diff --git a/internal/containerinsightscommon/const.go b/internal/containerinsightscommon/const.go
index db8084e33a..0b9dc01672 100644
--- a/internal/containerinsightscommon/const.go
+++ b/internal/containerinsightscommon/const.go
@@ -92,4 +92,7 @@ const (
 	TypeContainer       = "Container"
 	TypeContainerFS     = "ContainerFS"
 	TypeContainerDiskIO = "ContainerDiskIO"
+	// Special type for pause container, introduced in https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/issues/188
+	// because containerd does not set container name pause container name to POD like docker does.
+	TypeInfraContainer = "InfraContainer"
 )
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/container_info_processor.go b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/container_info_processor.go
index 2e8d0741dc..aca152fc57 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/container_info_processor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/container_info_processor.go
@@ -98,17 +98,23 @@ func processContainer(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, detailMode bool, containerOrche
 		if !detailMode {
 			return result, pKey
 		}
+
+		if len(info.Spec.Labels) == 0 {
+			log.Printf("W! no label found from container spec, is containerd socket mounted? https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/issues/188")
+		}
 		// Only a container has all these three labels set.
 		containerName := info.Spec.Labels[containerNameLable]
 		namespace := info.Spec.Labels[namespaceLable]
 		podName := info.Spec.Labels[podNameLable]
 		podId := info.Spec.Labels[podIdLable]
-		if containerName == "" || namespace == "" || podName == "" {
+		// NOTE: containerName can be empty for pause container on containerd
+		// https://github.com/containerd/cri/issues/922#issuecomment-423729537
+		if namespace == "" || podName == "" {
 			return result, pKey
 		}
 
 		// Pod's cgroup path is parent for a container.
-		// contianer name: /kubepods.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice/kubepods-burstable-pod04d39715_075e_4c7c_b128_67f7897c05b7.slice/docker-57b3dabd69b94beb462244a0c15c244b509adad0940cdcc67ca079b8208ec1f2.scope
+		// container name: /kubepods.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice/kubepods-burstable-pod04d39715_075e_4c7c_b128_67f7897c05b7.slice/docker-57b3dabd69b94beb462244a0c15c244b509adad0940cdcc67ca079b8208ec1f2.scope
 		// pod name:       /kubepods.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice/kubepods-burstable-pod04d39715_075e_4c7c_b128_67f7897c05b7.slice/
 		podPath := path.Dir(info.Name)
 		pKey = &podKey{cgroupPath: podPath, podName: podName, podId: podId, namespace: namespace}
@@ -116,14 +122,18 @@ func processContainer(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, detailMode bool, containerOrche
 		tags[PodIdKey] = podId
 		tags[K8sPodNameKey] = podName
 		tags[K8sNamespace] = namespace
-		if containerName != infraContainerName {
+
+		switch containerName {
+		// For docker, pause container name is set to POD while containerd does not set it.
+		// See https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/issues/188
+		case "", infraContainerName:
+			// NOTE: the pod here is only used by NetMetricExtractor,
+			// other pod info like CPU, Mem are dealt within in processPod.
+			containerType = TypeInfraContainer
+		default:
 			tags[ContainerNamekey] = containerName
 			tags[ContainerIdkey] = path.Base(info.Name)
 			containerType = TypeContainer
-		} else {
-			// NOTE: the pod here is only used by NetMetricExtractor,
-			// other pod info like CPU, Mem are dealt within in processPod.
-			containerType = TypePod
 		}
 	} else {
 		containerType = TypeNode
@@ -146,15 +156,18 @@ func processContainer(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, detailMode bool, containerOrche
 	return result, pKey
 }
 
+// processPod is almost identical as processContainer. We got this second loop because pod detection relies
+// on inspecting labels from containers in processContainer. cgroup path for detected pods are saved in podKeys.
+// We may not get container before pod when looping all returned cgroup paths so we use a two pass solution
+// in processContainers.
 func processPod(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, podKeys map[string]podKey) []*extractors.CAdvisorMetric {
 	var result []*extractors.CAdvisorMetric
 	if isContainerInContainer(info.Name) {
-		log.Printf("D! drop metric because it's nested container, name %s", info.Name)
 		return result
 	}
 
