diff --git a/output/cloud/v1/output.go b/output/cloud/v1/output.go
index a8554c0f3eb2..8de6c7a76985 100644
--- a/output/cloud/v1/output.go
+++ b/output/cloud/v1/output.go
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@
 package cloud
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	easyjson "github.com/mailru/easyjson"
+	"github.com/mailru/easyjson"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"go.k6.io/k6/cloudapi"
+	"go.k6.io/k6/cloudapi/insights"
 	"go.k6.io/k6/errext"
 	"go.k6.io/k6/errext/exitcodes"
+	"go.k6.io/k6/lib/types"
+	insightsOutput "go.k6.io/k6/output/cloud/insights"
 
 	"go.k6.io/k6/lib/netext"
 	"go.k6.io/k6/lib/netext/httpext"
@@ -34,6 +39,10 @@ type Output struct {
 	bufferHTTPTrails []*httpext.Trail
 	bufferSamples    []*Sample
 
+	insightsClient            insightsOutput.Client
+	requestMetadatasCollector insightsOutput.RequestMetadatasCollector
+	requestMetadatasFlusher   insightsOutput.RequestMetadatasFlusher
+
 	// TODO: optimize this
 	//
 	// Since the real-time metrics refactoring (https://github.com/k6io/k6/pull/678),
@@ -101,6 +110,49 @@ func (out *Output) Start() error {
 		}()
 	}
 
+	if insightsOutput.Enabled(out.config) {
+		testRunID, err := strconv.ParseInt(out.referenceID, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		out.requestMetadatasCollector = insightsOutput.NewCollector(testRunID)
+
+		insightsClientConfig := insights.ClientConfig{
+			IngesterHost: out.config.TracesHost.String,
+			Timeout:      types.NewNullDuration(90*time.Second, false),
+			AuthConfig: insights.ClientAuthConfig{
+				Enabled:                  true,
+				TestRunID:                testRunID,
+				Token:                    out.config.Token.String,
+				RequireTransportSecurity: true,
+			},
+			TLSConfig: insights.ClientTLSConfig{
+				Insecure: false,
+			},
+			RetryConfig: insights.ClientRetryConfig{
+				RetryableStatusCodes: `"UNKNOWN","INTERNAL","UNAVAILABLE","DEADLINE_EXCEEDED"`,
+				MaxAttempts:          3,
+				PerRetryTimeout:      30 * time.Second,
+				BackoffConfig: insights.ClientBackoffConfig{
+					Enabled:        true,
+					JitterFraction: 0.1,
+					WaitBetween:    1 * time.Second,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		insightsClient := insights.NewClient(insightsClientConfig)
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if err := insightsClient.Dial(ctx); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		out.insightsClient = insightsClient
+		out.requestMetadatasFlusher = insightsOutput.NewFlusher(insightsClient, out.requestMetadatasCollector)
+		out.runFlushRequestMetadatas()
+	}
+
 	out.outputDone.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer out.outputDone.Done()
@@ -136,6 +188,11 @@ func (out *Output) StopWithTestError(testErr error) error {
 	close(out.stopOutput)
 	out.outputDone.Wait()
 	out.logger.Debug("Metric emission stopped, calling cloud API...")
+	if insightsOutput.Enabled(out.config) {
+		if err := out.insightsClient.Close(); err != nil {
+			out.logger.WithError(err).Error("Failed to close the insights client")
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -222,6 +279,10 @@ func (out *Output) AddMetricSamples(sampleContainers []metrics.SampleContainer)
 		out.bufferHTTPTrails = append(out.bufferHTTPTrails, newHTTPTrails...)
 		out.bufferMutex.Unlock()
 	}
+
+	if insightsOutput.Enabled(out.config) {
+		out.requestMetadatasCollector.CollectRequestMetadatas(sampleContainers)
+	}
 }
 
 //nolint:funlen,nestif,gocognit
@@ -472,4 +533,42 @@ func (out *Output) pushMetrics() {
 	}).Debug("Pushing metrics to cloud finished")
 }
 
+func (out *Output) runFlushRequestMetadatas() {
+	t := time.NewTicker(out.config.TracesPushInterval.TimeDuration())
+
+	for i := int64(0); i < out.config.TracesPushConcurrency.Int64; i++ {
+		out.outputDone.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer out.outputDone.Done()
+			defer t.Stop()
+
+			for {
+				select {
+				case <-out.stopSendingMetrics:
+					return
+				default:
+				}
+				select {
+				case <-out.stopOutput:
+					out.flushRequestMetadatas()
+					return
+				case <-t.C:
+					out.flushRequestMetadatas()
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+}
+
+func (out *Output) flushRequestMetadatas() {
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	err := out.requestMetadatasFlusher.Flush()
+	if err != nil {
+		out.logger.WithError(err).WithField("t", time.Since(start)).Error("Failed to push trace samples to the cloud")
+	}
+
+	out.logger.WithField("t", time.Since(start)).Debug("Successfully flushed buffered trace samples to the cloud")
+}
+
 const expectedGzipRatio = 6 // based on test it is around 6.8, but we don't need to be that accurate