diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f2caa2c978b..889affe78de 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
-	github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger v1.67.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jcmturner/aescts/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jcmturner/dnsutils/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
@@ -518,9 +517,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/ulid/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/ofrep v0.1.5 // indirect
-	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.124.1 // indirect
-	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/core/xidutils v0.124.1 // indirect
-	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger v0.124.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -586,7 +582,6 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.21 // indirect
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.17.3 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.124.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.61.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.36.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/autoexport v0.61.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d5cd9b38420..a285f135834 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1793,8 +1793,6 @@ github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.5 h1:JHGfMnQY+IEtGM63d+NGMjoRpysB2JBwDr5fsngwmJs=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.5/go.mod h1:aruU7o91Tc2q2cFp5h4uP3f6ztExVpyVv88Xl/8Vl8M=
 github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 h1:PR8nw+E/1w0GLuRFSmiioY6UooMp6KJv0/61nB7icHo=
 github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
-github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger v1.67.0 h1:t0BiJZVW9D3Z16y3uHqKzV9bKFTusooTH1Kgr77xF2Q=
-github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger v1.67.0/go.mod h1:tE/FEQfybCSdUbBgel51YaCSkc58O+Njih8oTl6j8vw=
 github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl v0.5.0 h1:zFXR5NL3Utu7MhPg8ZorxtCBjHrL3ReM1VoB65FOFGE=
 github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl v0.5.0/go.mod h1:ON90zFo9eoyXrt9F/KN8YeF3zxcnujaisMweFY/rg5k=
 github.com/jcmturner/aescts/v2 v2.0.0 h1:9YKLH6ey7H4eDBXW8khjYslgyqG2xZikXP0EQFKrle8=
@@ -2107,12 +2105,6 @@ github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/go-feature-flag v0.2.3 h1:6jpO6
 github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/go-feature-flag v0.2.3/go.mod h1:dPUHjAIFzg+ci/wt6XxlNiiMkOh5Yw4SGyeRY0AFT0g=
 github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/ofrep v0.1.5 h1:ZdqlGnNwhWf3luhBQlIpbglvcCzjkcuEgOEhYhr5Emc=
 github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/ofrep v0.1.5/go.mod h1:jrD4UG3ZCzuwImKHlyuIN2iWeYjlOX5+zJ/sX45efuE=
-github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.124.1 h1:NrjsoVPxI6lmV8jPImDcMeqYh+97Y71f/HB5Sfpfe3I=
-github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.124.1/go.mod h1:AFMryJmht7dZxcAwc2sx/r4gxbriElWw49ugxKp2mcA=
-github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/core/xidutils v0.124.1 h1:E1e96GTHmiAfIfeYfA5ZVnOxud3+vbisGp0gE1tfd4s=
-github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/core/xidutils v0.124.1/go.mod h1:MOhFATtYSLad9nKunjh6uGf8nQUcWje2LPlhD2uu3do=
-github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger v0.124.1 h1:9c6L4xlAMqhOg5y54Bc2B5t0i49yz7v2I6I8RY4Z0/o=
-github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger v0.124.1/go.mod h1:6f0N58o0cOHC0ApSM/qrooVmQza1eQ7L53PDE91uO1Q=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0-rc1/go.mod h1:cMLVZDEM3+U2I4VmLI6N8jQYUd2OVphdqWwCJHrFt2s=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
@@ -2554,13 +2546,8 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.124.0 h1:g/dfdGFhBcQI0ggGxTmGlJnJ6Yl6T2gVxQoIj4UfXCc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.30.0 h1:j3jyq9um436r6WzWySzexP2nLnFdmL5uVBYAlyr9nDM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.30.0/go.mod h1:0Bxu1ktuj4wE7PIASNSvd0SdBscQ1PLtYasymJ13/Cs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.124.0 h1:ZjL9wKqzP4BHj0/F1jfGxs1Va8B7xmYayipZeNVoWJE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.124.0/go.mod h1:1EN3Gw5LSI4fSVma/Yfv/6nqeuYgRTm1/kmG5nE5Oyo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.124.0 h1:YTdo3UFwNyDQCh9DiSm2rbzAgBuwn/9dNZ0rv454goA=
-go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.124.0/go.mod h1:te6VQ4zZJO5Lp8dM2XIhDxDiL45mwX0YAQQWRQ0Qr9U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.61.0 h1:RyrtJzu5MAmIcbRrwg75b+w3RlZCP0vJByDVzcpAe3M=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.61.0/go.mod h1:tirr4p9NXbzjlbruiRGp53IzlYrDk5CO2fdHj0sSSaY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp v1.36.0 h1:F7q2tNlCaHY9nMKHR6XH9/qkp8FktLnIcy6jJNyOCQw=
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index 2523471d4a4..57472bf05f4 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   */
   queryService?: boolean;
   /**
+  * Adds datasource connections to the query service
+  */
+  queryServiceWithConnections?: boolean;
+  /**
   * Rewrite requests targeting /ds/query to the query service
   */
   queryServiceRewrite?: boolean;
diff --git a/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/handler.go b/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/handler.go
index cd09bf45efb..0cce5708623 100644
--- a/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/handler.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"path"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	aggregationv0alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/aggregator/apis/aggregation/v0alpha1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/admission"
 )
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (h *PluginHandler) registerRoutes() {
 		case aggregationv0alpha1.DataSourceProxyServiceType:
 			// TODO: implement in future PR
 		case aggregationv0alpha1.QueryServiceType:
-			h.mux.Handle(proxyPath("/namespaces/{namespace}/connections/{uid}/query"), h.QueryDataHandler())
+			h.mux.Handle(proxyPath("/namespaces/{namespace}/datasources/{uid}/query"), h.QueryDataHandler())
 		case aggregationv0alpha1.RouteServiceType:
 			// TODO: implement in future PR
 		case aggregationv0alpha1.StreamServiceType:
diff --git a/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/query.go b/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/query.go
index b790514ef31..c7750b6dc93 100644
--- a/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/query.go
+++ b/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/query.go
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
-	data "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/experimental/apis/data/v0alpha1"
-	grafanasemconv "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/semconv"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.21.0"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/tracing"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	data "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/experimental/apis/data/v0alpha1"
 	aggregationv0alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/aggregator/apis/aggregation/v0alpha1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/util"
+	grafanasemconv "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/semconv"
 )
 
