diff --git a/packages/app/pages/_app.tsx b/packages/app/pages/_app.tsx
index 68cdff0e..ca8fc72e 100644
--- a/packages/app/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { NextPage } from 'next';
 import type { AppProps } from 'next/app';
 import Head from 'next/head';
 import { NextAdapter } from 'next-query-params';
+import { env } from 'next-runtime-env';
 import randomUUID from 'crypto-randomuuid';
 import { enableMapSet } from 'immer';
 import { QueryParamProvider } from 'use-query-params';
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools';
 
 import { DynamicFavicon } from '@/components/DynamicFavicon';
-import { IS_LOCAL_MODE } from '@/config';
+import { IS_LOCAL_MODE, parseResourceAttributes } from '@/config';
 import {
   DEFAULT_FONT_VAR,
   FONT_VAR_MAP,
@@ -136,12 +137,19 @@ export default function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }: AppPropsWithLayout) {
       .then(res => res.json())
       .then((_jsonData?: NextApiConfigResponseData) => {
         if (_jsonData?.apiKey) {
+          const frontendAttrs = parseResourceAttributes(
+            env('NEXT_PUBLIC_OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES') ?? '',
+          );
           HyperDX.init({
             apiKey: _jsonData.apiKey,
             consoleCapture: true,
             maskAllInputs: true,
             maskAllText: true,
+            // service.version is applied last so it always reflects the
+            // NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_VERSION and cannot be overridden by
+            // NEXT_PUBLIC_OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES.
             otelResourceAttributes: {
+              ...frontendAttrs,
               'service.version': process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_VERSION,
             },
             service: _jsonData.serviceName,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/__tests__/config.test.ts b/packages/app/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e72d757b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { parseResourceAttributes } from '@/config';
+
+describe('parseResourceAttributes', () => {
+  it('parses a standard comma-separated string', () => {
+    const raw =
+      'service.namespace=observability,deployment.environment=prod,k8s.cluster.name=us-west-2';
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes(raw)).toEqual({
+      'service.namespace': 'observability',
+      'deployment.environment': 'prod',
+      'k8s.cluster.name': 'us-west-2',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty object for an empty string', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('')).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('handles a single key=value pair', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('foo=bar')).toEqual({ foo: 'bar' });
+  });
+
+  it('handles values containing equals signs', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('url=https://example.com?a=1')).toEqual({
+      url: 'https://example.com?a=1',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('skips malformed entries without an equals sign', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('good=value,badentry,ok=yes')).toEqual({
+      good: 'value',
+      ok: 'yes',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('skips entries where key is empty (leading equals)', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('=nokey,valid=value')).toEqual({
+      valid: 'value',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('handles trailing commas gracefully', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('a=1,b=2,')).toEqual({ a: '1', b: '2' });
+  });
+
+  it('handles leading commas gracefully', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes(',a=1,b=2')).toEqual({ a: '1', b: '2' });
+  });
+
+  it('allows empty values', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('key=')).toEqual({ key: '' });
+  });
+
+  it('last value wins for duplicate keys', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('k=first,k=second')).toEqual({
+      k: 'second',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('decodes percent-encoded commas in values', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('tags=a%2Cb%2Cc')).toEqual({
+      tags: 'a,b,c',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('decodes percent-encoded equals in values', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('expr=x%3D1')).toEqual({
+      expr: 'x=1',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('decodes percent-encoded keys', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('my%2Ekey=value')).toEqual({
+      'my.key': 'value',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('round-trips values with both encoded commas and equals', () => {
+    expect(parseResourceAttributes('q=a%3D1%2Cb%3D2,other=plain')).toEqual({
+      q: 'a=1,b=2',
+      other: 'plain',
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/config.ts b/packages/app/src/config.ts
index 36fca96c..653aed63 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/config.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@ export const HDX_SERVICE_NAME =
   process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_OTEL_SERVICE_NAME ?? 'hdx-oss-dev-app';
 export const HDX_EXPORTER_ENABLED =
   (process.env.HDX_EXPORTER_ENABLED ?? 'true') === 'true';
+
+export function parseResourceAttributes(raw: string): Record<string, string> {
+  return raw
+    .split(',')
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .reduce(
+      (acc, pair) => {
+        const idx = pair.indexOf('=');
+        if (idx > 0) {
+          acc[decodeURIComponent(pair.slice(0, idx))] = decodeURIComponent(
+            pair.slice(idx + 1),
+          );
+        }
+        return acc;
+      },
+      {} as Record<string, string>,
+    );
+}
+
 export const HDX_COLLECTOR_URL =
   process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT ??
   process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT ??