diff --git a/.changeset/curvy-snakes-unite.md b/.changeset/curvy-snakes-unite.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..354b2cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curvy-snakes-unite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@hyperdx/api': patch
+'@hyperdx/app': patch
+---
+
+fix: handle py span ids
diff --git a/.changeset/lovely-baboons-fetch.md b/.changeset/lovely-baboons-fetch.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..956001d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lovely-baboons-fetch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@hyperdx/api': patch
+'@hyperdx/app': patch
+---
+
+feat: parse lambda json message
diff --git a/.changeset/stale-pears-hammer.md b/.changeset/stale-pears-hammer.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58a2af65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-pears-hammer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@hyperdx/api': patch
+'@hyperdx/app': patch
+---
+
+feat: add new k8s.pod.status_phase metrics
diff --git a/docker/ingestor/core.toml b/docker/ingestor/core.toml
index 9dd416cd..bd51d5df 100644
--- a/docker/ingestor/core.toml
+++ b/docker/ingestor/core.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ acknowledgements.enabled = true
 [api]
   enabled = true
   address = "0.0.0.0:8686"
+
+[sources.vector_logs]
+  type = "internal_logs"
+
+# [sinks.console]
+#   type = "console"
+#   inputs = ["internal_logs"]
+#   encoding.codec = "json"
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -102,7 +110,7 @@ condition = '''
 
 [transforms.logs]
 type = "remap"
-inputs = ["filter_logs"]
+inputs = ["filter_logs", "internal_logs"]
 drop_on_abort = true
 drop_on_error = true
 reroute_dropped = true
@@ -193,6 +201,10 @@ if .hdx_platform == "vector-internal" {
 
     .b = {}
     .b._hdx_body = tmp_body
+    .b.heroku = {}
+    .b.heroku.app = del(.heroku_app)
+    .b.heroku.dyno = tmp_attrs."7"
+    .b.heroku.source = tmp_attrs."6"
     .ts = to_unix_timestamp(parse_timestamp(del(tmp_attrs."4"), format: "%+") ?? now(), unit: "nanoseconds")
 
     if contains(.sv, "heroku") {
@@ -385,13 +397,34 @@ if .hdx_platform == "vector-internal" {
       tmp_timestamp = to_int(.b."@timestamp") ?? 0
       .b._hdx_body = .b.message
       .ts = to_unix_timestamp(from_unix_timestamp(tmp_timestamp, unit: "milliseconds") ?? now(), unit: "nanoseconds")
-      .sv = del(.b.type)
-      if is_nullish(.sv) {
-        .sv = .b.logGroup
-      }
+
       structured = parse_json(.b.message) ?? null
       if is_object(structured) {
         .b = merge(.b, structured, deep: true) ?? .b
+      } else {
+        # BETA: extract json from message
+        # TODO: move this to post_logs if it's performant enough
+        if ends_with(string(.b.message) ?? "", "}") {
+          _SEARCH_CHARS_LENGTH = 64
+          left_most_bracket_index = find(slice(.b.message, start:0, end:_SEARCH_CHARS_LENGTH) ?? "", "{") ?? -1
+          if left_most_bracket_index != -1 {
+            tmp_json = slice(.b.message, start:left_most_bracket_index) ?? ""
+            structured = parse_json(tmp_json) ?? null
+            if is_object(structured) {
+              .b = merge(.b, structured, deep: true) ?? .b
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      # use user-specifed service name by default
+      tmp_type = del(.b.type)
+      .sv = .b."service.name"
+      if is_nullish(.sv) {
+        .sv = tmp_type
+        if is_nullish(.sv) {
+          .sv = .b.logGroup
+        }
       }
     } else if .hdx_platform == "aws-sns" {
       .st = "ok"
@@ -405,6 +438,19 @@ if .hdx_platform == "vector-internal" {
       del(.r."@timestamp")
       tmp_timestamp = del(.b."@timestamp")
       
+      # FIX: need to fix python SDK instead
+      if .b."telemetry.sdk.language" == "python" {
+        if .b."service.name" == "unknown_service" {
+          .b."service.name" = del(.b.otelServiceName)
+        }
+        if is_nullish(.b.span_id) {
+          .b.span_id = del(.b.otelSpanID)
+        }
+        if is_nullish(.b.trace_id) {
+          .b.trace_id = del(.b.otelTraceID)
+        }
+      } 
+
       .r.timestamp = tmp_timestamp
       .b.timestamp = tmp_timestamp
 
@@ -635,22 +681,23 @@ if is_object(.r) {
   .b.process = tmp_process
   .b.__events = .r.logs
 
