diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/templates/_receiver_jaeger.tpl b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/templates/_receiver_jaeger.tpl
index f859d3a0a..8b39095cc 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/templates/_receiver_jaeger.tpl
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/templates/_receiver_jaeger.tpl
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 {{/* Inputs: Values (values) tracesOutput */}}
 {{- define "feature.applicationObservability.receiver.jaeger.alloy" }}
-{{- if or .Values.receivers.jaeger.grpc.enabled .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary.enabled .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftCompact.enabled .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary.enabled }}
+{{- if or .Values.receivers.jaeger.grpc.enabled .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary.enabled .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftCompact.enabled .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftHttp.enabled }}
 otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
   protocols {
-{{- if .Values.receivers.jaeger.grpc.enabled -}}
+{{- if .Values.receivers.jaeger.grpc.enabled }}
     grpc {
-      endpoint = "0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.receivers.jaeger.grpc | int }}"
+      endpoint = "0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.receivers.jaeger.grpc.port | int }}"
     }
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary.enabled }}
     thrift_binary {
-      endpoint = "0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary | int }}"
+      endpoint = "0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary.port | int }}"
     }
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftCompact.enabled }}
     thrift_compact {
-      endpoint = "0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftCompact | int }}"
+      endpoint = "0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftCompact.port | int }}"
     }
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftHttp.enabled }}
     thrift_http {
-      endpoint = "0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftHttp | int }}"
+      endpoint = "0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.receivers.jaeger.thriftHttp.port | int }}"
     }
 {{- end }}
   }
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/tests/default_test.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/tests/default_test.yaml
index 765492263..a83f8a707 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/tests/default_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/tests/default_test.yaml
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ tests:
               argument "metrics_destinations" {
                 comment = "Must be a list of metrics destinations where collected metrics should be forwarded to"
               }
-          
+
               argument "logs_destinations" {
                 comment = "Must be a list of log destinations where collected logs should be forwarded to"
               }
-          
+
               argument "traces_destinations" {
                 comment = "Must be a list of trace destinations where collected trace should be forwarded to"
               }
-          
+
               // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor
               otelcol.receiver.otlp "receiver" {
                 grpc {
@@ -60,20 +60,21 @@ tests:
                 }
               }
               otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
-                protocols {grpc {
-                    endpoint = "0.0.0.0:0"
+                protocols {
+                  grpc {
+                    endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14250"
                   }
                   thrift_binary {
-                    endpoint = "0.0.0.0:0"
+                    endpoint = "0.0.0.0:6832"
                   }
                   thrift_compact {
-                    endpoint = "0.0.0.0:0"
+                    endpoint = "0.0.0.0:6831"
                   }
                   thrift_http {
-                    endpoint = "0.0.0.0:0"
+                    endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14268"
                   }
                 }
-          
+
                 debug_metrics {
                   disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
                 }
@@ -90,21 +91,21 @@ tests:
                   traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
                 }
               }
-          
+
               // Resource Detection Processor --> K8s Attribute Processor
               otelcol.processor.resourcedetection "default" {
                 detectors = ["env", "system"]
                 system {
                   hostname_sources = ["os"]
                 }
-          
+
                 output {
                   metrics = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
                   logs = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
                   traces = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
                 }
               }
-          
+
               // K8s Attribute Processor --> Transform Processor
               // Resource Detection Processor Traces --> Host Info Connector
               otelcol.processor.k8sattributes "default" {
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ tests:
                     from = "connection"
                   }
                 }
-          
+
                 output {
                   metrics = [otelcol.processor.transform.default.input]
                   logs = [otelcol.processor.transform.default.input]
@@ -126,13 +127,13 @@ tests:
               // Host Info Connector --> Batch Processor
               otelcol.connector.host_info "default" {
                 host_identifiers = [ "k8s.node.name" ]
-          
+
                 output {
                   metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
                 }
               }
-            
-            
+
+
               // Transform Processor --> Batch Processor
               otelcol.processor.transform "default" {
                 error_mode = "ignore"
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ tests:
                     "set(attributes[\"loki.resource.labels\"], \"cluster, namespace, job, pod\")",
                   ]
                 }
-          
+
                 output {
                   metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
                   logs = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/tests/jaeger_test.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/tests/jaeger_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7caa8e6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/feature-application-observability/tests/jaeger_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+---
