diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
index 7377830a905..80fdb5accc4 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
@@ -1197,10 +1197,6 @@ && isExplicitlyDisabled(TraceInstrumentationConfig.CODE_ORIGIN_FOR_SPANS_ENABLED
         && isExplicitlyDisabled(DebuggerConfig.DISTRIBUTED_DEBUGGER_ENABLED)) {
       return;
     }
-    if (!remoteConfigEnabled) {
-      log.warn("Cannot enable Dynamic Instrumentation because Remote Configuration is not enabled");
-      return;
-    }
     startDebuggerAgent(inst, scoClass, sco);
   }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/debugger-el/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/el/expressions/ComparisonExpressionTest.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/debugger-el/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/el/expressions/ComparisonExpressionTest.java
index a72e20acfb8..8630179a7dc 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/debugger-el/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/el/expressions/ComparisonExpressionTest.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/debugger-el/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/el/expressions/ComparisonExpressionTest.java
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ void evaluateOperatorStrings(
     ComparisonExpression expression = new ComparisonExpression(left, right, operator);
     assertEquals(expected, expression.evaluate(NoopResolver.INSTANCE));
     assertEquals(prettyPrint, print(expression));
+    fail("should not pass");
   }
 
   private static Stream<Arguments> expressionStrs() {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DebuggerAgent.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DebuggerAgent.java
index f18771de9c7..30565b9b3b8 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DebuggerAgent.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DebuggerAgent.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -210,13 +209,7 @@ public static void startExceptionReplay() {
     Config config = Config.get();
     commonInit(config);
     initClassNameFilter();
-    exceptionDebugger =
-        new DefaultExceptionDebugger(
-            configurationUpdater,
-            classNameFilter,
-            Duration.ofSeconds(config.getDebuggerExceptionCaptureInterval()),
-            config.getDebuggerMaxExceptionPerSecond(),
-            config.getDebuggerExceptionMaxCapturedFrames());
+    exceptionDebugger = new DefaultExceptionDebugger(configurationUpdater, classNameFilter, config);
     DebuggerContext.initExceptionDebugger(exceptionDebugger);
     LOGGER.info("Started Exception Replay");
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/DefaultExceptionDebugger.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/DefaultExceptionDebugger.java
index 981f52208b8..4977dfcb277 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/DefaultExceptionDebugger.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/DefaultExceptionDebugger.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import com.datadog.debugger.sink.Snapshot;
 import com.datadog.debugger.util.CircuitBreaker;
 import com.datadog.debugger.util.ExceptionHelper;
+import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.debugger.DebuggerContext;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.debugger.DebuggerContext.ClassNameFilter;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
@@ -39,19 +40,20 @@ public class DefaultExceptionDebugger implements DebuggerContext.ExceptionDebugg
   private final ClassNameFilter classNameFiltering;
   private final CircuitBreaker circuitBreaker;
   private final int maxCapturedFrames;
+  private final boolean applyConfigAsync;
 
   public DefaultExceptionDebugger(
       ConfigurationUpdater configurationUpdater,
       ClassNameFilter classNameFiltering,
-      Duration captureInterval,
-      int maxExceptionPerSecond,
-      int maxCapturedFrames) {
+      Config config) {
     this(
-        new ExceptionProbeManager(classNameFiltering, captureInterval),
+        new ExceptionProbeManager(
+            classNameFiltering, Duration.ofSeconds(config.getDebuggerExceptionCaptureInterval())),
         configurationUpdater,
         classNameFiltering,
-        maxExceptionPerSecond,
-        maxCapturedFrames);
+        config.getDebuggerMaxExceptionPerSecond(),
+        config.getDebuggerExceptionMaxCapturedFrames(),
+        config.isDebuggerExceptionAsyncConfig());
   }
 
   DefaultExceptionDebugger(
@@ -59,12 +61,14 @@ public DefaultExceptionDebugger(
       ConfigurationUpdater configurationUpdater,
       ClassNameFilter classNameFiltering,
       int maxExceptionPerSecond,
-      int maxCapturedFrames) {
+      int maxCapturedFrames,
+      boolean applyConfigAsync) {
     this.exceptionProbeManager = exceptionProbeManager;
     this.configurationUpdater = configurationUpdater;
     this.classNameFiltering = classNameFiltering;
     this.circuitBreaker = new CircuitBreaker(maxExceptionPerSecond, Duration.ofSeconds(1));
     this.maxCapturedFrames = maxCapturedFrames;
+    this.applyConfigAsync = applyConfigAsync;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -108,7 +112,11 @@ public void handleException(Throwable t, AgentSpan span) {
             exceptionProbeManager.createProbesForException(
                 throwable.getStackTrace(), chainedExceptionIdx);
         if (creationResult.probesCreated > 0) {
-          AgentTaskScheduler.INSTANCE.execute(() -> applyExceptionConfiguration(fingerprint));
+          if (applyConfigAsync) {
+            AgentTaskScheduler.INSTANCE.execute(() -> applyExceptionConfiguration(fingerprint));
+          } else {
+            applyExceptionConfiguration(fingerprint);
+          }
           break;
         } else {
           if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/DefaultExceptionDebuggerTest.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/DefaultExceptionDebuggerTest.java
index a399fee533b..6928bb4b3c4 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/DefaultExceptionDebuggerTest.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/DefaultExceptionDebuggerTest.java
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ public void setUp() {
     classNameFiltering =
         new ClassNameFiltering(
             new HashSet<>(singletonList("com.datadog.debugger.exception.ThirdPartyCode")));
+    Config config = createConfig();
     exceptionDebugger =
-        new DefaultExceptionDebugger(
-            configurationUpdater, classNameFiltering, Duration.ofHours(1), 100, 3);
-    listener = new TestSnapshotListener(createConfig(), mock(ProbeStatusSink.class));
+        new DefaultExceptionDebugger(configurationUpdater, classNameFiltering, config);
+    listener = new TestSnapshotListener(config, mock(ProbeStatusSink.class));
     DebuggerAgentHelper.injectSink(listener);
   }
 
