diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/gql/gql-client.ts b/frontend/src/lib/gql/gql-client.ts
index 402356732..1850b2ed9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/gql/gql-client.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/gql/gql-client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {browser} from '$app/environment';
-import {tracingExchange} from '$lib/otel';
+import {tracingExchange, tryCopyTraceContext} from '$lib/otel';
 import type {LexAuthUser} from '$lib/user';
 import {isRedirect} from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import {devtoolsExchange} from '@urql/devtools';
@@ -279,7 +279,19 @@ class GqlClient {
   }
 
   private throwAnyUnexpectedErrors<T extends OperationResult<unknown, AnyVariables>>(result: T, delayThrow: boolean = false): void {
-    if (!result.error) return;
+    const error = this.squashErrors(result);
+    if (!error) return;
+
+    if (delayThrow && !isRedirect(error)) { // SvelteKit handles Redirects, so we don't want to delay them
+      // We can't throw errors here, because errors thrown in wonka/an exchange kill the frontend.
+      setTimeout(() => { throw error; });
+    } else {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private squashErrors<T extends OperationResult<unknown, AnyVariables>>(result: T): Error | undefined {
+    if (!result.error) return undefined;
     const error =
       // Various status codes are handled in the fetch hooks (see hooks.shared.ts).
       // throws there (e.g. SvelteKit redirects and 500's) turn into networkErrors that land here
@@ -289,13 +301,8 @@ class GqlClient {
       // but it's far more interesting (particularly when debugging how errors affect our app) to know when and where errors are getting thrown, namely HERE.
       // So, we new up our own error to get the more useful stacktrace.
       new AggregateError(result.error.graphQLErrors, result.error.message ?? result.error.cause);
-
-    if (delayThrow && !isRedirect(error)) { // SvelteKit handles Redirects, so we don't want to delay them
-      // We can't throw errors here, because errors thrown in wonka/an exchange kill the frontend.
-      setTimeout(() => { throw error; });
-    } else {
-      throw error;
-    }
+    tryCopyTraceContext(result.error, error);
+    return error;
   }
 
   private findInputErrors<T extends GenericData>({data}: OperationResult<T, AnyVariables>): LexGqlError<ExtractErrorTypename<T>> | undefined {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/otel/types.ts b/frontend/src/lib/otel/types.ts
index 93061f657..c4afcd171 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/otel/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/otel/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { isObject, isObjectWhere } from '$lib/util/types';
+import {isObject, isObjectWhere} from '$lib/util/types';
 
-import type { ErrorSource } from './otel.shared';
-import type { SpanContext } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import type {ErrorSource} from './otel.shared';
+import type {SpanContext} from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 export type TraceId = string;
 export type TracerId = ErrorSource;
@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ export function traceIt(traceable: Traceable, spanContext: SpanContext, tracer:
     throw new TraceItError(traceable, `spanContext not writeable.`);
   }
 }
+
+export function tryCopyTraceContext(from: unknown, to: unknown): void {
+  if (!isTraced(from)) return;
+  if (!isTraceable(to)) return;
+  traceIt(to, from.spanContext, from.tracer);
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(authenticated)/admin/+page.ts b/frontend/src/routes/(authenticated)/admin/+page.ts
index e688e5b0f..03a5e0888 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(authenticated)/admin/+page.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(authenticated)/admin/+page.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
-import { getClient, graphql } from '$lib/gql';
+import {getClient, graphql} from '$lib/gql';
 
-import type { PageLoadEvent } from './$types';
-import { type LexAuthUser } from '$lib/user';
-import { redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import type {PageLoadEvent} from './$types';
+import {type LexAuthUser} from '$lib/user';
+import {redirect} from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import {getBoolSearchParam, getSearchParam} from '$lib/util/query-params';
-import { isGuid } from '$lib/util/guid';
+import {isGuid} from '$lib/util/guid';
 import type {
   $OpResult,
   ChangeUserAccountByAdminInput,
   ChangeUserAccountByAdminMutation,
   CreateGuestUserByAdminInput,
-  CreateGuestUserByAdminMutation,
-  DraftProjectFilterInput,
-  ProjectFilterInput,
-  SetUserLockedInput,
+  CreateGuestUserByAdminMutation, SetUserLockedInput,
   SetUserLockedMutation,
-  UserFilterInput,
+  UserFilterInput
 } from '$lib/gql/types';
 import type {LoadAdminDashboardProjectsQuery, LoadAdminDashboardUsersQuery} from '$lib/gql/types';
-import type { ProjectFilters } from '$lib/components/Projects';
-import { DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE } from '$lib/components/Paging';
-import type { AdminTabId } from './AdminTabs.svelte';
-import { derived, readable } from 'svelte/store';
-import type { UserType } from '$lib/components/Users/UserFilter.svelte';
+import type {ProjectFilters} from '$lib/components/Projects';
+import {DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE} from '$lib/components/Paging';
+import type {AdminTabId} from './AdminTabs.svelte';
+import {derived, readable} from 'svelte/store';
+import type {UserType} from '$lib/components/Users/UserFilter.svelte';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-redundant-type-constituents -- false positive?
 export type AdminSearchParams = ProjectFilters & {
@@ -46,12 +43,12 @@ export async function load(event: PageLoadEvent) {
 
   const client = getClient();
 
-  const projectFilter: ProjectFilterInput = {
+  const projectFilter = {
     ...(memberSearch ? { users: { some: { user: { or: [ { email: { eq: memberSearch } }, { username: { eq: memberSearch } } ] } } } }: {})
-  };
-  const draftFilter: DraftProjectFilterInput = {
+  } as const;
+  const draftFilter = {
     ...(memberSearch ? { projectManager: { or: [ { email: { eq: memberSearch } }, { username: { eq: memberSearch } } ] } } : {})
-  };
+  } as const;