diff --git a/src/middleware/observability.ts b/src/middleware/observability.ts
index c3892f1f..e303f8dc 100644
--- a/src/middleware/observability.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/observability.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 
 import * as asyncHooks from "node:async_hooks";
 import {
+  ATTR_HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD,
+  ATTR_HTTP_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE,
+  ATTR_URL_PATH,
   METRIC_HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST_DURATION,
   METRIC_HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_DURATION,
 } from "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions";
@@ -590,7 +593,6 @@ const isDev =
 export function logRequest(
   request: Request,
   status: number,
-  durationMs: number,
   extra?: Record<string, unknown>,
 ) {
   const url = new URL(request.url);
@@ -602,10 +604,9 @@ export function logRequest(
   // logger floor automatically (no need to attach manually here).
   const level = status >= 500 ? "error" : "info";
   logger[level]("request handled", {
-    method: request.method,
-    path: url.pathname,
-    status,
-    duration_ms: Math.round(durationMs),
+    [ATTR_HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD]: request.method,
+    [ATTR_URL_PATH]: url.pathname,
+    [ATTR_HTTP_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE]: status,
     ...extra,
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/sdk/workerEntry.ts b/src/sdk/workerEntry.ts
index 2f49af02..e5fcc277 100644
--- a/src/sdk/workerEntry.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/workerEntry.ts
@@ -1136,10 +1136,14 @@ export function createDecoWorkerEntry(
             // Run app middleware (injects app state into RequestContext.bag,
             // runs registered middleware like VTEX cookie forwarding).
             const appMw = getAppMiddleware();
-            if (appMw) {
-              return appMw(request, () => handleRequest(request, env, ctx));
-            }
-            return handleRequest(request, env, ctx);
+            const response = await (appMw
+              ? appMw(request, () => handleRequest(request, env, ctx))
+              : handleRequest(request, env, ctx));
+            // Stamp the response status on the root span so the span status
+            // promotion in otelHttpTracer/otel.ts fires correctly — without
+            // this, deco.http.request spans for 5xx responses are always Unset.
+            setSpanAttribute("http.status_code", response.status);
+            return response;
           },
           {
             "http.method": method,
@@ -1222,7 +1226,7 @@ export function createDecoWorkerEntry(
         /* swallow — observability must never fail the request */
       }
       try {
-        logRequest(request, finalResponse.status, durationMs, {
+        logRequest(request, finalResponse.status, {
           ...(identity.requestId ? { "request.id": identity.requestId } : {}),
           ...(identity.traceId ? { "trace.id": identity.traceId } : {}),
         });