diff --git a/apps/admin-api/src/request_context.rs b/apps/admin-api/src/request_context.rs
index 61acf98..3e7da24 100644
--- a/apps/admin-api/src/request_context.rs
+++ b/apps/admin-api/src/request_context.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use axum::{
 };
 use crank_core::{CorrelationContext, RequestId, TraceContext};
 use crank_metrics::ExemplarTraceId;
-use crank_observability::{set_remote_trace_parent, with_request_correlation};
+use crank_observability::with_request_correlation;
 use tracing::{Instrument, info, info_span};
 
 pub const REQUEST_ID_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-request-id");
@@ -124,11 +124,7 @@ fn one_auxiliary_header_within_budget(
 }
 
 fn set_canonical_parent(span: &tracing::Span, context: &TraceContext) {
-    let mut headers = axum::http::HeaderMap::new();
-    if let Ok(value) = HeaderValue::from_str(context.traceparent()) {
-        headers.insert("traceparent", value);
-        set_remote_trace_parent(span, &headers);
-    }
+    crank_trace::set_parent_from_trace_context(span, context);
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/apps/admin-api/tests/integration/openapi_source/telemetry.rs b/apps/admin-api/tests/integration/openapi_source/telemetry.rs
index 566aefb..dad5728 100644
--- a/apps/admin-api/tests/integration/openapi_source/telemetry.rs
+++ b/apps/admin-api/tests/integration/openapi_source/telemetry.rs
@@ -154,17 +154,19 @@ impl<'a> MakeWriter<'a> for SharedLogWriter {
     fn make_writer(&'a self) -> Self::Writer {
         SharedLogGuard {
             buffer: Arc::clone(&self.buffer),
+            pending: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
 }
 
 struct SharedLogGuard {
     buffer: Arc<Mutex<Vec<u8>>>,
+    pending: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 impl io::Write for SharedLogGuard {
     fn write(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.buffer.lock().unwrap().extend_from_slice(bytes);
+        self.pending.extend_from_slice(bytes);
         Ok(bytes.len())
     }
 
@@ -173,6 +175,24 @@ impl io::Write for SharedLogGuard {
     }
 }
 
+impl Drop for SharedLogGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.buffer.lock().unwrap().extend_from_slice(&self.pending);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shared_log_writer_publishes_complete_records_only() {
+    let writer = SharedLogWriter::default();
+    let mut guard = writer.make_writer();
+    io::Write::write_all(&mut guard, b"message").unwrap();
+    assert!(writer.output().is_empty());
+
+    io::Write::write_all(&mut guard, b" stage=\"fetch\"\n").unwrap();
+    drop(guard);
+    assert_eq!(writer.output(), "message stage=\"fetch\"\n");
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 struct CapturingExporter(Arc<Mutex<Vec<SpanData>>>);
 
diff --git a/apps/admin-api/tests/request_context_parent.rs b/apps/admin-api/tests/request_context_parent.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cab285f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/admin-api/tests/request_context_parent.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use admin_api::request_context::{TRACE_ID_HEADER, apply_request_context};
+use axum::{Router, body::Body, http::Request, routing::get};
+use opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider as _;
+use opentelemetry_sdk::trace::SdkTracerProvider;
+use tower::ServiceExt;
+use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn preserves_remote_trace_id_with_an_active_tracer_and_no_global_propagator() {
+    let provider = SdkTracerProvider::builder().build();
+    let tracer = provider.tracer("admin-request-context-parent-test");
+    let subscriber =
+        tracing_subscriber::registry().with(tracing_opentelemetry::layer().with_tracer(tracer));
+    let dispatch = tracing::Dispatch::new(subscriber);
+    let _dispatch_guard = tracing::dispatcher::set_default(&dispatch);
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/probe", get(|| async { "ok" }))
+        .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(apply_request_context));
+
+    let response = app
+        .oneshot(
+            Request::builder()
+                .uri("/probe")
+                .header(
+                    "traceparent",
+                    "00-0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c-b7ad6b7169203331-01",
+                )
+                .body(Body::empty())
+                .unwrap(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        response.headers()[TRACE_ID_HEADER],
+        "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c"
+    );
+    provider.shutdown().unwrap();
+}