diff --git a/.env-devel b/.env-devel
index 1825a8d7628..167b4e36c59 100644
--- a/.env-devel
+++ b/.env-devel
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ AGENT_VOLUMES_CLEANUP_S3_ENDPOINT=http://172.17.0.1:9001
 AGENT_VOLUMES_CLEANUP_S3_PROVIDER=MINIO
 AGENT_VOLUMES_CLEANUP_S3_REGION=us-east-1
 AGENT_VOLUMES_CLEANUP_S3_SECRET_KEY=12345678
-AGENT_TRACING=null
+AGENT_TRACING={}
 
 API_SERVER_DEV_FEATURES_ENABLED=0
 API_SERVER_LOGLEVEL=INFO
 API_SERVER_PROFILING=1
-API_SERVER_TRACING=null
+API_SERVER_TRACING={}
 TRAEFIK_API_SERVER_INFLIGHTREQ_AMOUNT=25
 
 AUTOSCALING_DASK=null
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ AUTOSCALING_LOGLEVEL=INFO
 AUTOSCALING_NODES_MONITORING=null
 AUTOSCALING_POLL_INTERVAL="00:00:10"
 AUTOSCALING_SSM_ACCESS=null
-AUTOSCALING_TRACING=null
+AUTOSCALING_TRACING={}
 
 AWS_S3_CLI_S3=null
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CATALOG_PORT=8000
 CATALOG_PROFILING=1
 CATALOG_SERVICES_DEFAULT_RESOURCES='{"CPU": {"limit": 0.1, "reservation": 0.1}, "RAM": {"limit": 2147483648, "reservation": 2147483648}}'
 CATALOG_SERVICES_DEFAULT_SPECIFICATIONS='{}'
-CATALOG_TRACING=null
+CATALOG_TRACING={}
 
 CELERY_RESULT_EXPIRES=P7D
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ CLUSTERS_KEEPER_MAX_MISSED_HEARTBEATS_BEFORE_CLUSTER_TERMINATION=5
 CLUSTERS_KEEPER_PRIMARY_EC2_INSTANCES=null
 CLUSTERS_KEEPER_TASK_INTERVAL=00:00:30
 CLUSTERS_KEEPER_WORKERS_EC2_INSTANCES=null
-CLUSTERS_KEEPER_TRACING=null
+CLUSTERS_KEEPER_TRACING={}
 
 DASK_SCHEDULER_HOST=dask-scheduler
 DASK_SCHEDULER_PORT=8786
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ DIRECTOR_PUBLISHED_HOST_NAME="127.0.0.1:9081"
 DIRECTOR_REGISTRY_CACHING_TTL=00:15:00
 DIRECTOR_REGISTRY_CACHING=True
 DIRECTOR_SERVICES_CUSTOM_CONSTRAINTS=null
-DIRECTOR_TRACING=null
+DIRECTOR_TRACING={}
 
 DOCKER_API_PROXY_HOST=docker-api-proxy
 DOCKER_API_PROXY_PASSWORD=admin
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ EFS_GROUP_NAME=efs-group
 EFS_DNS_NAME=fs-xxx.efs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
 EFS_MOUNTED_PATH=/tmp/efs
 EFS_PROJECT_SPECIFIC_DATA_DIRECTORY=project-specific-data
-EFS_GUARDIAN_TRACING=null
+EFS_GUARDIAN_TRACING={}
 EFS_DEFAULT_USER_SERVICE_SIZE_BYTES=10000
 
 # DATCORE_ADAPTER
-DATCORE_ADAPTER_TRACING=null
+DATCORE_ADAPTER_TRACING={}
 
 # DIRECTOR_V2 ----
 COMPUTATIONAL_BACKEND_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_AUTH='{"type":"tls","tls_ca_file":"/home/scu/.dask/dask-crt.pem","tls_client_cert":"/home/scu/.dask/dask-crt.pem","tls_client_key":"/home/scu/.dask/dask-key.pem"}'
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ DYNAMIC_SIDECAR_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
 DYNAMIC_SIDECAR_PROMETHEUS_MONITORING_NETWORKS=[]
 DYNAMIC_SIDECAR_PROMETHEUS_SERVICE_LABELS={}
 DYNAMIC_SIDECAR_API_SAVE_RESTORE_STATE_TIMEOUT=01:00:00
-DIRECTOR_V2_TRACING=null
+DIRECTOR_V2_TRACING={}
 
 # DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER ----
 DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_LOGLEVEL=INFO
 DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_PROFILING=1
 DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_USE_INTERNAL_SCHEDULER=0
 DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_STOP_SERVICE_TIMEOUT=01:00:00
-DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_TRACING=null
+DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_TRACING={}
 DYNAMIC_SCHEDULER_UI_STORAGE_SECRET=adminadmin
 
 FUNCTION_SERVICES_AUTHORS='{"UN": {"name": "Unknown", "email": "unknown@osparc.io", "affiliation": "unknown"}}'
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ INVITATIONS_PORT=8000
 INVITATIONS_SECRET_KEY='REPLACE_ME_with_result__Fernet_generate_key='
 INVITATIONS_SWAGGER_API_DOC_ENABLED=1
 INVITATIONS_USERNAME=admin
-INVITATIONS_TRACING=null
+INVITATIONS_TRACING={}
 
 LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED=1
 LOG_FILTER_MAPPING='{"gunicorn.access":[" /v0/ ", " /v0/health "], "uvicorn.access":[" / "]}'
 
 NOTIFICATIONS_LOGLEVEL=INFO
-NOTIFICATIONS_TRACING=null
+NOTIFICATIONS_TRACING={}
 
 PAYMENTS_ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES=30
 PAYMENTS_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET_KEY=2c0411810565e063309be1457009fb39ce023946f6a354e6935107b57676
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ PAYMENTS_STRIPE_API_SECRET='REPLACE_ME_with_api_secret'
 PAYMENTS_STRIPE_URL=https://api.stripe.com
 PAYMENTS_SWAGGER_API_DOC_ENABLED=1
 PAYMENTS_USERNAME=admin
-PAYMENTS_TRACING=null
+PAYMENTS_TRACING={}
 
 POSTGRES_DB=simcoredb
 POSTGRES_ENDPOINT=postgres:5432
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ RESOURCE_USAGE_TRACKER_MISSED_HEARTBEAT_CHECK_ENABLED=1
 RESOURCE_USAGE_TRACKER_MISSED_HEARTBEAT_COUNTER_FAIL=6
 RESOURCE_USAGE_TRACKER_MISSED_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SEC=300
 RESOURCE_USAGE_TRACKER_S3=null
-RESOURCE_USAGE_TRACKER_TRACING=null
+RESOURCE_USAGE_TRACKER_TRACING={}
 
 # NOTE: 172.17.0.1 is the docker0 interface, which redirect from inside a container onto the host network interface.
 R_CLONE_OPTION_BUFFER_SIZE=16M
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ STORAGE_HOST=storage
 STORAGE_LOGLEVEL=INFO
 STORAGE_PORT=8080
 STORAGE_PROFILING=1
-STORAGE_TRACING=null
+STORAGE_TRACING={}
 # STORAGE ----
 
 SWARM_STACK_NAME=master-simcore
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ WB_GC_SOCKETIO=1
 WB_GC_STATICWEB=null
 WB_GC_STUDIES_DISPATCHER=null
 WB_GC_TAGS=0
-WB_GC_TRACING=null
+WB_GC_TRACING={}
 WB_GC_USERS={}
 WB_GC_WALLETS=0
 
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ WB_DB_EL_STATICWEB=null
 WB_DB_EL_STORAGE=null
 WB_DB_EL_STUDIES_DISPATCHER=null
 WB_DB_EL_TAGS=0
-WB_DB_EL_TRACING=null
+WB_DB_EL_TRACING={}
 WB_DB_EL_USERS={}
 WB_DB_EL_WALLETS=0
 
