diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/GeneralConfig.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/GeneralConfig.java
index c9963516f1a..aa87269f964 100644
--- a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/GeneralConfig.java
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/GeneralConfig.java
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ public final class GeneralConfig {
   public static final String TRACE_STATS_COMPUTATION_IGNORE_AGENT_VERSION =
       "trace.stats.computation.ignore.agent.version";
 
+  public static final String TRACE_STATS_CARDINALITY_LIMIT = "trace.stats.cardinality.limit";
+  public static final String TRACE_STATS_RESOURCE_CARDINALITY_LIMIT =
+      "trace.stats.resource.cardinality.limit";
+  public static final String TRACE_STATS_HTTP_ENDPOINT_CARDINALITY_LIMIT =
+      "trace.stats.http_endpoint.cardinality.limit";
+  public static final String TRACE_STATS_PEER_TAGS_CARDINALITY_LIMIT =
+      "trace.stats.peer_tags.cardinality.limit";
+
   public static final String TRACE_OTEL_SEMANTICS_ENABLED = "trace.otel.semantics.enabled";
 
   public static final String TRACER_METRICS_ENABLED = "trace.tracer.metrics.enabled";
@@ -79,6 +87,7 @@ public final class GeneralConfig {
   public static final String TRACER_METRICS_MAX_PENDING = "trace.tracer.metrics.max.pending";
   public static final String TRACER_METRICS_IGNORED_RESOURCES =
       "trace.tracer.metrics.ignored.resources";
+
   public static final String AZURE_APP_SERVICES = "azure.app.services";
   public static final String INTERNAL_EXIT_ON_FAILURE = "trace.internal.exit.on.failure";
 
diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/AggregateEntry.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/AggregateEntry.java
index b18fce272a4..dbfd436b60a 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/AggregateEntry.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/AggregateEntry.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package datadog.trace.common.metrics;
 
 import datadog.metrics.api.Histogram;
+import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.UTF8BytesString;
 import datadog.trace.util.Hashtable;
 import datadog.trace.util.LongHashingUtils;
@@ -28,36 +29,33 @@ final class AggregateEntry extends Hashtable.Entry {
 
   private static final UTF8BytesString[] EMPTY_TAGS = new UTF8BytesString[0];
 
-  // Sentinel substitution is disabled until per-component config is wired in a follow-up PR.
-  // Tests that need sentinel mode should pass useBlockedSentinel=true explicitly.
-  static final boolean LIMITS_ENABLED = false;
-
-  // Per-field cardinality handlers. Limits live on MetricCardinalityLimits -- see that class for
-  // per-field rationale.
+  // Configurable per-field cardinality handlers — tunable via env var.
   static final PropertyCardinalityHandler RESOURCE_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("resource", MetricCardinalityLimits.RESOURCE, LIMITS_ENABLED);
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler(
+          "resource",
+          Config.get().getTraceStatsCardinalityLimit("resource", MetricCardinalityLimits.RESOURCE));
+  static final PropertyCardinalityHandler HTTP_ENDPOINT_HANDLER =
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler(
+          "http_endpoint",
+          Config.get()
+              .getTraceStatsCardinalityLimit(
+                  "http_endpoint", MetricCardinalityLimits.HTTP_ENDPOINT));
+
+  // Fixed per-field cardinality handlers — hardcoded, not user-configurable.
   static final PropertyCardinalityHandler SERVICE_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("service", MetricCardinalityLimits.SERVICE, LIMITS_ENABLED);
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("service", MetricCardinalityLimits.SERVICE);
   static final PropertyCardinalityHandler OPERATION_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler(
-          "operation", MetricCardinalityLimits.OPERATION, LIMITS_ENABLED);
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("operation", MetricCardinalityLimits.OPERATION);
   static final PropertyCardinalityHandler SERVICE_SOURCE_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler(
-          "service_source", MetricCardinalityLimits.SERVICE_SOURCE, LIMITS_ENABLED);
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("service_source", MetricCardinalityLimits.SERVICE_SOURCE);
   static final PropertyCardinalityHandler TYPE_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("type", MetricCardinalityLimits.TYPE, LIMITS_ENABLED);
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("type", MetricCardinalityLimits.TYPE);
   static final PropertyCardinalityHandler SPAN_KIND_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler(
-          "span_kind", MetricCardinalityLimits.SPAN_KIND, LIMITS_ENABLED);
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("span_kind", MetricCardinalityLimits.SPAN_KIND);
   static final PropertyCardinalityHandler HTTP_METHOD_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler(
-          "http_method", MetricCardinalityLimits.HTTP_METHOD, LIMITS_ENABLED);
-  static final PropertyCardinalityHandler HTTP_ENDPOINT_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler(
-          "http_endpoint", MetricCardinalityLimits.HTTP_ENDPOINT, LIMITS_ENABLED);
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("http_method", MetricCardinalityLimits.HTTP_METHOD);
   static final PropertyCardinalityHandler GRPC_STATUS_CODE_HANDLER =
-      new PropertyCardinalityHandler(
-          "grpc_status_code", MetricCardinalityLimits.GRPC_STATUS_CODE, LIMITS_ENABLED);
+      new PropertyCardinalityHandler("grpc_status_code", MetricCardinalityLimits.GRPC_STATUS_CODE);
 
