diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/decorator/BaseDecoratorTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/decorator/BaseDecoratorTest.groovy
index b2686d6257c..354a9c6bc4f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/decorator/BaseDecoratorTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/decorator/BaseDecoratorTest.groovy
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpanContext
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.ErrorPriorities
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.test.util.DDSpecification
 import spock.lang.Shared
 
 class BaseDecoratorTest extends DDSpecification {
 
+  def setupSpec() {
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   @Shared
   def decorator = newDecorator()
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-installer/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/DefaultInstrumenterForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/agent-installer/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/DefaultInstrumenterForkedTest.groovy
index 9be765964fe..a3500c61ede 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-installer/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/DefaultInstrumenterForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-installer/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/DefaultInstrumenterForkedTest.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package datadog.trace.agent.test
 
 import datadog.environment.EnvironmentVariables
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.matcher.DDElementMatchers
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.outline.TypePoolFacade
 import datadog.trace.test.util.DDSpecification
@@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ class DefaultInstrumenterForkedTest extends DDSpecification {
     DDElementMatchers.registerAsSupplier()
   }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def "default enabled"() {
     setup:
     def target = new TestDefaultInstrumenter("test")
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/InstrumenterIndexTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/InstrumenterIndexTest.groovy
index 09ee41ea1cd..4f220451c38 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/InstrumenterIndexTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/InstrumenterIndexTest.groovy
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package datadog.trace.agent.tooling
 
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.test.util.DDSpecification
 import spock.lang.Shared
 
 class InstrumenterIndexTest extends DDSpecification {
 
+  def setupSpec() {
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   @Shared
   def unknownInstrumentation = new InstrumenterModule('unknown') {}
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/csi/BaseCallSiteTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/csi/BaseCallSiteTest.groovy
index 8d611b92ca3..1bc45f31015 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/csi/BaseCallSiteTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/csi/BaseCallSiteTest.groovy
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.csi.Advices
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.csi.CallSiteInstrumentation
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.csi.CallSiteSupplier
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.csi.CallSiteTransformer
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.test.util.DDSpecification
 import groovy.transform.CompileDynamic
 import net.bytebuddy.agent.builder.AgentBuilder
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.named
 @CompileDynamic
 class BaseCallSiteTest extends DDSpecification {
 
+  def setupSpec() {
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   protected CallSites mockCallSites(final byte type = BEFORE, final CallSiteAdvice advice, final Pointcut target, final String... helpers) {
     return Stub(CallSites) {
       accept(_ as CallSites.Container) >> {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/muzzle/MuzzleVersionScanPluginTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/muzzle/MuzzleVersionScanPluginTest.groovy
index 579c51bb8ed..48003a016e3 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/muzzle/MuzzleVersionScanPluginTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/muzzle/MuzzleVersionScanPluginTest.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package datadog.trace.agent.tooling.muzzle
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.test.util.DDSpecification
 import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher
 
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ import static datadog.trace.agent.tooling.muzzle.TestInstrumentationClasses.Vali
 
 class MuzzleVersionScanPluginTest extends DDSpecification {
 
+  def setupSpec() {
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def "test assertInstrumentationMuzzled advice"() {
     setup:
     def instrumentationLoader = new ServiceEnabledClassLoader(InstrumenterModule,
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/InstrumentationSpecification.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/InstrumentationSpecification.groovy
index 0b9fb35e563..4561236e6ff 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/InstrumentationSpecification.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/InstrumentationSpecification.groovy
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.CODE_ORIGIN_FO
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.closePrevious
 import static datadog.trace.util.AgentThreadFactory.AgentThread.TASK_SCHEDULER
 
+
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer
 import com.datadog.debugger.agent.ClassesToRetransformFinder
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/AgentTestRunnerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/AgentTestRunnerTest.groovy
index c21a1e0b7f1..4dcdb0dd9d7 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/AgentTestRunnerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/AgentTestRunnerTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import com.google.common.reflect.ClassPath
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.BootstrapClasspathSetupListener
 import datadog.trace.api.GlobalTracer
 import datadog.trace.api.Platform
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ class AgentTestRunnerTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Override
   void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
 
