diff --git a/connection/quic.go b/connection/quic.go
index a696192c..640c7be2 100644
--- a/connection/quic.go
+++ b/connection/quic.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/datagramsession"
@@ -259,24 +261,42 @@ func (q *QUICConnection) handleRPCStream(rpcStream *quicpogs.RPCServerStream) er
 }
 
 // RegisterUdpSession is the RPC method invoked by edge to register and run a session
-func (q *QUICConnection) RegisterUdpSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, dstIP net.IP, dstPort uint16, closeAfterIdleHint time.Duration, traceContext string) error {
+func (q *QUICConnection) RegisterUdpSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, dstIP net.IP, dstPort uint16, closeAfterIdleHint time.Duration, traceContext string) (*tunnelpogs.RegisterUdpSessionResponse, error) {
+	traceCtx := tracing.NewTracedContext(ctx, traceContext, q.logger)
+	ctx, registerSpan := traceCtx.Tracer().Start(traceCtx, "register-session", trace.WithAttributes(
+		attribute.String("session-id", sessionID.String()),
+		attribute.String("dst", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", dstIP, dstPort)),
+	))
 	// Each session is a series of datagram from an eyeball to a dstIP:dstPort.
 	// (src port, dst IP, dst port) uniquely identifies a session, so it needs a dedicated connected socket.
 	originProxy, err := ingress.DialUDP(dstIP, dstPort)
 	if err != nil {
 		q.logger.Err(err).Msgf("Failed to create udp proxy to %s:%d", dstIP, dstPort)
-		return err
+		tracing.EndWithErrorStatus(registerSpan, err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	registerSpan.SetAttributes(
+		attribute.Bool("socket-bind-success", true),
+		attribute.String("src", originProxy.LocalAddr().String()),
+	)
+
 	session, err := q.sessionManager.RegisterSession(ctx, sessionID, originProxy)
 	if err != nil {
 		q.logger.Err(err).Str("sessionID", sessionID.String()).Msgf("Failed to register udp session")
-		return err
+		tracing.EndWithErrorStatus(registerSpan, err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	go q.serveUDPSession(session, closeAfterIdleHint)
 
 	q.logger.Debug().Str("sessionID", sessionID.String()).Str("src", originProxy.LocalAddr().String()).Str("dst", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", dstIP, dstPort)).Msgf("Registered session")
-	return nil
+	tracing.End(registerSpan)
+
+	resp := tunnelpogs.RegisterUdpSessionResponse{
+		Spans: traceCtx.GetProtoSpans(),
+	}
+
+	return &resp, nil
 }
 
 func (q *QUICConnection) serveUDPSession(session *datagramsession.Session, closeAfterIdleHint time.Duration) {
diff --git a/connection/quic_test.go b/connection/quic_test.go
index 26b71e48..8904eeeb 100644
--- a/connection/quic_test.go
+++ b/connection/quic_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/datagramsession"
 	quicpogs "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/quic"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/tracing"
+	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/tunnelrpc/pogs"
 	tunnelpogs "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/tunnelrpc/pogs"
 )
 
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ func TestNopCloserReadWriterCloseAfterEOF(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, n, 9)
 
 	// force another read to read eof
-	n, err = readerWriter.Read(buffer)
+	_, err = readerWriter.Read(buffer)
 	require.Equal(t, err, io.EOF)
 
 	// close
@@ -652,8 +653,8 @@ type mockSessionRPCServer struct {
 	calledUnregisterChan chan struct{}
 }
 
-func (s mockSessionRPCServer) RegisterUdpSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, dstIP net.IP, dstPort uint16, closeIdleAfter time.Duration, traceContext string) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("mockSessionRPCServer doesn't implement RegisterUdpSession")
+func (s mockSessionRPCServer) RegisterUdpSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, dstIP net.IP, dstPort uint16, closeIdleAfter time.Duration, traceContext string) (*pogs.RegisterUdpSessionResponse, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("mockSessionRPCServer doesn't implement RegisterUdpSession")
 }
 
 func (s mockSessionRPCServer) UnregisterUdpSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, reason string) error {
diff --git a/quic/quic_protocol_test.go b/quic/quic_protocol_test.go
index 9693a808..64943298 100644
--- a/quic/quic_protocol_test.go
+++ b/quic/quic_protocol_test.go
@@ -230,23 +230,23 @@ type mockSessionRPCServer struct {
 	traceContext      string
 }
 
