diff --git a/appsec/src/extension/commands/client_init.c b/appsec/src/extension/commands/client_init.c
index 35d856a6bab..8945ba0cfca 100644
--- a/appsec/src/extension/commands/client_init.c
+++ b/appsec/src/extension/commands/client_init.c
@@ -164,10 +164,21 @@ static dd_result _pack_command(
     mpack_start_map(w, 2);
 
     dd_mpack_write_lstr(w, "enabled");
-    mpack_write_bool(w, get_global_DD_EXPERIMENTAL_API_SECURITY_ENABLED());
 
-    dd_mpack_write_lstr(w, "sample_rate");
-    mpack_write(w, get_global_DD_API_SECURITY_REQUEST_SAMPLE_RATE());
+#define MIN_SE_SAMPLE_RATE 0.0001
+
+    double se_sample_rate = get_global_DD_API_SECURITY_REQUEST_SAMPLE_RATE();
+    if (se_sample_rate >= MIN_SE_SAMPLE_RATE) {
+        mpack_write_bool(w, true);
+
+        dd_mpack_write_lstr(w, "sample_rate");
+        mpack_write(w, se_sample_rate);
+    } else {
+        mpack_write_bool(w, false);
+
+        dd_mpack_write_lstr(w, "sample_rate");
+        mpack_write(w, 0.0);
+    }
 
     mpack_finish_map(w);
 
diff --git a/appsec/src/extension/configuration.h b/appsec/src/extension/configuration.h
index 11a165f783f..d349fdbb92f 100644
--- a/appsec/src/extension/configuration.h
+++ b/appsec/src/extension/configuration.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ extern bool runtime_config_first_init;
     CONFIG(CUSTOM(STRING), DD_APPSEC_AUTOMATED_USER_EVENTS_TRACKING, "safe", .parser = dd_parse_automated_user_events_tracking)       \
     CONFIG(STRING, DD_APPSEC_HTTP_BLOCKED_TEMPLATE_HTML, "")                                                                          \
     CONFIG(STRING, DD_APPSEC_HTTP_BLOCKED_TEMPLATE_JSON, "")                                                                          \
-    CONFIG(BOOL, DD_EXPERIMENTAL_API_SECURITY_ENABLED, "false")                                                                       \
     CONFIG(DOUBLE, DD_API_SECURITY_REQUEST_SAMPLE_RATE, "0.1")
 // clang-format on
 
diff --git a/appsec/src/helper/client.cpp b/appsec/src/helper/client.cpp
index aa15d8584ab..d7f859e790b 100644
--- a/appsec/src/helper/client.cpp
+++ b/appsec/src/helper/client.cpp
@@ -471,16 +471,6 @@ bool client::handle_command(network::request_shutdown::request &command)
 
             response->triggers = std::move(res->events);
             response->force_keep = res->force_keep;
-            for (const auto &[key, value] : res->schemas) {
-                std::string schema = value;
-                if (value.length() > max_plain_schema_allowed) {
-                    auto encoded = compress(schema);
-                    if (encoded) {
-                        schema = base64_encode(encoded.value(), false);
-                    }
-                }
-                response->meta.emplace(key, std::move(schema));
-            }
 
             DD_STDLOG(DD_STDLOG_ATTACK_DETECTED);
         } else {
diff --git a/appsec/src/helper/client.hpp b/appsec/src/helper/client.hpp
index 9b72283fb03..2d5a8d040fa 100644
--- a/appsec/src/helper/client.hpp
+++ b/appsec/src/helper/client.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ namespace dds {
 class client {
 public:
     // Below this limit the encoding+compression might result on a longer string
-    static constexpr int max_plain_schema_allowed = 260;
     client(std::shared_ptr<service_manager> service_manager,
         network::base_broker::ptr &&broker)
         : service_manager_(std::move(service_manager)),
diff --git a/appsec/src/helper/engine.cpp b/appsec/src/helper/engine.cpp
index 8501a54f848..ff6cc16e279 100644
--- a/appsec/src/helper/engine.cpp
+++ b/appsec/src/helper/engine.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ std::optional<engine::result> engine::context::publish(parameter &&param)
 
     std::vector<std::string> event_data;
     std::unordered_set<std::string> event_actions;
-    std::map<std::string, std::string> schemas;
 
     for (auto &sub : common_->subscribers) {
         auto it = listeners_.find(sub);
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ std::optional<engine::result> engine::context::publish(parameter &&param)
                     std::make_move_iterator(event->data.begin()),
                     std::make_move_iterator(event->data.end()));
                 event_actions.merge(event->actions);
-                schemas.merge(event->schemas);
             }
         } catch (std::exception &e) {
             SPDLOG_ERROR("subscriber failed: {}", e.what());
@@ -100,8 +98,7 @@ std::optional<engine::result> engine::context::publish(parameter &&param)
         return std::nullopt;
     }
 
