diff --git a/Inspectron.Epson.Tests/Telemetry/LoopbackInsinTelemetryTests.cs b/Inspectron.Epson.Tests/Telemetry/LoopbackInsinTelemetryTests.cs
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+using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using Inspectron.Epson.PrintServer.Telemetry;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+
+namespace Inspectron.Epson.Tests.Telemetry;
+
+public class LoopbackInsinTelemetryTests
+{
+    private const int TestPort = 47823;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Emit_posts_json_payload_to_loopback()
+    {
+        using var listener = new HttpListener();
+        listener.Prefixes.Add($"http://127.0.0.1:{TestPort}/");
+        listener.Start();
+
+        using var http = new HttpClient();
+        var telemetry = new LoopbackInsinTelemetry(http, NullLogger.Instance);
+        telemetry.Emit("service.started", "version=1.0.14");
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
+        var ctxTask = listener.GetContextAsync();
+        var completed = await Task.WhenAny(ctxTask, Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite, cts.Token));
+        Assert.Same(ctxTask, completed);
+        var ctx = ctxTask.Result;
+
+        Assert.Equal("POST", ctx.Request.HttpMethod);
+        Assert.Equal("/events", ctx.Request.Url!.AbsolutePath);
+        using var sr = new StreamReader(ctx.Request.InputStream, Encoding.UTF8);
+        var body = await sr.ReadToEndAsync();
+        using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(body);
+        Assert.Equal("service.started", doc.RootElement.GetProperty("kind").GetString());
+        Assert.Equal("version=1.0.14",   doc.RootElement.GetProperty("message").GetString());
+        var at = doc.RootElement.GetProperty("at").GetString();
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(at));
+        Assert.EndsWith("Z", at);
+
+        ctx.Response.StatusCode = 200;
+        ctx.Response.Close();
+        listener.Stop();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Emit_swallows_connection_refused_and_does_not_throw()
+    {
+        using var http = new HttpClient();
+        var telemetry = new LoopbackInsinTelemetry(http, NullLogger.Instance);
+        var ex = Record.Exception(() => telemetry.Emit("service.started", "version=1.0.14"));
+        Assert.Null(ex);
+        await Task.Delay(200);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Emit_swallows_500_response_and_does_not_throw()
+    {
+        using var listener = new HttpListener();
+        listener.Prefixes.Add($"http://127.0.0.1:{TestPort}/");
+        listener.Start();
+
+        using var http = new HttpClient();
+        var telemetry = new LoopbackInsinTelemetry(http, NullLogger.Instance);
+        telemetry.Emit("service.started", "version=1.0.14");
+
+        var ctx = await listener.GetContextAsync();
+        ctx.Response.StatusCode = 500;
+        ctx.Response.Close();
+
+        await Task.Delay(200);
+        listener.Stop();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Inspectron.Epson/PrintServer/Telemetry/LoopbackInsinTelemetry.cs b/Inspectron.Epson/PrintServer/Telemetry/LoopbackInsinTelemetry.cs
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+using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Inspectron.Epson.PrintServer.Telemetry;
+
+public sealed class LoopbackInsinTelemetry : IInsinTelemetry
+{
+    private const string Endpoint = "http://127.0.0.1:47823/events";
+    private static readonly TimeSpan RequestTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
+    private static readonly long WarnIntervalTicks = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5).Ticks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond;
+
+    private readonly HttpClient _http;
+    private readonly ILogger _logger;
+    private long _lastWarnMs = -WarnIntervalTicks;
+
+    public LoopbackInsinTelemetry(HttpClient http, ILogger logger)
+    {
+        _http = http;
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    public void Emit(string kind, string message)
+    {
+        var payload = new
+        {
+            kind,
+            message,
+            at = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ")
+        };
+        _ = Task.Run(() => SendAsync(payload));
+    }
+
+    private async Task SendAsync(object payload)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(RequestTimeout);
+            using var resp = await _http.PostAsJsonAsync(Endpoint, payload, cts.Token);
+            if (!resp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                MaybeWarn($"insin loopback returned {(int)resp.StatusCode}");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            MaybeWarn($"insin loopback unreachable at 127.0.0.1:47823 ({ex.GetType().Name}), dropping events");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void MaybeWarn(string message)
+    {
+        var now = Environment.TickCount64;
+        var last = Interlocked.Read(ref _lastWarnMs);
+        if (now - last < WarnIntervalTicks) return;
+        if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _lastWarnMs, now, last) != last) return;
+        _logger.LogWarning("{Message}", message);
+    }
+}