, pup.fieldPrefix)
+
+	bm := &shard.bm
+	bm.init(len(br.timestamps))
+	bm.setBits()
+	if pup.iff != nil {
+		pup.iff.f.applyToBlockResult(br, bm)
+		if bm.isZero() {
+			pup.ppBase.writeBlock(workerID, br)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	c := br.getColumnByName(pup.fromField)
+	if c.isConst {
+		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
+		shard.uctx.resetFields()
+		pup.unpackFunc(&shard.uctx, v)
+		for rowIdx := range br.timestamps {
+			if bm.isSetBit(rowIdx) {
+				shard.wctx.writeRow(rowIdx, shard.uctx.fields)
+			} else {
+				shard.wctx.writeRow(rowIdx, nil)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		values := c.getValues(br)
+		vPrevApplied := ""
+		for i, v := range values {
+			if bm.isSetBit(i) {
+				if vPrevApplied != v {
+					shard.uctx.resetFields()
+					pup.unpackFunc(&shard.uctx, v)
+					vPrevApplied = v
+				}
+				shard.wctx.writeRow(i, shard.uctx.fields)
+			} else {
+				shard.wctx.writeRow(i, nil)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	shard.wctx.flush()
+	shard.wctx.reset()
+	shard.uctx.reset()
+}
+
+func (pup *pipeUnpackProcessor) flush() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+type pipeUnpackWriteContext struct {
+	workerID uint
+	ppBase   pipeProcessor
+
+	brSrc *blockResult
+	csSrc []*blockResultColumn
+
+	rcs []resultColumn
+	br  blockResult
+
+	// rowsCount is the number of rows in the current block
+	rowsCount int
+
+	// valuesLen is the total length of values in the current block
+	valuesLen int
+}
+
+func (wctx *pipeUnpackWriteContext) reset() {
+	wctx.workerID = 0
+	wctx.ppBase = nil
+
+	wctx.brSrc = nil
+	wctx.csSrc = nil
+
+	rcs := wctx.rcs
+	for i := range rcs {
+		rcs[i].reset()
+	}
+	wctx.rcs = rcs[:0]
+
+	wctx.rowsCount = 0
+	wctx.valuesLen = 0
+}
+
+func (wctx *pipeUnpackWriteContext) init(workerID uint, ppBase pipeProcessor, brSrc *blockResult) {
+	wctx.reset()
+
+	wctx.workerID = workerID
+	wctx.ppBase = ppBase
+
+	wctx.brSrc = brSrc
+	wctx.csSrc = brSrc.getColumns()
+}
+
+func (wctx *pipeUnpackWriteContext) writeRow(rowIdx int, extraFields []Field) {
+	csSrc := wctx.csSrc
+	rcs := wctx.rcs
+
+	areEqualColumns := len(rcs) == len(csSrc)+len(extraFields)
+	if areEqualColumns {
+		for i, f := range extraFields {
+			if rcs[len(csSrc)+i].name != f.Name {
+				areEqualColumns = false
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !areEqualColumns {
+		// send the current block to ppBase and construct a block with new set of columns
+		wctx.flush()
+
+		rcs = wctx.rcs[:0]
+		for _, c := range csSrc {
+			rcs = appendResultColumnWithName(rcs, c.name)
+		}
+		for _, f := range extraFields {
+			rcs = appendResultColumnWithName(rcs, f.Name)
+		}
+		wctx.rcs = rcs
+	}
+
+	brSrc := wctx.brSrc
+	for i, c := range csSrc {
+		v := c.getValueAtRow(brSrc, rowIdx)
+		rcs[i].addValue(v)
+		wctx.valuesLen += len(v)
+	}
+	for i, f := range extraFields {
+		v := f.Value
+		rcs[len(csSrc)+i].addValue(v)
+		wctx.valuesLen += len(v)
+	}
+
+	wctx.rowsCount++
+	if wctx.valuesLen >= 1_000_000 {
+		wctx.flush()
+	}
+}
+
+func (wctx *pipeUnpackWriteContext) flush() {
+	rcs := wctx.rcs
+
+	wctx.valuesLen = 0
+
+	// Flush rcs to ppBase
+	br := &wctx.br
+	br.setResultColumns(rcs, wctx.rowsCount)
+	wctx.rowsCount = 0
+	wctx.ppBase.writeBlock(wctx.workerID, br)
+	br.reset()
+	for i := range rcs {
+		rcs[i].resetValues()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_json.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_json.go
index f9a44556c..790950c45 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_json.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_json.go
@@ -2,23 +2,41 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"unsafe"
+	"slices"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 )
 
 // pipeUnpackJSON processes '| unpack_json ...' pipe.
 //
 // See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_json-pipe
 type pipeUnpackJSON struct {
+	// fromField is the field to unpack json fields from
 	fromField string
 
+	// fields is an optional list of fields to extract from json.
+	//
+	// if it is empty, then all the fields are extracted.
+	fields []string
+
+	// resultPrefix is prefix to add to unpacked field names
 	resultPrefix string
+
+	// iff is an optional filter for skipping unpacking json
+	iff *ifFilter
 }
 
 func (pu *pipeUnpackJSON) String() string {
 	s := "unpack_json"
+	if pu.iff != nil {
+		s += " " + pu.iff.String()
+	}
 	if !isMsgFieldName(pu.fromField) {
 		s += " from " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pu.fromField)
 	}
+	if len(pu.fields) > 0 {
+		s += " fields (" + fieldsToString(pu.fields) + ")"
+	}
 	if pu.resultPrefix != "" {
 		s += " result_prefix " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pu.resultPrefix)
 	}
@@ -26,91 +44,84 @@ func (pu *pipeUnpackJSON) String() string {
 }
 
 func (pu *pipeUnpackJSON) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet) {
+	updateNeededFieldsForUnpackPipe(pu.fromField, pu.fields, pu.iff, neededFields, unneededFields)
+}
+
+func updateNeededFieldsForUnpackPipe(fromField string, outFields []string, iff *ifFilter, neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet) {
 	if neededFields.contains("*") {
-		unneededFields.remove(pu.fromField)
+		unneededFieldsOrig := unneededFields.clone()
+		unneededFieldsCount := 0
+		if len(outFields) > 0 {
+			for _, f := range outFields {
+				if unneededFieldsOrig.contains(f) {
+					unneededFieldsCount++
+				}
+				unneededFields.add(f)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(outFields) == 0 || unneededFieldsCount < len(outFields) {
+			unneededFields.remove(fromField)
+			if iff != nil {
+				unneededFields.removeFields(iff.neededFields)
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
-		neededFields.add(pu.fromField)
+		neededFieldsOrig := neededFields.clone()
+		needFromField := len(outFields) == 0
+		if len(outFields) > 0 {
+			needFromField = false
+			for _, f := range outFields {
+				if neededFieldsOrig.contains(f) {
+					needFromField = true
+				}
+				neededFields.remove(f)
+			}
+		}
+		if needFromField {
+			neededFields.add(fromField)
+			if iff != nil {
+				neededFields.addFields(iff.neededFields)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
 func (pu *pipeUnpackJSON) newPipeProcessor(workersCount int, _ <-chan struct{}, _ func(), ppBase pipeProcessor) pipeProcessor {
-	shards := make([]pipeUnpackJSONProcessorShard, workersCount)
-
-	pup := &pipeUnpackJSONProcessor{
-		pu:     pu,
-		ppBase: ppBase,
-
-		shards: shards,
-	}
-	return pup
-}
-
-type pipeUnpackJSONProcessor struct {
-	pu     *pipeUnpackJSON
-	ppBase pipeProcessor
-
-	shards []pipeUnpackJSONProcessorShard
-}
-
-type pipeUnpackJSONProcessorShard struct {
-	pipeUnpackJSONProcessorShardNopad
-
-	// The padding prevents false sharing on widespread platforms with 128 mod (cache line size) = 0 .
-	_ [128 - unsafe.Sizeof(pipeUnpackJSONProcessorShardNopad{})%128]byte
-}
-
-type pipeUnpackJSONProcessorShardNopad struct {
-	p JSONParser
-
-	wctx pipeUnpackWriteContext
-}
-
-func (shard *pipeUnpackJSONProcessorShard) parseJSON(v, resultPrefix string) []Field {
-	if len(v) == 0 || v[0] != '{' {
-		// This isn't a JSON object
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err := shard.p.ParseLogMessageNoResetBuf(v, resultPrefix); err != nil {
-		// Cannot parse v
-		return nil
-	}
-	return shard.p.Fields
-}
-
-func (pup *pipeUnpackJSONProcessor) writeBlock(workerID uint, br *blockResult) {
-	if len(br.timestamps) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	resultPrefix := pup.pu.resultPrefix
-	shard := &pup.shards[workerID]
-	wctx := &shard.wctx
-	wctx.init(br, pup.ppBase)
-
-	c := br.getColumnByName(pup.pu.fromField)
-	if c.isConst {
-		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
-		extraFields := shard.parseJSON(v, resultPrefix)
-		for rowIdx := range br.timestamps {
-			wctx.writeRow(rowIdx, extraFields)
+	unpackJSON := func(uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext, s string) {
+		if len(s) == 0 || s[0] != '{' {
+			// This isn't a JSON object
+			return
 		}
-	} else {
-		values := c.getValues(br)
-		var extraFields []Field
-		for i, v := range values {
-			if i == 0 || values[i-1] != v {
-				extraFields = shard.parseJSON(v, resultPrefix)
+		p := GetJSONParser()
+		err := p.ParseLogMessage(bytesutil.ToUnsafeBytes(s))
+		if err != nil {
+			for _, fieldName := range pu.fields {
+				uctx.addField(fieldName, "")
+			}
+		} else {
+			if len(pu.fields) == 0 {
+				for _, f := range p.Fields {
+					uctx.addField(f.Name, f.Value)
+				}
+			} else {
+				for _, fieldName := range pu.fields {
+					addedField := false
+					for _, f := range p.Fields {
+						if f.Name == fieldName {
+							uctx.addField(f.Name, f.Value)
+							addedField = true
+							break
+						}
+					}
+					if !addedField {
+						uctx.addField(fieldName, "")
+					}
+				}
 			}
-			wctx.writeRow(i, extraFields)
 		}
+		PutJSONParser(p)
 	}
-
-	wctx.flush()
-	shard.p.reset()
-}
-
-func (pup *pipeUnpackJSONProcessor) flush() error {
-	return nil
+	return newPipeUnpackProcessor(workersCount, unpackJSON, ppBase, pu.fromField, pu.resultPrefix, pu.iff)
 }
 
 func parsePipeUnpackJSON(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackJSON, error) {
@@ -119,6 +130,15 @@ func parsePipeUnpackJSON(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackJSON, error) {
 	}
 	lex.nextToken()
 
+	var iff *ifFilter
+	if lex.isKeyword("if") {
+		f, err := parseIfFilter(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		iff = f
+	}
+
 	fromField := "_msg"
 	if lex.isKeyword("from") {
 		lex.nextToken()
@@ -129,6 +149,19 @@ func parsePipeUnpackJSON(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackJSON, error) {
 		fromField = f
 	}
 
+	var fields []string
+	if lex.isKeyword("fields") {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		fs, err := parseFieldNamesInParens(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields': %w", err)
+		}
+		fields = fs
+		if slices.Contains(fields, "*") {
+			fields = nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	resultPrefix := ""
 	if lex.isKeyword("result_prefix") {
 		lex.nextToken()
@@ -141,7 +174,10 @@ func parsePipeUnpackJSON(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackJSON, error) {
 
 	pu := &pipeUnpackJSON{
 		fromField:    fromField,
+		fields:       fields,
 		resultPrefix: resultPrefix,
+		iff:          iff,
 	}
+
 	return pu, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_json_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_json_test.go
index 2f04d5737..53650f071 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_json_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_json_test.go
@@ -8,12 +8,66 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeUnpackJSONSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`unpack_json`)
+	f(`unpack_json fields (a)`)
+	f(`unpack_json fields (a, b, c)`)
+	f(`unpack_json if (a:x)`)
+	f(`unpack_json from x`)
+	f(`unpack_json from x fields (a, b)`)
+	f(`unpack_json if (a:x) from x fields (a, b)`)
+	f(`unpack_json from x result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_json if (a:x) from x fields (a, b) result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_json result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_json if (a:x) fields (a, b) result_prefix abc`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeUnpackJSONFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`unpack_json foo`)
+	f(`unpack_json if`)
+	f(`unpack_json fields`)
+	f(`unpack_json fields x`)
+	f(`unpack_json if (x:y) foobar`)
+	f(`unpack_json from`)
+	f(`unpack_json from x y`)
+	f(`unpack_json from x if`)
+	f(`unpack_json from x result_prefix`)
+	f(`unpack_json from x result_prefix a b`)
+	f(`unpack_json from x result_prefix a if`)
+	f(`unpack_json result_prefix`)
+	f(`unpack_json result_prefix a b`)
+	f(`unpack_json result_prefix a if`)
+}
+
 func TestPipeUnpackJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
 		t.Helper()
 		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
 	}
 