@@ -401,5 +401,5 @@ WEBSERVER_SOCKETIO=1
 WEBSERVER_STATICWEB={}
 WEBSERVER_STUDIES_DISPATCHER={}
 WEBSERVER_TAGS=1
-WEBSERVER_TRACING=null
+WEBSERVER_TRACING={}
 WEBSERVER_USERS={}
diff --git a/packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.txt
index 6cc79c2876e..4e2ae377fbf 100644
--- a/packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
@@ -160,12 +161,15 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.55b1
@@ -189,6 +193,7 @@ opentelemetry-sdk==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
diff --git a/packages/celery-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/celery-library/requirements/_base.txt
index ed5e9dbcc25..167e64a4283 100644
--- a/packages/celery-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/celery-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
@@ -150,11 +151,14 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis==0.55b1
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ opentelemetry-sdk==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
diff --git a/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_base.txt
index db3bfe854ae..a037802b4af 100644
--- a/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ idna==3.10
     # via
     #   email-validator
     #   yarl
-importlib-metadata==8.5.0
-    # via opentelemetry-api
 jinja2==3.1.5
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -64,19 +62,6 @@ mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
 multidict==6.1.0
     # via yarl
-opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
-    # via
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
-    #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
-opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
-    # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
-    # via
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
 orjson==3.10.15
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -92,8 +77,6 @@ orjson==3.10.15
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
-packaging==24.2
-    # via opentelemetry-instrumentation
 propcache==0.3.0
     # via yarl
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
@@ -187,15 +170,9 @@ types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20241206
 typing-extensions==4.14.1
     # via
     #   alembic
-    #   opentelemetry-api
-    #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
     #   pydantic-extra-types
     #   typer
-wrapt==1.17.2
-    # via opentelemetry-instrumentation
 yarl==1.18.3
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-zipp==3.21.0
-    # via importlib-metadata
diff --git a/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_test.txt b/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_test.txt
index 8ab227a3e5d..b85f8f7ebcf 100644
--- a/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ mypy-extensions==1.1.0
     # via mypy
 packaging==24.2
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   pytest
     #   pytest-sugar
 pathspec==0.12.1
diff --git a/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_tools.txt b/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_tools.txt
index 1738c3a0c1d..16f34752f51 100644
--- a/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_tools.txt
+++ b/packages/notifications-library/requirements/_tools.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ nodeenv==1.9.1
     # via pre-commit
 packaging==24.2
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   build
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
index c5aa128b710..0294edf9114 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 --requirement ../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
 
