diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/Confidence.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/Confidence.java
index 19cda817..1ff6f49c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/Confidence.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/Confidence.java
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ public void emit(
       this.eventSenderEngine.emit(name, context, message);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void flush() {
+      this.eventSenderEngine.flush();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<ResolveFlagsResponse> resolveFlags(
         String flag, ConfidenceValue.Struct context) {
@@ -249,6 +254,11 @@ protected ClientDelegate client() {
     public void close() throws IOException {
       closed = true;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() {
+      parent.flush();
+    }
   }
 
   private static class RootInstance extends Confidence {
@@ -272,6 +282,11 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
         client = null;
       }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() {
+      client.flush();
+    }
   }
 
   public static class Builder {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSender.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSender.java
index e1164d2d..97febc29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSender.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ public interface EventSender extends Contextual {
 
   public void track(String eventName);
 
+  void flush();
+
   @Override
   EventSender withContext(ConfidenceValue.Struct context);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngine.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngine.java
index 0494040c..27d2fc1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngine.java
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 
 interface EventSenderEngine extends Closeable {
   void emit(String name, ConfidenceValue.Struct context, Optional<ConfidenceValue.Struct> message);
+
+  void flush();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngineImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngineImpl.java
index 1c7da912..9552dbbe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngineImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngineImpl.java
@@ -91,13 +91,26 @@ public void emit(
     LockSupport.unpark(pollingThread);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void flush() {
+    sendQueue.add(Event.newBuilder().setEventDefinition("manual_flash").build());
+    LockSupport.unpark(pollingThread);
+  }
+
   private void pollLoop() {
     Instant latestFlushTime = Instant.now();
     ArrayList<com.spotify.confidence.events.v1.Event> events = new ArrayList<>();
     while (true) {
       final var event = sendQueue.poll();
       if (event != null) {
-        events.add(event);
+        if ("manual_flash".equals(event.getEventDefinition())) {
+          log.debug("Starting events upload due to manual flush");
+          upload(events);
+          events = new ArrayList<>();
+          break;
+        } else {
+          events.add(event);
+        }
       } else {
         if (intakeClosed) break;
         LockSupport.parkUntil(Instant.now().plus(maxFlushInterval).toEpochMilli());
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngineTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngineTest.java
index f28bfc07..53976d2a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngineTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/confidence/EventSenderEngineTest.java
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 
 public class EventSenderEngineTest {
 
-  private final ResolverClientTestUtils.FakeFlagResolverClient fakeFlagResolverClient =
-      new ResolverClientTestUtils.FakeFlagResolverClient();
-
   private final FakeClock clock = new FakeClock();
 
   @Test
@@ -161,6 +158,36 @@ public void testEngineUploadsTriggeredByFlushTimeout() throws IOException, Inter
     engine.close();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFlushForcesUploadsDespiteBatchLimits() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    final FakeUploader alwaysSucceedUploader = new FakeUploader(List.of());
+    final EventSenderEngine engine =
+        new EventSenderEngineImpl(
+            10000, // Big batch size
+            alwaysSucceedUploader,
+            clock,
+            Duration.ofMillis(10000), // Long max flush interval
+            DEFAULT_MAX_MEMORY_CONSUMPTION);
+
+    // send only one event
+    engine.emit(
+        "navigate",
+        ConfidenceValue.of(ImmutableMap.of("key", ConfidenceValue.of("size"))),
+        Optional.empty());
+
+    engine.flush();
+
+    // wait for the upload to be triggered
+    Thread.sleep(100);
+
+    // assert
+    assertThat(alwaysSucceedUploader.uploadCalls.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(alwaysSucceedUploader.uploadCalls.peek().size()).isEqualTo(1);
+
+    // close
+    engine.close();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testEngineUploadsWhenIntermittentErrorWillRetry() throws IOException {
     final int maxBatchSize = 3;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/confidence/FakeEventSenderEngine.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/confidence/FakeEventSenderEngine.java
index 9e52e508..8741e64b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/confidence/FakeEventSenderEngine.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/confidence/FakeEventSenderEngine.java
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ public void emit(
       String name, ConfidenceValue.Struct context, Optional<ConfidenceValue.Struct> message) {
     events.add(event(name, context, message).setEventTime(clock.getTimestamp()).build());
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void flush() {
+    // NOOP
+  }
 }