diff --git a/.github/scripts/otel-naming/check_otel_naming.py b/.github/scripts/otel-naming/check_otel_naming.py
index 41e8748075..a5ed07c0e4 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/otel-naming/check_otel_naming.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/otel-naming/check_otel_naming.py
@@ -822,6 +822,8 @@ def run_rule_d_dashboards(
         "service_instance_id",
         "job",
         "instance",
+        "xrpl_branch",  # perf-iac identity label: git ref of the build under test
+        "xrpl_node_role",  # perf-iac identity label: validator/peer role in the perf cluster
     }
     # A dashboard label is valid if it is a span attribute (L1), a native-metric
     # label (L6), or a Prometheus/Grafana builtin.
diff --git a/.github/scripts/otel-naming/test_check_otel_naming.py b/.github/scripts/otel-naming/test_check_otel_naming.py
index cf042b877b..e22c31c54e 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/otel-naming/test_check_otel_naming.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/otel-naming/test_check_otel_naming.py
@@ -744,6 +744,12 @@ class RuleDDashboards(unittest.TestCase):
             [],
         )
 
+    def test_perf_iac_identity_labels_not_flagged(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self._run('"expr": "sum by (xrpl_branch, xrpl_node_role) (x)"', set()),
+            [],
+        )
+
     def test_prometheus_name_label_not_flagged(self):
         # `__name__` is the Prometheus reserved metric-name label; the renamed
         # system-*.json dashboards use `sum by (le, __name__)`.