+  # TODO: we want to delete the redundant .b.process.tag.x fields eventually
   # TODO: maybe we want to move "tag" to the root level
   # extract k8s tags
   if !is_nullish(.b.process.tag."k8s.pod.name") {
-    .b."k8s.pod.name" = del(.b.process.tag."k8s.pod.name")
+    .b."k8s.pod.name" = .b.process.tag."k8s.pod.name"
   }
   if !is_nullish(.b.process.tag."k8s.pod.uid") {
-    .b."k8s.pod.uid" = del(.b.process.tag."k8s.pod.uid")
+    .b."k8s.pod.uid" = .b.process.tag."k8s.pod.uid"
   }
   if !is_nullish(.b.process.tag."k8s.namespace.name") {
-    .b."k8s.namespace.name" = del(.b.process.tag."k8s.namespace.name")
+    .b."k8s.namespace.name" = .b.process.tag."k8s.namespace.name"
   }
   if !is_nullish(.b.process.tag."k8s.node.name") {
-    .b."k8s.node.name" = del(.b.process.tag."k8s.node.name")
+    .b."k8s.node.name" = .b.process.tag."k8s.node.name"
   }
   if !is_nullish(.b.process.tag."k8s.deployment.name") {
-    .b."k8s.deployment.name" = del(.b.process.tag."k8s.deployment.name")
+    .b."k8s.deployment.name" = .b.process.tag."k8s.deployment.name"
   }
 
   if (.b."span.kind" == "server") {
@@ -796,8 +843,69 @@ source = '''
       !includes(filtered_keys, key)
     }
     .b.host = structured.host
+
+    # Extra K8s tags
+    if .n == "k8s.pod.phase" {
+      tmp_metrics = []
+      tmp_metrics = push(tmp_metrics, .)
+      tmp_states = [
+        "pending",
+        "running",
+        "succeeded",
+        "failed",
+        "unknown"
+      ]
+      # Create new metrics "k8s.pod.status_phase"
+      for_each(tmp_states) -> |_index, value| {
+        _tmp_metric = .
+        _tmp_metric.n = "k8s.pod.status_phase"
+        _tmp_metric.v = 0
+        _tmp_metric.b.state = value
+        if .v == 1 && value == "pending" {
+          _tmp_metric.v = 1
+        } else if .v == 2 && value == "running" {
+          _tmp_metric.v = 1
+        } else if .v == 3 && value == "succeeded" {
+          _tmp_metric.v = 1
+        } else if .v == 4 && value == "failed" {
+          _tmp_metric.v = 1
+        } else if .v == 5 && value == "unknown" {
+          _tmp_metric.v = 1
+        }
+        tmp_metrics = push(tmp_metrics, _tmp_metric)
+      }
+      .__hdx_metrics = tmp_metrics
+    }
   }
 '''
+
+[transforms.post_metrics_unnest]
+type = "remap"
+inputs = ["metrics"]
+drop_on_abort = true
+drop_on_error = true
+reroute_dropped = true
+source = '''
+if is_array(.__hdx_metrics) {
+  ., err = unnest(.__hdx_metrics)
+  if err != null {
+    log("unnest failed: " + err, level: "error")
+  }
+}
+'''
+
+[transforms.post_metrics]
+type = "remap"
+inputs = ["post_metrics_unnest"]
+drop_on_abort = true
+drop_on_error = true
+reroute_dropped = true
+source = '''
+if is_object(.__hdx_metrics) {
+  tmp = .__hdx_metrics
+  . = tmp
+}
+'''
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -808,10 +916,12 @@ source = '''
 type = "remap"
 inputs = [
   "logs.dropped",
-  "metrics.dropped",
-  "post_logs.dropped",
   "post_logs_unnest.dropped",
-  "spans.dropped"
+  "post_logs.dropped",
+  "spans.dropped",
+  "metrics.dropped",
+  "post_metrics_unnest.dropped",
+  "post_metrics.dropped"
 ]
 source = '''
   log(., level: "error")
diff --git a/docker/ingestor/http-sinks.toml b/docker/ingestor/http-sinks.toml
index 16e484d5..7d3527c0 100644
--- a/docker/ingestor/http-sinks.toml
+++ b/docker/ingestor/http-sinks.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ------------------------------ Transforms --------------------------------------
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+[transforms.internal_logs]
+type = "remap"
+inputs = ["vector_logs"]
+source = '''
+  . = merge(.,
+    {
+      "hdx_token": "${HYPERDX_API_KEY}",
+      "hdx_platform": "vector-internal"
+    }
+  )
+'''
+
 [sinks.go_parser]
 type = "http"
 uri = "${GO_PARSER_API_URL}"