diff --git a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto.c b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto.c
index ccc611112d6..d390cb98d6a 100644
--- a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto.c
+++ b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto.c
@@ -943,6 +943,54 @@ static int cb_azure_kusto_init(struct flb_output_instance *ins, struct flb_confi
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Create upstream context for Kusto Cluster endpoint (for streaming ingestion)
+     * Convert ingestion endpoint to cluster endpoint by removing "ingest-" prefix
+     */
+    if (ctx->streaming_ingestion_enabled == FLB_TRUE) {
+        flb_sds_t cluster_endpoint = NULL;
+
+        /* Check if ingestion endpoint contains "ingest-" prefix */
+        if (strstr(ctx->ingestion_endpoint, "ingest-") != NULL) {
+            /* Create cluster endpoint by removing "ingest-" prefix */
+            cluster_endpoint = flb_sds_create(ctx->ingestion_endpoint);
+            if (!cluster_endpoint) {
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "failed to create cluster endpoint string");
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            /* Replace "ingest-" with empty string to get cluster endpoint */
+            char *ingest_pos = strstr(cluster_endpoint, "ingest-");
+            if (ingest_pos) {
+                /* Move the rest of the string to remove "ingest-" */
+                memmove(ingest_pos, ingest_pos + 7, strlen(ingest_pos + 7) + 1);
+                flb_sds_len_set(cluster_endpoint, flb_sds_len(cluster_endpoint) - 7);
+            }
+
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Creating cluster upstream connection to: %s", cluster_endpoint);
+
+            /* Create upstream connection to cluster endpoint */
+            ctx->u_cluster = flb_upstream_create_url(config, cluster_endpoint, io_flags, ins->tls);
+            if (!ctx->u_cluster) {
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "cluster upstream creation failed for endpoint: %s", cluster_endpoint);
+                flb_sds_destroy(cluster_endpoint);
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            flb_sds_destroy(cluster_endpoint);
+        } else {
+            flb_plg_warn(ctx->ins, "ingestion endpoint does not contain 'ingest-' prefix, using as cluster endpoint");
+            /* Use ingestion endpoint directly as cluster endpoint */
+            ctx->u_cluster = flb_upstream_create_url(config, ctx->ingestion_endpoint, io_flags, ins->tls);
+            if (!ctx->u_cluster) {
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "cluster upstream creation failed");
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Cluster upstream connection created successfully for streaming ingestion");
+    }
+
     flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "async flag is %d", flb_stream_is_async(&ctx->u->base));
 
     /* Create oauth2 context */
@@ -1396,22 +1444,50 @@ static void cb_azure_kusto_flush(struct flb_event_chunk *event_chunk,
         }
         flb_plg_trace(ctx->ins, "payload size after compression %zu", final_payload_size);
 
-        /* Load or refresh ingestion resources */
-        ret = azure_kusto_load_ingestion_resources(ctx, config);
-        flb_plg_trace(ctx->ins, "load_ingestion_resources: ret=%d", ret);
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "cannot load ingestion resources");
-            ret = FLB_RETRY;
-            goto error;
-        }
+        /* Check if streaming ingestion is enabled */
+        if (ctx->streaming_ingestion_enabled == FLB_TRUE) {
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_STREAMING] Streaming ingestion mode enabled for tag: %s", event_chunk->tag);
 
