diff --git a/internal/manifest/skrresources/collector.go b/internal/manifest/skrresources/collector.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f939f7f695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/manifest/skrresources/collector.go
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+package skrresources
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"slices"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3"
+	apimetav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
+
+	"github.com/kyma-project/lifecycle-manager/api/shared"
+	"github.com/kyma-project/lifecycle-manager/internal"
+	"github.com/kyma-project/lifecycle-manager/internal/manifest/manifestclient"
+)
+
+const (
+	knownManagersDefault = string(manifestclient.DefaultFieldOwner) + ";" +
+		shared.OperatorName + ";" +
+		"k3s" // Applied in k3s environments.
+	knownManagersEnvVar = "KLM_EXPERIMENTAL_KNOWN_MANAGERS"
+	knownManagersRegexp = `^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9.:_/-]{1,127}$`
+
+	frequencyLimiterTTLDefault = 60 * 5 // 5 minutes
+	frequencyLimiterTTLEnvVar  = "KLM_EXPERIMENTAL_FREQUENCY_LIMITER_TTL"
+	frequencyLimiterTTLRegexp  = `^[1-9][0-9]{1,3}$`
+
+	managedFieldsAnalysisLabelEnvVar = "KLM_EXPERIMENTAL_MANAGED_FIELDS_ANALYSIS_LABEL"
+)
+
+var (
+	allowedManagers           = getAllowedManagers()  //nolint:gochecknoglobals // list of managers is a global configuration
+	singletonFrequencyLimiter = newFrequencyLimiter() //nolint:gochecknoglobals // singleton cache is used to prevent emitting the same log multiple times in a short period
+)
+
+type LogCollectorEntry struct {
+	ObjectName      string                         `json:"objectName"`
+	ObjectNamespace string                         `json:"objectNamespace"`
+	ObjectGVK       string                         `json:"objectGvk"`
+	ManagedFields   []apimetav1.ManagedFieldsEntry `json:"managedFields"`
+}
+
+// Implements skrresources.ManagedFieldsCollector interface, emits the collected data to the log stream.
+// The collector is thread-safe.
+// The collector is frequency-limited to prevent emitting entries for the same objectKey multiple times in a short time.
+type LogCollector struct {
+	objectKey        string
+	frequencyLimiter *ttlcache.Cache[string, bool]
+	owner            client.FieldOwner
+	entries          []LogCollectorEntry
+	mu               sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func NewLogCollector(key string, owner client.FieldOwner) *LogCollector {
+	return &LogCollector{
+		objectKey:        key,
+		owner:            owner,
+		entries:          []LogCollectorEntry{},
+		frequencyLimiter: singletonFrequencyLimiter,
+	}
+}
+
+// safeAddEntry adds a new entry to the collector's entries slice in a thread-safe way.
+func (c *LogCollector) safeAddEntry(entry LogCollectorEntry) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	c.entries = append(c.entries, entry)
+}
+
+func (c *LogCollector) Collect(ctx context.Context, remoteObj client.Object) {
+	managedFields := remoteObj.GetManagedFields()
+	for _, mf := range managedFields {
+		if isUnknownManager(mf.Manager) {
+			newEntry := LogCollectorEntry{
+				ObjectName:      remoteObj.GetName(),
+				ObjectNamespace: remoteObj.GetNamespace(),
+				ObjectGVK:       remoteObj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().String(),
+				ManagedFields:   slices.Clone(remoteObj.GetManagedFields()),
+			}
+			c.safeAddEntry(newEntry)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *LogCollector) Emit(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if c.frequencyLimiter.Has(c.objectKey) {
+		logger := logf.FromContext(ctx, "owner", c.owner)
+		logger.V(internal.TraceLogLevel).Info("Unknown managers detection skipped (frequency)")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if len(c.entries) > 0 {
+		c.frequencyLimiter.Set(c.objectKey, true, ttlcache.DefaultTTL)
+
+		jsonSer, err := json.MarshalIndent(c.entries, "", "  ")
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to serialize managed field data: %w", err)
+		}
+		logData, err := compressAndBase64(jsonSer)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		logger := logf.FromContext(ctx, "owner", c.owner)
+		logger.V(internal.TraceLogLevel).Info("Unknown managers detected", "base64gzip", logData)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// compressAndBase64 compresses the input byte slice using gzip and encodes it to base64 so that it can be logged as a string.
+func compressAndBase64(in []byte) (string, error) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	archive := gzip.NewWriter(&buf)
+
+	_, err := archive.Write(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to write to gzip archive: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := archive.Close(); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to close gzip archive: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(buf.Bytes()), nil
+}
+
+func isUnknownManager(manager string) bool {
+	return !slices.Contains(allowedManagers, manager)
+}
+
+// allowedManagers returns either a list configured in the KLM_RECONCILECONFIG_KNOWN_MANAGERS environment variable or the default list.
+// The values must be separated by semicolons and are case-sensitive!
+func getAllowedManagers() []string {
+	configured := os.Getenv(knownManagersEnvVar)
+	if configured == "" {
+		return splitBySemicolons(knownManagersDefault)
+	} else {
+		rxp := regexp.MustCompile(knownManagersRegexp)
+		configuredValues := splitBySemicolons(configured)
+		res := []string{}
+		for _, name := range configuredValues {
+			if rxp.MatchString(name) {
+				res = append(res, name)
+			}
