diff --git a/apps/server/src/app.ts b/apps/server/src/app.ts
index 70b57e115..df35e59f5 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/app.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ async function createApp() {
       if (!o)
         return null
 
-      o.start()
       dependsOn.lifecycle.appHooks.onStop(() => o.shutdown())
       return o
     },
diff --git a/apps/server/src/libs/otel.ts b/apps/server/src/libs/otel.ts
index f9f42e4aa..db4a59f01 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/libs/otel.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/libs/otel.ts
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@ export function initOtel(env: Env) {
     resource,
     sampler,
     spanProcessors: [new BatchSpanProcessor(traceExporter)],
-    metricReader: new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
+    metricReaders: [new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
       exporter: metricExporter,
-      exportIntervalMillis: 15000,
-    }),
+      exportIntervalMillis: 15_000,
+      exportTimeoutMillis: 10_000,
+    })],
     logRecordProcessors: [new BatchLogRecordProcessor(logExporter)],
     instrumentations: [
       new HttpInstrumentation({
@@ -100,10 +101,11 @@ export function initOtel(env: Env) {
     ],
   })
 
-  const start = () => {
-    sdk.start()
-    logger.log(`OpenTelemetry initialized, exporting to ${otlpEndpoint}, sampling ratio: ${samplingRatio}`)
-  }
+  // SDK must start BEFORE metrics.getMeter() — the metrics API does NOT
+  // have a proxy mechanism like traces. getMeter() called before start()
+  // returns a permanent NoopMeter that never upgrades.
+  sdk.start()
+  logger.log(`OpenTelemetry initialized, exporting to ${otlpEndpoint}, sampling ratio: ${samplingRatio}`)
 
   const meter = metrics.getMeter(serviceName)
 
@@ -161,7 +163,6 @@ export function initOtel(env: Env) {
     authFailures,
     stripeEvents,
 
-    start,
     shutdown,
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/middlewares/otel.ts b/apps/server/src/middlewares/otel.ts
index d7f94a596..f12bfc1c6 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/middlewares/otel.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/middlewares/otel.ts
@@ -17,31 +17,32 @@ export function otelMiddleware(otelMetrics: {
   return async (c, next) => {
     const startTime = performance.now()
     const method = c.req.method
-    const path = c.req.routePath || c.req.path
-    const attributes = {
-      'http.method': method,
-      'http.route': path,
-      'http.url': c.req.url,
-    }
+    const path = c.req.path
 
-    otelMetrics.httpActiveRequests.add(1, { 'http.method': method, 'http.route': path })
+    otelMetrics.httpActiveRequests.add(1, { 'http.request.method': method, 'http.route': path })
 
-    const span = tracer.startSpan(`${method} ${path}`, { attributes })
+    const span = tracer.startSpan(`${method} ${path}`, {
+      attributes: {
+        'http.request.method': method,
+        'http.route': path,
+        'url.full': c.req.url,
+      },
+    })
 
     try {
       await context.with(trace.setSpan(context.active(), span), () => next())
 
       const status = c.res.status
-      span.setAttribute('http.status_code', status)
+      span.setAttribute('http.response.status_code', status)
 
       if (status >= 500) {
         span.setStatus({ code: SpanStatusCode.ERROR, message: `HTTP ${status}` })
       }
 
       otelMetrics.httpRequestDuration.record(performance.now() - startTime, {
-        'http.method': method,
+        'http.request.method': method,
         'http.route': path,
-        'http.status_code': status,
+        'http.response.status_code': status,
       })
     }
     catch (err) {
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ export function otelMiddleware(otelMetrics: {
       throw err
     }
     finally {
-      otelMetrics.httpActiveRequests.add(-1, { 'http.method': method, 'http.route': path })
+      otelMetrics.httpActiveRequests.add(-1, { 'http.request.method': method, 'http.route': path })
       span.end()
     }
   }