     injectSysConfig(TRACE_CLASSES_EXCLUDE, "config.exclude.packagename.*, config.exclude.SomeClass,config.exclude.SomeClass\$NestedClass")
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/ConfigResetTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/ConfigResetTest.groovy
index d0649db5008..6f4030d954d 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/ConfigResetTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/ConfigResetTest.groovy
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import datadog.environment.EnvironmentVariables
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.api.Config
 import spock.lang.Shared
 
 class ConfigResetTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   @Shared
   def sharedInstance = checkStaticAssertions()
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/InstrumentOldBytecode.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/InstrumentOldBytecode.groovy
index cc3f1e1f83d..daca6092110 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/InstrumentOldBytecode.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/InstrumentOldBytecode.groovy
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 import com.ibm.as400.resource.ResourceLevel
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 
 class InstrumentOldBytecode extends InstrumentationSpecification {
+
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def "can instrument old bytecode"() {
     expect:
     new ResourceLevel().toString() == "instrumented"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/TooManyInvocationsErrorListenerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/TooManyInvocationsErrorListenerTest.groovy
index 03d0687e3a7..69e5b47b1b1 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/TooManyInvocationsErrorListenerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/TooManyInvocationsErrorListenerTest.groovy
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.TestClassShadowingExtension
 import org.spockframework.mock.*
 import org.spockframework.mock.runtime.MockInvocation
 
 class TooManyInvocationsErrorListenerTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings('GroovyAccessibility')
   void 'test that listener modifies failure'() {
     setup:
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/TraceCorrelationTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/TraceCorrelationTest.groovy
index ba0d4f6efde..91aa98755c3 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/TraceCorrelationTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/TraceCorrelationTest.groovy
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.api.CorrelationIdentifier
 
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.TRACE_128_BIT_TRACEID_LOGGING_ENABLED
@@ -6,6 +7,13 @@ import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.TRACE_128_BIT_TRACEID_GENERA
 
 class TraceCorrelationTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def "access trace correlation only under trace"() {
     when:
     def span = TEST_TRACER.startSpan("test", "myspan")
@@ -28,6 +36,8 @@ class Trace128bitCorrelationTest extends TraceCorrelationTest {
   @Override
   void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
     injectSysConfig(TRACE_128_BIT_TRACEID_GENERATION_ENABLED, "true")
     injectSysConfig(TRACE_128_BIT_TRACEID_LOGGING_ENABLED, "true")
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/context/FieldInjectionForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/context/FieldInjectionForkedTest.groovy
index 6736c3cc503..25dfc0fe52f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/context/FieldInjectionForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/context/FieldInjectionForkedTest.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package context
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AbortTransformationException
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.ClasspathUtils
 import datadog.trace.api.InstrumenterConfig
 import datadog.trace.test.util.GCUtils
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ import static context.FieldInjectionTestInstrumentation.ValidSerializableKeyClas
 
 class FieldInjectionForkedTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   @Override
   void onDiscovery(String typeName, ClassLoader classLoader, JavaModule module, boolean loaded) {
     if (typeName?.endsWith("UntransformableKeyClass")) {
@@ -219,6 +227,8 @@ class FieldInjectionForkedTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 class FieldInjectionDisabledForkedTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
 
     injectSysConfig("dd.trace.runtime.context.field.injection", "false")
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/excludefilter/ExcludeFilterForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/excludefilter/ExcludeFilterForkedTest.groovy
index 25083625484..d536739c68a 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/excludefilter/ExcludeFilterForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/excludefilter/ExcludeFilterForkedTest.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package excludefilter
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.FieldBackedContextStores
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.java.concurrent.ExcludeFilter
 
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ import static excludefilter.ExcludeFilterTestInstrumentation.RunnableExcludedExe
 
 class ExcludeFilterForkedTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def "test ExcludeFilter #runnable.class.name"() {
     expect:
     ExcludeFilter.exclude(RUNNABLE, runnable) == excluded
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/locator/ClassInjectingForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/locator/ClassInjectingForkedTest.groovy
index a456f873cf6..6df0d5eb259 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/locator/ClassInjectingForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/locator/ClassInjectingForkedTest.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package locator
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import net.bytebuddy.agent.builder.AgentBuilder
 import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription
 import net.bytebuddy.dynamic.DynamicType
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ class ClassInjectingForkedTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Override
   protected void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
 
     // Since this method is not at all configurePreAgent, but more like
     // configurePreAgentAndOhByTheWayBeforeEveryTest we need to not install
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/locator/ClassInjectingLoadClassDisabledForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/locator/ClassInjectingLoadClassDisabledForkedTest.groovy
index a9f36303a92..50598422da7 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/locator/ClassInjectingLoadClassDisabledForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/locator/ClassInjectingLoadClassDisabledForkedTest.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package locator
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import net.bytebuddy.agent.builder.AgentBuilder
 import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription
 import net.bytebuddy.dynamic.DynamicType
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ class ClassInjectingLoadClassDisabledForkedTest extends InstrumentationSpecifica
   @Override
   protected void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
 
     injectSysConfig("dd.resolver.use.loadclass", "false")
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/server/HttpProxyTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/server/HttpProxyTest.groovy
index fb5d04791d2..3f7a5cc41cd 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/server/HttpProxyTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/server/HttpProxyTest.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package server
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.server.http.HttpProxy
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.OkHttpUtils
 import okhttp3.MediaType
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ import static datadog.trace.agent.test.server.http.TestHttpServer.httpServer
 })
 class HttpProxyTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   @AutoCleanup
   @Shared
   def proxy = new HttpProxy()
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/server/HttpServerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/server/HttpServerTest.groovy
index 84510eeab1d..16da158c2c2 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/server/HttpServerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/server/HttpServerTest.groovy
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import static datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.TraceUtils.runUnderTrace
 
 import datadog.communication.util.IOUtils
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.OkHttpUtils
 import okhttp3.MultipartBody
 import okhttp3.Request
@@ -14,6 +15,14 @@ import spock.lang.Shared
 /* Don't actually need AgentTestRunner, but it messes up the classloader for AgentTestRunnerTest if this runs first. */
 
 class HttpServerTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
+
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   @Shared
   def client = OkHttpUtils.client()
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/synthetic/SyntheticForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/synthetic/SyntheticForkedTest.groovy
index ffeb41b6196..0b9f545916e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/synthetic/SyntheticForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/synthetic/SyntheticForkedTest.groovy
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 package synthetic
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 
 abstract class SyntheticForkedTestBase extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def "test Synthetic methods"() {
     expect:
     SyntheticTestInstrumentation.Compute.result(i) == computed(i)
@@ -25,6 +33,8 @@ class SyntheticForkedTest extends SyntheticForkedTestBase {
   @Override
   protected void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
 
     System.setProperty("synthetic.test.enabled", "true")
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/utils/PortUtilsTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/utils/PortUtilsTest.groovy
index 511e6929557..88be11bf2df 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/utils/PortUtilsTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/utils/PortUtilsTest.groovy
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 package utils
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.PortUtils
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 class PortUtilsTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
+
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def "expect waitForPortToOpen succeed"() {
     given:
     int port = PortUtils.randomOpenPort()
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/utils/ThreadUtilsTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/utils/ThreadUtilsTest.groovy
index dbd0f8041ea..f6736550716 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/utils/ThreadUtilsTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation-testing/src/test/groovy/utils/ThreadUtilsTest.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.test.util.ThreadUtils
 import org.spockframework.runtime.ConditionNotSatisfiedError
 import spock.lang.FailsWith
@@ -11,6 +12,13 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
 class ThreadUtilsTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation - test module loads test instrumentations with fake names
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   @Shared
   def counter = new AtomicInteger()
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datadog/tracing/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/MeasuredConfigTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datadog/tracing/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/MeasuredConfigTest.groovy
index c3f540b4d38..6ba58ea4a1c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datadog/tracing/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/MeasuredConfigTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datadog/tracing/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/MeasuredConfigTest.groovy
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ class MeasuredConfigTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Override
   void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
     injectSysConfig("dd.trace.methods", "package.ClassName[method1,method2];${ConfigTracedCallable.name}[call];${ConfigTracedCallable2.name}[*];")
     injectSysConfig("dd.measure.methods", "package.ClassName[method1,method2];${ConfigTracedCallable.name}[call];${ConfigTracedCallable2.name}[*];")
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datadog/tracing/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceConfigTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datadog/tracing/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceConfigTest.groovy
index f1c0874e670..d5e556e1c36 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datadog/tracing/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceConfigTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datadog/tracing/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceConfigTest.groovy
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ class TraceConfigTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Override
   void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
     injectSysConfig("dd.trace.methods", "package.ClassName[method1,method2];${ConfigTracedCallable.name}[call];${ConfigTracedCallable2.name}[*];${Animal.name}[animalSound];${DictionaryElement.name}[*];${Floor.name}[setNumber];${Mammal.name}[*]")
   }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest.groovy
index 59bea7669e1..408d0dcdabe 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -29,8 +30,14 @@ class Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
   def client = testNode.client()
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest.groovy
index e04c446c81e..cbd5b5e1b38 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -32,8 +33,14 @@ class Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Shared
   TransportClient client
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
index 2e98f8166b5..b39626c161f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package springdata
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
@@ -20,6 +21,13 @@ class Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Shared
   DocRepository repo = applicationContext.getBean(DocRepository)
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def cleanup() {
     def cleanupSpan = runUnderTrace("cleanup") {
       repo.refresh()
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest.groovy
index 62b1b909f07..cb4002309eb 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/latestDepTest/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest.groovy
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package springdata
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse
@@ -36,8 +37,14 @@ class Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Shared
   ElasticsearchTemplate template
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest.groovy
index 6e419097bb9..cc066bcd822 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.naming.VersionedNamingTestBase
 import datadog.trace.api.Config
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
@@ -26,8 +27,14 @@ abstract class Elasticsearch2NodeClientTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
 
