diff --git a/apps/api/manage.py b/apps/api/manage.py
index a79268b37c..6f69f44252 100644
--- a/apps/api/manage.py
+++ b/apps/api/manage.py
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ import sys
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "plane.settings.production")
+
+    # Bootstrap OpenTelemetry before Django imports so runserver and
+    # management commands are instrumented too. No-op unless OTEL_ENABLED=1.
+    from plane.observability.setup import configure_otel
+
+    configure_otel()
+
     try:
         from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
     except ImportError as exc:
diff --git a/apps/api/plane/asgi.py b/apps/api/plane/asgi.py
index 9d3bd6b07a..e7db9b2d31 100644
--- a/apps/api/plane/asgi.py
+++ b/apps/api/plane/asgi.py
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
 
 import os
 
-from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter
-from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
-
-django_asgi_app = get_asgi_application()
-
-
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "plane.settings.production")
+
+# Bootstrap OpenTelemetry before Django wires up so DjangoInstrumentor can
+# patch the ASGI handler. No-op unless OTEL_ENABLED=1.
+from plane.observability.setup import configure_otel  # noqa: E402
+
+configure_otel()
+
+from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter  # noqa: E402
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application  # noqa: E402
+
 # Initialize Django ASGI application early to ensure the AppRegistry
 # is populated before importing code that may import ORM models.
-
-
 application = ProtocolTypeRouter({"http": get_asgi_application()})
diff --git a/apps/api/plane/wsgi.py b/apps/api/plane/wsgi.py
index 4c8a791636..1b4faf4873 100644
--- a/apps/api/plane/wsgi.py
+++ b/apps/api/plane/wsgi.py
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
 
 import os
 
-from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
-
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "plane.settings.production")
 
+# Bootstrap OpenTelemetry before Django wires up so DjangoInstrumentor can
+# patch the WSGI handler. No-op unless OTEL_ENABLED=1.
+from plane.observability.setup import configure_otel  # noqa: E402
+
+configure_otel()
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application  # noqa: E402
+
 application = get_wsgi_application()