diff --git a/OpenTelemetryPlan/09-data-collection-reference.md b/OpenTelemetryPlan/09-data-collection-reference.md
index 5b4026e6e6..55b3735acc 100644
--- a/OpenTelemetryPlan/09-data-collection-reference.md
+++ b/OpenTelemetryPlan/09-data-collection-reference.md
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ The tables below list one row per attribute per subsystem, so a key shared by tw
 | `tx_type`             | string  | `tx.process`, `tx.preflight`, `tx.preclaim`, `tx.transactor` | Transaction type name (e.g., `Payment`)                                                                                               |
 | `fee`                 | int64   | `tx.process`                                                 | Transaction fee in drops                                                                                                              |
 | `sequence`            | int64   | `tx.process`                                                 | Transaction sequence number                                                                                                           |
-| `suppressed`          | boolean | `tx.receive`                                                 | `true` if transaction was suppressed (duplicate)                                                                                      |
 | `tx_status`           | string  | `tx.receive`                                                 | Transaction status (e.g., `"known_bad"`)                                                                                              |
 | `peer_id`             | int64   | `tx.receive`                                                 | Peer identifier (also set on peer spans)                                                                                              |
 | `peer_version`        | string  | `tx.receive`                                                 | Peer protocol version string                                                                                                          |
diff --git a/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase3_taskList.md b/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase3_taskList.md
index 613e8008f8..00ee2fd725 100644
--- a/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase3_taskList.md
+++ b/OpenTelemetryPlan/Phase3_taskList.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     - Extract parent trace context from incoming `TMTransaction::trace_context` field (if present)
     - Create `tx.receive` span as child of extracted context (or new root if none)
     - Set attributes: `tx_hash`, `peer_id`, `tx_status`
-    - On HashRouter suppression (duplicate): set `suppressed=true`, add `tx.duplicate` event
+    - Create the span only after `HashRouter::shouldProcess()` accepts, so a dropped duplicate produces no span
     - Wrap validation call with child span `tx.validate`
     - Wrap relay with `tx.relay` span
   - When relaying to peers:
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 
 - Edit `src/xrpld/overlay/detail/PeerImp.cpp` (in handleTransaction):
   - After calling `HashRouter::shouldProcess()` or `addSuppressionPeer()`:
-    - Record `suppressed` attribute (true/false)
+    - Start the span here, not before, so only transactions this node will process are traced
     - Record `tx_flags` showing current HashRouter state (SAVED, TRUSTED, etc.)
     - Add `tx.first_seen` or `tx.duplicate` event
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ This gives the best of both worlds: guaranteed cross-node correlation via determ
        **combine** with deterministic trace_id — use the protobuf span_id as parent
        to preserve relay ordering, but override trace_id with the deterministic one.
     4. If no protobuf context: create span under `detCtx` directly.
-    5. Set all existing attributes (`hash`, `peerId`, `peerVersion`, `suppressed`, etc.).
+    5. Set all existing attributes (`hash`, `peerId`, `peerVersion`, etc.).
 
   - **Combining deterministic trace_id with protobuf parent span_id**:
     When both are available, construct a synthetic `SpanContext` with: