diff --git a/.cspell.json b/.cspell.json
index e6935508b9..be8b4c0cda 100644
--- a/.cspell.json
+++ b/.cspell.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
         "shoppingcart",
         "struct",
         "Tescher",
+        "testresults",
         "tracerprovider",
         "updown",
         "Zhongyang",
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/Cargo.toml
index 0ce69526b1..60b4869f1e 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ testcontainers = { version = "0.23.1", features = ["http_wait"]}
 once_cell.workspace = true
 anyhow = "1.0.94"
 ctor = "0.2.9"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.19"
+tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter","registry", "std", "fmt"] }
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ hyper-client = ["opentelemetry-otlp/hyper-client", "opentelemetry-otlp/http-prot
 reqwest-client = ["opentelemetry-otlp/reqwest-client", "opentelemetry-otlp/http-proto", "opentelemetry-otlp/trace","opentelemetry-otlp/logs", "opentelemetry-otlp/metrics", "internal-logs"]
 reqwest-blocking-client = ["opentelemetry-otlp/reqwest-blocking-client", "opentelemetry-otlp/http-proto", "opentelemetry-otlp/trace","opentelemetry-otlp/logs", "opentelemetry-otlp/metrics", "internal-logs"]
 tonic-client = ["opentelemetry-otlp/grpc-tonic", "opentelemetry-otlp/trace", "opentelemetry-otlp/logs", "opentelemetry-otlp/metrics", "internal-logs"]
-internal-logs = []
+internal-logs = ["opentelemetry-otlp/internal-logs"]
 
 # Keep tonic as the default client
 default = ["tonic-client", "internal-logs"]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/README.md b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/README.md
index 0b251732dc..10e34df6a3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/README.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 # OTLP - Integration Tests
-This directory contains integration tests for `opentelemetry-otlp`. It uses 
-[testcontainers](https://testcontainers.com/) to start an instance of the OTEL collector using [otel-collector-config.yaml](otel-collector-config.yaml), which then uses a file exporter per signal to write the output it receives back to the host machine.
 
-The tests connect directly to the collector on `localhost:4317` and `localhost:4318`, push data through, and then check that what they expect 
-has popped back out into the files output by the collector.
+This directory contains integration tests for `opentelemetry-otlp`. It uses
+[testcontainers](https://testcontainers.com/) to start an instance of the OTEL
+collector using [otel-collector-config.yaml](otel-collector-config.yaml), which
+then uses a file exporter per signal to write the output it receives back to the
+host machine.
+
+The tests connect directly to the collector on `localhost:4317` and
+`localhost:4318`, push data through, and then check that what they expect has
+popped back out into the files output by the collector.
+
+## Pre-requisites
 
-For this to work, you need a couple of things:
 * Docker, for the test container
-* TCP/4317 and TCP/4318 free on your local machine. If you are running another collector, you'll need to stop it for the tests to run
\ No newline at end of file
+* TCP/4317 and TCP/4318 free on your local machine. If you are running another
+  collector, you'll need to stop it for the tests to run.
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/test_utils.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/test_utils.rs
index f913029c00..bd62674868 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, Once, OnceLock};
 use testcontainers::core::wait::HttpWaitStrategy;
 use testcontainers::core::{ContainerPort, Mount};
 use testcontainers::{core::WaitFor, runners::AsyncRunner, ContainerAsync, GenericImage, ImageExt};
-use tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber;
+use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
+use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
+use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, Layer};
 
 // Static references for container management
 static COLLECTOR_ARC: OnceLock<Mutex<Option<Arc<ContainerAsync<GenericImage>>>>> = OnceLock::new();
@@ -40,13 +42,17 @@ static INIT_TRACING: Once = Once::new();
 
 fn init_tracing() {
     INIT_TRACING.call_once(|| {
-        let subscriber = FmtSubscriber::builder()
-            .with_max_level(tracing::Level::DEBUG)
-            .finish();
-
-        tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
-            .expect("Failed to set tracing subscriber");
-        otel_info!(name: "init_tracing");
+        // Info and above for all, debug for opentelemetry
+        let filter_fmt =
+            EnvFilter::new("info").add_directive("opentelemetry=debug".parse().unwrap());
+        let fmt_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+            .with_thread_names(true)
+            .with_filter(filter_fmt);
+
+        // Initialize the tracing subscriber with the OpenTelemetry layer and the
+        // Fmt layer.
+        tracing_subscriber::registry().with(fmt_layer).init();
+        otel_info!(name: "tracing initializing completed!");
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/metrics.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/metrics.rs
index b1b6a5ebdd..125c501e14 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/metrics.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/metrics.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async fn init_metrics() -> SdkMeterProvider {
     let exporter = create_exporter();
 
     let reader = PeriodicReader::builder(exporter)
-        .with_interval(Duration::from_millis(100))
+        .with_interval(Duration::from_millis(500))
         .with_timeout(Duration::from_secs(1))
         .build();
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ async fn setup_metrics_test() -> Result<()> {
         println!("Running setup before any tests...");
         *done = true; // Mark setup as done
 
-        // Initialise the metrics subsystem
+        // Initialize the metrics subsystem
         _ = init_metrics().await;
     }
 
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ pub fn validate_metrics_against_results(scope_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 ///
-/// TODO - the HTTP metrics exporters do not seem to flush at the moment.
+/// TODO - the HTTP metrics exporters except reqwest-blocking-client do not seem
+/// to work at the moment.
 /// TODO - fix this asynchronously.
 ///
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[cfg(not(feature = "hyper-client"))]
 #[cfg(not(feature = "reqwest-client"))]
-#[cfg(not(feature = "reqwest-blocking-client"))]
 mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Set up the exporter
         let exporter = create_exporter();
         let reader = PeriodicReader::builder(exporter)
-            .with_interval(Duration::from_millis(100))
+            .with_interval(Duration::from_secs(30))
             .with_timeout(Duration::from_secs(1))
             .build();
         let resource = Resource::builder_empty()