diff --git a/docs/feedback-voting.md b/docs/feedback-voting.md
index 5debf205519..13d86d34fee 100644
--- a/docs/feedback-voting.md
+++ b/docs/feedback-voting.md
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Votes you choose to share are sent to the Telemetry Backend immediately from the
 - App server responsibility: build the bundle, POST it to Telemetry Backend, update trace status
 - Telemetry Backend responsibility: authenticate the request, validate payload shape, compress/store the bundle, return the final object key
 - Retry behavior: failed uploads move to `failed` with an error message in `failureReason`, and the worker retries them on later ticks
-- Configuration requirement: remote export only works when `PAPERCLIP_FEEDBACK_EXPORT_BACKEND_URL` or `PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_BACKEND_URL` is configured on the app server
+- Default endpoint: when no feedback export backend URL is configured, Paperclip falls back to `https://telemetry.paperclip.ing`
 
 Exported objects use a deterministic key pattern so they are easy to inspect:
 
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/feedback-share-client.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/feedback-share-client.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..902ef1acdca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/feedback-share-client.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createFeedbackTraceShareClientFromConfig } from "../services/feedback-share-client.js";
+
+describe("feedback trace share client", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      json: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ objectKey: "feedback-traces/test.json" }),
+    }));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("defaults to telemetry.paperclip.ing when no backend url is configured", async () => {
+    const client = createFeedbackTraceShareClientFromConfig({
+      feedbackExportBackendUrl: undefined,
+      feedbackExportBackendToken: undefined,
+    });
+
+    await client.uploadTraceBundle({
+      traceId: "trace-1",
+      exportId: "export-1",
+      companyId: "company-1",
+      issueId: "issue-1",
+      issueIdentifier: "PAP-1",
+      adapterType: "codex_local",
+      captureStatus: "full",
+      notes: [],
+      envelope: {},
+      surface: null,
+      paperclipRun: null,
+      rawAdapterTrace: null,
+      normalizedAdapterTrace: null,
+      privacy: null,
+      integrity: {},
+      files: [],
+    });
+
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "https://telemetry.paperclip.ing/feedback-traces",
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        method: "POST",
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/server/src/services/feedback-share-client.ts b/server/src/services/feedback-share-client.ts
index e1761b14720..e8d611bb536 100644
--- a/server/src/services/feedback-share-client.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/feedback-share-client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import type { FeedbackTraceBundle } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 import type { Config } from "../config.js";
 
+const DEFAULT_FEEDBACK_EXPORT_BACKEND_URL = "https://telemetry.paperclip.ing";
+
 function buildFeedbackShareObjectKey(bundle: FeedbackTraceBundle, exportedAt: Date) {
   const year = String(exportedAt.getUTCFullYear());
   const month = String(exportedAt.getUTCMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0");
@@ -14,10 +16,8 @@ export interface FeedbackTraceShareClient {
 
 export function createFeedbackTraceShareClientFromConfig(
   config: Pick<Config, "feedbackExportBackendUrl" | "feedbackExportBackendToken">,
-): FeedbackTraceShareClient | null {
-  const baseUrl = config.feedbackExportBackendUrl?.trim();
-  if (!baseUrl) return null;
-
+): FeedbackTraceShareClient {
+  const baseUrl = config.feedbackExportBackendUrl?.trim() || DEFAULT_FEEDBACK_EXPORT_BACKEND_URL;
   const token = config.feedbackExportBackendToken?.trim();
   const endpoint = new URL("/feedback-traces", baseUrl).toString();