diff --git a/examples/application-observability/metrics.alloy b/examples/application-observability/metrics.alloy
index 73bc2b832..eca82b8e2 100644
--- a/examples/application-observability/metrics.alloy
+++ b/examples/application-observability/metrics.alloy
@@ -757,6 +757,18 @@ prometheus.remote_write "metrics_service" {
     }
 
     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"
+    }
   }
 
   wal {
diff --git a/examples/application-observability/output.yaml b/examples/application-observability/output.yaml
index 082c44208..31de8ad6d 100644
--- a/examples/application-observability/output.yaml
+++ b/examples/application-observability/output.yaml
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ metadata:
   name: k8smon-prometheus-node-exporter
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: prometheus-node-exporter-4.34.0
+    helm.sh/chart: prometheus-node-exporter-4.36.0
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: prometheus-node-exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-node-exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.8.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.8.1"
 ---
 # Source: k8s-monitoring/templates/log-service-credentials.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -927,6 +927,18 @@ data:
         }
     
         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"
+        }
       }
     
       wal {
@@ -2077,7 +2089,7 @@ data:
   metrics.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart as well as a summary of enabled features
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="1.0.13", namespace="default", metrics="enabled,alloy,autoDiscover,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,kubelet,cadvisor,cost", logs="enabled,events,pod_logs", traces="enabled", deployments="kube-state-metrics,prometheus-node-exporter,prometheus-operator-crds,opencost"} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="1.1.0", namespace="default", metrics="enabled,alloy,autoDiscover,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,kubelet,cadvisor,cost", logs="enabled,events,pod_logs", traces="enabled", deployments="kube-state-metrics,prometheus-node-exporter,prometheus-operator-crds,opencost"} 1
 ---
 # Source: k8s-monitoring/charts/prometheus-operator-crds/charts/crds/templates/crd-alertmanagerconfigs.yaml
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
@@ -52875,13 +52887,13 @@ metadata:
   name: k8smon-prometheus-node-exporter
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: prometheus-node-exporter-4.34.0
+    helm.sh/chart: prometheus-node-exporter-4.36.0
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: prometheus-node-exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-node-exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.8.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.8.1"
 spec:
   type: ClusterIP
   ports:
@@ -53132,13 +53144,13 @@ metadata:
   name: k8smon-prometheus-node-exporter
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: prometheus-node-exporter-4.34.0
+    helm.sh/chart: prometheus-node-exporter-4.36.0
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: prometheus-node-exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-node-exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.8.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.8.1"
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
@@ -53154,13 +53166,13 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"
       labels:
-        helm.sh/chart: prometheus-node-exporter-4.34.0
+        helm.sh/chart: prometheus-node-exporter-4.36.0
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
         app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
         app.kubernetes.io/part-of: prometheus-node-exporter
         app.kubernetes.io/name: prometheus-node-exporter
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-        app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.8.0"
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.8.1"
     spec:
       automountServiceAccountToken: false
       securityContext:
@@ -53171,7 +53183,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: k8smon-prometheus-node-exporter
       containers:
         - name: node-exporter
-          image: quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:v1.8.0
+          image: quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:v1.8.1
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           args:
             - --path.procfs=/host/proc
@@ -53681,8 +53693,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "Helm"
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: "k8smon"
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.4
-    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.0.13"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.5
+    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.1.0"
   annotations:
     "helm.sh/hook": pre-install,pre-upgrade
     "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
@@ -54448,6 +54460,18 @@ data:
         }
     
         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"
+        }
       }
     
       wal {
@@ -55573,8 +55597,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "Helm"
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: "k8smon"
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.4
-    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.0.13"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.5
+    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.1.0"
   annotations:
     "helm.sh/hook": test
     "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
@@ -55627,8 +55651,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "Helm"
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: "k8smon"
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.4
-    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.0.13"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.5
+    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.1.0"
   annotations:
     "helm.sh/hook": pre-install,pre-upgrade
     "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
@@ -55706,8 +55730,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "Helm"
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: "k8smon"
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.4
-    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.0.13"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.5
+    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.1.0"
   annotations:
     "helm.sh/hook": test
     "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": before-hook-creation
@@ -55718,7 +55742,7 @@ spec:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux
   containers:
     - name: config-analysis
-      image: ghcr.io/grafana/k8s-monitoring-test:1.0.13
+      image: ghcr.io/grafana/k8s-monitoring-test:1.1.0
       command: [/etc/bin/config-analysis.sh]
       env:
         - name: ALLOY_HOST
@@ -55733,8 +55757,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "Helm"
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: "k8smon"
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.4
-    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.0.13"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.3.5
+    helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.1.0"
   annotations:
     "helm.sh/hook": test
     "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": before-hook-creation
@@ -55750,14 +55774,14 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "Helm"
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: "k8smon"
-        helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.0.13"
+        helm.sh/chart: "k8s-monitoring-1.1.0"
     spec:
       restartPolicy: Never
       nodeSelector:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux
       containers:
         - name: query-test
-          image: ghcr.io/grafana/k8s-monitoring-test:1.0.13
+          image: ghcr.io/grafana/k8s-monitoring-test:1.1.0
           command: ["bash", "-c", "/etc/bin/query-test.sh /etc/test/testQueries.json"]
           volumeMounts:
             - name: test-files