diff --git a/execution/scheduler_ext_test.go b/execution/scheduler_ext_test.go
index e175f3db526..3fbffdf0ed9 100644
--- a/execution/scheduler_ext_test.go
+++ b/execution/scheduler_ext_test.go
@@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ func TestSchedulerSystemTags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expTrailPVUTags := expCommonTrailTags.With("scenario", "per_vu_test")
 	expTrailSITags := expCommonTrailTags.With("scenario", "shared_test")
-	expNetTrailPVUTags := testRunState.RunTags.With("group", "").With("scenario", "per_vu_test")
-	expNetTrailSITags := testRunState.RunTags.With("group", "").With("scenario", "shared_test")
+	expDataSentPVUTags := testRunState.RunTags.With("group", "").With("scenario", "per_vu_test")
+	expDataSentSITags := testRunState.RunTags.With("group", "").With("scenario", "shared_test")
 
 	var gotCorrectTags int
 	for {
@@ -375,9 +375,13 @@ func TestSchedulerSystemTags(t *testing.T) {
 				if s.Tags == expTrailPVUTags || s.Tags == expTrailSITags {
 					gotCorrectTags++
 				}
-			case *netext.NetTrail:
-				if s.Tags == expNetTrailPVUTags || s.Tags == expNetTrailSITags {
-					gotCorrectTags++
+			default:
+				for _, sample := range s.GetSamples() {
+					if sample.Metric.Name == metrics.DataSentName {
+						if sample.Tags == expDataSentPVUTags || sample.Tags == expDataSentSITags {
+							gotCorrectTags++
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -487,7 +491,7 @@ func TestSchedulerRunCustomTags(t *testing.T) {
 				defer stopEmission()
 				require.NoError(t, execScheduler.Run(ctx, ctx, samples))
 			}()
-			var gotTrailTag, gotNetTrailTag bool
+			var gotTrailTag, gotDataSentTag bool
 			for {
 				select {
 				case sample := <-samples:
@@ -497,14 +501,16 @@ func TestSchedulerRunCustomTags(t *testing.T) {
 							gotTrailTag = true
 						}
 					}
-					if netTrail, ok := sample.(*netext.NetTrail); ok && !gotNetTrailTag {
-						tags := netTrail.Tags.Map()
-						if v, ok := tags["customTag"]; ok && v == "value" {
-							gotNetTrailTag = true
+					for _, s := range sample.GetSamples() {
+						if s.Metric.Name == metrics.DataSentName && !gotDataSentTag {
+							tags := s.Tags.Map()
+							if v, ok := tags["customTag"]; ok && v == "value" {
+								gotDataSentTag = true
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				case <-done:
-					if !gotTrailTag || !gotNetTrailTag {
+					if !gotTrailTag || !gotDataSentTag {
 						assert.FailNow(t, "a sample with expected tag wasn't received")
 					}
 					return
@@ -692,11 +698,15 @@ func TestSchedulerRunCustomConfigNoCrossover(t *testing.T) {
 					gotSampleTags++
 				}
 			}
-		case *netext.NetTrail:
-			tags := s.Tags.Map()
-			for _, expTags := range expectedNetTrailTags {
-				if reflect.DeepEqual(expTags, tags) {
-					gotSampleTags++
+		case metrics.Samples:
+			for _, sample := range s.GetSamples() {
+				if sample.Metric.Name == metrics.DataSentName {
+					tags := sample.Tags.Map()
+					for _, expTags := range expectedNetTrailTags {
+						if reflect.DeepEqual(expTags, tags) {
+							gotSampleTags++
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		case metrics.ConnectedSamples:
@@ -1275,7 +1285,7 @@ func TestRealTimeAndSetupTeardownMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			Value: expValue,
 		}
 	}
-	getDummyTrail := func(group string, emitIterations bool, addExpTags ...string) metrics.SampleContainer {
+	getNetworkSamples := func(group string, addExpTags ...string) metrics.SampleContainer {
 		expTags := []string{"group", group}
 		expTags = append(expTags, addExpTags...)
 		dialer := netext.NewDialer(
@@ -1284,25 +1294,56 @@ func TestRealTimeAndSetupTeardownMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 
 		ctm := metrics.TagsAndMeta{Tags: getTags(piState.Registry, expTags...)}
-		return dialer.GetTrail(time.Now(), time.Now(), true, emitIterations, ctm, piState.BuiltinMetrics)
+		return dialer.IOSamples(time.Now(), ctm, piState.BuiltinMetrics)
+	}
+
+	getIterationsSamples := func(group string, addExpTags ...string) metrics.SampleContainer {
+		expTags := []string{"group", group}
+		expTags = append(expTags, addExpTags...)
+		ctm := metrics.TagsAndMeta{Tags: getTags(piState.Registry, expTags...)}
+		startTime := time.Now()
+		endTime := time.Now()
+
+		return metrics.Samples([]metrics.Sample{
+			{
+				TimeSeries: metrics.TimeSeries{
+					Metric: piState.BuiltinMetrics.IterationDuration,
+					Tags:   ctm.Tags,
+				},
+				Time:     endTime,
+				Metadata: ctm.Metadata,
+				Value:    metrics.D(endTime.Sub(startTime)),
+			},
+			{
+				TimeSeries: metrics.TimeSeries{
+					Metric: piState.BuiltinMetrics.Iterations,
+					Tags:   ctm.Tags,
+				},
+				Time:     endTime,
+				Metadata: ctm.Metadata,
+				Value:    1,
+			},
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Initially give a long time (5s) for the execScheduler to start
 	expectIn(0, 5000, getSample(1, testCounter, "group", "::setup", "place", "setupBeforeSleep"))
 	expectIn(900, 1100, getSample(2, testCounter, "group", "::setup", "place", "setupAfterSleep"))
-	expectIn(0, 100, getDummyTrail("::setup", false))
+	expectIn(0, 100, getNetworkSamples("::setup"))
 
