diff --git a/server/app/app.go b/server/app/app.go
index 952f74493f..b449505acf 100644
--- a/server/app/app.go
+++ b/server/app/app.go
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ func (app *App) Start(opts ...appOption) error {
 		subscriptionManager,
 		triggerRegistry,
 		tracedbFactory,
+		app.cfg,
 	)
 	testPipeline.Start()
 	app.registerStopFn(func() {
diff --git a/server/app/test_pipeline.go b/server/app/test_pipeline.go
index 7195c27ad7..d777c9cdfd 100644
--- a/server/app/test_pipeline.go
+++ b/server/app/test_pipeline.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+	"github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server/config"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server/datastore"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server/executor"
 	"github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server/executor/pollingprofile"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ func buildTestPipeline(
 	subscriptionManager *subscription.Manager,
 	triggerRegistry *trigger.Registry,
 	tracedbFactory tracedb.FactoryFunc,
+	appConfig *config.AppConfig,
 ) *executor.TestPipeline {
 	eventEmitter := executor.NewEventEmitter(treRepo, subscriptionManager)
 
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ func buildTestPipeline(
 		eventEmitter,
 	)
 
-	linterRunner := executor.NewlinterRunner(
+	linterRunner := executor.NewLinterRunner(
 		execTestUpdater,
 		subscriptionManager,
 		eventEmitter,
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ func buildTestPipeline(
 		execTestUpdater,
 		subscriptionManager,
 		tracer,
+		appConfig.TestPipelineTraceFetchingEnabled(),
 	)
 
 	tracePollerEvaluatorWorker := tracepollerworker.NewEvaluatorWorker(
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ func buildTestPipeline(
 		execTestUpdater,
 		tracer,
 		eventEmitter,
+		appConfig.TestPipelineTriggerExecutionEnabled(),
 	)
 
 	triggerResultProcessorWorker := executor.NewTriggerResultProcessorWorker(
diff --git a/server/config/server.go b/server/config/server.go
index 2f29e999f6..a069c2145f 100644
--- a/server/config/server.go
+++ b/server/config/server.go
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ var serverOptions = options{
 		description:  "internal telemetry  otel collector (used for internal testing)",
 		validate:     nil,
 	},
+	{
+		key:          "testPipelines.triggerExecute.enabled",
+		defaultValue: "true",
+		description:  "enable local trigger execution",
+	},
+	{
+		key:          "testPipelines.traceFetch.enabled",
+		defaultValue: "true",
+		description:  "enable local trace fetching",
+	},
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -130,3 +140,20 @@ func (c *AppConfig) InternalTelemetryOtelCollectorAddress() string {
 
 	return c.vp.GetString("internalTelemetry.otelCollectorEndpoint")
 }
+
+func (c *AppConfig) TestPipelineTriggerExecutionEnabled() bool {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// this config needs to be a string because pflags
+	// has a strage bug that ignores this field when
+	// it is set as false
+	return c.vp.GetString("testPipelines.triggerExecute.enabled") == "true"
+}
+
+func (c *AppConfig) TestPipelineTraceFetchingEnabled() bool {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return c.vp.GetString("testPipelines.traceFetch.enabled") == "true"
+}
diff --git a/server/config/server_test.go b/server/config/server_test.go
index 052a4ddfa5..f6362b2bbb 100644
--- a/server/config/server_test.go
+++ b/server/config/server_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ func TestServerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, false, cfg.InternalTelemetryEnabled())
 		assert.Equal(t, "", cfg.InternalTelemetryOtelCollectorAddress())
+
+		assert.Equal(t, true, cfg.TestPipelineTriggerExecutionEnabled())
+		assert.Equal(t, true, cfg.TestPipelineTraceFetchingEnabled())
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Flags", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ func TestServerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			"--experimentalFeatures", "b",
 			"--internalTelemetry.enabled", "true",
 			"--internalTelemetry.otelCollectorEndpoint", "otel-collector.tracetest",
+			"--testPipelines.triggerExecute.enabled", "false",
+			"--testPipelines.traceFetch.enabled", "false",
 		}
 
 		cfg := configWithFlags(t, flags)
@@ -49,6 +54,9 @@ func TestServerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, true, cfg.InternalTelemetryEnabled())
 		assert.Equal(t, "otel-collector.tracetest", cfg.InternalTelemetryOtelCollectorAddress())
+
+		assert.Equal(t, false, cfg.TestPipelineTriggerExecutionEnabled())
+		assert.Equal(t, false, cfg.TestPipelineTraceFetchingEnabled())
 	})
 