+	// unpack only the requested fields
+	f("unpack_json fields (foo, b)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar","z":"q","a":"b"}`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar","z":"q","a":"b"}`},
+			{"foo", "bar"},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
 	// single row, unpack from _msg
 	f("unpack_json", [][]Field{
 		{
@@ -26,6 +80,30 @@ func TestPipeUnpackJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 
+	// failed if condition
+	f("unpack_json if (x:foo)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// matched if condition
+	f("unpack_json if (foo)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `{"foo":"bar"}`},
+			{"foo", "bar"},
+		},
+	})
+
 	// single row, unpack from _msg into _msg
 	f("unpack_json", [][]Field{
 		{
@@ -133,8 +211,8 @@ func TestPipeUnpackJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 
-	// multiple rows with distinct number of fields with result_prefix
-	f("unpack_json from x result_prefix qwe_", [][]Field{
+	// multiple rows with distinct number of fields with result_prefix and if condition
+	f("unpack_json if (y:abc) from x result_prefix qwe_", [][]Field{
 		{
 			{"x", `{"foo":"bar","baz":"xyz"}`},
 			{"y", `abc`},
@@ -157,9 +235,9 @@ func TestPipeUnpackJSON(t *testing.T) {
 			{"y", `abc`},
 		},
 		{
+			{"y", ""},
 			{"z", `foobar`},
 			{"x", `{"z":["bar",123]}`},
-			{"qwe_z", `["bar",123]`},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -184,6 +262,7 @@ func expectPipeResults(t *testing.T, pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Fiel
 		brw.writeRow(row)
 	}
 	brw.flush()
+	pp.flush()
 
 	ppTest.expectRows(t, rowsExpected)
 }
@@ -200,6 +279,8 @@ type testBlockResultWriter struct {
 	ppBase       pipeProcessor
 	rcs          []resultColumn
 	br           blockResult
+
+	rowsCount int
 }
 
 func (brw *testBlockResultWriter) writeRow(row []Field) {
@@ -215,6 +296,7 @@ func (brw *testBlockResultWriter) writeRow(row []Field) {
 	for i, field := range row {
 		brw.rcs[i].addValue(field.Value)
 	}
+	brw.rowsCount++
 	if rand.Intn(5) == 0 {
 		brw.flush()
 	}
@@ -233,7 +315,8 @@ func (brw *testBlockResultWriter) areSameFields(row []Field) bool {
 }
 
 func (brw *testBlockResultWriter) flush() {
-	brw.br.setResultColumns(brw.rcs)
+	brw.br.setResultColumns(brw.rcs, brw.rowsCount)
+	brw.rowsCount = 0
 	workerID := rand.Intn(brw.workersCount)
 	brw.ppBase.writeBlock(uint(workerID), &brw.br)
 	brw.br.reset()
@@ -308,35 +391,56 @@ func (pp *testPipeProcessor) expectRows(t *testing.T, expectedRows [][]Field) {
 }
 
 func sortTestRows(rows [][]Field) {
+	for _, row := range rows {
+		sortTestFields(row)
+	}
 	slices.SortFunc(rows, func(a, b []Field) int {
-		reverse := -1
+		reverse := false
 		if len(a) > len(b) {
-			reverse = 1
+			reverse = true
 			a, b = b, a
 		}
 		for i, fA := range a {
 			fB := b[i]
-			if fA.Name == fB.Name {
-				if fA.Value == fB.Value {
-					continue
-				}
-				if fA.Value < fB.Value {
-					return reverse
-				}
-				return -reverse
+			result := cmpTestFields(fA, fB)
+			if result == 0 {
+				continue
 			}
-			if fA.Name < fB.Name {
-				return reverse
+			if reverse {
+				result = -result
 			}
-			return -reverse
+			return result
 		}
 		if len(a) == len(b) {
 			return 0
 		}
-		return reverse
+		if reverse {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return -1
 	})
 }
 
+func sortTestFields(fields []Field) {
+	slices.SortFunc(fields, cmpTestFields)
+}
+
+func cmpTestFields(a, b Field) int {
+	if a.Name == b.Name {
+		if a.Value == b.Value {
+			return 0
+		}
+		if a.Value < b.Value {
+			return -1
+		}
+		return 1
+	}
+	if a.Name < b.Name {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return 1
+}
+
 func rowsToString(rows [][]Field) string {
 	a := make([]string, len(rows))
 	for i, row := range rows {
@@ -361,16 +465,35 @@ func TestPipeUnpackJSONUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// all the needed fields
 	f("unpack_json from x", "*", "", "*", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x", "*", "", "*", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x fields (a, b)", "*", "", "*", "a,b")
 
 	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields do not intersect with src
 	f("unpack_json from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2")
+	f("unpack_json if (f1:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f2")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x fields (f3)", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2,f3")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x fields (f1)", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2")
 
 	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields intersect with src
 	f("unpack_json from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2")
+	f("unpack_json if (f2:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2,x", "*", "f1")
+	f("unpack_json if (f2:z) from x fields (f3)", "*", "f1,f2,x", "*", "f1,f3")
 
 	// needed fields do not intersect with src
 	f("unpack_json from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (f1:z) from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x fields (f3)", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x fields (f2)", "f1,f2", "", "f1,x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (f2:z) from x fields (f2)", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x", "")
 
 	// needed fields intersect with src
 	f("unpack_json from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (f2:z y:qwe) from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x fields (f1)", "f2,x", "", "f2,x", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x fields (f2)", "f2,x", "", "x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_json if (y:z) from x fields (x)", "f2,x", "", "f2,x,y", "")
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_logfmt.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_logfmt.go
index 37f508839..bc294a9b5 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_logfmt.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_logfmt.go
@@ -2,26 +2,39 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-	"unsafe"
-
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"slices"
 )
 
 // pipeUnpackLogfmt processes '| unpack_logfmt ...' pipe.
 //
 // See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_logfmt-pipe
 type pipeUnpackLogfmt struct {
+	// fromField is the field to unpack logfmt fields from
 	fromField string
 
+	// fields is an optional list of fields to extract from logfmt.
+	//
+	// if it is empty, then all the fields are extracted.
+	fields []string
+
+	// resultPrefix is prefix to add to unpacked field names
 	resultPrefix string
+
+	// iff is an optional filter for skipping unpacking logfmt
+	iff *ifFilter
 }
 
 func (pu *pipeUnpackLogfmt) String() string {
 	s := "unpack_logfmt"
+	if pu.iff != nil {
+		s += " " + pu.iff.String()
+	}
 	if !isMsgFieldName(pu.fromField) {
 		s += " from " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pu.fromField)
 	}
+	if len(pu.fields) > 0 {
+		s += " fields (" + fieldsToString(pu.fields) + ")"
+	}
 	if pu.resultPrefix != "" {
 		s += " result_prefix " + quoteTokenIfNeeded(pu.resultPrefix)
 	}
@@ -29,79 +42,39 @@ func (pu *pipeUnpackLogfmt) String() string {
 }
 
 func (pu *pipeUnpackLogfmt) updateNeededFields(neededFields, unneededFields fieldsSet) {
-	if neededFields.contains("*") {
-		unneededFields.remove(pu.fromField)
-	} else {
-		neededFields.add(pu.fromField)
-	}
+	updateNeededFieldsForUnpackPipe(pu.fromField, pu.fields, pu.iff, neededFields, unneededFields)
 }
 
 func (pu *pipeUnpackLogfmt) newPipeProcessor(workersCount int, _ <-chan struct{}, _ func(), ppBase pipeProcessor) pipeProcessor {
-	shards := make([]pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessorShard, workersCount)
+	unpackLogfmt := func(uctx *fieldsUnpackerContext, s string) {
+		p := getLogfmtParser()
 
-	pup := &pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessor{
-		pu:     pu,
-		ppBase: ppBase,
-
-		shards: shards,
-	}
-	return pup
-}
-
-type pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessor struct {
-	pu     *pipeUnpackLogfmt
-	ppBase pipeProcessor
-
-	shards []pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessorShard
-}
-
-type pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessorShard struct {
-	pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessorShardNopad
-
-	// The padding prevents false sharing on widespread platforms with 128 mod (cache line size) = 0 .
-	_ [128 - unsafe.Sizeof(pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessorShardNopad{})%128]byte
-}
-
-type pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessorShardNopad struct {
-	p logfmtParser
-
-	wctx pipeUnpackWriteContext
-}
-
-func (pup *pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessor) writeBlock(workerID uint, br *blockResult) {
-	if len(br.timestamps) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	resultPrefix := pup.pu.resultPrefix
-	shard := &pup.shards[workerID]
-	wctx := &shard.wctx
-	wctx.init(br, pup.ppBase)
-
-	c := br.getColumnByName(pup.pu.fromField)
-	if c.isConst {
-		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
-		extraFields := shard.p.parse(v, resultPrefix)
-		for rowIdx := range br.timestamps {
-			wctx.writeRow(rowIdx, extraFields)
-		}
-	} else {
-		values := c.getValues(br)
-		var extraFields []Field
-		for i, v := range values {
-			if i == 0 || values[i-1] != v {
-				extraFields = shard.p.parse(v, resultPrefix)
+		p.parse(s)
+		if len(pu.fields) == 0 {
+			for _, f := range p.fields {
+				uctx.addField(f.Name, f.Value)
+			}
+		} else {
+			for _, fieldName := range pu.fields {
+				addedField := false
+				for _, f := range p.fields {
+					if f.Name == fieldName {
+						uctx.addField(f.Name, f.Value)
+						addedField = true
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				if !addedField {
+					uctx.addField(fieldName, "")
+				}
 			}
-			wctx.writeRow(i, extraFields)
 		}
+
+		putLogfmtParser(p)
 	}
 
-	wctx.flush()
-	shard.p.reset()
-}
+	return newPipeUnpackProcessor(workersCount, unpackLogfmt, ppBase, pu.fromField, pu.resultPrefix, pu.iff)
 
-func (pup *pipeUnpackLogfmtProcessor) flush() error {
-	return nil
 }
 
 func parsePipeUnpackLogfmt(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackLogfmt, error) {
@@ -110,6 +83,15 @@ func parsePipeUnpackLogfmt(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackLogfmt, error) {
 	}
 	lex.nextToken()
 
+	var iff *ifFilter
+	if lex.isKeyword("if") {
+		f, err := parseIfFilter(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		iff = f
+	}
+
 	fromField := "_msg"
 	if lex.isKeyword("from") {
 		lex.nextToken()
@@ -120,6 +102,19 @@ func parsePipeUnpackLogfmt(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackLogfmt, error) {
 		fromField = f
 	}
 
