diff --git a/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/conftest.py b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/conftest.py
index d08a869f..781f982f 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/conftest.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/conftest.py
@@ -2,18 +2,47 @@
  all methods are placeholders for now since we do not work with Kuadrant"""
 
 import pytest
+from openshift_client import selector, OpenShiftPythonException
 
+from testsuite.config import settings
+from testsuite.openshift.authorino import AuthorinoCR
+from testsuite.openshift.limitador import LimitadorCR
 from testsuite.policy.authorization.auth_policy import AuthPolicy
 from testsuite.policy.rate_limit_policy import RateLimitPolicy
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def authorino(kuadrant):
+def system_openshift():
+    """Returns client for Kuadrant"""
+    ocp = settings["service_protection"]["project"]
+    project = settings["service_protection"]["system_project"]
+    return ocp.change_project(project)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def authorino(system_openshift) -> AuthorinoCR:
     """Authorino instance when configured through Kuadrant"""
-    if kuadrant:
-        # No available modification
-        return True
-    return None
+    try:
+        with system_openshift.context:
+            authorino = selector("authorino").object(cls=AuthorinoCR)
+            authorino.committed = True
+    except OpenShiftPythonException:
+        pytest.fail("Running Kuadrant tests, but Authorino resource was not found")
+
+    return authorino
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def limitador(system_openshift) -> LimitadorCR:
+    """Returns Limitador CR"""
+    try:
+        with system_openshift.context:
+            limitador = selector("limitador").object(cls=LimitadorCR)
+            limitador.committed = True
+    except OpenShiftPythonException:
+        pytest.fail("Running Kuadrant tests, but Limitador resource was not found")
+
+    return limitador
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/observability/__init__.py b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/observability/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/observability/conftest.py b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/observability/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f94db236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/observability/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"""Conftest for Kuadrant observability tests"""
+
+import pytest
+
+from testsuite.httpx.auth import HttpxOidcClientAuth
+from testsuite.openshift.authorino import TracingOptions
+from testsuite.policy.rate_limit_policy import Limit
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def auth(oidc_provider):
+    """Returns RHSSO authentication object for HTTPX"""
+    return HttpxOidcClientAuth(oidc_provider.get_token, "authorization")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def rate_limit(rate_limit):
+    """Add limit to the policy"""
+    rate_limit.add_limit("basic", [Limit(5, 60)])
+    return rate_limit
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
+def enable_tracing(authorino, limitador, tracing):
+    """Enable tracing for Authorino and Limitador"""
+    authorino["tracing"] = TracingOptions(tracing.collector_url, insecure=True)
+    authorino.safe_apply()
+    authorino.wait_for_ready()
+
+    limitador.refresh()  # limitador is not up-to-date, as limit from RLP is added to LimitadorCR
+    limitador["tracing"] = TracingOptions(tracing.collector_url)
+    limitador.safe_apply()
+    limitador.wait_for_ready()
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/observability/test_tracing.py b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/observability/test_tracing.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17b4618d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/observability/test_tracing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""Tests for Kuadrant tracing"""
+
+import os
+from time import sleep
+
+import pytest
+
+pytestmark = [pytest.mark.kuadrant_only]
+
+
+def test_tracing(client, auth, tracing):
+    """
+    Tests that traces are collected from Authorino and Limitador
+
+    Trace IDs do not propagate to wasm modules in Istio/Envoy, affecting trace continuity in Limitador:
+    https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/22028
+    That is the reason why we set parent trace ID in request.
+    """
+    trace_id = os.urandom(16).hex()
+    client.get("/get", auth=auth, headers={"Traceparent": f"00-{trace_id}-{os.urandom(8).hex()}-01"})
+    sleep(5)  # Wait for tracing backend to collect all traces
+
+    trace = tracing.get_trace(trace_id)
+    assert len(trace) == 1, f"No trace was found in tracing backend with trace_id: {trace_id}"
+    service_names = [process["serviceName"] for process in trace[0]["processes"].values()]
+    assert "authorino" in service_names
+    assert "limitador" in service_names
diff --git a/testsuite/tracing.py b/testsuite/tracing.py
index c96b8b36..af3a8fa6 100644
--- a/testsuite/tracing.py
+++ b/testsuite/tracing.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self, jaeger_backend: bool, collector_url: str, query_url: str, cli
         self.client = client or KuadrantClient(verify=False)
         self.query = ApyProxy(query_url, session=self.client)
 
-    @backoff.on_predicate(backoff.fibo, lambda x: x == [], max_tries=7, jitter=None)
+    @backoff.on_predicate(backoff.fibo, lambda x: x == [], max_tries=5, jitter=None)
     def _get_trace(
         self,
         request_id: str,
@@ -40,3 +40,11 @@ def find_trace(self, request_id: str, service: str) -> list:
     def find_tagged_trace(self, request_id: str, service: str, tag: dict) -> list:
         """Find trace in tracing client by tags service name, authorino request id and tag key-value pair"""
         return self._get_trace(request_id, service, tag)
+
+    @backoff.on_predicate(backoff.fibo, lambda x: x == [], max_tries=7, jitter=None)
+    def get_trace(self, trace_id):
+        """Finds trace by ID"""
+        if self.jaeger_backend:
+            return self.query.api.traces._(trace_id).get().json()["data"]
+
+        return self.query.api.traces._(trace_id).get().json()["traces"]