+		}
+		return res
+	}
+}
+
+func getFrequencyLimiterTTL() int {
+	var res int = frequencyLimiterTTLDefault
+
+	if configured := os.Getenv(frequencyLimiterTTLEnvVar); configured != "" {
+		rxp := regexp.MustCompile(frequencyLimiterTTLRegexp)
+		if rxp.MatchString(configured) {
+			if parsed, err := strconv.Atoi(configured); err == nil {
+				res = parsed
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
+
+func newFrequencyLimiter() *ttlcache.Cache[string, bool] {
+	cache := ttlcache.New(ttlcache.WithTTL[string, bool](time.Duration(getFrequencyLimiterTTL()) * time.Second))
+	go cache.Start()
+	return cache
+}
+
+func splitBySemicolons(value string) []string {
+	return strings.Split(value, ";")
+}
+
+func getManagedFieldsAnalysisLabel() string {
+	return os.Getenv(managedFieldsAnalysisLabelEnvVar)
+}
diff --git a/internal/manifest/skrresources/collector_test.go b/internal/manifest/skrresources/collector_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77c8939436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/manifest/skrresources/collector_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package skrresources //nolint:testpackage // testing package internals
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestGetAllowedManagers(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		envValue string
+		want     []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "default managers",
+			envValue: "",
+			want:     []string{"declarative.kyma-project.io/applier", "lifecycle-manager", "k3s"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "single manager in env",
+			envValue: "manager1",
+			want:     []string{"manager1"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "multiple managers in env",
+			envValue: "manager1;manager2;some-manager:3",
+			want:     []string{"manager1", "manager2", "some-manager:3"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.envValue != "" {
+				t.Setenv(knownManagersEnvVar, tt.envValue)
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, getAllowedManagers())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetCacheTTL(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		envValue string
+		want     int
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "default TTL",
+			envValue: "",
+			want:     300,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "custom TTL",
+			envValue: "123",
+			want:     123,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "invalid value is ignored, default TTL is returned",
+			envValue: "abc",
+			want:     300,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "zero is invalid, default TTL is returned",
+			envValue: "0",
+			want:     300,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Negative value is ignored, default TTL is returned",
+			envValue: "-123",
+			want:     300,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.envValue != "" {
+				t.Setenv(frequencyLimiterTTLEnvVar, tt.envValue)
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, getFrequencyLimiterTTL())
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/manifest/skrresources/manifestcollector.go b/internal/manifest/skrresources/manifestcollector.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbfff9323b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/manifest/skrresources/manifestcollector.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package skrresources
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+
+	"github.com/kyma-project/lifecycle-manager/api/v1beta2"
+	"github.com/kyma-project/lifecycle-manager/internal/manifest/manifestclient"
+)
+
+// ManifestLogCollector is a collector for remote Manifest objects. It delegates the calls to the embedded generic collector if collection is enabled for the given Manifest.
+type ManifestLogCollector struct {
+	collector *LogCollector
+	enabled   bool
+}
+
+func NewManifestLogCollector(manifest *v1beta2.Manifest, owner client.FieldOwner) *ManifestLogCollector {
+	key := ""
+	enabled := false
+	if manifest != nil {
+		key = string(manifest.GetUID())
+		enabled = isManifestCollectionEnabled(manifest)
+	}
+	return &ManifestLogCollector{
+		collector: NewLogCollector(key, manifestclient.DefaultFieldOwner),
+		enabled:   enabled,
+	}
+}
+
+// Implements the skrresources.ManagedFieldsCollector interface.
+func (c *ManifestLogCollector) Collect(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object) {
+	if c.enabled {
+		c.collector.Collect(ctx, obj)
+	}
+}
+
+// Implements the skrresources.ManagedFieldsCollector interface.
+func (c *ManifestLogCollector) Emit(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if c.enabled {
+		return c.collector.Emit(ctx)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// isManifestCollectionEnabled checks if managed fields detection is enabled for the given manifest.
+// The detection is disabled by default, but can be enabled by setting a specific label on the manifest CR.
+func isManifestCollectionEnabled(obj *v1beta2.Manifest) bool {
+	if obj == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	configuredLabelName := getManagedFieldsAnalysisLabel()
+
+	if configuredLabelName == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	_, found := obj.GetLabels()[configuredLabelName]
+	return found
+}
diff --git a/internal/manifest/skrresources/ssa.go b/internal/manifest/skrresources/ssa.go
index 8a4aa70e0f..a55e5b821f 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/skrresources/ssa.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/skrresources/ssa.go
@@ -26,18 +26,28 @@ type SSA interface {
 	Run(ctx context.Context, resourceInfo []*resource.Info) error
 }
 