+	var fields []string
+	if lex.isKeyword("fields") {
+		lex.nextToken()
+		fs, err := parseFieldNamesInParens(lex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields': %w", err)
+		}
+		fields = fs
+		if slices.Contains(fields, "*") {
+			fields = nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	resultPrefix := ""
 	if lex.isKeyword("result_prefix") {
 		lex.nextToken()
@@ -132,158 +127,10 @@ func parsePipeUnpackLogfmt(lex *lexer) (*pipeUnpackLogfmt, error) {
 
 	pu := &pipeUnpackLogfmt{
 		fromField:    fromField,
+		fields:       fields,
 		resultPrefix: resultPrefix,
+		iff:          iff,
 	}
+
 	return pu, nil
 }
-
-type pipeUnpackWriteContext struct {
-	brSrc  *blockResult
-	csSrc  []*blockResultColumn
-	ppBase pipeProcessor
-
-	rcs []resultColumn
-	br  blockResult
-
-	valuesLen int
-}
-
-func (wctx *pipeUnpackWriteContext) init(brSrc *blockResult, ppBase pipeProcessor) {
-	wctx.brSrc = brSrc
-	wctx.csSrc = brSrc.getColumns()
-	wctx.ppBase = ppBase
-}
-
-func (wctx *pipeUnpackWriteContext) writeRow(rowIdx int, extraFields []Field) {
-	csSrc := wctx.csSrc
-	rcs := wctx.rcs
-
-	areEqualColumns := len(rcs) == len(csSrc)+len(extraFields)
-	if areEqualColumns {
-		for i, f := range extraFields {
-			if rcs[len(csSrc)+i].name != f.Name {
-				areEqualColumns = false
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if !areEqualColumns {
-		// send the current block to bbBase and construct a block with new set of columns
-		wctx.flush()
-
-		rcs = wctx.rcs[:0]
-		for _, c := range csSrc {
-			rcs = appendResultColumnWithName(rcs, c.name)
-		}
-		for _, f := range extraFields {
-			rcs = appendResultColumnWithName(rcs, f.Name)
-		}
-		wctx.rcs = rcs
-	}
-
-	brSrc := wctx.brSrc
-	for i, c := range csSrc {
-		v := c.getValueAtRow(brSrc, rowIdx)
-		rcs[i].addValue(v)
-		wctx.valuesLen += len(v)
-	}
-	for i, f := range extraFields {
-		v := f.Value
-		rcs[len(csSrc)+i].addValue(v)
-		wctx.valuesLen += len(v)
-	}
-	if wctx.valuesLen >= 1_000_000 {
-		wctx.flush()
-	}
-}
-
-func (wctx *pipeUnpackWriteContext) flush() {
-	rcs := wctx.rcs
-
-	wctx.valuesLen = 0
-
-	if len(rcs) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Flush rcs to ppBase
-	br := &wctx.br
-	br.setResultColumns(rcs)
-	wctx.ppBase.writeBlock(0, br)
-	br.reset()
-	for i := range rcs {
-		rcs[i].resetValues()
-	}
-}
-
-type logfmtParser struct {
-	Fields []Field
-
-	buf []byte
-}
-
-func (p *logfmtParser) reset() {
-	clear(p.Fields)
-	p.Fields = p.Fields[:0]
-
-	p.buf = p.buf[:0]
-}
-
-func (p *logfmtParser) parse(s, resultPrefix string) []Field {
-	clear(p.Fields)
-	p.Fields = p.Fields[:0]
-
-	for {
-		// Search for field name
-		n := strings.IndexByte(s, '=')
-		if n < 0 {
-			// field name couldn't be read
-			return p.Fields
-		}
-
-		name := strings.TrimSpace(s[:n])
-		s = s[n+1:]
-		if len(s) == 0 {
-			p.addField(name, "", resultPrefix)
-			return p.Fields
-		}
-
-		// Search for field value
-		value, nOffset := tryUnquoteString(s)
-		if nOffset >= 0 {
-			p.addField(name, value, resultPrefix)
-			s = s[nOffset:]
-			if len(s) == 0 {
-				return p.Fields
-			}
-			if s[0] != ' ' {
-				return p.Fields
-			}
-			s = s[1:]
-		} else {
-			n := strings.IndexByte(s, ' ')
-			if n < 0 {
-				p.addField(name, s, resultPrefix)
-				return p.Fields
-			}
-			p.addField(name, s[:n], resultPrefix)
-			s = s[n+1:]
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (p *logfmtParser) addField(name, value, resultPrefix string) {
-	if resultPrefix != "" {
-		buf := p.buf
-		bufLen := len(buf)
-		buf = append(buf, resultPrefix...)
-		buf = append(buf, name...)
-		p.buf = buf
-
-		name = bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(buf[bufLen:])
-	}
-	p.Fields = append(p.Fields, Field{
-		Name:  name,
-		Value: value,
-	})
-}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_logfmt_test.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_logfmt_test.go
index d5a267adf..a5c7426f8 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_logfmt_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_unpack_logfmt_test.go
@@ -4,12 +4,69 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParsePipeUnpackLogfmtSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`unpack_logfmt`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt fields (a, b)`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (a:x)`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (a:x) fields (a, b)`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from x`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from x fields (a, b)`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (a:x) from x`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (a:x) from x fields (a, b)`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from x result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (a:x) from x result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (a:x) from x fields (a, b) result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (a:x) result_prefix abc`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (a:x) fields (a, b) result_prefix abc`)
+}
+
+func TestParsePipeUnpackLogfmtFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParsePipeFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`unpack_logfmt foo`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt fields`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt if (x:y) foobar`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from x y`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from x if`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from x result_prefix`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from x result_prefix a b`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt from x result_prefix a if`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt result_prefix`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt result_prefix a b`)
+	f(`unpack_logfmt result_prefix a if`)
+}
+
 func TestPipeUnpackLogfmt(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
 		t.Helper()
 		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
 	}
 
+	// unpack a subset of fields
+	f("unpack_logfmt fields (foo, a, b)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar baz="x y=z" a=b`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar baz="x y=z" a=b`},
+			{"foo", "bar"},
+			{"a", "b"},
+			{"b", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
 	// single row, unpack from _msg
 	f("unpack_logfmt", [][]Field{
 		{
@@ -24,6 +81,32 @@ func TestPipeUnpackLogfmt(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 
+	// failed if condition
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (foo:bar)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar baz="x y=z" a=b`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"foo", ""},
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar baz="x y=z" a=b`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	// matched if condition
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (foo)", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar baz="x y=z" a=b`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `foo=bar baz="x y=z" a=b`},
+			{"foo", "bar"},
+			{"baz", "x y=z"},
+			{"a", "b"},
+		},
+	})
+
 	// single row, unpack from _msg into _msg
 	f("unpack_logfmt", [][]Field{
 		{
@@ -121,8 +204,8 @@ func TestPipeUnpackLogfmt(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 
-	// multiple rows with distinct number of fields, with result_prefix
-	f("unpack_logfmt from x result_prefix qwe_", [][]Field{
+	// multiple rows with distinct number of fields, with result_prefix and if condition
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (y:abc) from x result_prefix qwe_", [][]Field{
 		{
 			{"x", `foo=bar baz=xyz`},
 			{"y", `abc`},
@@ -145,9 +228,9 @@ func TestPipeUnpackLogfmt(t *testing.T) {
 			{"y", `abc`},
 		},
 		{
+			{"y", ""},
 			{"z", `foobar`},
 			{"x", `z=bar`},
-			{"qwe_z", `bar`},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -160,16 +243,25 @@ func TestPipeUnpackLogfmtUpdateNeededFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// all the needed fields
 	f("unpack_logfmt from x", "*", "", "*", "")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (y:z) from x", "*", "", "*", "")
 
 	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields do not intersect with src
 	f("unpack_logfmt from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (y:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f1,f2")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (f1:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2", "*", "f2")
 
 	// all the needed fields, unneeded fields intersect with src
 	f("unpack_logfmt from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (y:z) from x", "*", "f2,x", "*", "f2")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (f2:z) from x", "*", "f1,f2,x", "*", "f1")
 
 	// needed fields do not intersect with src
 	f("unpack_logfmt from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x", "")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (y:z) from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (f1:z) from x", "f1,f2", "", "f1,f2,x", "")
 
 	// needed fields intersect with src
 	f("unpack_logfmt from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x", "")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (y:z) from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x,y", "")
+	f("unpack_logfmt if (f2:z y:qwe) from x", "f2,x", "", "f2,x,y", "")
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/rows.go b/lib/logstorage/rows.go
index fe7c268fd..192205f9c 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/rows.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/rows.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding"
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ func (f *Field) Reset() {
 
 // String returns string representation of f.
 func (f *Field) String() string {
-	name := getCanonicalColumnName(f.Name)
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%q:%q", name, f.Value)
+	x := f.marshalToJSON(nil)
+	return string(x)
 }
 
 func (f *Field) marshal(dst []byte) []byte {
@@ -56,6 +57,27 @@ func (f *Field) unmarshal(a *arena, src []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return src, nil
 }
 
+func (f *Field) marshalToJSON(dst []byte) []byte {
+	dst = strconv.AppendQuote(dst, f.Name)
+	dst = append(dst, ':')
+	dst = strconv.AppendQuote(dst, f.Value)
+	return dst
+}
+
+func marshalFieldsToJSON(dst []byte, fields []Field) []byte {
+	dst = append(dst, '{')
+	if len(fields) > 0 {
+		dst = fields[0].marshalToJSON(dst)
+		fields = fields[1:]
+		for i := range fields {
+			dst = append(dst, ',')
+			dst = fields[i].marshalToJSON(dst)
+		}
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, '}')
+	return dst
+}
+
 func appendFields(a *arena, dst, src []Field) []Field {
 	for _, f := range src {
 		dst = append(dst, Field{
@@ -126,10 +148,3 @@ func (rs *rows) mergeRows(timestampsA, timestampsB []int64, fieldsA, fieldsB [][
 		rs.appendRows(timestampsA, fieldsA)
 	}
 }
-
-func getCanonicalColumnName(columnName string) string {
-	if columnName == "" {
-		return "_msg"
-	}
-	return columnName
-}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_avg.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_avg.go
index cdf7d6477..9fcb6b1f5 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_avg.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_avg.go
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 package logstorage
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
 type statsAvg struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 }
 
 func (sa *statsAvg) String() string {
-	return "avg(" + fieldNamesString(sa.fields) + ")"
+	return "avg(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(sa.fields) + ")"
 }
 
 func (sa *statsAvg) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(sa.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, sa.fields)
 }
 
 func (sa *statsAvg) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ type statsAvgProcessor struct {
 }
 
 func (sap *statsAvgProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
-	if sap.sa.containsStar {
+	fields := sap.sa.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Scan all the columns
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			f, count := c.sumValues(br)
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ func (sap *statsAvgProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Scan the requested columns
-		for _, field := range sap.sa.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			f, count := c.sumValues(br)
 			sap.sum += f
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ func (sap *statsAvgProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 }
 
 func (sap *statsAvgProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
-	if sap.sa.containsStar {
+	fields := sap.sa.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Scan all the fields for the given row
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			f, ok := c.getFloatValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ func (sap *statsAvgProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Scan only the given fields for the given row
-		for _, field := range sap.sa.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			f, ok := c.getFloatValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
 			if ok {
@@ -89,13 +92,49 @@ func (sap *statsAvgProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 }
 
 func parseStatsAvg(lex *lexer) (*statsAvg, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "avg")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "avg")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	sa := &statsAvg{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	return sa, nil
 }
+
+func parseStatsFuncFields(lex *lexer, funcName string) ([]string, error) {
+	if !lex.isKeyword(funcName) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected func; got %q; want %q", lex.token, funcName)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+	fields, err := parseFieldNamesInParens(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %q args: %w", funcName, err)
+	}
+	if len(fields) == 0 || slices.Contains(fields, "*") {
+		fields = nil
+	}
+	return fields, nil
+}
+
+func statsFuncFieldsToString(fields []string) string {
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		return "*"
+	}
+	return fieldsToString(fields)
+}
+
+func fieldsToString(fields []string) string {
+	a := make([]string, len(fields))
+	for i, f := range fields {
+		a[i] = quoteTokenIfNeeded(f)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(a, ", ")
+}
+
+func updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields fieldsSet, fields []string) {
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		neededFields.add("*")
+	}
+	neededFields.addFields(fields)
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_avg_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_avg_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4aaf5d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_avg_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,412 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsAvgSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`avg(*)`)
+	f(`avg(a)`)
+	f(`avg(a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsAvgFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`avg`)
+	f(`avg(a b)`)
+	f(`avg(x) y`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsAvg(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats avg(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "12.6"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats avg(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats avg(a) as a", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats avg(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "12.6"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats avg(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "28.5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats avg(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats avg(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2.5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) avg(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1.5"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) avg(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "6"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) avg(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "4.5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) avg(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) avg(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "4.5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) avg(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) avg(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t *testing.T, s string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	lex := newLexer(s)
+	sf, err := parseStatsFunc(lex)
+	if err == nil && lex.isEnd() {
+		t.Fatalf("expecting error when parsing [%s]; parsed result: [%s]", s, sf)
+	}
+}
+
+func expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t *testing.T, s string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	lex := newLexer(s)
+	p, err := parseStatsFunc(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cannot parse [%s]: %s", s, err)
+	}
+	if !lex.isEnd() {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected tail after parsing [%s]: [%s]", s, lex.s)
+	}
+
+	sResult := p.String()
+	if sResult != s {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected string representation of stats func; got\n%s\nwant\n%s", sResult, s)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_count.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_count.go
index 1de39031b..8b852ef0e 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_count.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_count.go
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 type statsCount struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 }
 
