diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 086fde103..e5ec1f73f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 - `zeph-orchestration`: add `Llm(#[from] zeph_llm::LlmError)` typed variant to `OrchestrationError`
   so callers can pattern-match on root LLM error kinds without string comparison (closes #3842).
 
+### Changed
+
+- `zeph-orchestration`: add `#[tracing::instrument]` spans to `LlmPlanner::plan`,
+  `LlmPlanner::plan_with_hint`, and `LlmAggregator::aggregate`. Span names follow the
+  `orchestration.<component>.<operation>` convention with `goal_len` / `task_count` fields
+  for Perfetto trace analysis (closes #3850).
+- `zeph-subagent`: add `#[tracing::instrument]` spans to `SubAgentManager::spawn`,
+  `SubAgentManager::collect`, `SubAgentManager::shutdown_all`, `run_agent_loop`, and
+  `run_turn`. Span names follow the `subagent.<component>.<operation>` convention with
+  `def_name` / `task_id` / `turn` fields (closes #3851).
+
 ### Performance
 
 - `zeph-memory`: replace serial `embed()` calls with a single `embed_batch()` call in
diff --git a/crates/zeph-orchestration/src/aggregator.rs b/crates/zeph-orchestration/src/aggregator.rs
index 4be556361..b95880b1b 100644
--- a/crates/zeph-orchestration/src/aggregator.rs
+++ b/crates/zeph-orchestration/src/aggregator.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ impl<P: LlmProvider> LlmAggregator<P> {
 }
 
 impl<P: LlmProvider + Send + Sync> Aggregator for LlmAggregator<P> {
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "orchestration.aggregator.aggregate", skip_all, fields(task_count = graph.tasks.len()))]
     async fn aggregate(
         &self,
         graph: &TaskGraph,
diff --git a/crates/zeph-orchestration/src/planner.rs b/crates/zeph-orchestration/src/planner.rs
index 331de742e..2525d0f6f 100644
--- a/crates/zeph-orchestration/src/planner.rs
+++ b/crates/zeph-orchestration/src/planner.rs
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ pub(crate) struct PlannedTask {
 }
 
 impl<P: LlmProvider + Send + Sync> Planner for LlmPlanner<P> {
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "orchestration.planner.plan_with_hint", skip_all, fields(goal_len = goal.len()))]
     async fn plan_with_hint(
         &self,
         goal: &str,
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ impl<P: LlmProvider + Send + Sync> Planner for LlmPlanner<P> {
         Ok((graph, usage))
     }
 
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "orchestration.planner.plan", skip_all, fields(goal_len = goal.len()))]
     async fn plan(
         &self,
         goal: &str,
diff --git a/crates/zeph-subagent/src/agent_loop.rs b/crates/zeph-subagent/src/agent_loop.rs
index 1f6f1a4a4..c75c3da40 100644
--- a/crates/zeph-subagent/src/agent_loop.rs
+++ b/crates/zeph-subagent/src/agent_loop.rs
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ enum TurnOutcome {
 /// Returns a [`TurnOutcome`] that drives the loop control flow in
 /// [`run_agent_loop`].
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+#[tracing::instrument(name = "subagent.agent_loop.run_turn", skip_all, fields(task_id = task_id, turn = *turns))]
 async fn run_turn(
     provider: &AnyProvider,
     executor: &FilteredToolExecutor,
@@ -560,6 +561,7 @@ async fn handle_tool_step(
     }
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(name = "subagent.agent_loop.run", skip_all, fields(task_id = %args.task_id, agent_name = %args.agent_name))]
 pub(super) async fn run_agent_loop(
     args: AgentLoopArgs,
 ) -> Result<String, super::error::SubAgentError> {
diff --git a/crates/zeph-subagent/src/manager.rs b/crates/zeph-subagent/src/manager.rs
index b820aa63e..9bf48679e 100644
--- a/crates/zeph-subagent/src/manager.rs
+++ b/crates/zeph-subagent/src/manager.rs
@@ -701,7 +701,9 @@ impl SubAgentManager {
     /// [`SubAgentError::ConcurrencyLimit`] if the concurrency limit is exceeded, or
     /// [`SubAgentError::Invalid`] if the agent requests `bypass_permissions` but the config
     /// does not allow it (`allow_bypass_permissions: false`).
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments, clippy::too_many_lines)] // complex algorithm function; both suppressions justified until the function is decomposed in a future refactor
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments, clippy::too_many_lines)]
+    // complex algorithm function; both suppressions justified until the function is decomposed in a future refactor
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "subagent.manager.spawn", skip_all, fields(def_name = def_name))]
     pub fn spawn(
         &mut self,
         def_name: &str,
@@ -938,6 +940,7 @@ impl SubAgentManager {
     /// Iterates every agent ID and calls [`cancel`][Self::cancel] on each.
     /// Unlike [`cancel_all`][Self::cancel_all], this method goes through the normal
     /// cancel path including hook firing. Prefer this during planned shutdown.
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "subagent.manager.shutdown_all", skip_all)]
     pub fn shutdown_all(&mut self) {
         let ids: Vec<String> = self.agents.keys().cloned().collect();
         for id in ids {
@@ -1096,6 +1099,7 @@ impl SubAgentManager {
     ///
     /// Returns [`SubAgentError::NotFound`] if the task ID is unknown,
     /// [`SubAgentError::Spawn`] if the task panicked.
+    #[tracing::instrument(name = "subagent.manager.collect", skip_all, fields(task_id = task_id))]
     pub async fn collect(&mut self, task_id: &str) -> Result<String, SubAgentError> {
         let mut handle = self
             .agents