diff --git a/hack/docker-compose/loki/promtail-config.yml b/hack/docker-compose/loki/promtail-config.yml
index 585d71f81..60e47d3ec 100644
--- a/hack/docker-compose/loki/promtail-config.yml
+++ b/hack/docker-compose/loki/promtail-config.yml
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ scrape_configs:
           k8s_namespace_name: kube-public
           log_type: application
           __path__: /var/log/*log
-          kubernetes_pod_name: alertmanager-main-0
-          kubernetes_container_name: test-container
+          kubernetes_pod_name: kube-public-0
+          kubernetes_container_name: test-container-kube
diff --git a/web/locales/en/plugin__logging-view-plugin.json b/web/locales/en/plugin__logging-view-plugin.json
index a601aed80..160aa32f4 100644
--- a/web/locales/en/plugin__logging-view-plugin.json
+++ b/web/locales/en/plugin__logging-view-plugin.json
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {
+  "No namespaces found": "No namespaces found",
+  "No pods found in the selected namespace(s)": "No pods found in the selected namespace(s)",
+  "No pods found": "No pods found",
+  "No containers found in the selected namespace(s)": "No containers found in the selected namespace(s)",
+  "No containers found": "No containers found",
   "Label {{tenantKey}} is required to display the alert metrics": "label {{tenantKey}} is required to display the alert metrics",
   "Select a smaller time range to reduce the number of results": "Select a smaller time range to reduce the number of results",
   "Select a namespace, pod, or container filter to improve the query performance": "Select a namespace, pod, or container filter to improve the query performance",
@@ -18,6 +23,7 @@
   "Explain Log Volume": "Explain Log Volume",
   "Search by {{attributeName}}": "Search by {{attributeName}}",
   "Attribute": "Attribute",
+  "No results found": "No results found",
   "Filter by {{attributeName}}": "Filter by {{attributeName}}",
   "Search": "Search",
   "Loading...": "Loading...",
@@ -141,4 +147,4 @@
   "Aggregated Logs": "Aggregated Logs",
   "Logs": "Logs",
   "Please select a namespace": "Please select a namespace"
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/src/attribute-filters.tsx b/web/src/attribute-filters.tsx
index 44f64a934..ed38fe270 100644
--- a/web/src/attribute-filters.tsx
+++ b/web/src/attribute-filters.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,11 @@ const lokiSeriesDataSource =
     mapper: (data: SeriesResponse) => Array<{ option: string; value: string }>;
   }) =>
   async (): Promise<Array<{ option: string; value: string }>> => {
-    const { abort, request } = executeSeries({ match, tenant, config });
+    const { abort, request } = executeSeries({
+      match: match.filter(notEmptyString),
+      tenant,
+      config,
+    });
 
     if (resourceAbort.lokiSeries) {
       resourceAbort.lokiSeries();
@@ -142,12 +146,14 @@ const resourceDataSource =
 
     const { request, abort } = cancellableFetch<K8sResourceListResponse>(endpoint);
 
-    const abortFunction = resourceAbort[resource];
+    const abortKey = namespace ? `${resource}-${namespace}` : resource;
+
+    const abortFunction = resourceAbort[abortKey];
     if (abortFunction) {
       abortFunction();
     }
 
-    resourceAbort[resource] = abort;
+    resourceAbort[abortKey] = abort;
 
     const response = await request();
 
@@ -211,10 +217,12 @@ export const availableAttributes = ({
   tenant,
   config,
   schema,
+  t,
 }: {
   tenant: string;
   config: Config;
   schema: Schema;
+  t: (key: string) => string;
 }): AttributeList => {
   const { namespaceLabel, podLabel, containerLabel } = getAttributeLabels(schema);
 
