diff --git a/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/cached_event.rs b/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/cached_event.rs
index daa3f8ea803af..54f6b5ed5c64f 100644
--- a/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/cached_event.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/cached_event.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
-    collections::BTreeMap,
+    collections::HashMap,
+    hash::Hash,
     sync::{Arc, RwLock},
 };
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ pub struct RegisteredEventCache<T, Event: RegisterTaggedInternalEvent> {
     fixed_tags: T,
     cache: Arc<
         RwLock<
-            BTreeMap<
+            HashMap<
                 <Event as RegisterTaggedInternalEvent>::Tags,
                 <Event as RegisterInternalEvent>::Handle,
             >,
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ impl<Event, EventHandle, Data, Tags, FixedTags> RegisteredEventCache<FixedTags,
 where
     Data: Sized,
     EventHandle: InternalEventHandle<Data = Data>,
-    Tags: Ord + Clone,
+    Tags: Clone + Eq + Hash,
     FixedTags: Clone,
     Event: RegisterInternalEvent<Handle = EventHandle>
         + RegisterTaggedInternalEvent<Tags = Tags, Fixed = FixedTags>,
diff --git a/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/events_sent.rs b/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/events_sent.rs
index 22d614b0016eb..b902b6afaff65 100644
--- a/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/events_sent.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/events_sent.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use metrics::{register_counter, Counter};
 use tracing::trace;
 
-use crate::{config::ComponentKey, request_metadata::EventCountTags};
+use crate::config::ComponentKey;
 
 use super::{CountByteSize, OptionalTag, Output, SharedString};
 
@@ -91,19 +91,25 @@ crate::registered_event!(
         self.event_bytes.increment(byte_size.get() as u64);
     }
 
-    fn register(_fixed: (), tags: EventCountTags) {
-        super::register(TaggedEventsSent::new(
-            tags,
-        ))
+    fn register(_fixed: (), tags: TaggedEventsSent) {
+        super::register(tags)
     }
 );
 
 impl TaggedEventsSent {
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn new(tags: EventCountTags) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_empty() -> Self {
         Self {
-            source: tags.source,
-            service: tags.service,
+            source: OptionalTag::Specified(None),
+            service: OptionalTag::Specified(None),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new_unspecified() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            source: OptionalTag::Ignored,
+            service: OptionalTag::Ignored,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/mod.rs b/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/mod.rs
index 8785fa45757a8..ee3747ed4ce38 100644
--- a/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-common/src/internal_event/mod.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ impl From<Protocol> for SharedString {
 macro_rules! registered_event {
     // A registered event struct with no fields (zero-sized type).
     ($event:ident => $($tail:tt)*) => {
-        #[derive(Debug)]
+        #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
         pub struct $event;
 
         $crate::registered_event!(=> $event $($tail)*);
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ macro_rules! registered_event {
 
     // A normal registered event struct.
     ($event:ident { $( $field:ident: $type:ty, )* } => $($tail:tt)*) => {
-        #[derive(Debug)]
+        #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
         pub struct $event {
             $( pub $field: $type, )*
         }
diff --git a/lib/vector-common/src/request_metadata.rs b/lib/vector-common/src/request_metadata.rs
index 881918c899f8c..5b2ffeaef0eb4 100644
--- a/lib/vector-common/src/request_metadata.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-common/src/request_metadata.rs
@@ -1,44 +1,18 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ops::Add;
-use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
 use crate::{
-    config::ComponentKey,
     internal_event::{
-        CountByteSize, InternalEventHandle, OptionalTag, RegisterTaggedInternalEvent,
-        RegisteredEventCache,
+        CountByteSize, InternalEventHandle, RegisterTaggedInternalEvent, RegisteredEventCache,
+        TaggedEventsSent,
     },
     json_size::JsonSize,
 };
 
