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     new 019445a1d078 CAMEL-23712: Add traceCustomIdOnly option to only trace 
processors with custom IDs (#23862)
019445a1d078 is described below

commit 019445a1d078448cdb9276d5c52f64b9b723f02b
Author: Claus Ibsen <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 9 15:41:16 2026 +0200

    CAMEL-23712: Add traceCustomIdOnly option to only trace processors with 
custom IDs (#23862)
    
    * CAMEL-23712: Add traceCustomIdOnly option to only trace processors with 
custom IDs
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
    Signed-off-by: Claus Ibsen <[email protected]>
    
    * CAMEL-23712: Fix camel-telemetry-dev tests for reduced endpoint-sending 
spans
    
    Update EnableProcessorsTest and SpanBeanTest to account for the
    CAMEL-23709 change where SendProcessor (EndpointSending) no longer
    produces redundant EVENT_PROCESS processor spans.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>
    Signed-off-by: Claus Ibsen <[email protected]>
    
    * CAMEL-23712: Extend traceCustomIdOnly to filter at the route level
    
    Routes without an explicit .routeId() are now excluded entirely from
    tracing when traceCustomIdOnly=true — no route span, no processor
    spans, and no endpoint send spans are created within them.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>
    Signed-off-by: Claus Ibsen <[email protected]>
    
    ---------
    
    Signed-off-by: Claus Ibsen <[email protected]>
    Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
---
 .../MicrometerObservabilityTracerConfigurer.java   |   6 +
 .../OpenTelemetryTracerConfigurer.java             |   6 +
 .../src/main/docs/opentelemetry2.adoc              |   1 +
 .../telemetrydev/TelemetryDevTracerConfigurer.java |   6 +
 .../camel/telemetrydev/EnableProcessorsTest.java   |   7 +-
 .../apache/camel/telemetrydev/SpanBeanTest.java    |  12 +-
 .../camel-telemetry/src/main/docs/telemetry.adoc   |   1 +
 .../TraceProcessorsInterceptStrategy.java          |  10 ++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/Tracer.java    |  33 +++++
 .../camel/telemetry/TraceCustomIdOnlyTest.java     | 141 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../src/main/java/org/apache/camel/NamedNode.java  |   9 ++
 .../ROOT/pages/camel-4x-upgrade-guide-4_21.adoc    |  11 ++
 12 files changed, 229 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git 
a/components/camel-micrometer-observability/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/micrometer/observability/MicrometerObservabilityTracerConfigurer.java
 