 func (sc *statsCount) String() string {
-	return "count(" + fieldNamesString(sc.fields) + ")"
+	return "count(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(sc.fields) + ")"
 }
 
 func (sc *statsCount) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	if sc.containsStar {
+	if len(sc.fields) == 0 {
 		// There is no need in fetching any columns for count(*) - the number of matching rows can be calculated as len(blockResult.timestamps)
 		return
 	}
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ type statsCountProcessor struct {
 
 func (scp *statsCountProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 	fields := scp.sc.fields
-	if scp.sc.containsStar {
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Fast path - unconditionally count all the columns.
 		scp.rowsCount += uint64(len(br.timestamps))
 		return 0
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ func (scp *statsCountProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 
 func (scp *statsCountProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
 	fields := scp.sc.fields
-	if scp.sc.containsStar {
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Fast path - unconditionally count the given column
 		scp.rowsCount++
 		return 0
@@ -200,13 +199,12 @@ func (scp *statsCountProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 }
 
 func parseStatsCount(lex *lexer) (*statsCount, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "count")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "count")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	sc := &statsCount{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	return sc, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_count_empty.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_empty.go
index b9916ef24..69c180911 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_count_empty.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_empty.go
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 type statsCountEmpty struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 }
 
 func (sc *statsCountEmpty) String() string {
-	return "count_empty(" + fieldNamesString(sc.fields) + ")"
+	return "count_empty(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(sc.fields) + ")"
 }
 
 func (sc *statsCountEmpty) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(sc.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, sc.fields)
 }
 
 func (sc *statsCountEmpty) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ type statsCountEmptyProcessor struct {
 
 func (scp *statsCountEmptyProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 	fields := scp.sc.fields
-	if scp.sc.containsStar {
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		bm := getBitmap(len(br.timestamps))
 		bm.setBits()
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
@@ -96,8 +95,7 @@ func (scp *statsCountEmptyProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int
 	for _, f := range fields {
 		c := br.getColumnByName(f)
 		if c.isConst {
-			if c.valuesEncoded[0] == "" {
-				scp.rowsCount += uint64(len(br.timestamps))
+			if c.valuesEncoded[0] != "" {
 				return 0
 			}
 			continue
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ func (scp *statsCountEmptyProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int
 
 func (scp *statsCountEmptyProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
 	fields := scp.sc.fields
-	if scp.sc.containsStar {
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			if v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx); v != "" {
 				return 0
@@ -198,13 +196,12 @@ func (scp *statsCountEmptyProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 }
 
 func parseStatsCountEmpty(lex *lexer) (*statsCountEmpty, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "count_empty")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "count_empty")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	sc := &statsCountEmpty{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	return sc, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_count_empty_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_empty_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd9963620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_empty_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsCountEmptySuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`count_empty(*)`)
+	f(`count_empty(a)`)
+	f(`count_empty(a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsCountEmptyFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`count_empty`)
+	f(`count_empty(a b)`)
+	f(`count_empty(x) y`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsCountEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats count_empty(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_empty(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_empty(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"aa", `3`},
+			{"bb", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_empty(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_empty(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_empty(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_empty(b) if (!c:foo) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_empty(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_empty(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_empty(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) count_empty(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_count_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8728e23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsCountSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`count(*)`)
+	f(`count(a)`)
+	f(`count(a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsCountFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`count`)
+	f(`count(a b)`)
+	f(`count(x) y`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsCount(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats count(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "4"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"aa", `3`},
+			{"bb", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count(b) if (!c:foo) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "aadf"},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"foo", "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) count(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_count_uniq.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_uniq.go
index 7ad3af47f..f61d461db 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_count_uniq.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_uniq.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -11,13 +10,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type statsCountUniq struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
-	limit        uint64
+	fields []string
+	limit  uint64
 }
 
 func (su *statsCountUniq) String() string {
-	s := "count_uniq(" + fieldNamesString(su.fields) + ")"
+	s := "count_uniq(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(su.fields) + ")"
 	if su.limit > 0 {
 		s += fmt.Sprintf(" limit %d", su.limit)
 	}
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ func (su *statsCountUniq) String() string {
 }
 
 func (su *statsCountUniq) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(su.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, su.fields)
 }
 
 func (su *statsCountUniq) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -52,17 +50,23 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 	}
 
 	fields := sup.su.fields
-	m := sup.m
 
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
-	if sup.su.containsStar {
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Count unique rows
 		cs := br.getColumns()
+
+		columnValues := sup.columnValues[:0]
+		for _, c := range cs {
+			values := c.getValues(br)
+			columnValues = append(columnValues, values)
+		}
+		sup.columnValues = columnValues
+
 		keyBuf := sup.keyBuf[:0]
 		for i := range br.timestamps {
 			seenKey := true
-			for _, c := range cs {
-				values := c.getValues(br)
+			for _, values := range columnValues {
 				if i == 0 || values[i-1] != values[i] {
 					seenKey = false
 					break
@@ -75,23 +79,20 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 
 			allEmptyValues := true
 			keyBuf = keyBuf[:0]
-			for _, c := range cs {
-				v := c.getValueAtRow(br, i)
+			for j, values := range columnValues {
+				v := values[i]
 				if v != "" {
 					allEmptyValues = false
 				}
 				// Put column name into key, since every block can contain different set of columns for '*' selector.
-				keyBuf = encoding.MarshalBytes(keyBuf, bytesutil.ToUnsafeBytes(c.name))
+				keyBuf = encoding.MarshalBytes(keyBuf, bytesutil.ToUnsafeBytes(cs[j].name))
 				keyBuf = encoding.MarshalBytes(keyBuf, bytesutil.ToUnsafeBytes(v))
 			}
 			if allEmptyValues {
 				// Do not count empty values
 				continue
 			}
-			if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-				m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-				stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-			}
+			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 		}
 		sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 		return stateSizeIncrease
@@ -112,10 +113,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 				}
 				keyBuf = append(keyBuf[:0], 1)
 				keyBuf = encoding.MarshalInt64(keyBuf, timestamp)
-				if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-					m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-					stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-				}
+				stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 			}
 			sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 			return stateSizeIncrease
@@ -130,10 +128,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 			keyBuf := sup.keyBuf[:0]
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf[:0], 0)
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf, v...)
-			if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-				m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-				stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-			}
+			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 			sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 			return stateSizeIncrease
 		}
@@ -147,10 +142,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 				}
 				keyBuf = append(keyBuf[:0], 0)
 				keyBuf = append(keyBuf, v...)
-				if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-					m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-					stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-				}
+				stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 			}
 			sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 			return stateSizeIncrease
@@ -170,10 +162,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 			}
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf[:0], 0)
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf, v...)
-			if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-				m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-				stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-			}
+			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 		}
 		sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 		return stateSizeIncrease
@@ -216,10 +205,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 			// Do not count empty values
 			continue
 		}
-		if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-			m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-			stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-		}
+		stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 	}
 	sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 	return stateSizeIncrease
@@ -231,10 +217,9 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx in
 	}
 
 	fields := sup.su.fields
-	m := sup.m
 
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
-	if sup.su.containsStar {
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Count unique rows
 		allEmptyValues := true
 		keyBuf := sup.keyBuf[:0]
@@ -253,10 +238,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx in
 			// Do not count empty values
 			return stateSizeIncrease
 		}
-		if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-			m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-			stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-		}
+		stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 		return stateSizeIncrease
 	}
 	if len(fields) == 1 {
@@ -269,10 +251,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx in
 			keyBuf := sup.keyBuf[:0]
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf[:0], 1)
 			keyBuf = encoding.MarshalInt64(keyBuf, br.timestamps[rowIdx])
-			if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-				m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-				stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-			}
+			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 			sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 			return stateSizeIncrease
 		}
@@ -286,10 +265,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx in
 			keyBuf := sup.keyBuf[:0]
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf[:0], 0)
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf, v...)
-			if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-				m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-				stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-			}
+			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 			sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 			return stateSizeIncrease
 		}
@@ -305,10 +281,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx in
 			keyBuf := sup.keyBuf[:0]
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf[:0], 0)
 			keyBuf = append(keyBuf, v...)
-			if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-				m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-				stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-			}
+			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 			sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 			return stateSizeIncrease
 		}
@@ -322,10 +295,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx in
 		keyBuf := sup.keyBuf[:0]
 		keyBuf = append(keyBuf[:0], 0)
 		keyBuf = append(keyBuf, v...)
-		if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-			m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-			stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-		}
+		stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 		sup.keyBuf = keyBuf
 		return stateSizeIncrease
 	}
@@ -347,10 +317,7 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx in
 		// Do not count empty values
 		return stateSizeIncrease
 	}
-	if _, ok := m[string(keyBuf)]; !ok {
-		m[string(keyBuf)] = struct{}{}
-		stateSizeIncrease += len(keyBuf) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
-	}
+	stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(keyBuf)
 	return stateSizeIncrease
 }
 
@@ -376,19 +343,27 @@ func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 	return strconv.FormatUint(n, 10)
 }
 
+func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) updateState(v []byte) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+	if _, ok := sup.m[string(v)]; !ok {
+		sup.m[string(v)] = struct{}{}
+		stateSizeIncrease += len(v) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(""))
+	}
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
 func (sup *statsCountUniqProcessor) limitReached() bool {
 	limit := sup.su.limit
 	return limit > 0 && uint64(len(sup.m)) >= limit
 }
 