-/// Tags that are used to group the events within a batch for emitting telemetry.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
-pub struct EventCountTags {
-    pub source: OptionalTag<Arc<ComponentKey>>,
-    pub service: OptionalTag<String>,
-}
-
-impl EventCountTags {
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn new_empty() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            source: OptionalTag::Specified(None),
-            service: OptionalTag::Specified(None),
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn new_unspecified() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            source: OptionalTag::Ignored,
-            service: OptionalTag::Ignored,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Must be implemented by events to get the tags that will be attached to
 /// the `component_sent_event_*` emitted metrics.
 pub trait GetEventCountTags {
-    fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags;
+    fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent;
 }
 
 /// Keeps track of the estimated json size of a given batch of events by
@@ -48,7 +22,7 @@ pub enum GroupedCountByteSize {
     /// When we need to keep track of the events by certain tags we use this
     /// variant.
     Tagged {
-        sizes: HashMap<EventCountTags, CountByteSize>,
+        sizes: HashMap<TaggedEventsSent, CountByteSize>,
     },
     /// If we don't need to track the events by certain tags we can use
     /// this variant to avoid allocating a `HashMap`,
@@ -86,7 +60,7 @@ impl GroupedCountByteSize {
     /// Returns `None` if we are not tracking by tags.
     #[must_use]
     #[cfg(test)]
-    pub fn sizes(&self) -> Option<&HashMap<EventCountTags, CountByteSize>> {
+    pub fn sizes(&self) -> Option<&HashMap<TaggedEventsSent, CountByteSize>> {
         match self {
             Self::Tagged { sizes } => Some(sizes),
             Self::Untagged { .. } => None,
@@ -131,7 +105,7 @@ impl GroupedCountByteSize {
     /// Emits our counts to a `RegisteredEvent` cached event.
     pub fn emit_event<T, H>(&self, event_cache: &RegisteredEventCache<(), T>)
     where
-        T: RegisterTaggedInternalEvent<Tags = EventCountTags, Fixed = (), Handle = H>,
+        T: RegisterTaggedInternalEvent<Tags = TaggedEventsSent, Fixed = (), Handle = H>,
         H: InternalEventHandle<Data = CountByteSize>,
     {
         match self {
@@ -141,7 +115,7 @@ impl GroupedCountByteSize {
                 }
             }
             GroupedCountByteSize::Untagged { size } => {
-                event_cache.emit(&EventCountTags::new_unspecified(), *size);
+                event_cache.emit(&TaggedEventsSent::new_unspecified(), *size);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -177,10 +151,10 @@ impl<'a> Add<&'a GroupedCountByteSize> for GroupedCountByteSize {
 
             // The following two scenarios shouldn't really occur in practice, but are provided for completeness.
             (Self::Tagged { mut sizes }, Self::Untagged { size }) => {
-                match sizes.get_mut(&EventCountTags::new_empty()) {
+                match sizes.get_mut(&TaggedEventsSent::new_empty()) {
                     Some(empty_size) => *empty_size += *size,
                     None => {
-                        sizes.insert(EventCountTags::new_empty(), *size);
+                        sizes.insert(TaggedEventsSent::new_empty(), *size);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -188,10 +162,10 @@ impl<'a> Add<&'a GroupedCountByteSize> for GroupedCountByteSize {
             }
             (Self::Untagged { size }, Self::Tagged { sizes }) => {
                 let mut sizes = sizes.clone();
-                match sizes.get_mut(&EventCountTags::new_empty()) {
+                match sizes.get_mut(&TaggedEventsSent::new_empty()) {
                     Some(empty_size) => *empty_size += size,
                     None => {
-                        sizes.insert(EventCountTags::new_empty(), size);
+                        sizes.insert(TaggedEventsSent::new_empty(), size);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -307,6 +281,10 @@ pub trait MetaDescriptive {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    use crate::{config::ComponentKey, internal_event::OptionalTag};
+
     use super::*;
 