+# yamllint disable rule:document-start rule:line-length rule:trailing-spaces rule:empty-lines
+suite: Test Loki integration
+templates:
+  - configmap.yaml
+tests:
+  - it: should allow you to enable just the jaeger grpc receiver
+    set:
+      deployAsConfigMap: true
+      receivers:
+        jaeger:
+          grpc:
+            enabled: true
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: ConfigMap
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data["module.alloy"]
+          # The pattern should look like this, but since the regex is escaped, it will be a bit different
+          # otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
+          #   protocols {
+          #     grpc {
+          #       endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14250"
+          #     }
+          #   }
+          #
+          #   debug_metrics {
+          #     disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+          #   }
+          #   output {
+          #     traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
+          #   }
+          # }
+          pattern: |-
+            \s*otelcol\.receiver\.jaeger "receiver"\s*\{
+            \s*  protocols\s*\{
+            \s*    grpc\s*\{
+            \s*      endpoint = "0\.0\.0\.0:14250"
+            \s*    \}
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*
+            \s*  debug_metrics\s*\{
+            \s*    disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*  output\s*\{
+            \s*    traces = \[otelcol\.processor\.resourcedetection\.default\.input\]
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*}
+
+  - it: should allow you to enable just the jaeger thrift binary receiver
+    set:
+      deployAsConfigMap: true
+      receivers:
+        jaeger:
+          thriftBinary:
+            enabled: true
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: ConfigMap
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data["module.alloy"]
+          # The pattern should look like this, but since the regex is escaped, it will be a bit different
+          # otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
+          #   protocols {
+          #     thrift_binary {
+          #       endpoint = "0.0.0.0:6832"
+          #     }
+          #   }
+          #
+          #   debug_metrics {
+          #     disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+          #   }
+          #   output {
+          #     traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
+          #   }
+          # }
+          pattern: |-
+            \s*otelcol\.receiver\.jaeger "receiver"\s*\{
+            \s*  protocols\s*\{
+            \s*    thrift_binary\s*\{
+            \s*      endpoint = "0\.0\.0\.0:6832"
+            \s*    \}
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*
+            \s*  debug_metrics\s*\{
+            \s*    disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*  output\s*\{
+            \s*    traces = \[otelcol\.processor\.resourcedetection\.default\.input\]
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*}
+
+  - it: should allow you to enable just the jaeger thrift compact receiver
+    set:
+      deployAsConfigMap: true
+      receivers:
+        jaeger:
+          thriftCompact:
+            enabled: true
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: ConfigMap
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data["module.alloy"]
+          # The pattern should look like this, but since the regex is escaped, it will be a bit different
+          # otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
+          #   protocols {
+          #     thrift_compact {
+          #       endpoint = "0.0.0.0:6831"
+          #     }
+          #   }
+          #
+          #   debug_metrics {
+          #     disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+          #   }
+          #   output {
+          #     traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
+          #   }
+          # }
+          pattern: |-
+            \s*otelcol\.receiver\.jaeger "receiver"\s*\{
+            \s*  protocols\s*\{
+            \s*    thrift_compact\s*\{
+            \s*      endpoint = "0\.0\.0\.0:6831"
+            \s*    \}
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*
+            \s*  debug_metrics\s*\{
+            \s*    disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*  output\s*\{
+            \s*    traces = \[otelcol\.processor\.resourcedetection\.default\.input\]
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*}
+
+  - it: should allow you to enable just the jaeger thrift http receiver
+    set:
+      deployAsConfigMap: true
+      receivers:
+        jaeger:
+          thriftHttp:
+            enabled: true
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: ConfigMap
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data["module.alloy"]
+          # The pattern should look like this, but since the regex is escaped, it will be a bit different
+          # otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
+          #   protocols {
+          #     thrift_http {
+          #       endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14268"
+          #     }
+          #   }
+          #
+          #   debug_metrics {
+          #     disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+          #   }
+          #   output {
+          #     traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
+          #   }
+          # }
+          pattern: |-
+            \s*otelcol\.receiver\.jaeger "receiver"\s*\{
+            \s*  protocols\s*\{
+            \s*    thrift_http\s*\{
+            \s*      endpoint = "0\.0\.0\.0:14268"
+            \s*    \}
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*
+            \s*  debug_metrics\s*\{
+            \s*    disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*  output\s*\{
+            \s*    traces = \[otelcol\.processor\.resourcedetection\.default\.input\]
+            \s*  \}
+            \s*}
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/alloy-receiver.alloy b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/alloy-receiver.alloy
index 40b2427dc..db80656f7 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/alloy-receiver.alloy
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/alloy-receiver.alloy
@@ -151,7 +151,21 @@ declare "application_observability" {
     comment = "Must be a list of trace destinations where collected trace should be forwarded to"
   }
 
-  // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor      
+  // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor    
+  otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