   def client = testNode.client()
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest.groovy
index a765a46a229..fa2a5d76ccc 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.naming.VersionedNamingTestBase
 import datadog.trace.api.Config
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
@@ -34,8 +35,14 @@ abstract class Elasticsearch2TransportClientTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase
   @Shared
   TransportClient client
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
index 141d8476270..3f3e0853c66 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package springdata
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.naming.VersionedNamingTestBase
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ abstract class Elasticsearch2SpringRepositoryTest extends VersionedNamingTestBas
     TEST_WRITER.waitUntilReported(cleanupSpan)
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def setupSpec() {
     // force putting the mapping here to avoid flakiness
     repo.index(new Doc())
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest.groovy
index 6d85d26507b..d5227c37dfa 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-2.0/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package springdata
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.naming.VersionedNamingTestBase
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse
@@ -35,8 +36,14 @@ abstract class Elasticsearch2SpringTemplateTest extends VersionedNamingTestBase
   @Shared
   ElasticsearchTemplate template
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch5NodeClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch5NodeClientTest.groovy
index 198ed0e0b3b..996f7e3d34e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch5NodeClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch5NodeClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -28,8 +29,14 @@ class Elasticsearch5NodeClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
   def client = testNode.client()
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch5TransportClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch5TransportClientTest.groovy
index f9e1637244a..82ed0d6d7a3 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch5TransportClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch5TransportClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -36,8 +37,14 @@ class Elasticsearch5TransportClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Shared
   TransportClient client
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch53NodeClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch53NodeClientTest.groovy
index 06aedcae037..218f75e6454 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch53NodeClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch53NodeClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -28,8 +29,14 @@ class Elasticsearch53NodeClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
   def client = testNode.client()
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch53TransportClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch53TransportClientTest.groovy
index cf2afb15466..cb05afcc747 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch53TransportClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch53TransportClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -37,8 +38,14 @@ class Elasticsearch53TransportClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Shared
   String clusterName = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch53SpringRepositoryTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch53SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
index c65155597cc..82f22c908e0 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch53SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch53SpringRepositoryTest.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package springdata
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext
@@ -54,6 +55,13 @@ class Elasticsearch53SpringRepositoryTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def setupSpec() {
     repo.refresh() // lazy init
     cleanup()
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch53SpringTemplateTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch53SpringTemplateTest.groovy
index b7c2664da3b..b047c5873cf 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch53SpringTemplateTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-5.3/src/test/groovy/springdata/Elasticsearch53SpringTemplateTest.groovy
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package springdata
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse
@@ -46,8 +47,14 @@ class Elasticsearch53SpringTemplateTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Shared
   ElasticsearchTemplate template
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-6.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch6NodeClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-6.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch6NodeClientTest.groovy
index 3845d1873eb..1171175820e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-6.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch6NodeClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-6.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch6NodeClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -27,8 +28,14 @@ class Elasticsearch6NodeClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
   def client = testNode.client()
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-6.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch6TransportClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-6.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch6TransportClientTest.groovy
index 6df99841620..3fcc03496b5 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-6.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch6TransportClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-6.0/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch6TransportClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ class Elasticsearch6TransportClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Shared
   TransportClient client
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch73NodeClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch73NodeClientTest.groovy
index 6d9e5b44900..d3e192b3f82 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch73NodeClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch73NodeClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -27,8 +28,14 @@ class Elasticsearch73NodeClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
 