     struct DummyEvent {
@@ -315,8 +293,8 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     impl GetEventCountTags for DummyEvent {
-        fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags {
-            EventCountTags {
+        fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent {
+            TaggedEventsSent {
                 source: self.source.clone(),
                 service: self.service.clone(),
             }
@@ -380,14 +358,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(
             vec![
                 (
-                    EventCountTags {
+                    TaggedEventsSent {
                         source: OptionalTag::Ignored,
                         service: Some("cabbage".to_string()).into()
                     },
                     CountByteSize(2, JsonSize::new(78))
                 ),
                 (
-                    EventCountTags {
+                    TaggedEventsSent {
                         source: OptionalTag::Ignored,
                         service: Some("tomato".to_string()).into()
                     },
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/src/event/log_event.rs b/lib/vector-core/src/event/log_event.rs
index 87da44d6040c6..d615a5ba340c9 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/src/event/log_event.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-core/src/event/log_event.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ use lookup::lookup_v2::TargetPath;
 use lookup::PathPrefix;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
 use vector_common::{
-    internal_event::OptionalTag,
+    internal_event::{OptionalTag, TaggedEventsSent},
     json_size::{JsonSize, NonZeroJsonSize},
-    request_metadata::{EventCountTags, GetEventCountTags},
+    request_metadata::GetEventCountTags,
     EventDataEq,
 };
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ impl EstimatedJsonEncodedSizeOf for LogEvent {
 }
 
 impl GetEventCountTags for LogEvent {
-    fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags {
+    fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent {
         let source = if telemetry().tags().emit_source {
             self.metadata().source_id().cloned().into()
         } else {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl GetEventCountTags for LogEvent {
             OptionalTag::Ignored
         };
 
-        EventCountTags { source, service }
+        TaggedEventsSent { source, service }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/src/event/metric/mod.rs b/lib/vector-core/src/event/metric/mod.rs
index fa62bec7ec52c..9d29e4fd054ae 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/src/event/metric/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-core/src/event/metric/mod.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ use std::{
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use vector_common::{
-    internal_event::OptionalTag,
+    internal_event::{OptionalTag, TaggedEventsSent},
     json_size::JsonSize,
-    request_metadata::{EventCountTags, GetEventCountTags},
+    request_metadata::GetEventCountTags,
     EventDataEq,
 };
 use vector_config::configurable_component;
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ impl Finalizable for Metric {
 }
 
 impl GetEventCountTags for Metric {
-    fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags {
+    fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent {
         let source = if telemetry().tags().emit_source {
             self.metadata().source_id().cloned().into()
         } else {
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ impl GetEventCountTags for Metric {
             OptionalTag::Ignored
         };
 
-        EventCountTags { source, service }
+        TaggedEventsSent { source, service }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/src/event/mod.rs b/lib/vector-core/src/event/mod.rs
index 9547f58dc5ed3..5c385df1fd913 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/src/event/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-core/src/event/mod.rs
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 pub use trace::TraceEvent;
 use vector_buffers::EventCount;
 use vector_common::{
-    config::ComponentKey,
-    finalization,
-    json_size::JsonSize,
-    request_metadata::{EventCountTags, GetEventCountTags},
-    EventDataEq,
+    config::ComponentKey, finalization, internal_event::TaggedEventsSent, json_size::JsonSize,
+    request_metadata::GetEventCountTags, EventDataEq,
 };
 pub use vrl::value::Value;
 #[cfg(feature = "vrl")]
@@ -97,7 +94,7 @@ impl Finalizable for Event {
 }
 
 impl GetEventCountTags for Event {
-    fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags {
+    fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent {
         match self {
             Event::Log(log) => log.get_tags(),
             Event::Metric(metric) => metric.get_tags(),
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/src/event/trace.rs b/lib/vector-core/src/event/trace.rs
index 3885b50b9f13d..3760b7ad286af 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/src/event/trace.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-core/src/event/trace.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ use lookup::lookup_v2::TargetPath;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use vector_buffers::EventCount;
 use vector_common::{
-    json_size::JsonSize,
-    request_metadata::{EventCountTags, GetEventCountTags},
+    internal_event::TaggedEventsSent, json_size::JsonSize, request_metadata::GetEventCountTags,
     EventDataEq,
 };
 
