diff --git a/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py b/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
index 228550af..d3944207 100644
--- a/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
+++ b/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ def __init__(self, *args):
 ```
 """
 
+import copy
 import enum
+import hashlib
 import json
 import logging
 import socket
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ class _MetricsEndpointDict(TypedDict):
 
 LIBID = "dc15fa84cef84ce58155fb84f6c6213a"
 LIBAPI = 0
-LIBPATCH = 24
+LIBPATCH = 25
 
 PYDEPS = ["cosl >= 0.0.50", "pydantic"]
 
@@ -308,6 +310,13 @@ def _dedupe_list(items: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     return unique_items
 
 
+def _dict_hash_except_key(scrape_config: Dict[str, Any], key: Optional[str]):
+    """Get a hash of the scrape_config dict, except for the specified key."""
+    cfg_for_hash = {k: v for k, v in scrape_config.items() if k != key}
+    serialized = json.dumps(cfg_for_hash, sort_keys=True)
+    return hashlib.blake2b(serialized.encode(), digest_size=4).hexdigest()
+
+
 class TracingError(Exception):
     """Base class for custom errors raised by tracing."""
 
@@ -697,6 +706,27 @@ def _on_refresh(self, event):
                 ) as e:
                     logger.error("Invalid relation data provided: %s", e)
 
+    def _deterministic_scrape_configs(
+        self, scrape_configs: List[Dict[str, Any]]
+    ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Get deterministic scrape_configs with stable job names.
+
+        For stability across serializations, compute a short per-config hash
+        and append it to the existing job name (or 'default'). Keep the app
+        name as a prefix: <app>_<job_or_default>_<8hex-hash>.
+
+        Hash the whole scrape_config (except any existing job_name) so the
+        suffix is sensitive to all stable fields. Use deterministic JSON
+        serialization.
+        """
+        local_scrape_configs = copy.deepcopy(scrape_configs)
+        for scrape_config in local_scrape_configs:
+            name = scrape_config.get("job_name", "default")
+            short_id = _dict_hash_except_key(scrape_config, "job_name")
+            scrape_config["job_name"] = f"{self._charm.app.name}_{name}_{short_id}"
+
+        return sorted(local_scrape_configs, key=lambda c: c.get("job_name", ""))
+
     @property
     def _scrape_jobs(self) -> List[Dict]:
         """Return a list of scrape_configs.
@@ -711,22 +741,17 @@ def _scrape_jobs(self) -> List[Dict]:
             scrape_configs = self._scrape_configs.copy()
 
         # Convert "metrics_endpoints" to standard scrape_configs, and add them in
-        unit_name = self._charm.unit.name.replace("/", "_")
         for endpoint in self._metrics_endpoints:
-            port = endpoint["port"]
-            path = endpoint["path"]
-            sanitized_path = path.strip("/").replace("/", "_")
             scrape_configs.append(
                 {
-                    "job_name": f"{unit_name}_localhost_{port}_{sanitized_path}",
-                    "metrics_path": path,
-                    "static_configs": [{"targets": [f"localhost:{port}"]}],
+                    "metrics_path": endpoint["path"],
+                    "static_configs": [{"targets": [f"localhost:{endpoint['port']}"]}],
                 }
             )
 
         scrape_configs = scrape_configs or []
 
-        return scrape_configs
+        return self._deterministic_scrape_configs(scrape_configs)
 
     @property
     def _metrics_alert_rules(self) -> Dict:
@@ -742,7 +767,7 @@ def _metrics_alert_rules(self) -> Dict:
         )
         alert_rules.add_path(self._metrics_rules, recursive=self._recursive)
         alert_rules.add(
-            generic_alert_groups.application_rules,
+            copy.deepcopy(generic_alert_groups.application_rules),
             group_name_prefix=JujuTopology.from_charm(self._charm).identifier,
         )