   // Single authoritative list used by resetCardinalityHandlers(). populateFrom() and hashOf() keep
   // named access for readability and to avoid per-span iteration overhead; this array ensures the
diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/AggregateTable.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/AggregateTable.java
index fcd6c5fcdb4..6f2072f6495 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/AggregateTable.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/AggregateTable.java
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ AggregateEntry findOrInsert(SpanSnapshot snapshot) {
    * {@code onStatsAggregateDropped}) rather than evicting an established one. Cap is sized to the
    * steady-state working set, so eviction is rare in the common case.
    *
-   * <p>How often this fires depends on {@link AggregateEntry#LIMITS_ENABLED}. With limits enabled,
-   * over-cap values for a given field collapse into a shared {@code blocked_by_tracer} bucket, so
-   * the table itself rarely reaches {@code maxAggregates}. With limits disabled (the default),
-   * over-cap values flow to distinct buckets and {@code maxAggregates} becomes the load-bearing
-   * backstop -- the cursor-resumed scan was added specifically for this regime.
+   * <p>With per-field cardinality limits enabled, over-cap values for a given field collapse into a
+   * shared {@code tracer_blocked_value} bucket, so the table itself rarely reaches {@code
+   * maxAggregates}. Without per-field limits, over-cap values flow to distinct buckets and {@code
+   * maxAggregates} becomes the load-bearing backstop -- the cursor-resumed scan was added
+   * specifically for this regime.
    */
   private boolean evictOneStale() {
     // Two passes -- [cursor, length) then [0, cursor) -- using the half-open-range iterator. The
diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/MetricCardinalityLimits.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/MetricCardinalityLimits.java
index 58dcd3a70a1..6a679e98133 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/MetricCardinalityLimits.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/MetricCardinalityLimits.java
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ private MetricCardinalityLimits() {}
 
   /**
    * Distinct {@code resource.name} values per cycle. Highest-cardinality field by far: DB-query
-   * obfuscations, HTTP route templates, custom resources. Typical service: 30-200 unique.
+   * obfuscations, HTTP route templates, custom resources. Typical service: 30-200 unique; 1024
+   * leaves headroom for high-cardinality SQL/HTTP workloads without risking premature collapse.
    */
-  static final int RESOURCE = 256;
+  static final int RESOURCE = 1024;
 
   /**
    * Distinct {@code service.name} values per cycle. Local service plus downstream peer-service
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ private MetricCardinalityLimits() {}
    * Distinct {@code http.endpoint} values per cycle. Path templates -- same shape as {@code
    * RESOURCE} for HTTP-heavy services. Only used when {@code includeEndpointInMetrics} is enabled.
    */
-  static final int HTTP_ENDPOINT = 64;
+  static final int HTTP_ENDPOINT = 512;
 
