Worked on enhancing observability within the grpc/grpc-java repository by standardizing telemetry event naming conventions for distributed tracing. Focused on refactoring OpenTelemetry span names for both outbound and inbound messages, the changes replaced verbose event labels with concise terms to improve trace readability and data quality. This targeted update in Java code enables more consistent monitoring and facilitates faster root-cause analysis and cross-service correlation. No customer-reported bugs were addressed during this period, as the primary contribution centered on strengthening the foundations for distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry and gRPC, ultimately supporting more effective debugging and operational insight across service boundaries.