-        /* Perform queued ingestion to Kusto */
-        ret = azure_kusto_queued_ingestion(ctx, event_chunk->tag, tag_len, final_payload, final_payload_size, NULL);
-        flb_plg_trace(ctx->ins, "after kusto queued ingestion %d", ret);
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "cannot perform queued ingestion");
-            ret = FLB_RETRY;
-            goto error;
+            /* Check payload size limit for streaming ingestion (4MB) */
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_STREAMING] Checking payload size: %zu bytes against 4MB limit", final_payload_size);
+            if (final_payload_size > 4194304) { /* 4MB = 4 * 1024 * 1024 */
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_STREAMING] ERROR: Payload size %zu bytes exceeds 4MB limit for streaming ingestion", final_payload_size);
+                ret = FLB_ERROR;
+                goto error;
+            }
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_STREAMING] Payload size check passed (%zu bytes < 4MB)", final_payload_size);
+
+            /* Perform streaming ingestion to Kusto */
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_STREAMING] Initiating streaming ingestion to Kusto");
+            ret = azure_kusto_streaming_ingestion(ctx, event_chunk->tag, tag_len, final_payload, final_payload_size);
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_STREAMING] Streaming ingestion completed with result: %d", ret);
+
+            if (ret != 0) {
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_STREAMING] ERROR: Streaming ingestion failed, will retry");
+                ret = FLB_RETRY;
+                goto error;
+            } else {
+                flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_STREAMING] SUCCESS: Streaming ingestion completed successfully");
+            }
+        } else {
+            flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[FLUSH_QUEUED] Using queued ingestion mode (streaming ingestion disabled)");
+            /* Load or refresh ingestion resources for queued ingestion */
+            ret = azure_kusto_load_ingestion_resources(ctx, config);
+            flb_plg_trace(ctx->ins, "load_ingestion_resources: ret=%d", ret);
+            if (ret != 0) {
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "cannot load ingestion resources");
+                ret = FLB_RETRY;
+                goto error;
+            }
+
+            /* Perform queued ingestion to Kusto */
+            ret = azure_kusto_queued_ingestion(ctx, event_chunk->tag, tag_len, final_payload, final_payload_size, NULL);
+            flb_plg_trace(ctx->ins, "after kusto queued ingestion %d", ret);
+            if (ret != 0) {
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "cannot perform queued ingestion");
+                ret = FLB_RETRY;
+                goto error;
+            }
         }
 
         ret = FLB_OK;
@@ -1501,6 +1577,11 @@ static int cb_azure_kusto_exit(void *data, struct flb_config *config)
         ctx->u = NULL;
     }
 
+    if (ctx->u_cluster) {
+        flb_upstream_destroy(ctx->u_cluster);
+        ctx->u_cluster = NULL;
+    }
+
     pthread_mutex_destroy(&ctx->resources_mutex);
     pthread_mutex_destroy(&ctx->token_mutex);
     pthread_mutex_destroy(&ctx->blob_mutex);
@@ -1565,6 +1646,11 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
      offsetof(struct flb_azure_kusto, compression_enabled),
     "Enable HTTP payload compression (gzip)."
     "The default is true."},
+    {FLB_CONFIG_MAP_BOOL, "streaming_ingestion_enabled", "false", 0, FLB_TRUE,
+     offsetof(struct flb_azure_kusto, streaming_ingestion_enabled),
+    "Enable streaming ingestion. When enabled, data is sent directly to Kusto engine without using blob storage and queues. "
+    "Note: Streaming ingestion has a 4MB limit per request and doesn't support buffering."
+    "The default is false (uses queued ingestion)."},
     {FLB_CONFIG_MAP_TIME, "ingestion_resources_refresh_interval", FLB_AZURE_KUSTO_RESOURCES_LOAD_INTERVAL_SEC,0, FLB_TRUE,
      offsetof(struct flb_azure_kusto, ingestion_resources_refresh_interval),
     "Set the azure kusto ingestion resources refresh interval"
diff --git a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto.h b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto.h
index 362b1379533..6b53eb23c4f 100644
--- a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto.h
+++ b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto.h
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ struct flb_azure_kusto {
     /* compress payload */
     int compression_enabled;
 
+    /* streaming ingestion mode */
+    int streaming_ingestion_enabled;
+
     int ingestion_resources_refresh_interval;
 
     /* records configuration */
@@ -167,6 +170,9 @@ struct flb_azure_kusto {
     /* Upstream connection to the backend server */
     struct flb_upstream *u;
 
+    /* Upstream connection to the main Kusto cluster for streaming ingestion */
+    struct flb_upstream *u_cluster;
+
     struct flb_upstream *imds_upstream;
 
