diff --git a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/NullTelemetry.cpp b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/NullTelemetry.cpp
index 543f58bf0f..a8dd40f322 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/NullTelemetry.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/NullTelemetry.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <memory>
-#include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
 namespace xrpl::telemetry {
diff --git a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/TelemetryConfig.cpp b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/TelemetryConfig.cpp
index dc208eed4a..86fb632185 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/TelemetryConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/TelemetryConfig.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ requireReadableFile(std::string const& path, char const* configKey)
     {
         reason = "not a regular file";
     }
-    else if (std::ifstream stream{path, std::ios::in}; !stream)
+    else if (std::ifstream const stream{path, std::ios::in}; !stream)
     {
         reason = std::error_code{errno, std::generic_category()}.message();
     }
diff --git a/src/tests/libxrpl/beast/insight/StatsDCollector.cpp b/src/tests/libxrpl/beast/insight/StatsDCollector.cpp
index 7024318ec8..aaab3e571e 100644
--- a/src/tests/libxrpl/beast/insight/StatsDCollector.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/libxrpl/beast/insight/StatsDCollector.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include <xrpl/beast/insight/StatsDCollector.h>
 
-#include <xrpl/beast/insight/Counter.h>
-#include <xrpl/beast/insight/Gauge.h>
 #include <xrpl/beast/net/IPEndpoint.h>
 #include <xrpl/beast/utility/Journal.h>
 
@@ -39,6 +37,7 @@ namespace beast::insight {
  *     "test",
  *     Journal(Journal::getNullSink()));
  * auto const gauge = collector->makeGauge("g");
+ * collector->onCollectionReady();  // Nothing is polled before this.
  * EXPECT_EQ(server.receive(std::chrono::seconds(10)), "test.g:0|g\n");
  *
  * // Edge case: nothing was sent, so the wait runs out and returns empty.
@@ -128,6 +127,10 @@ TEST(StatsDCollector, UntouchedGaugePublishesInitialZero)
     // Created and then left alone: no set(), no increment().
     auto const gauge = collector->makeGauge("untouched");
 
+    // A collector polls its metrics only after this. Without the call no tick
+    // ever flushes and every assertion below would hold for the wrong reason.
+    collector->onCollectionReady();
+
     EXPECT_EQ(server.receive(std::chrono::seconds(10)), std::string("test.untouched:0|g\n"));
 }
 
@@ -146,6 +149,10 @@ TEST(StatsDCollector, UntouchedCounterPublishesNothing)
     auto collector = StatsDCollector::make(address, "test", Journal(Journal::getNullSink()));
     auto const counter = collector->makeCounter("untouched");
 
+    // Same reason as above: polling must be on, or the empty result proves only
+    // that nothing was polled.
+    collector->onCollectionReady();
+
     // Three seconds spans several one-second flush ticks.
     EXPECT_EQ(server.receive(std::chrono::seconds(3)), std::string());
 }
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/misc/detail/TxQ.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/misc/detail/TxQ.cpp
index d98736e9f2..e6626473e0 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/misc/detail/TxQ.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/misc/detail/TxQ.cpp
@@ -807,9 +807,13 @@ TxQ::apply(
         {
             span.setAttribute(txq_span::attr::terCode, transToken(directApplied->ter).c_str());
             if (directApplied->applied)
+            {
                 span.setAttribute(txq_span::attr::txqStatus, txq_span::val::appliedDirect);
+            }
             else
+            {
                 span.setAttribute(txq_span::attr::txqStatus, txq_span::val::failed);
+            }
         }
         return *directApplied;
     }