diff --git a/test/otel/standard/logs_checkpoint_test.go b/test/otel/standard/logs_checkpoint_test.go
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+//go:build integration
+
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package standard
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+const (
+	checkpointTargetDeploy = "deploy/nginx-test"
+	checkpointTargetNS     = "default"
+	checkpointTotalMarkers = 20
+	checkpointKillAfter    = 10
+)
+
+func TestCheckpointRestartRecovery(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	runID := fmt.Sprintf("ckpt-%d", time.Now().UnixNano()%1000000)
+
+	podInfo, err := kubectlRun("get", "pod", "-n", checkpointTargetNS,
+		"-l", "app=nginx-test",
+		"--field-selector=status.phase=Running",
+		"-o", "jsonpath={.items[0].metadata.name},{.items[0].spec.nodeName}")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "finding nginx-test pod")
+	parts := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(podInfo), ",", 2)
+	require.Len(t, parts, 2, "expected pod,node from nginx-test")
+	nginxPod, nginxNode := parts[0], parts[1]
+	t.Logf("nginx-test pod: %s on node: %s", nginxPod, nginxNode)
+
+	agentPod, err := kubectlRun("get", "pod", "-n", "amazon-cloudwatch",
+		"-l", "app.kubernetes.io/name=cloudwatch-agent",
+		"--field-selector=spec.nodeName="+nginxNode+",status.phase=Running",
+		"-o", "jsonpath={.items[0].metadata.name}")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "finding agent pod")
+	agentPod = strings.TrimSpace(agentPod)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, agentPod, "no agent pod on node %s", nginxNode)
+	t.Logf("agent pod: %s", agentPod)
+
+	// Step 1: Warmup — confirm agent is tailing nginx-test.
+	warmup := fmt.Sprintf("%s-warmup", runID)
+	emitMarkerToNginx(t, warmup)
+	t.Log("warmup emitted, waiting 2 min")
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Minute)
+
+	count := queryMarkerCount(t, ctx, warmup, 5*time.Minute)
+	require.True(t, count > 0, "warmup marker not in CW Logs — agent not tailing nginx-test")
+	t.Log("warmup confirmed")
+
+	// Step 2: Emit first batch.
+	t.Logf("emitting markers 1-%d", checkpointKillAfter)
+	for i := 1; i <= checkpointKillAfter; i++ {
+		emitMarkerToNginx(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s-marker-%03d", runID, i))
+		time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
+	// Step 3: Kill agent.
+	t.Logf("killing agent pod %s", agentPod)
+	_, err = kubectlRun("delete", "pod", "-n", "amazon-cloudwatch", agentPod, "--grace-period=0", "--force")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+
+	// Step 4: Emit remaining markers while agent is down.
+	t.Logf("emitting markers %d-%d (agent restarting)", checkpointKillAfter+1, checkpointTotalMarkers)
+	for i := checkpointKillAfter + 1; i <= checkpointTotalMarkers; i++ {
+		emitMarkerToNginx(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s-marker-%03d", runID, i))
+		time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+
+	// Step 5: Wait for restart.
+	t.Log("waiting for agent restart")
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		out, _ := kubectlRun("get", "pod", "-n", "amazon-cloudwatch",
+			"-l", "app.kubernetes.io/name=cloudwatch-agent",
+			"--field-selector=spec.nodeName="+nginxNode+",status.phase=Running",
+			"-o", "jsonpath={.items[0].metadata.name}")
+		name := strings.TrimSpace(out)
+		return name != "" && name != agentPod
+	}, 120*time.Second, 5*time.Second)
+
+	t.Log("waiting 4 min for propagation")
+	time.Sleep(4 * time.Minute)
+
+	// Step 6: Verify all markers.
+	seen := make(map[int]int)
+	for i := 1; i <= checkpointTotalMarkers; i++ {
+		seen[i] = queryMarkerCount(t, ctx, fmt.Sprintf("%s-marker-%03d", runID, i), 15*time.Minute)
+	}
+
+	t.Log("results:")
+	for i := 1; i <= checkpointTotalMarkers; i++ {
+		t.Logf("  marker-%03d: %d", i, seen[i])
+	}
+
+	var missing []int
+	for i := 1; i <= checkpointTotalMarkers; i++ {
+		if seen[i] == 0 {
+			missing = append(missing, i)
+		}
+	}
+	require.Empty(t, missing, "GAPS — markers not delivered: %v", missing)
+
+	var dupes []string
+	for i := 1; i <= checkpointTotalMarkers; i++ {
+		if seen[i] > 1 {
+			dupes = append(dupes, fmt.Sprintf("%03d(x%d)", i, seen[i]))
+		}
+	}
+	require.Empty(t, dupes, "DUPLICATES: %v", dupes)
+
+	t.Logf("PASS: all %d markers delivered exactly once", checkpointTotalMarkers)
+}
+
+func emitMarkerToNginx(t *testing.T, msg string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	_, err := kubectlRun("exec", "-n", checkpointTargetNS, checkpointTargetDeploy, "--",
+		"sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf("echo '%s' >> /proc/1/fd/1", msg))
+	require.NoError(t, err, "emitting %q", msg)
+}
+
+func queryMarkerCount(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, marker string, lookback time.Duration) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	query := fmt.Sprintf(`fields @message | filter @message like '%s' | limit 100`, marker)
+	results, err := logsClient.QueryRaw(ctx, appLogGroup(), query, lookback)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "querying %q", marker)
+	return len(results)
+}
+
+func kubectlRun(args ...string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", args...)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	return string(out), err
+}