diff --git a/guardrails/run/async_runner.py b/guardrails/run/async_runner.py
index 4d9183f83..420b2be37 100644
--- a/guardrails/run/async_runner.py
+++ b/guardrails/run/async_runner.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ async def async_call(
         return llm_response
 
     # TODO: Refactor this to use inheritance and overrides
-    # @async_trace(name="/validation", origin="AsyncRunner.async_validate")
+    @async_trace(name="/validation", origin="AsyncRunner.async_validate")
     async def async_validate(
         self,
         iteration: Iteration,
diff --git a/guardrails/utils/hub_telemetry_utils.py b/guardrails/utils/hub_telemetry_utils.py
index aaaa710d7..9f718d59a 100644
--- a/guardrails/utils/hub_telemetry_utils.py
+++ b/guardrails/utils/hub_telemetry_utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
-from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import ConsoleSpanExporter, SimpleSpanProcessor
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import ConsoleSpanExporter, BatchSpanProcessor
 from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext import TraceContextTextMapPropagator
 from opentelemetry.trace.propagation import set_span_in_context
 
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ def initialize_tracer(
         self._tracer_provider = TracerProvider(resource=self._resource)
 
         if export_locally:
-            self._processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(ConsoleSpanExporter())
+            self._processor = BatchSpanProcessor(ConsoleSpanExporter())
         else:
-            self._processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(
+            self._processor = BatchSpanProcessor(
                 OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=self._endpoint)
             )
 
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/test_telemetry.py b/tests/integration_tests/test_telemetry.py
index 4bb70bebb..abf2a8e89 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/test_telemetry.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/test_telemetry.py
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ def test_hub_traces_go_to_hub_telem_sink(self, mocker):
             "guardrails.utils.hub_telemetry_utils.OTLPSpanExporter",
             return_value=hub_exporter,
         )
+        hub_processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(hub_exporter)
+
+        mocker.patch(
+            "guardrails.utils.hub_telemetry_utils.BatchSpanProcessor",
+            return_value=hub_processor,
+        )
 
         from guardrails import Guard
         from tests.integration_tests.test_assets.validators import LowerCase
@@ -126,6 +132,13 @@ def test_no_cross_contamination(self, mocker):
         )
         mock_hub_otlp_span_exporter.return_value = hub_exporter
 
+        hub_processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(hub_exporter)
+
+        mocker.patch(
+            "guardrails.utils.hub_telemetry_utils.BatchSpanProcessor",
+            return_value=hub_processor,
+        )
+
         from guardrails.telemetry import default_otel_collector_tracer
         from guardrails import Guard
         from tests.integration_tests.test_assets.validators import LowerCase