   def client = testNode.client()
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "ES work dir: $esWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch73TransportClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch73TransportClientTest.groovy
index 32a4ea411cd..b2a19e0ad2e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch73TransportClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/src/test/groovy/Elasticsearch73TransportClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ class Elasticsearch73TransportClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
   @Shared
   TransportClient client
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def setupSpec() {
     esWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-es-working-dir-", "")
     esWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/mule-4.5/src/test/groovy/mule4/MuleForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/mule-4.5/src/test/groovy/mule4/MuleForkedTest.groovy
index 07f201d3cae..2fb36652a66 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/mule-4.5/src/test/groovy/mule4/MuleForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/mule-4.5/src/test/groovy/mule4/MuleForkedTest.groovy
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import static org.mule.runtime.api.util.MuleTestUtil.muleSpan
 import com.squareup.moshi.Moshi
 import com.squareup.moshi.Types
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.base.WithHttpServer
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.core.DDSpan
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ class MuleForkedTest extends WithHttpServer<MuleTestContainer> {
   @Override
   protected void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads HttpServerTestHandlerInstrumentation
+    // which uses the fake instrumentation name "mule4-http-server-test-handler"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
     injectSysConfig("integration.mule.enabled", "true")
   }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/mule-4.5/src/test/groovy/mule4/MuleHttpServerForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/mule-4.5/src/test/groovy/mule4/MuleHttpServerForkedTest.groovy
index c102754dc74..c5b060a2f2b 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/mule-4.5/src/test/groovy/mule4/MuleHttpServerForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/mule-4.5/src/test/groovy/mule4/MuleHttpServerForkedTest.groovy
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import static org.mule.runtime.api.util.MuleTestUtil.muleSpan
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.asserts.TraceAssert
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.base.HttpServerTest
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import spock.lang.Shared
 
 class MuleHttpServerForkedTest extends HttpServerTest<MuleTestContainer> {
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ class MuleHttpServerForkedTest extends HttpServerTest<MuleTestContainer> {
   @Override
   protected void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
     injectSysConfig("integration.mule.enabled", "true")
   }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/opensearch/opensearch-transport-1.0/src/test/groovy/OpensearchNodeClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/opensearch/opensearch-transport-1.0/src/test/groovy/OpensearchNodeClientTest.groovy
index 488b808d600..153a764ac71 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/opensearch/opensearch-transport-1.0/src/test/groovy/OpensearchNodeClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/opensearch/opensearch-transport-1.0/src/test/groovy/OpensearchNodeClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -33,8 +34,14 @@ class OpensearchNodeClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
     false
   }
 
