diff --git a/classes/rpc.php b/classes/rpc.php
index 092a0e25f..e21671d78 100755
--- a/classes/rpc.php
+++ b/classes/rpc.php
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 	}
 
 	function sanityCheck(): void {
+		$span = Tracer::start(__METHOD__);
+
 		$_SESSION["hasSandbox"] = self::_param_to_bool($_REQUEST["hasSandbox"] ?? false);
 		$_SESSION["clientTzOffset"] = clean($_REQUEST["clientTzOffset"]);
 
@@ -207,6 +209,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 		} else {
 			print Errors::to_json($error, $error_params);
 		}
+
+		$span->end();
 	}
 
 	/*function completeLabels() {
@@ -250,6 +254,7 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 	}
 
 	static function updaterandomfeed_real(): void {
+		$span = Tracer::start(__METHOD__);
 
 		$default_interval = (int) Prefs::get_default(Prefs::DEFAULT_UPDATE_INTERVAL);
 
@@ -340,6 +345,7 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 			print json_encode(array("message" => "NOTHING_TO_UPDATE"));
 		}
 
+		$span->end();
 	}
 
 	function updaterandomfeed(): void {
@@ -395,6 +401,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 	}
 
 	function log(): void {
+		$span = Tracer::start(__METHOD__);
+
 		$msg = clean($_REQUEST['msg'] ?? "");
 		$file = basename(clean($_REQUEST['file'] ?? ""));
 		$line = (int) clean($_REQUEST['line'] ?? 0);
@@ -406,9 +414,13 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 
 			echo json_encode(array("message" => "HOST_ERROR_LOGGED"));
 		}
+
+		$span->end();
 	}
 
 	function checkforupdates(): void {
+		$span = Tracer::start(__METHOD__);
+
 		$rv = ["changeset" => [], "plugins" => []];
 
 		$version = Config::get_version(false);
@@ -434,6 +446,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 			$rv["plugins"] = Pref_Prefs::_get_updated_plugins();
 		}
 
+		$span->end();
+
 		print json_encode($rv);
 	}
 
@@ -441,6 +455,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 	 * @return array<string, mixed>
 	 */
 	private function _make_init_params(): array {
+		$span = Tracer::start(__METHOD__);
+
 		$params = array();
 
 		foreach ([Prefs::ON_CATCHUP_SHOW_NEXT_FEED, Prefs::HIDE_READ_FEEDS,
@@ -493,6 +509,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 		$params["icon_blank"] = $this->image_to_base64("images/blank_icon.gif");
 		$params["labels"] = Labels::get_all($_SESSION["uid"]);
 
+		$span->end();
+
 		return $params;
 	}
 
@@ -512,6 +530,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 	 * @return array<string, mixed>
 	 */
 	static function _make_runtime_info(): array {
+		$span = Tracer::start(__METHOD__);
+
 		$data = array();
 
 		$pdo = Db::pdo();
@@ -577,6 +597,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 			}
 		}
 
+		$span->end();
+
 		return $data;
 	}