 func (h *PluginHandler) QueryDataHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
diff --git a/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/query_test.go b/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/query_test.go
index 97bfabb3a08..0a9a040a0b6 100644
--- a/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/query_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ import (
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
 	datav0alpha1 "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/experimental/apis/data/v0alpha1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/aggregator/apis/aggregation/v0alpha1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/aggregator/apiserver/plugin/fakes"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestQueryDataHandler(t *testing.T) {
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ func TestQueryDataHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
 		assert.NoError(t, json.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(qdr))
 
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/apis/testds.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/connections/123/query", buf)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/apis/testds.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/datasources/123/query", buf)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func TestQueryDataHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
 		assert.NoError(t, json.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(qdr))
 
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/apis/testds.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/connections/123/query", buf)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/apis/testds.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/datasources/123/query", buf)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ func TestQueryDataHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
 		assert.NoError(t, json.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(qdr))
 
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/apis/testds.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/connections/abc/query", buf)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/apis/testds.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/datasources/abc/query", buf)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ func TestQueryDataHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("should return delegate response if group does not match", func(t *testing.T) {
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/apis/wrongds.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/connections/abc/query", bytes.NewBuffer(nil))
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/apis/wrongds.example.com/v1/namespaces/default/datasources/abc/query", bytes.NewBuffer(nil))
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
diff --git a/pkg/extensions/enterprise_imports.go b/pkg/extensions/enterprise_imports.go
index 504d1378bc7..d33ccf561aa 100644
--- a/pkg/extensions/enterprise_imports.go
+++ b/pkg/extensions/enterprise_imports.go
@@ -53,5 +53,4 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/grafana/e2e"
 	_ "github.com/grafana/gofpdf"
 	_ "github.com/grafana/gomemcache/memcache"
-	_ "github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/traceql"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/noop.go b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/noop.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bff0298db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/noop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package datasource
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
+
+	query "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/query/v0alpha1"
+)
+
+// Temporary noop storage that lets us map /connections/{name}/query
+type noopREST struct{}
+
+var (
+	_ rest.Storage              = (*noopREST)(nil)
+	_ rest.Scoper               = (*noopREST)(nil)
+	_ rest.Getter               = (*noopREST)(nil)
+	_ rest.SingularNameProvider = (*noopREST)(nil)
+)
+
+func (r *noopREST) New() runtime.Object {
+	return &query.QueryDataResponse{}
+}
+
+func (r *noopREST) Destroy() {}
+
+func (r *noopREST) NamespaceScoped() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (r *noopREST) GetSingularName() string {
+	return "noop"
+}
+
+func (r *noopREST) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options *metav1.GetOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+	return &metav1.Status{
+		Status:  metav1.StatusSuccess,
+		Message: "noop",
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/openapi.go b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/openapi.go
index e039fcc9d6e..091ebb83e8e 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/openapi.go
@@ -54,6 +54,26 @@ func (b *DataSourceAPIBuilder) PostProcessOpenAPI(oas *spec3.OpenAPI) (*spec3.Op
 	ds.Properties["apiVersion"] = *spec.StringProperty().WithEnum(b.GetGroupVersion().String())
 	ds.Properties["kind"] = *spec.StringProperty().WithEnum("DataSource")
 