-  def setupSpec() {
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
 
+  def setupSpec() {
     aosWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-aos-working-dir-", "")
     aosWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
     println "AOS work dir: $aosWorkingDir"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/opensearch/opensearch-transport-1.0/src/test/groovy/OpensearchTransportClientTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/opensearch/opensearch-transport-1.0/src/test/groovy/OpensearchTransportClientTest.groovy
index 273802eb278..42f23f38ea2 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/opensearch/opensearch-transport-1.0/src/test/groovy/OpensearchTransportClientTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/opensearch/opensearch-transport-1.0/src/test/groovy/OpensearchTransportClientTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
 import datadog.trace.test.util.Flaky
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthRequest
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@ class OpensearchTransportClientTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
     false
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected void configurePreAgent() {
+    super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads a BreakTrace test instrumentation with fake name "test"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
+  }
+
   def setupSpec() {
     aosWorkingDir = File.createTempDir("test-aos-working-dir-", "")
     aosWorkingDir.deleteOnExit()
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/wildfly-9.0/src/test/groovy/WildFlyForkedTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/wildfly-9.0/src/test/groovy/WildFlyForkedTest.groovy
index 6ababdb5f24..4c2eb9663a3 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/wildfly-9.0/src/test/groovy/WildFlyForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/wildfly-9.0/src/test/groovy/WildFlyForkedTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.environment.JavaVirtualMachine
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.base.WithHttpServer
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.naming.TestingGenericHttpNamingConventions
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.OkHttpUtils
 import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import test.TestServlet
   JavaVirtualMachine.isJavaVersionAtLeast(22)
 })
 class WildFlyForkedTest extends WithHttpServer<EmbeddedWildfly> implements TestingGenericHttpNamingConventions.ServerV0 {
+
   @Override
   EmbeddedWildfly startServer(int port) {
     // create the archive
@@ -39,6 +41,9 @@ class WildFlyForkedTest extends WithHttpServer<EmbeddedWildfly> implements Testi
   @Override
   protected void configurePreAgent() {
     super.configurePreAgent()
+    // Opt out of strict config validation because this test loads ModulePatchInstrumentation
+    // which uses the fake instrumentation name "jboss-module-patch"
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.TEST)
     // otherwise there are differences in setting the resource name across wildfly versions
     injectSysConfig("undertow.legacy.tracing.enabled", "false")
   }
diff --git a/utils/test-utils/build.gradle.kts b/utils/test-utils/build.gradle.kts
index 1f975c4ad45..6ec6b9c66db 100644
--- a/utils/test-utils/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/utils/test-utils/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
   api(libs.bytebuddyagent)
 
   api(project(":components:environment"))
+  api(project(":utils:config-utils"))
   api(group = "commons-fileupload", name = "commons-fileupload", version = "1.5")
 
   compileOnly(libs.junit.jupiter)
diff --git a/utils/test-utils/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/test/util/DDSpecification.groovy b/utils/test-utils/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/test/util/DDSpecification.groovy
index e7967d38006..3e18712f52d 100644
--- a/utils/test-utils/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/test/util/DDSpecification.groovy
+++ b/utils/test-utils/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/test/util/DDSpecification.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package datadog.trace.test.util
 
 import datadog.environment.EnvironmentVariables
+import datadog.trace.config.inversion.ConfigHelper
 import de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis.SuppressForbidden
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor
 import java.lang.reflect.Field
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ abstract class DDSpecification extends Specification {
   private static Constructor instConfigConstructor
   private static Field configInstanceField
   private static Constructor configConstructor
+  private static ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy previousStrictnessPolicy
 
   static {
     allowContextTesting()
@@ -90,6 +92,17 @@ abstract class DDSpecification extends Specification {
     }
   }
 
+  private void enableStrictTestPolicy() {
+    previousStrictnessPolicy = ConfigHelper.get().configInversionStrictFlag()
+    ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(ConfigHelper.StrictnessPolicy.STRICT_TEST)
+  }
+
+  private void restoreStrictnessPolicy() {
+    if (previousStrictnessPolicy != null) {
+      ConfigHelper.get().setConfigInversionStrict(previousStrictnessPolicy)
+    }
+  }
+
   private void saveProperties() {
     originalSystemProperties = new Properties()
     originalSystemProperties.putAll(System.properties)
@@ -117,9 +130,11 @@ abstract class DDSpecification extends Specification {
     }
 
     saveProperties()
+    enableStrictTestPolicy()
   }
 
   void cleanupSpec() {
+    restoreStrictnessPolicy()
     restoreProperties()
 
     assert EnvironmentVariables.getAll().findAll { it.key.startsWith("DD_") }.isEmpty()
@@ -154,6 +169,12 @@ abstract class DDSpecification extends Specification {
   }
 
   void cleanup() {
+    // Assert no unsupported configs were encountered during the test
+    def unsupported = ConfigHelper.get().drainUnsupportedConfigs()
+    assert unsupported.isEmpty(): "Unsupported configurations found during test. " +
+    "Add these to metadata/supported-configurations.json or opt out with StrictnessPolicy.TEST:\n  " +
+    unsupported.join("\n  ")
+
     environmentVariables.clear()
 
     restoreProperties()