-	podKey := getPodKey(info, podKeys)
-	if podKey == nil {
+	podKey, ok := podKeys[info.Name]
+	if !ok {
 		return result
 	}
 
@@ -177,16 +190,6 @@ func processPod(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, podKeys map[string]podKey) []*extract
 	return result
 }
 
-func getPodKey(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, podKeys map[string]podKey) *podKey {
-	key := info.Name
-
-	if v, ok := podKeys[key]; ok {
-		return &v
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Check if it's a container running inside container, caller will drop the metric when return value is true.
 // The validation is based on ContainerReference.Name, which is essentially cgroup path.
 // The first version is from https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/e8daa5f5926c5a5f38e0ceb746c141be463e11e4#diff-599185154c116b295172b56311729990d20672f6659500870997c018ce072100
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/cpu_extractor.go b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/cpu_extractor.go
index 7c3d7cc685..f5c51b211f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/cpu_extractor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/cpu_extractor.go
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ func (c *CpuMetricExtractor) recordPreviousInfo(info *cInfo.ContainerInfo) {
 
 func (c *CpuMetricExtractor) GetValue(info *cInfo.ContainerInfo, containerType string) []*CAdvisorMetric {
 	var metrics []*CAdvisorMetric
-	if info.Spec.Labels[containerNameLable] == infraContainerName {
+	// Skip infra container and handle node, pod, other containers in pod
+	if containerType == TypeInfraContainer {
 		return metrics
 	}
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ func (c *CpuMetricExtractor) GetValue(info *cInfo.ContainerInfo, containerType s
 
 		if deltaCTimeInNano > MinTimeDiff {
 			metric := newCadvisorMetric(containerType)
+			metric.cgroupPath = info.Name
 
 			metric.fields[MetricName(containerType, CpuTotal)] = float64(curStats.Cpu.Usage.Total-preStats.Cpu.Usage.Total) / float64(deltaCTimeInNano) * decimalToMillicores
 			metric.fields[MetricName(containerType, CpuUser)] = float64(curStats.Cpu.Usage.User-preStats.Cpu.Usage.User) / float64(deltaCTimeInNano) * decimalToMillicores
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@ func (c *CpuMetricExtractor) CleanUp(now time.Time) {
 
 func NewCpuMetricExtractor() *CpuMetricExtractor {
 	return &CpuMetricExtractor{
-		preInfos: mapWithExpiry.NewMapWithExpiry(CleanInteval),
+		preInfos: mapWithExpiry.NewMapWithExpiry(CleanInterval),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/diskio_extractor.go b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/diskio_extractor.go
index 8a9529a9f6..887413a8d4 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/diskio_extractor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/diskio_extractor.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (d *DiskIOMetricExtractor) CleanUp(now time.Time) {
 
 func NewDiskIOMetricExtractor() *DiskIOMetricExtractor {
 	return &DiskIOMetricExtractor{
-		preInfos: mapWithExpiry.NewMapWithExpiry(CleanInteval),
+		preInfos: mapWithExpiry.NewMapWithExpiry(CleanInterval),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/extractor.go b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/extractor.go
index 5e6b20f094..d076f18e11 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/extractor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/extractor.go
@@ -12,21 +12,28 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	containerNameLable = "io.kubernetes.container.name"
-	// TODO: https://github.com/containerd/cri/issues/922#issuecomment-423729537 the container name can be empty on containerd
-	infraContainerName = "POD"
+	containerNameLabel = "io.kubernetes.container.name"
 	Metrics            = "Metrics"
 	Dimensions         = "Dimensions"
-	CleanInteval       = 5 * time.Minute
+	CleanInterval      = 5 * time.Minute
 )
 
 type MetricExtractor interface {
 	HasValue(*cinfo.ContainerInfo) bool
-	GetValue(*cinfo.ContainerInfo, string) []*CAdvisorMetric
+	// GetValue normally applies to the following types:
+	// containerinsightscommon.TypeContainer
+	// containerinsightscommon.TypePod
+	// containerinsightscommon.TypeNode
+	// and ignores:
+	// containerinsightscommon.TypeInfraContainer
+	// The only exception is NetMetricExtractor because pod network metrics comes from infra container (i.e. pause).
+	// See https://www.ianlewis.org/en/almighty-pause-container
+	GetValue(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, containerType string) []*CAdvisorMetric
 	CleanUp(time.Time)
 }
 
