diff --git a/modules/generator/config.go b/modules/generator/config.go
index d705ada2108..2f101a405bc 100644
--- a/modules/generator/config.go
+++ b/modules/generator/config.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// MetricsIngestionSlack is the max amount of time passed since a span's start time
 	// for the span to be considered in metrics generation
 	MetricsIngestionSlack time.Duration `yaml:"metrics_ingestion_time_range_slack"`
+	SummaryTimeout        time.Duration `yaml:"summary_timeout"`
 }
 
 // RegisterFlagsAndApplyDefaults registers the flags.
diff --git a/modules/generator/generator.go b/modules/generator/generator.go
index 6e12b5a1e91..2b170ce7a53 100644
--- a/modules/generator/generator.go
+++ b/modules/generator/generator.go
@@ -283,3 +283,17 @@ func (g *Generator) OnRingInstanceStopping(lifecycler *ring.BasicLifecycler) {
 // OnRingInstanceHeartbeat implements ring.BasicLifecyclerDelegate
 func (g *Generator) OnRingInstanceHeartbeat(lifecycler *ring.BasicLifecycler, ringDesc *ring.Desc, instanceDesc *ring.InstanceDesc) {
 }
+
+func (q *Generator) SpanSummary(ctx context.Context, req *tempopb.SpanSummaryRequest) (*tempopb.SpanSummaryResponse, error) {
+	instanceID, err := user.ExtractOrgID(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	instance, err := q.getOrCreateInstance(instanceID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return instance.spanSummary(ctx, req)
+}
diff --git a/modules/generator/instance.go b/modules/generator/instance.go
index 9f0e7efb8ba..722406eff02 100644
--- a/modules/generator/instance.go
+++ b/modules/generator/instance.go
@@ -349,6 +349,22 @@ func (i *instance) preprocessSpans(req *tempopb.PushSpansRequest) {
 	i.updatePushMetrics(size, spanCount, expiredSpanCount)
 }
 
+func (i *instance) spanSummary(ctx context.Context, req *tempopb.SpanSummaryRequest) (resp *tempopb.SpanSummaryResponse, err error) {
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return nil, nil
+		// case i.spanSummaryCh <- req:
+	default:
+		// for _, processor := range i.processors {
+		// switch p := processor.(type) {
+		// case *localblocks.Processor:
+		// processor.GetMetrics(ctx, req)
+		// }
+		// }
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("not implemented yet")
+	}
+}
+
 func (i *instance) updatePushMetrics(bytesIngested int, spanCount int, expiredSpanCount int) {
 	metricBytesIngested.WithLabelValues(i.instanceID).Add(float64(bytesIngested))
 	metricSpansIngested.WithLabelValues(i.instanceID).Add(float64(spanCount))