 alembic
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
 pydantic
 sqlalchemy[postgresql_psycopg2binary,postgresql_asyncpg] # SEE extras in https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy/blob/main/setup.cfg#L43
 yarl
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.txt
index 4d9a6684694..40b17728545 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ greenlet==3.1.1
     # via sqlalchemy
 idna==3.10
     # via yarl
-importlib-metadata==8.5.0
-    # via opentelemetry-api
 mako==1.3.10
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -19,26 +17,11 @@ markupsafe==3.0.2
     # via mako
 multidict==6.1.0
     # via yarl
-opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
-    # via
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
-    #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
-opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
-    # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/_base.in
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
-    # via
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
-    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
 orjson==3.10.15
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
-packaging==24.2
-    # via opentelemetry-instrumentation
 propcache==0.3.0
     # via yarl
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
@@ -63,14 +46,8 @@ sqlalchemy==1.4.54
 typing-extensions==4.14.1
     # via
     #   alembic
-    #   opentelemetry-api
-    #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
     #   pydantic-extra-types
-wrapt==1.17.2
-    # via opentelemetry-instrumentation
 yarl==1.18.3
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
-zipp==3.21.0
-    # via importlib-metadata
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_test.txt b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_test.txt
index 3595b7824e9..75384119e83 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ mypy==1.16.1
 mypy-extensions==1.1.0
     # via mypy
 packaging==24.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
-    #   pytest
+    # via pytest
 pathspec==0.12.1
     # via mypy
 pluggy==1.5.0
diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_tools.txt b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_tools.txt
index 174237b764a..3a5b7eecff4 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_tools.txt
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/requirements/_tools.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ nodeenv==1.9.1
     # via pre-commit
 packaging==24.2
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   build
diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/tracing.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/tracing.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9bed749c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/tracing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import pytest
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SimpleSpanProcessor
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.in_memory_span_exporter import InMemorySpanExporter
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def setup_tracing_fastapi(
+    mocker: MockerFixture, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> InMemorySpanExporter:
+    memory_exporter = InMemorySpanExporter()
+    span_processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(memory_exporter)
+    mocker.patch(
+        "servicelib.fastapi.tracing._create_span_processor", return_value=span_processor
+    )
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv(
+        "TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT", "http://opentelemetry-collector"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_PORT", "4318")
+    return memory_exporter
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def setup_tracing_aiohttp(
+    mocker: MockerFixture, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> InMemorySpanExporter:
+    memory_exporter = InMemorySpanExporter()
+    span_processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(memory_exporter)
+    mocker.patch(
+        "servicelib.aiohttp.tracing._create_span_processor", return_value=span_processor
+    )
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv(
+        "TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT", "http://opentelemetry-collector"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_PORT", "4318")
+    return memory_exporter
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
index 24222e414b8..d094798f8a4 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ faststream
 opentelemetry-api
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
index 6c3abc92732..8cc93d935c9 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
@@ -116,11 +117,14 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis==0.55b1
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ opentelemetry-sdk==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/aiohttp/tracing.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/aiohttp/tracing.py
index d4e2d3610cd..9aa8b9e5728 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/aiohttp/tracing.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/aiohttp/tracing.py
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
     HAS_AIOPG = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_AIOPG = False
+try:
+    from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asyncpg import AsyncPGInstrumentor
+
+    HAS_ASYNCPG = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_ASYNCPG = False
+
 try:
     from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor
 
@@ -130,6 +137,13 @@ def _startup(
             msg="Attempting to add aio-pg opentelemetry autoinstrumentation...",
         ):
             AiopgInstrumentor().instrument()
+    if HAS_ASYNCPG:
+        with log_context(
+            _logger,
+            logging.INFO,
+            msg="Attempting to add asyncpg opentelemetry autoinstrumentation...",
+        ):
+            AsyncPGInstrumentor().instrument()
     if HAS_BOTOCORE:
         with log_context(
             _logger,
@@ -180,6 +194,11 @@ def _shutdown() -> None:
             AiopgInstrumentor().uninstrument()
         except Exception:  # pylint:disable=broad-exception-caught
             _logger.exception("Failed to uninstrument AiopgInstrumentor")
+    if HAS_ASYNCPG:
+        try:
+            AsyncPGInstrumentor().uninstrument()
+        except Exception:  # pylint:disable=broad-exception-caught
+            _logger.exception("Failed to uninstrument AsyncPGInstrumentor")
     if HAS_BOTOCORE:
         try:
             BotocoreInstrumentor().uninstrument()
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/tracing.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/tracing.py
index 06224618a63..9943ed81022 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/tracing.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/tracing.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 try:
-    from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asyncpg import (  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
+    from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asyncpg import (
         AsyncPGInstrumentor,
     )
 
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/tracing.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/tracing.py
index 355a5cf3b64..a95f386495e 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/tracing.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/tracing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable, Coroutine
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from contextvars import Token
-from typing import TypeAlias
+from functools import wraps
+from typing import Any, Final, TypeAlias
 
+import pyinstrument
+import pyinstrument.renderers
 from opentelemetry import context as otcontext
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.logging import LoggingInstrumentor
@@ -9,7 +13,9 @@
 