     /* Fluent Bit context */
@@ -179,4 +185,4 @@ struct flb_azure_kusto {
 flb_sds_t get_azure_kusto_token(struct flb_azure_kusto *ctx);
 flb_sds_t execute_ingest_csl_command(struct flb_azure_kusto *ctx, const char *csl);
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_conf.c b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_conf.c
index fa899eab686..ac471b7c3ec 100644
--- a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_conf.c
+++ b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_conf.c
@@ -796,6 +796,24 @@ struct flb_azure_kusto *flb_azure_kusto_conf_create(struct flb_output_instance *
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    /* Validate mutual exclusivity between buffering and streaming ingestion */
+    if (ctx->buffering_enabled && ctx->streaming_ingestion_enabled) {
+        flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "buffering_enabled and streaming_ingestion_enabled cannot both be true. When buffering is enabled, streaming ingestion is automatically disabled");
+        flb_azure_kusto_conf_destroy(ctx);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* Log ingestion mode selection */
+    if (ctx->streaming_ingestion_enabled) {
+        flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "streaming ingestion mode enabled - data will be sent directly to Kusto engine (4MB payload limit per request, no local buffering support)");
+    } else {
+        if (ctx->buffering_enabled) {
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "queued ingestion mode enabled with local file buffering - data will be sent via blob storage and ingestion queues");
+        } else {
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "queued ingestion mode enabled - data will be sent via blob storage and ingestion queues");
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Create oauth2 context */
     if (ctx->auth_type == FLB_AZURE_KUSTO_AUTH_MANAGED_IDENTITY_SYSTEM || 
         ctx->auth_type == FLB_AZURE_KUSTO_AUTH_MANAGED_IDENTITY_USER) {
diff --git a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_ingest.c b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_ingest.c
index 38d2aa076e5..656d427598e 100644
--- a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_ingest.c
+++ b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_ingest.c
@@ -517,6 +517,147 @@ static int azure_kusto_enqueue_ingestion(struct flb_azure_kusto *ctx, flb_sds_t
     return ret;
 }
 
