diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/exporters/agent/writer.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/exporters/agent/writer.js
index 9e3fa008ba6..fd903e27429 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/exporters/agent/writer.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/exporters/agent/writer.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Writer extends BaseWriter {
       startupLog({ agentError: err })
 
       if (err) {
-        log.error('Error sending payload to the agent (status code: %s)', err.status, err)
+        log.error('Error sending payload to the agent (status code: %s)', err.status, err, log.NO_TELEMETRY)
         done()
         return
       }
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/exporters/common/request.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/exporters/common/request.js
index 9b5cc05d08e..4c262818b43 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/exporters/common/request.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/exporters/common/request.js
@@ -96,22 +96,25 @@ function request (data, options, callback) {
           callback(null, buffer.toString(), res.statusCode)
         }
       } else {
-        let errorMessage = ''
+        let logArgs = [''] // use with log.error(...logArgs), it's a sprintf string with placeholder args
         try {
           const fullUrl = new URL(
             options.path,
             options.url || options.hostname || `http://localhost:${options.port}`
           ).href
-          errorMessage = `Error from ${fullUrl}: ${res.statusCode} ${http.STATUS_CODES[res.statusCode]}.`
+          logArgs[0] += 'Error from agent, url=%s, status=%s %s'
+          logArgs.push(fullUrl, res.statusCode, http.STATUS_CODES[res.statusCode])
         } catch {
           // ignore error
         }
         const responseData = buffer.toString()
         if (responseData) {
-          errorMessage += ` Response from the endpoint: "${responseData}"`
+          logArgs[0] += ', response=%s'
+          logArgs.push(responseData.substring(0, 100).replaceAll(/[\r\n]/g, ' ')) // can be a 1MB HTML document from an nginx proxy
         }
-        const error = new Error(errorMessage)
+        const error = new Error('error from agent. DO NOT PASS TO log.error() INSTEAD USE log.error(...error.logArgs)') // TODO DON'T MERGE THIS
         error.status = res.statusCode
+        error.logArgs = logArgs
 
         callback(error, null, res.statusCode)
       }
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/log/index.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/log/index.js
index 85b625a10ab..f9f68cb0563 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/log/index.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/log/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { inspect } = require('util')
 const { isTrue } = require('../util')
 const { traceChannel, debugChannel, infoChannel, warnChannel, errorChannel } = require('./channels')
 const logWriter = require('./writer')
-const { Log } = require('./log')
+const { Log, LogConfig } = require('./log')
 const { memoize } = require('./utils')
 const { getEnvironmentVariable } = require('../config-helper')
 
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ const config = {
   logLevel: 'debug'
 }
 
+const NO_TRANSMIT = new LogConfig(false)
+
 const log = {
+  LogConfig,
+  NO_TRANSMIT,
+
   /**
    * @returns Read-only version of logging config. To modify config, call `log.use` and `log.toggle`
    */
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ const log = {
   },
 
   error (...args) {
+    console.log('log.error', ...args)
     if (errorChannel.hasSubscribers) {
       errorChannel.publish(Log.parse(...args))
     }
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/log/log.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/log/log.js
index dafc5b79b0f..ff79e774b00 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/log/log.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/log/log.js
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 const { format } = require('util')
 
 class Log {
-  constructor (message, args, cause, delegate) {
+  constructor (message, args, cause, delegate, sendViaTelemetry = true) {
     this.message = message
     this.args = args
     this.cause = cause
     this.delegate = delegate
+    this.sendViaTelemetry = sendViaTelemetry
   }
 
   get formatted () {
@@ -22,10 +23,21 @@ class Log {
 
   static parse (...args) {
     let message, cause, delegate
+    let sendViaTelemetry = true
 
