diff --git a/bootstrap/kubeadm/main.go b/bootstrap/kubeadm/main.go
index 8d7e296747ba..223f045c28d4 100644
--- a/bootstrap/kubeadm/main.go
+++ b/bootstrap/kubeadm/main.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func main() {
 		}()
 	}
 
-	tp := traceutil.TraceProvider(tracingEndpoint, tracingSamplingRatePerMillion, "capi-controller-manager")
+	tp := traceutil.TraceProvider(tracingEndpoint, tracingSamplingRatePerMillion, "capi-kubeadm-bootstrap-controller-manager")
 
 	restConfig := ctrl.GetConfigOrDie()
 	restConfig.UserAgent = remote.DefaultClusterAPIUserAgent("cluster-api-kubeadm-bootstrap-manager")
diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go b/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
index eaa4219e6227..96a832fc755a 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/main.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func main() {
 		}()
 	}
 
-	tp := traceutil.TraceProvider(tracingEndpoint, tracingSamplingRatePerMillion, "capd-controller-manager")
+	tp := traceutil.TraceProvider(tracingEndpoint, tracingSamplingRatePerMillion, "capi-kubeadm-control-plane-controller-manager")
 
 	restConfig := ctrl.GetConfigOrDie()
 	restConfig.UserAgent = remote.DefaultClusterAPIUserAgent("cluster-api-kubeadm-control-plane-manager")
diff --git a/internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller_phases.go b/internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller_phases.go
index 440c28e7b622..b85ecd2f6cc0 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller_phases.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller_phases.go
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileKubeconfig(ctx context.Context, cluster *clusterv1
 	ctx, span := r.Tracer.Start(ctx, "controllers.ClusterReconciler.reconcileKubeconfig")
 	defer span.End()
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
+	//log = log.WithValues("spanID", span.SpanContext().SpanID().String())
+	//ctx = ctrl.LoggerInto(ctx, log)
 
 	if !cluster.Spec.ControlPlaneEndpoint.IsValid() {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
diff --git a/util/trace/trace.go b/util/trace/trace.go
index 2aa87e72e521..ac2b529be02c 100644
--- a/util/trace/trace.go
+++ b/util/trace/trace.go
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ func (r *traceReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (_ ct
 	log = log.WithValues("traceID", span.SpanContext().TraceID().String())
 	ctx = ctrl.LoggerInto(ctx, log)
 
+	log.Info("Reconciliation started")
+
 	res, err := r.Reconciler.Reconcile(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "Error in reconcile")
+		log.Error(err, "Reconciliation finished with error")
+		span.SetAttributes(attribute.String("error", "true")) // FIXME:
+	} else {
+		log.Info("Reconciliation finished")
 	}
+
 	return res, err
 }