diff --git a/ydb/core/grpc_services/counters/proxy_counters.cpp b/ydb/core/grpc_services/counters/proxy_counters.cpp
index 3973ce39bd83..a5cfeb1e7ce1 100644
--- a/ydb/core/grpc_services/counters/proxy_counters.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/grpc_services/counters/proxy_counters.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class TGRpcProxyCounters : public IGRpcProxyCounters {
     ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr DatabaseAccessDenyCounter_;
     ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr DatabaseSchemeErrorCounter_;
     ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr DatabaseUnavailableCounter_;
+    ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr EmptyDatabaseNameCounter_;
     ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr DatabaseRateLimitedCounter_;
     ::NMonitoring::TDynamicCounters::TCounterPtr ConsumedRUCounter_;
     NMonitoring::THistogramPtr ThrottleDelayHistogram_;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ class TGRpcProxyCounters : public IGRpcProxyCounters {
         DatabaseSchemeErrorCounter_ = group->GetCounter("databaseSchemeError", true);
         DatabaseUnavailableCounter_ = group->GetCounter("databaseUnavailable", true);
 
+        EmptyDatabaseNameCounter_ = group->GetCounter("emptyDatabaseName", true);
+
         DatabaseRateLimitedCounter_ = group->GetCounter("api.grpc.request.throughput_quota_exceeded_count", true);
 
         ConsumedRUCounter_ = group->GetCounter("api.grpc.response.consumed_request_units", true);
@@ -59,6 +62,10 @@ class TGRpcProxyCounters : public IGRpcProxyCounters {
         DatabaseUnavailableCounter_->Inc();
     }
 
+    void IncEmptyDatabaseNameCounter() override {
+        EmptyDatabaseNameCounter_->Inc();
+    }
+
     void IncDatabaseRateLimitedCounter() override {
         DatabaseRateLimitedCounter_->Inc();
     }
@@ -274,6 +281,10 @@ class TGRpcProxyCountersWrapper : public IGRpcProxyCounters {
         Db->IncDatabaseUnavailableCounter();
     }
 
+    void IncEmptyDatabaseNameCounter() override {
+        Common->IncEmptyDatabaseNameCounter();
+    }
+
     void IncDatabaseRateLimitedCounter() override {
         Common->IncDatabaseRateLimitedCounter();
         Db->IncDatabaseRateLimitedCounter();
diff --git a/ydb/core/grpc_services/counters/proxy_counters.h b/ydb/core/grpc_services/counters/proxy_counters.h
index e0cab1082229..60ee64cb220c 100644
--- a/ydb/core/grpc_services/counters/proxy_counters.h
+++ b/ydb/core/grpc_services/counters/proxy_counters.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class IGRpcProxyCounters : public virtual TThrRefBase {
     virtual void IncDatabaseAccessDenyCounter() = 0;
     virtual void IncDatabaseSchemeErrorCounter() = 0;
     virtual void IncDatabaseUnavailableCounter() = 0;
+    virtual void IncEmptyDatabaseNameCounter() = 0;
     virtual void IncDatabaseRateLimitedCounter() = 0;
 
     virtual void AddConsumedRequestUnits(ui64 requestUnits) = 0;
diff --git a/ydb/core/grpc_services/grpc_request_proxy.cpp b/ydb/core/grpc_services/grpc_request_proxy.cpp
index f5a7ae83f83e..a3e4f89730f8 100644
--- a/ydb/core/grpc_services/grpc_request_proxy.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/grpc_services/grpc_request_proxy.cpp
@@ -193,15 +193,18 @@ class TGRpcRequestProxyImpl
             if (maybeDatabaseName && !maybeDatabaseName.GetRef().empty()) {
                 databaseName = CanonizePath(maybeDatabaseName.GetRef());
             } else {
-                if (!AllowYdbRequestsWithoutDatabase && DynamicNode && !std::is_same_v<TEvent, TEvRequestAuthAndCheck>) { // TEvRequestAuthAndCheck is allowed to be processed without database
-                    requestBaseCtx->ReplyUnauthenticated("Requests without specified database are not allowed");
-                    requestBaseCtx->FinishSpan();
-                    return;
-                } else {
-                    databaseName = RootDatabase;
-                    skipResourceCheck = true;
-                    skipCheckConnectRights = true;
+                if (!std::is_same_v<TEvent, TEvRequestAuthAndCheck>) { // TEvRequestAuthAndCheck is allowed to be processed without database
+                    Counters->IncEmptyDatabaseNameCounter();
+                    if (DynamicNode && !AllowYdbRequestsWithoutDatabase) {
+                        requestBaseCtx->ReplyUnauthenticated("Requests without specified database are not allowed");
+                        requestBaseCtx->FinishSpan();
+                        return;
+                    }
                 }
+
+                databaseName = RootDatabase;
+                skipResourceCheck = true;
+                skipCheckConnectRights = true;
             }
             if (databaseName.empty()) {
                 Counters->IncDatabaseUnavailableCounter();