diff --git a/src/Api/Program.cs b/src/Api/Program.cs
index baeaab9fdbb4..51096693b544 100644
--- a/src/Api/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Api/Program.cs
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@ public class Program
 {
     public static void Main(string[] args)
     {
-        Host
+        CreateHostBuilder(args).Build().Run();
+    }
+
+    public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args)
+    {
+        return Host
             .CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
             .UseBitwardenSdk()
             .ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder =>
             {
                 webBuilder.UseStartup<Startup>();
             })
-            .AddSerilogFileLogging()
-            .Build()
-            .Run();
+            .AddSerilogFileLogging();
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Api.IntegrationTest/Platform/RelayPushRegistrationServiceTests.cs b/test/Api.IntegrationTest/Platform/RelayPushRegistrationServiceTests.cs
index fa7a741b2797..11ccacec26fe 100644
--- a/test/Api.IntegrationTest/Platform/RelayPushRegistrationServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Api.IntegrationTest/Platform/RelayPushRegistrationServiceTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Bit.Api.IntegrationTest.Factories;
+using Bit.Api.IntegrationTest.Factories;
 using Bit.Core.Enums;
 using Bit.Core.Platform.Installations;
 using Bit.Core.Platform.Push;
diff --git a/test/IntegrationTestCommon/Factories/WebApplicationFactoryBase.cs b/test/IntegrationTestCommon/Factories/WebApplicationFactoryBase.cs
index 2271611125db..eb192b64a904 100644
--- a/test/IntegrationTestCommon/Factories/WebApplicationFactoryBase.cs
+++ b/test/IntegrationTestCommon/Factories/WebApplicationFactoryBase.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
 using NSubstitute;
@@ -122,6 +123,22 @@ public void UpdateConfiguration(string key, string? value)
         });
     }
 
+    protected override IHostBuilder? CreateHostBuilder()
+    {
+        var builder = base.CreateHostBuilder();
+        // Disable OTel in all test factories. UseBitwardenSdk() registers OTLP exporters that
+        // open gRPC channels with exponential-backoff retries; when the endpoint is unreachable
+        // (e.g. CI) the retry loop stalls response-body completion for ~136 s per request.
+        builder?.ConfigureAppConfiguration((_, config) =>
+        {
+            config.AddInMemoryCollection(new Dictionary<string, string?>
+            {
+                { "OpenTelemetry:Enabled", "false" },
+            });
+        });
+        return builder;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Configure the web host to use a SQLite in memory database
     /// </summary>
@@ -169,8 +186,6 @@ protected override void ConfigureWebHost(IWebHostBuilder builder)
                 .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
                 .AddJsonFile("appsettings.Development.json");
 
-            c.AddUserSecrets(typeof(Identity.Startup).Assembly, optional: true);
-
             c.AddInMemoryCollection(config);
         });