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ impl AsMut<LogEvent> for TraceEvent {
 }
 
 impl GetEventCountTags for TraceEvent {
-    fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags {
+    fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent {
         self.0.get_tags()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sinks/elasticsearch/encoder.rs b/src/sinks/elasticsearch/encoder.rs
index 8f136bd02a195..cdee7812097e6 100644
--- a/src/sinks/elasticsearch/encoder.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/elasticsearch/encoder.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ use std::{io, io::Write};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use vector_buffers::EventCount;
 use vector_common::{
+    internal_event::TaggedEventsSent,
     json_size::JsonSize,
-    request_metadata::{EventCountTags, GetEventCountTags, GroupedCountByteSize},
+    request_metadata::{GetEventCountTags, GroupedCountByteSize},
 };
 use vector_core::{config::telemetry, event::Event, ByteSizeOf, EstimatedJsonEncodedSizeOf};
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ impl EventCount for ProcessedEvent {
 }
 
 impl GetEventCountTags for ProcessedEvent {
-    fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags {
+    fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent {
         self.log.get_tags()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sinks/loki/event.rs b/src/sinks/loki/event.rs
index 28a115243c3e8..bae1fa3d2448e 100644
--- a/src/sinks/loki/event.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/loki/event.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ pub struct LokiRecord {
     pub event: LokiEvent,
     pub json_byte_size: JsonSize,
     pub finalizers: EventFinalizers,
-    pub event_count_tags: EventCountTags,
+    pub event_count_tags: TaggedEventsSent,
 }
 
 impl ByteSizeOf for LokiRecord {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ impl Finalizable for LokiRecord {
 }
 
 impl GetEventCountTags for LokiRecord {
-    fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags {
+    fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent {
         self.event_count_tags.clone()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sinks/prelude.rs b/src/sinks/prelude.rs
index e3b3adc4327b6..b66de220ed5ed 100644
--- a/src/sinks/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/prelude.rs
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ pub use tower::{Service, ServiceBuilder};
 pub use vector_buffers::EventCount;
 pub use vector_common::{
     finalization::{EventFinalizers, EventStatus, Finalizable},
-    internal_event::CountByteSize,
+    internal_event::{CountByteSize, TaggedEventsSent},
     json_size::JsonSize,
-    request_metadata::{
-        EventCountTags, GetEventCountTags, GroupedCountByteSize, MetaDescriptive, RequestMetadata,
-    },
+    request_metadata::{GetEventCountTags, GroupedCountByteSize, MetaDescriptive, RequestMetadata},
 };
 pub use vector_config::configurable_component;
 pub use vector_core::{
diff --git a/src/sinks/util/processed_event.rs b/src/sinks/util/processed_event.rs
index fe4a50a8eb42d..63b6ba8e1425b 100644
--- a/src/sinks/util/processed_event.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/util/processed_event.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use serde::Serialize;
 use vector_common::{
-    json_size::JsonSize,
-    request_metadata::{EventCountTags, GetEventCountTags},
+    internal_event::TaggedEventsSent, json_size::JsonSize, request_metadata::GetEventCountTags,
 };
 use vector_core::{
     event::{EventFinalizers, Finalizable, LogEvent, MaybeAsLogMut},
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ impl<E, M> GetEventCountTags for ProcessedEvent<E, M>
 where
     E: GetEventCountTags,
 {
-    fn get_tags(&self) -> EventCountTags {
+    fn get_tags(&self) -> TaggedEventsSent {
         self.event.get_tags()
     }
 }