 TracingContext: TypeAlias = otcontext.Context | None
 
-_OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER = "x-osparc-trace-id"
+_TRACER_NAME: Final[str] = "servicelib.tracing"
+_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME: Final[str] = "pyinstrument.profile"
+_OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER: Final[str] = "x-osparc-trace-id"
 
 
 def _is_tracing() -> bool:
@@ -49,3 +55,41 @@ def get_trace_id_header() -> dict[str, str] | None:
         )  # Convert trace_id to 32-character hex string
         return {_OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER: trace_id_hex}
     return None
+
+
+def with_profiled_span(
+    func: Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, Any]],
+) -> Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, Any]]:
+    """Decorator that wraps an async function in an OpenTelemetry span with pyinstrument profiling."""
+
+    @wraps(func)
+    async def wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        if not _is_tracing():
+            return await func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        tracer = trace.get_tracer(_TRACER_NAME)
+        span_name = f"{func.__module__}.{func.__qualname__}"
+
+        with tracer.start_as_current_span(span_name) as span:
+            profiler = pyinstrument.Profiler(async_mode="enabled")
+            profiler.start()
+
+            try:
+                return await func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                span.record_exception(e)
+                span.set_status(trace.Status(trace.StatusCode.ERROR, f"{e}"))
+                raise
+
+            finally:
+                profiler.stop()
+                renderer = pyinstrument.renderers.ConsoleRenderer(
+                    unicode=True, color=False, show_all=True
+                )
+                span.set_attribute(
+                    _PROFILE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME,
+                    profiler.output(renderer=renderer),
+                )
+
+    return wrapper
diff --git a/packages/service-library/tests/aiohttp/test_tracing.py b/packages/service-library/tests/aiohttp/test_tracing.py
index 8e297427923..c9fb30d7de8 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/tests/aiohttp/test_tracing.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/tests/aiohttp/test_tracing.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
 import importlib
-from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import partial
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ def set_and_clean_settings_env_vars(
     indirect=True,
 )
 async def test_valid_tracing_settings(
+    mock_otel_collector: InMemorySpanExporter,
     aiohttp_client: Callable,
     set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable,
     tracing_settings_in,
-    uninstrument_opentelemetry: Iterator[None],
 ) -> TestClient:
     app = web.Application()
     service_name = "simcore_service_webserver"
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ async def test_valid_tracing_settings(
     indirect=True,
 )
 async def test_invalid_tracing_settings(
+    mock_otel_collector: InMemorySpanExporter,
     aiohttp_client: Callable,
     set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable,
     tracing_settings_in,
-    uninstrument_opentelemetry: Iterator[None],
 ) -> TestClient:
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
         TracingSettings()
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ def manage_package(request):
     indirect=True,
 )
 async def test_tracing_setup_package_detection(
+    mock_otel_collector: InMemorySpanExporter,
     aiohttp_client: Callable,
     set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable[[], None],
     tracing_settings_in: Callable[[], dict[str, Any]],
     manage_package,
-    uninstrument_opentelemetry: Iterator[None],
 ):
     package_name = manage_package
     importlib.import_module(package_name)
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ async def test_trace_id_in_response_header(
     aiohttp_client: Callable,
     set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable,
     tracing_settings_in,
-    uninstrument_opentelemetry: Iterator[None],
     server_response: web.Response | web.HTTPException,
 ) -> None:
     app = web.Application()
diff --git a/packages/service-library/tests/conftest.py b/packages/service-library/tests/conftest.py
index 9c04c4cc902..45a456fed02 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/tests/conftest.py
@@ -105,60 +105,3 @@ async def _cleanup_redis_data(clients_manager: RedisClientsManager) -> None:
         await _cleanup_redis_data(clients_manager)
         yield _
         await _cleanup_redis_data(clients_manager)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture()
-def uninstrument_opentelemetry():
-    yield
-    try:
-        from opentelemetry.instrumentation.redis import RedisInstrumentor
-
-        RedisInstrumentor().uninstrument()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        from opentelemetry.instrumentation.botocore import BotocoreInstrumentor
-
-        BotocoreInstrumentor().uninstrument()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor
-
-        RequestsInstrumentor().uninstrument()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiopg import AiopgInstrumentor
-
-        AiopgInstrumentor().uninstrument()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asyncpg import AsyncPGInstrumentor
-
-        AsyncPGInstrumentor().uninstrument()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi import FastAPIInstrumentor
-
-        FastAPIInstrumentor().uninstrument()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiohttp_client import (
-            AioHttpClientInstrumentor,
-        )
-
-        AioHttpClientInstrumentor().uninstrument()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiohttp_server import (
-            AioHttpServerInstrumentor,
-        )
-
-        AioHttpServerInstrumentor().uninstrument()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
diff --git a/packages/service-library/tests/fastapi/conftest.py b/packages/service-library/tests/fastapi/conftest.py
index 66db13b8664..9074321fa9b 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/tests/fastapi/conftest.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/tests/fastapi/conftest.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
 import socket
-from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable, Iterator
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable
 from typing import cast
 
