diff --git a/internal/dev/server.go b/internal/dev/server.go
index e4318944..770b79db 100644
--- a/internal/dev/server.go
+++ b/internal/dev/server.go
@@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ func (s *Server) handleStream(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to insert project id into trace state: %w", err)
 		return
 	}
+	traceState, err = traceState.Insert("d", "1");
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("failed to insert devmode status into trace state: %s", err)
+		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to insert devmode status into trace state: %w", err)
+		return
+	}
 
 	newctx := trace.ContextWithSpanContext(sctx, spanContext.WithTraceState(traceState))