diff --git a/k3s/thanos/values.yaml b/k3s/thanos/values.yaml
index ed8c064..1908d8c 100644
--- a/k3s/thanos/values.yaml
+++ b/k3s/thanos/values.yaml
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ storegateway:
 query:
   enabled: true
   dnsDiscovery:
-    sidecarsService: "prometheus-thanos-grpc"
-    sidecarsNamespace: "observability"
+    enabled: false
   service:
     type: NodePort
     nodePorts:
diff --git a/scripts/traffic_generator.sh b/scripts/traffic_generator.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..06aa5a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/traffic_generator.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+PROXY_URL="http://localhost:8085"
+REGIONS=("us-east-1" "us-west-2" "ca-central-1" "eu-west-1" "eu-central-1" "uk-south-1" "asia-east-1" "asia-southeast-1" "asia-south-1")
+TIMEZONES=("America/Edmonton" "America/Vancouver" "America/Toronto" "Europe/Dublin" "Europe/Frankfurt" "Europe/London" "Asia/Taipei" "Asia/Singapore" "Asia/Kolkata")
+DEVICES=("iphone" "android" "browser" "sensor-node")
+NETWORKS=("wifi" "5g" "4g" "ethernet")
+
+# Log helper using jq for safe JSON generation
+log() {
+    local level=$1
+    local msg=$2
+    local json_payload
+    
+    json_payload=$(jq -n -c \
+        --arg service "traffic-generator" \
+        --arg level "$level" \
+        --arg msg "$msg" \
+        '{service: $service, level: $level, msg: $msg}')
+
+    echo "$json_payload"
+
+    if command -v logger >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        logger -t "traffic-generator" "$json_payload" || true
+    fi
+}
+
+generate_cycle() {
+  local mode=$1
+  local include_health=${2:-true}
+  local r_idx=$(( RANDOM % ${#REGIONS[@]} ))
+  local d_idx=$(( RANDOM % ${#DEVICES[@]} ))
+  local n_idx=$(( RANDOM % ${#NETWORKS[@]} ))
+  local hex_id=$(openssl rand -hex 4)
+
+  if [ "$include_health" = "true" ]; then
+    curl -s -o /dev/null "$PROXY_URL/api/health"
+  fi
+
+  local should_fail=false
+  if [ "$mode" = "burst" ] && [ -n "$BURST_FAIL_IDS" ]; then
+    for id in $BURST_FAIL_IDS; do
+      if [ "$id" -eq "$BURST_CYCLE_COUNT" ]; then
+        should_fail=true
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$should_fail" = "true" ]; then
+    curl -s -X POST "$PROXY_URL/api/trace/synthetic/fail-$hex_id" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -H "X-Traffic-Mode: burst-fail" \
+      -d "{\"region\": \"broken-payload" > /dev/null
+    log "WARN" "Injected failure for fail-$hex_id (burst-fail)"
+  else
+    curl -s -X POST "$PROXY_URL/api/trace/synthetic/$hex_id" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -H "X-Traffic-Mode: $mode" \
+      -d "{
+        \"region\": \"${REGIONS[$r_idx]}\",
+        \"timezone\": \"${TIMEZONES[$r_idx]}\",
+        \"device\": \"${DEVICES[$d_idx]}\",
+        \"network_type\": \"${NETWORKS[$n_idx]}\"
+      }" > /dev/null
+    log "INFO" "Generated synthetic trace for $hex_id in ${REGIONS[$r_idx]} ($mode)"
+  fi
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  --continuous)
+    count=1
+    while true; do
+      generate_cycle "continuous" "true"
+      echo "✅ Cycle $count complete. Sleeping for 60s..."
+      ((count++)); sleep 60
+    done ;;
+  --burst)
+    echo "🚀 Burst mode: Running 20 rapid cycles (Pure Trace Burst)..."
+    num_fails=$(( RANDOM % 5 + 1 ))
+    BURST_FAIL_IDS=$(shuf -i 1-20 -n $num_fails | xargs)
+    echo "⚠️  Injecting $num_fails failures at cycles: $BURST_FAIL_IDS"
+    for i in {1..20}; do
+      BURST_CYCLE_COUNT=$i
+      generate_cycle "burst" "false"
+      sleep 0.5
+    done ;;
+  *) 
+    for i in {1..3}; do
+      generate_cycle "cron" "true"
+      sleep 1
+    done ;;
+esac
diff --git a/tofu/prometheus.tf b/tofu/prometheus.tf
index 6449666..6a19498 100644
--- a/tofu/prometheus.tf
+++ b/tofu/prometheus.tf
@@ -10,3 +10,31 @@ resource "helm_release" "prometheus" {
   depends_on = [kubernetes_namespace_v1.observability]
 }
 
+resource "kubernetes_service_v1" "prometheus_thanos_grpc" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "prometheus-thanos-grpc"
+    namespace = kubernetes_namespace_v1.observability.metadata[0].name
+    labels = {
+      "app.kubernetes.io/name"      = "prometheus"
+      "app.kubernetes.io/component" = "thanos-sidecar"
+    }
+  }
+
+  spec {
+    selector = {
+      "app.kubernetes.io/name"      = "prometheus"
+      "app.kubernetes.io/component" = "server"
+      "app.kubernetes.io/instance"  = "prometheus"
+    }
+
+    port {
+      name        = "grpc"
+      port        = 10901
+      target_port = 10901
+    }
+
+    type       = "ClusterIP"
+    cluster_ip = "None" # Headless service for SRV discovery
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/tofu/thanos.tf b/tofu/thanos.tf
index 487e0dd..de0b547 100644
--- a/tofu/thanos.tf
+++ b/tofu/thanos.tf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ resource "helm_release" "thanos" {
     file("${path.module}/../k3s/thanos/values.yaml"),
     yamlencode({
       query = {
-        extraArgs = ["--endpoint=prometheus-thanos-grpc.observability.svc.cluster.local:10901"]
+        extraFlags = ["--endpoint=prometheus-thanos-grpc.observability.svc.cluster.local:10901"]
       }
     })
   ]