@@ -249,19 +257,35 @@ export const availableAttributes = ({
         },
       }),
       valueType: 'checkbox-select',
+      emptyStateMessage: t('No namespaces found'),
     },
     {
       name: 'Pods',
       label: podLabel,
       id: 'pod',
-      options: getPodAttributeOptions(tenant, config, schema),
+      options: (filters) => {
+        const selectedNamespaces = filters?.namespace ? Array.from(filters.namespace) : undefined;
+
+        return getPodAttributeOptions(tenant, config, schema, selectedNamespaces)();
+      },
       valueType: 'checkbox-select',
+      emptyStateMessage: (filters) => {
+        const selectedNamespaces = filters?.namespace ? Array.from(filters.namespace) : undefined;
+        if (selectedNamespaces && selectedNamespaces.length > 0) {
+          return t('No pods found in the selected namespace(s)');
+        }
+        return t('No pods found');
+      },
     },
     {
       name: 'Containers',
       label: containerLabel,
       id: 'container',
-      options: getContainerAttributeOptions(tenant, config, schema),
+      options: (filters) => {
+        const selectedNamespaces = filters?.namespace ? Array.from(filters.namespace) : undefined;
+
+        return getContainerAttributeOptions(tenant, config, schema, selectedNamespaces)();
+      },
       expandSelection: (selections) => {
         const podSelections = new Set<string>();
         const containerSelections = new Set<string>();
@@ -313,6 +337,13 @@ export const availableAttributes = ({
         return filters.pod.has(pod) && filters.container.has(container);
       },
       valueType: 'checkbox-select',
+      emptyStateMessage: (filters) => {
+        const selectedNamespaces = filters?.namespace ? Array.from(filters.namespace) : undefined;
+        if (selectedNamespaces && selectedNamespaces.length > 0) {
+          return t('No containers found in the selected namespace(s)');
+        }
+        return t('No containers found');
+      },
     },
   ];
 };
@@ -724,17 +755,51 @@ const getPodAttributeOptions = (
   tenant: string,
   config: Config,
   schema: Schema,
+  namespaces?: Array<string>,
 ): (() => Promise<Option[]>) => {
   const { podLabel } = getAttributeLabels(schema);
 
+  const namespacedPodsResources: Array<Promise<Option[]>> = [];
+
+  // get pods in selected namespaces for users that have restricted access
+  for (const ns of namespaces || []) {
+    namespacedPodsResources.push(resourceDataSource({ resource: 'pods', namespace: ns })());
+  }
+
+  const namespaceLabel = getStreamLabelsFromSchema(schema).Namespace;
+  const namespacesQuery =
+    namespaces && namespaces.length > 0 ? `${namespaceLabel}=~"${namespaces.join('|')}"` : '';
+
+  const podResource =
+    namespaces && namespaces.length > 0
+      ? namespacedPodsResources
+      : [
+          resourceDataSource({
+            resource: 'pods',
+            filter: (resource) => {
+              switch (tenant) {
+                case 'infrastructure':
+                  return namespaceBelongsToInfrastructureTenant(resource.metadata?.namespace || '');
+                case 'application':
+                  return !namespaceBelongsToInfrastructureTenant(
+                    resource.metadata?.namespace || '',
+                  );
+              }
+
+              return true;
+            },
+          })(),
+        ];
+
   return () =>
     Promise.allSettled<Promise<Option[]>>([
       lokiLabelValuesDataSource({
         config,
         tenant,
         labelName: podLabel,
+        query: namespacesQuery ? `{ ${namespacesQuery} }` : undefined,
       })(),
-      resourceDataSource({ resource: 'pods' })(),
+      ...podResource,
     ]).then((results) => {
       const podOptions: Set<Option> = new Set();
       results.forEach((result) => {
@@ -752,17 +817,64 @@ const getContainerAttributeOptions = (
   tenant: string,
   config: Config,
   schema: Schema,
+  namespaces?: Array<string>,
 ): (() => Promise<Option[]>) => {
   const { containerLabel, podLabel } = getAttributeLabels(schema);
 
   const seriesQuery = `{ ${containerLabel}!="", ${podLabel}!="" }`;
 
+  const namespacedPodsResources: Array<Promise<Option[]>> = [];
+
+  // get containers in selected namespaces for users that have restricted access
+  for (const ns of namespaces || []) {
+    namespacedPodsResources.push(
+      resourceDataSource({
+        resource: 'pods',
+        namespace: ns,
+        mapper: (resource) =>
+          resource?.spec?.containers.map((container) => ({
+            option: `${resource?.metadata?.name} / ${container.name}`,
+            value: `${resource?.metadata?.name} / ${container.name}`,
+          })) ?? [],
+      })(),
+    );
+  }
+
+  const namespaceLabel = getStreamLabelsFromSchema(schema).Namespace;
+  const namespacesQuery = namespaces ? `${namespaceLabel}=~"${namespaces.join('|')}"` : '';
+
+  const podResource =
+    namespaces && namespaces.length > 0
+      ? namespacedPodsResources
+      : [
+          resourceDataSource({
+            resource: 'pods',
+            filter: (resource) => {
+              switch (tenant) {
+                case 'infrastructure':
+                  return namespaceBelongsToInfrastructureTenant(resource.metadata?.namespace || '');
+                case 'application':
+                  return !namespaceBelongsToInfrastructureTenant(
+                    resource.metadata?.namespace || '',
+                  );
+              }
+
+              return true;
+            },
+            mapper: (resource) =>
+              resource?.spec?.containers.map((container) => ({
+                option: `${resource?.metadata?.name} / ${container.name}`,
+                value: `${resource?.metadata?.name} / ${container.name}`,
+              })) ?? [],
+          })(),
+        ];
+
   return () =>
     Promise.allSettled<Promise<Option[]>>([
       lokiSeriesDataSource({
         config,
         tenant,
-        match: [seriesQuery],
+        match: [seriesQuery, namespacesQuery ? `{ ${namespacesQuery} }` : ''],
         mapper: (response) => {
           const uniqueContainers = new Set<string>();
 
