diff --git a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/manager.rs b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/manager.rs
index fb004f494..04f2ff613 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/manager.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-plugins/src/manager.rs
@@ -466,9 +466,14 @@ impl PluginsManager {
     }
 
     #[instrument(
-        level = "trace",
+        name = "plugins_for_config",
+        level = "info",
         skip_all,
-        fields(force_reload, plugins_enabled = config.plugins_enabled)
+        fields(
+            otel.name = "plugins_for_config",
+            force_reload,
+            plugins_enabled = config.plugins_enabled
+        )
     )]
     pub(crate) async fn plugins_for_config_with_force_reload(
         &self,
diff --git a/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service.rs b/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service.rs
index 29d34c380..d20f5e39e 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core-skills/src/service.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ impl SkillsService {
     /// This path uses a cache keyed by the effective skill-relevant config state rather than just
     /// cwd so role-local and session-local skill overrides cannot bleed across sessions that happen
     /// to share a directory.
-    #[instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
+    #[instrument(
+        name = "skills_for_config",
+        level = "info",
+        skip_all,
+        fields(otel.name = "skills_for_config")
+    )]
     pub async fn snapshot_for_config(
         &self,
         input: &SkillsLoadInput,