 	expectIn(0, 100, getSample(5, testCounter, "group", "", "place", "defaultBeforeSleep", "scenario", "default"))
 	expectIn(900, 1100, getSample(6, testCounter, "group", "", "place", "defaultAfterSleep", "scenario", "default"))
-	expectIn(0, 100, getDummyTrail("", true, "scenario", "default"))
+	expectIn(0, 100, getNetworkSamples("", "scenario", "default"))
+	expectIn(0, 100, getIterationsSamples("", "scenario", "default"))
 
 	expectIn(0, 100, getSample(5, testCounter, "group", "", "place", "defaultBeforeSleep", "scenario", "default"))
 	expectIn(900, 1100, getSample(6, testCounter, "group", "", "place", "defaultAfterSleep", "scenario", "default"))
-	expectIn(0, 100, getDummyTrail("", true, "scenario", "default"))
+	expectIn(0, 100, getNetworkSamples("", "scenario", "default"))
+	expectIn(0, 100, getIterationsSamples("", "scenario", "default"))
 
 	expectIn(0, 1000, getSample(3, testCounter, "group", "::teardown", "place", "teardownBeforeSleep"))
 	expectIn(900, 1100, getSample(4, testCounter, "group", "::teardown", "place", "teardownAfterSleep"))
-	expectIn(0, 100, getDummyTrail("::teardown", false))
+	expectIn(0, 100, getNetworkSamples("::teardown"))
 
 	for {
 		select {
diff --git a/js/runner.go b/js/runner.go
index a3741fc7f86..56dae12768a 100644
--- a/js/runner.go
+++ b/js/runner.go
@@ -865,15 +865,44 @@ func (u *VU) runFn(
 		u.Transport.CloseIdleConnections()
 	}
 