+	// Mark connections as deprecated
+	delete(oas.Paths.Paths, root+"namespaces/{namespace}/connections/{name}")
+	query := oas.Paths.Paths[root+"namespaces/{namespace}/connections/{name}/query"]
+	for query == nil || query.Post == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing temporary connection path")
+	}
+	query.Post.Tags = []string{"Connections (deprecated)"}
+	query.Post.Deprecated = true
+	query.Post.RequestBody = &spec3.RequestBody{
+		RequestBodyProps: spec3.RequestBodyProps{
+			Content: map[string]*spec3.MediaType{
+				"application/json": {
+					MediaTypeProps: spec3.MediaTypeProps{
+						Schema: spec.MapProperty(nil),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
 	if b.schemaProvider == nil {
 		return oas, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/register.go
index 50cd8047205..b20954b6128 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/register.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package datasource
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"maps"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -230,10 +231,14 @@ func (b *DataSourceAPIBuilder) UpdateAPIGroupInfo(apiGroupInfo *genericapiserver
 
 	storage[ds.StoragePath("query")] = &subQueryREST{builder: b}
 	storage[ds.StoragePath("health")] = &subHealthREST{builder: b}
-
-	// TODO! only setup this endpoint if it is implemented
 	storage[ds.StoragePath("resource")] = &subResourceREST{builder: b}
 
+	// FIXME: temporarily register both "datasources" and "connections" query paths
+	// This lets us deploy both datasources/{uid}/query and connections/{uid}/query
+	// while we transition requests to the new path
+	storage["connections"] = &noopREST{}                            // hidden from openapi
+	storage["connections/query"] = storage[ds.StoragePath("query")] // deprecated in openapi
+
 	// Frontend proxy
 	if len(b.pluginJSON.Routes) > 0 {
 		storage[ds.StoragePath("proxy")] = &subProxyREST{pluginJSON: b.pluginJSON}
@@ -262,9 +267,7 @@ func (b *DataSourceAPIBuilder) getPluginContext(ctx context.Context, uid string)
 func (b *DataSourceAPIBuilder) GetOpenAPIDefinitions() openapi.GetOpenAPIDefinitions {
 	return func(ref openapi.ReferenceCallback) map[string]openapi.OpenAPIDefinition {
 		defs := queryV0.GetOpenAPIDefinitions(ref) // required when running standalone
-		for k, v := range datasourceV0.GetOpenAPIDefinitions(ref) {
-			defs[k] = v
-		}
+		maps.Copy(defs, datasourceV0.GetOpenAPIDefinitions(ref))
 		return defs
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/sub_query.go b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/sub_query.go
index 4930dacd36e..c7bab42f950 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/sub_query.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/sub_query.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 	_ rest.Storage         = (*subQueryREST)(nil)
 	_ rest.Connecter       = (*subQueryREST)(nil)
 	_ rest.StorageMetadata = (*subQueryREST)(nil)
+	_ rest.Scoper          = (*subQueryREST)(nil)
 )
 
 func (r *subQueryREST) New() runtime.Object {
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ func (r *subQueryREST) New() runtime.Object {
 
