diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 156dfe3f4..a4ceb7fd4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7560,7 +7560,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin-core",
  "spin-factor-key-value",
  "tokio",
- "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -7575,7 +7574,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin-factor-key-value",
  "spin-world",
  "tokio",
- "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -7591,7 +7589,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin-factor-key-value",
  "spin-world",
  "tokio",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/factor-key-value/src/host.rs b/crates/factor-key-value/src/host.rs
index fd9da9a39..5b1f57e7e 100644
--- a/crates/factor-key-value/src/host.rs
+++ b/crates/factor-key-value/src/host.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use spin_locked_app::MetadataKey;
 use spin_world::v2::key_value;
 use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::Arc};
 use table::Table;
+use tracing::{instrument, Level};
 
 pub const KEY_VALUE_STORES_KEY: MetadataKey<Vec<String>> = MetadataKey::new("key_value_stores");
 
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ impl key_value::Host for KeyValueDispatch {}
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl key_value::HostStore for KeyValueDispatch {
+    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value.open", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client", kv.backend=self.manager.summary(&name).unwrap_or("unknown".to_string())))]
     async fn open(&mut self, name: String) -> Result<Result<Resource<key_value::Store>, Error>> {
         Ok(async {
             if self.allowed_stores.contains(&name) {
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ impl key_value::HostStore for KeyValueDispatch {
         .await)
     }
 
+    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value.get", skip(self, store), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn get(
         &mut self,
         store: Resource<key_value::Store>,
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ impl key_value::HostStore for KeyValueDispatch {
         Ok(store.get(&key).await)
     }
 
+    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value.set", skip(self, store, value), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn set(
         &mut self,
         store: Resource<key_value::Store>,
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ impl key_value::HostStore for KeyValueDispatch {
         Ok(store.set(&key, &value).await)
     }
 
+    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value.delete", skip(self, store), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn delete(
         &mut self,
         store: Resource<key_value::Store>,
@@ -122,6 +127,7 @@ impl key_value::HostStore for KeyValueDispatch {
         Ok(store.delete(&key).await)
     }
 
+    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value.exists", skip(self, store), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn exists(
         &mut self,
         store: Resource<key_value::Store>,
@@ -131,6 +137,7 @@ impl key_value::HostStore for KeyValueDispatch {
         Ok(store.exists(&key).await)
     }
 
+    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value.get_keys", skip(self, store), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn get_keys(
         &mut self,
         store: Resource<key_value::Store>,
diff --git a/crates/factor-llm/src/host.rs b/crates/factor-llm/src/host.rs
index af980ad7e..7f5e07746 100644
--- a/crates/factor-llm/src/host.rs
+++ b/crates/factor-llm/src/host.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use spin_world::v1::llm::{self as v1};
 use spin_world::v2::llm::{self as v2};
+use tracing::field::Empty;
+use tracing::{instrument, Level};
 
 use crate::InstanceState;
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl v2::Host for InstanceState {
+    #[instrument(name = "spin_llm.infer", skip(self, prompt), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client", llm.backend = Empty))]
     async fn infer(
         &mut self,
         model: v2::InferencingModel,
@@ -15,9 +18,9 @@ impl v2::Host for InstanceState {
         if !self.allowed_models.contains(&model) {
             return Err(access_denied_error(&model));
         }
-        self.engine
-            .lock()
-            .await
+        let mut engine = self.engine.lock().await;
+        tracing::Span::current().record("llm.backend", engine.summary());
+        engine
             .infer(
                 model,
                 prompt,
@@ -33,15 +36,18 @@ impl v2::Host for InstanceState {
             .await
     }
 
+    #[instrument(name = "spin_llm.generate_embeddings", skip(self, data), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client", llm.backend = Empty))]
     async fn generate_embeddings(
         &mut self,
-        m: v1::EmbeddingModel,
+        model: v1::EmbeddingModel,
         data: Vec<String>,
     ) -> Result<v2::EmbeddingsResult, v2::Error> {
-        if !self.allowed_models.contains(&m) {
-            return Err(access_denied_error(&m));
+        if !self.allowed_models.contains(&model) {
+            return Err(access_denied_error(&model));
         }
-        self.engine.lock().await.generate_embeddings(m, data).await
+        let mut engine = self.engine.lock().await;
+        tracing::Span::current().record("llm.backend", engine.summary());
+        engine.generate_embeddings(model, data).await
     }
 
     fn convert_error(&mut self, error: v2::Error) -> anyhow::Result<v2::Error> {
diff --git a/crates/factor-llm/src/lib.rs b/crates/factor-llm/src/lib.rs
index 936ca7809..6491d9afc 100644
--- a/crates/factor-llm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/factor-llm/src/lib.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ pub trait LlmEngine: Send + Sync {
         model: v2::EmbeddingModel,
         data: Vec<String>,
     ) -> Result<v2::EmbeddingsResult, v2::Error>;
+
+    /// A human-readable summary of the given engine's configuration
+    ///
+    /// Example: "local model"
+    fn summary(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        None
+    }
 }
 
