diff --git a/.chloggen/1302.yaml b/.chloggen/1302.yaml
index b23d0e5a70..4f2cc12296 100644
--- a/.chloggen/1302.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/1302.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 change_type: enhancement
 component: docs
-note: Add note on tooling limitations for attribute names and enforce attribute name format and uniqueness.
+note: Add note on tooling limitations for attribute names and enforce name format.
 issues: [1124]
diff --git a/policies/attribute_name_collisions_test.rego b/policies/attribute_name_collisions_test.rego
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..970c2b4749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/policies/attribute_name_collisions_test.rego
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package attribute_name_collisions_test
+
+import data.attribute_name_collisions
+import future.keywords
+
+test_fails_on_const_name_collision if {
+    collision := {"groups": [
+        {"id": "test1", "attributes": [{"name": "foo.bar.baz"}]},
+        {"id": "test2", "attributes": [{"name": "foo.bar_baz"}]}
+    ]}
+    # each attribute counts as a collision, so there are 2 collisions
+    count(attribute_name_collisions.deny) == 2 with input as collision
+}
+
+test_fails_on_namespace_collision if {
+    collision := {"groups": [
+        {"id": "test1", "attributes": [{"name": "foo.bar.baz"}]},
+        {"id": "test2", "attributes": [{"name": "foo.bar"}]}
+    ]}
+    count(attribute_name_collisions.deny) == 1 with input as collision
+}
diff --git a/policies/yaml_schema_test.rego b/policies/yaml_schema_test.rego
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73c28002f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/policies/yaml_schema_test.rego
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package yaml_schema_test
+
+import data.yaml_schema
+import future.keywords
+
+test_fails_on_invalid_attribute_name if {
+    every name in invalid_names {
+        count(yaml_schema.deny) == 1 with input as {"groups": create_attribute_group(name)}
+    }
+}
+
+test_fails_on_invalid_metric_name if {
+    every name in invalid_names {
+        count(yaml_schema.deny) == 1 with input as {"groups": create_metric(name)}
+    }
+}
+
+test_fails_on_invalid_event_name if {
+    every name in invalid_names {
+        count(yaml_schema.deny) == 1 with input as {"groups": create_event(name)}
+    }
+}
+
+test_passes_on_valid_names if {
+    every name in valid_names {
+        count(yaml_schema.deny) == 0 with input as {"groups": create_attribute_group(name)}
+        count(yaml_schema.deny) == 0 with input as {"groups": create_metric(name)}
+        count(yaml_schema.deny) == 0 with input as {"groups": create_event(name)}
+    }
+}
+
+create_attribute_group(attr) = json {
+    json := [{"id": "yaml_schema.test", "attributes": [{"id": attr}]}]
+}
+
+create_metric(name) = json {
+    json := [{"id": "yaml_schema.test", "type": "metric", "metric_name": name}]
+}
+
+create_event(name) = json {
+    json := [{"id": "yaml_schema.test", "type": "event", "name": name}]
+}
+
+invalid_names := [
+    "1foo.bar",
+    "_foo.bar",
+    ".foo.bar",
+    "foo.bar_",
+    "foo.bar.",
+    "foo..bar",
+    "foo._bar",
+    "foo__bar",
+    "foo_.bar",
+    "foo,bar",
+    "fü.bär",
+]
+
+valid_names := [
+    "foo.bar",
+    "foo.1bar",
+    "foo_1.bar",
+    "foo.bar.baz",
+    "foo.bar_baz",
+]