diff --git a/app/client/packages/rts/src/controllers/Dsl/DslController.ts b/app/client/packages/rts/src/controllers/Dsl/DslController.ts
index 7f0f062d475d..5a6ec060cc7b 100644
--- a/app/client/packages/rts/src/controllers/Dsl/DslController.ts
+++ b/app/client/packages/rts/src/controllers/Dsl/DslController.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Response, Request } from "express";
 import BaseController from "@controllers/BaseController";
 import { latestDSLVersion, migrateDSLToLatest } from "@services/DslService";
 import { StatusCodes } from "http-status-codes";
+import { startSpan, endSpan } from "../../utils/tracing";
 
 export default class DSLController extends BaseController {
   constructor() {
@@ -9,11 +10,15 @@ export default class DSLController extends BaseController {
   }
 
   async migrateDSL(req: Request, res: Response) {
+    const span = startSpan("dsl-migration");
+
     try {
       const latestDSL = await migrateDSLToLatest(req.body);
 
       super.sendResponse(res, latestDSL);
     } catch (err) {
+      endSpan(span, err);
+
       return super.sendError(
         res,
         this.serverErrorMessage,
@@ -21,12 +26,19 @@ export default class DSLController extends BaseController {
         StatusCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
       );
     }
+    endSpan(span);
   }
 
   getLatestDSLVersion(req: Request, res: Response) {
+    const span = startSpan("get-latest-dsl-version");
+    const childSpan = startSpan("version-check", {}, span);
+
     try {
       super.sendResponse(res, { version: latestDSLVersion });
     } catch (err) {
+      endSpan(childSpan, err);
+      endSpan(span, err);
+
       return super.sendError(
         res,
         this.serverErrorMessage,
@@ -34,5 +46,7 @@ export default class DSLController extends BaseController {
         StatusCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
       );
     }
+    endSpan(childSpan);
+    endSpan(span);
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/client/packages/rts/src/utils/tracing.ts b/app/client/packages/rts/src/utils/tracing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c77ab0ceb39a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/client/packages/rts/src/utils/tracing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { trace, context, SpanStatusCode } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import type { Span } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+
+const tracer = trace.getTracer("rts-tracer");
+
+/**
+ * Creates and starts a span. If parentSpan is provided, creates a child span.
+ * @param name Name of the operation to trace
+ * @param attributes Optional attributes for the span
+ * @param parentSpan Optional parent span to create child span
+ * @returns Span object that must be ended when operation completes
+ */
+export function startSpan(
+  name: string,
+  attributes?: Record<string, string | number | boolean>,
+  parentSpan?: Span,
+): Span {
+  const ctx = parentSpan
+    ? trace.setSpan(context.active(), parentSpan)
+    : undefined;
+  const span = tracer.startSpan(name, {}, ctx);
+
+  if (attributes) {
+    Object.entries(attributes).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+      span.setAttribute(key, value);
+    });
+  }
+
+  return span;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ends a span and sets error status if error is provided
+ * @param span Span to end
+ * @param error Optional error to set on span
+ */
+export function endSpan(span: Span, error?: Error): void {
+  if (error) {
+    span.setStatus({
+      code: SpanStatusCode.ERROR,
+      message: error.message,
+    });
+  }
+
+  span.end();
+}