diff --git a/comps/cores/mega/orchestrator.py b/comps/cores/mega/orchestrator.py
index 4053988566..97ee2a76b3 100644
--- a/comps/cores/mega/orchestrator.py
+++ b/comps/cores/mega/orchestrator.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import re
+import threading
 import time
 from typing import Dict, List
 
@@ -27,20 +28,58 @@
 
 
 class OrchestratorMetrics:
-    # Because:
+    # Need an instance ID for metric prefix because:
+    # - Orchestror instances are not named
     # - CI creates several orchestrator instances
-    # - Prometheus requires metrics to be singletons
-    # - Oorchestror instances are not provided their own names
-    # Metrics are class members with "megaservice" name prefix
-    first_token_latency = Histogram("megaservice_first_token_latency", "First token latency (histogram)")
-    inter_token_latency = Histogram("megaservice_inter_token_latency", "Inter-token latency (histogram)")
-    request_latency = Histogram("megaservice_request_latency", "Whole request/reply latency (histogram)")
-    request_pending = Gauge("megaservice_request_pending", "Count of currently pending requests (gauge)")
+    # - Prometheus requires metrics (their names) to be unique
+    _instance_id = 0
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
-        pass
+        self._instance_id += 1
+        if self._instance_id > 1:
+            self._prefix = f"megaservice{self._instance_id}"
+        else:
+            self._prefix = "megaservice"
+
+        self.request_pending = Gauge(f"{self._prefix}_request_pending", "Count of currently pending requests (gauge)")
+
+        # locking for latency metric creation / method change
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+
+        # Metrics related to token processing are created on demand,
+        # to avoid bogus ones for services that never handle tokens
+        self.first_token_latency = None
+        self.inter_token_latency = None
+        self.request_latency = None
+
+        # initial methods to create the metrics
+        self.token_update = self._token_update_create
+        self.request_update = self._request_update_create
+
+    def _token_update_create(self, token_start: float, is_first: bool) -> float:
+        with self._lock:
+            # in case another thread already got here
+            if self.token_update == self._token_update_create:
+                self.first_token_latency = Histogram(
+                    f"{self._prefix}_first_token_latency", "First token latency (histogram)"
+                )
+                self.inter_token_latency = Histogram(
+                    f"{self._prefix}_inter_token_latency", "Inter-token latency (histogram)"
+                )
+                self.token_update = self._token_update_real
+        return self.token_update(token_start, is_first)
+
+    def _request_update_create(self, req_start: float) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            # in case another thread already got here
+            if self.request_update == self._request_update_create:
+                self.request_latency = Histogram(
+                    f"{self._prefix}_request_latency", "Whole LLM request/reply latency (histogram)"
+                )
+                self.request_update = self._request_update_real
+        self.request_update(req_start)
 
-    def token_update(self, token_start: float, is_first: bool) -> float:
+    def _token_update_real(self, token_start: float, is_first: bool) -> float:
         now = time.time()
         if is_first:
             self.first_token_latency.observe(now - token_start)
@@ -48,7 +87,7 @@ def token_update(self, token_start: float, is_first: bool) -> float:
             self.inter_token_latency.observe(now - token_start)
         return now
 
-    def request_update(self, req_start: float) -> None:
+    def _request_update_real(self, req_start: float) -> None:
         self.request_latency.observe(time.time() - req_start)
 
     def pending_update(self, increase: bool) -> None: