diff --git a/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml b/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
index 22ca29cc..7d7420f8 100644
--- a/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
+++ b/crd-docs/cr/kiali.io_v1alpha1_kiali.yaml
@@ -445,7 +445,10 @@ spec:
           expression: "healthy"
         - description: "Hide: unknown nodes"
           expression: "name = unknown"
+        settings:
+          animation: "point"
         traffic:
+          ambient: "total"
           grpc: "requests"
           http: "requests"
           tcp: "sent"
diff --git a/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml b/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
index a0916706..1f821ec3 100644
--- a/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
+++ b/crd-docs/crd/kiali.io_kialis.yaml
@@ -1248,10 +1248,22 @@ spec:
                                 expression:
                                   type: string
                                   description: "The hide expression."
+                          settings:
+                            description: "Various presentation options."
+                            type: object
+                            properties:
+                              animation:
+                                description: "The traffic animation style. Value must be one of: `dash` or `point`. Default is `point`."
+                                type: string
+                                enum: ["dash", "point"]
                           traffic:
                             description: "These settings determine which rates are used to determine graph traffic."
                             type: object
                             properties:
+                              ambient:
+                                description: "Ambient traffic is reported by ztunnel and/or waypoints. Value must be one of: `none`, `total`, `waypoint`, or `ztunnel`."
+                                type: string
+                                enum: ["none", "total", "waypoint", "ztunnel"]
                               grpc:
                                 description: "gRPC traffic is measured in requests or sent/received/total messages. Value must be one of: `none`, `requests`, `sent`, `received`, or `total`."
                                 type: string
diff --git a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
index a4f59f78..09847f67 100644
--- a/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/default/kiali-deploy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -278,10 +278,12 @@ kiali_defaults:
           description: "Hide: nodes ranked lower than the 2 top rankings"
           expression:  "rank > 2"
         settings:
+          animation: "point"
           font_label: 13
           min_font_badge: 7
           min_font_label: 10
         traffic:
+          ambient: "total"
           grpc: "requests"
           http: "requests"
           tcp: "sent"