diff --git a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
index 3c325c9db7..b7e06607b6 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
@@ -316,10 +316,9 @@ SpanGuard::hashSpan(
 
     otel_trace::TraceId traceId(opentelemetry::nostd::span<std::uint8_t const, 16>(hashData, 16));
 
+    auto const rval = default_prng()();
     std::uint8_t spanIdBytes[8];
-    std::random_device rd;
-    for (auto& b : spanIdBytes)
-        b = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(rd());
+    std::memcpy(spanIdBytes, &rval, sizeof(spanIdBytes));
     otel_trace::SpanId spanId(opentelemetry::nostd::span<std::uint8_t const, 8>(spanIdBytes, 8));
 
     otel_trace::SpanContext syntheticCtx(
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
index 356dcf9a8e..76590995d2 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
@@ -1183,17 +1183,6 @@ RCLConsensus::Adaptor::startRoundTracing(RCLCxLedger const& prevLgr)
     if (!*roundSpan_)
         return;
 
-    if (prevRoundContext_.isValid())
-    {
-        // Create a linked span to establish follows-from relationship
-        // between consecutive rounds, then transfer to roundSpan_.
-        auto linked = SpanGuard::linkedSpan(cons_span::round, prevRoundContext_);
-        if (linked)
-        {
-            roundSpan_.emplace(std::move(linked));
-        }
-    }
-
     roundSpan_->setAttribute(cons_span::attr::ledgerId, to_string(prevLgr.id()).c_str());
     roundSpan_->setAttribute(cons_span::attr::ledgerSeq, static_cast<int64_t>(prevLgr.seq() + 1));
     roundSpan_->setAttribute(cons_span::attr::mode, to_string(mode_.load()).c_str());
diff --git a/src/xrpld/consensus/Consensus.h b/src/xrpld/consensus/Consensus.h
index 5e41242322..59e8d68c5b 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/consensus/Consensus.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/consensus/Consensus.h
@@ -609,12 +609,19 @@ private:
      */
     std::optional<xrpl::telemetry::SpanGuard> establishSpan_;
 
+    /** Create the establish-phase span if not yet active.
+     *  Called on each phaseEstablish() invocation; no-op while span is live.
+     */
     void
     startEstablishTracing();
 
+    /** Overwrite convergence metrics on the establish span each iteration.
+     *  Final span attributes always reflect the last state before consensus.
+     */
     void
     updateEstablishTracing();
 
+    /** End the establish span when transitioning to the accepted phase. */
     void
     endEstablishTracing();