diff --git a/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureExposureMetrics.test.tsx b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureExposureMetrics.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..118906aa56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureExposureMetrics.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { render } from 'utils/testRenderer';
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { testServerRoute, testServerSetup } from 'utils/testServer';
+import { FeatureExposureMetrics } from './FeatureExposureMetrics.tsx';
+import { Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+describe('FeatureExposureMetrics – default production selection', () => {
+    const server = testServerSetup();
+    const PROJECT_ID = 'default';
+    const FEATURE_ID = 'feature_name';
+    const ROUTE = `/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/features/${FEATURE_ID}/metrics`;
+    const PATH = `/projects/:projectId/features/:featureId/metrics`;
+
+    it('returns the name of the first production env (prod in middle)', async () => {
+        testServerRoute(
+            server,
+            `/api/admin/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/features/${FEATURE_ID}?variantEnvironments=true`,
+            {
+                environments: [
+                    {
+                        name: 'development',
+                        type: 'development',
+                        sortOrder: 2,
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: 'production-1',
+                        type: 'production',
+                        sortOrder: 3,
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: 'production-2',
+                        type: 'production',
+                        sortOrder: 4,
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        );
+
+        render(
+            <Routes>
+                <Route path={PATH} element={<FeatureExposureMetrics />} />
+            </Routes>,
+            { route: ROUTE },
+        );
+
+        const selectedChip = await screen.findByTestId(
+            'selected-chip-production-1',
+        );
+        expect(selectedChip).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
+        expect(selectedChip).toHaveTextContent('production-1');
+    });
+
+    it('returns the first environment if production is not in the list', async () => {
+        testServerRoute(
+            server,
+            `/api/admin/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/features/${FEATURE_ID}?variantEnvironments=true`,
+            {
+                environments: [
+                    {
+                        name: 'development-1',
+                        type: 'development',
+                        sortOrder: 2,
+                    },
+                    {
+                        name: 'development-2',
+                        type: 'development',
+                        sortOrder: 3,
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        );
+
+        render(
+            <Routes>
+                <Route path={PATH} element={<FeatureExposureMetrics />} />
+            </Routes>,
+            { route: ROUTE },
+        );
+
+        const selectedChip = await screen.findByTestId(
+            'selected-chip-development-1',
+        );
+        expect(selectedChip).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
+        expect(selectedChip).toHaveTextContent('development-1');
+    });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureExposureMetrics.tsx b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureExposureMetrics.tsx
index 04ffae7ec9..784636ce84 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureExposureMetrics.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureExposureMetrics.tsx
@@ -26,17 +26,19 @@ import { PageHeader } from 'component/common/PageHeader/PageHeader.tsx';
 export const FeatureExposureMetrics = () => {
     const projectId = useRequiredPathParam('projectId');
     const featureId = useRequiredPathParam('featureId');
-    const environments = useFeatureMetricsEnvironments(projectId, featureId);
+    const { environments, defaultProductionIndex } =
+        useFeatureMetricsEnvironments(projectId, featureId);
 
     usePageTitle('Metrics');
 
-    const defaultEnvironment = Array.from(environments)[0];
+    const defaultEnvironment = Array.from(environments)[defaultProductionIndex];
 
     const [query, setQuery] = useQueryParams({
         environment: withDefault(StringParam, defaultEnvironment),
         applications: withDefault(ArrayParam, []),
         hoursBack: withDefault(NumberParam, FEATURE_METRIC_HOURS_BACK_DEFAULT),
     });
+
     const applications = useFeatureMetricsApplications(
         featureId,
         query.hoursBack || FEATURE_METRIC_HOURS_BACK_DEFAULT,
@@ -171,17 +173,21 @@ export const FeatureExposureMetrics = () => {
 
 // Get all the environment names for a feature,
 // not just the one's we have metrics for.
-const useFeatureMetricsEnvironments = (
+export const useFeatureMetricsEnvironments = (
     projectId: string,
     featureId: string,
-): Set<string> => {
+): { environments: Set<string>; defaultProductionIndex: number } => {
     const { feature } = useFeature(projectId, featureId);
 
-    const environments = feature.environments.map((environment) => {
+    let defaultProductionIndex = 0;
+    const environments = feature.environments.map((environment, index) => {
+        if (!defaultProductionIndex && environment.type === 'production') {
+            defaultProductionIndex = index;
+        }
         return environment.name;
     });
 
-    return new Set(environments);
+    return { environments: new Set(environments), defaultProductionIndex };
 };
 
 // Get all application names for a feature. Respect current hoursBack since
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureMetricsChips/FeatureMetricsChips.tsx b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureMetricsChips/FeatureMetricsChips.tsx
index 254be1a571..068da2354f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureMetricsChips/FeatureMetricsChips.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/component/feature/FeatureView/FeatureMetrics/FeatureMetricsChips/FeatureMetricsChips.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ export const FeatureMetricsChips = ({
                             onClick={onClick(val)}
                             aria-pressed={selectedValues?.includes(val)}
                             sx={focusable}
+                            data-testid={
+                                selectedValues?.includes(val)
+                                    ? `selected-chip-${val}`
+                                    : `unselected-chip-${val}`
+                            }
                         />
                     </StyledItem>
                 ))}