diff --git a/common/client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
index fd1e82d7ac..322c89170e 100644
--- a/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ cli = ["clap", "comfy-table"]
 fs-credentials-storage = ["nym-credential-storage/persistent-storage"]
 fs-surb-storage = ["nym-client-core-surb-storage/fs-surb-storage"]
 fs-gateways-storage = ["nym-client-core-gateways-storage/fs-gateways-storage"]
+otel = ["nym-sphinx/otel"]
 wasm = ["nym-gateway-client/wasm"]
 metrics-server = []
 
diff --git a/common/gateway-requests/src/types/text_request/mod.rs b/common/gateway-requests/src/types/text_request/mod.rs
index d3051af2d4..2c00b4e156 100644
--- a/common/gateway-requests/src/types/text_request/mod.rs
+++ b/common/gateway-requests/src/types/text_request/mod.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ impl ClientControlRequest {
         let context_carrier = {
             use nym_bin_common::opentelemetry::context::extract_trace_id_from_tracing_cx;
             let trace_id = extract_trace_id_from_tracing_cx();
-            tracing::info!("[DEBUG] Trace id in new_authenticate_v2: {:?}", trace_id);
 
             use tracing_opentelemetry::OpenTelemetrySpanExt;
 
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 10a5128f8f..26492d860d 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ time = { workspace = true }
 default = []
 otel = [
     "nym-bin-common/otel",
+    "nym-client-core/otel",
     "nym-gateway-requests/otel",
+    "nym-sphinx/otel",
     "opentelemetry",
     "opentelemetry_sdk",
     "tracing-opentelemetry",
diff --git a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/authenticated.rs b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/authenticated.rs
index 03f0114cab..d109dd7044 100644
--- a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/authenticated.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/authenticated.rs
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ impl<R, S> AuthenticatedHandler<R, S> {
         let span = {
             let span = match &self.otel_propagator {
                 Some(propagator) => info_span!(parent: &propagator.root_span, "handling_forward_sphinx"),
-                None => info_span!("handling_forward_sphinx_no_otel"),
+                None => debug_span!("handling_forward_sphinx_no_otel"),
             };
             span
         };
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ impl<R, S> AuthenticatedHandler<R, S> {
         }
     }
 
+    #[instrument(skip_all)]
     async fn handle_is_active_request(
         &mut self,
         reply_tx: IsActiveResultSender,
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ impl<R, S> AuthenticatedHandler<R, S> {
         let from_client_span = {
             let span = match &self.otel_propagator {
                 Some(propagator) => info_span!(parent: &propagator.root_span, "authenticated_client_handler_listen"),
-                None => info_span!("authenticated_client_handler_listen_no_otel"),
+                None => tracing::debug_span!("authenticated_client_handler_listen_no_otel"),
             };
             span
         };
@@ -701,7 +702,7 @@ impl<R, S> AuthenticatedHandler<R, S> {
                     }
 
                     if let Some(response) = self.handle_request(socket_msg).await {
-                        if let Err(err) = self.inner.send_websocket_message(response).await {
+                        if let Err(err) = self.inner.send_websocket_message(response).in_current_span().await {
                             debug!(
                                 "Failed to send message over websocket: {err}. Assuming the connection is dead.",
                             );
diff --git a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
index 522548be21..bb011d0f8e 100644
--- a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ impl<R, S> FreshHandler<R, S> {
     ///
     /// * `shared_keys`: keys derived between the client and gateway.
     /// * `packets`: unwrapped packets that are to be pushed back to the client.
+    #[instrument(skip_all)]
     pub(crate) async fn push_packets_to_client(
         &mut self,
         shared_keys: &SharedGatewayKey,
@@ -883,14 +884,14 @@ impl<R, S> FreshHandler<R, S> {
         #[cfg(feature = "otel")]
         let (context_propagator, otel_ctx) = if let ClientControlRequest::AuthenticateV2(ref auth_req) = request {
             if let Some(otel_context) = &auth_req.otel_context {
-                warn!("=== OpenTelemetry context provided in the request: {otel_context:?} ===");
+                info!("=== OpenTelemetry context provided in the request: {otel_context:?} ===");
                 (Some(ManualContextPropagator::new("handling_initial_client_request_with_otel", otel_context.clone())), Some(otel_context.clone()))
             } else {
-                warn!("No OpenTelemetry context provided in the request");
+                debug!("No OpenTelemetry context provided in the request");
                 (None, None)
             }
         } else {
-            warn!("No OpenTelemetry context provided in the request");
+            debug!("No OpenTelemetry context provided in the request");
             (None, None)
         };
         #[cfg(feature = "otel")]
@@ -899,7 +900,7 @@ impl<R, S> FreshHandler<R, S> {
                 let span = info_span!(parent: &propagator.root_span, "=== Handling initial client request with otel context ===");
                 span
             }
-            None => info_span!("=== Handling initial client request without otel context ==="),
+            None => tracing::debug_span!("=== Handling initial client request without otel context ==="),
         };
         #[cfg(feature = "otel")]
         let _enter = child_span.enter();
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/surb_reply.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/surb_reply.rs
index a67d38a144..18cb8e6eb1 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/surb_reply.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/surb_reply.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async fn main() {
             let cx = tracing::Span::current().context();
             let sc = cx.span();
             let spcx = sc.span_context();
-            tracing::info!("Current OTEL context: {:?}, trace_id: {:?}", cx, spcx.trace_id());
+            tracing::debug!("Current OTEL context: {:?}, trace_id: {:?}", cx, spcx.trace_id());
 
             // Ignore performance requirements for the sake of the example
                 let mut debug_config = DebugConfig::default();