-    dds::engine::result res{
-        action_type::record, {}, std::move(event_data), std::move(schemas)};
+    dds::engine::result res{action_type::record, {}, std::move(event_data)};
     // Currently the only action the extension can perform is block
     if (!event_actions.empty()) {
         // The extension can only handle one action, so we pick the first one
diff --git a/appsec/src/helper/engine.hpp b/appsec/src/helper/engine.hpp
index 29964c02473..fc50b428811 100644
--- a/appsec/src/helper/engine.hpp
+++ b/appsec/src/helper/engine.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class engine {
         action_type type;
         std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> parameters;
         std::vector<std::string> events;
-        std::map<std::string, std::string> schemas;
         bool force_keep;
     };
 
diff --git a/appsec/src/helper/network/proto.hpp b/appsec/src/helper/network/proto.hpp
index dc38be16667..50d89424e6a 100644
--- a/appsec/src/helper/network/proto.hpp
+++ b/appsec/src/helper/network/proto.hpp
@@ -280,10 +280,9 @@ struct request_shutdown {
 
         std::map<std::string, std::string> meta;
         std::map<std::string_view, double> metrics;
-        std::map<std::string_view, std::string> schemas;
 
         MSGPACK_DEFINE(
-            verdict, parameters, triggers, force_keep, meta, metrics, schemas);
+            verdict, parameters, triggers, force_keep, meta, metrics);
     };
 };
 
diff --git a/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/base.hpp b/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/base.hpp
index 07e5ea76fa3..2c4d93a31f0 100644
--- a/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/base.hpp
+++ b/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/base.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class subscriber {
     struct event {
         std::vector<std::string> data;
         std::unordered_set<std::string> actions;
-        std::map<std::string, std::string> schemas;
     };
 
     class listener {
diff --git a/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/waf.cpp b/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/waf.cpp
index e3157d3f11b..0f79ef92804 100644
--- a/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/waf.cpp
+++ b/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/waf.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 //
 // This product includes software developed at Datadog
 // (https://www.datadoghq.com/). Copyright 2021 Datadog, Inc.
-#include "../std_logging.hpp"
-#include "ddwaf.h"
 #include <atomic>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -18,7 +16,11 @@
 #include <string_view>
 
 #include "../json_helper.hpp"
+#include "../std_logging.hpp"
 #include "../tags.hpp"
+#include "base64.h"
+#include "compression.hpp"
+#include "ddwaf.h"
 #include "waf.hpp"
 
 namespace dds::waf {
@@ -39,11 +41,6 @@ dds::subscriber::event format_waf_result(ddwaf_result &res)
             output.data.emplace_back(std::move(parameter_to_json(event)));
         }
 
-        const parameter_view schemas{res.derivatives};
-        for (const auto &schema : schemas) {
-            output.schemas.emplace(
-                schema.key(), std::move(parameter_to_json(schema)));
-        }
     } catch (const std::exception &e) {
         SPDLOG_ERROR("failed to parse WAF output: {}", e.what());
     }
@@ -209,6 +206,11 @@ std::optional<subscriber::event> instance::listener::call(
     // NOLINTNEXTLINE
     total_runtime_ += res.total_runtime / 1000.0;
 
+    const parameter_view schemas{res.derivatives};
+    for (const auto &schema : schemas) {
+        schemas_.emplace(schema.key(), std::move(parameter_to_json(schema)));
+    }
+
     switch (code) {
     case DDWAF_MATCH:
         return format_waf_result(res);
@@ -236,6 +238,20 @@ void instance::listener::get_meta_and_metrics(
 {
     meta[std::string(tag::event_rules_version)] = ruleset_version_;
     metrics[tag::waf_duration] = total_runtime_;
+
+    for (const auto &[key, value] : schemas_) {
+        std::string schema = value;
+        if (value.length() > max_plain_schema_allowed) {
+            auto encoded = compress(schema);
+            if (encoded) {
+                schema = base64_encode(encoded.value(), false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (schema.length() <= max_schema_size) {
+            meta.emplace(key, std::move(schema));
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 instance::instance(parameter &rule, std::map<std::string, std::string> &meta,
diff --git a/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/waf.hpp b/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/waf.hpp
index b7d26f7ad5b..2f8b34305ba 100644
--- a/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/waf.hpp
+++ b/appsec/src/helper/subscriber/waf.hpp
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ void initialise_logging(spdlog::level::level_enum level);
 class instance : public dds::subscriber {
 public:
     static constexpr int default_waf_timeout_us = 10000;
-
+    static constexpr int max_plain_schema_allowed = 260;
+    static constexpr int max_schema_size = 25000;
     using ptr = std::shared_ptr<instance>;
     class listener : public dds::subscriber::listener {
     public:
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class instance : public dds::subscriber {
         std::chrono::microseconds waf_timeout_;
         double total_runtime_{0.0};
         std::string_view ruleset_version_;
+        std::map<std::string, std::string> schemas_;
     };
 