 /// A creator for an LLM engine.
diff --git a/crates/factor-llm/src/spin.rs b/crates/factor-llm/src/spin.rs
index ab3a167fa..00d1c2126 100644
--- a/crates/factor-llm/src/spin.rs
+++ b/crates/factor-llm/src/spin.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ mod local {
         ) -> Result<v2::EmbeddingsResult, v2::Error> {
             self.generate_embeddings(model, data).await
         }
+
+        fn summary(&self) -> Option<String> {
+            Some("local model".to_string())
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -78,6 +82,10 @@ impl LlmEngine for RemoteHttpLlmEngine {
     ) -> Result<v2::EmbeddingsResult, v2::Error> {
         self.generate_embeddings(model, data).await
     }
+
+    fn summary(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        Some(format!("model at {}", self.url()))
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn runtime_config_from_toml(
@@ -161,5 +169,9 @@ mod noop {
                 "Local LLM operations are not supported in this version of Spin.".into(),
             ))
         }
+
+        fn summary(&self) -> Option<String> {
+            Some("noop model".to_owned())
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/key-value-azure/Cargo.toml b/crates/key-value-azure/Cargo.toml
index 1ee79d9f9..d6de4e173 100644
--- a/crates/key-value-azure/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/key-value-azure/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 spin-core = { path = "../core" }
 spin-factor-key-value = { path = "../factor-key-value" }
 tokio = "1"
-tracing = { workspace = true }
 url = "2"
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/crates/key-value-azure/src/store.rs b/crates/key-value-azure/src/store.rs
index 955c1c0e7..a6538e074 100644
--- a/crates/key-value-azure/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/key-value-azure/src/store.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use futures::StreamExt;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use spin_core::async_trait;
 use spin_factor_key_value::{log_error, Error, Store, StoreManager};
-use tracing::{instrument, Level};
 
 pub struct KeyValueAzureCosmos {
     client: CollectionClient,
@@ -119,20 +118,11 @@ struct AzureCosmosStore {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl Store for AzureCosmosStore {
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_azure.get", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(
-        otel.kind = "client"
-    ))]
     async fn get(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, Error> {
         let pair = self.get_pair(key).await?;
         Ok(pair.map(|p| p.value))
     }
 
-    #[instrument(
-        name = "spin_key_value_azure.set",
-        skip(self, value),
-        err(level = Level::INFO),
-        fields(otel.kind = "client")
-    )]
     async fn set(&self, key: &str, value: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let pair = Pair {
             id: key.to_string(),
@@ -146,9 +136,6 @@ impl Store for AzureCosmosStore {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_azure.delete", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(
-        otel.kind = "client"
-    ))]
     async fn delete(&self, key: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         if self.exists(key).await? {
             let document_client = self.client.document_client(key, &key).map_err(log_error)?;
@@ -157,19 +144,10 @@ impl Store for AzureCosmosStore {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_azure.exists", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(
-        otel.kind = "client"
-    ))]
     async fn exists(&self, key: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
         Ok(self.get_pair(key).await?.is_some())
     }
 
-    #[instrument(
-        name = "spin_key_value_azure.get_keys",
-        skip(self),
-        err(level = Level::INFO),
-        fields(otel.kind = "client")
-    )]
     async fn get_keys(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
         self.get_keys().await
     }
diff --git a/crates/key-value-redis/Cargo.toml b/crates/key-value-redis/Cargo.toml
index 88e2f488b..6bff01b56 100644
--- a/crates/key-value-redis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/key-value-redis/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ spin-core = { path = "../core" }
 spin-factor-key-value = { path = "../factor-key-value" }
 spin-world = { path = "../world" }
 tokio = "1"
-tracing = { workspace = true }
 url = "2"
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/crates/key-value-redis/src/store.rs b/crates/key-value-redis/src/store.rs
index 76bb20da1..8d9dbc11f 100644
--- a/crates/key-value-redis/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/key-value-redis/src/store.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use spin_core::async_trait;
 use spin_factor_key_value::{log_error, Error, Store, StoreManager};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::{Mutex, OnceCell};
-use tracing::{instrument, Level};
 use url::Url;
 