b/components/camel-micrometer-observability/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/micrometer/observability/MicrometerObservabilityTracerConfigurer.java
index 24459132c651..aa5b235acc4c 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-micrometer-observability/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/micrometer/observability/MicrometerObservabilityTracerConfigurer.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-micrometer-observability/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/micrometer/observability/MicrometerObservabilityTracerConfigurer.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public class MicrometerObservabilityTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.su
         case "propagator": target.setPropagator(property(camelContext, 
io.micrometer.tracing.propagation.Propagator.class, value)); return true;
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": 
target.setSpanLifecycleManager(property(camelContext, 
org.apache.camel.telemetry.SpanLifecycleManager.class, value)); return true;
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": 
target.setTraceCustomIdOnly(property(camelContext, boolean.class, value)); 
return true;
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
         case "traceHeadersInclusion": 
target.setTraceHeadersInclusion(property(camelContext, boolean.class, value)); 
return true;
         case "traceprocessors":
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ public class MicrometerObservabilityTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.su
         case "propagator": return 
io.micrometer.tracing.propagation.Propagator.class;
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": return 
org.apache.camel.telemetry.SpanLifecycleManager.class;
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": return boolean.class;
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
         case "traceHeadersInclusion": return boolean.class;
         case "traceprocessors":
@@ -87,6 +91,8 @@ public class MicrometerObservabilityTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.su
         case "propagator": return target.getPropagator();
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": return target.getSpanLifecycleManager();
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": return target.isTraceCustomIdOnly();
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
         case "traceHeadersInclusion": return target.isTraceHeadersInclusion();
         case "traceprocessors":
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry2/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry2/OpenTelemetryTracerConfigurer.java
 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry2/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry2/OpenTelemetryTracerConfigurer.java
index fddc7e80639a..d95fcc3ab8a5 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry2/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry2/OpenTelemetryTracerConfigurer.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry2/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry2/OpenTelemetryTracerConfigurer.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public class OpenTelemetryTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.support.comp
         case "includePatterns": 
target.setIncludePatterns(property(camelContext, java.lang.String.class, 
value)); return true;
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": 
target.setSpanLifecycleManager(property(camelContext, 
org.apache.camel.telemetry.SpanLifecycleManager.class, value)); return true;
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": 
target.setTraceCustomIdOnly(property(camelContext, boolean.class, value)); 
return true;
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
         case "traceHeadersInclusion": 
target.setTraceHeadersInclusion(property(camelContext, boolean.class, value)); 
return true;
         case "traceprocessors":
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ public class OpenTelemetryTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.support.comp
         case "includePatterns": return java.lang.String.class;
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": return 
org.apache.camel.telemetry.SpanLifecycleManager.class;
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": return boolean.class;
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
         case "traceHeadersInclusion": return boolean.class;
         case "traceprocessors":
@@ -82,6 +86,8 @@ public class OpenTelemetryTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.support.comp
         case "includePatterns": return target.getIncludePatterns();
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": return target.getSpanLifecycleManager();
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": return target.isTraceCustomIdOnly();
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
         case "traceHeadersInclusion": return target.isTraceHeadersInclusion();
         case "traceprocessors":
diff --git a/components/camel-opentelemetry2/src/main/docs/opentelemetry2.adoc 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry2/src/main/docs/opentelemetry2.adoc
index f87baf46f3b6..16687556b4ce 100644
--- a/components/camel-opentelemetry2/src/main/docs/opentelemetry2.adoc
+++ b/components/camel-opentelemetry2/src/main/docs/opentelemetry2.adoc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The configuration properties for the OpenTelemetry2 tracer 
are:
 |`enabled`| false | Turn the tracing on/off.
 |`traceProcessors`| false | Trace inner custom processors (i.e., any `process` 
configured in the route). When disabled, custom processors are not visible from 
the OpenTelemetry perspective and have no active span or context.
 |`disableCoreProcessors`| false | Disable any inner core processors (any core 
DSL processor provided in the route, for example `bean`, `log`, ...).
+|`traceCustomIdOnly`| false | When enabled, only trace routes and processors 
where the author explicitly assigned a custom ID. Routes without a custom 
`.routeId()` are excluded entirely — no route span, no processor spans, and no 
endpoint send spans are created within them. Within traced routes, only 
processors with a custom `.id()` produce spans (requires 
`traceProcessors=true`). This provides intent-based filtering: name the routes 
and steps you care about, and only those appear in you [...]
 | `excludePatterns` | | A comma-separated list of patterns (e.g., 
`log*,direct*,setBody*`) to exclude from tracing. Spans matching these patterns 
will be disabled. If nothing is specified, no processors are excluded by 
default.
 | `includePatterns` | | A comma-separated list of patterns (e.g., 
`log*,direct*,setBody*`) to explicitly include in a trace. Spans matching these 
patterns will be enabled. If nothing is specified, all processors are included 
by default.
 | `traceHeadersInclusion`| `false` | If set to `true`, adds the generated 
telemetry `CAMEL_TRACE_ID` and `CAMEL_SPAN_ID` Exchange headers.
diff --git 
a/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/TelemetryDevTracerConfigurer.java
 
b/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/TelemetryDevTracerConfigurer.java
index 47fb2d5a9040..da78a684e0e8 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/TelemetryDevTracerConfigurer.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/generated/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/TelemetryDevTracerConfigurer.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public class TelemetryDevTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.support.compo
         case "includePatterns": 
target.setIncludePatterns(property(camelContext, java.lang.String.class, 
value)); return true;
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": 
target.setSpanLifecycleManager(property(camelContext, 
org.apache.camel.telemetry.SpanLifecycleManager.class, value)); return true;
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": 
target.setTraceCustomIdOnly(property(camelContext, boolean.class, value)); 
return true;
         case "traceformat":
         case "traceFormat": target.setTraceFormat(property(camelContext, 
java.lang.String.class, value)); return true;
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ public class TelemetryDevTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.support.compo
         case "includePatterns": return java.lang.String.class;
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": return 
org.apache.camel.telemetry.SpanLifecycleManager.class;
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": return boolean.class;
         case "traceformat":
         case "traceFormat": return java.lang.String.class;
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
@@ -80,6 +84,8 @@ public class TelemetryDevTracerConfigurer extends 
org.apache.camel.support.compo
         case "includePatterns": return target.getIncludePatterns();
         case "spanlifecyclemanager":
         case "spanLifecycleManager": return target.getSpanLifecycleManager();
+        case "tracecustomidonly":
+        case "traceCustomIdOnly": return target.isTraceCustomIdOnly();
         case "traceformat":
         case "traceFormat": return target.getTraceFormat();
         case "traceheadersinclusion":
diff --git 
a/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/EnableProcessorsTest.java
 
b/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/EnableProcessorsTest.java
index 9c0a4b922631..2c86f142eba4 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/EnableProcessorsTest.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/EnableProcessorsTest.java
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ public class EnableProcessorsTest extends 
TelemetryDevTracerTestSupport {
 
     private void checkTrace(DevTrace trace) {
         List<DevSpanAdapter> spans = trace.getSpans();
-        assertEquals(6, spans.size());
+        // to("log:info") no longer produces a processor span (SendProcessor 
implements EndpointSending)
+        assertEquals(5, spans.size());
 
         DevSpanAdapter testProducer = spans.get(0);
         DevSpanAdapter direct = spans.get(1);
         DevSpanAdapter innerLog = spans.get(2);
         DevSpanAdapter innerProcessor = spans.get(3);
         DevSpanAdapter log = spans.get(4);
-        DevSpanAdapter innerToLog = spans.get(5);
 
