diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df769d2..0dd34a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
 /.idea
+/.worktrees
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0ce470a..1c9f528 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = [
   "crates/*",
 ]
+exclude = [
+  "crates/.claude",
+]
 
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2024"
diff --git a/crates/datadog-trace-agent/src/http_utils.rs b/crates/datadog-trace-agent/src/http_utils.rs
index 74bc510..c1f265b 100644
--- a/crates/datadog-trace-agent/src/http_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/datadog-trace-agent/src/http_utils.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,23 @@ pub fn verify_request_content_length(
     None
 }
 
+/// Environment variable set by the Lambda runtime to indicate the initialisation type.
+/// Lambda Web Adapter (web function / native-http mode) sets this to `"native-http"`;
+/// standard on-demand invocations set it to `"on-demand"`.
+const ENV_LAMBDA_INIT_TYPE: &str = "AWS_LAMBDA_INITIALIZATION_TYPE";
+
+/// Returns true if the current environment is Lambda Lite (web function / native-http mode).
+///
+/// Determined by checking [`ENV_LAMBDA_INIT_TYPE`] == `"native-http"`. This is used to gate
+/// behaviour specific to long-running web server deployments on Lambda Lite.
+pub fn is_lambda_lite() -> bool {
+    is_lambda_lite_from_env(std::env::var(ENV_LAMBDA_INIT_TYPE).ok().as_deref())
+}
+
+fn is_lambda_lite_from_env(val: Option<&str>) -> bool {
+    val == Some("native-http")
+}
+
 /// Builds a reqwest client with optional proxy configuration and timeout.
 /// Uses rustls TLS by default. FIPS-compliant TLS is available via the fips feature
 pub fn build_client(
@@ -134,8 +151,29 @@ mod tests {
     use hyper::header;
     use libdd_common::hyper_migration;
 
+    use super::is_lambda_lite_from_env;
     use super::verify_request_content_length;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_lambda_lite_native_http() {
+        assert!(is_lambda_lite_from_env(Some("native-http")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_lambda_lite_on_demand() {
+        assert!(!is_lambda_lite_from_env(Some("on-demand")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_lambda_lite_empty_string() {
+        assert!(!is_lambda_lite_from_env(Some("")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_lambda_lite_unset() {
+        assert!(!is_lambda_lite_from_env(None));
+    }
+
     fn create_test_headers_with_content_length(val: &str) -> HeaderMap {
         let mut map = HeaderMap::new();
         map.insert(header::CONTENT_LENGTH, val.parse().unwrap());
diff --git a/crates/datadog-trace-agent/src/mini_agent.rs b/crates/datadog-trace-agent/src/mini_agent.rs
index 855290c..53500ff 100644
--- a/crates/datadog-trace-agent/src/mini_agent.rs
+++ b/crates/datadog-trace-agent/src/mini_agent.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Instant;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver, Sender};
-use tracing::{debug, error};
+use tracing::{debug, error, warn};
 
 use crate::http_utils::{log_and_create_http_response, verify_request_content_length};
 use crate::proxy_flusher::{ProxyFlusher, ProxyRequest};
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ const PROFILING_ENDPOINT_PATH: &str = "/profiling/v1/input";
 const TRACER_PAYLOAD_CHANNEL_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 10;
 const STATS_PAYLOAD_CHANNEL_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 10;
 const PROXY_PAYLOAD_CHANNEL_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 10;
+/// Sentinel file written on startup in Lambda Lite mode.
+/// dd-trace (Node.js) checks this path via DATADOG_MINI_AGENT_PATH in constants.js
+/// (datadog/dd-trace-js) to decide whether to switch from LogExporter (stdout) to
+/// AgentExporter (HTTP :8126).
+/// The parent directory `/tmp/datadog/` is created by the serverless-compat JS layer
+/// before this binary is spawned.
+const LAMBDA_LITE_SENTINEL_PATH: &str = "/tmp/datadog/mini_agent_ready";
 
 pub struct MiniAgent {
     pub config: Arc<config::Config>,
@@ -147,6 +154,27 @@ impl MiniAgent {
             now.elapsed().as_millis()
         );
 
+        // Write a sentinel file so that Node.js dd-trace detects a running agent and
+        // switches from LogExporter (stdout) to AgentExporter (HTTP :8126).
+        // Only written for Lambda Lite; standard Lambda invocations use the Lambda
+        // Extension path (/opt/extensions/datadog-agent) instead.
+        // /opt is read-only in Lambda Lite, so we use /tmp/datadog/ (created by the
+        // serverless-compat JS layer before spawning this binary).
+        if crate::http_utils::is_lambda_lite() {
+            let sentinel = std::path::Path::new(LAMBDA_LITE_SENTINEL_PATH);
+            if let Some(parent) = sentinel.parent() {
+                let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(parent);
+            }
+            if let Err(e) = std::fs::write(sentinel, b"") {
+                warn!(
+                    "Could not write Lambda Lite sentinel file at {}: {}. \
+                     dd-trace (Node.js) will fall back to LogExporter (stdout), \
+                     traces may not reach Datadog.",
+                    LAMBDA_LITE_SENTINEL_PATH, e
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
         if let Some(pipe_name) = pipe_name_opt {
             // Windows named pipe transport
             #[cfg(all(windows, feature = "windows-pipes"))]