     // NOLINTNEXTLINE(google-runtime-references)
diff --git a/appsec/tests/extension/api_security_env_variables.phpt b/appsec/tests/extension/api_security_env_variables.phpt
index 8cfffe0b702..f387cb6be58 100644
--- a/appsec/tests/extension/api_security_env_variables.phpt
+++ b/appsec/tests/extension/api_security_env_variables.phpt
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 --TEST--
 Set and test API security ini settings
 --ENV--
-DD_EXPERIMENTAL_API_SECURITY_ENABLED=1
 DD_API_SECURITY_REQUEST_SAMPLE_RATE=0.8
 --FILE--
 <?php
-var_dump(ini_get("datadog.experimental_api_security_enabled"));
 var_dump(ini_get("datadog.api_security_request_sample_rate"));
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-string(1) "1"
 string(3) "0.8"
diff --git a/appsec/tests/extension/rinit_rshutdown_basic.phpt b/appsec/tests/extension/rinit_rshutdown_basic.phpt
index c7956b98e2e..0ed364bbece 100644
Binary files a/appsec/tests/extension/rinit_rshutdown_basic.phpt and b/appsec/tests/extension/rinit_rshutdown_basic.phpt differ
diff --git a/appsec/tests/helper/broker_test.cpp b/appsec/tests/helper/broker_test.cpp
index 13255a34183..b4e7bef2a63 100644
--- a/appsec/tests/helper/broker_test.cpp
+++ b/appsec/tests/helper/broker_test.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ TEST(BrokerTest, SendRequestShutdown)
     packer.pack_array(1);                 // Array of messages
     packer.pack_array(2);                 // First message
     pack_str(packer, "request_shutdown"); // Type
-    packer.pack_array(7);
+    packer.pack_array(6);
     pack_str(packer, "block");
     packer.pack_map(2);
     pack_str(packer, "type");
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ TEST(BrokerTest, SendRequestShutdown)
     packer.pack_true(); // Force keep
     packer.pack_map(0);
     packer.pack_map(0);
-    packer.pack_map(0);
     const auto &expected_data = ss.str();
 
     network::header_t h;
diff --git a/appsec/tests/helper/client_test.cpp b/appsec/tests/helper/client_test.cpp
index 4ed652f9ba6..c672724247a 100644
--- a/appsec/tests/helper/client_test.cpp
+++ b/appsec/tests/helper/client_test.cpp
@@ -2365,7 +2365,7 @@ TEST(ClientTest, SchemasOverTheLimitAreCompressed)
         int body_length = 0;
         int i = 0;
         // Lets generate a body which goes over max_plain_schema_allowed limit
-        while (body_length < client::max_plain_schema_allowed) {
+        while (body_length < waf::instance::max_plain_schema_allowed) {
             body.add(std::to_string(i), parameter::int64(i));
             auto schema = parameter::array();
             schema.add(parameter::int64(4));
diff --git a/appsec/tests/helper/waf_test.cpp b/appsec/tests/helper/waf_test.cpp
index 63ece3cb2ca..88debfccf84 100644
--- a/appsec/tests/helper/waf_test.cpp
+++ b/appsec/tests/helper/waf_test.cpp
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ TEST(WafTest, SchemasAreAdded)
     EXPECT_FALSE(doc.HasParseError());
     EXPECT_TRUE(doc.IsObject());
 
-    EXPECT_FALSE(res->schemas.empty());
-    EXPECT_STREQ(res->schemas["_dd.appsec.s.arg2"].c_str(), "[8]");
+    ctx->get_meta_and_metrics(meta, metrics);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(meta.empty());
+    EXPECT_STREQ(meta["_dd.appsec.s.arg2"].c_str(), "[8]");
 }
 } // namespace dds