diff --git a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/common.cfg b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/common.cfg
index e0398ca2db63..bb469abb5135 100644
--- a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/common.cfg
+++ b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/common.cfg
@@ -11,3 +11,23 @@ env_vars: {
   key: "TRAMPOLINE_BUILD_FILE"
   value: "github/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/build.sh"
 }
+
+
+#############################################
+# this section merged from .kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg using owlbot.py
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_AREA_LABEL"
+    value: "observability"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_LABEL"
+    value: "error-reporting"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "LANGUAGE_LABEL"
+    value: "java"
+}
+
+###################################################
+
diff --git a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f523628d3741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+#############################################
+# this section merged from .kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg using owlbot.py
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_AREA_LABEL"
+    value: "observability"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_LABEL"
+    value: "error-reporting"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "LANGUAGE_LABEL"
+    value: "java"
+}
+
+###################################################
+
diff --git a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/continuous/common.cfg b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/continuous/common.cfg
index 00ab554da54c..dc381950aa0f 100644
--- a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/continuous/common.cfg
+++ b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/continuous/common.cfg
@@ -23,3 +23,23 @@ env_vars: {
   key: "JOB_TYPE"
   value: "test"
 }
+
+
+#############################################
+# this section merged from .kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg using owlbot.py
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_AREA_LABEL"
+    value: "observability"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_LABEL"
+    value: "error-reporting"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "LANGUAGE_LABEL"
+    value: "java"
+}
+
+###################################################
+
diff --git a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/nightly/common.cfg b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/nightly/common.cfg
index 00ab554da54c..dc381950aa0f 100644
--- a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/nightly/common.cfg
+++ b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/nightly/common.cfg
@@ -23,3 +23,23 @@ env_vars: {
   key: "JOB_TYPE"
   value: "test"
 }
+
+
+#############################################
+# this section merged from .kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg using owlbot.py
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_AREA_LABEL"
+    value: "observability"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_LABEL"
+    value: "error-reporting"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "LANGUAGE_LABEL"
+    value: "java"
+}
+
+###################################################
+
diff --git a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/presubmit/common.cfg b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/presubmit/common.cfg
index 276117b27ba7..475442955fe9 100644
--- a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/presubmit/common.cfg
+++ b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/presubmit/common.cfg
@@ -32,3 +32,23 @@ before_action {
     }
   }
 }
+
+
+#############################################
+# this section merged from .kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg using owlbot.py
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_AREA_LABEL"
+    value: "observability"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_LABEL"
+    value: "error-reporting"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "LANGUAGE_LABEL"
+    value: "java"
+}
+
+###################################################
+
diff --git a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/release/common.cfg b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/release/common.cfg
index f5159234a64f..a7242a91b43c 100644
--- a/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/release/common.cfg
+++ b/java-errorreporting/.kokoro/release/common.cfg
@@ -47,3 +47,23 @@ before_action {
     }
   }
 }
+
+
+#############################################
+# this section merged from .kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg using owlbot.py
+
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_AREA_LABEL"
+    value: "observability"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "PRODUCT_LABEL"
+    value: "error-reporting"
+}
+env_vars: {
+    key: "LANGUAGE_LABEL"
+    value: "java"
+}
+
+###################################################
+
diff --git a/java-errorreporting/owlbot.py b/java-errorreporting/owlbot.py
index aef0e36ce5de..85875cf85282 100644
--- a/java-errorreporting/owlbot.py
+++ b/java-errorreporting/owlbot.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import os
 import synthtool as s
 from synthtool.languages import java
 
@@ -75,3 +76,25 @@
 
 s.remove_staging_dirs()
 java.common_templates(excludes=['.github/auto-label.yaml'])
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Modify test configs
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# add shared environment variables to test configs
+s.move(
+    ".kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg",
+    ".kokoro/common.cfg",
+    merge=lambda src, dst, _, : f"{dst}\n{src}",
+)
+tracked_subdirs = ["continuous", "presubmit", "release", "nightly"]
+for subdir in tracked_subdirs:
+    for path, subdirs, files in os.walk(f".kokoro/{subdir}"):
+        for name in files:
+            if name == "common.cfg":
+                file_path = os.path.join(path, name)
+                s.move(
+                    ".kokoro/common_env_vars.cfg",
+                    file_path,
+                    merge=lambda src, dst, _, : f"{dst}\n{src}",
+                )