@@ -275,11 +275,24 @@ public void nestedExceptionFullThirdParty() {
   public void filteringOutErrors() {
     ExceptionProbeManager manager = mock(ExceptionProbeManager.class);
     exceptionDebugger =
-        new DefaultExceptionDebugger(manager, configurationUpdater, classNameFiltering, 100, 3);
+        new DefaultExceptionDebugger(
+            manager, configurationUpdater, classNameFiltering, 100, 3, true);
     exceptionDebugger.handleException(new AssertionError("test"), mock(AgentSpan.class));
     verify(manager, times(0)).isAlreadyInstrumented(any());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void syncConfig() {
+    RuntimeException exception = new RuntimeException("test");
+    String fingerprint = Fingerprinter.fingerprint(exception, classNameFiltering);
+    AgentSpan span = mock(AgentSpan.class);
+    exceptionDebugger.handleException(exception, span);
+    // instrumentation should be applied synchronously
+    assertTrue(exceptionDebugger.getExceptionProbeManager().isAlreadyInstrumented(fingerprint));
+    exceptionDebugger.handleException(exception, span);
+    verify(configurationUpdater).accept(eq(ConfigurationAcceptor.Source.EXCEPTION), any());
+  }
+
   private Object recordTags(InvocationOnMock invocationOnMock) {
     Object[] args = invocationOnMock.getArguments();
     String key = (String) args[0];
@@ -414,6 +427,9 @@ public static Config createConfig() {
         .thenReturn("http://localhost:8126/debugger/v1/input");
     when(config.getFinalDebuggerSymDBUrl()).thenReturn("http://localhost:8126/symdb/v1/input");
     when(config.getDynamicInstrumentationUploadBatchSize()).thenReturn(100);
+    when(config.getDebuggerExceptionCaptureInterval()).thenReturn(3600);
+    when(config.getDebuggerMaxExceptionPerSecond()).thenReturn(100);
+    when(config.getDebuggerExceptionMaxCapturedFrames()).thenReturn(3);
     return config;
   }
 }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/ExceptionProbeInstrumentationTest.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/ExceptionProbeInstrumentationTest.java
index f5266fc8d5f..61ea13f4bc9 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/ExceptionProbeInstrumentationTest.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/exception/ExceptionProbeInstrumentationTest.java
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ private TestSnapshotListener setupExceptionDebugging(
     DebuggerContext.initValueSerializer(new JsonSnapshotSerializer());
     DefaultExceptionDebugger exceptionDebugger =
         new DefaultExceptionDebugger(
-            exceptionProbeManager, configurationUpdater, classNameFiltering, 100, 3);
+            exceptionProbeManager, configurationUpdater, classNameFiltering, 100, 3, true);
     DebuggerContext.initExceptionDebugger(exceptionDebugger);
     configurationUpdater.accept(REMOTE_CONFIG, definitions);
     return listener;
diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/ConfigDefaults.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/ConfigDefaults.java
index ab052ca6707..0a039ed2cce 100644
--- a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/ConfigDefaults.java
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/ConfigDefaults.java
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ public final class ConfigDefaults {
   static final boolean DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERMEDIATE_SPANS_ENABLED = true;
   static final int DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_MAX_CAPTURED_FRAMES = 3;
   static final int DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 60 * 60;
+  static final boolean DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_ASYNC_CONFIG = true;
   static final boolean DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTED_DEBUGGER_ENABLED = false;
   static final boolean DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_SOURCE_FILE_TRACKING_ENABLED = true;
 
diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/DebuggerConfig.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/DebuggerConfig.java
index 536821c9a25..f9695695ee0 100644
--- a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/DebuggerConfig.java
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/DebuggerConfig.java
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public final class DebuggerConfig {
       "exception.replay.capture.max.frames";
   public static final String DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERVAL_SECONDS =
       "exception.replay.capture.interval.seconds";
+  public static final String DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_ASYNC_CONFIG =
+      "internal.exception.replay.async.config";
   public static final String DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERMEDIATE_SPANS_ENABLED =
       "exception.replay.capture.intermediate.spans.enabled";
   public static final String DISTRIBUTED_DEBUGGER_ENABLED = "distributed.debugger.enabled";
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 dc1b70139d1..8c86af37e64 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import static datadog.trace.api.ConfigDefaults.DEFAULT_DB_CLIENT_HOST_SPLIT_BY_INSTANCE_TYPE_SUFFIX;
 import static datadog.trace.api.ConfigDefaults.DEFAULT_DB_DBM_PROPAGATION_MODE_MODE;
 import static datadog.trace.api.ConfigDefaults.DEFAULT_DB_DBM_TRACE_PREPARED_STATEMENTS;
+import static datadog.trace.api.ConfigDefaults.DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_ASYNC_CONFIG;
 import static datadog.trace.api.ConfigDefaults.DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERMEDIATE_SPANS_ENABLED;
 import static datadog.trace.api.ConfigDefaults.DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERVAL_SECONDS;
 import static datadog.trace.api.ConfigDefaults.DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_ENABLED;
@@ -277,6 +278,7 @@
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.CrashTrackingConfig.CRASH_TRACKING_TAGS;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.CwsConfig.CWS_ENABLED;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.CwsConfig.CWS_TLS_REFRESH;
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_ASYNC_CONFIG;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERMEDIATE_SPANS_ENABLED;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERVAL_SECONDS;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_MAX_FRAMES;
@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_REDACTED_IDENTIFIERS;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_REDACTED_TYPES;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_REDACTION_EXCLUDED_IDENTIFIERS;
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_SNAPSHOT_URL;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_UPLOAD_BATCH_SIZE;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_UPLOAD_FLUSH_INTERVAL;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig.DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_UPLOAD_INTERVAL_SECONDS;
@@ -1039,6 +1042,7 @@ public static String getHostName() {
   private final boolean DBMTracePreparedStatements;
 
   private final boolean dynamicInstrumentationEnabled;
+  private final String dynamicInstrumentationSnapshotUrl;
   private final int dynamicInstrumentationUploadTimeout;
   private final int dynamicInstrumentationUploadFlushInterval;
   private final boolean dynamicInstrumentationClassFileDumpEnabled;
@@ -1067,6 +1071,7 @@ public static String getHostName() {
   private final boolean debuggerExceptionCaptureIntermediateSpansEnabled;
   private final int debuggerExceptionMaxCapturedFrames;
   private final int debuggerExceptionCaptureInterval;
+  private final boolean debuggerExceptionAsyncConfig;
   private final boolean debuggerCodeOriginEnabled;
   private final int debuggerCodeOriginMaxUserFrames;
   private final boolean distributedDebuggerEnabled;
@@ -2318,6 +2323,8 @@ PROFILING_DATADOG_PROFILER_ENABLED, isDatadogProfilerSafeInCurrentEnvironment())
     dynamicInstrumentationEnabled =
         configProvider.getBoolean(
             DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED, DEFAULT_DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED);
+    dynamicInstrumentationSnapshotUrl =
+        configProvider.getString(DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENTATION_SNAPSHOT_URL);
     distributedDebuggerEnabled =
         configProvider.getBoolean(
             DISTRIBUTED_DEBUGGER_ENABLED, DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTED_DEBUGGER_ENABLED);
@@ -2427,6 +2434,9 @@ PROFILING_DATADOG_PROFILER_ENABLED, isDatadogProfilerSafeInCurrentEnvironment())
         configProvider.getInteger(
             DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
             DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_INTERVAL_SECONDS);
+    debuggerExceptionAsyncConfig =
+        configProvider.getBoolean(
+            DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_ASYNC_CONFIG, DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_EXCEPTION_ASYNC_CONFIG);
     debuggerSourceFileTrackingEnabled =
         configProvider.getBoolean(
             DEBUGGER_SOURCE_FILE_TRACKING_ENABLED, DEFAULT_DEBUGGER_SOURCE_FILE_TRACKING_ENABLED);
@@ -4054,6 +4064,10 @@ public int getDebuggerExceptionCaptureInterval() {
     return debuggerExceptionCaptureInterval;
   }
 
+  public boolean isDebuggerExceptionAsyncConfig() {
+    return debuggerExceptionAsyncConfig;
+  }
+
   public boolean isDebuggerCodeOriginEnabled() {
     return debuggerCodeOriginEnabled;
   }
@@ -4092,6 +4106,9 @@ private String getFinalDebuggerBaseUrl() {
   }
 
   public String getFinalDebuggerSnapshotUrl() {
+    if (dynamicInstrumentationSnapshotUrl != null && !dynamicInstrumentationSnapshotUrl.isEmpty()) {
+      return dynamicInstrumentationSnapshotUrl;
+    }
     return getFinalDebuggerBaseUrl() + "/debugger/v1/input";
   }