 func (r *subQueryREST) Destroy() {}
 
+func (r *subQueryREST) NamespaceScoped() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func (r *subQueryREST) ProducesMIMETypes(verb string) []string {
 	return []string{"application/json"} // and parquet!
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/sub_resource_test.go b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/sub_resource_test.go
index 3900a34a732..bf66d52b6d2 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/sub_resource_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/datasource/sub_resource_test.go
@@ -18,36 +18,36 @@ func TestResourceRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			desc:  "no resource path",
-			url:   "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/connections/abc",
+			url:   "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/datasources/abc",
 			error: true,
 		},
 		{
 			desc:         "root resource path",
-			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/connections/abc/resource",
+			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/datasources/abc/resource",
 			expectedPath: "",
 			expectedURL:  "",
 		},
 		{
 			desc:         "root resource path",
-			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/connections/abc/resource/",
+			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/datasources/abc/resource/",
 			expectedPath: "",
 			expectedURL:  "",
 		},
 		{
 			desc:         "resource sub path",
-			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/connections/abc/resource/test",
+			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/datasources/abc/resource/test",
 			expectedPath: "test",
 			expectedURL:  "test",
 		},
 		{
 			desc:         "resource sub path with colon",
-			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/connections/abc/resource/test-*,*:test-*/_mapping",
+			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/datasources/abc/resource/test-*,*:test-*/_mapping",
 			expectedPath: "test-*,*:test-*/_mapping",
 			expectedURL:  "./test-%2A,%2A:test-%2A/_mapping",
 		},
 		{
 			desc:         "resource sub path with query params",
-			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/connections/abc/resource/test?k1=v1&k2=v2",
+			url:          "http://localhost:6443/apis/test.datasource.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/default/datasources/abc/resource/test?k1=v1&k2=v2",
 			expectedPath: "test",
 			expectedURL:  "test?k1=v1&k2=v2",
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/query/queryschema/oas_helper.go b/pkg/registry/apis/query/queryschema/oas_helper.go
index 628dd56751a..5ac97f2577c 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/query/queryschema/oas_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/query/queryschema/oas_helper.go
@@ -66,21 +66,8 @@ func AddQueriesToOpenAPI(options OASQueryOptions) error {
 	// Rewrite the query path
 	query := oas.Paths.Paths[root+options.QueryPath]
 	if query != nil && query.Post != nil {
-		query.Post.Tags = []string{"Query"}
-		query.Parameters = []*spec3.Parameter{
-			{
-				ParameterProps: spec3.ParameterProps{
-					Name:        "namespace",
-					In:          "path",
-					Description: "object name and auth scope, such as for teams and projects",
-					Example:     "default",
-					Required:    true,
-					Schema:      spec.StringProperty().UniqueValues(),
-				},
-			},
-		}
+		query.Post.Tags = []string{"DataSource"}
 		query.Post.Description = options.QueryDescription
-		query.Post.Parameters = nil //
 		query.Post.RequestBody = &spec3.RequestBody{
 			RequestBodyProps: spec3.RequestBodyProps{
 				Content: map[string]*spec3.MediaType{
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/query/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/query/register.go
index 1d581cc08bf..61a90f2b693 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/query/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/query/register.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (b *QueryAPIBuilder) UpdateAPIGroupInfo(apiGroupInfo *genericapiserver.APIG
 	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
 
 	// Get a list of all datasource instances
-	if b.features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagGrafanaAPIServerWithExperimentalAPIs) {
+	if b.features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagQueryServiceWithConnections) {
 		// Eventually this would be backed either by search or reconciler pattern
 		storage[query.ConnectionResourceInfo.StoragePath()] = &connectionAccess{
 			connections: b.connections,
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index 07029af9b92..4b0de2ce8d0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -499,6 +499,13 @@ var (
 			Owner:           grafanaDatasourcesCoreServicesSquad,
 			RequiresRestart: true, // Adds a route at startup
 		},
+		{
+			Name:            "queryServiceWithConnections",
+			Description:     "Adds datasource connections to the query service",
+			Stage:           FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:           grafanaDatasourcesCoreServicesSquad,
+			RequiresRestart: true, // Adds a route at startup
+		},
 		{
 			Name:            "queryServiceRewrite",
 			Description:     "Rewrite requests targeting /ds/query to the query service",
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index fb581e030b4..c1728533830 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ dashboardSchemaValidationLogging,experimental,@grafana/grafana-app-platform-squa
 scanRowInvalidDashboardParseFallbackEnabled,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
 datasourceQueryTypes,experimental,@grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad,false,true,false
 queryService,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,false
+queryServiceWithConnections,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,false
 queryServiceRewrite,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,false
 queryServiceFromUI,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,false,true
 queryServiceFromExplore,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,false,true
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index 22383ebb4f9..8be11c087c5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ const (
 	// Register /apis/query.grafana.app/ -- will eventually replace /api/ds/query
 	FlagQueryService = "queryService"
 
+	// FlagQueryServiceWithConnections
+	// Adds datasource connections to the query service
+	FlagQueryServiceWithConnections = "queryServiceWithConnections"
+
 	// FlagQueryServiceRewrite
 	// Rewrite requests targeting /ds/query to the query service
 	FlagQueryServiceRewrite = "queryServiceRewrite"
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
index 8a3c0b60263..9f98a5a0751 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
@@ -2765,6 +2765,19 @@
         "requiresRestart": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "queryServiceWithConnections",
+        "resourceVersion": "1756367172351",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-08-28T07:46:12Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Adds datasource connections to the query service",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services",
+        "requiresRestart": true
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "recordedQueriesMulti",