   /**
    * Distinct gRPC status code values per cycle. gRPC spec defines exactly 17 codes (0-16); 24
diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/PeerTagSchema.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/PeerTagSchema.java
index eca5c6c6a1a..1e0d51e84c8 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/PeerTagSchema.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/metrics/PeerTagSchema.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static datadog.trace.api.DDTags.BASE_SERVICE;
 
 import datadog.communication.ddagent.DDAgentFeaturesDiscovery;
+import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.UTF8BytesString;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -74,7 +75,10 @@ static PeerTagSchema of(Set<String> names, String state) {
     for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
       this.handlers[i] =
           new TagCardinalityHandler(
-              names[i], MetricCardinalityLimits.PEER_TAG_VALUE, AggregateEntry.LIMITS_ENABLED);
+              names[i],
+              Config.get()
+                  .getTraceStatsCardinalityLimit(
+                      "peer_tags", MetricCardinalityLimits.PEER_TAG_VALUE));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
index 70ff04932e7..c74f276cff7 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.TRACE_DEBUG;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.TRACE_LOG_LEVEL;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.TRACE_OTEL_SEMANTICS_ENABLED;
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.TRACE_STATS_CARDINALITY_LIMIT;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.TRACE_STATS_COMPUTATION_ENABLED;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.TRACE_STATS_COMPUTATION_IGNORE_AGENT_VERSION;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.TRACE_TAGS;
@@ -2260,7 +2261,8 @@ && isMetricsOtelEnabled()
     final int defaultMaxPending = tightHeap ? 64 : 128;
 
     tracerMetricsMaxAggregates =
-        configProvider.getInteger(TRACER_METRICS_MAX_AGGREGATES, defaultMaxAggregates);
+        configProvider.getInteger(
+            TRACE_STATS_CARDINALITY_LIMIT, defaultMaxAggregates, TRACER_METRICS_MAX_AGGREGATES);
     /*
      * TRACER_METRICS_MAX_PENDING historically counted conflating Batch slots (~64 spans per batch
      * via Batch.MAX_BATCH_SIZE). The inbox now holds 1 SpanSnapshot per metrics-eligible span, so
@@ -3882,6 +3884,16 @@ public int getTraceStatsInterval() {
     return traceStatsInterval;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the per-cycle cardinality limit for the named stats field, following the RFC naming
+   * pattern {@code DD_TRACE_STATS_{tagName}_CARDINALITY_LIMIT} (e.g. {@code
+   * DD_TRACE_STATS_RESOURCE_CARDINALITY_LIMIT}). The caller supplies the default from {@code
+   * MetricCardinalityLimits} so per-field rationale stays co-located with the defaults.
+   */
+  public int getTraceStatsCardinalityLimit(String tagName, int defaultLimit) {
+    return configProvider.getInteger("trace.stats." + tagName + ".cardinality.limit", defaultLimit);
+  }
+
   public boolean isLogsInjectionEnabled() {
     return logsInjectionEnabled;
   }
diff --git a/metadata/supported-configurations.json b/metadata/supported-configurations.json
index 389b5b1392f..20edcb4a513 100644
--- a/metadata/supported-configurations.json
+++ b/metadata/supported-configurations.json
@@ -10689,6 +10689,14 @@
         "aliases": ["DD_TRACE_TRACER_METRICS_ENABLED"]
       }
     ],
+    "DD_TRACE_STATS_CARDINALITY_LIMIT": [
+      {
+        "version": "B",
+        "type": "int",
+        "default": "2048",
+        "aliases": ["DD_TRACE_TRACER_METRICS_MAX_AGGREGATES"]
+      }
+    ],
     "DD_TRACE_STATS_COMPUTATION_IGNORE_AGENT_VERSION": [
       {
         "version": "A",
@@ -10697,6 +10705,30 @@
         "aliases": []
       }
     ],
+    "DD_TRACE_STATS_RESOURCE_CARDINALITY_LIMIT": [
+      {
+        "version": "A",
+        "type": "int",
+        "default": "1024",
+        "aliases": []
+      }
+    ],
+    "DD_TRACE_STATS_HTTP_ENDPOINT_CARDINALITY_LIMIT": [
+      {
+        "version": "A",
+        "type": "int",
+        "default": "512",
+        "aliases": []
+      }
+    ],
+    "DD_TRACE_STATS_PEER_TAGS_CARDINALITY_LIMIT": [
+      {
+        "version": "A",
+        "type": "int",
+        "default": "512",
+        "aliases": []
+      }
+    ],
     "DD_TRACE_STATUS404DECORATOR_ENABLED": [
       {
         "version": "A",