diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fb47fb1bc..fafd52663 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ func main() {
 			log.Infof("setting displayName to %s", loadedConfig.DisplayName)
 		}
 
-		log.Infof("NGINX Agent %s at %s with pid %d, clientID=%s name=%s",
-			version, commit, os.Getpid(), loadedConfig.ClientID, loadedConfig.DisplayName)
+		log.Infof("NGINX Agent %s at %s with pid %d, clientID=%s name=%s features=%v",
+			version, commit, os.Getpid(), loadedConfig.ClientID, loadedConfig.DisplayName, loadedConfig.Features)
 		sdkGRPC.InitMeta(loadedConfig.ClientID, loadedConfig.CloudAccountID)
 
 		controller, commander, reporter := createGrpcClients(ctx, loadedConfig)
diff --git a/src/core/config/defaults.go b/src/core/config/defaults.go
index 2ecf4a2b5..9c9487b7b 100644
--- a/src/core/config/defaults.go
+++ b/src/core/config/defaults.go
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ var (
 		&StringSliceFlag{
 			Name:  FeaturesKey,
 			Usage: "A comma-separated list of features enabled for the agent.",
+			DefaultValue: Defaults.Features,
 		},
 		// NGINX Config
 		&StringFlag{
diff --git a/src/plugins/dataplane_status_test.go b/src/plugins/dataplane_status_test.go
index 05578ae5e..35fa2e88d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dataplane_status_test.go
+++ b/src/plugins/dataplane_status_test.go
@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ func TestDPSSyncAgentConfigChange(t *testing.T) {
 			testName: "ValuesToUpdate",
 			config: &config.Config{
 				Tags: tutils.InitialConfTags,
+				Features: config.Defaults.Features,
 			},
 			expUpdatedConfig: &config.Config{
 				Tags: updateTags,
+				Features: config.Defaults.Features,
 			},
 			updatedTags: true,
 		},
@@ -106,9 +108,11 @@ func TestDPSSyncAgentConfigChange(t *testing.T) {
 			testName: "NoValuesToUpdate",
 			config: &config.Config{
 				Tags: tutils.InitialConfTags,
+				Features: config.Defaults.Features,
 			},
 			expUpdatedConfig: &config.Config{
 				Tags: tutils.InitialConfTags,
+				Features: config.Defaults.Features,
 			},
 			updatedTags: false,
 		},
diff --git a/src/plugins/metrics_test.go b/src/plugins/metrics_test.go
index 259512548..f4ce17d35 100644
--- a/src/plugins/metrics_test.go
+++ b/src/plugins/metrics_test.go
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ func TestMetrics_Process_AgentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 					CollectionInterval: 10,
 					Mode:               "streaming",
 				},
+				Features: config.Defaults.Features,
 			},
 			expUpdatedConfig: &config.Config{
 				ClientID: "12345",
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ func TestMetrics_Process_AgentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 					CollectionInterval: 10,
 					Mode:               "aggregated",
 				},
+				Features: config.Defaults.Features,
 			},
 			updatedTags: false,
 		},
diff --git a/test/performance/vendor/github.com/nginx/agent/v2/src/core/config/defaults.go b/test/performance/vendor/github.com/nginx/agent/v2/src/core/config/defaults.go
index 2ecf4a2b5..9c9487b7b 100644
--- a/test/performance/vendor/github.com/nginx/agent/v2/src/core/config/defaults.go
+++ b/test/performance/vendor/github.com/nginx/agent/v2/src/core/config/defaults.go
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ var (
 		&StringSliceFlag{
 			Name:  FeaturesKey,
 			Usage: "A comma-separated list of features enabled for the agent.",
+			DefaultValue: Defaults.Features,
 		},
 		// NGINX Config
 		&StringFlag{