diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index be1003fc5dee9..9a305dd86f9a0 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -766,6 +766,18 @@ func (*Agent) push(ctx context.Context, aggregator *models.RunningAggregator, ac
 
 		select {
 		case <-time.After(until):
+			// Go's timers may fire slightly before the deadline, especially
+			// on platforms with coarse timer granularity. Sleep any remaining
+			// time so Push always runs at or after the window end, never
+			// before.
+			if remaining := time.Until(aggregator.EndPeriod()); remaining > 0 {
+				select {
+				case <-time.After(remaining):
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					aggregator.Push(acc)
+					return
+				}
+			}
 			aggregator.Push(acc)
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			aggregator.Push(acc)
diff --git a/models/running_aggregator.go b/models/running_aggregator.go
index 46d87abcf5982..224978537ff7b 100644
--- a/models/running_aggregator.go
+++ b/models/running_aggregator.go
@@ -182,12 +182,16 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) Push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	since := r.periodEnd
 	until := r.periodEnd.Add(r.Config.Period)
 
-	// Check if the next aggregation window will contain "now". This might
-	// not be the case if the machine's clock was adjusted or the machine
-	// hibernated as in those cases the clock might be advanced before or
-	// after the initial aggregation window.
+	// Reset the window only when the current wall-clock time is outside
+	// the next aggregation window by at least one full period, which
+	// indicates the clock was adjusted or the machine hibernated. Smaller
+	// skew (e.g., a Go timer firing a few ms early) is not a clock jump;
+	// resetting in that case would recompute the same slot and cause Push
+	// to run twice for one period.
 	nowWall := time.Now().Truncate(-1)
-	if nowWall.Before(since.Truncate(-1)) || nowWall.After(until.Truncate(-1)) {
+	earliest := since.Add(-r.Config.Period).Truncate(-1)
+	latest := until.Add(r.Config.Period).Truncate(-1)
+	if nowWall.Before(earliest) || nowWall.After(latest) {
 		since = nowWall.Truncate(r.Config.Period)
 		until = since.Add(r.Config.Period)
 	}
diff --git a/models/running_aggregator_test.go b/models/running_aggregator_test.go
index 6909863889018..13da4cb1dfcb7 100644
--- a/models/running_aggregator_test.go
+++ b/models/running_aggregator_test.go
@@ -240,6 +240,51 @@ func TestRunningAggregatorAddDoesNotModifyMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.RequireMetricEqual(t, expected, m)
 }
 
+func TestRunningAggregatorPushAdvancesWindowWhenFiringEarly(t *testing.T) {
+	ra := NewRunningAggregator(&mockAggregator{}, &AggregatorConfig{
+		Name:   "TestRunningAggregator",
+		Filter: Filter{NamePass: []string{"*"}},
+		Period: time.Second,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, ra.Config.Filter.Compile())
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+
+	// Simulate a timer firing slightly before periodEnd: set periodEnd
+	// 500ms in the future so time.Now() inside Push falls within the
+	// current window. Before the drift safeguard was loosened, this
+	// tripped the reset and left periodEnd unchanged, causing a second
+	// Push for the same period.
+	windowEnd := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	ra.UpdateWindow(windowEnd.Add(-ra.Config.Period), windowEnd)
+
+	ra.Push(&acc)
+
+	require.True(t, ra.EndPeriod().Equal(windowEnd.Add(ra.Config.Period)),
+		"expected periodEnd to advance by one period: want %v, got %v",
+		windowEnd.Add(ra.Config.Period), ra.EndPeriod())
+}
+
+func TestRunningAggregatorPushResetsWindowOnLargeForwardJump(t *testing.T) {
+	// Regression guard for PR #16375: the drift safeguard must still
+	// reset the window when the wall clock is more than one period
+	// beyond the expected window, such as after hibernation.
+	ra := NewRunningAggregator(&mockAggregator{}, &AggregatorConfig{
+		Name:   "TestRunningAggregator",
+		Filter: Filter{NamePass: []string{"*"}},
+		Period: time.Second,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, ra.Config.Filter.Compile())
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+
+	staleEnd := time.Now().Add(-2 * time.Minute)
+	ra.UpdateWindow(staleEnd.Add(-ra.Config.Period), staleEnd)
+
+	ra.Push(&acc)
+
+	require.Less(t, time.Since(ra.EndPeriod()).Abs(), 2*ra.Config.Period,
+		"expected safeguard to reset window near current time, got %v", ra.EndPeriod())
+}
+
 type mockAggregator struct {
 	sum int64
 }