diff --git a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
index e657ac6a741..9ae8ccd9616 100644
--- a/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ Experimental features might be changed or removed without prior notice.
 | `dashboardSchemaV2`                           | Enables the new dashboard schema version 2, implementing changes necessary for dynamic dashboards and dashboards as code.                                                                                                                                                         |
 | `playlistsWatcher`                            | Enables experimental watcher for playlists                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | `enableExtensionsAdminPage`                   | Enables the extension admin page regardless of development mode                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| `zipkinBackendMigration`                      | Enables querying Zipkin data source without the proxy                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 
 ## Development feature toggles
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index ab7c715ba8f..d6ef14073f6 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -231,4 +231,5 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   playlistsWatcher?: boolean;
   exploreMetricsRelatedLogs?: boolean;
   enableExtensionsAdminPage?: boolean;
+  zipkinBackendMigration?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index 49b392cdff4..a067249e724 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -1596,6 +1596,12 @@ var (
 			Owner:           grafanaPluginsPlatformSquad,
 			RequiresRestart: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:        "zipkinBackendMigration",
+			Description: "Enables querying Zipkin data source without the proxy",
+			Stage:       FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:       grafanaOSSBigTent,
+		},
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index 8e761d96b00..86df3456aa6 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -212,3 +212,4 @@ dashboardSchemaV2,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
 playlistsWatcher,experimental,@grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad,false,true,false
 exploreMetricsRelatedLogs,experimental,@grafana/observability-metrics,false,false,true
 enableExtensionsAdminPage,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,true,false
+zipkinBackendMigration,experimental,@grafana/oss-big-tent,false,false,false
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index b28e0548cae..84c6574e0fb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -858,4 +858,8 @@ const (
 	// FlagEnableExtensionsAdminPage
 	// Enables the extension admin page regardless of development mode
 	FlagEnableExtensionsAdminPage = "enableExtensionsAdminPage"
+
+	// FlagZipkinBackendMigration
+	// Enables querying Zipkin data source without the proxy
+	FlagZipkinBackendMigration = "zipkinBackendMigration"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
index 39ebc17db51..80d3ef1f15e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
@@ -3403,6 +3403,18 @@
         "hideFromAdminPage": true,
         "hideFromDocs": true
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "zipkinBackendMigration",
+        "resourceVersion": "1730907578997",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2024-11-06T15:39:38Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enables querying Zipkin data source without the proxy",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/oss-big-tent"
+      }
     }
   ]
 }
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