diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 279604ebb018..e46196375b49 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -6818,9 +6818,7 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "15"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "16"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "17"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "18"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "19"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "20"]
+      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "18"]
     ],
     "public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.test.ts
index 29885de84deb..953cd297f9e8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ describe('CompletionProvider', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('only suggests tags after typing the global attribute scope', async () => {
+    const { provider, model } = setup('{.}', 2, defaultTags);
+    const result = await provider.provideCompletionItems(
+      model as unknown as monacoTypes.editor.ITextModel,
+      {} as monacoTypes.Position
+    );
+    expect((result! as monacoTypes.languages.CompletionList).suggestions).toEqual(
+      defaultTags.map((s) => expect.objectContaining({ label: s, insertText: s }))
+    );
+  });
+
   it('suggests operators after a space after the tag name', async () => {
     const { provider, model } = setup('{ foo }', 6, defaultTags);
     const result = await provider.provideCompletionItems(model as any, {} as any);
@@ -92,11 +103,13 @@ describe('CompletionProvider', () => {
 
   it('suggests tags after a scope', async () => {
     const { provider, model } = setup('{ resource. }', 11, defaultTags);
-    const result = await provider.provideCompletionItems(model as any, {} as any);
-    expect((result! as monacoTypes.languages.CompletionList).suggestions).toEqual([
-      ...CompletionProvider.intrinsics.map((s) => expect.objectContaining({ label: s, insertText: s })),
-      ...defaultTags.map((s) => expect.objectContaining({ label: s, insertText: s })),
-    ]);
+    const result = await provider.provideCompletionItems(
+      model as unknown as monacoTypes.editor.ITextModel,
+      {} as monacoTypes.Position
+    );
+    expect((result! as monacoTypes.languages.CompletionList).suggestions).toEqual(
+      defaultTags.map((s) => expect.objectContaining({ label: s, insertText: s }))
+    );
   });
 
   it('suggests logical operators and close bracket after the value', async () => {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.ts
index e715259c3137..6f0fc8e08210 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/autocomplete.ts
@@ -120,10 +120,13 @@ export class CompletionProvider implements monacoTypes.languages.CompletionItemP
       }
       case 'SPANSET_EMPTY':
         return this.getScopesCompletions().concat(this.getIntrinsicsCompletions()).concat(this.getTagsCompletions('.'));
+      case 'SPANSET_ONLY_DOT': {
+        return this.getTagsCompletions();
+      }
       case 'SPANSET_IN_NAME':
         return this.getScopesCompletions().concat(this.getIntrinsicsCompletions()).concat(this.getTagsCompletions());
       case 'SPANSET_IN_NAME_SCOPE':
-        return this.getIntrinsicsCompletions().concat(this.getTagsCompletions());
+        return this.getTagsCompletions();
       case 'SPANSET_AFTER_NAME':
         return CompletionProvider.operators.map((key) => ({
           label: key,
@@ -223,6 +226,12 @@ export class CompletionProvider implements monacoTypes.languages.CompletionItemP
         };
       }
 
+      if (nameFull === '.') {
+        return {
+          type: 'SPANSET_ONLY_DOT',
+        };
+      }
+
       const nameMatched = nameFull.match(/^(?<pre_dot>\.)?(?<word>\w[\w./-]*\w)(?<post_dot>\.)?$/);
 
       // We already have a (potentially partial) tag name so let's check if there's an operator declared
@@ -344,6 +353,9 @@ export type Situation =
   | {
       type: 'SPANSET_EMPTY';
     }
+  | {
+      type: 'SPANSET_ONLY_DOT';
+    }
   | {
       type: 'SPANSET_AFTER_NAME';
     }