diff --git a/internal/locate/region_request.go b/internal/locate/region_request.go
index 9a82cb6d0..2479b296c 100644
--- a/internal/locate/region_request.go
+++ b/internal/locate/region_request.go
@@ -988,12 +988,23 @@ func (s *RegionRequestSender) SendReqCtx(
 			metrics.TiKVRequestRetryTimesHistogram.Observe(float64(tryTimes))
 		}
 	}()
+
+	var staleReadCollector *staleReadMetricsCollector
+	if req.StaleRead {
+		staleReadCollector = &staleReadMetricsCollector{hit: true}
+		staleReadCollector.onReq(req)
+		defer staleReadCollector.collect()
+	}
+
 	for {
 		if tryTimes > 0 {
 			req.IsRetryRequest = true
 			if tryTimes%100 == 0 {
 				logutil.Logger(bo.GetCtx()).Warn("retry", zap.Uint64("region", regionID.GetID()), zap.Int("times", tryTimes))
 			}
+			if req.StaleRead && staleReadCollector != nil {
+				staleReadCollector.hit = false
+			}
 		}
 
 		rpcCtx, err = s.getRPCContext(bo, req, regionID, et, opts...)
@@ -1071,6 +1082,9 @@ func (s *RegionRequestSender) SendReqCtx(
 				s.replicaSelector.onSendSuccess()
 			}
 		}
+		if staleReadCollector != nil {
+			staleReadCollector.onResp(resp)
+		}
 		return resp, rpcCtx, nil
 	}
 }
@@ -1642,3 +1656,59 @@ func (s *RegionRequestSender) onRegionError(bo *retry.Backoffer, ctx *RPCContext
 	// Because caller may need to re-split the request.
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+type staleReadMetricsCollector struct {
+	tp  tikvrpc.CmdType
+	hit bool
+	out int
+	in  int
+}
+
+func (s *staleReadMetricsCollector) onReq(req *tikvrpc.Request) {
+	size := 0
+	switch req.Type {
+	case tikvrpc.CmdGet:
+		size += req.Get().Size()
+	case tikvrpc.CmdBatchGet:
+		size += req.BatchGet().Size()
+	case tikvrpc.CmdScan:
+		size += req.Scan().Size()
+	case tikvrpc.CmdCop:
+		size += req.Cop().Size()
+	default:
+		// ignore non-read requests
+		return
+	}
+	s.tp = req.Type
+	size += req.Context.Size()
+	s.out = size
+}
+
+func (s *staleReadMetricsCollector) onResp(resp *tikvrpc.Response) {
+	size := 0
+	switch s.tp {
+	case tikvrpc.CmdGet:
+		size += resp.Resp.(*kvrpcpb.GetResponse).Size()
+	case tikvrpc.CmdBatchGet:
+		size += resp.Resp.(*kvrpcpb.BatchGetResponse).Size()
+	case tikvrpc.CmdScan:
+		size += resp.Resp.(*kvrpcpb.ScanResponse).Size()
+	case tikvrpc.CmdCop:
+		size += resp.Resp.(*coprocessor.Response).Size()
+	default:
+		// unreachable
+		return
+	}
+	s.in = size
+}
+
+func (s *staleReadMetricsCollector) collect() {
+	in, out := metrics.StaleReadHitInTraffic, metrics.StaleReadHitOutTraffic
+	if !s.hit {
+		in, out = metrics.StaleReadMissInTraffic, metrics.StaleReadMissOutTraffic
+	}
+	if s.in > 0 && s.out > 0 {
+		in.Observe(float64(s.in))
+		out.Observe(float64(s.out))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/metrics/metrics.go b/metrics/metrics.go
index 38b2fcd9a..20b2213ce 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ var (
 	TiKVReadThroughput                       prometheus.Histogram
 	TiKVUnsafeDestroyRangeFailuresCounterVec *prometheus.CounterVec
 	TiKVPrewriteAssertionUsageCounter        *prometheus.CounterVec
+	TiKVStaleReadSizeSummary                 *prometheus.SummaryVec
 )
 
 // Label constants.
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ const (
 	LblToStore         = "to_store"
 	LblStaleRead       = "stale_read"
 	LblSource          = "source"
+	LblDirection       = "direction"
 )
 
 func initMetrics(namespace, subsystem string) {
@@ -589,6 +591,14 @@ func initMetrics(namespace, subsystem string) {
 			Help:      "Counter of assertions used in prewrite requests",
 		}, []string{LblType})
 
+	TiKVStaleReadSizeSummary = prometheus.NewSummaryVec(
+		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Subsystem: subsystem,
+			Name:      "stale_read_bytes",
+			Help:      "Size of stale read.",
+		}, []string{LblResult, LblDirection})
+
 	initShortcuts()
 }
 