+type ManagedFieldsCollector interface {
+	// Collect collects managed fields data from the single object
+	Collect(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object)
+	// Emit emits collected data to some backing store
+	Emit(ctx context.Context) error
+}
+
 type ConcurrentDefaultSSA struct {
 	clnt      client.Client
 	owner     client.FieldOwner
 	versioner machineryruntime.GroupVersioner
 	converter machineryruntime.ObjectConvertor
+	collector ManagedFieldsCollector
 }
 
-func ConcurrentSSA(clnt client.Client, owner client.FieldOwner) *ConcurrentDefaultSSA {
+func ConcurrentSSA(clnt client.Client, owner client.FieldOwner, managedFieldsCollector ManagedFieldsCollector) *ConcurrentDefaultSSA {
 	return &ConcurrentDefaultSSA{
-		clnt: clnt, owner: owner,
+		clnt:      clnt,
+		owner:     owner,
 		versioner: schema.GroupVersions(clnt.Scheme().PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()),
 		converter: clnt.Scheme(),
+		collector: managedFieldsCollector,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -70,6 +80,9 @@ func (c *ConcurrentDefaultSSA) Run(ctx context.Context, resources []*resource.In
 		return errors.Join(errs...)
 	}
 	logger.V(internal.DebugLogLevel).Info("ServerSideApply finished", "time", ssaFinish)
+	if err := c.collector.Emit(ctx); err != nil {
+		logger.V(internal.DebugLogLevel).Error(err, "error emitting data of unknown field managers")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -123,6 +136,7 @@ func (c *ConcurrentDefaultSSA) serverSideApplyResourceInfo(
 		)
 	}
 
+	c.collector.Collect(ctx, obj)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/manifest/skrresources/ssa_test.go b/internal/manifest/skrresources/ssa_test.go
index 308c2a59b7..532a04e2fa 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/skrresources/ssa_test.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/skrresources/ssa_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ func TestConcurrentSSA(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeClientBuilder := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithRuntimeObjects(pod).Build()
 	_ = fakeClientBuilder.Create(context.Background(), pod)
 
+	inactiveCollector := skrresources.NewManifestLogCollector(nil, client.FieldOwner("test"))
+
 	type args struct {
 		clnt  client.Client
 		owner client.FieldOwner
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ func TestConcurrentSSA(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(
 			testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Parallel()
-				ssa := skrresources.ConcurrentSSA(testCase.ssa.clnt, testCase.ssa.owner)
+				ssa := skrresources.ConcurrentSSA(testCase.ssa.clnt, testCase.ssa.owner, inactiveCollector)
 				if err := ssa.Run(context.Background(), testCase.apply); err != nil {
 					require.ErrorIs(t, err, testCase.err)
 				}
diff --git a/internal/manifest/skrresources/sync.go b/internal/manifest/skrresources/sync.go
index feae73400a..cd28dcee19 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/skrresources/sync.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/skrresources/sync.go
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ func SyncResources(ctx context.Context, skrClient client.Client, manifest *v1bet
 ) error {
 	manifestStatus := manifest.GetStatus()
 
-	if err := ConcurrentSSA(skrClient, manifestclient.DefaultFieldOwner).Run(ctx, target); err != nil {
+	managedFieldsCollector := NewManifestLogCollector(manifest, manifestclient.DefaultFieldOwner)
+
+	if err := ConcurrentSSA(skrClient, manifestclient.DefaultFieldOwner, managedFieldsCollector).Run(ctx, target); err != nil {
 		manifest.SetStatus(manifestStatus.WithState(shared.StateError).WithErr(err))
 		return err
 	}