diff --git a/airbyte-commons-worker/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/sync/LauncherWorker.java b/airbyte-commons-worker/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/sync/LauncherWorker.java
index 03c9bbdefc71..c433f922ce50 100644
--- a/airbyte-commons-worker/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/sync/LauncherWorker.java
+++ b/airbyte-commons-worker/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/sync/LauncherWorker.java
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@
 
 package io.airbyte.workers.sync;
 
+import static io.airbyte.metrics.lib.ApmTraceConstants.Tags.CONNECTION_ID_KEY;
+import static io.airbyte.metrics.lib.ApmTraceConstants.Tags.JOB_ID_KEY;
+import static io.airbyte.metrics.lib.ApmTraceConstants.Tags.JOB_ROOT_KEY;
+import static io.airbyte.metrics.lib.ApmTraceConstants.Tags.PROCESS_EXIT_VALUE_KEY;
+import static io.airbyte.metrics.lib.ApmTraceConstants.WORKER_OPERATION_NAME;
+
 import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
+import datadog.trace.api.Trace;
 import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
 import io.airbyte.commons.lang.Exceptions;
 import io.airbyte.commons.temporal.TemporalUtils;
 import io.airbyte.commons.temporal.sync.OrchestratorConstants;
 import io.airbyte.config.ResourceRequirements;
+import io.airbyte.metrics.lib.ApmTraceUtils;
 import io.airbyte.persistence.job.models.JobRunConfig;
 import io.airbyte.workers.ContainerOrchestratorConfig;
 import io.airbyte.workers.Worker;
@@ -91,6 +99,7 @@ public LauncherWorker(final UUID connectionId,
     this.temporalUtils = temporalUtils;
   }
 
+  @Trace(operationName = WORKER_OPERATION_NAME)
   @Override
   public OUTPUT run(final INPUT input, final Path jobRoot) throws WorkerException {
     final AtomicBoolean isCanceled = new AtomicBoolean(false);
@@ -132,6 +141,8 @@ public OUTPUT run(final INPUT input, final Path jobRoot) throws WorkerException
             podName,
             mainContainerInfo);
 
+        ApmTraceUtils.addTagsToTrace(Map.of(CONNECTION_ID_KEY, connectionId, JOB_ID_KEY, jobRunConfig.getJobId(), JOB_ROOT_KEY, jobRoot));
+
         // Use the configuration to create the process.
         process = new AsyncOrchestratorPodProcess(
             kubePodInfo,
@@ -165,6 +176,7 @@ public OUTPUT run(final INPUT input, final Path jobRoot) throws WorkerException
                 fileMap,
                 portMap);
           } catch (final KubernetesClientException e) {
+            ApmTraceUtils.addExceptionToTrace(e);
             throw new WorkerException(
                 "Failed to create pod " + podName + ", pre-existing pod exists which didn't advance out of the NOT_STARTED state.", e);
           }
@@ -174,18 +186,24 @@ public OUTPUT run(final INPUT input, final Path jobRoot) throws WorkerException
         process.waitFor();
 
         if (cancelled.get()) {
-          throw new CancellationException();
+          final CancellationException e = new CancellationException();
+          ApmTraceUtils.addExceptionToTrace(e);
+          throw e;
         }
 
         final int asyncProcessExitValue = process.exitValue();
         if (asyncProcessExitValue != 0) {
-          throw new WorkerException("Orchestrator process exited with non-zero exit code: " + asyncProcessExitValue);
+          final WorkerException e = new WorkerException("Orchestrator process exited with non-zero exit code: " + asyncProcessExitValue);
+          ApmTraceUtils.addTagsToTrace(Map.of(PROCESS_EXIT_VALUE_KEY, asyncProcessExitValue));
+          ApmTraceUtils.addExceptionToTrace(e);
+          throw e;
         }
 
         final var output = process.getOutput();
 
         return output.map(s -> Jsons.deserialize(s, outputClass)).orElse(null);
       } catch (final Exception e) {
+        ApmTraceUtils.addExceptionToTrace(e);
         if (cancelled.get()) {
           try {
             log.info("Destroying process due to cancellation.");
@@ -231,7 +249,9 @@ private void killRunningPodsForConnection() {
     if (runningPods.isEmpty()) {
       log.info("Successfully deleted all running pods for the connection!");
     } else {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Unable to delete pods: " + getPodNames(runningPods).toString());
+      final RuntimeException e = new RuntimeException("Unable to delete pods: " + getPodNames(runningPods).toString());
+      ApmTraceUtils.addExceptionToTrace(e);
+      throw e;
     }
   }
 
@@ -250,6 +270,7 @@ private List<Pod> getNonTerminalPodsWithLabels() {
         .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
 
+  @Trace(operationName = WORKER_OPERATION_NAME)
   @Override
   public void cancel() {
     cancelled.set(true);
diff --git a/airbyte-metrics/metrics-lib/src/main/java/io/airbyte/metrics/lib/ApmTraceConstants.java b/airbyte-metrics/metrics-lib/src/main/java/io/airbyte/metrics/lib/ApmTraceConstants.java
index c636a9d935d6..4fa0cf52e6f6 100644
--- a/airbyte-metrics/metrics-lib/src/main/java/io/airbyte/metrics/lib/ApmTraceConstants.java
+++ b/airbyte-metrics/metrics-lib/src/main/java/io/airbyte/metrics/lib/ApmTraceConstants.java
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ public static final class Tags {
      */
     public static final String JOB_ROOT_KEY = "job_root";
 
+    /**
+     * Name of the APM trace tag that holds the process exit value associated with the trace.
+     */
+    public static final String PROCESS_EXIT_VALUE_KEY = "process.exit_value";
+
     /**
      * Name of the APM trace tag that holds the source Docker image value associated with the trace.
      */