diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index c88173cf331..7e8ca9cf848 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -938,6 +938,10 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   */
   metricsFromProfiles?: boolean;
   /**
+  * Enables creating alerts from Tempo data source
+  */
+  tempoAlerting?: boolean;
+  /**
   * Enables auto-updating of users installed plugins
   */
   pluginsAutoUpdate?: boolean;
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/config/config.go b/pkg/plugins/config/config.go
index d3a5392be4a..8a7be65e3bc 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/config/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ type Features struct {
 	SriChecksEnabled            bool
 	PluginsCDNSyncLoaderEnabled bool
 	LocalizationForPlugins      bool
+	// Needed only until Tempo Alerting / metrics TraceQL is stable
+	// https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/106888
+	TempoAlertingEnabled bool
 }
 
 // NewPluginManagementCfg returns a new PluginManagementCfg.
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index c6a388c9660..009190be1f4 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -1609,6 +1609,13 @@ var (
 			Owner:        grafanaObservabilityTracesAndProfilingSquad,
 			FrontendOnly: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:         "tempoAlerting",
+			Description:  "Enables creating alerts from Tempo data source",
+			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:        grafanaObservabilityTracesAndProfilingSquad,
+			FrontendOnly: true,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:         "pluginsAutoUpdate",
 			Description:  "Enables auto-updating of users installed plugins",
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index d071dbd8d91..079fdfcfc62 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ localizationForPlugins,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,fals
 unifiedNavbars,GA,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,true
 logsPanelControls,preview,@grafana/observability-logs,false,false,true
 metricsFromProfiles,experimental,@grafana/observability-traces-and-profiling,false,false,true
+tempoAlerting,experimental,@grafana/observability-traces-and-profiling,false,false,true
 pluginsAutoUpdate,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,false
 multiTenantFrontend,experimental,@grafana/grafana-frontend-platform,false,false,false
 alertingListViewV2PreviewToggle,privatePreview,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,true
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index 9fbc4ee06fb..e5b5bb90af3 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -851,6 +851,10 @@ const (
 	// Enables creating metrics from profiles and storing them as recording rules
 	FlagMetricsFromProfiles = "metricsFromProfiles"
 
+	// FlagTempoAlerting
+	// Enables creating alerts from Tempo data source
+	FlagTempoAlerting = "tempoAlerting"
+
 	// FlagPluginsAutoUpdate
 	// Enables auto-updating of users installed plugins
 	FlagPluginsAutoUpdate = "pluginsAutoUpdate"
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
index e63024c3a52..94b96a800f5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
@@ -2997,6 +2997,19 @@
         "frontend": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "tempoAlerting",
+        "resourceVersion": "1750158458662",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-06-17T11:07:38Z"
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enables creating alerts from Tempo data source",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/observability-traces-and-profiling",
+        "frontend": true
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "timeRangeProvider",
diff --git a/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/pipeline/pipeline.go b/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/pipeline/pipeline.go
index 2ffba23f4b5..1a564788287 100644
--- a/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/pipeline/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/pipeline/pipeline.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/auth"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/coreplugin"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/config"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/envvars"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/manager/loader/angular/angularinspector"
@@ -41,9 +42,16 @@ func ProvideDiscoveryStage(cfg *config.PluginManagementCfg, pr registry.Service)
 }
 
 func ProvideBootstrapStage(cfg *config.PluginManagementCfg, sc plugins.SignatureCalculator, a *assetpath.Service) *bootstrap.Bootstrap {
+	disableAlertingForTempoDecorateFunc := func(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) (*plugins.Plugin, error) {
+		if p.ID == coreplugin.Tempo && !cfg.Features.TempoAlertingEnabled {
+			p.Alerting = false
+		}
+		return p, nil
+	}
+
 	return bootstrap.New(cfg, bootstrap.Opts{
 		ConstructFunc: bootstrap.DefaultConstructFunc(cfg, sc, a),
-		DecorateFuncs: bootstrap.DefaultDecorateFuncs(cfg),
+		DecorateFuncs: append(bootstrap.DefaultDecorateFuncs(cfg), disableAlertingForTempoDecorateFunc),
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/pluginconfig/config.go b/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/pluginconfig/config.go
index 9fd70c38d1a..1c8b2325a6d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/pluginconfig/config.go
+++ b/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/pluginconfig/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func ProvidePluginManagementConfig(cfg *setting.Cfg, settingProvider setting.Pro
 			SriChecksEnabled:            features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagPluginsSriChecks),
 			PluginsCDNSyncLoaderEnabled: features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagPluginsCDNSyncLoader),
 			LocalizationForPlugins:      features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagLocalizationForPlugins),
+			TempoAlertingEnabled:        features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagTempoAlerting),
 		},
 		cfg.GrafanaComAPIURL,
 		cfg.DisablePlugins,