diff --git a/.github/workflows/assign-reviewers.yml b/.github/workflows/assign-reviewers.yml
index 3dfd8bcbac..38509d9873 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assign-reviewers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assign-reviewers.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   assign-reviewers:
+    if: github.repository == 'open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: dyladan/component-owners@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-images.yml b/.github/workflows/build-images.yml
index 9f8064963c..d3225ef879 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-images.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build_and_push_images:
+    if: github.repository == 'open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml
index 16072a0ab8..8cfa37f729 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v2.1.1
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v2.1.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe3974c18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# adds a label to a pull request if certain files are changed
+name: Label Pull Requests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  label:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Check for changed files
+        id: file_changes
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
+        with:
+          list-files: shell
+          filters: |
+            docsUpdateRequired:
+              - 'src/flagd/**'
+            helmUpdateRequired:
+              - '.env'
+              - 'docker-compose*.yml'
+              - 'src/flagd/**'
+              - 'src/grafana/**'
+              - 'src/otelcollector/**'
+              - 'src/prometheus/**'
+
+      - name: "Add Label: docs-update-required"
+        if: steps.file_changes.outputs.docsUpdateRequired == 'true'
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            const issue_number = context.issue.number;
+            github.issues.addLabels({
+              issue_number: issue_number,
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              labels: ['docs-update-required']
+            })
+
+      - name: "Add Label: helm-update-required"
+        if: steps.file_changes.outputs.helmUpdateRequired == 'true'
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            const issue_number = context.issue.number;
+            github.issues.addLabels({
+              issue_number: issue_number,
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              labels: ['helm-update-required']
+            })
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d3d935c9bf..a2435a49ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build_and_push_images:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-images.yml
+    if: github.repository == 'open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo'
     with:
       push: true
       version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f09760243..906eb6ee96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ the release.
   ([#1448](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1448))
 * [cartservice] update .NET to .NET 8.0.3
   ([#1460](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1460))
+* [adservice] add adServiceManualGC feature flag
+  ([#1463](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1463))
+* [frontendproxy] remove deprecated start_child_span option
+  ([#1469](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1469))
+* [currency] fix metric name
+  ([#1470](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1470))
+* [frontend] disable instrumentation-fs library
+  ([#1473](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1473))
 
 ## 1.8.0
 
diff --git a/ide-gen-proto.sh b/ide-gen-proto.sh
index 9243c14ec9..be28d20c2d 100755
--- a/ide-gen-proto.sh
+++ b/ide-gen-proto.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ gen_proto_dotnet cartservice
 gen_proto_go checkoutservice
 # gen_proto_cpp currencyservice
 # gen_proto_ruby emailservice
-gen_proto_elixir featureflagservice
 gen_proto_ts frontend
 gen_proto_js paymentservice
 gen_proto_go productcatalogservice
diff --git a/kubernetes/opentelemetry-demo.yaml b/kubernetes/opentelemetry-demo.yaml
index 2b42d665f5..f65b2b220a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/opentelemetry-demo.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/opentelemetry-demo.yaml
@@ -3214,7 +3214,7 @@ data:
             "type": "prometheus",
             "uid": "webstore-metrics"
           },
-          "description": "Sent by Exporter\notelcol_exporter_send_failed_spans",
+          "description": "Sent by Exporter\notelcol_exporter_send_failed_metric_points",
           "fieldConfig": {
             "defaults": {
               "color": {
diff --git a/src/accountingservice/go.mod b/src/accountingservice/go.mod
index 3de67e95a4..2f0a94804d 100644
--- a/src/accountingservice/go.mod
+++ b/src/accountingservice/go.mod
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/src/accountingservice/go.sum b/src/accountingservice/go.sum
index 32fa63be25..4a38de1144 100644
--- a/src/accountingservice/go.sum
+++ b/src/accountingservice/go.sum
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe/go.mod h1:4jWUdICTdgc3Ibxmr8nAJiiLHwQBY0UI0XZcEMaFKaA=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe h1:bQnxqljG/wqi4NTXu2+DJ3n7APcEA882QZ1JvhQAq9o=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe/go.mod h1:PAREbraiVEVGVdTZsVWjSbbTtSyGbAgIIvni8a8CD5s=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0 h1:HQKZ/fa1bXkX1oFOvSjmZEUL8wLSaZTjCcLAlmZRtdk=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1 h1:B4n+nfKzOICUXMgyrNd19h/I9oH0L1pizfk1d4zSgTk=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0 h1:rNBFJjBCOgVr9pWD7rs/knKL4FRTKgpZmsRfV214zcA=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Dk1tviKTvMCz5tvh7t+fh94dhmQVHuCt2OzJB3CTW9Y=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/AdService.java b/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/AdService.java
index a2ddf9116e..4bdd81ac86 100644
--- a/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/AdService.java
+++ b/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/AdService.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import oteldemo.Demo.Ad;
 import oteldemo.Demo.AdRequest;
 import oteldemo.Demo.AdResponse;
+import oteldemo.problempattern.GarbageCollectionTrigger;
 import dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd.FlagdOptions;
 import dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd.FlagdProvider;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.Client;
@@ -127,6 +128,9 @@ private enum AdResponseType {
 
   private static class AdServiceImpl extends oteldemo.AdServiceGrpc.AdServiceImplBase {
     
+    private static final String ADSERVICE_FAILURE = "adServiceFailure";
+    private static final String ADSERVICE_MANUAL_GC_FEATURE_FLAG = "adServiceManualGc";
+
     private AdServiceImpl() {}
 
     /**
@@ -177,8 +181,14 @@ public void getAds(AdRequest req, StreamObserver<AdResponse> responseObserver) {
             Attributes.of(
                 adRequestTypeKey, adRequestType.name(), adResponseTypeKey, adResponseType.name()));
 
-        if (checkAdFailure()) {
-          throw new StatusRuntimeException(Status.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED);
+        if (getFeatureFlagEnabled(ADSERVICE_FAILURE)) {
+          throw new StatusRuntimeException(Status.UNAVAILABLE);
+        }
+
+        if (getFeatureFlagEnabled(ADSERVICE_MANUAL_GC_FEATURE_FLAG)) {
+          logger.warn("Feature Flag " + ADSERVICE_MANUAL_GC_FEATURE_FLAG + " enabled, performing a manual gc now");
+          GarbageCollectionTrigger gct = new GarbageCollectionTrigger();
+          gct.doExecute();
         }
 
         AdResponse reply = AdResponse.newBuilder().addAllAds(allAds).build();
@@ -193,12 +203,18 @@ public void getAds(AdRequest req, StreamObserver<AdResponse> responseObserver) {
       }
     }
 