+    protocols {
+      thrift_http {
+        endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14268"
+      }
+    }
+  
+    debug_metrics {
+      disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+    }
+    output {
+      traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
+    }
+  }  
 
   // Resource Detection Processor --> K8s Attribute Processor  
   otelcol.processor.resourcedetection "default" {
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/output.yaml
index 85e7ee5e0..4710102d3 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/output.yaml
@@ -552,7 +552,21 @@ data:
         comment = "Must be a list of trace destinations where collected trace should be forwarded to"
       }
     
-      // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor      
+      // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor    
+      otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
+        protocols {
+          thrift_http {
+            endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14268"
+          }
+        }
+      
+        debug_metrics {
+          disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+        }
+        output {
+          traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
+        }
+      }  
     
       // Resource Detection Processor --> K8s Attribute Processor  
       otelcol.processor.resourcedetection "default" {
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/alloy-receiver.alloy b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/alloy-receiver.alloy
index 36b2caecc..736d12b62 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/alloy-receiver.alloy
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/alloy-receiver.alloy
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ declare "application_observability" {
 
   // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor    
   otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
-    protocols {grpc {
-        endpoint = "0.0.0.0:0"
+    protocols {
+      grpc {
+        endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14250"
       }
     }
   
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/output.yaml
index eab6af779..ead541209 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/output.yaml
@@ -583,8 +583,9 @@ data:
     
       // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor    
       otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
-        protocols {grpc {
-            endpoint = "0.0.0.0:0"
+        protocols {
+          grpc {
+            endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14250"
           }
         }
       
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/README.md b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/README.md
index 7ec9676f6..5d879d2cf 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/README.md
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ destinations:
   - name: loki
     type: loki
     url: http://loki.loki.svc:3100/api/push
+  - name: loki
+    type: otlp
+    protocol: http
+    url: http://otlp-gateway.svc:443/otlp
 
 integrations:
   collector: alloy-singleton
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ clusterEvents:
   enabled: true
   collector: alloy-singleton
   namespaces:
+    - collectors
     - logs
     - metrics
     - o11y
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ clusterMetrics:
       rule {
         action = "keep"
         source_labels = ["namespace"]
-        regex = "logs|metrics|o11y"
+        regex = "collectors|logs|metrics|o11y"
       }
   apiServer:
     enabled: false
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ clusterMetrics:
       rule {
         action = "keep"
         source_labels = ["namespace"]
-        regex = "logs|metrics|o11y"
+        regex = "collectors|logs|metrics|o11y"
       }
     metricsTuning:
       useDefaultAllowList: false
@@ -145,10 +150,19 @@ podLogs:
   gatherMethod: kubernetesApi
   collector: alloy-singleton
   namespaces:
+    - collectors
     - logs
     - metrics
     - o11y
 
+applicationObservability:
+  enabled: true
+  receivers:
+    jaeger:
+      thriftHttp:
+        enabled: true
+        port: 14268
+
 # Collectors
 alloy-singleton:
   enabled: true
@@ -163,5 +177,11 @@ alloy-profiles:
   enabled: false
 
 alloy-receiver:
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
+  alloy:
+    extraPorts:
+      - name: jaeger-http
+        port: 14268
+        targetPort: 14268
+        protocol: TCP
 ```
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/alloy-receiver.alloy b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/alloy-receiver.alloy
index e69de29bb..cc8d26e1e 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/alloy-receiver.alloy
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/alloy-receiver.alloy
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+// Destination: prometheus (prometheus)
+otelcol.exporter.prometheus "prometheus" {
+  add_metric_suffixes = true
+  forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.prometheus.receiver]
+}
+
+prometheus.remote_write "prometheus" {
+  endpoint {
+    url = "http://prometheus.prometheus.svc:9090/api/v1/write"
+    headers = {
+    }
+    tls_config {
+      insecure_skip_verify = false
+    }
+    send_native_histograms = false
+
+    queue_config {
+      capacity = 10000
+      min_shards = 1
+      max_shards = 50
+      max_samples_per_send = 2000
+      batch_send_deadline = "5s"
+      min_backoff = "30ms"
+      max_backoff = "5s"
+      retry_on_http_429 = true
+      sample_age_limit = "0s"
+    }
+
+    write_relabel_config {
+      source_labels = ["cluster"]
+      regex = ""
+      replacement = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+      target_label = "cluster"
+    }
+    write_relabel_config {
+      source_labels = ["k8s.cluster.name"]
+      regex = ""
+      replacement = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+      target_label = "cluster"
+    }
+  }
+
+  wal {
+    truncate_frequency = "2h"
+    min_keepalive_time = "5m"
+    max_keepalive_time = "8h"
+  }
+}
+// Destination: loki (loki)
+otelcol.exporter.loki "loki" {
+  forward_to = [loki.write.loki.receiver]
+}
+
+loki.write "loki" {
+  endpoint {
+    url = "http://loki.loki.svc:3100/api/push"
+    tls_config {
+      insecure_skip_verify = false
+    }
+  }
+  external_labels = {
+    cluster = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster",
+    "k8s_cluster_name" = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster",
+  }
+}
+// Destination: loki (otlp)
+
+otelcol.processor.attributes "loki" {
+  action {
+    key = "cluster"
+    action = "upsert"
+    value = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+  }
+  action {
+    key = "k8s.cluster.name"
+    action = "upsert"