@@ -659,6 +669,7 @@ func RegisterMetrics() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVReadThroughput)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVUnsafeDestroyRangeFailuresCounterVec)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVPrewriteAssertionUsageCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(TiKVStaleReadSizeSummary)
 }
 
 // readCounter reads the value of a prometheus.Counter.
diff --git a/metrics/shortcuts.go b/metrics/shortcuts.go
index 8ff838560..30b5207f8 100644
--- a/metrics/shortcuts.go
+++ b/metrics/shortcuts.go
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ var (
 	PrewriteAssertionUsageCounterExist    prometheus.Counter
 	PrewriteAssertionUsageCounterNotExist prometheus.Counter
 	PrewriteAssertionUsageCounterUnknown  prometheus.Counter
+
+	StaleReadHitInTraffic   prometheus.Observer
+	StaleReadHitOutTraffic  prometheus.Observer
+	StaleReadMissInTraffic  prometheus.Observer
+	StaleReadMissOutTraffic prometheus.Observer
 )
 
 func initShortcuts() {
@@ -235,4 +240,9 @@ func initShortcuts() {
 	PrewriteAssertionUsageCounterExist = TiKVPrewriteAssertionUsageCounter.WithLabelValues("exist")
 	PrewriteAssertionUsageCounterNotExist = TiKVPrewriteAssertionUsageCounter.WithLabelValues("not-exist")
 	PrewriteAssertionUsageCounterUnknown = TiKVPrewriteAssertionUsageCounter.WithLabelValues("unknown")
+
+	StaleReadHitInTraffic = TiKVStaleReadSizeSummary.WithLabelValues("hit", "in")
+	StaleReadHitOutTraffic = TiKVStaleReadSizeSummary.WithLabelValues("hit", "out")
+	StaleReadMissInTraffic = TiKVStaleReadSizeSummary.WithLabelValues("miss", "in")
+	StaleReadMissOutTraffic = TiKVStaleReadSizeSummary.WithLabelValues("miss", "out")
 }
diff --git a/tikvrpc/tikvrpc.go b/tikvrpc/tikvrpc.go
index d864c415a..bc78d8b65 100644
--- a/tikvrpc/tikvrpc.go
+++ b/tikvrpc/tikvrpc.go
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ func (req *Request) EnableStaleRead() {
 	req.ReplicaRead = false
 }
 
+// DisableStaleReadMeetLock is called when stale-read fallbacks to leader read after meeting key-is-locked error.
+func (req *Request) DisableStaleReadMeetLock() {
+	req.StaleRead = false
+	req.ReplicaReadType = kv.ReplicaReadLeader
+}
+
 // IsGlobalStaleRead checks if the request is a global stale read request.
 func (req *Request) IsGlobalStaleRead() bool {
 	return req.ReadReplicaScope == oracle.GlobalTxnScope &&
diff --git a/txnkv/txnsnapshot/snapshot.go b/txnkv/txnsnapshot/snapshot.go
index 8ba0888d4..76b5aed5a 100644
--- a/txnkv/txnsnapshot/snapshot.go
+++ b/txnkv/txnsnapshot/snapshot.go
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ func (s *KVSnapshot) batchGetSingleRegion(bo *retry.Backoffer, batch batchKeys,
 			s.mergeRegionRequestStats(cli.Stats)
 		}()
 	}
+	isStaleness := s.mu.isStaleness
 	s.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	pending := batch.keys
@@ -386,7 +387,6 @@ func (s *KVSnapshot) batchGetSingleRegion(bo *retry.Backoffer, batch batchKeys,
 			s.mu.resourceGroupTagger(req)
 		}
 		scope := s.mu.readReplicaScope
-		isStaleness := s.mu.isStaleness
 		matchStoreLabels := s.mu.matchStoreLabels
 		replicaAdjuster := s.mu.replicaReadAdjuster
 		s.mu.RUnlock()
@@ -479,6 +479,10 @@ func (s *KVSnapshot) batchGetSingleRegion(bo *retry.Backoffer, batch batchKeys,
 			} else {
 				cli.UpdateResolvingLocks(locks, s.version, *resolvingRecordToken)
 			}
+			// we need to read from leader after resolving the lock.
+			if isStaleness {
+				isStaleness = false
+			}
 			resolveLocksOpts := txnlock.ResolveLocksOptions{
 				CallerStartTS: s.version,
 				Locks:         locks,
@@ -656,6 +660,10 @@ func (s *KVSnapshot) get(ctx context.Context, bo *retry.Backoffer, k []byte) ([]
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			if firstLock == nil {
+				// we need to read from leader after resolving the lock.
+				if isStaleness {
+					req.DisableStaleReadMeetLock()
+				}
 				firstLock = lock
 			} else if s.version == maxTimestamp && firstLock.TxnID != lock.TxnID {
 				// If it is an autocommit point get, it needs to be blocked only