diff --git a/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml b/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml
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+# Triggers a build within the Datadog infrastructure in the ddprof-build repository
+trigger_internal_build:
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /release\/.*/
+      when: never
+    - when: always
+      allow_failure: false
+  variables:
+    DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH: "main"
+    DDPROF_DEFAULT_BRANCH: "main"
+    DDPROF_COMMIT_BRANCH: ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
+    DDROF_COMMIT_SHA: ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
+    DPROF_SHORT_COMMIT_SHA: ${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
+    DDPROF_COMMIT_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
+  trigger:
+    project: DataDog/apm-reliability/async-profiler-build
+    strategy: depend
+    branch: $DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH
+    forward:
+      pipeline_variables: true
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diff --git a/.gitlab/macrobenchmarks.yml b/.gitlab/macrobenchmarks.yml
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+.macrobenchmarks:
+  stage: macrobenchmarks
+  rules:
+    - if: $POPULATE_CACHE
+      when: never
+    - if: ($NIGHTLY_BENCHMARKS || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "schedule") && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
+      when: always
+    - when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
+  tags: ["runner:apm-k8s-same-cpu"]
+  needs: ["build"]
+  interruptible: true
+  timeout: 1h
+  image: 486234852809.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ci/benchmarking-platform:dd-trace-java-petclinic
+  script:
+    ## todo: I need to retrieve profiling lib
+    - git clone --branch java/petclinic https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.ddbuild.io/DataDog/benchmarking-platform platform && cd platform
+    - ./steps/run-benchmarks.sh
+  artifacts:
+    name: "artifacts"
+    when: always
+    paths:
+      - platform/artifacts/
+    expire_in: 3 months
+  variables:
+    FF_USE_LEGACY_KUBERNETES_EXECUTION_STRATEGY: "true"
+
+    K6_OPTIONS_WARMUP_RATE: 2000
+    K6_OPTIONS_WARMUP_DURATION: 5m
+    K6_OPTIONS_WARMUP_GRACEFUL_STOP: 10s
+    K6_OPTIONS_WARMUP_PRE_ALLOCATED_VUS: 4
+    K6_OPTIONS_WARMUP_MAX_VUS: 4
+
+    K6_OPTIONS_NORMAL_OPERATION_RATE: 1500
+    K6_OPTIONS_NORMAL_OPERATION_DURATION: 10m
+    K6_OPTIONS_NORMAL_OPERATION_GRACEFUL_STOP: 10s
+    K6_OPTIONS_NORMAL_OPERATION_PRE_ALLOCATED_VUS: 4
+    K6_OPTIONS_NORMAL_OPERATION_MAX_VUS: 4
+
+    K6_OPTIONS_HIGH_LOAD_RATE: 4000
+    K6_OPTIONS_HIGH_LOAD_DURATION: 5m
+    K6_OPTIONS_HIGH_LOAD_GRACEFUL_STOP: 10s
+    K6_OPTIONS_HIGH_LOAD_PRE_ALLOCATED_VUS: 4
+    K6_OPTIONS_HIGH_LOAD_MAX_VUS: 4
+  retry:
+    max: 2
+    when:
+      - unknown_failure
+      - data_integrity_failure
+      - runner_system_failure
+      - scheduler_failure
+      - api_failure
+
+baseline:
+  extends: .macrobenchmarks
+  variables:
+    BP_BENCHMARKS_CONFIGURATION: baseline
+    TRACER_OPTS: -Ddd.service=bp-java-petclinic
+    JAVA_OPTS: -javaagent:/app/memcheck/stability-testing-memwatch.jar -Xmx128M
+
+tracing-profiling:
+  extends: .macrobenchmarks
+  variables:
+    BP_BENCHMARKS_CONFIGURATION: tracing-profiling
+    TRACER_OPTS: -javaagent:/app/dd-java-agent.jar -Ddd.env=${BP_BENCHMARKS_CONFIGURATION} -Ddd.service=bp-java-petclinic
+    JAVA_OPTS: -javaagent:/app/memcheck/stability-testing-memwatch.jar -Xmx128M