 import arrow
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ def go() -> int:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def mock_otel_collector(mocker: MockerFixture) -> Iterator[InMemorySpanExporter]:
+def mock_otel_collector(mocker: MockerFixture) -> InMemorySpanExporter:
     memory_exporter = InMemorySpanExporter()
     span_processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(memory_exporter)
     mocker.patch(
         "servicelib.fastapi.tracing._create_span_processor", return_value=span_processor
     )
-    yield memory_exporter
+    return memory_exporter
diff --git a/packages/service-library/tests/fastapi/test_tracing.py b/packages/service-library/tests/fastapi/test_tracing.py
index 16becc3a1b6..148f4e43776 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/tests/fastapi/test_tracing.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/tests/fastapi/test_tracing.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import importlib
 import random
 import string
-from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import partial
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
     get_tracing_instrumentation_lifespan,
     initialize_fastapi_app_tracing,
 )
-from servicelib.tracing import _OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER
+from servicelib.tracing import (
+    _OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER,
+    _PROFILE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME,
+    with_profiled_span,
+)
 from settings_library.tracing import TracingSettings
 
 
@@ -68,9 +72,9 @@ def set_and_clean_settings_env_vars(
 )
 async def test_valid_tracing_settings(
     mocked_app: FastAPI,
+    mock_otel_collector: InMemorySpanExporter,
     set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable[[], None],
     tracing_settings_in: Callable[[], dict[str, Any]],
-    uninstrument_opentelemetry: Iterator[None],
 ):
     tracing_settings = TracingSettings()
     async for _ in get_tracing_instrumentation_lifespan(
@@ -102,9 +106,9 @@ async def test_valid_tracing_settings(
 )
 async def test_invalid_tracing_settings(
     mocked_app: FastAPI,
+    mock_otel_collector: InMemorySpanExporter,
     set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable[[], None],
     tracing_settings_in: Callable[[], dict[str, Any]],
-    uninstrument_opentelemetry: Iterator[None],
 ):
     app = mocked_app
     with pytest.raises((BaseException, ValidationError, TypeError)):  # noqa: PT012
@@ -157,9 +161,9 @@ def manage_package(request):
 )
 async def test_tracing_setup_package_detection(
     mocked_app: FastAPI,
+    mock_otel_collector: InMemorySpanExporter,
     set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable[[], None],
     tracing_settings_in: Callable[[], dict[str, Any]],
-    uninstrument_opentelemetry: Iterator[None],
     manage_package,
 ):
     package_name = manage_package
@@ -196,7 +200,6 @@ async def test_trace_id_in_response_header(
     mocked_app: FastAPI,
     set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable,
     tracing_settings_in: Callable,
-    uninstrument_opentelemetry: Iterator[None],
     server_response: PlainTextResponse | HTTPException,
 ) -> None:
     tracing_settings = TracingSettings()
@@ -225,3 +228,59 @@ async def handler(handler_data: dict):
         trace_id = response.headers[_OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER]
         assert len(trace_id) == 32  # Ensure trace ID is a 32-character hex string
         assert trace_id == handler_data[_OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "tracing_settings_in",
+    [
+        ("http://opentelemetry-collector", 4318),
+    ],
+    indirect=True,
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "server_response",
+    [
+        PlainTextResponse("ok"),
+        HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="error"),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_with_profile_span(
+    mock_otel_collector: InMemorySpanExporter,
+    mocked_app: FastAPI,
+    set_and_clean_settings_env_vars: Callable[[], None],
+    tracing_settings_in: Callable,
+    server_response: PlainTextResponse | HTTPException,
+):
+    tracing_settings = TracingSettings()
+
+    handler_data = dict()
+
+    @with_profiled_span
+    async def handler(handler_data: dict):
+        current_span = trace.get_current_span()
+        handler_data[_OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER] = format(
+            current_span.get_span_context().trace_id, "032x"
+        )
+        if isinstance(server_response, HTTPException):
+            raise server_response
+        return server_response
+
+    mocked_app.get("/")(partial(handler, handler_data))
+
+    async for _ in get_tracing_instrumentation_lifespan(
+        tracing_settings=tracing_settings,
+        service_name="Mock-OpenTelemetry-Pytest",
+    )(app=mocked_app):
+        initialize_fastapi_app_tracing(mocked_app, add_response_trace_id_header=True)
+        client = TestClient(mocked_app)
+        _ = client.get("/")
+        trace_id = handler_data.get(_OSPARC_TRACE_ID_HEADER)
+        assert trace_id is not None
+
+        spans = mock_otel_collector.get_finished_spans()
+        assert any(
+            span.context.trace_id == int(trace_id, 16)
+            and _PROFILE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME in span.attributes.keys()
+            for span in spans
+            if span.context is not None and span.attributes is not None
+        )
diff --git a/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.txt
index 737ca9cbc25..4b5ae267892 100644
--- a/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/agent/requirements/_base.txt b/services/agent/requirements/_base.txt
index f5c397a104c..37b6ae2dd8a 100644
--- a/services/agent/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/agent/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
@@ -214,6 +216,8 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
@@ -238,6 +242,7 @@ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
index f54e495b207..2557c5cbe34 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/autoscaling/requirements/_base.txt b/services/autoscaling/requirements/_base.txt
