diff --git a/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit-prom-side-car.conf b/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit-prom-side-car.conf
index 720f54820..339e509b0 100644
--- a/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit-prom-side-car.conf
+++ b/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit-prom-side-car.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@
     Parsers_File  /etc/opt/microsoft/docker-cimprov/azm-containers-parser.conf
     Log_File      /var/opt/microsoft/docker-cimprov/log/fluent-bit.log
 
+[INPUT]
+    Name tail
+    Tag oms.container.log.flbplugin.terminationlog.*
+    Path /dev/write-to-traces
+    DB /var/opt/microsoft/docker-cimprov/state/terminationlog-ai.db
+    DB.Sync Off
+    Parser docker
+    Mem_Buf_Limit 1m
+    Path_Key filepath
+    Skip_Long_Lines On
+    Ignore_Older 2m
+
 [INPUT]
     Name        tcp
     Tag         oms.container.perf.telegraf.*
diff --git a/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit-rs.conf b/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit-rs.conf
index 696ac80e6..c94b4c40e 100644
--- a/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit-rs.conf
+++ b/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit-rs.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@
     Parsers_File  /etc/opt/microsoft/docker-cimprov/azm-containers-parser.conf
     Log_File      /var/opt/microsoft/docker-cimprov/log/fluent-bit.log
 
+[INPUT]
+    Name tail
+    Tag oms.container.log.flbplugin.terminationlog.*
+    Path /dev/write-to-traces
+    DB /var/opt/microsoft/docker-cimprov/state/terminationlog-ai.db
+    DB.Sync Off
+    Parser docker
+    Mem_Buf_Limit 1m
+    Path_Key filepath
+    Skip_Long_Lines On
+    Ignore_Older 2m
+
 [INPUT]
     Name        tcp
     Tag         oms.container.perf.telegraf.*
diff --git a/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit.conf b/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit.conf
index 484a4bbbf..287c076dc 100644
--- a/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit.conf
+++ b/build/linux/installer/conf/td-agent-bit.conf
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@
     Skip_Long_Lines On
     Ignore_Older 2m
 
+[INPUT]
+    Name tail
+    Tag oms.container.log.flbplugin.terminationlog.*
+    Path /dev/write-to-traces
+    DB /var/opt/microsoft/docker-cimprov/state/terminationlog-ai.db
+    DB.Sync Off
+    Parser docker
+    Mem_Buf_Limit 1m
+    Path_Key filepath
+    Skip_Long_Lines On
+    Ignore_Older 2m
+
 [INPUT]
     Name        tcp
     Tag         oms.container.perf.telegraf.*
diff --git a/build/linux/installer/scripts/livenessprobe.sh b/build/linux/installer/scripts/livenessprobe.sh
index a82fa28eb..e3b0fc28e 100644
--- a/build/linux/installer/scripts/livenessprobe.sh
+++ b/build/linux/installer/scripts/livenessprobe.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ then
  exit 1
 fi
 
+#test to exit non zero value if telegraf is not running
+(ps -ef | grep telegraf | grep -v "grep")
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+ echo "Telegraf is not running" > /dev/termination-log
+ echo "Telegraf is not running (controller: ${CONTROLLER_TYPE}, container type: ${CONTAINER_TYPE})" > /dev/write-to-traces  # this file is tailed and sent to traces
+ exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ -s "inotifyoutput.txt" ]
 then
   # inotifyoutput file has data(config map was applied)
diff --git a/kubernetes/linux/main.sh b/kubernetes/linux/main.sh
index 71e46875b..81db6f3a4 100644
--- a/kubernetes/linux/main.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/linux/main.sh
@@ -699,6 +699,10 @@ dpkg -l | grep td-agent-bit | awk '{print $2 " " $3}'
 
 
 
+# Write messages from the liveness probe to stdout (so telemetry picks it up)
+touch /dev/write-to-traces
+
+
 echo "stopping rsyslog..."
 service rsyslog stop