@@ -778,14 +890,7 @@ const getContainerAttributeOptions = (
           }));
         },
       })(),
-      resourceDataSource({
-        resource: 'pods',
-        mapper: (resource) =>
-          resource?.spec?.containers.map((container) => ({
-            option: `${resource?.metadata?.name} / ${container.name}`,
-            value: `${resource?.metadata?.name} / ${container.name}`,
-          })) ?? [],
-      })(),
+      ...podResource,
     ]).then((results) => {
       const uniqueContainers = new Set<Option>();
       results.forEach((result) => {
diff --git a/web/src/components/filters/attribute-filter.tsx b/web/src/components/filters/attribute-filter.tsx
index 262a9e0cd..e4771fd61 100644
--- a/web/src/components/filters/attribute-filter.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/filters/attribute-filter.tsx
@@ -170,12 +170,15 @@ export const AttributeFilter: React.FC<AttributeFilterProps> = ({
     </MenuToggle>
   );
 
+  const namespaces = filters['namespace'] ? Array.from(filters['namespace']) : [];
+  const namespacesKey = namespaces.sort().join('-');
+
   const renderAttributeValueComponent = (attribute: Attribute) => {
     switch (attribute.valueType) {
       case 'text': {
         return (
           <TextInput
-            key={`text-${attribute.id}`}
+            key={`text-${attribute.id}-${namespacesKey}`}
             placeholder={t('Search by {{attributeName}}', {
               attributeName: attribute.name,
             })}
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ export const AttributeFilter: React.FC<AttributeFilterProps> = ({
       case 'select':
         return (
           <SearchSelect
-            key={`select-${attribute.id}`}
+            key={`select-${attribute.id}-${namespacesKey}`}
             attribute={attribute}
             onSelect={handleAttributeValueChange}
             filters={filters}
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ export const AttributeFilter: React.FC<AttributeFilterProps> = ({
       case 'checkbox-select':
         return (
           <SearchSelect
-            key={`checkbox-select-${attribute.id}`}
+            key={`checkbox-select-${attribute.id}-${namespacesKey}`}
             attribute={attribute}
             onSelect={handleAttributeValueChange}
             filters={filters}
diff --git a/web/src/components/filters/attribute-value-data.tsx b/web/src/components/filters/attribute-value-data.tsx
index 097f7c706..c1794f44a 100644
--- a/web/src/components/filters/attribute-value-data.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/filters/attribute-value-data.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Attribute, Option } from './filter.types';
+import { Attribute, Filters, Option } from './filter.types';
 import { useBoolean } from '../../hooks/useBoolean';
 
 type UseAttributeValueDataHookResult = {
-  getAttributeOptions: (searchQuery?: string) => void;
+  getAttributeOptions: (filters?: Filters) => void;
   attributeOptions: Array<Option>;
   attributeError: Error | undefined;
   attributeLoading: boolean;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const useAttributeValueData = (attribute: Attribute): UseAttributeValueDa
   const [attributeError, setAttributeError] = React.useState<Error | undefined>();
 