+    value = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+  }
+  output {
+    metrics = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+    logs = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+    traces = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+  }
+}
+
+otelcol.processor.transform "loki" {
+  error_mode = "ignore"
+
+  output {
+    metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+    logs = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+    traces = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+  }
+}
+
+otelcol.processor.batch "loki" {
+  timeout = "2s"
+  send_batch_size = 8192
+  send_batch_max_size = 0
+
+  output {
+    metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+    logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+    traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+  }
+}
+otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "loki" {
+  client {
+    endpoint = "http://otlp-gateway.svc:443/otlp"
+    tls {
+      insecure = false
+      insecure_skip_verify = false
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Feature: Application Observability
+declare "application_observability" {
+  argument "metrics_destinations" {
+    comment = "Must be a list of metrics destinations where collected metrics should be forwarded to"
+  }
+
+  argument "logs_destinations" {
+    comment = "Must be a list of log destinations where collected logs should be forwarded to"
+  }
+
+  argument "traces_destinations" {
+    comment = "Must be a list of trace destinations where collected trace should be forwarded to"
+  }
+
+  // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor    
+  otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
+    protocols {
+      thrift_http {
+        endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14268"
+      }
+    }
+  
+    debug_metrics {
+      disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+    }
+    output {
+      traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
+    }
+  }  
+
+  // Resource Detection Processor --> K8s Attribute Processor  
+  otelcol.processor.resourcedetection "default" {
+    detectors = ["env", "system"]
+    system {
+      hostname_sources = ["os"]
+    }
+  
+    output {
+      metrics = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
+      logs = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
+      traces = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
+    }
+  }
+
+  // K8s Attribute Processor --> Transform Processor
+  // Resource Detection Processor Traces --> Host Info Connector  
+  otelcol.processor.k8sattributes "default" {
+    extract {
+      metadata = ["k8s.namespace.name","k8s.pod.name","k8s.deployment.name","k8s.statefulset.name","k8s.daemonset.name","k8s.cronjob.name","k8s.job.name","k8s.node.name","k8s.pod.uid","k8s.pod.start_time"]
+    }
+    pod_association {
+      source {
+        from = "connection"
+      }
+    }
+  
+    output {
+      metrics = [otelcol.processor.transform.default.input]
+      logs = [otelcol.processor.transform.default.input]
+      traces = [otelcol.processor.transform.default.input, otelcol.connector.host_info.default.input]
+    }
+  }
+  // Host Info Connector --> Batch Processor  
+  otelcol.connector.host_info "default" {
+    host_identifiers = [ "k8s.node.name" ]
+  
+    output {
+      metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  // Transform Processor --> Batch Processor  
+  otelcol.processor.transform "default" {
+    error_mode = "ignore"
+    log_statements {
+      context = "resource"
+      statements = [
+        "set(attributes[\"pod\"], attributes[\"k8s.pod.name\"])",
+        "set(attributes[\"namespace\"], attributes[\"k8s.namespace.name\"])",
+        "set(attributes[\"loki.resource.labels\"], \"cluster, namespace, job, pod\")",
+      ]
+    }
+  
+    output {
+      metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+      logs = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+      traces = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Batch Processor --> Destinations  
+  otelcol.processor.batch "default" {
+    output {
+      metrics = argument.metrics_destinations.value
+      logs = argument.logs_destinations.value
+      traces = argument.traces_destinations.value
+    }
+  }
+}
+application_observability "feature" {
+  metrics_destinations = [
+    otelcol.exporter.prometheus.prometheus.input,
+  ]
+  logs_destinations = [
+    otelcol.exporter.loki.loki.input,
+  ]
+  traces_destinations = [
+    otelcol.processor.attributes.loki.input,
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/alloy-singleton.alloy b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/alloy-singleton.alloy
index d2e5b3390..fa395d220 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/alloy-singleton.alloy
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/alloy-singleton.alloy
@@ -63,6 +63,56 @@ loki.write "loki" {
     "k8s_cluster_name" = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster",
   }
 }
+// Destination: loki (otlp)
+
+otelcol.processor.attributes "loki" {
+  action {
+    key = "cluster"
+    action = "upsert"
+    value = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+  }
+  action {
+    key = "k8s.cluster.name"
+    action = "upsert"
+    value = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+  }
+  output {
+    metrics = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+    logs = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+    traces = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+  }
+}
+
+otelcol.processor.transform "loki" {
+  error_mode = "ignore"
+
+  output {
+    metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+    logs = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+    traces = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+  }
+}
+
+otelcol.processor.batch "loki" {
+  timeout = "2s"
+  send_batch_size = 8192
+  send_batch_max_size = 0
+
+  output {
+    metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+    logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+    traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+  }
+}
+otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "loki" {
+  client {
+    endpoint = "http://otlp-gateway.svc:443/otlp"
+    tls {
+      insecure = false
+      insecure_skip_verify = false
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 // Feature: Cluster Metrics
 declare "cluster_metrics" {
@@ -161,7 +211,7 @@ declare "cluster_metrics" {
     rule {
       action = "keep"
       source_labels = ["namespace"]
-      regex = "logs|metrics|o11y"
+      regex = "collectors|logs|metrics|o11y"
     }
     forward_to = argument.metrics_destinations.value
   }            
@@ -201,7 +251,7 @@ declare "cluster_metrics" {
     rule {