 func parseStatsCountUniq(lex *lexer) (*statsCountUniq, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "count_uniq")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "count_uniq")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	su := &statsCountUniq{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	if lex.isKeyword("limit") {
 		lex.nextToken()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_count_uniq_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_uniq_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a237d9cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_count_uniq_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsCountUniqSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`count_uniq(*)`)
+	f(`count_uniq(a)`)
+	f(`count_uniq(a, b)`)
+	f(`count_uniq(*) limit 10`)
+	f(`count_uniq(a) limit 20`)
+	f(`count_uniq(a, b) limit 5`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsCountUniqFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`count_uniq`)
+	f(`count_uniq(a b)`)
+	f(`count_uniq(x) y`)
+	f(`count_uniq(x) limit`)
+	f(`count_uniq(x) limit N`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsCountUniq(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats count_uniq(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_uniq(*) limit 2 as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_uniq(*) limit 10 as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_uniq(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_uniq(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"aa", `3`},
+			{"bb", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_uniq(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats count_uniq(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_uniq(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_uniq(b) if (!c:foo) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "aadf"},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_uniq(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_uniq(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) count_uniq(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"foo", "bar"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) count_uniq(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"c", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", ""},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_max.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_max.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..599cf48b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_max.go
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+)
+
+type statsFieldsMax struct {
+	srcField string
+
+	fetchFields []string
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMax) String() string {
+	s := "fields_max(" + quoteTokenIfNeeded(sm.srcField)
+	if len(sm.fetchFields) > 0 {
+		s += ", " + fieldNamesString(sm.fetchFields)
+	}
+	s += ")"
+	return s
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMax) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
+	if len(sm.fetchFields) == 0 {
+		neededFields.add("*")
+	} else {
+		neededFields.addFields(sm.fetchFields)
+	}
+	neededFields.add(sm.srcField)
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMax) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
+	smp := &statsFieldsMaxProcessor{
+		sm: sm,
+	}
+	return smp, int(unsafe.Sizeof(*smp))
+}
+
+type statsFieldsMaxProcessor struct {
+	sm *statsFieldsMax
+
+	max string
+
+	fields []Field
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMaxProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	c := br.getColumnByName(smp.sm.srcField)
+	if c.isConst {
+		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, 0)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+	if c.isTime {
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampRFC3339NanoString(bb.B[:0], br.timestamps[0])
+		v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(bb.B)
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, 0)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	needUpdateState := false
+	switch c.valueType {
+	case valueTypeString:
+		needUpdateState = true
+	case valueTypeDict:
+		for _, v := range c.dictValues {
+			if smp.needUpdateStateString(v) {
+				needUpdateState = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	case valueTypeUint8, valueTypeUint16, valueTypeUint32, valueTypeUint64:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalUint64String(bb.B[:0], c.maxValue)
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeFloat64:
+		f := math.Float64frombits(c.maxValue)
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalFloat64String(bb.B[:0], f)
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeIPv4:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalIPv4String(bb.B[:0], uint32(c.maxValue))
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeTimestampISO8601:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampISO8601String(bb.B[:0], int64(c.maxValue))
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	default:
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unknown valueType=%d", c.valueType)
+	}
+
+	if needUpdateState {
+		values := c.getValues(br)
+		for i, v := range values {
+			stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, i)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMaxProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	c := br.getColumnByName(smp.sm.srcField)
+	if c.isConst {
+		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+	if c.isTime {
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampRFC3339NanoString(bb.B[:0], br.timestamps[rowIdx])
+		v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(bb.B)
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+	stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMaxProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
+	src := sfp.(*statsFieldsMaxProcessor)
+	if smp.needUpdateStateString(src.max) {
+		smp.max = src.max
+		smp.fields = src.fields
+	}
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMaxProcessor) needUpdateStateBytes(b []byte) bool {
+	v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(b)
+	return smp.needUpdateStateString(v)
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMaxProcessor) needUpdateStateString(v string) bool {
+	if v == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return smp.max == "" || lessString(smp.max, v)
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMaxProcessor) updateState(v string, br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	if !smp.needUpdateStateString(v) {
+		// There is no need in updating state
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	stateSizeIncrease -= len(smp.max)
+	stateSizeIncrease += len(v)
+	smp.max = strings.Clone(v)
+
+	fields := smp.fields
+	for _, f := range fields {
+		stateSizeIncrease -= len(f.Name) + len(f.Value)
+	}
+
+	clear(fields)
+	fields = fields[:0]
+	fetchFields := smp.sm.fetchFields
+	if len(fetchFields) == 0 {
+		cs := br.getColumns()
+		for _, c := range cs {
+			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+			fields = append(fields, Field{
+				Name:  strings.Clone(c.name),
+				Value: strings.Clone(v),
+			})
+			stateSizeIncrease += len(c.name) + len(v)
+		}
+	} else {
+		for _, field := range fetchFields {
+			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
+			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+			fields = append(fields, Field{
+				Name:  strings.Clone(c.name),
+				Value: strings.Clone(v),
+			})
+			stateSizeIncrease += len(c.name) + len(v)
+		}
+	}
+	smp.fields = fields
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMaxProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
+	bb := bbPool.Get()
+	bb.B = marshalFieldsToJSON(bb.B, smp.fields)
+	result := string(bb.B)
+	bbPool.Put(bb)
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func parseStatsFieldsMax(lex *lexer) (*statsFieldsMax, error) {
+	if !lex.isKeyword("fields_max") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected func; got %q; want 'fields_max'", lex.token)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+	fields, err := parseFieldNamesInParens(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields_max' args: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing first arg for 'fields_max' func - source field")
+	}
+
+	srcField := fields[0]
+	fetchFields := fields[1:]
+	if slices.Contains(fetchFields, "*") {
+		fetchFields = nil
+	}
+
+	sm := &statsFieldsMax{
+		srcField:    srcField,
+		fetchFields: fetchFields,
+	}
+	return sm, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_max_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_max_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f1a59ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_max_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsFieldsMaxSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`fields_max(foo)`)
+	f(`fields_max(foo, bar)`)
+	f(`fields_max(foo, bar, baz)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsFieldsMaxFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`fields_max`)
+	f(`fields_max()`)
+	f(`fields_max(x) bar`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsFieldsMax(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats fields_max(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","b":"54"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_max(foo) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_max(b, a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "1232"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"a":"3"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_max(b, a, x, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "1232"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","x":"","b":"54"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_max(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","b":"54"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) fields_max(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `-12.34`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"abc","a":"2","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_max(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"abc","a":"1","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","b":"7"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_max(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `foo`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","c":"foo"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_max(b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `34`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+			{"c", "bar"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{"c":""}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"c":"bar"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) fields_max(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "4"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"def","a":"1","c":"foo","b":""}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","b":"5","c":"4"}`},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e57b466e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min.go
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+)
+
+type statsFieldsMin struct {
+	srcField string
+
+	fetchFields []string
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMin) String() string {
+	s := "fields_min(" + quoteTokenIfNeeded(sm.srcField)
+	if len(sm.fetchFields) > 0 {
+		s += ", " + fieldNamesString(sm.fetchFields)
+	}
+	s += ")"
+	return s
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMin) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
+	if len(sm.fetchFields) == 0 {
+		neededFields.add("*")
+	} else {
+		neededFields.addFields(sm.fetchFields)
+	}
+	neededFields.add(sm.srcField)
+}
+
+func (sm *statsFieldsMin) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
+	smp := &statsFieldsMinProcessor{
+		sm: sm,
+	}
+	return smp, int(unsafe.Sizeof(*smp))
+}
+
+type statsFieldsMinProcessor struct {
+	sm *statsFieldsMin
+
+	min string
+
+	fields []Field
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	c := br.getColumnByName(smp.sm.srcField)
+	if c.isConst {
+		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, 0)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+	if c.isTime {
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampRFC3339NanoString(bb.B[:0], br.timestamps[0])
+		v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(bb.B)
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, 0)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	needUpdateState := false
+	switch c.valueType {
+	case valueTypeString:
+		needUpdateState = true
+	case valueTypeDict:
+		for _, v := range c.dictValues {
+			if smp.needUpdateStateString(v) {
+				needUpdateState = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	case valueTypeUint8, valueTypeUint16, valueTypeUint32, valueTypeUint64:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalUint64String(bb.B[:0], c.minValue)
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeFloat64:
+		f := math.Float64frombits(c.minValue)
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalFloat64String(bb.B[:0], f)
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeIPv4:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalIPv4String(bb.B[:0], uint32(c.minValue))
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	case valueTypeTimestampISO8601:
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampISO8601String(bb.B[:0], int64(c.minValue))
+		needUpdateState = smp.needUpdateStateBytes(bb.B)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+	default:
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unknown valueType=%d", c.valueType)
+	}
+
+	if needUpdateState {
+		values := c.getValues(br)
+		for i, v := range values {
+			stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, i)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	c := br.getColumnByName(smp.sm.srcField)
+	if c.isConst {
+		v := c.valuesEncoded[0]
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+	if c.isTime {
+		bb := bbPool.Get()
+		bb.B = marshalTimestampRFC3339NanoString(bb.B[:0], br.timestamps[rowIdx])
+		v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(bb.B)
+		stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+		bbPool.Put(bb)
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+	stateSizeIncrease += smp.updateState(v, br, rowIdx)
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
+	src := sfp.(*statsFieldsMinProcessor)
+	if smp.needUpdateStateString(src.min) {
+		smp.min = src.min
+		smp.fields = src.fields
+	}
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) needUpdateStateBytes(b []byte) bool {
+	v := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(b)
+	return smp.needUpdateStateString(v)
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) needUpdateStateString(v string) bool {
+	if v == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return smp.min == "" || lessString(v, smp.min)
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) updateState(v string, br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+
+	if !smp.needUpdateStateString(v) {
+		// There is no need in updating state
+		return stateSizeIncrease
+	}
+
+	stateSizeIncrease -= len(smp.min)
+	stateSizeIncrease += len(v)
+	smp.min = strings.Clone(v)
+
+	fields := smp.fields
+	for _, f := range fields {
+		stateSizeIncrease -= len(f.Name) + len(f.Value)
+	}
+
+	clear(fields)
+	fields = fields[:0]
+	fetchFields := smp.sm.fetchFields
+	if len(fetchFields) == 0 {
+		cs := br.getColumns()
+		for _, c := range cs {
+			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+			fields = append(fields, Field{
+				Name:  strings.Clone(c.name),
+				Value: strings.Clone(v),
+			})
+			stateSizeIncrease += len(c.name) + len(v)
+		}
+	} else {
+		for _, field := range fetchFields {
+			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
+			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
+			fields = append(fields, Field{
+				Name:  strings.Clone(c.name),
+				Value: strings.Clone(v),
+			})
+			stateSizeIncrease += len(c.name) + len(v)
+		}
+	}
+	smp.fields = fields
+
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
+func (smp *statsFieldsMinProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
+	bb := bbPool.Get()
+	bb.B = marshalFieldsToJSON(bb.B, smp.fields)
+	result := string(bb.B)
+	bbPool.Put(bb)
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func parseStatsFieldsMin(lex *lexer) (*statsFieldsMin, error) {
+	if !lex.isKeyword("fields_min") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected func; got %q; want 'fields_min'", lex.token)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+	fields, err := parseFieldNamesInParens(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'fields_min' args: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing first arg for 'fields_min' func - source field")
+	}
+
+	srcField := fields[0]
+	fetchFields := fields[1:]
+	if slices.Contains(fetchFields, "*") {
+		fetchFields = nil
+	}
+
+	sm := &statsFieldsMin{
+		srcField:    srcField,
+		fetchFields: fetchFields,
+	}
+	return sm, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f45d3a139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_fields_min_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsFieldsMinSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`fields_min(foo)`)
+	f(`fields_min(foo, bar)`)
+	f(`fields_min(foo, bar, baz)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsFieldsMinFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`fields_min`)
+	f(`fields_min()`)
+	f(`fields_min(x) bar`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsFieldsMin(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats fields_min(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"def","a":"1"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_min(foo) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_min(b, a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "1232"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"a":"2"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_min(b, a, x, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "1232"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"a":"2","x":"","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats fields_min(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"abc","a":"2","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) fields_min(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `-12.34`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"def","a":"-12.34","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_min(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"abc","a":"1","b":"3"}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","b":"5"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_min(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `foo`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","c":"foo"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) fields_min(b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `34`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `{"c":""}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `{"c":"foo"}`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) fields_min(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "4"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `{}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `{"_msg":"def","a":"1","c":"foo","b":""}`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", `{"a":"3","b":"5","c":"4"}`},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_max.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_max.go
index 5eed2e748..c92cd7a75 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_max.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_max.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"math"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -11,16 +10,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 type statsMax struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMax) String() string {
-	return "max(" + fieldNamesString(sm.fields) + ")"
+	return "max(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(sm.fields) + ")"
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMax) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(sm.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, sm.fields)
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMax) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -33,14 +31,13 @@ func (sm *statsMax) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
 type statsMaxProcessor struct {
 	sm *statsMax
 
-	max    string
-	hasMax bool
+	max string
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 	maxLen := len(smp.max)
 
-	if smp.sm.containsStar {
+	if len(smp.sm.fields) == 0 {
 		// Find the minimum value across all the columns
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			smp.updateStateForColumn(br, c)
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
 	maxLen := len(smp.max)
 