 	t.Run("EnvVars", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -64,6 +72,8 @@ func TestServerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			"TRACETEST_EXPERIMENTALFEATURES":                    "a b",
 			"TRACETEST_INTERNALTELEMETRY_ENABLED":               "true",
 			"TRACETEST_INTERNALTELEMETRY_OTELCOLLECTORENDPOINT": "otel-collector.tracetest",
+			"TRACETEST_TESTPIPELINES_TRIGGEREXECUTE_ENABLED":    "false",
+			"TRACETEST_TESTPIPELINES_TRACEFETCH_ENABLED":        "false",
 		}
 
 		cfg := configWithEnv(t, env)
@@ -77,5 +87,8 @@ func TestServerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, true, cfg.InternalTelemetryEnabled())
 		assert.Equal(t, "otel-collector.tracetest", cfg.InternalTelemetryOtelCollectorAddress())
+
+		assert.Equal(t, false, cfg.TestPipelineTriggerExecutionEnabled())
+		assert.Equal(t, false, cfg.TestPipelineTraceFetchingEnabled())
 	})
 }
diff --git a/server/executor/linter_runner.go b/server/executor/linter_runner.go
index b754ce2d13..77b9650ea1 100644
--- a/server/executor/linter_runner.go
+++ b/server/executor/linter_runner.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type defaultLinterRunner struct {
 	outputQueue         pipeline.Enqueuer[Job]
 }
 
-func NewlinterRunner(
+func NewLinterRunner(
 	updater RunUpdater,
 	subscriptionManager *subscription.Manager,
 	eventEmitter EventEmitter,
diff --git a/server/executor/tracepollerworker/fetcher_worker.go b/server/executor/tracepollerworker/fetcher_worker.go
index b0ae007190..1c18b42862 100644
--- a/server/executor/tracepollerworker/fetcher_worker.go
+++ b/server/executor/tracepollerworker/fetcher_worker.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 type traceFetcherWorker struct {
 	state       *workerState
 	outputQueue pipeline.Enqueuer[executor.Job]
+	enabled     bool
 }
 
 func NewFetcherWorker(
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func NewFetcherWorker(
 	updater executor.RunUpdater,
 	subscriptionManager *subscription.Manager,
 	tracer trace.Tracer,
+	enabled bool,
 ) *traceFetcherWorker {
 	state := &workerState{
 		eventEmitter:        eventEmitter,
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ func NewFetcherWorker(
 		tracer:              tracer,
 	}
 
-	return &traceFetcherWorker{state: state}
+	return &traceFetcherWorker{state: state, enabled: enabled}
 }
 
 func (w *traceFetcherWorker) SetInputQueue(queue pipeline.Enqueuer[executor.Job]) {
@@ -47,6 +49,10 @@ func (w *traceFetcherWorker) SetOutputQueue(queue pipeline.Enqueuer[executor.Job
 }
 
 func (w *traceFetcherWorker) ProcessItem(ctx context.Context, job executor.Job) {
+	if !w.enabled {
+		return
+	}
+
 	ctx, span := w.state.tracer.Start(ctx, "Fetching trace")
 	defer span.End()
 
diff --git a/server/executor/trigger_executer_worker.go b/server/executor/trigger_executer_worker.go
index 2552ee41a4..bcd9c35a00 100644
--- a/server/executor/trigger_executer_worker.go
+++ b/server/executor/trigger_executer_worker.go
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ func NewTriggerExecuterWorker(
 	updater RunUpdater,
 	tracer trace.Tracer,
 	eventEmitter EventEmitter,
+	enabled bool,
 ) *triggerExecuterWorker {
 	return &triggerExecuterWorker{
 		triggers:     triggers,
 		updater:      updater,
 		tracer:       tracer,
 		eventEmitter: eventEmitter,
+		enabled:      enabled,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ type triggerExecuterWorker struct {
 	tracer       trace.Tracer
 	eventEmitter EventEmitter
 	outputQueue  pipeline.Enqueuer[Job]
+	enabled      bool
 }
 
 func (r *triggerExecuterWorker) SetOutputQueue(queue pipeline.Enqueuer[Job]) {
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ func (r triggerExecuterWorker) handleError(run test.Run, err error) {
 }
 
 func (r triggerExecuterWorker) ProcessItem(ctx context.Context, job Job) {
+	if !r.enabled {
+		return
+	}
+
 	err := r.eventEmitter.Emit(ctx, events.TriggerExecutionStart(job.Run.TestID, job.Run.ID))
 	if err != nil {
 		r.handleError(job.Run, err)