       action = "keep"
       source_labels = ["namespace"]
-      regex = "logs|metrics|o11y"
+      regex = "collectors|logs|metrics|o11y"
     }
     forward_to = argument.metrics_destinations.value
   }  
@@ -259,7 +309,7 @@ declare "cluster_events" {
   loki.source.kubernetes_events "cluster_events" {
     job_name   = "integrations/kubernetes/eventhandler"
     log_format = "logfmt"
-    namespaces = ["logs","metrics","o11y"]
+    namespaces = ["collectors","logs","metrics","o11y"]
     forward_to = [loki.process.cluster_events.receiver]
   }
 
@@ -456,7 +506,7 @@ declare "pod_logs" {
   discovery.kubernetes "pods" {
     role = "pod"
     namespaces {
-      names = ["logs","metrics","o11y"]
+      names = ["collectors","logs","metrics","o11y"]
     }
   }
   
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/output.yaml
index 27c946631..7f3532ba8 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/output.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 ---
+# Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-receiver/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: alloy-receiver-0.11.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: alloy-receiver
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
+    
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "v1.6.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: alloy
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
+---
 # Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-singleton/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
@@ -122,6 +138,56 @@ data:
         "k8s_cluster_name" = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster",
       }
     }
+    // Destination: loki (otlp)
+    
+    otelcol.processor.attributes "loki" {
+      action {
+        key = "cluster"
+        action = "upsert"
+        value = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+      }
+      action {
+        key = "k8s.cluster.name"
+        action = "upsert"
+        value = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+      }
+      output {
+        metrics = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+        logs = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+        traces = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+      }
+    }
+    
+    otelcol.processor.transform "loki" {
+      error_mode = "ignore"
+    
+      output {
+        metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+        logs = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+        traces = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+      }
+    }
+    
+    otelcol.processor.batch "loki" {
+      timeout = "2s"
+      send_batch_size = 8192
+      send_batch_max_size = 0
+    
+      output {
+        metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+        logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+        traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+      }
+    }
+    otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "loki" {
+      client {
+        endpoint = "http://otlp-gateway.svc:443/otlp"
+        tls {
+          insecure = false
+          insecure_skip_verify = false
+        }
+      }
+    }
     
     // Feature: Cluster Metrics
     declare "cluster_metrics" {
@@ -220,7 +286,7 @@ data:
         rule {
           action = "keep"
           source_labels = ["namespace"]
-          regex = "logs|metrics|o11y"
+          regex = "collectors|logs|metrics|o11y"
         }
         forward_to = argument.metrics_destinations.value
       }            
@@ -260,7 +326,7 @@ data:
         rule {
           action = "keep"
           source_labels = ["namespace"]
-          regex = "logs|metrics|o11y"
+          regex = "collectors|logs|metrics|o11y"
         }
         forward_to = argument.metrics_destinations.value
       }  
@@ -318,7 +384,7 @@ data:
       loki.source.kubernetes_events "cluster_events" {
         job_name   = "integrations/kubernetes/eventhandler"
         log_format = "logfmt"
-        namespaces = ["logs","metrics","o11y"]
+        namespaces = ["collectors","logs","metrics","o11y"]
         forward_to = [loki.process.cluster_events.receiver]
       }
     
@@ -515,7 +581,7 @@ data:
       discovery.kubernetes "pods" {
         role = "pod"
         namespaces {
-          names = ["logs","metrics","o11y"]
+          names = ["collectors","logs","metrics","o11y"]
         }
       }
       
@@ -1820,11 +1886,248 @@ data:
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.4", namespace="default"} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="applicationObservability", protocols="jaegerthrifthttp", version="1.0.0"} 1
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="clusterEvents", version="1.0.0"} 1
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="podLogs", method="kubernetesApi", version="1.0.0"} 1
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="integrations", sources="alloy,loki", version="1.0.0"} 1
 ---
+# Source: k8s-monitoring/templates/alloy-config.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+  namespace: default
+data:
+  config.alloy: |-
+    // Destination: prometheus (prometheus)
+    otelcol.exporter.prometheus "prometheus" {
+      add_metric_suffixes = true
+      forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.prometheus.receiver]
+    }
+    
+    prometheus.remote_write "prometheus" {
+      endpoint {
+        url = "http://prometheus.prometheus.svc:9090/api/v1/write"
+        headers = {
+        }
+        tls_config {
+          insecure_skip_verify = false
+        }
+        send_native_histograms = false
+    
+        queue_config {
+          capacity = 10000
+          min_shards = 1
+          max_shards = 50
+          max_samples_per_send = 2000
+          batch_send_deadline = "5s"
+          min_backoff = "30ms"
+          max_backoff = "5s"
+          retry_on_http_429 = true
+          sample_age_limit = "0s"
+        }
+    
+        write_relabel_config {
+          source_labels = ["cluster"]
+          regex = ""
+          replacement = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+          target_label = "cluster"
+        }
+        write_relabel_config {
+          source_labels = ["k8s.cluster.name"]
+          regex = ""
+          replacement = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+          target_label = "cluster"
+        }
+      }
+    
+      wal {
+        truncate_frequency = "2h"
+        min_keepalive_time = "5m"
+        max_keepalive_time = "8h"
+      }
+    }
+    // Destination: loki (loki)
+    otelcol.exporter.loki "loki" {
+      forward_to = [loki.write.loki.receiver]
+    }
+    
+    loki.write "loki" {
+      endpoint {
+        url = "http://loki.loki.svc:3100/api/push"
+        tls_config {
+          insecure_skip_verify = false