index ee0eba1f396..c822689d19e 100644
--- a/services/autoscaling/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/autoscaling/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
@@ -349,6 +351,10 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
@@ -384,6 +390,7 @@ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
diff --git a/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt b/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
index 9a710aa48c5..8b3b2f50637 100644
--- a/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt
index 7a21d972268..a9da7581879 100644
--- a/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/clusters-keeper/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
@@ -347,6 +349,10 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
@@ -382,6 +388,7 @@ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
index 9381e2dede4..e2292cd53d6 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
@@ -231,11 +232,14 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis==0.55b1
@@ -255,6 +259,7 @@ opentelemetry-sdk==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
diff --git a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
index f26f3216ddc..8a4f8b52b1a 100644
--- a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
@@ -226,6 +228,8 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
@@ -250,6 +254,7 @@ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
diff --git a/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt b/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
index ce7ec40e7fc..cae7f534f57 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/director/requirements/_base.txt b/services/director/requirements/_base.txt
index 3b2bdba69ce..9ead22c1ff0 100644
--- a/services/director/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/director/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
@@ -214,6 +216,8 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
@@ -238,6 +242,7 @@ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
diff --git a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.txt b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.txt
index 79458194086..9c32679316a 100644
--- a/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/docker-api-proxy/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
@@ -153,11 +154,14 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis==0.55b1
@@ -177,6 +181,7 @@ opentelemetry-sdk==1.34.1
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
diff --git a/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt b/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt
index d76446c3921..01fe088016e 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/dynamic-scheduler/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt b/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
index 70a01739a17..9de72f9d794 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/efs-guardian/requirements/_base.txt b/services/efs-guardian/requirements/_base.txt
index 690dcb7ef3c..fbbf5d7ab4d 100644
--- a/services/efs-guardian/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/efs-guardian/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -358,7 +358,9 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt b/services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt
index 4b0de5fb9c8..1a28a3a84e2 100644
--- a/services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/invitations/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging
@@ -229,6 +231,8 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
@@ -253,6 +257,7 @@ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.55b1
     # via
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
+    #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
diff --git a/services/notifications/requirements/_base.txt b/services/notifications/requirements/_base.txt
index 7f9853c4e22..cc5d217978e 100644
--- a/services/notifications/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/notifications/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/payments/requirements/_base.txt b/services/payments/requirements/_base.txt
index 11d4a30ae9a..6239ddf3480 100644
--- a/services/payments/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/payments/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/_base.txt b/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/_base.txt
index b124cd1dcc1..8143f9be8e2 100644
--- a/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/resource-usage-tracker/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -379,7 +379,9 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore==0.55b1
     # via -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt b/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
index b889fdb0ece..0dc381669ef 100644
--- a/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -464,7 +464,10 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/celery-library/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore==0.55b1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/aws-library/requirements/_base.in
diff --git a/services/storage/tests/conftest.py b/services/storage/tests/conftest.py
index e7f365b66cb..8fbf7c550e9 100644
--- a/services/storage/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/services/storage/tests/conftest.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 from models_library.projects_nodes_io import LocationID, SimcoreS3FileID, StorageFileID
 from models_library.users import UserID
 from models_library.utils.fastapi_encoders import jsonable_encoder
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.in_memory_span_exporter import InMemorySpanExporter
 from pydantic import ByteSize, TypeAdapter
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 from pytest_simcore.helpers.fastapi import url_from_operation_id
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@
     "pytest_simcore.simcore_storage_data_models",
     "pytest_simcore.simcore_storage_datcore_adapter",
     "pytest_simcore.simcore_storage_service",
+    "pytest_simcore.tracing",
 ]
 
