diff --git a/charms/worker/k8s/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py b/charms/worker/k8s/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
index 582b70c0..cc4da25a 100644
--- a/charms/worker/k8s/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
+++ b/charms/worker/k8s/lib/charms/grafana_agent/v0/cos_agent.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 Using the `COSAgentProvider` object only requires instantiating it,
 typically in the `__init__` method of your charm (the one which sends telemetry).
 
-The constructor of `COSAgentProvider` has only one required and nine optional parameters:
+The constructor of `COSAgentProvider` has only one required and ten optional parameters:
 
 ```python
     def __init__(
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def __init__(
         log_slots: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         dashboard_dirs: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         refresh_events: Optional[List] = None,
+        tracing_protocols: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         scrape_configs: Optional[Union[List[Dict], Callable]] = None,
     ):
 ```
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ def __init__(
 
 - `refresh_events`: List of events on which to refresh relation data.
 
+- `tracing_protocols`: List of requested tracing protocols that the charm requires to send traces.
+
 - `scrape_configs`: List of standard scrape_configs dicts or a callable that returns the list in
     case the configs need to be generated dynamically. The contents of this list will be merged
     with the configs from `metrics_endpoints`.
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args):
             log_slots=["my-app:slot"],
             dashboard_dirs=["./src/dashboards_1", "./src/dashboards_2"],
             refresh_events=["update-status", "upgrade-charm"],
+            tracing_protocols=["otlp_http", "otlp_grpc"],
             scrape_configs=[
                 {
                     "job_name": "custom_job",
@@ -249,7 +253,7 @@ class _MetricsEndpointDict(TypedDict):
 
 LIBID = "dc15fa84cef84ce58155fb84f6c6213a"
 LIBAPI = 0
-LIBPATCH = 10
+LIBPATCH = 11
 
 PYDEPS = ["cosl", "pydantic"]
 
diff --git a/charms/worker/k8s/lib/charms/operator_libs_linux/v2/snap.py b/charms/worker/k8s/lib/charms/operator_libs_linux/v2/snap.py
index ef426775..9d09a78d 100644
--- a/charms/worker/k8s/lib/charms/operator_libs_linux/v2/snap.py
+++ b/charms/worker/k8s/lib/charms/operator_libs_linux/v2/snap.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
 # Increment this PATCH version before using `charmcraft publish-lib` or reset
 # to 0 if you are raising the major API version
-LIBPATCH = 5
+LIBPATCH = 7
 
 
 # Regex to locate 7-bit C1 ANSI sequences
@@ -319,7 +319,10 @@ def get(self, key: Optional[str], *, typed: bool = False) -> Any:
                 Default is to return a string.
         """
         if typed:
-            config = json.loads(self._snap("get", ["-d", key]))
+            args = ["-d"]
+            if key:
+                args.append(key)
+            config = json.loads(self._snap("get", args))
             if key:
                 return config.get(key)
             return config
@@ -584,13 +587,16 @@ def ensure(
                     "Installing snap %s, revision %s, tracking %s", self._name, revision, channel
                 )
                 self._install(channel, cohort, revision)
-            else:
+                logger.info("The snap installation completed successfully")
+            elif revision is None or revision != self._revision:
                 # The snap is installed, but we are changing it (e.g., switching channels).
                 logger.info(
                     "Refreshing snap %s, revision %s, tracking %s", self._name, revision, channel
                 )
                 self._refresh(channel=channel, cohort=cohort, revision=revision, devmode=devmode)
-            logger.info("The snap installation completed successfully")
+                logger.info("The snap refresh completed successfully")
+            else:
+                logger.info("Refresh of snap %s was unnecessary", self._name)
 
         self._update_snap_apps()
         self._state = state