+        }
+      }
+      external_labels = {
+        cluster = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster",
+        "k8s_cluster_name" = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster",
+      }
+    }
+    // Destination: loki (otlp)
+    
+    otelcol.processor.attributes "loki" {
+      action {
+        key = "cluster"
+        action = "upsert"
+        value = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+      }
+      action {
+        key = "k8s.cluster.name"
+        action = "upsert"
+        value = "loki-meta-monitoring-cluster"
+      }
+      output {
+        metrics = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+        logs = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+        traces = [otelcol.processor.transform.loki.input]
+      }
+    }
+    
+    otelcol.processor.transform "loki" {
+      error_mode = "ignore"
+    
+      output {
+        metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+        logs = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+        traces = [otelcol.processor.batch.loki.input]
+      }
+    }
+    
+    otelcol.processor.batch "loki" {
+      timeout = "2s"
+      send_batch_size = 8192
+      send_batch_max_size = 0
+    
+      output {
+        metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+        logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+        traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.loki.input]
+      }
+    }
+    otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "loki" {
+      client {
+        endpoint = "http://otlp-gateway.svc:443/otlp"
+        tls {
+          insecure = false
+          insecure_skip_verify = false
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    
+    // Feature: Application Observability
+    declare "application_observability" {
+      argument "metrics_destinations" {
+        comment = "Must be a list of metrics destinations where collected metrics should be forwarded to"
+      }
+    
+      argument "logs_destinations" {
+        comment = "Must be a list of log destinations where collected logs should be forwarded to"
+      }
+    
+      argument "traces_destinations" {
+        comment = "Must be a list of trace destinations where collected trace should be forwarded to"
+      }
+    
+      // Receivers --> Resource Detection Processor    
+      otelcol.receiver.jaeger "receiver" {
+        protocols {
+          thrift_http {
+            endpoint = "0.0.0.0:14268"
+          }
+        }
+      
+        debug_metrics {
+          disable_high_cardinality_metrics = true
+        }
+        output {
+          traces = [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection.default.input]
+        }
+      }  
+    
+      // Resource Detection Processor --> K8s Attribute Processor  
+      otelcol.processor.resourcedetection "default" {
+        detectors = ["env", "system"]
+        system {
+          hostname_sources = ["os"]
+        }
+      
+        output {
+          metrics = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
+          logs = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
+          traces = [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes.default.input]
+        }
+      }
+    
+      // K8s Attribute Processor --> Transform Processor
+      // Resource Detection Processor Traces --> Host Info Connector  
+      otelcol.processor.k8sattributes "default" {
+        extract {
+          metadata = ["k8s.namespace.name","k8s.pod.name","k8s.deployment.name","k8s.statefulset.name","k8s.daemonset.name","k8s.cronjob.name","k8s.job.name","k8s.node.name","k8s.pod.uid","k8s.pod.start_time"]
+        }
+        pod_association {
+          source {
+            from = "connection"
+          }
+        }
+      
+        output {
+          metrics = [otelcol.processor.transform.default.input]
+          logs = [otelcol.processor.transform.default.input]
+          traces = [otelcol.processor.transform.default.input, otelcol.connector.host_info.default.input]
+        }
+      }
+      // Host Info Connector --> Batch Processor  
+      otelcol.connector.host_info "default" {
+        host_identifiers = [ "k8s.node.name" ]
+      
+        output {
+          metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+        }
+      }
+    
+    
+      // Transform Processor --> Batch Processor  
+      otelcol.processor.transform "default" {
+        error_mode = "ignore"
+        log_statements {
+          context = "resource"
+          statements = [
+            "set(attributes[\"pod\"], attributes[\"k8s.pod.name\"])",
+            "set(attributes[\"namespace\"], attributes[\"k8s.namespace.name\"])",
+            "set(attributes[\"loki.resource.labels\"], \"cluster, namespace, job, pod\")",
+          ]
+        }
+      
+        output {
+          metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+          logs = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+          traces = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+        }
+      }
+    
+      // Batch Processor --> Destinations  
+      otelcol.processor.batch "default" {
+        output {
+          metrics = argument.metrics_destinations.value
+          logs = argument.logs_destinations.value
+          traces = argument.traces_destinations.value
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    application_observability "feature" {
+      metrics_destinations = [
+        otelcol.exporter.prometheus.prometheus.input,
+      ]
+      logs_destinations = [
+        otelcol.exporter.loki.loki.input,
+      ]
+      traces_destinations = [
+        otelcol.processor.attributes.loki.input,
+      ]
+    }
+---
 # Source: k8s-monitoring/templates/alloy-modules-configmaps.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
@@ -3314,6 +3617,106 @@ data:
       }
     }
 ---
+# Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-receiver/templates/rbac.yaml
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: alloy-receiver-0.11.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: alloy-receiver
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
+    
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "v1.6.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: alloy
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
+rules:
+  # Rules which allow discovery.kubernetes to function.
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+      - "discovery.k8s.io"
+      - "networking.k8s.io"
+    resources:
+      - endpoints
+      - endpointslices
+      - ingresses
+      - nodes
+      - nodes/proxy
+      - nodes/metrics
+      - pods
+      - services
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  # Rules which allow loki.source.kubernetes and loki.source.podlogs to work.
