diff --git a/.github/scripts/levelization/results/ordering.txt b/.github/scripts/levelization/results/ordering.txt
index f57649f049..d147755260 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/levelization/results/ordering.txt
+++ b/.github/scripts/levelization/results/ordering.txt
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ xrpl.shamap > xrpl.nodestore
 xrpl.shamap > xrpl.protocol
 xrpl.telemetry > xrpl.basics
 xrpl.telemetry > xrpld.consensus
-xrpl.telemetry > xrpld.rpc
 xrpl.tx > xrpl.basics
 xrpl.tx > xrpl.core
 xrpl.tx > xrpl.ledger
diff --git a/include/xrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.h b/include/xrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.h
index 444657d1ba..b3131c5b98 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.h
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ public:
         std::string serviceName = "xrpld";
 
         /** OTel resource attribute `service.version` (set from BuildInfo). */
-        std::string serviceVersion;
+        std::string serviceVersion{};
 
         /** OTel resource attribute `service.instance.id` (defaults to node
             public key). */
-        std::string serviceInstanceId;
+        std::string serviceInstanceId{};
 
         /** OTLP/HTTP endpoint URL where spans are sent. */
         std::string exporterEndpoint = "http://localhost:4318/v1/traces";
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public:
         bool useTls = false;
 
         /** Path to a CA certificate bundle for TLS verification. */
-        std::string tlsCertPath;
+        std::string tlsCertPath{};
 
         /** Head-based sampling ratio. Intentionally fixed at 1.0 (sample
             everything) and NOT read from config. A per-node ratio would let