 pub struct KeyValueRedis {
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ impl KeyValueRedis {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl StoreManager for KeyValueRedis {
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_redis.get_store", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn get(&self, _name: &str) -> Result<Arc<dyn Store>, Error> {
         let connection = self
             .connection
@@ -60,13 +58,11 @@ struct RedisStore {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl Store for RedisStore {
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_redis.get", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn get(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, Error> {
         let mut conn = self.connection.lock().await;
         conn.get(key).await.map_err(log_error)
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_redis.set", skip(self, value), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn set(&self, key: &str, value: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.connection
             .lock()
@@ -76,7 +72,6 @@ impl Store for RedisStore {
             .map_err(log_error)
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_redis.delete", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn delete(&self, key: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.connection
             .lock()
@@ -86,7 +81,6 @@ impl Store for RedisStore {
             .map_err(log_error)
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_redis.exists", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn exists(&self, key: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
         self.connection
             .lock()
@@ -96,7 +90,6 @@ impl Store for RedisStore {
             .map_err(log_error)
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_redis.get_keys", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn get_keys(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
         self.connection
             .lock()
diff --git a/crates/key-value-spin/Cargo.toml b/crates/key-value-spin/Cargo.toml
index bd1d4470b..1544259e4 100644
--- a/crates/key-value-spin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/key-value-spin/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ spin-core = { path = "../core" }
 spin-factor-key-value = { path = "../factor-key-value" }
 spin-world = { path = "../world" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
-tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/key-value-spin/src/store.rs b/crates/key-value-spin/src/store.rs
index f38d32827..3bdf79577 100644
--- a/crates/key-value-spin/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/key-value-spin/src/store.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 use tokio::task;
-use tracing::{instrument, Level};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum DatabaseLocation {
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ impl KeyValueSqlite {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl StoreManager for KeyValueSqlite {
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_sqlite.get_store", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Arc<dyn Store>, Error> {
         let connection = task::block_in_place(|| {
             self.connection.get_or_try_init(|| {
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ struct SqliteStore {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl Store for SqliteStore {
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_sqlite.get", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn get(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, Error> {
         task::block_in_place(|| {
             self.connection
@@ -105,7 +102,6 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
         })
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_sqlite.set", skip(self, value), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn set(&self, key: &str, value: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
         task::block_in_place(|| {
             self.connection
@@ -122,7 +118,6 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
         })
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_sqlite.delete", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn delete(&self, key: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         task::block_in_place(|| {
             self.connection
@@ -136,12 +131,10 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
         })
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_sqlite.exists", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn exists(&self, key: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
         Ok(self.get(key).await?.is_some())
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_key_value_sqlite.get_keys", skip(self), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     async fn get_keys(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
         task::block_in_place(|| {
             self.connection
diff --git a/crates/llm-local/src/lib.rs b/crates/llm-local/src/lib.rs
index cf0b9f992..e4db26193 100644
--- a/crates/llm-local/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/llm-local/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 use tokenizers::PaddingParams;
-use tracing::{instrument, Level};
 
 const MODEL_ALL_MINILM_L6_V2: &str = "all-minilm-l6-v2";
 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ pub struct LocalLlmEngine {
 }
 
 impl LocalLlmEngine {
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_llm_local.infer", skip(self, prompt), err(level = Level::INFO))]
     pub async fn infer(
         &mut self,
         model: wasi_llm::InferencingModel,
@@ -92,7 +90,6 @@ impl LocalLlmEngine {
         Ok(response)
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_llm_local.generate_embeddings", skip(self, data), err(level = Level::INFO))]
     pub async fn generate_embeddings(
         &mut self,
         model: wasi_llm::EmbeddingModel,
diff --git a/crates/llm-remote-http/src/lib.rs b/crates/llm-remote-http/src/lib.rs
index 4a0039539..b200dca03 100644
--- a/crates/llm-remote-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/llm-remote-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use reqwest::{
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
 use spin_world::v2::llm::{self as wasi_llm};
-use tracing::{instrument, Level};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct RemoteHttpLlmEngine {
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ struct EmbeddingResponseBody {
 }
 
 impl RemoteHttpLlmEngine {
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_llm_remote_http.infer", skip(self, prompt), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     pub async fn infer(
         &mut self,
         model: wasi_llm::InferencingModel,
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ impl RemoteHttpLlmEngine {
         }
     }
 
-    #[instrument(name = "spin_llm_remote_http.generate_embeddings", skip(self, data), err(level = Level::INFO), fields(otel.kind = "client"))]
     pub async fn generate_embeddings(
         &mut self,
         model: wasi_llm::EmbeddingModel,
@@ -165,6 +162,10 @@ impl RemoteHttpLlmEngine {
             ))),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn url(&self) -> Url {
+        self.url.clone()
+    }
 }
 
 impl RemoteHttpLlmEngine {
diff --git a/examples/spin-timer/Cargo.lock b/examples/spin-timer/Cargo.lock
index 7f55051d2..455aeda1c 100644
--- a/examples/spin-timer/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/spin-timer/Cargo.lock
@@ -4010,7 +4010,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin-core",
  "spin-factor-key-value",
  "tokio",
- "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -4025,7 +4024,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin-factor-key-value",
  "spin-world",
  "tokio",
- "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -4041,7 +4039,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin-factor-key-value",
  "spin-world",
  "tokio",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]