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - pods
+      - pods/log
+      - namespaces
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - "monitoring.grafana.com"
+    resources:
+      - podlogs
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  # Rules which allow mimir.rules.kubernetes to work.
+  - apiGroups: ["monitoring.coreos.com"]
+    resources:
+      - prometheusrules
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - nonResourceURLs:
+      - /metrics
+    verbs:
+      - get
+  # Rules for prometheus.kubernetes.*
+  - apiGroups: ["monitoring.coreos.com"]
+    resources:
+      - podmonitors
+      - servicemonitors
+      - probes
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  # Rules which allow eventhandler to work.
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - events
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  # needed for remote.kubernetes.*
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources:
+      - "configmaps"
+      - "secrets"
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  # needed for otelcol.processor.k8sattributes
+  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
+    resources: ["replicasets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["extensions"]
+    resources: ["replicasets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+---
 # Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-singleton/templates/rbac.yaml
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
@@ -3570,6 +3973,29 @@ rules:
     - volumeattachments
   verbs: ["list", "watch"]
 ---
+# Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-receiver/templates/rbac.yaml
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: alloy-receiver-0.11.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: alloy-receiver
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
+    
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "v1.6.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: alloy
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+    namespace: default
+---
 # Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-singleton/templates/rbac.yaml
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
@@ -3616,6 +4042,36 @@ subjects:
   name: k8smon-kube-state-metrics
   namespace: default
 ---
+# Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-receiver/templates/service.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: alloy-receiver-0.11.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: alloy-receiver
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
+    
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "v1.6.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: alloy
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: networking
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: alloy-receiver
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
+  internalTrafficPolicy: Cluster
+  ports:
+    - name: http-metrics
+      port: 12345
+      targetPort: 12345
+      protocol: "TCP"
+    - name: jaeger-http
+      port: 14268
+      targetPort: 14268
+      protocol: TCP
+---
 # Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-singleton/templates/service.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
@@ -3698,6 +4154,111 @@ spec:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: node-exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
 ---
+# Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/alloy-receiver/templates/controllers/daemonset.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: alloy-receiver-0.11.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: alloy-receiver
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
+    
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "v1.6.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: alloy
+spec:
+  minReadySeconds: 10
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: alloy-receiver
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container: alloy
+        k8s.grafana.com/logs.job: integrations/alloy
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: alloy-receiver
+        app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+      containers:
+        - name: alloy
+          image: docker.io/grafana/alloy:v1.6.1
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          args:
+            - run
+            - /etc/alloy/config.alloy
+            - --storage.path=/tmp/alloy
+            - --server.http.listen-addr=0.0.0.0:12345
+            - --server.http.ui-path-prefix=/
+            - --stability.level=generally-available
+          env:
+            - name: ALLOY_DEPLOY_MODE
+              value: "helm"
+            - name: HOSTNAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 12345
+              name: http-metrics
+            - containerPort: 14268
+              name: jaeger-http
+              protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /-/ready
+              port: 12345
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 1
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              add:
+              - CHOWN
+              - DAC_OVERRIDE
+              - FOWNER
+              - FSETID
+              - KILL
+              - SETGID
+              - SETUID
+              - SETPCAP
+              - NET_BIND_SERVICE
+              - NET_RAW
+              - SYS_CHROOT
+              - MKNOD
+              - AUDIT_WRITE
+              - SETFCAP
+              drop:
+              - ALL
+            seccompProfile:
+              type: RuntimeDefault
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /etc/alloy
+        - name: config-reloader
+          image: ghcr.io/jimmidyson/configmap-reload:v0.14.0
+          args:
+            - --volume-dir=/etc/alloy
+            - --webhook-url=http://localhost:12345/-/reload
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /etc/alloy
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 1m
+              memory: 5Mi
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
+      volumes:
+        - name: config
+          configMap:
+            name: k8smon-alloy-receiver
+---
 # Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/clusterMetrics/charts/node-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: DaemonSet
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/values.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/values.yaml
index d9a5b42f2..c6beedc2c 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/meta-monitoring/values.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ destinations:
   - name: loki
     type: loki
     url: http://loki.loki.svc:3100/api/push
+  - name: loki
+    type: otlp
+    protocol: http
+    url: http://otlp-gateway.svc:443/otlp
 
 integrations:
