diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/distributed/propagation.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/distributed/propagation.rb
index b4211edd645..0e14259157d 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/distributed/propagation.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/distributed/propagation.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def initialize(
         # DEV-2.0: if needed.
         # DEV-2.0: Ideally, we'd have a separate stream to report tracer errors and never
         # DEV-2.0: touch the active span.
+        # DEV-2.0: Sample trace here instead of when generating digest.
         #
         # @param digest [TraceDigest]
         # @param data [Hash]
@@ -62,11 +63,6 @@ def inject!(digest, data)
           end
 
           result = false
-          # Probably sample here
-          # Do we need to update tags on the parent span here first?
-          # That should probably be done in the tracer, not here.
-          # Can we sample off of digest or do we need to grab the parent span?
-          # Looking at how we do span sampling would be helpful to answer some of this.
           components.sampler.sample!(digest)
 
           # Inject all configured propagation styles
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/trace_operation.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/trace_operation.rb
index 9ebaf46ef85..e9e096181ef 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/trace_operation.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/trace_operation.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,28 @@ def resource
         @resource || (root_span && root_span.resource)
       end
 
+
+      def get_tag(key)
+        super || (root_span && root_span.get_tag(key))
+      end
+
+      def get_metric(key)
+        @metric[key?] || (root_span && root_span.get_metric(key))
+      end
+
+      def tags
+        all_tags = {}
+        all_tags.merge(root_span.tags) if root_span
+        all_tags.merge(@tags)
+        all_tags.merge(@metrics)
+        all_tags
+      end
+
+
+
+        @resource || (root_span && root_span.resource)
+      end
+
       # Returns true if the resource has been explicitly set
       #
       # @return [Boolean]
@@ -285,6 +307,8 @@ def flush!
       # Used for propagation across execution contexts.
       # Data should reflect the active state of the trace.
       def to_digest
+      # DEV-3.0: Sampling is a side effect of generating the digest.
+      # We should move the sample call to inject and right before moving to new contexts(threads, forking etc.)
         # Resolve current span ID
         span_id = @active_span && @active_span.id
         span_id ||= @parent_span_id unless finished?
@@ -352,7 +376,6 @@ def fork_clone
       # Callback behavior
       class Events
         include Tracing::Events
-
         attr_reader \
           :span_before_start,
           :span_finished,