   const getAttributeOptions = React.useCallback(
-    (searchQuery?: string) => {
+    (filters?: Filters) => {
       setAttributeError(undefined);
       if (attribute.options) {
         if (Array.isArray(attribute.options)) {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const useAttributeValueData = (attribute: Attribute): UseAttributeValueDa
           setAttributeOptions(uniqueOptions(attribute.options));
         } else {
           attribute
-            .options(searchQuery)
+            .options(filters)
             .then((asyncOptions) => {
               setAttributeOptions(uniqueOptions(asyncOptions ?? []));
             })
diff --git a/web/src/components/filters/filter.types.ts b/web/src/components/filters/filter.types.ts
index c7abe4369..ae9f05837 100644
--- a/web/src/components/filters/filter.types.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/filters/filter.types.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ export type Attribute = {
   label?: string;
   name: string;
   id: string;
-  options?: Array<Option> | ((searchQuery?: string) => Promise<Array<Option>>);
+  options?: Array<Option> | ((filters?: Filters) => Promise<Array<Option>>);
   valueType: 'text' | 'select' | 'checkbox-select';
   // upon selection of an option, this function is called to expand filters into other attributes
   expandSelection?: (value: Set<string>) => Map<string, Set<string>>;
   // determines if an option is selected based on other filters
   isItemSelected?: (value: string, filters: Filters) => boolean;
+  emptyStateMessage?: ((filters: Filters) => string) | string;
 };
 
 export type AttributeList = Array<Attribute>;
diff --git a/web/src/components/filters/search-select.tsx b/web/src/components/filters/search-select.tsx
index 291292f60..6488d96e4 100644
--- a/web/src/components/filters/search-select.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/filters/search-select.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ const getOptionComponents = (
   selections: Array<string>,
   focusedItemIndex: number | null,
   onInputKeyDown: (event: React.KeyboardEvent) => void,
+  emptyStateMessage?: string | null,
 ) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('plugin__logging-view-plugin');
+
   if (attributeLoading) {
     return [
       <SelectOption isLoading key="custom-loading" value="loading" hasCheckbox={false}>
@@ -80,6 +83,19 @@ const getOptionComponents = (
     return String(a.value).localeCompare(String(b.value));
   });
 
+  if (sortedOptions.length === 0) {
+    return [
+      <SelectOption key="no-results" value={NO_RESULTS} isAriaDisabled>
+        <Alert
+          variant="warning"
+          isInline
+          isPlain
+          title={emptyStateMessage || t('No results found')}
+        />
+      </SelectOption>,
+    ];
+  }
+
   return sortedOptions.map((attributeOption, index) => (
     <SelectOption
       key={attributeOption.value || attributeOption.children}
@@ -226,8 +242,13 @@ export const SearchSelect: React.FC<SearchSelectProps> = ({
     textInputRef?.current?.focus();
   };
 
+  const emptyStateMessage =
+    typeof attribute.emptyStateMessage === 'function'
+      ? attribute.emptyStateMessage(filters)
+      : attribute.emptyStateMessage;
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    getAttributeOptions();
+    getAttributeOptions(filters);
   }, [tenant]);
 
   const resetActiveAndFocusedItem = () => {
@@ -369,6 +390,7 @@ export const SearchSelect: React.FC<SearchSelectProps> = ({
             selections,
             focusedItemIndex,
             onInputKeyDown,
+            emptyStateMessage,
           )}
         </SelectList>
       </Select>
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/useURLState.ts b/web/src/hooks/useURLState.ts
index b38eee67f..e807b4ea8 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/useURLState.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/useURLState.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { intervalFromTimeRange } from '../time-range';
 import { getSchema } from '../value-utils';
 import { useLogsConfig } from './LogsConfigProvider';
 import { useQueryParams } from './useQueryParams';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
 interface UseURLStateHook {
   defaultTenant?: string;
@@ -16,10 +17,12 @@ interface UseURLStateHook {
     tenant,
     config,
     schema,
+    t,
   }: {
     tenant: string;
     config: Config;
     schema: Schema;
+    t: (key: string) => string;
   }) => AttributeList | undefined;
   attributesDependencies?: DependencyList;
 }
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ export const useURLState = ({
   getAttributes,
   attributesDependencies,
 }: UseURLStateHook) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('plugin__logging-view-plugin');
   const queryParams = useQueryParams();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ export const useURLState = ({
   const [tenant, setTenant] = React.useState(initialTenant);
   const [schema, setSchema] = React.useState(initialSchema);
   const attributes = React.useMemo<AttributeList>(
-    () => (getAttributes ? getAttributes({ tenant, config, schema }) ?? [] : []),
+    () => (getAttributes ? getAttributes({ tenant, config, schema, t }) ?? [] : []),
     [tenant, config, schema, ...(attributesDependencies || [])],
   );
   const [filters, setFilters] = React.useState<Filters | undefined>(