diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/OrchestrationEngine.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/OrchestrationEngine.test.ts
index 9ccf78ca1744..f417625ef911 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/OrchestrationEngine.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/OrchestrationEngine.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import * as Metric from "effect/Metric";
 import * as Option from "effect/Option";
 import * as Queue from "effect/Queue";
 import * as Stream from "effect/Stream";
+import * as Tracer from "effect/Tracer";
 import { TestClock } from "effect/testing";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
 
@@ -568,6 +569,46 @@ describe("OrchestrationEngine", () => {
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(makeOrchestrationLayer())),
   );
 
+  const commandSpans: Array<Tracer.NativeSpan> = [];
+  const recordingTracer = Tracer.make({
+    span: (options) => {
+      const span = new Tracer.NativeSpan(options);
+      if (options.name.startsWith("orchestration.command.")) commandSpans.push(span);
+      return span;
+    },
+  });
+
+  effectIt.effect("runs each command inside the dispatcher's trace", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const engine = yield* OrchestrationEngineService;
+      const dispatcherSpan = yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
+        yield* engine.dispatch({
+          type: "project.create",
+          commandId: CommandId.make("cmd-trace-parent-project-create"),
+          projectId: ProjectId.make("project-trace-parent"),
+          title: "Project",
+          workspaceRoot: "/tmp/project-trace-parent",
+          createdAt: now(),
+        });
+        return yield* Effect.currentSpan;
+      }).pipe(Effect.withSpan("client.dispatch"));
+
+      const commandSpan = commandSpans.find(
+        (span) => span.name === "orchestration.command.project.create",
+      );
+      expect(commandSpan?.traceId).toBe(dispatcherSpan.traceId);
+      expect(Option.map(commandSpan!.parent, (parent) => parent.spanId)).toEqual(
+        Option.some(dispatcherSpan.spanId),
+      );
+    }).pipe(
+      Effect.provide(
+        makeOrchestrationLayer().pipe(
+          Layer.provideMerge(Layer.succeed(Tracer.Tracer, recordingTracer)),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+
   effectIt.effect(
     "rejects persisted changes and live background work without blocking unrelated threads",
     () =>
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/OrchestrationEngine.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/OrchestrationEngine.ts
index 9136d080c1c3..334e5b98f4f2 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/OrchestrationEngine.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/OrchestrationEngine.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import * as PubSub from "effect/PubSub";
 import * as Queue from "effect/Queue";
 import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
 import * as Stream from "effect/Stream";
+import type * as Tracer from "effect/Tracer";
 import * as SqlClient from "effect/unstable/sql/SqlClient";
 
 import {
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ interface CommandEnvelope {
   origin: OrchestrationClientOrigin | undefined;
   result: Deferred.Deferred<{ sequence: number }, OrchestrationDispatchError>;
   startedAtMs: number;
+  // The dispatcher's span, so the worker's command span joins the caller's trace
+  // instead of starting a new one on the queue's fiber.
+  parentSpan: Option.Option<Tracer.AnySpan>;
 }
 
 function commandToAggregateRef(command: OrchestrationCommand): {
@@ -339,7 +343,12 @@ const makeOrchestrationEngine = Effect.gen(function* () {
           }
         }
         return { sequence: committedCommand.lastSequence };
-      }).pipe(Effect.withSpan(`orchestration.command.${envelope.command.type}`)),
+      }).pipe(Effect.withSpan(`orchestration.command.${envelope.command.type}`), (effect) =>
+        Option.match(envelope.parentSpan, {
+          onNone: () => effect,
+          onSome: (parentSpan) => Effect.withParentSpan(effect, parentSpan),
+        }),
+      ),
     ).pipe(
       Effect.flatMap((exit) =>
         Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -443,6 +452,7 @@ const makeOrchestrationEngine = Effect.gen(function* () {
         origin: options?.origin,
         result,
         startedAtMs: yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis,
+        parentSpan: yield* Effect.option(Effect.currentParentSpan),
       });
       return yield* Deferred.await(result);
     });