diff --git a/netboxlabs/diode/sdk/client.py b/netboxlabs/diode/sdk/client.py
index 9ece94d..1334366 100644
--- a/netboxlabs/diode/sdk/client.py
+++ b/netboxlabs/diode/sdk/client.py
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
 _INGEST_SCOPE = "diode:ingest"
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 _MAX_RETRIES_ENVVAR_NAME = "DIODE_MAX_AUTH_RETRIES"
+# server policy (MinTime 10s so client pings must be >= 10s, e.g. 30s interval).
+_GRPC_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS = 30_000
+_GRPC_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000
+_GRPC_KEEPALIVE_PERMIT_WITHOUT_CALLS = 1
+# 0 = no cap on keepalive pings without data (matches reconciler Python client).
+_GRPC_HTTP2_MAX_PINGS_WITHOUT_DATA = 0
 
 
 def load_dryrun_entities(file_path: str | Path) -> Iterable[Entity]:
@@ -138,6 +144,32 @@ def _get_optional_config_value(
     return value
 
 
+def _otlp_grpc_channel_options(primary_user_agent_value: str) -> list[tuple[str, Any]]:
+    """
+    Build gRPC channel argument list for generic OTLP collectors (user-agent only).
+
+    Avoid aggressive HTTP/2 keepalive here: many OTLP backends enforce strict ping
+    limits and may GOAWAY idle exporters when permit-without-stream or unlimited
+    pings are enabled.
+    """
+    return [
+        ("grpc.primary_user_agent", primary_user_agent_value),
+    ]
+
+
+def _diode_ingest_grpc_channel_options(primary_user_agent_value: str) -> list[tuple[str, Any]]:
+    """Build gRPC channel argument list for the Diode ingester API (with keepalive)."""
+    return _otlp_grpc_channel_options(primary_user_agent_value) + [
+        ("grpc.keepalive_time_ms", _GRPC_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS),
+        ("grpc.keepalive_timeout_ms", _GRPC_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS),
+        (
+            "grpc.keepalive_permit_without_calls",
+            _GRPC_KEEPALIVE_PERMIT_WITHOUT_CALLS,
+        ),
+        ("grpc.http2.max_pings_without_data", _GRPC_HTTP2_MAX_PINGS_WITHOUT_DATA),
+    ]
+
+
 def _get_proxy_env_var(var_name: str) -> str | None:
     """Get proxy environment variable (case-insensitive)."""
     value = os.getenv(var_name.upper())
@@ -335,12 +367,9 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._authenticate(_INGEST_SCOPE)
 
-        channel_opts = [
-            (
-                "grpc.primary_user_agent",
-                f"{self._name}/{self._version} {self._app_name}/{self._app_version}",
-            ),
-        ]
+        channel_opts = _diode_ingest_grpc_channel_options(
+            f"{self._name}/{self._version} {self._app_name}/{self._app_version}"
+        )
 
         proxy_url = _get_grpc_proxy_url(self._target, self._tls_verify)
         if proxy_url:
@@ -631,12 +660,9 @@ def __init__(
             else None
         )
 
-        channel_opts = [
-            (
-                "grpc.primary_user_agent",
-                f"{self._name}/{self._version} {self._app_name}/{self._app_version}",
-            ),
-        ]
+        channel_opts = _otlp_grpc_channel_options(
+            f"{self._name}/{self._version} {self._app_name}/{self._app_version}"
+        )
 
         proxy_url = _get_grpc_proxy_url(self._target, self._tls_verify)
         if proxy_url:
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 1f60717..622711c 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
     DiodeMethodClientInterceptor,
     DiodeOTLPClient,
     _ClientCallDetails,
+    _diode_ingest_grpc_channel_options,
     _DiodeAuthentication,
     _get_sentry_dsn,
     _load_certs,
+    _otlp_grpc_channel_options,
     load_dryrun_entities,
     parse_target,
 )
@@ -268,11 +270,10 @@ def test_insecure_channel_options_with_primary_user_agent(mock_diode_authenticat
 
         mock_insecure_channel.assert_called_once()
         _, kwargs = mock_insecure_channel.call_args
-        assert kwargs["options"] == (
-            (
-                "grpc.primary_user_agent",
-                f"{client.name}/{client.version} {client.app_name}/{client.app_version}",
-            ),
+        assert kwargs["options"] == tuple(
+            _diode_ingest_grpc_channel_options(
+                f"{client.name}/{client.version} {client.app_name}/{client.app_version}"
+            )
         )
 
 
@@ -289,11 +290,10 @@ def test_secure_channel_options_with_primary_user_agent(mock_diode_authenticatio
 
         mock_secure_channel.assert_called_once()
         _, kwargs = mock_secure_channel.call_args
-        assert kwargs["options"] == (
-            (
-                "grpc.primary_user_agent",
-                f"{client.name}/{client.version} {client.app_name}/{client.app_version}",
-            ),
+        assert kwargs["options"] == tuple(
+            _diode_ingest_grpc_channel_options(
+                f"{client.name}/{client.version} {client.app_name}/{client.app_version}"
+            )
         )
 
 
@@ -884,6 +884,30 @@ def test_otlp_client_grpcs_uses_secure_channel():
         base_channel.close.assert_called_once()
 
 
+def test_otlp_insecure_channel_options_exclude_diode_keepalive():
+    """OTLP targets arbitrary collectors; only user-agent is forced (Codex/OBS-2873)."""
+    with (
+        patch("netboxlabs.diode.sdk.client.grpc.insecure_channel") as mock_insecure,
+        patch("netboxlabs.diode.sdk.client.logs_service_pb2_grpc.LogsServiceStub"),
+    ):
+        client = DiodeOTLPClient(
+            target="grpc://collector:4317",
+            app_name="orb-producer",
+            app_version="1.2.3",
+        )
+
+        mock_insecure.assert_called_once()
+        _, kwargs = mock_insecure.call_args
+        ua = (
+            f"{client.name}/{client.version} "
+            f"{client.app_name}/{client.app_version}"
+        )
+        assert kwargs["options"] == tuple(_otlp_grpc_channel_options(ua))
+        assert all(
+            opt[0] != "grpc.keepalive_time_ms" for opt in kwargs["options"]
+        )
+
+
 def test_diode_authentication_with_custom_certificates():
     """Test _DiodeAuthentication with custom certificates - covers SSL context creation."""
     # Create test certificate content