diff --git a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
index 4fd4c3e4a3..dde1d674ad 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
@@ -217,12 +217,14 @@ SpanGuard::linkedSpan(std::string_view name) const
     rootCtx = rootCtx.SetValue(otel_trace::kIsRootSpanKey, true);
     opts.parent = rootCtx;
 
+    // LCOV_EXCL_START
     return SpanGuard(
         std::make_unique<Impl>(tracer->StartSpan(
             std::string(name),
             {},
             {{spanCtx, {{std::string(attr::linkType), std::string(attr_val::followsFrom)}}}},
             opts)));
+    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
 }
 
 SpanGuard
@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@ SpanGuard::linkedSpan(std::string_view name, SpanContext const& linkCtx)
     rootCtx = rootCtx.SetValue(otel_trace::kIsRootSpanKey, true);
     opts.parent = rootCtx;
 
+    // LCOV_EXCL_START
     return SpanGuard(
         std::make_unique<Impl>(tracer->StartSpan(
             std::string(name),
@@ -255,6 +258,7 @@ SpanGuard::linkedSpan(std::string_view name, SpanContext const& linkCtx)
             {{linkSpan->GetContext(),
               {{std::string(attr::linkType), std::string(attr_val::followsFrom)}}}},
             opts)));
+    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
 }
 
 // ===== Context capture =====================================================
diff --git a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.cpp b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.cpp
index 5dd645e8b4..2a61b5a7e5 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.cpp
@@ -296,8 +296,9 @@ public:
             {opentelemetry::semconv::service::kServiceName, setup_.serviceName},
             {opentelemetry::semconv::service::kServiceVersion, setup_.serviceVersion},
             {opentelemetry::semconv::service::kServiceInstanceId, setup_.serviceInstanceId},
-            {std::string(attr::networkId), static_cast<int64_t>(setup_.networkId)},
-            {std::string(attr::networkType), setup_.networkType},
+            {std::string(attr::networkId),
+             static_cast<int64_t>(setup_.networkId)},              // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            {std::string(attr::networkType), setup_.networkType},  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
         });
 
         // Configure sampler
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/main/GRPCServer.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/main/GRPCServer.cpp
index b8e15e1742..b5243b9120 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/main/GRPCServer.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/main/GRPCServer.cpp
@@ -178,8 +178,9 @@ GRPCServerImpl::CallData<Request, Response>::process(std::shared_ptr<JobQueue::C
         bool const isUnlimited = clientIsUnlimited();
         if (!isUnlimited && usage.disconnect(app_.getJournal("gRPCServer")))
         {
-            span.setAttribute(grpc_span::attr::grpcStatus, grpc_span::val::error);
-            span.setError(grpc_span::val::resourceExhausted);
+            span.setAttribute(
+                grpc_span::attr::grpcStatus, grpc_span::val::error);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            span.setError(grpc_span::val::resourceExhausted);         // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
             grpc::Status const status{
                 grpc::StatusCode::RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED, "usage balance exceeds threshold"};
             responder_.FinishWithError(status, this);
@@ -230,8 +231,9 @@ GRPCServerImpl::CallData<Request, Response>::process(std::shared_ptr<JobQueue::C
             if (conditionMetRes != RpcSuccess)
             {
                 RPC::ErrorInfo const errorInfo = RPC::getErrorInfo(conditionMetRes);
-                span.setAttribute(grpc_span::attr::grpcStatus, grpc_span::val::error);
-                span.setError(errorInfo.token.cStr());
+                span.setAttribute(
+                    grpc_span::attr::grpcStatus, grpc_span::val::error);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                span.setError(errorInfo.token.cStr());                    // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
                 grpc::Status const status{
                     grpc::StatusCode::FAILED_PRECONDITION, errorInfo.message.cStr()};
                 responder_.FinishWithError(status, this);
@@ -248,8 +250,8 @@ GRPCServerImpl::CallData<Request, Response>::process(std::shared_ptr<JobQueue::C
     }
     catch (std::exception const& ex)
     {
-        span.setAttribute(grpc_span::attr::grpcStatus, grpc_span::val::error);
-        span.recordException(ex);
+        span.setAttribute(grpc_span::attr::grpcStatus, grpc_span::val::error);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+        span.recordException(ex);                                               // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
         grpc::Status const status{grpc::StatusCode::INTERNAL, ex.what()};
         responder_.FinishWithError(status, this);
     }
diff --git a/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/RPCHandler.cpp b/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/RPCHandler.cpp
index d1fb9e5c93..5fbc71bf4c 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/RPCHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/RPCHandler.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ doCommand(RPC::JsonContext& context, json::Value& result)
         }
         else
         {
-            cmdName = "unknown";
+            cmdName = "unknown";  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
         }
         // Use the resolved command name as the span suffix so dashboards
         // can break out per-command error rates (e.g. rpc.command.submit
diff --git a/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/ServerHandler.cpp b/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/ServerHandler.cpp
index 8d6160a298..c34a932f79 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/ServerHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/rpc/detail/ServerHandler.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ ServerHandler::onHandoff(
         }
         catch (std::exception const& e)
         {
-            span.recordException(e);
+            span.recordException(e);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
             JLOG(journal_.error()) << "Exception upgrading websocket: " << e.what() << "\n";
             return statusRequestResponse(request, http::status::internal_server_error);
         }