-func (s mockSessionRPCServer) RegisterUdpSession(_ context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, dstIP net.IP, dstPort uint16, closeIdleAfter time.Duration, traceContext string) error {
+func (s mockSessionRPCServer) RegisterUdpSession(_ context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, dstIP net.IP, dstPort uint16, closeIdleAfter time.Duration, traceContext string) (*tunnelpogs.RegisterUdpSessionResponse, error) {
 	if s.sessionID != sessionID {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expect session ID %s, got %s", s.sessionID, sessionID)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expect session ID %s, got %s", s.sessionID, sessionID)
 	}
 	if !s.dstIP.Equal(dstIP) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expect destination IP %s, got %s", s.dstIP, dstIP)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expect destination IP %s, got %s", s.dstIP, dstIP)
 	}
 	if s.dstPort != dstPort {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expect destination port %d, got %d", s.dstPort, dstPort)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expect destination port %d, got %d", s.dstPort, dstPort)
 	}
 	if s.closeIdleAfter != closeIdleAfter {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expect closeIdleAfter %d, got %d", s.closeIdleAfter, closeIdleAfter)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expect closeIdleAfter %d, got %d", s.closeIdleAfter, closeIdleAfter)
 	}
 	if s.traceContext != traceContext {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expect traceContext %s, got %s", s.traceContext, traceContext)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expect traceContext %s, got %s", s.traceContext, traceContext)
 	}
-	return nil
+	return &tunnelpogs.RegisterUdpSessionResponse{}, nil
 }
 
 func (s mockSessionRPCServer) UnregisterUdpSession(_ context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, message string) error {
diff --git a/tracing/client.go b/tracing/client.go
index ffc477e1..7cfb1a43 100644
--- a/tracing/client.go
+++ b/tracing/client.go
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ type InMemoryClient interface {
 	// Spans returns a copy of the list of in-memory stored spans as a base64
 	// encoded otlp protobuf string.
 	Spans() (string, error)
+	// ProtoSpans returns a copy of the list of in-memory stored spans as otlp
+	// protobuf byte array.
+	ProtoSpans() ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 // InMemoryOtlpClient is a client implementation for otlptrace.Client
@@ -55,21 +58,26 @@ func (mc *InMemoryOtlpClient) UploadTraces(_ context.Context, protoSpans []*trac
 
 // Spans returns the list of in-memory stored spans as a base64 encoded otlp protobuf string.
 func (mc *InMemoryOtlpClient) Spans() (string, error) {
-	mc.mu.Lock()
-	defer mc.mu.Unlock()
-	if len(mc.spans) <= 0 {
-		return "", errNoTraces
-	}
-	pbRequest := &coltracepb.ExportTraceServiceRequest{
-		ResourceSpans: mc.spans,
-	}
-	data, err := proto.Marshal(pbRequest)
+	data, err := mc.ProtoSpans()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(data), nil
 }
 
+// ProtoSpans returns the list of in-memory stored spans as the protobuf byte array.
+func (mc *InMemoryOtlpClient) ProtoSpans() ([]byte, error) {
+	mc.mu.Lock()
+	defer mc.mu.Unlock()
+	if len(mc.spans) <= 0 {
+		return nil, errNoTraces
+	}
+	pbRequest := &coltracepb.ExportTraceServiceRequest{
+		ResourceSpans: mc.spans,
+	}
+	return proto.Marshal(pbRequest)
+}
+
 // NoopOtlpClient is a client implementation for otlptrace.Client that does nothing
 type NoopOtlpClient struct{}
 