-	u.state.Samples <- u.Dialer.GetTrail(
-		startTime, endTime, isFullIteration,
-		isDefault, u.state.Tags.GetCurrentValues(), u.Runner.preInitState.BuiltinMetrics)
+	builtinMetrics := u.Runner.preInitState.BuiltinMetrics
+	ctm := u.state.Tags.GetCurrentValues()
+	u.state.Samples <- u.Dialer.IOSamples(endTime, ctm, builtinMetrics)
+
+	if isFullIteration && isDefault {
+		u.state.Samples <- iterationSamples(startTime, endTime, ctm, builtinMetrics)
+	}
 
 	v = unPromisify(v)
 
 	return v, isFullIteration, endTime.Sub(startTime), err
 }
 
+func iterationSamples(
+	startTime, endTime time.Time, ctm metrics.TagsAndMeta, builtinMetrics *metrics.BuiltinMetrics,
+) metrics.Samples {
+	return metrics.Samples([]metrics.Sample{
+		{
+			TimeSeries: metrics.TimeSeries{
+				Metric: builtinMetrics.IterationDuration,
+				Tags:   ctm.Tags,
+			},
+			Time:     endTime,
+			Metadata: ctm.Metadata,
+			Value:    metrics.D(endTime.Sub(startTime)),
+		},
+		{
+			TimeSeries: metrics.TimeSeries{
+				Metric: builtinMetrics.Iterations,
+				Tags:   ctm.Tags,
+			},
+			Time:     endTime,
+			Metadata: ctm.Metadata,
+			Value:    1,
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func (u *ActiveVU) incrIteration() {
 	u.iteration++
 	u.state.Iteration = u.iteration
diff --git a/js/runner_test.go b/js/runner_test.go
index c0ca818086c..0808547a42f 100644
--- a/js/runner_test.go
+++ b/js/runner_test.go
@@ -794,10 +794,9 @@ func TestVUIntegrationMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			sampleCount := 0
 			builtinMetrics := r.preInitState.BuiltinMetrics
-			for i, sampleC := range metrics.GetBufferedSamples(samples) {
-				for j, s := range sampleC.GetSamples() {
-					sampleCount++
-					switch i + j {
+			for _, sampleC := range metrics.GetBufferedSamples(samples) {
+				for _, s := range sampleC.GetSamples() {
+					switch sampleCount {
 					case 0:
 						assert.Equal(t, 5.0, s.Value)
 						assert.Equal(t, "my_metric", s.Metric.Name)
@@ -814,6 +813,7 @@ func TestVUIntegrationMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 						assert.Same(t, builtinMetrics.Iterations, s.Metric, "`iterations` sample is after `iteration_duration`")
 						assert.Equal(t, float64(1), s.Value)
 					}
+					sampleCount++
 				}
 			}
 			assert.Equal(t, sampleCount, 5)
diff --git a/lib/netext/dialer.go b/lib/netext/dialer.go
index e9db26fb2b6..0faaef9fb63 100644
--- a/lib/netext/dialer.go
+++ b/lib/netext/dialer.go
@@ -69,23 +69,20 @@ func (d *Dialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, proto, addr string) (net.Conn,
 	return conn, err
 }
 
-// GetTrail creates a new NetTrail instance with the Dialer
-// sent and received data metrics and the supplied times and tags.
-// TODO: Refactor this according to
-// https://github.com/k6io/k6/pull/1203#discussion_r337938370
-func (d *Dialer) GetTrail(
-	startTime, endTime time.Time, fullIteration bool, emitIterations bool, ctm metrics.TagsAndMeta,
-	builtinMetrics *metrics.BuiltinMetrics,
-) *NetTrail {
+// IOSamples returns samples for data send and received since it last call and zeros out.
+// It uses the provided time as the sample time and tags and builtinMetrics to build the samples.
+func (d *Dialer) IOSamples(
+	sampleTime time.Time, ctm metrics.TagsAndMeta, builtinMetrics *metrics.BuiltinMetrics,
+) metrics.SampleContainer {
 	bytesWritten := atomic.SwapInt64(&d.BytesWritten, 0)
 	bytesRead := atomic.SwapInt64(&d.BytesRead, 0)
-	samples := []metrics.Sample{
+	return metrics.Samples([]metrics.Sample{
 		{
 			TimeSeries: metrics.TimeSeries{
 				Metric: builtinMetrics.DataSent,
 				Tags:   ctm.Tags,
 			},
-			Time:     endTime,
+			Time:     sampleTime,
 			Metadata: ctm.Metadata,
 			Value:    float64(bytesWritten),
 		},
@@ -94,43 +91,11 @@ func (d *Dialer) GetTrail(
 				Metric: builtinMetrics.DataReceived,
 				Tags:   ctm.Tags,
 			},
-			Time:     endTime,
+			Time:     sampleTime,
 			Metadata: ctm.Metadata,
 			Value:    float64(bytesRead),
 		},
-	}
-	if fullIteration {
-		samples = append(samples, metrics.Sample{
-			TimeSeries: metrics.TimeSeries{
-				Metric: builtinMetrics.IterationDuration,
-				Tags:   ctm.Tags,
-			},
-			Time:     endTime,
-			Metadata: ctm.Metadata,
-			Value:    metrics.D(endTime.Sub(startTime)),
-		})
-		if emitIterations {
-			samples = append(samples, metrics.Sample{
-				TimeSeries: metrics.TimeSeries{
-					Metric: builtinMetrics.Iterations,
-					Tags:   ctm.Tags,
-				},
-				Time:     endTime,
-				Metadata: ctm.Metadata,
-				Value:    1,
-			})
-		}
-	}
-
-	return &NetTrail{
-		BytesRead:     bytesRead,
-		BytesWritten:  bytesWritten,
-		FullIteration: fullIteration,
-		StartTime:     startTime,
-		EndTime:       endTime,
-		Tags:          ctm.Tags,
-		Samples:       samples,
-	}
+	})
 }
 
 func (d *Dialer) getDialAddr(addr string) (string, error) {
@@ -208,36 +173,6 @@ func (d *Dialer) getConfiguredHost(addr, host, port string) (*types.Host, error)
 	return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
 }
 
-// NetTrail contains information about the exchanged data size and length of a
-// series of connections from a particular netext.Dialer
-type NetTrail struct {
-	BytesRead     int64
-	BytesWritten  int64
-	FullIteration bool
-	StartTime     time.Time
-	EndTime       time.Time
-	Tags          *metrics.TagSet
-	Samples       []metrics.Sample
-}
-
-// Ensure that interfaces are implemented correctly
-var _ metrics.ConnectedSampleContainer = &NetTrail{}
-
-// GetSamples implements the metrics.SampleContainer interface.
-func (ntr *NetTrail) GetSamples() []metrics.Sample {
-	return ntr.Samples
-}
-
-// GetTags implements the metrics.ConnectedSampleContainer interface.
-func (ntr *NetTrail) GetTags() *metrics.TagSet {
-	return ntr.Tags
-}
-
-// GetTime implements the metrics.ConnectedSampleContainer interface.
-func (ntr *NetTrail) GetTime() time.Time {
-	return ntr.EndTime
-}
-
 // Conn wraps net.Conn and keeps track of sent and received data size
 type Conn struct {
 	net.Conn
diff --git a/output/cloud/insights/collect_test.go b/output/cloud/insights/collect_test.go
index aeca952b9bc..6350dc8eb76 100644
--- a/output/cloud/insights/collect_test.go
+++ b/output/cloud/insights/collect_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.k6.io/k6/cloudapi/insights"
-	"go.k6.io/k6/lib/netext"
 	"go.k6.io/k6/lib/netext/httpext"
 	"go.k6.io/k6/metrics"
 )
@@ -51,9 +50,6 @@ func Test_Collector_CollectRequestMetadatas_FiltersAndStoresHTTPTrailsAsRequestM
 		&httpext.Trail{
 			// HTTP trail without trace ID should be ignored
 		},
-		&netext.NetTrail{
-			// Net trail should be ignored
-		},
 		&httpext.Trail{
 			EndTime:  time.Unix(20, 0),
 			Duration: time.Second,