-	if smp.sm.containsStar {
+	if len(smp.sm.fields) == 0 {
 		// Find the minimum value across all the fields for the given row
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
@@ -79,9 +76,7 @@ func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
 	src := sfp.(*statsMaxProcessor)
-	if src.hasMax {
-		smp.updateStateString(src.max)
-	}
+	smp.updateStateString(src.max)
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStateForColumn(br *blockResult, c *blockResultColumn) {
@@ -154,28 +149,27 @@ func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStateBytes(b []byte) {
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) updateStateString(v string) {
-	if smp.hasMax && !lessString(smp.max, v) {
+	if v == "" {
+		// Skip empty strings
+		return
+	}
+	if smp.max != "" && !lessString(smp.max, v) {
 		return
 	}
 	smp.max = strings.Clone(v)
-	smp.hasMax = true
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMaxProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
-	if !smp.hasMax {
-		return "NaN"
-	}
 	return smp.max
 }
 
 func parseStatsMax(lex *lexer) (*statsMax, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "max")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "max")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	sm := &statsMax{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	return sm, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_max_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_max_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4e45a8f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_max_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsMaxSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`max(*)`)
+	f(`max(a)`)
+	f(`max(a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsMaxFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`max`)
+	f(`max(a b)`)
+	f(`max(x) y`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsMax(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats max(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "def"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats max(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats max(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "1232"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "54"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats max(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "54"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats max(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats max(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `3432`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) max(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) max(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "7"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) max(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "10"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "def"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "7"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) max(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `foo`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "foo"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) max(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `34`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "34"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "7"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) max(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) max(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "4"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "4"},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_median.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_median.go
index baeb240e3..92b95fc02 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_median.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_median.go
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
 package logstorage
 
 import (
-	"slices"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
 type statsMedian struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMedian) String() string {
-	return "median(" + fieldNamesString(sm.fields) + ")"
+	return "median(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(sm.fields) + ")"
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMedian) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(sm.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, sm.fields)
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMedian) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
 	smp := &statsMedianProcessor{
 		sqp: &statsQuantileProcessor{
 			sq: &statsQuantile{
-				fields:       sm.fields,
-				containsStar: sm.containsStar,
-				phi:          0.5,
+				fields: sm.fields,
+				phi:    0.5,
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -53,13 +50,12 @@ func (smp *statsMedianProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 }
 
 func parseStatsMedian(lex *lexer) (*statsMedian, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "median")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "median")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	sm := &statsMedian{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	return sm, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_median_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_median_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93c8f3197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_median_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsMedianSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`median(*)`)
+	f(`median(a)`)
+	f(`median(a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsMedianFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`median`)
+	f(`median(a b)`)
+	f(`median(x) y`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsMedian(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats median(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats median(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats median(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats median(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "54"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats median(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats median(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) median(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) median(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "7"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) median(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) median(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) median(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) median(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) median(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_min.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_min.go
index f82d85e6b..fe9890dab 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_min.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_min.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"math"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -11,16 +10,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 type statsMin struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMin) String() string {
-	return "min(" + fieldNamesString(sm.fields) + ")"
+	return "min(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(sm.fields) + ")"
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMin) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(sm.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, sm.fields)
 }
 
 func (sm *statsMin) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -33,21 +31,21 @@ func (sm *statsMin) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
 type statsMinProcessor struct {
 	sm *statsMin
 
-	min    string
-	hasMin bool
+	min string
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 	minLen := len(smp.min)
 
-	if smp.sm.containsStar {
+	fields := smp.sm.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Find the minimum value across all the columns
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			smp.updateStateForColumn(br, c)
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Find the minimum value across the requested columns
-		for _, field := range smp.sm.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			smp.updateStateForColumn(br, c)
 		}
@@ -59,7 +57,8 @@ func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
 	minLen := len(smp.min)
 
-	if smp.sm.containsStar {
+	fields := smp.sm.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Find the minimum value across all the fields for the given row
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Find the minimum value across the requested fields for the given row
-		for _, field := range smp.sm.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
 			smp.updateStateString(v)
@@ -79,9 +78,7 @@ func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
 	src := sfp.(*statsMinProcessor)
-	if src.hasMin {
-		smp.updateStateString(src.min)
-	}
+	smp.updateStateString(src.min)
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStateForColumn(br *blockResult, c *blockResultColumn) {
@@ -154,28 +151,27 @@ func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStateBytes(b []byte) {
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) updateStateString(v string) {
-	if smp.hasMin && !lessString(v, smp.min) {
+	if v == "" {
+		// Skip empty strings
+		return
+	}
+	if smp.min != "" && !lessString(v, smp.min) {
 		return
 	}
 	smp.min = strings.Clone(v)
-	smp.hasMin = true
 }
 
 func (smp *statsMinProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
-	if !smp.hasMin {
-		return "NaN"
-	}
 	return smp.min
 }
 
 func parseStatsMin(lex *lexer) (*statsMin, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "min")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "min")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	sm := &statsMin{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	return sm, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_min_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_min_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adda694ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_min_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsMinSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`min(*)`)
+	f(`min(a)`)
+	f(`min(a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsMinFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`min`)
+	f(`min(a b)`)
+	f(`min(x) y`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsMin(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats min(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats min(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats min(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+			{"c", "1232"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats min(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats min(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats min(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) min(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `-12.34`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "-12.34"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) min(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) min(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "-34"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "-34"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) min(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `foo`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "foo"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) min(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `34`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) min(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) min(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+			{"c", "4"},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", ""},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "4"},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_quantile.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_quantile.go
index d7ac2352e..4bf988f28 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_quantile.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_quantile.go
@@ -14,18 +14,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 type statsQuantile struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 
-	phi float64
+	phi    float64
+	phiStr string
 }
 
 func (sq *statsQuantile) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("quantile(%g, %s)", sq.phi, fieldNamesString(sq.fields))
+	s := "quantile(" + sq.phiStr
+	if len(sq.fields) > 0 {
+		s += ", " + fieldNamesString(sq.fields)
+	}
+	s += ")"
+	return s
 }
 
 func (sq *statsQuantile) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(sq.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, sq.fields)
 }
 
 func (sq *statsQuantile) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -44,12 +49,13 @@ type statsQuantileProcessor struct {
 func (sqp *statsQuantileProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
 
-	if sqp.sq.containsStar {
+	fields := sqp.sq.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			stateSizeIncrease += sqp.updateStateForColumn(br, c)
 		}
 	} else {
-		for _, field := range sqp.sq.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			stateSizeIncrease += sqp.updateStateForColumn(br, c)
 		}
@@ -62,7 +68,8 @@ func (sqp *statsQuantileProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int
 	h := &sqp.h
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
 
-	if sqp.sq.containsStar {
+	fields := sqp.sq.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			f, ok := c.getFloatValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
 			if ok {
@@ -70,7 +77,7 @@ func (sqp *statsQuantileProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		for _, field := range sqp.sq.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			f, ok := c.getFloatValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
 			if ok {
@@ -181,30 +188,31 @@ func parseStatsQuantile(lex *lexer) (*statsQuantile, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse 'quantile' args: %w", err)
 	}
-	if len(fields) < 2 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("'quantile' must have at least two args: phi and field name")
+	if len(fields) < 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("'quantile' must have at least phi arg")
 	}
 
 	// Parse phi
-	phi, ok := tryParseFloat64(fields[0])
+	phiStr := fields[0]
+	phi, ok := tryParseFloat64(phiStr)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("phi arg in 'quantile' must be floating point number; got %q", fields[0])
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("phi arg in 'quantile' must be floating point number; got %q", phiStr)
 	}
 	if phi < 0 || phi > 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("phi arg in 'quantile' must be in the range [0..1]; got %q", fields[0])
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("phi arg in 'quantile' must be in the range [0..1]; got %q", phiStr)
 	}
 
 	// Parse fields
 	fields = fields[1:]
 	if slices.Contains(fields, "*") {
-		fields = []string{"*"}
+		fields = nil
 	}
 
 	sq := &statsQuantile{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 
-		phi: phi,
+		phi:    phi,
+		phiStr: phiStr,
 	}
 	return sq, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_quantile_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_quantile_test.go
index f497258ad..580b6c6fb 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_quantile_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_quantile_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,368 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestParseStatsQuantileSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`quantile(0.3)`)
+	f(`quantile(1, a)`)
+	f(`quantile(0.99, a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsQuantileFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`quantile`)
+	f(`quantile(a)`)
+	f(`quantile(a, b)`)
+	f(`quantile(10, b)`)
+	f(`quantile(-1, b)`)
+	f(`quantile(0.5, b) c`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsQuantile(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats quantile(0.9) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "54"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats quantile(0.9, a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats quantile(0.9, a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "54"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats quantile(0.9, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "54"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats quantile(0.9, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats quantile(0.9, a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) quantile(0.9, a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) quantile(0.9, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "7"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) quantile(0.9) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "7"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) quantile(0.9, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) quantile(0.9, a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "7"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) quantile(0.9, a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) quantile(0.9, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestHistogramQuantile(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(a []float64, phi, qExpected float64) {
 		t.Helper()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_sum.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_sum.go
index 5ca7b082f..abab7fbc8 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_sum.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_sum.go
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"math"
-	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
 type statsSum struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 }
 
 func (ss *statsSum) String() string {
-	return "sum(" + fieldNamesString(ss.fields) + ")"
+	return "sum(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(ss.fields) + ")"
 }
 
 func (ss *statsSum) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(ss.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, ss.fields)
 }
 
 func (ss *statsSum) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -35,14 +33,15 @@ type statsSumProcessor struct {
 }
 
 func (ssp *statsSumProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
-	if ssp.ss.containsStar {
+	fields := ssp.ss.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Sum all the columns
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			ssp.updateStateForColumn(br, c)
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Sum the requested columns
-		for _, field := range ssp.ss.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			ssp.updateStateForColumn(br, c)
 		}
@@ -51,7 +50,8 @@ func (ssp *statsSumProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 }
 
 func (ssp *statsSumProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
-	if ssp.ss.containsStar {
+	fields := ssp.ss.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Sum all the fields for the given row
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			f, ok := c.getFloatValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (ssp *statsSumProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Sum only the given fields for the given row
-		for _, field := range ssp.ss.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			f, ok := c.getFloatValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
 			if ok {
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ func (ssp *statsSumProcessor) updateState(f float64) {
 
 func (ssp *statsSumProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
 	src := sfp.(*statsSumProcessor)
-	ssp.sum += src.sum
+	if !math.IsNaN(src.sum) {
+		ssp.updateState(src.sum)
+	}
 }
 
 func (ssp *statsSumProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
@@ -97,13 +99,12 @@ func (ssp *statsSumProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 }
 
 func parseStatsSum(lex *lexer) (*statsSum, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "sum")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "sum")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	ss := &statsSum{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	return ss, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_len.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_len.go
index 0b27f45c2..fd83bc30e 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_len.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_len.go
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 package logstorage
 
 import (
-	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
 type statsSumLen struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
+	fields []string
 }
 
 func (ss *statsSumLen) String() string {
-	return "sum_len(" + fieldNamesString(ss.fields) + ")"
+	return "sum_len(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(ss.fields) + ")"
 }
 
 func (ss *statsSumLen) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(ss.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, ss.fields)
 }
 
 func (ss *statsSumLen) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -34,14 +32,15 @@ type statsSumLenProcessor struct {
 }
 
 func (ssp *statsSumLenProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
-	if ssp.ss.containsStar {
+	fields := ssp.ss.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Sum all the columns
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			ssp.sumLen += c.sumLenValues(br)
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Sum the requested columns
-		for _, field := range ssp.ss.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			ssp.sumLen += c.sumLenValues(br)
 		}
@@ -50,7 +49,8 @@ func (ssp *statsSumLenProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 }
 
 func (ssp *statsSumLenProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
-	if ssp.ss.containsStar {
+	fields := ssp.ss.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		// Sum all the fields for the given row
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (ssp *statsSumLenProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int)
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Sum only the given fields for the given row
-		for _, field := range ssp.ss.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			v := c.getValueAtRow(br, rowIdx)
 			ssp.sumLen += uint64(len(v))
@@ -77,13 +77,12 @@ func (ssp *statsSumLenProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 }
 
 func parseStatsSumLen(lex *lexer) (*statsSumLen, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "sum_len")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "sum_len")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	ss := &statsSumLen{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	return ss, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_len_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_len_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddbbc94e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_len_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsSumLenSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`sum_len(*)`)
+	f(`sum_len(a)`)
+	f(`sum_len(a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsSumLenFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`sum_len`)
+	f(`sum_len(a b)`)
+	f(`sum_len(x) y`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsSumLen(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats sum_len(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `-3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "13"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum_len(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum_len(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "6"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum_len(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum_len(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum_len(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) sum_len(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) sum_len(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "2"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) sum_len(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "10"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "4"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) sum_len(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) sum_len(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "4"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "4"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) sum_len(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) sum_len(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "0"},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e22345968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_sum_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsSumSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`sum(*)`)
+	f(`sum(a)`)
+	f(`sum(a, b)`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsSumFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`sum`)
+	f(`sum(a b)`)
+	f(`sum(x) y`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsSum(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats sum(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `-3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "57"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "6"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "63"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "57"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats sum(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) sum(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) sum(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "12"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) sum(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "8"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "18"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) sum(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "5"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) sum(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", "8"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", "18"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) sum(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) sum(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", "NaN"},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_uniq_values.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_uniq_values.go
index 4942f1213..4e07ab4fb 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_uniq_values.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_uniq_values.go
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type statsUniqValues struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
-	limit        uint64
+	fields []string
+	limit  uint64
 }
 
 func (su *statsUniqValues) String() string {
-	s := "uniq_values(" + fieldNamesString(su.fields) + ")"
+	s := "uniq_values(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(su.fields) + ")"
 	if su.limit > 0 {
 		s += fmt.Sprintf(" limit %d", su.limit)
 	}
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ func (su *statsUniqValues) String() string {
 }
 
 func (su *statsUniqValues) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(su.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, su.fields)
 }
 
 func (su *statsUniqValues) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -50,12 +49,13 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int
 	}
 
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
-	if sup.su.containsStar {
+	fields := sup.su.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateStatsForAllRowsColumn(c, br)
 		}
 	} else {
-		for _, field := range sup.su.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateStatsForAllRowsColumn(c, br)
 		}
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int
 }
 
 func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForAllRowsColumn(c *blockResultColumn, br *blockResult) int {
-	m := sup.m
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
 	if c.isConst {
 		// collect unique const values
@@ -73,11 +72,7 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForAllRowsColumn(c *blockResultC
 			// skip empty values
 			return stateSizeIncrease
 		}
-		if _, ok := m[v]; !ok {
-			vCopy := strings.Clone(v)
-			m[vCopy] = struct{}{}
-			stateSizeIncrease += len(vCopy) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(vCopy))
-		}
+		stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(v)
 		return stateSizeIncrease
 	}
 	if c.valueType == valueTypeDict {
@@ -87,11 +82,7 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForAllRowsColumn(c *blockResultC
 				// skip empty values
 				continue
 			}
-			if _, ok := m[v]; !ok {
-				vCopy := strings.Clone(v)
-				m[vCopy] = struct{}{}
-				stateSizeIncrease += len(vCopy) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(vCopy))
-			}
+			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(v)
 		}
 		return stateSizeIncrease
 	}
@@ -107,11 +98,7 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForAllRowsColumn(c *blockResultC
 			// This value has been already counted.
 			continue
 		}
-		if _, ok := m[v]; !ok {
-			vCopy := strings.Clone(v)
-			m[vCopy] = struct{}{}
-			stateSizeIncrease += len(vCopy) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(vCopy))
-		}
+		stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(v)
 	}
 	return stateSizeIncrease
 }
@@ -123,12 +110,13 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx i
 	}
 
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
-	if sup.su.containsStar {
+	fields := sup.su.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateStatsForRowColumn(c, br, rowIdx)
 		}
 	} else {
-		for _, field := range sup.su.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateStatsForRowColumn(c, br, rowIdx)
 		}
@@ -137,7 +125,6 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx i
 }
 
 func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForRowColumn(c *blockResultColumn, br *blockResult, rowIdx int) int {
-	m := sup.m
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
 	if c.isConst {
 		// collect unique const values
@@ -146,11 +133,7 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForRowColumn(c *blockResultColum
 			// skip empty values
 			return stateSizeIncrease
 		}
-		if _, ok := m[v]; !ok {
-			vCopy := strings.Clone(v)
-			m[vCopy] = struct{}{}
-			stateSizeIncrease += len(vCopy) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(vCopy))
-		}
+		stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(v)
 		return stateSizeIncrease
 	}
 	if c.valueType == valueTypeDict {
@@ -162,11 +145,7 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForRowColumn(c *blockResultColum
 			// skip empty values
 			return stateSizeIncrease
 		}
-		if _, ok := m[v]; !ok {
-			vCopy := strings.Clone(v)
-			m[vCopy] = struct{}{}
-			stateSizeIncrease += len(vCopy) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(vCopy))
-		}
+		stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(v)
 		return stateSizeIncrease
 	}
 
@@ -176,11 +155,7 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateStatsForRowColumn(c *blockResultColum
 		// skip empty values
 		return stateSizeIncrease
 	}
-	if _, ok := m[v]; !ok {
-		vCopy := strings.Clone(v)
-		m[vCopy] = struct{}{}
-		stateSizeIncrease += len(vCopy) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(vCopy))
-	}
+	stateSizeIncrease += sup.updateState(v)
 	return stateSizeIncrease
 }
 
@@ -190,10 +165,9 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) mergeState(sfp statsProcessor) {
 	}
 
 	src := sfp.(*statsUniqValuesProcessor)
-	m := sup.m
 	for k := range src.m {
-		if _, ok := m[k]; !ok {
-			m[k] = struct{}{}
+		if _, ok := sup.m[k]; !ok {
+			sup.m[k] = struct{}{}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -207,6 +181,7 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 	for k := range sup.m {
 		items = append(items, k)
 	}
+	sortStrings(items)
 
 	if limit := sup.su.limit; limit > 0 && uint64(len(items)) > limit {
 		items = items[:limit]
@@ -215,6 +190,28 @@ func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) finalizeStats() string {
 	return marshalJSONArray(items)
 }
 
+func sortStrings(a []string) {
+	slices.SortFunc(a, func(x, y string) int {
+		if x == y {
+			return 0
+		}
+		if lessString(x, y) {
+			return -1
+		}
+		return 1
+	})
+}
+
+func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) updateState(v string) int {
+	stateSizeIncrease := 0
+	if _, ok := sup.m[v]; !ok {
+		vCopy := strings.Clone(v)
+		sup.m[vCopy] = struct{}{}
+		stateSizeIncrease += len(vCopy) + int(unsafe.Sizeof(vCopy))
+	}
+	return stateSizeIncrease
+}
+
 func (sup *statsUniqValuesProcessor) limitReached() bool {
 	limit := sup.su.limit
 	return limit > 0 && uint64(len(sup.m)) >= limit
@@ -242,13 +239,12 @@ func marshalJSONArray(items []string) string {
 }
 
 func parseStatsUniqValues(lex *lexer) (*statsUniqValues, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "uniq_values")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "uniq_values")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	su := &statsUniqValues{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	if lex.isKeyword("limit") {
 		lex.nextToken()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_uniq_values_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_uniq_values_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70d25d200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_uniq_values_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,417 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsUniqValuesSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`uniq_values(*)`)
+	f(`uniq_values(a)`)
+	f(`uniq_values(a, b)`)
+	f(`uniq_values(a, b) limit 10`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsUniqValuesFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`uniq_values`)
+	f(`uniq_values(a b)`)
+	f(`uniq_values(x) y`)
+	f(`uniq_values(x) limit`)
+	f(`uniq_values(x) limit N`)
+}
+
+func TestStatsUniqValues(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string, rows, rowsExpected [][]Field) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectPipeResults(t, pipeStr, rows, rowsExpected)
+	}
+
+	f("stats uniq_values(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `-3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `["-3","1","2","3","54","abc","def"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats uniq_values(*) limit 1999 as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `-3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `["-3","1","2","3","54","abc","def"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats uniq_values(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `["1","2","3"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats uniq_values(a, b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `["1","2","3","54"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats uniq_values(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `["3","54"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats uniq_values(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `[]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats uniq_values(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"x", `["2","3"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (b) uniq_values(a) if (b:*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `2`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `54`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `["1","2"]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `[]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) uniq_values(b) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `["3"]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `["5","7"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) uniq_values(*) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `["1","3","abc","def"]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `["3","5","7"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) uniq_values(*) limit 100 as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `["1","3","abc","def"]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `["3","5","7"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) uniq_values(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"c", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `[]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `["5"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a) uniq_values(a, b, c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `7`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"x", `["1","3"]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"x", `["3","5","7"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) uniq_values(a) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `["1"]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `["1"]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", `["3"]`},
+		},
+	})
+
+	f("stats by (a, b) uniq_values(c) as x", [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"_msg", `abc`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"b", `3`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"_msg", `def`},
+			{"a", `1`},
+			{"c", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", `3`},
+			{"b", `5`},
+		},
+	}, [][]Field{
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", "3"},
+			{"x", `[]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "1"},
+			{"b", ""},
+			{"x", `["3"]`},
+		},
+		{
+			{"a", "3"},
+			{"b", "5"},
+			{"x", `[]`},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_values.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_values.go
index dd57a6ddc..ceab48998 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/stats_values.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_values.go
@@ -2,19 +2,17 @@ package logstorage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
 type statsValues struct {
-	fields       []string
-	containsStar bool
-	limit        uint64
+	fields []string
+	limit  uint64
 }
 
 func (sv *statsValues) String() string {
-	s := "values(" + fieldNamesString(sv.fields) + ")"
+	s := "values(" + statsFuncFieldsToString(sv.fields) + ")"
 	if sv.limit > 0 {
 		s += fmt.Sprintf(" limit %d", sv.limit)
 	}
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ func (sv *statsValues) String() string {
 }
 
 func (sv *statsValues) updateNeededFields(neededFields fieldsSet) {
-	neededFields.addFields(sv.fields)
+	updateNeededFieldsForStatsFunc(neededFields, sv.fields)
 }
 
 func (sv *statsValues) newStatsProcessor() (statsProcessor, int) {
@@ -45,12 +43,13 @@ func (svp *statsValuesProcessor) updateStatsForAllRows(br *blockResult) int {
 	}
 
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
-	if svp.sv.containsStar {
+	fields := svp.sv.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			stateSizeIncrease += svp.updateStatsForAllRowsColumn(c, br)
 		}
 	} else {
-		for _, field := range svp.sv.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			stateSizeIncrease += svp.updateStatsForAllRowsColumn(c, br)
 		}
@@ -112,12 +111,13 @@ func (svp *statsValuesProcessor) updateStatsForRow(br *blockResult, rowIdx int)
 	}
 
 	stateSizeIncrease := 0
-	if svp.sv.containsStar {
+	fields := svp.sv.fields
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		for _, c := range br.getColumns() {
 			stateSizeIncrease += svp.updateStatsForRowColumn(c, br, rowIdx)
 		}
 	} else {
-		for _, field := range svp.sv.fields {
+		for _, field := range fields {
 			c := br.getColumnByName(field)
 			stateSizeIncrease += svp.updateStatsForRowColumn(c, br, rowIdx)
 		}
@@ -188,13 +188,12 @@ func (svp *statsValuesProcessor) limitReached() bool {
 }
 
 func parseStatsValues(lex *lexer) (*statsValues, error) {
-	fields, err := parseFieldNamesForStatsFunc(lex, "values")
+	fields, err := parseStatsFuncFields(lex, "values")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	sv := &statsValues{
-		fields:       fields,
-		containsStar: slices.Contains(fields, "*"),
+		fields: fields,
 	}
 	if lex.isKeyword("limit") {
 		lex.nextToken()
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/stats_values_test.go b/lib/logstorage/stats_values_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34b621db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstorage/stats_values_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package logstorage
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStatsValuesSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncSuccess(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`values(*)`)
+	f(`values(a)`)
+	f(`values(a, b)`)
+	f(`values(a, b) limit 10`)
+}
+
+func TestParseStatsValuesFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(pipeStr string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		expectParseStatsFuncFailure(t, pipeStr)
+	}
+
+	f(`values`)
+	f(`values(a b)`)
+	f(`values(x) y`)
+	f(`values(a, b) limit`)
+	f(`values(a, b) limit foo`)
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/storage_search.go b/lib/logstorage/storage_search.go
index 894c738f2..69be30c46 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/storage_search.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/storage_search.go
@@ -146,17 +146,30 @@ func (s *Storage) runQuery(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID, q *Query,
 