@@ -89,3 +97,8 @@ func (mc *NoopOtlpClient) UploadTraces(_ context.Context, _ []*tracepb.ResourceS
 func (mc *NoopOtlpClient) Spans() (string, error) {
 	return "", errNoopTracer
 }
+
+// Spans always returns no traces error
+func (mc *NoopOtlpClient) ProtoSpans() ([]byte, error) {
+	return nil, errNoopTracer
+}
diff --git a/tracing/tracing.go b/tracing/tracing.go
index 1788b0ef..54625fc8 100644
--- a/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ type TracedContext struct {
 	*cfdTracer
 }
 
-// NewTracedHTTPRequest creates a new tracer for the current HTTP request context.
+// NewTracedContext creates a new tracer for the current context.
 func NewTracedContext(ctx context.Context, traceContext string, log *zerolog.Logger) *TracedContext {
 	ctx, exists := extractTraceFromString(ctx, traceContext)
 	if !exists {
@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@ func (cft *cfdTracer) GetSpans() (enc string) {
 	return
 }
 
+// GetProtoSpans returns the spans as the otlp traces in protobuf byte array.
+func (cft *cfdTracer) GetProtoSpans() (proto []byte) {
+	proto, err := cft.exporter.ProtoSpans()
+	switch err {
+	case nil:
+		break
+	case errNoTraces:
+		cft.log.Trace().Err(err).Msgf("expected traces to be available")
+		return
+	case errNoopTracer:
+		return // noop tracer has no traces
+	default:
+		cft.log.Debug().Err(err)
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // AddSpans assigns spans as base64 encoded protobuf otlp traces to provided
 // HTTP headers.
 func (cft *cfdTracer) AddSpans(headers http.Header) {
@@ -171,6 +189,11 @@ func (cft *cfdTracer) AddSpans(headers http.Header) {
 	headers[CanonicalCloudflaredTracingHeader] = []string{enc}
 }
 
+// End will set the OK status for the span and then end it.
+func End(span trace.Span) {
+	endSpan(span, -1, codes.Ok, nil)
+}
+
 // EndWithErrorStatus will set a status for the span and then end it.
 func EndWithErrorStatus(span trace.Span, err error) {
 	endSpan(span, -1, codes.Error, err)
diff --git a/tunnelrpc/pogs/sessionrpc.go b/tunnelrpc/pogs/sessionrpc.go
index 378fc205..5bbe47a3 100644
--- a/tunnelrpc/pogs/sessionrpc.go
+++ b/tunnelrpc/pogs/sessionrpc.go
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type SessionManager interface {
-	RegisterUdpSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, dstIP net.IP, dstPort uint16, closeAfterIdleHint time.Duration, traceContext string) error
+	// RegisterUdpSession is the call provided to cloudflared to handle an incoming
+	// capnproto RegisterUdpSession request from the edge.
+	RegisterUdpSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, dstIP net.IP, dstPort uint16, closeAfterIdleHint time.Duration, traceContext string) (*RegisterUdpSessionResponse, error)
+	// UnregisterUdpSession is the call provided to cloudflared to handle an incoming
+	// capnproto UnregisterUdpSession request from the edge.
 	UnregisterUdpSession(ctx context.Context, sessionID uuid.UUID, message string) error
 }
 
@@ -55,14 +59,15 @@ func (i SessionManager_PogsImpl) RegisterUdpSession(p tunnelrpc.SessionManager_r
 		return err
 	}
 
-	resp := RegisterUdpSessionResponse{}
-	registrationErr := i.impl.RegisterUdpSession(p.Ctx, sessionID, dstIP, dstPort, closeIdleAfterHint, traceContext)
+	resp, registrationErr := i.impl.RegisterUdpSession(p.Ctx, sessionID, dstIP, dstPort, closeIdleAfterHint, traceContext)
 	if registrationErr != nil {
+		// Make sure to assign a response even if one is not returned from register
+		if resp == nil {
+			resp = &RegisterUdpSessionResponse{}
+		}
 		resp.Err = registrationErr
 	}
 
-	// TUN-6689: Add spans to return path for RegisterUdpSession
-
 	result, err := p.Results.NewResult()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err