diff --git a/.github/workflows/chatbot.yaml b/.github/workflows/chatbot.yaml
index 5036d5de..4a67983b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/chatbot.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/chatbot.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
               protocols:
                 grpc:
                   endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4317"
+                http:
+                  endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4318"
           exporters:
             otlphttp:
               endpoint: https://apps.platform-sts.pcbk.p1.openshiftapps.com
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
                 key_pem: ${{ secrets.CLIENT_KEY_ROSA_OTEL }}
                 ca_pem: ${{ secrets.SERVER_CERT_ROSA_OTEL }}
             logging:
-              loglevel: debug
+              verbosity: detailed
           service:
             pipelines:
               traces:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-trace-steps.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-trace-steps.yaml
index 011893dc..b5a688c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-trace-steps.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-trace-steps.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
             protocols:
               grpc:
                 endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4317"
+              http:
+                endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4318"
         exporters:
           otlphttp:
             endpoint: https://apps.platform-sts.pcbk.p1.openshiftapps.com
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
               key_pem: ${{ secrets.CLIENT_KEY_ROSA_OTEL }}
               ca_pem: ${{ secrets.SERVER_CERT_ROSA_OTEL }}
           logging:
-            loglevel: debug
+            verbosity: detailed
         service:
           pipelines:
             traces:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing_framework.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing_framework.yaml
index 5bcc3a30..55b795d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing_framework.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing_framework.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   schedule: # schedule the job to run once a day
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  #workflow_dispatch:
 
   # pull_request: ## temporary for debugging development purposes
   #   branches:
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ jobs:
               protocols:
                 grpc:
                   endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4317"
+                http:
+                  endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4318"
           exporters:
             otlphttp:
               endpoint: https://apps.platform-sts.pcbk.p1.openshiftapps.com
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
                 key_pem: ${{ secrets.CLIENT_KEY_ROSA_OTEL }}
                 ca_pem: ${{ secrets.SERVER_CERT_ROSA_OTEL }}
             logging:
-              loglevel: debug
+              verbosity: detailed
           service:
             pipelines:
               traces:
diff --git a/ci/trace-steps.py b/ci/trace-steps.py
index 19e51eae..3e654df5 100644
--- a/ci/trace-steps.py
+++ b/ci/trace-steps.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import time
-import logging
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
@@ -8,10 +6,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor, ConsoleSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.trace import SpanContext, TraceFlags, TraceState, NonRecordingSpan
 
-# Set up logging
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 # Set up OpenTelemetry tracing
 trace.set_tracer_provider(
     TracerProvider(
@@ -21,30 +15,15 @@
 tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
 
 # Set up OTLP exporter to send to OpenTelemetry Collector
-otlp_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint="http://localhost:4317", insecure=True)
-
-# Set up span processor
-span_processor = BatchSpanProcessor(otlp_exporter)
-trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(span_processor)
+otlp_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint="0.0.0.0:4317", insecure=True)
+trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(otlp_exporter))
 
 # Export to console for debugging
 console_exporter = ConsoleSpanExporter()
 trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(console_exporter))
 
-def retry_operation(operation, retries=3, delay=5):
-    for attempt in range(retries):
-        try:
-            return operation()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Attempt {attempt + 1} failed with error: {e}")
-            if attempt < retries - 1:
-                time.sleep(delay)
-            else:
-                raise
-
 def start_trace(step_name):
-    span = tracer.start_span(name=step_name)
-    return span
+    return tracer.start_span(name=step_name)
 
 def end_trace(span):
     span.end()
@@ -54,7 +33,7 @@ def end_trace(span):
     action = os.getenv("TRACE_ACTION", "start")
 
     if action == "start":
-        span = retry_operation(lambda: start_trace(step_name))
+        span = start_trace(step_name)
         with open(f"/tmp/trace_{step_name}.txt", "w") as f:
             f.write(str(span.get_span_context().trace_id))
     elif action == "end":
@@ -71,6 +50,6 @@ def end_trace(span):
             is_remote=True
         )
         with tracer.start_as_current_span(name=step_name, context=trace.set_span_in_context(NonRecordingSpan(span_context))):
-            span = retry_operation(lambda: tracer.start_span(name=step_name))
-            retry_operation(lambda: end_trace(span))
+            span = start_trace(step_name)
+            end_trace(span)