From 30af43c4c0b704c1472bc760623cc7e6f7573c58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thor <thor.hansen@dash0.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:28:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix relable configs validation scheme not being set.

Add regression test.
---
 pkg/config/config.go      |  3 +++
 pkg/config/config_test.go | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index ed2753e0241..1e924f470d0 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ func (c *ScrapeConfig) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		if rlcfg == nil {
 			return errors.New("empty or null target relabeling rule in scrape config")
 		}
+		if err := rlcfg.Validate(model.UTF8Validation); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Validate the scrape and timeout internal configuration. When /debug/pprof/profile scraping
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index 06c41ea45b8..2568a125226 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/relabel"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/thanos-io/objstore/client"
 )
@@ -35,6 +37,34 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestLoadRelabelConfigNameValidationScheme is a regression test for a panic
+// ("Invalid name validation scheme requested: unset") that occurred because
+// parsed relabel configs never had their NameValidationScheme populated,
+// leaving it at the zero value (model.UnsetValidation).
+func TestLoadRelabelConfigNameValidationScheme(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cfg, err := Load(`scrape_configs:
+- job_name: 'test'
+  static_configs:
+  - targets: ['localhost:8080']
+  relabel_configs:
+  - source_labels: ['__meta_foo']
+    regex: '(.+)'
+    target_label: '__meta_${1}'
+    replacement: 'bar'
+    action: replace`)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, cfg.ScrapeConfigs, 1)
+	require.Len(t, cfg.ScrapeConfigs[0].RelabelConfigs, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, model.UTF8Validation, cfg.ScrapeConfigs[0].RelabelConfigs[0].NameValidationScheme)
+
+	lb := labels.NewBuilder(labels.FromStrings("__meta_foo", "extra"))
+	require.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		relabel.ProcessBuilder(lb, cfg.ScrapeConfigs[0].RelabelConfigs...)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestLoadComplex(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()