+int azure_kusto_streaming_ingestion(struct flb_azure_kusto *ctx, flb_sds_t tag,
+                                    size_t tag_len, flb_sds_t payload, size_t payload_size)
+{
+    int ret = -1;
+    struct flb_connection *u_conn;
+    struct flb_http_client *c;
+    flb_sds_t uri = NULL;
+    flb_sds_t token = NULL;
+    size_t resp_size;
+    time_t now;
+    struct tm tm;
+    char tmp[64];
+    int len;
+
+    flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Starting for tag: %.*s, payload: %zu bytes, db: %s, table: %s, compression: %s",
+                 (int)tag_len, tag, payload_size, ctx->database_name, ctx->table_name, ctx->compression_enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+
+    now = time(NULL);
+    gmtime_r(&now, &tm);
+    len = strftime(tmp, sizeof(tmp) - 1, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", &tm);
+    flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Request timestamp: %s", tmp);
+
+    /* Get upstream connection to the main Kusto cluster endpoint (for streaming ingestion) */
+    if (!ctx->u_cluster) {
+        flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] ERROR: cluster upstream not available - streaming ingestion requires cluster endpoint");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Getting upstream connection to cluster endpoint");
+    u_conn = flb_upstream_conn_get(ctx->u_cluster);
+    if (!u_conn) {
+        flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] ERROR: failed to get cluster upstream connection");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Successfully obtained upstream connection");
+
+    /* Get authentication token */
+    flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Retrieving OAuth2 authentication token");
+    token = get_azure_kusto_token(ctx);
+    if (!token) {
+        flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] ERROR: failed to retrieve OAuth2 token");
+        flb_upstream_conn_release(u_conn);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Successfully obtained OAuth2 token (length: %zu)", flb_sds_len(token));
+
+    /* Build the streaming ingestion URI */
+    uri = flb_sds_create_size(256);
+    if (!uri) {
+        flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] ERROR: failed to create URI buffer");
+        flb_sds_destroy(token);
+        flb_upstream_conn_release(u_conn);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Create the streaming ingestion URI */
+    if (ctx->ingestion_mapping_reference) {
+        flb_sds_snprintf(&uri, flb_sds_alloc(uri),
+                         "/v1/rest/ingest/%s/%s?streamFormat=MultiJSON&mappingName=%s",
+                         ctx->database_name, ctx->table_name, ctx->ingestion_mapping_reference);
+        flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Using ingestion mapping: %s", ctx->ingestion_mapping_reference);
+    } else {
+        flb_sds_snprintf(&uri, flb_sds_alloc(uri),
+                         "/v1/rest/ingest/%s/%s?streamFormat=MultiJSON",
+                         ctx->database_name, ctx->table_name);
+        flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] No ingestion mapping specified");
+    }
+    flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Request URI: %s", uri);
+
+    /* Create HTTP client for streaming ingestion */
+    flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Creating HTTP client for POST request");
+    c = flb_http_client(u_conn, FLB_HTTP_POST, uri, payload, payload_size,
+                        NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
+
+    if (c) {
+        /* Add required headers for streaming ingestion */
+        flb_http_add_header(c, "User-Agent", 10, "Fluent-Bit", 10);
+        flb_http_add_header(c, "Accept", 6, "application/json", 16);
+        flb_http_add_header(c, "Authorization", 13, token, flb_sds_len(token));
+        flb_http_add_header(c, "x-ms-date", 9, tmp, len);
+        flb_http_add_header(c, "x-ms-client-version", 19, FLB_VERSION_STR, strlen(FLB_VERSION_STR));
+        flb_http_add_header(c, "x-ms-app", 8, "Kusto.Fluent-Bit", 16);
+        flb_http_add_header(c, "x-ms-user", 9, "Kusto.Fluent-Bit", 16);
+
+        /* Set Content-Type based on whether compression is enabled */
+        if (ctx->compression_enabled) {
+            flb_http_add_header(c, "Content-Type", 12, "application/json", 16);
+            flb_http_add_header(c, "Content-Encoding", 16, "gzip", 4);
+            flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Headers set for compressed payload");
+        } else {
+            flb_http_add_header(c, "Content-Type", 12, "application/json; charset=utf-8", 31);
+            flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Headers set for uncompressed payload");
+        }
+
+        flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Payload sample (first 200 chars): %.200s", (char*)payload);
+        flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Sending HTTP POST request to Kusto engine");
+
+        /* Send the HTTP request */
+        ret = flb_http_do(c, &resp_size);
+
+        flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] HTTP request completed - http_do result: %d, HTTP Status: %i, Response size: %zu", ret, c->resp.status, resp_size);
+
+        if (ret == 0) {
+            /* Check for successful HTTP status codes */
+            if (c->resp.status == 200 || c->resp.status == 204) {
+                ret = 0;
+                flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] SUCCESS: Data successfully ingested to Kusto (HTTP %d)", c->resp.status);
+            } else {
+                ret = -1;
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] ERROR: HTTP request failed with status: %i", c->resp.status);
+
+                if (c->resp.payload_size > 0) {
+                    flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Error response body (size: %zu): %.*s",
+                                c->resp.payload_size, (int)c->resp.payload_size, c->resp.payload);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] ERROR: HTTP request failed at transport level (ret=%d)", ret);
+        }
+
+        flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Destroying HTTP client");
+        flb_http_client_destroy(c);
+    } else {
+        flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] ERROR: failed to create HTTP client context");
+    }
+
+    /* Cleanup */
+    flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Cleaning up resources");
+    if (uri) {
+        flb_sds_destroy(uri);
+    }
+    if (token) {
+        flb_sds_destroy(token);
+    }
+    flb_upstream_conn_release(u_conn);
+
+    flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "[STREAMING_INGESTION] Streaming ingestion completed with result: %d", ret);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 /* Function to generate a random alphanumeric string */
 void generate_random_string(char *str, size_t length)
 {
@@ -658,4 +799,4 @@ int azure_kusto_queued_ingestion(struct flb_azure_kusto *ctx, flb_sds_t tag,
     }
 
     return ret;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_ingest.h b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_ingest.h
index b60796f4fd1..80a95105937 100644
--- a/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_ingest.h
+++ b/plugins/out_azure_kusto/azure_kusto_ingest.h
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@
 int azure_kusto_queued_ingestion(struct flb_azure_kusto *ctx, flb_sds_t tag,
                                  size_t tag_len, flb_sds_t payload, size_t payload_size, struct azure_kusto_file *upload_file);
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+int azure_kusto_streaming_ingestion(struct flb_azure_kusto *ctx, flb_sds_t tag,
+                                    size_t tag_len, flb_sds_t payload, size_t payload_size);
+
+#endif