diff --git a/App/FeatureSet/Telemetry/API/OTelIngest.ts b/App/FeatureSet/Telemetry/API/OTelIngest.ts
index 351a1ca80d..c9b01c5d17 100644
--- a/App/FeatureSet/Telemetry/API/OTelIngest.ts
+++ b/App/FeatureSet/Telemetry/API/OTelIngest.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const router: ExpressRouter = Express.getRouter();
 
 router.post(
   "/otlp/v1/traces",
+  OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware.parseBody,
   OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware.getProductType,
   TelemetryIngest.isAuthorizedServiceMiddleware,
   async (
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ router.post(
 
 router.post(
   "/otlp/v1/metrics",
+  OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware.parseBody,
   OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware.getProductType,
   TelemetryIngest.isAuthorizedServiceMiddleware,
   async (
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ router.post(
 
 router.post(
   "/otlp/v1/logs",
+  OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware.parseBody,
   OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware.getProductType,
   TelemetryIngest.isAuthorizedServiceMiddleware,
   async (
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ router.post(
 
 router.post(
   "/otlp/v1/profiles",
+  OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware.parseBody,
   OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware.getProductType,
   TelemetryIngest.isAuthorizedServiceMiddleware,
   async (
diff --git a/App/FeatureSet/Telemetry/Middleware/OtelRequestMiddleware.ts b/App/FeatureSet/Telemetry/Middleware/OtelRequestMiddleware.ts
index ede2a01ebb..949d651a33 100644
--- a/App/FeatureSet/Telemetry/Middleware/OtelRequestMiddleware.ts
+++ b/App/FeatureSet/Telemetry/Middleware/OtelRequestMiddleware.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import {
   ExpressRequest,
   ExpressResponse,
   NextFunction,
+  headerValueToString,
 } from "Common/Server/Utils/Express";
 import CaptureSpan from "Common/Server/Utils/Telemetry/CaptureSpan";
 import protobuf from "protobufjs";
 import logger from "Common/Server/Utils/Logger";
 import path from "path";
+import zlib from "zlib";
+import { promisify } from "util";
 
 // Load proto file for OTel
 
@@ -43,8 +46,56 @@ const LogsData: protobuf.Type = LogsProto.lookupType("LogsData");
 const TracesData: protobuf.Type = TracesProto.lookupType("TracesData");
 const MetricsData: protobuf.Type = MetricsProto.lookupType("MetricsData");
 const ProfilesData: protobuf.Type = ProfilesProto.lookupType("ProfilesData");
+const gunzipAsync: (buffer: Uint8Array) => Promise<Buffer> = promisify(
+  zlib.gunzip,
+);
 
 export default class OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware {
+  @CaptureSpan()
+  public static async parseBody(
+    req: ExpressRequest,
+    _res: ExpressResponse,
+    next: NextFunction,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      if (req.body !== undefined && req.body !== null) {
+        return next();
+      }
+
+      const requestBuffer: Buffer = await new Promise<Buffer>(
+        (resolve: (value: Buffer) => void, reject: (err: Error) => void) => {
+          const chunks: Array<Buffer> = [];
+
+          req.on("data", (chunk: Buffer | string) => {
+            chunks.push(
+              Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk, "utf-8"),
+            );
+          });
+
+          req.on("end", () => {
+            resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks));
+          });
+
+          req.on("error", (err: Error) => {
+            reject(err);
+          });
+        },
+      );
+
+      const contentEncoding: string | undefined = headerValueToString(
+        req.headers["content-encoding"],
+      );
+
+      req.body = contentEncoding?.includes("gzip")
+        ? await gunzipAsync(requestBuffer)
+        : requestBuffer;
+
+      next();
+    } catch (err) {
+      return next(err);
+    }
+  }
+
   @CaptureSpan()
   public static async getProductType(
     req: ExpressRequest,
@@ -54,7 +105,9 @@ export default class OpenTelemetryRequestMiddleware {
     try {
       let productType: ProductType;
 
-      const contentType: string | undefined = req.headers["content-type"];
+      const contentType: string | undefined = headerValueToString(
+        req.headers["content-type"],
+      );
       const isProtobuf: boolean =
         req.body instanceof Uint8Array &&
         (!contentType ||
diff --git a/Common/Server/Utils/StartServer.ts b/Common/Server/Utils/StartServer.ts
index 1af018c17b..4799a06532 100644
--- a/Common/Server/Utils/StartServer.ts
+++ b/Common/Server/Utils/StartServer.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import Express, {
   NextFunction,
   OneUptimeRequest,
   RequestHandler,
+  headerValueToString,
 } from "./Express";
 import logger from "./Logger";
 import "./Process";
@@ -117,9 +118,9 @@ app.use((req: ExpressRequest, _res: ExpressResponse, next: NextFunction) => {
 });
 
 /*
- * Parse protobuf (binary) bodies for OTLP ingestion before JSON/gzip middleware.
- * The .NET OpenTelemetry SDK (and others) send telemetry data as application/x-protobuf.
- * Without this, express.json() skips protobuf requests and req.body remains undefined.
+ * Parse protobuf (binary) bodies for non-OTLP routes.
+ * OTLP HTTP ingestion bypasses the global body parsers and handles raw/gzip
+ * payloads in the telemetry router to avoid conflicts with the merged app stack.
  */
 const protobufBodyParserMiddleware: RequestHandler = ExpressRaw({
   type: ["application/x-protobuf", "application/protobuf"],
@@ -127,15 +128,18 @@ const protobufBodyParserMiddleware: RequestHandler = ExpressRaw({
 });
 
 app.use((req: OneUptimeRequest, res: ExpressResponse, next: NextFunction) => {
-  const contentType: string | undefined = req.headers["content-type"];
+  if (req.path.includes("/otlp/v1/")) {
+    return next();
+  }
 
-  if (
-    contentType &&
-    (contentType.includes("application/x-protobuf") ||
-      contentType.includes("application/protobuf"))
-  ) {
-    protobufBodyParserMiddleware(req, res, next);
-  } else if (req.headers["content-encoding"] === "gzip") {
+  const contentType: string | undefined = headerValueToString(
+    req.headers["content-type"],
+  );
+  const contentEncoding: string | undefined = headerValueToString(
+    req.headers["content-encoding"],
+  );
+
+  if (contentEncoding?.includes("gzip")) {
     const buffers: any = [];
 
     req.on("data", (chunk: any) => {
@@ -159,13 +163,22 @@ app.use((req: OneUptimeRequest, res: ExpressResponse, next: NextFunction) => {
         next();
       });
     });
+  } else if (
+    contentType &&
+    (contentType.includes("application/x-protobuf") ||
+      contentType.includes("application/protobuf"))
+  ) {
+    protobufBodyParserMiddleware(req, res, next);
   } else {
     jsonBodyParserMiddleware(req, res, next);
   }
 });
 
 app.use((req: ExpressRequest, res: ExpressResponse, next: NextFunction) => {
-  if (req.headers["content-encoding"] === "gzip") {
+  if (
+    req.path.includes("/otlp/v1/") ||
+    headerValueToString(req.headers["content-encoding"])?.includes("gzip")
+  ) {
     next();
   } else {
     urlEncodedMiddleware(req, res, next);