diff --git a/src/sinks/appsignal/service.rs b/src/sinks/appsignal/service.rs
index ce6aad1e688f36..0944eae962dc60 100644
--- a/src/sinks/appsignal/service.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/appsignal/service.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl Service<AppsignalRequest> for AppsignalService {
         Box::pin(async move {
             let metadata = std::mem::take(request.metadata_mut());
             http_service.ready().await?;
-            let bytes_sent = metadata.request_wire_size();
+            let bytes_sent = metadata.request_encoded_size();
             let event_byte_size = metadata.into_events_estimated_json_encoded_byte_size();
             let http_response = http_service.call(request).await?;
             let event_status = if http_response.is_successful() {
diff --git a/src/sinks/datadog/metrics/service.rs b/src/sinks/datadog/metrics/service.rs
index 85f5fdc47fb2ea..27d98d90369baf 100644
--- a/src/sinks/datadog/metrics/service.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/datadog/metrics/service.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ impl DriverResponse for DatadogMetricsResponse {
     }
 
     fn bytes_sent(&self) -> Option<usize> {
-        Some(self.request_metadata.request_wire_size())
+        Some(self.request_metadata.request_encoded_size())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sinks/greptimedb/service.rs b/src/sinks/greptimedb/service.rs
index 6045ed2ff2271b..c12d25d227a05f 100644
--- a/src/sinks/greptimedb/service.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/greptimedb/service.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ impl DriverResponse for GreptimeDBBatchOutput {
     }
 
     fn bytes_sent(&self) -> Option<usize> {
-        Some(self.metadata.request_wire_size())
+        Some(self.metadata.request_encoded_size())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sinks/statsd/service.rs b/src/sinks/statsd/service.rs
index 8acd729685360f..f3e322b731195f 100644
--- a/src/sinks/statsd/service.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/statsd/service.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl DriverResponse for StatsdResponse {
     }
 
     fn bytes_sent(&self) -> Option<usize> {
-        Some(self.metadata.request_wire_size())
+        Some(self.metadata.request_encoded_size())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sinks/util/http.rs b/src/sinks/util/http.rs
index 8508f18acdbb33..168cc95d8151c6 100644
--- a/src/sinks/util/http.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/util/http.rs
@@ -745,11 +745,10 @@ where
     fn call(&mut self, mut request: HttpRequest) -> Self::Future {
         let mut http_service = self.batch_service.clone();
 
-        let raw_byte_size = request.payload.len();
-
         // NOTE: By taking the metadata here, when passing the request to `call()` below,
         //       that function does not have access to the metadata anymore.
         let metadata = std::mem::take(request.metadata_mut());
+        let raw_byte_size = metadata.request_encoded_size();
         let events_byte_size = metadata.into_events_estimated_json_encoded_byte_size();
 
         Box::pin(async move {
diff --git a/website/content/en/highlights/2023-12-19-0-35-0-upgrade-guide.md b/website/content/en/highlights/2023-12-19-0-35-0-upgrade-guide.md
index 22592e25a92ab6..2b3ecd24d66f88 100644
--- a/website/content/en/highlights/2023-12-19-0-35-0-upgrade-guide.md
+++ b/website/content/en/highlights/2023-12-19-0-35-0-upgrade-guide.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Vector's 0.35.0 release includes **deprecations**:
 
 and **potentially impactful changes**:
 
+1. [Update `component_sent_bytes_total` to correctly report uncompressed bytes for all sinks](#component-sent-bytes-total)
 1. [Update `component_received_bytes_total` to correctly report decompressed bytes for all sources](#component-received-bytes-total)
 
 We cover them below to help you upgrade quickly:
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ existing behavior. In the next release, the config option will be updated to def
 
 ### Potentially impactful changes
 
+#### Update `component_sent_bytes_total` to correctly report uncompressed bytes for all sinks {#component-sent-bytes-total}
+
+The AppSignal, Datadog Metrics, GreptimeDB, GCP Cloud Monitoring, Honeycomb, and HTTP sinks now correctly
+report uncompressed bytes, rather than compressed bytes, for the `component_sent_bytes_total` internal metric.
+
 #### Update `component_received_bytes_total` to correctly report decompressed bytes for all sources {#component-received-bytes-total}
 
 The Heroku Logs, HTTP Server, Prometheus Remote Write, and Splunk HEC sources now correctly report decompressed bytes,