diff --git a/telemetry/src/jmh/java/datadog/telemetry/ConfigSourcesBenchmark.java b/telemetry/src/jmh/java/datadog/telemetry/ConfigSourcesBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b922c6b1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/telemetry/src/jmh/java/datadog/telemetry/ConfigSourcesBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package datadog.telemetry;
+
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.ENV;
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.SERVICE_NAME;
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.VERSION;
+import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
+
+import datadog.communication.ddagent.DDAgentFeaturesDiscovery;
+import datadog.communication.http.HttpRetryPolicy;
+import datadog.communication.monitor.Monitoring;
+import datadog.trace.api.Config;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Level;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+
+@OutputTimeUnit(MILLISECONDS)
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+public class ConfigSourcesBenchmark {
+
+  // Simple mock for DDAgentFeaturesDiscovery for benchmarking purposes
+  private static class MockFeaturesDiscovery extends DDAgentFeaturesDiscovery {
+    private final boolean supportsDataStreams;
+
+    public MockFeaturesDiscovery(boolean supportsDataStreams) {
+      super(null, Monitoring.DISABLED, null, true, true);
+      this.supportsDataStreams = supportsDataStreams;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void discover() {}
+
+    @Override
+    public void discoverIfOutdated() {}
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsDataStreams() {
+      return supportsDataStreams;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class NoopTelemetryClient extends TelemetryClient {
+
+    public NoopTelemetryClient(
+        OkHttpClient okHttpClient,
+        HttpRetryPolicy.Factory httpRetryPolicy,
+        HttpUrl url,
+        String apiKey) {
+      super(okHttpClient, httpRetryPolicy, url, apiKey);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Result sendHttpRequest(Request.Builder httpRequestBuilder) {
+      return Result.SUCCESS;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private Properties props;
+  TelemetryService service;
+
+  @Setup(Level.Iteration)
+  public void setUp() {
+    props = new Properties();
+    props.setProperty(SERVICE_NAME, "benchmark-service");
+    props.setProperty(ENV, "benchmark-env");
+    props.setProperty(VERSION, "1");
+    DDAgentFeaturesDiscovery featuresDiscovery = new MockFeaturesDiscovery(false);
+    HttpUrl url =
+        new HttpUrl.Builder()
+            .scheme("https")
+            .host("example.com")
+            .addPathSegment("path")
+            .addQueryParameter("key", "value")
+            .build();
+    NoopTelemetryClient telemetryClient =
+        new NoopTelemetryClient(null, HttpRetryPolicy.Factory.NEVER_RETRY, url, "");
+    service = TelemetryService.build(featuresDiscovery, telemetryClient, null, false, false);
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  public void appStartedEventBenchmark() {
+    Config c = Config.get(props);
+    TelemetryRunnable telemetryRunnable = new TelemetryRunnable(service, new ArrayList<>());
+    telemetryRunnable.collectConfigChanges();
+    service.sendAppStartedEvent();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/telemetry/src/main/java/datadog/telemetry/TelemetryRunnable.java b/telemetry/src/main/java/datadog/telemetry/TelemetryRunnable.java
index e807bc0cd82..e081a8cb8ec 100644
--- a/telemetry/src/main/java/datadog/telemetry/TelemetryRunnable.java
+++ b/telemetry/src/main/java/datadog/telemetry/TelemetryRunnable.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private void mainLoopIteration() throws InterruptedException {
     }
   }
 
-  private void collectConfigChanges() {
+  void collectConfigChanges() {
     Map<String, ConfigSetting> collectedConfig = ConfigCollector.get().collect();
     if (!collectedConfig.isEmpty()) {
       telemetryService.addConfiguration(collectedConfig);