-    boolean checkAdFailure() {
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the status of a feature flag from the Feature Flag service.
+     *
+     * @param ff The name of the feature flag to retrieve.
+     * @return {@code true} if the feature flag is enabled, {@code false} otherwise or in case of errors.
+     */
+    boolean getFeatureFlagEnabled(String ff) {
       Client client = OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance().getClient();
       // TODO: Plumb the actual session ID from the frontend via baggage?
       UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
       client.setEvaluationContext(new MutableContext().add("session", uuid.toString()));
-      Boolean boolValue = client.getBooleanValue("adServiceFailure", false);
+      Boolean boolValue = client.getBooleanValue(ff, false);
       return boolValue;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/problempattern/GarbageCollectionTrigger.java b/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/problempattern/GarbageCollectionTrigger.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa72bc1f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/problempattern/GarbageCollectionTrigger.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+* Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+*/
+
+package oteldemo.problempattern;
+
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * The GarbageCollectionTrigger class is responsible for triggering manual garbage collection
+* at specified intervals to simulate memory pressure and measure the impact on performance.
+*/
+public class GarbageCollectionTrigger {
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(GarbageCollectionTrigger.class.getName());
+
+    private final long gc_delay;
+    private final int finalize_delay;
+    private final int maxObjects;
+
+    private long lastGC = 0;
+
+    private final MemoryUtils memUtils;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new GarbageCollectionTrigger with default values.
+    */
+    public GarbageCollectionTrigger() {
+        memUtils = new MemoryUtils(ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean());
+        gc_delay = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10);
+        finalize_delay = 500;
+        maxObjects = 500000;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers manual garbage collection at specified intervals and measures the impact on performance.
+    * It creates Entry objects to fill up memory and initiates garbage collection.
+    */
+    public void doExecute() {
+        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - lastGC > gc_delay) {
+            logger.info("Triggering a manual garbage collection, next one in " + (gc_delay/1000) + " seconds.");
+            // clear old data, we want to clear old Entry objects, because their finalization is expensive
+            System.gc();
+
+            long total = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+                while (memUtils.getHeapUsage() < 0.9 && memUtils.getObjectPendingFinalizationCount() < maxObjects) {
+                    new Entry();
+                }
+                long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                System.gc();
+                total += System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
+            }
+            logger.info("The artificially triggered GCs took: " + total + " ms");
+            lastGC = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The Entry class represents objects created for the purpose of triggering garbage collection.
+    */
+    private class Entry {
+        /**
+         * Overrides the finalize method to introduce a delay, simulating finalization during garbage collection.
+        *
+        * @throws Throwable If an exception occurs during finalization.
+        */
+        @SuppressWarnings("removal")
+        @Override
+        protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
+            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(finalize_delay);
+            super.finalize();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/problempattern/MemoryUtils.java b/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/problempattern/MemoryUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b314145fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/adservice/src/main/java/oteldemo/problempattern/MemoryUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+* Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+*/
+
+package oteldemo.problempattern;
+
+import java.lang.management.MemoryMXBean;
+import java.lang.management.MemoryUsage;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+
+/**
+ * This class provides JVM heap related utility methods.
+*/
+public class MemoryUtils {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(MemoryUtils.class.getName());
+
+    private static final long NO_HEAP_LIMIT = -1;
+
+    private final MemoryMXBean memoryBean;
+
+    /**
+     * @param memoryBean defines which {@link MemoryMXBean} is to use
+    */
+    public MemoryUtils(MemoryMXBean memoryBean) {
+        this.memoryBean = memoryBean;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @return The current heap usage as a decimal number between 0.0 and 1.0.
+    *         That is, if the returned value is 0.85, 85% of the max heap is used.
+    *
+    *         If no max heap is set, the method returns -1.0.
+    */
+    public double getHeapUsage() {
+        MemoryUsage heapProps = memoryBean.getHeapMemoryUsage();
+        long heapUsed = heapProps.getUsed();
+        long heapMax = heapProps.getMax();
+
+        if (heapMax == NO_HEAP_LIMIT) {
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            logger.debug("No maximum heap is set");
+            }
+            return NO_HEAP_LIMIT;
+        }
+
+
+        double heapUsage = (double) heapUsed / heapMax;
+        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            logger.debug("Current heap usage is {0} percent" + (heapUsage * 100));
+        }
+        return heapUsage;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * see {@link MemoryMXBean#getObjectPendingFinalizationCount()}
+    */
+    public int getObjectPendingFinalizationCount() {
+        return memoryBean.getObjectPendingFinalizationCount();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/checkoutservice/go.mod b/src/checkoutservice/go.mod
index 4228c56c79..f66b3d7477 100644
--- a/src/checkoutservice/go.mod
+++ b/src/checkoutservice/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ go 1.22.0
 require (
 	github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
+	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk v1.10.0
+	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/hooks/open-telemetry v0.3.1
+	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/flagd v0.1.22
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.49.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.49.0
@@ -15,9 +18,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -59,9 +62,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/open-feature/flagd/core v0.7.4 // indirect
-	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk v1.10.0 // indirect
-	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/hooks/open-telemetry v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/flagd v0.1.22 // indirect
 	github.com/open-feature/schemas v0.2.8 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21 // indirect
 	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20201227073835-cf1acfcdf475 // indirect
diff --git a/src/checkoutservice/go.sum b/src/checkoutservice/go.sum
index 3decbae3a9..704299ff94 100644
--- a/src/checkoutservice/go.sum
+++ b/src/checkoutservice/go.sum
@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.1 h1:wugyWa15TDEHh2kvq2gAy1IHLjEjuYOYgXz/ruC/OSQ=
 github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.1/go.mod h1:Xxho9HkHd4K/MDUo/T/sOqwtX/17D33++E9Wib6hUdQ=
+github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 h1:5nUrii3FMTL5diU80unEVvNevw1nH4+ZV4DSLVJLSYI=
+github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1/go.mod h1:8cTjp+g8YejhMuvIA5y2vz3BpJxksy863GQaJW2MFNU=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 h1:H65muMkzWKEuNDnfl9d70GUjFniHKHRbFPGBuZ3QEww=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF078ddwwvV3Y=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
@@ -473,6 +477,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.4 h1:QHVo+6stLbfJmYGkQ7uGHUCu5hnAFAj6mDe6Ea0SeOo=
 github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.4/go.mod h1:FyHWQIzQORZ0QVE1BtVHv3cKtNLuXsbNLtpuhNapBOA=
+github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v2.20.0+incompatible h1:4Xh3bDzO29j4TWNOI+24ubc0vbVFMg2PMnXKxK54/CA=
+github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v2.20.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:N/mhXZITr/EQAOErEHciKvO1bFei2Lld2Ym6h96pdy0=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
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 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
@@ -1312,6 +1339,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
+k8s.io/api v0.29.0 h1:NiCdQMY1QOp1H8lfRyeEf8eOwV6+0xA6XEE44ohDX2A=
+k8s.io/api v0.29.0/go.mod h1:sdVmXoz2Bo/cb77Pxi71IPTSErEW32xa4aXwKH7gfBA=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0 h1:+ACVktwyicPz0oc6MTMLwa2Pw3ouLAfAon1wPLtG48o=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0/go.mod h1:eVBxQ/cwiJxH58eK/jd/vAk4mrxmVlnpBH5J2GbMeis=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1 h1:U/Af64HJf7FcwMcXyKm2RPM22WZzyR7OSpYj5tg3cL0=
@@ -1327,3 +1356,5 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMm
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0/go.mod h1:GeOyir5tyXNByN85N/dRIT9es5UQNerPYEKK56eTBm8=
diff --git a/src/currencyservice/src/server.cpp b/src/currencyservice/src/server.cpp
index 218f2881b6..ff194edd77 100644
--- a/src/currencyservice/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/currencyservice/src/server.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   initTracer();
   initMeter();
   initLogger();
-  currency_counter = initIntCounter(name, version);
+  currency_counter = initIntCounter("app.currency", version);
   logger = getLogger(name);
   RunServer(port);
 
diff --git a/src/flagd/demo.flagd.json b/src/flagd/demo.flagd.json
index 5234fcce55..26c2c71b94 100644
--- a/src/flagd/demo.flagd.json
+++ b/src/flagd/demo.flagd.json
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
       },
       "defaultVariant": "off"
     },
+    "adServiceManualGc": {
+      "description": "Triggers full manual garbage collections in the ad service",
+      "state": "ENABLED",
+      "variants": {
+          "on": true,
+          "off": false
+        },
+        "defaultVariant": "off"
+    },
     "adServiceFailure": {
       "description": "Fail ad service",
       "state": "ENABLED",
diff --git a/src/frontend/utils/telemetry/Instrumentation.js b/src/frontend/utils/telemetry/Instrumentation.js
index 6c4f0c989a..39b0b8501a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/utils/telemetry/Instrumentation.js
+++ b/src/frontend/utils/telemetry/Instrumentation.js
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ const sdk = new opentelemetry.NodeSDK({
   traceExporter: new OTLPTraceExporter(),
   instrumentations: [
     getNodeAutoInstrumentations({
-      // only instrument fs if it is part of another trace
+      // disable fs instrumentation to reduce noise
       '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-fs': {
-        requireParentSpan: true,
+        enabled: false,
       },
     })
   ],
diff --git a/src/frontendproxy/envoy.tmpl.yaml b/src/frontendproxy/envoy.tmpl.yaml
index c78c8b5c82..cb4dd0c8b3 100644
--- a/src/frontendproxy/envoy.tmpl.yaml
+++ b/src/frontendproxy/envoy.tmpl.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ static_resources:
                   - name: envoy.filters.http.router
                     typed_config:
                       "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.router.v3.Router
-                      start_child_span: true
 
   clusters:
     - name: opentelemetry_collector_grpc
diff --git a/src/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/demo/opentelemetry-collector-data-flow.json b/src/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/demo/opentelemetry-collector-data-flow.json
index 3bdf75ae47..d023ea2524 100644
--- a/src/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/demo/opentelemetry-collector-data-flow.json
+++ b/src/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/demo/opentelemetry-collector-data-flow.json
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@
         "type": "prometheus",
         "uid": "webstore-metrics"
       },
-      "description": "Sent by Exporter\notelcol_exporter_send_failed_spans",
+      "description": "Sent by Exporter\notelcol_exporter_send_failed_metric_points",
       "fieldConfig": {
         "defaults": {
           "color": {
diff --git a/src/productcatalogservice/go.mod b/src/productcatalogservice/go.mod
index 6e2f855b36..414d3c3930 100644
--- a/src/productcatalogservice/go.mod
+++ b/src/productcatalogservice/go.mod
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/src/productcatalogservice/go.sum b/src/productcatalogservice/go.sum
index cefaab52ad..2081002b9c 100644
--- a/src/productcatalogservice/go.sum
+++ b/src/productcatalogservice/go.sum
@@ -1244,8 +1244,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.50.0/go.mod h1:ZgQEeidpAuNRZ8iRrlBKXZQP1ghovWIVhdJRyCD
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.50.1/go.mod h1:ZgQEeidpAuNRZ8iRrlBKXZQP1ghovWIVhdJRyCDK+GI=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0/go.mod h1:wgNDFcnuBGmxLKI/qn4T+m5BtEBYXJPvibbUPsAIPww=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0/go.mod h1:OnIrk0ipVdj4N5d9IUoFUx72/VlD7+jUsHwZgwSMQpw=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0 h1:HQKZ/fa1bXkX1oFOvSjmZEUL8wLSaZTjCcLAlmZRtdk=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1 h1:B4n+nfKzOICUXMgyrNd19h/I9oH0L1pizfk1d4zSgTk=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6Kw0yEErY5E/yWrBtf03jp27GLLJujG4z/JK95pnjjw=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0 h1:rNBFJjBCOgVr9pWD7rs/knKL4FRTKgpZmsRfV214zcA=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Dk1tviKTvMCz5tvh7t+fh94dhmQVHuCt2OzJB3CTW9Y=
@@ -1265,8 +1265,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
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