 type CAdvisorMetric struct {
+	cgroupPath string // source of the metric for debugging merge conflict
 	fields     map[string]interface{}
 	tags       map[string]string
 	metricType string
@@ -68,7 +75,8 @@ func (c *CAdvisorMetric) Merge(src *CAdvisorMetric) {
 	// If there is any conflict, keep the fields with earlier timestamp
 	for k, v := range src.fields {
 		if _, ok := c.fields[k]; ok {
-			log.Printf("D! metric being merged has conflict in fields, src: %v, dest: %v \n", *src, *c)
+			log.Printf("D! metric being merged has conflict in fields, path src: %q, dest: %q", src.cgroupPath, c.cgroupPath)
+			log.Printf("D! metric being merged has conflict in fields, src: %v, dest: %v", *src, *c)
 			if c.tags[containerinsightscommon.Timestamp] < src.tags[containerinsightscommon.Timestamp] {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/fs_extractor.go b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/fs_extractor.go
index ab46604137..f241d0c97e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/fs_extractor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/fs_extractor.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (f *FileSystemMetricExtractor) HasValue(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo) bool {
 
 func (f *FileSystemMetricExtractor) GetValue(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, containerType string) []*CAdvisorMetric {
 	var metrics []*CAdvisorMetric
-	if containerType == TypePod || info.Spec.Labels[containerNameLable] == infraContainerName {
+	if containerType == TypePod || containerType == TypeInfraContainer {
 		return metrics
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/mem_extractor.go b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/mem_extractor.go
index f8efdaf022..7e8be186fa 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/mem_extractor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/mem_extractor.go
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ func (m *MemMetricExtractor) HasValue(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo) bool {
 
 func (m *MemMetricExtractor) GetValue(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, containerType string) []*CAdvisorMetric {
 	var metrics []*CAdvisorMetric
-	if info.Spec.Labels[containerNameLable] == infraContainerName {
+	if containerType == TypeInfraContainer {
 		return metrics
 	}
 
 	metric := newCadvisorMetric(containerType)
+	metric.cgroupPath = info.Name
 	curStats := GetStats(info)
 
 	metric.fields[MetricName(containerType, MemUsage)] = curStats.Memory.Usage
@@ -64,6 +65,6 @@ func (m *MemMetricExtractor) CleanUp(now time.Time) {
 
 func NewMemMetricExtractor() *MemMetricExtractor {
 	return &MemMetricExtractor{
-		preInfos: mapWithExpiry.NewMapWithExpiry(CleanInteval),
+		preInfos: mapWithExpiry.NewMapWithExpiry(CleanInterval),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/net_extractor.go b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/net_extractor.go
index 5691f311d5..1e5b956149 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/net_extractor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors/net_extractor.go
@@ -39,10 +39,14 @@ func (n *NetMetricExtractor) HasValue(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo) bool {
 func (n *NetMetricExtractor) GetValue(info *cinfo.ContainerInfo, containerType string) []*CAdvisorMetric {
 	var metrics []*CAdvisorMetric
 
-	// Just a protection here, there is no Container level Net metrics
-	if (containerType == TypePod && info.Spec.Labels[containerNameLable] != infraContainerName) || containerType == TypeContainer {
+	// Ignore both pod and container because the network metrics comes from InfraContainer.
+	if containerType == TypePod || containerType == TypeContainer {
 		return metrics
 	}
+	// Rename type to pod so the metric name prefix is pod_
+	if containerType == TypeInfraContainer {
+		containerType = TypePod
+	}
 
 	if preInfo, ok := n.preInfos.Get(info.Name); ok {
 		curStats := GetStats(info)
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ func (n *NetMetricExtractor) CleanUp(now time.Time) {
 
 func NewNetMetricExtractor() *NetMetricExtractor {
 	return &NetMetricExtractor{
-		preInfos: mapWithExpiry.NewMapWithExpiry(CleanInteval),
+		preInfos: mapWithExpiry.NewMapWithExpiry(CleanInterval),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/merger.go b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/merger.go
index 8d0a1e8145..f2bf9b751e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/merger.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/merger.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package cadvisor
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	. "github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/internal/containerinsightscommon"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/plugins/inputs/cadvisor/extractors"
 )