-    const lastArg = args.at(-1)
-    if (lastArg && typeof lastArg === 'object' && lastArg.stack) { // lastArg instanceof Error?
-      cause = args.pop()
+    {
+      const lastArg = args.at(-1)
+      if (lastArg instanceof LogConfig) {
+        args.pop()
+        sendViaTelemetry = lastArg.transmit
+      }
+    }
+
+    {
+      const lastArg = args.at(-1)
+      if (lastArg && typeof lastArg === 'object' && lastArg.stack) { // lastArg instanceof Error?
+        cause = args.pop()
+      }
     }
 
     const firstArg = args.shift()
@@ -43,10 +55,21 @@ class Log {
       message = String(firstArg)
     }
 
-    return new Log(message, args, cause, delegate)
+    return new Log(message, args, cause, delegate, sendViaTelemetry)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pass instances of this class to logger methods when fine-grain control is needed
+ * @property {boolean} transmit - Whether to send the log via telemetry.
+ */
+class LogConfig {
+  constructor (transmit = true) {
+    this.transmit = transmit
   }
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  Log
+  Log,
+  LogConfig
 }
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/remote_config/manager.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/remote_config/manager.js
index a95f281fb86..e00aebd9f1d 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/remote_config/manager.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/remote_config/manager.js
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class RemoteConfigManager extends EventEmitter {
       if (statusCode === 404) return cb()
 
       if (err) {
-        log.error('[RC] Error in request', err)
+        log.error('[RC] Error in request', err, log.NO_TELEMETRY)
         return cb()
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/telemetry/logs/log-collector.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/telemetry/logs/log-collector.js
index 35b9383c181..bc9c74442be 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/telemetry/logs/log-collector.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/telemetry/logs/log-collector.js
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ function createHash (logEntry) {
 }
 
 function isValid (logEntry) {
-  return logEntry?.level && logEntry.message
+  console.log('isValid', logEntry)
+  return logEntry?.level && logEntry.message && logEntry.transmit !== false
 }
 
 const EOL = '\n'
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/exporters/agent/writer.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/exporters/agent/writer.spec.js
index aad8749ef37..1979fd5f45f 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/exporters/agent/writer.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/exporters/agent/writer.spec.js
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ function describeWriter (protocolVersion) {
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         expect(log.error)
-          .to.have.been.calledWith('Error sending payload to the agent (status code: %s)', error.status, error)
+          .to.have.been.calledWith('Error sending payload to the agent (status code: %s)',
+            error.status, error, log.NO_TELEMETRY)
         done()
       })
     })
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/log.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/log.spec.js
index 0221249cda4..2751df3af28 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/log.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/log.spec.js
@@ -245,6 +245,16 @@ describe('log', () => {
         expect(console.error.secondCall.args[0]).to.be.instanceof(Error)
         expect(console.error.secondCall.args[0]).to.have.property('message', 'cause')
       })
+
+      it('should work with a log config object', () => {
+        log.error('this is an error', new Error('cause'), log.NO_TELEMETRY)
+
+        expect(console.error).to.have.been.called
+        expect(console.error.firstCall.args[0]).to.be.instanceof(Error)
+        expect(console.error.firstCall.args[0]).to.have.property('message', 'this is an error')
+        expect(console.error.secondCall.args[0]).to.be.instanceof(Error)
+        expect(console.error.secondCall.args[0]).to.have.property('message', 'cause')
+      })
     })
 
     describe('toggle', () => {
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/telemetry/logs/log-collector.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/telemetry/logs/log-collector.spec.js
index 7185fe47151..2ea606b5d18 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/telemetry/logs/log-collector.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/telemetry/logs/log-collector.spec.js
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ describe('telemetry log collector', () => {
       ).to.be.false
     })
 
+    it('should not store logs with transmit flag set to false', () => {
+      expect(logCollector.add({ message: 'Error 1', level: 'ERROR' })).to.be.true
+      expect(logCollector.add({ message: 'Error 2', level: 'ERROR', transmit: true })).to.be.true
+      expect(logCollector.add({ message: 'Error 3', level: 'ERROR', transmit: false })).to.be.false
+    })
+
     it('should include original message and dd frames', () => {
       const ddFrame = `at T (${ddBasePath}path/to/dd/file.js:1:2)`
       const stack = new TypeError('Error 1')