diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/AlertingSubsystemInit.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/AlertingSubsystemInit.java
index b7c5b3a5b85..d8e2d633694 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/AlertingSubsystemInit.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/AlertingSubsystemInit.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.profiler.Profiler;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.profiler.ProfilerControl;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.profiler.upload.ServiceProfilerIndex;
+import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.sampling.SamplerUtil;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.telemetry.TelemetryClient;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.telemetry.TelemetryObservers;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.alerting.AlertingSubsystem;
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ private static void sendServiceProfilerIndex(
     EventTelemetryBuilder telemetryBuilder = telemetryClient.newEventTelemetryBuilder();
 
     telemetryBuilder.setName("ServiceProfilerIndex");
+    telemetryBuilder.setSampleRate((float) SamplerUtil.SAMPLE_RATE_TO_DISABLE_INGESTION_SAMPLING);
 
     for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : serviceProfilerIndex.getProperties().entrySet()) {
       telemetryBuilder.addProperty(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@ private static void sendMessageTelemetry(TelemetryClient telemetryClient, String
     MessageTelemetryBuilder telemetryBuilder = telemetryClient.newMessageTelemetryBuilder();
 
     telemetryBuilder.setMessage(message);
+    telemetryBuilder.setSampleRate((float) SamplerUtil.SAMPLE_RATE_TO_DISABLE_INGESTION_SAMPLING);
     telemetryBuilder.setTime(FormattedTime.offSetDateTimeFromNow());
 
     telemetryClient.trackAsync(telemetryBuilder.build());
diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/GcEventInit.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/GcEventInit.java
index 8f58ccfa30d..71cac16643a 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/GcEventInit.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/GcEventInit.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.implementation.utils.FormattedTime;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.configuration.GcReportingLevel;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.profiler.util.ServiceLoaderUtil;
+import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.sampling.SamplerUtil;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.telemetry.TelemetryClient;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.alerting.AlertingSubsystem;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.alerting.config.AlertMetricType;
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ private static void emitGcEvent(
     EventTelemetryBuilder telemetryBuilder = telemetryClient.newEventTelemetryBuilder();
 
     telemetryBuilder.setName("GcEvent");
+    telemetryBuilder.setSampleRate((float) SamplerUtil.SAMPLE_RATE_TO_DISABLE_INGESTION_SAMPLING);
 
     telemetryBuilder.addProperty("collector", event.getCollector().getName());
     telemetryBuilder.addProperty("type", event.getGcCause());
diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/sampling/SamplerUtil.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/sampling/SamplerUtil.java
index fd810248a09..ad16cae0ec1 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/sampling/SamplerUtil.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/sampling/SamplerUtil.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 public class SamplerUtil {
 
-  private static final double SAMPLE_RATE_TO_DISABLE_INGESTION_SAMPLING = 99.99;
+  public static final double SAMPLE_RATE_TO_DISABLE_INGESTION_SAMPLING = 99.99;
 
   private static final Cache<Double, SamplingResult> recordAndSampleWithSampleRateMap =
       Cache.bounded(100);
diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/test/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/GcEventInitTest.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/test/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/GcEventInitTest.java
index 5b1257d5f16..872ac0ed2c4 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/test/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/GcEventInitTest.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/test/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/profiler/triggers/GcEventInitTest.java
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.implementation.builders.EventTelemetryBuilder;
+import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.implementation.models.TelemetryItem;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.configuration.GcReportingLevel;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.profiler.testutil.TestTimeSource;
+import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.sampling.SamplerUtil;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.agent.internal.telemetry.TelemetryClient;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.alerting.AlertingSubsystem;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.alerting.alert.AlertBreach;
@@ -29,10 +32,59 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import javax.management.MBeanServerConnection;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 class GcEventInitTest {
 
+  @Test
+  void gcEventIsEmittedWithSampleRateThatBypassesIngestionSampling() {
+
+    TelemetryClient telemetryClient = Mockito.mock(TelemetryClient.class);
+    Mockito.when(telemetryClient.newEventTelemetryBuilder())
+        .thenReturn(EventTelemetryBuilder.create());
+
+    CompletableFuture<AlertBreach> alertFuture = new CompletableFuture<>();
+    TestTimeSource timeSource = new TestTimeSource();
+    AlertingSubsystem alertingSubsystem = getAlertingSubsystem(alertFuture, timeSource);
+
+    GcMonitorFactory factory =
+        new GcMonitorFactory() {
+          @Override
+          public MemoryManagement monitorSelf(
+              ExecutorService executorService, GcEventConsumer consumer) {
+            consumer.accept(fullyMockedGcEvent());
+            return null;
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public MemoryManagement monitor(
+              MBeanServerConnection connection,
+              ExecutorService executorService,
+              GcEventConsumer consumer) {
+            return null;
+          }
+        };
+
+    ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+    try {
+      GcEventInit.init(
+          alertingSubsystem,
+          telemetryClient,
+          executorService,
+          new GcEventInit.GcEventMonitorConfiguration(GcReportingLevel.ALL),
+          factory);
+
+      ArgumentCaptor<TelemetryItem> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(TelemetryItem.class);
+      Mockito.verify(telemetryClient).trackAsync(captor.capture());
+
+      assertThat(captor.getValue().getSampleRate())
+          .isEqualTo((float) SamplerUtil.SAMPLE_RATE_TO_DISABLE_INGESTION_SAMPLING);
+    } finally {
+      executorService.shutdownNow();
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void endToEndAlertIsTriggered()
       throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
@@ -102,4 +154,25 @@ private static GcCollectionEvent mockGcEvent() {
         .thenReturn(new MemoryUsage(1, 9, 10, 10));
     return event;
   }
+
+  private static GcCollectionEvent fullyMockedGcEvent() {
+    GcCollectionEvent event = Mockito.mock(GcCollectionEvent.class);
+    GarbageCollector collector = Mockito.mock(GarbageCollector.class);
+    MemoryPool tenuredPool = Mockito.mock(MemoryPool.class);
+    MemoryUsage memoryUsage = new MemoryUsage(1, 9, 10, 10);
+
+    Mockito.when(collector.isTenuredCollector()).thenReturn(true);
+    Mockito.when(collector.getName()).thenReturn("test-collector");
+    Mockito.when(event.getCollector()).thenReturn(collector);
+    Mockito.when(event.getGcCause()).thenReturn("test-cause");
+    Mockito.when(event.getGcAction()).thenReturn("test-action");
+    Mockito.when(event.getTenuredPool()).thenReturn(Optional.of(tenuredPool));
+    Mockito.when(event.getMemoryUsageBeforeGc(Mockito.any(MemoryPool.class)))
+        .thenReturn(memoryUsage);
+    Mockito.when(event.getMemoryUsageAfterGc(Mockito.any(MemoryPool.class)))
+        .thenReturn(memoryUsage);
+    Mockito.when(event.getMemoryUsageBeforeGc(Mockito.anyList())).thenReturn(memoryUsage);
+    Mockito.when(event.getMemoryUsageAfterGc(Mockito.anyList())).thenReturn(memoryUsage);
+    return event;
+  }
 }