 // GetFieldNames returns field names from q results for the given tenantIDs.
 func (s *Storage) GetFieldNames(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID, q *Query) ([]string, error) {
-	// add `field_names ...` to the end of q.pipes
 	pipes := append([]pipe{}, q.pipes...)
-
-	pipeStr := "field_names as names"
+	pipeStr := "field_names as names | sort by (names)"
 	lex := newLexer(pipeStr)
+
 	pf, err := parsePipeFieldNames(lex)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error when parsing 'field_names' pipe: %s", err)
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error when parsing 'field_names' pipe at [%s]: %s", pipeStr, err)
 	}
 	pf.isFirstPipe = len(pipes) == 0
-	pipes = append(pipes, pf)
+
+	if !lex.isKeyword("|") {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected token after 'field_names' pipe at [%s]: %q", pipeStr, lex.token)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+
+	ps, err := parsePipeSort(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error when parsing 'sort' pipe at [%s]: %s", pipeStr, err)
+	}
+	if !lex.isEnd() {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected tail left after parsing pipes [%s]: %q", pipeStr, lex.s)
+	}
+
+	pipes = append(pipes, pf, ps)
 
 	q = &Query{
 		f:     q.f,
@@ -168,39 +181,96 @@ func (s *Storage) GetFieldNames(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID, q *Qu
 
 // GetFieldValues returns unique values for the given fieldName returned by q for the given tenantIDs.
 //
-// If limit > 0, then up to limit unique values are returned. The values are returned in arbitrary order because of performance reasons.
-// The caller may sort the returned values if needed.
+// If limit > 0, then up to limit unique values are returned.
 func (s *Storage) GetFieldValues(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID, q *Query, fieldName string, limit uint64) ([]string, error) {
-	// add 'uniq fieldName' to the end of q.pipes
-	if !endsWithPipeUniqSingleField(q.pipes, fieldName) {
-		pipes := append([]pipe{}, q.pipes...)
+	pipes := append([]pipe{}, q.pipes...)
+	quotedFieldName := quoteTokenIfNeeded(fieldName)
+	pipeStr := fmt.Sprintf("uniq by (%s) limit %d | sort by (%s)", quotedFieldName, limit, quotedFieldName)
+	lex := newLexer(pipeStr)
 
-		pipeStr := fmt.Sprintf("uniq by (%s) limit %d", quoteTokenIfNeeded(fieldName), limit)
-		lex := newLexer(pipeStr)
-		pu, err := parsePipeUniq(lex)
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error when parsing 'uniq' pipe: %s", err)
-		}
-		pipes = append(pipes, pu)
+	pu, err := parsePipeUniq(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error when parsing 'uniq' pipe at [%s]: %s", pipeStr, err)
+	}
 
-		q = &Query{
-			f:     q.f,
-			pipes: pipes,
-		}
+	if !lex.isKeyword("|") {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected token after 'uniq' pipe at [%s]: %q", pipeStr, lex.token)
+	}
+	lex.nextToken()
+
+	ps, err := parsePipeSort(lex)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error when parsing 'sort' pipe at [%s]: %s", pipeStr, err)
+	}
+	if !lex.isEnd() {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected tail left after parsing pipes [%s]: %q", pipeStr, lex.s)
+	}
+
+	pipes = append(pipes, pu, ps)
+
+	q = &Query{
+		f:     q.f,
+		pipes: pipes,
 	}
 
 	return s.runSingleColumnQuery(ctx, tenantIDs, q)
 }
 
-func endsWithPipeUniqSingleField(pipes []pipe, fieldName string) bool {
-	if len(pipes) == 0 {
-		return false
+// GetStreamLabelNames returns stream label names from q results for the given tenantIDs.
+func (s *Storage) GetStreamLabelNames(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID, q *Query) ([]string, error) {
+	streams, err := s.GetStreams(ctx, tenantIDs, q, math.MaxUint64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	pu, ok := pipes[len(pipes)-1].(*pipeUniq)
-	if !ok {
-		return false
+
+	var names []string
+	m := make(map[string]struct{})
+	forEachStreamLabel(streams, func(label Field) {
+		if _, ok := m[label.Name]; !ok {
+			nameCopy := strings.Clone(label.Name)
+			names = append(names, nameCopy)
+			m[nameCopy] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	})
+	sortStrings(names)
+
+	return names, nil
+}
+
+// GetStreamLabelValues returns stream label values for the given labelName from q results for the given tenantIDs.
+//
+// If limit > 9, then up to limit unique label values are returned.
+func (s *Storage) GetStreamLabelValues(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID, q *Query, labelName string, limit uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	streams, err := s.GetStreams(ctx, tenantIDs, q, math.MaxUint64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return len(pu.byFields) == 1 && pu.byFields[0] == fieldName
+
+	var values []string
+	m := make(map[string]struct{})
+	forEachStreamLabel(streams, func(label Field) {
+		if label.Name != labelName {
+			return
+		}
+		if _, ok := m[label.Value]; !ok {
+			valueCopy := strings.Clone(label.Value)
+			values = append(values, valueCopy)
+			m[valueCopy] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	})
+	if uint64(len(values)) > limit {
+		values = values[:limit]
+	}
+	sortStrings(values)
+
+	return values, nil
+}
+
+// GetStreams returns streams from q results for the given tenantIDs.
+//
+// If limit > 0, then up to limit unique streams are returned.
+func (s *Storage) GetStreams(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID, q *Query, limit uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	return s.GetFieldValues(ctx, tenantIDs, q, "_stream", limit)
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) runSingleColumnQuery(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID, q *Query) ([]string, error) {
@@ -259,7 +329,17 @@ func (s *Storage) initFilterInValues(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []TenantID,
 	return qNew, nil
 }
 
+func (iff *ifFilter) hasFilterInWithQuery() bool {
+	if iff == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return hasFilterInWithQueryForFilter(iff.f)
+}
+
 func hasFilterInWithQueryForFilter(f filter) bool {
+	if f == nil {
+		return false
+	}
 	visitFunc := func(f filter) bool {
 		fi, ok := f.(*filterIn)
 		return ok && fi.needExecuteQuery
@@ -269,12 +349,27 @@ func hasFilterInWithQueryForFilter(f filter) bool {
 
 func hasFilterInWithQueryForPipes(pipes []pipe) bool {
 	for _, p := range pipes {
-		ps, ok := p.(*pipeStats)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		for _, f := range ps.funcs {
-			if f.iff != nil && hasFilterInWithQueryForFilter(f.iff) {
+		switch t := p.(type) {
+		case *pipeStats:
+			for _, f := range t.funcs {
+				if f.iff.hasFilterInWithQuery() {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		case *pipeFormat:
+			if t.iff.hasFilterInWithQuery() {
+				return true
+			}
+		case *pipeExtract:
+			if t.iff.hasFilterInWithQuery() {
+				return true
+			}
+		case *pipeUnpackJSON:
+			if t.iff.hasFilterInWithQuery() {
+				return true
+			}
+		case *pipeUnpackLogfmt:
+			if t.iff.hasFilterInWithQuery() {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
@@ -284,7 +379,26 @@ func hasFilterInWithQueryForPipes(pipes []pipe) bool {
 
 type getFieldValuesFunc func(q *Query, fieldName string) ([]string, error)
 
+func (iff *ifFilter) initFilterInValues(cache map[string][]string, getFieldValuesFunc getFieldValuesFunc) (*ifFilter, error) {
+	if iff == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	f, err := initFilterInValuesForFilter(cache, iff.f, getFieldValuesFunc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	iffNew := *iff
+	iffNew.f = f
+	return &iffNew, nil
+}
+
 func initFilterInValuesForFilter(cache map[string][]string, f filter, getFieldValuesFunc getFieldValuesFunc) (filter, error) {
+	if f == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	visitFunc := func(f filter) bool {
 		fi, ok := f.(*filterIn)
 		return ok && fi.needExecuteQuery
@@ -320,19 +434,49 @@ func initFilterInValuesForPipes(cache map[string][]string, pipes []pipe, getFiel
 		case *pipeStats:
 			funcsNew := make([]pipeStatsFunc, len(t.funcs))
 			for j, f := range t.funcs {
-				if f.iff != nil {
-					fNew, err := initFilterInValuesForFilter(cache, f.iff, getFieldValuesFunc)
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, err
-					}
-					f.iff = fNew
+				iffNew, err := f.iff.initFilterInValues(cache, getFieldValuesFunc)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
 				}
+				f.iff = iffNew
 				funcsNew[j] = f
 			}
 			pipesNew[i] = &pipeStats{
 				byFields: t.byFields,
 				funcs:    funcsNew,
 			}
+		case *pipeFormat:
+			iffNew, err := t.iff.initFilterInValues(cache, getFieldValuesFunc)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			pf := *t
+			pf.iff = iffNew
+			pipesNew[i] = &pf
+		case *pipeExtract:
+			iffNew, err := t.iff.initFilterInValues(cache, getFieldValuesFunc)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			pe := *t
+			pe.iff = iffNew
+			pipesNew[i] = &pe
+		case *pipeUnpackJSON:
+			iffNew, err := t.iff.initFilterInValues(cache, getFieldValuesFunc)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			pu := *t
+			pu.iff = iffNew
+			pipesNew[i] = &pu
+		case *pipeUnpackLogfmt:
+			iffNew, err := t.iff.initFilterInValues(cache, getFieldValuesFunc)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			pu := *t
+			pu.iff = iffNew
+			pipesNew[i] = &pu
 		default:
 			pipesNew[i] = p
 		}
@@ -862,3 +1006,59 @@ func getFilterTimeRange(f filter) (int64, int64) {
 	}
 	return math.MinInt64, math.MaxInt64
 }
+
+func forEachStreamLabel(streams []string, f func(label Field)) {
+	var labels []Field
+	for _, stream := range streams {
+		var err error
+		labels, err = parseStreamLabels(labels[:0], stream)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		for i := range labels {
+			f(labels[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func parseStreamLabels(dst []Field, s string) ([]Field, error) {
+	if len(s) == 0 || s[0] != '{' {
+		return dst, fmt.Errorf("missing '{' at the beginning of stream name")
+	}
+	s = s[1:]
+	if len(s) == 0 || s[len(s)-1] != '}' {
+		return dst, fmt.Errorf("missing '}' at the end of stream name")
+	}
+	s = s[:len(s)-1]
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return dst, nil
+	}
+
+	for {
+		n := strings.Index(s, `="`)
+		if n < 0 {
+			return dst, fmt.Errorf("cannot find label value in double quotes at [%s]", s)
+		}
+		name := s[:n]
+		s = s[n+1:]
+
+		value, nOffset := tryUnquoteString(s)
+		if nOffset < 0 {
+			return dst, fmt.Errorf("cannot find parse label value in double quotes at [%s]", s)
+		}
+		s = s[nOffset:]
+
+		dst = append(dst, Field{
+			Name:  name,
+			Value: value,
+		})
+
+		if len(s) == 0 {
+			return dst, nil
+		}
+		if s[0] != ',' {
+			return dst, fmt.Errorf("missing ',' after %s=%q", name, value)
+		}
+		s = s[1:]
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/storage_search_test.go b/lib/logstorage/storage_search_test.go
index 7e2dd9461..fe1cb5392 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/storage_search_test.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/storage_search_test.go
@@ -650,3 +650,23 @@ func TestStorageSearch(t *testing.T) {
 	s.MustClose()
 	fs.MustRemoveAll(path)
 }
+
+func TestParseStreamLabelsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(s, resultExpected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		labels, err := parseStreamLabels(nil, s)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		result := marshalFieldsToJSON(nil, labels)
+		if string(result) != resultExpected {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result\ngot\n%s\nwant\n%s", result, resultExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	f(`{}`, `{}`)
+	f(`{foo="bar"}`, `{"foo":"bar"}`)
+	f(`{a="b",c="d"}`, `{"a":"b","c":"d"}`)
+	f(`{a="a=,b\"c}",b="d"}`, `{"a":"a=,b\"c}","b":"d"}`)
+}
diff --git a/lib/stringsutil/less_natural_test.go b/lib/stringsutil/less_natural_test.go
index 1de93e2e9..4e4b1e100 100644
--- a/lib/stringsutil/less_natural_test.go
+++ b/lib/stringsutil/less_natural_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ func TestLessNatural(t *testing.T) {
 	f("123", "99", false)
 	f("99", "123", true)
 
+	// negative numbers (works unexpectedly - this is OK for natural sort order)
+	f("-93", "5", false)
+	f("5", "-93", true)
+	f("-9", "-5", false)
+	f("-5", "-9", true)
+	f("-93", "foo", true)
+	f("foo", "-93", false)
+	f("foo-9", "foo-10", true)
+	f("foo-10", "foo-9", false)
+
 	// floating-point comparsion (works unexpectedly - this is OK for natural sort order)
 	f("1.23", "1.123", true)
 	f("1.123", "1.23", false)