diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/AccountController.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/AccountController.java
index d5c219081..5ce542ff8 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/AccountController.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/AccountController.java
@@ -135,7 +135,13 @@ public class AccountController {
   private static final String CHALLENGE_PRESENT_TAG_NAME = "present";
   private static final String CHALLENGE_MATCH_TAG_NAME = "matches";
   private static final String COUNTRY_CODE_TAG_NAME = "countryCode";
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated "region" conflicts with cloud provider region tags; prefer "regionCode" instead
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   private static final String REGION_TAG_NAME = "region";
+  private static final String REGION_CODE_TAG_NAME = "regionCode";
   private static final String VERIFICATION_TRANSPORT_TAG_NAME = "transport";
   private static final String SCORE_TAG_NAME = "score";
 
@@ -250,6 +256,7 @@ public class AccountController {
                 UserAgentTagUtil.getPlatformTag(userAgent),
                 Tag.of(COUNTRY_CODE_TAG_NAME, countryCode),
                 Tag.of(REGION_TAG_NAME, region),
+                Tag.of(REGION_CODE_TAG_NAME, region),
                 Tag.of(SCORE_TAG_NAME, result.score())))
             .increment());
 
@@ -267,7 +274,8 @@ public class AccountController {
       Metrics.counter(CHALLENGE_ISSUED_COUNTER_NAME, Tags.of(
               UserAgentTagUtil.getPlatformTag(userAgent),
               Tag.of(COUNTRY_CODE_TAG_NAME, Util.getCountryCode(number)),
-              Tag.of(REGION_TAG_NAME, Util.getRegion(number))))
+              Tag.of(REGION_TAG_NAME, Util.getRegion(number)),
+              Tag.of(REGION_CODE_TAG_NAME, region)))
           .increment();
       return Response.status(402).build();
     }
@@ -419,6 +427,7 @@ public class AccountController {
     Metrics.counter(ACCOUNT_VERIFY_COUNTER_NAME, Tags.of(UserAgentTagUtil.getPlatformTag(userAgent),
             Tag.of(COUNTRY_CODE_TAG_NAME, Util.getCountryCode(number)),
             Tag.of(REGION_TAG_NAME, Util.getRegion(number)),
+            Tag.of(REGION_CODE_TAG_NAME, Util.getRegion(number)),
             Tag.of(VERIFY_EXPERIMENT_TAG_NAME, String.valueOf(storedVerificationCode.get().getTwilioVerificationSid().isPresent()))))
         .increment();
 
@@ -838,6 +847,7 @@ public class AccountController {
     Metrics.counter(PUSH_CHALLENGE_COUNTER_NAME,
             COUNTRY_CODE_TAG_NAME, countryCode,
             REGION_TAG_NAME, region,
+            REGION_CODE_TAG_NAME, region,
             CHALLENGE_PRESENT_TAG_NAME, Boolean.toString(pushChallenge.isPresent()),
             CHALLENGE_MATCH_TAG_NAME, Boolean.toString(match))
         .increment();
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sms/TwilioSmsSender.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sms/TwilioSmsSender.java
index 0bfbbfcce..3f416434e 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sms/TwilioSmsSender.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sms/TwilioSmsSender.java
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ public class TwilioSmsSender {
   static final String STATUS_CODE_TAG_NAME = "statusCode";
   static final String ERROR_CODE_TAG_NAME = "errorCode";
   static final String COUNTRY_CODE_TAG_NAME = "countryCode";
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated "region" conflicts with cloud provider region tags; prefer "regionCode" instead
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   static final String REGION_TAG_NAME = "region";
+  static final String REGION_CODE_TAG_NAME = "regionCode";
 
   private final String            accountId;
   private final String            accountToken;
@@ -223,7 +229,8 @@ public class TwilioSmsSender {
           STATUS_CODE_TAG_NAME, String.valueOf(response.failureResponse.status),
           ERROR_CODE_TAG_NAME, String.valueOf(response.failureResponse.code),
           COUNTRY_CODE_TAG_NAME, countryCode,
-          REGION_TAG_NAME, region).increment();
+          REGION_TAG_NAME, region,
+          REGION_CODE_TAG_NAME, region).increment();
 
       logger.info("Failed with code={}, country={}",
           response.failureResponse.code,
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sms/TwilioVerifySender.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sms/TwilioVerifySender.java
index 65de9df5b..610c33a61 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sms/TwilioVerifySender.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/sms/TwilioVerifySender.java
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ class TwilioVerifySender {
           TwilioSmsSender.STATUS_CODE_TAG_NAME, String.valueOf(twilioVerifyResponse.failureResponse.status),
           TwilioSmsSender.ERROR_CODE_TAG_NAME, String.valueOf(twilioVerifyResponse.failureResponse.code),
           TwilioSmsSender.COUNTRY_CODE_TAG_NAME, countryCode,
-          TwilioSmsSender.REGION_TAG_NAME, region).increment();
+          TwilioSmsSender.REGION_TAG_NAME, region,
+          TwilioSmsSender.REGION_CODE_TAG_NAME, region).increment();
 
       logger.info("Failed with code={}, country={}",
           twilioVerifyResponse.failureResponse.code,