   collector: alloy-singleton
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ clusterEvents:
   enabled: true
   collector: alloy-singleton
   namespaces:
+    - collectors
     - logs
     - metrics
     - o11y
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ clusterMetrics:
       rule {
         action = "keep"
         source_labels = ["namespace"]
-        regex = "logs|metrics|o11y"
+        regex = "collectors|logs|metrics|o11y"
       }
   apiServer:
     enabled: false
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ clusterMetrics:
       rule {
         action = "keep"
         source_labels = ["namespace"]
-        regex = "logs|metrics|o11y"
+        regex = "collectors|logs|metrics|o11y"
       }
     metricsTuning:
       useDefaultAllowList: false
@@ -136,10 +141,19 @@ podLogs:
   gatherMethod: kubernetesApi
   collector: alloy-singleton
   namespaces:
+    - collectors
     - logs
     - metrics
     - o11y
 
+applicationObservability:
+  enabled: true
+  receivers:
+    jaeger:
+      thriftHttp:
+        enabled: true
+        port: 14268
+
 # Collectors
 alloy-singleton:
   enabled: true
@@ -154,4 +168,10 @@ alloy-profiles:
   enabled: false
 
 alloy-receiver:
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
+  alloy:
+    extraPorts:
+      - name: jaeger-http
+        port: 14268
+        targetPort: 14268
+        protocol: TCP
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/destinations/_destination_otlp.tpl b/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/destinations/_destination_otlp.tpl
index 0491a23e1..407871660 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/destinations/_destination_otlp.tpl
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/destinations/_destination_otlp.tpl
@@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ otelcol.exporter.otlp {{ include "helper.alloy_name" .name | quote }} {
 otelcol.exporter.otlphttp {{ include "helper.alloy_name" .name | quote }} {
 {{- end }}
   client {
-{{- if .urlFrom }} 
+{{- if .urlFrom }}
     endpoint = {{ .urlFrom }}
 {{- else }}
-    endpoint = {{ .url | quote }} 
+    endpoint = {{ .url | quote }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if eq .auth.type "basic" }}
     auth = otelcol.auth.basic.{{ include "helper.alloy_name" .name }}.handler
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/destinations/_destination_validations.tpl b/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/destinations/_destination_validations.tpl
index 51d533559..9ed1cb281 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/destinations/_destination_validations.tpl
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/destinations/_destination_validations.tpl
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
       {{ fail (printf "\nDestination #%d (%s) is using an unknown type (%s).\nPlease set:\ndestinations:\n  - name: %s\n    type: \"[%s]\"" $i $destination.name $destination.type $destination.name (include "english_list_or" $types)) }}
     {{- end }}
 
+    {{/* Check if OTLP destination using Grafana Cloud has protocol set */}}
+    {{- if and (eq $destination.type "otlp") ($destination.url) (contains ".grafana.net" $destination.url) }}
+      {{- if ne $destination.protocol "http" }}
+        {{ fail (printf "\nDestination #%d (%s) is using Grafana Cloud OTLP gateway but has incorrect protocol '%s', the gateway only supports 'http'.\nPlease set:\ndestinations:\n  - name: %s\n    type: otlp\n    url: %s\n    protocol: http" $i $destination.name ($destination.protocol | default "grpc (default)") $destination.name $destination.url) }}
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+
     {{- if eq (include "secrets.authType" $destination) "basic" }}
       {{- if eq (include "secrets.usesSecret" (dict "object" $destination "key" "auth.username")) "false" }}
         {{ fail (printf "\nDestination #%d (%s) is using basic auth but does not have a username.\nPlease set:\ndestinations:\n  - name: %s\n    auth:\n      type: basic\n      username: my-username\n      password: my-password" $i $destination.name $destination.name) }}
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/features/_feature_application_observability.tpl b/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/features/_feature_application_observability.tpl
index d449ce916..aad2be81f 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/features/_feature_application_observability.tpl
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/templates/features/_feature_application_observability.tpl
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ application_observability "feature" {
     {{- include "collectors.require_extra_port" (dict "Values" $.Values "name" $collector "feature" $featureName "portNumber" $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.grpc.port "portName" "jaeger-grpc" "portProtocol" "TCP") }}
   {{- end -}}
   {{- if $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary.enabled }}
-    {{- include "collectors.require_extra_port" (dict "Values" $.Values "name" $collector "feature" $featureName "portNumber" $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary.port "portName" "jaeger-grpc" "portProtocol" "TCP") }}
+    {{- include "collectors.require_extra_port" (dict "Values" $.Values "name" $collector "feature" $featureName "portNumber" $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftBinary.port "portName" "jaeger-binary" "portProtocol" "TCP") }}
   {{- end -}}
   {{- if $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftCompact.enabled }}
-    {{- include "collectors.require_extra_port" (dict "Values" $.Values "name" $collector "feature" $featureName "portNumber" $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftCompact.port "portName" "jaeger-grpc" "portProtocol" "TCP") }}
+    {{- include "collectors.require_extra_port" (dict "Values" $.Values "name" $collector "feature" $featureName "portNumber" $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftCompact.port "portName" "jaeger-compact" "portProtocol" "TCP") }}
   {{- end -}}
   {{- if $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftHttp.enabled }}
-    {{- include "collectors.require_extra_port" (dict "Values" $.Values "name" $collector "feature" $featureName "portNumber" $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftHttp.port "portName" "jaeger-grpc" "portProtocol" "TCP") }}
+    {{- include "collectors.require_extra_port" (dict "Values" $.Values "name" $collector "feature" $featureName "portNumber" $.Values.applicationObservability.receivers.jaeger.thriftHttp.port "portName" "jaeger-http" "portProtocol" "TCP") }}
   {{- end -}}
   {{- include "feature.applicationObservability.validate" (dict "Values" $.Values.applicationObservability) }}
 {{- end -}}