diff --git a/internal/telemetry/bench_test.go b/internal/telemetry/bench_test.go
index fe6fdf17f8..c3e5317a28 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/bench_test.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/bench_test.go
@@ -162,6 +162,33 @@ func BenchmarkLogging(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+func BenchmarkTracingNoExporter(b *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	export.SetExporter(nil)
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		for _, value := range values {
+			if g := A_trace(ctx, value); g <= 0 {
+				b.Fatalf("Unexpected got g(%d) <= 0", g)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkTracing(b *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	export.SetExporter(newExporter())
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		for _, value := range values {
+			if g := A_trace(ctx, value); g <= 0 {
+				b.Fatalf("Unexpected got g(%d) <= 0", g)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
 
 func BenchmarkLoggingStdlib(b *testing.B) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
diff --git a/internal/telemetry/export/log.go b/internal/telemetry/export/log.go
index d75e4f2654..752e686e8b 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/export/log.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/export/log.go
@@ -25,8 +25,21 @@ type logWriter struct {
 	onlyErrors bool
 }
 
-func (w *logWriter) StartSpan(context.Context, *telemetry.Span)  {}
-func (w *logWriter) FinishSpan(context.Context, *telemetry.Span) {}
+func (w *logWriter) StartSpan(ctx context.Context, span *telemetry.Span) {
+	if w.onlyErrors {
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(w.writer, "start: %v %v", span.Name, span.ID)
+	if span.ParentID.IsValid() {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w.writer, "[%v]", span.ParentID)
+	}
+}
+func (w *logWriter) FinishSpan(ctx context.Context, span *telemetry.Span) {
+	if w.onlyErrors {
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(w.writer, "finish: %v %v", span.Name, span.ID)
+}
 func (w *logWriter) ProcessEvent(ctx context.Context, event telemetry.Event) context.Context {
 	if w.onlyErrors && event.Error == nil {
 		return ctx