 CURRENT_DIR = Path(sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __file__).resolve().parent
@@ -188,6 +190,15 @@ def disabled_rabbitmq(app_environment: EnvVarsDict, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPa
     monkeypatch.setenv("STORAGE_RABBITMQ", "null")
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def enable_tracing(
+    app_environment: EnvVarsDict,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    setup_tracing_fastapi: InMemorySpanExporter,
+):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("STORAGE_TRACING", "{}")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def enabled_rabbitmq(
     app_environment: EnvVarsDict, rabbit_service: RabbitSettings
@@ -203,6 +214,7 @@ async def mocked_redis_server(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def app_settings(
+    enable_tracing,
     app_environment: EnvVarsDict,
     enabled_rabbitmq: RabbitSettings,
     sqlalchemy_async_engine: AsyncEngine,
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
index cc1dca9cf85..a2130885916 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -466,9 +466,8 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg==0.55b1
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/notifications-library/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
-    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi==0.55b1
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.55b1
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/director_v2/_controller/computations_rest.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/director_v2/_controller/computations_rest.py
index 0e01a4b414b..a0b99d9b995 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/director_v2/_controller/computations_rest.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/director_v2/_controller/computations_rest.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from servicelib.mimetype_constants import MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_JSON
 from servicelib.request_keys import RQT_USERID_KEY
 from servicelib.rest_constants import RESPONSE_MODEL_POLICY
+from servicelib.tracing import with_profiled_span
 
 from ..._meta import API_VTAG as VTAG
 from ...constants import RQ_PRODUCT_KEY
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ async def list_computations_latest_iteration_tasks(
     name="list_computation_collection_runs",
 )
 @login_required
+@with_profiled_span
 @permission_required("services.pipeline.*")
 @permission_required("project.read")
 async def list_computation_collection_runs(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/users/_notifications_rest.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/users/_notifications_rest.py
index 8f4f920168e..ee2479b7377 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/users/_notifications_rest.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/users/_notifications_rest.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     parse_request_path_parameters_as,
 )
 from servicelib.redis import handle_redis_returns_union_types
+from servicelib.tracing import with_profiled_span
 
 from .._meta import API_VTAG
 from ..login.decorators import login_required
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ async def mark_notification_as_read(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
 
 @routes.get(f"/{API_VTAG}/me/permissions", name="list_user_permissions")
 @login_required
+@with_profiled_span
 @permission_required("user.permissions.read")
 async def list_user_permissions(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
     req_ctx = UsersRequestContext.model_validate(request)
diff --git a/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/_test.txt b/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/_test.txt
index 2ecdddbaf66..2078f6a695d 100644
--- a/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika==0.55b1
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg==0.55b1
-    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/_base.in
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.55b1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in