diff --git a/ibm_i/assets/service_checks.json b/ibm_i/assets/service_checks.json
index 2fcdbfb5ce1c5..d62da688ce629 100644
--- a/ibm_i/assets/service_checks.json
+++ b/ibm_i/assets/service_checks.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
             "critical"
         ],
         "name": "Can Connect",
-        "description": "Returns `CRITICAL` if the Agent is unable to connect and collect metrics from the monitored IBM i instance, otherwise returns `OK`."
+        "description": "Returns CRITICAL if the Agent is unable to establish a connection to the monitored IBM i instance, otherwise returns OK."
     }
 ]
diff --git a/ibm_i/changelog.d/23986.changed b/ibm_i/changelog.d/23986.changed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..403e889d85cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ibm_i/changelog.d/23986.changed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change `ibm_i.can_connect` service check to report OK when connection is successful, even if a query fails or times out. This aligns with the `.can_connect` service checks of our other integrations,
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ibm_i/datadog_checks/ibm_i/check.py b/ibm_i/datadog_checks/ibm_i/check.py
index 263b2143d0c0f..7e2ba91a106da 100644
--- a/ibm_i/datadog_checks/ibm_i/check.py
+++ b/ibm_i/datadog_checks/ibm_i/check.py
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@ def __init__(self, name, init_config, instances):
         self._connection_string = None
         self._subprocess = None
         self._query_manager = None
-        self._current_errors = 0
         self.check_initializations.append(self.set_up_query_manager)
 
     def check(self, _):
-        self._current_errors = 0
-
         try:
             self.query_manager.execute()
             check_status = AgentCheck.OK
@@ -47,10 +44,6 @@ def check(self, _):
             check_status = AgentCheck.CRITICAL
             hostname = self.config.hostname if self.config else None
 
-        # At least one query failed, set the service check as failing
-        if self._current_errors:
-            check_status = AgentCheck.CRITICAL
-
         if check_status is not None:
             self.service_check(
                 self.SERVICE_CHECK_NAME,
@@ -63,10 +56,6 @@ def cancel(self):
         # When the check gets cancelled, clean up the connection subprocess.
         self._delete_connection_subprocess()
 
-    def handle_query_error(self, error):
-        self._current_errors += 1
-        return error
-
     @property
     def connection_subprocess(self):
         if self._subprocess is None:
@@ -253,7 +242,6 @@ def set_up_query_manager(self):
                 tags=self.config.tags,
                 queries=query_list,
                 hostname=hostname,
-                error_handler=self.handle_query_error,
             )
             self._query_manager.compile_queries()
 
diff --git a/ibm_i/tests/test_ibm_i.py b/ibm_i/tests/test_ibm_i.py
index bf903d1982e65..57afdd93010e2 100644
--- a/ibm_i/tests/test_ibm_i.py
+++ b/ibm_i/tests/test_ibm_i.py
@@ -317,5 +317,32 @@ def test_check_query_error(aggregator, instance):
         assert check._query_manager is not None
         assert check._query_manager.hostname == "host"
         check.check(instance)
-    aggregator.assert_service_check("ibm_i.can_connect", count=2, status=AgentCheck.CRITICAL)
+    aggregator.assert_service_check("ibm_i.can_connect", count=2, status=AgentCheck.OK)
+    aggregator.assert_all_metrics_covered()
+
+
+def test_connection_failure(aggregator, instance):
+    check = IbmICheck('ibm_i', {}, [instance])
+    check.log = mock.MagicMock()
+    check.load_configuration_models()
+
+    with mock.patch('datadog_checks.ibm_i.IbmICheck.set_up_query_manager'):
+        check.check(instance)
+        assert check._query_manager is None
+    aggregator.assert_service_check("ibm_i.can_connect", count=1, status=AgentCheck.CRITICAL)
+    aggregator.assert_all_metrics_covered()
+
+
+def test_check_query_manager_execute_error(aggregator, instance):
+    check = IbmICheck('ibm_i', {}, [instance])
+    check.log = mock.MagicMock()
+    check.load_configuration_models()
+    check._query_manager = mock.MagicMock(hostname="host")
+    check._query_manager.execute.side_effect = Exception("boom")
+
+    with mock.patch('datadog_checks.ibm_i.IbmICheck._delete_connection_subprocess') as delete_conn:
+        check.check(instance)
+
+    delete_conn.assert_called_once()
+    aggregator.assert_service_check("ibm_i.can_connect", count=1, status=AgentCheck.CRITICAL)
     aggregator.assert_all_metrics_covered()
diff --git a/network_path/metadata.csv b/network_path/metadata.csv
index cf8712d756fc4..c8566c947e86d 100644
--- a/network_path/metadata.csv
+++ b/network_path/metadata.csv
@@ -26,7 +26,4 @@ datadog.network_path.collector.worker.task_duration.count,gauge,,second,,Duratio
 datadog.network_path.collector.worker.task_duration.max,gauge,,second,,Duration of a worker task.,0,network_path,,,
 datadog.network_path.collector.worker.task_duration.median,gauge,,second,,Duration of a worker task.,0,network_path,,,
 datadog.network_path.collector.workers,gauge,,,,The number of workers used to process pathtests concurrently.,0,network_path,,,
-datadog.network_path.path.hops,gauge,,,,The number of hops of the collected pathtrace (traceroute).,0,network_path,,,
 datadog.network_path.path.monitored,gauge,,,,Paths monitored count. Make 'sum by {X}' queries to count all the Paths with the tag X,0,network_path,,,
-datadog.network_path.path.reachable,gauge,,,,"The value is 1 if the path is reachable, 0 otherwise. Reachability is determined by the status of the destination/target of the pathtest.",0,network_path,,,
-datadog.network_path.path.unreachable,gauge,,,,"The value is 1 if the path is unreachable, 0 otherwise. Reachability is determined by the status of the destination/target of the pathtest.",0,network_path,,,