         // Validate span completion
         assertEquals("true", testProducer.getTag("isDone"));
@@ -70,14 +70,12 @@ public class EnableProcessorsTest extends 
TelemetryDevTracerTestSupport {
         assertEquals("true", innerLog.getTag("isDone"));
         assertEquals("true", innerProcessor.getTag("isDone"));
         assertEquals("true", log.getTag("isDone"));
-        assertEquals("true", innerToLog.getTag("isDone"));
 
         // Validate same trace
         assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), direct.getTag("traceid"));
         assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), 
innerLog.getTag("traceid"));
         assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), 
innerProcessor.getTag("traceid"));
         assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), log.getTag("traceid"));
-        assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), 
innerToLog.getTag("traceid"));
 
         // Validate op
         assertEquals(Op.EVENT_RECEIVED.toString(), direct.getTag("op"));
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ public class EnableProcessorsTest extends 
TelemetryDevTracerTestSupport {
         assertEquals(direct.getTag("spanid"), innerLog.getTag("parentSpan"));
         assertEquals(direct.getTag("spanid"), 
innerProcessor.getTag("parentSpan"));
         assertEquals(direct.getTag("spanid"), log.getTag("parentSpan"));
-        assertEquals(log.getTag("spanid"), innerToLog.getTag("parentSpan"));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git 
a/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/SpanBeanTest.java
 
b/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/SpanBeanTest.java
index b0f02f990bda..c530ec1d5eb3 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/SpanBeanTest.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-telemetry-dev/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetrydev/SpanBeanTest.java
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ public class SpanBeanTest extends 
TelemetryDevTracerTestSupport {
 
     private void checkTrace(DevTrace trace, String expectedBody) {
         List<DevSpanAdapter> spans = trace.getSpans();
-        assertEquals(7, spans.size());
+        // to("log:info") no longer produces a processor span (SendProcessor 
implements EndpointSending)
+        assertEquals(6, spans.size());
         DevSpanAdapter testProducer = spans.get(0);
         DevSpanAdapter direct = spans.get(1);
         DevSpanAdapter logProcessor = spans.get(2);
         DevSpanAdapter beanProcessor = spans.get(3);
         DevSpanAdapter beanMySpan = spans.get(4);
         DevSpanAdapter to = spans.get(5);
-        DevSpanAdapter toProcessor = spans.get(6);
 
         // Validate span completion
         assertEquals("true", testProducer.getTag("isDone"));
@@ -76,15 +76,13 @@ public class SpanBeanTest extends 
TelemetryDevTracerTestSupport {
         assertEquals("true", beanProcessor.getTag("isDone"));
         assertEquals("true", beanMySpan.getTag("isDone"));
         assertEquals("true", to.getTag("isDone"));
-        assertEquals("true", toProcessor.getTag("isDone"));
 
         // Validate same trace
         assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), direct.getTag("traceid"));
-        assertEquals(direct.getTag("traceid"), to.getTag("traceid"));
         assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), 
logProcessor.getTag("traceid"));
-        assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), 
toProcessor.getTag("traceid"));
         assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), 
beanProcessor.getTag("traceid"));
         assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), 
beanMySpan.getTag("traceid"));
+        assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), to.getTag("traceid"));
 
         // Validate hierarchy
         assertNull(testProducer.getTag("parentSpan"));
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ public class SpanBeanTest extends 
TelemetryDevTracerTestSupport {
         assertEquals(direct.getTag("spanid"), 
beanProcessor.getTag("parentSpan"));
         assertEquals(beanProcessor.getTag("spanid"), 
beanMySpan.getTag("parentSpan"));
         assertEquals(direct.getTag("spanid"), to.getTag("parentSpan"));
-        assertEquals(to.getTag("spanid"), toProcessor.getTag("parentSpan"));
 
         // Validate operations
         assertEquals(Op.EVENT_SENT.toString(), testProducer.getTag("op"));
@@ -101,9 +98,6 @@ public class SpanBeanTest extends 
TelemetryDevTracerTestSupport {
 
         // Validate message logging
         assertEquals("A message", 
logProcessor.getLogEntries().get(0).getFields().get("message"));
-        assertEquals(
-                "Exchange[ExchangePattern: InOut, BodyType: null, Body: [Body 
is null]]",
-                toProcessor.getLogEntries().get(0).getFields().get("message"));
 
     }
 
diff --git a/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/docs/telemetry.adoc 
b/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/docs/telemetry.adoc
index 72c3c8a43231..a2208448e630 100644
--- a/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/docs/telemetry.adoc
+++ b/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/docs/telemetry.adoc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ The configuration properties for the Telemetry component are:
 |Option |Default |Description
 |`traceProcessors`| false | Trace inner custom processors (i.e., any `process` 
configured in the route).
 |`disableCoreProcessors`| false | Disable any inner core processors (any core 
DSL processor provided in the route, for example `bean`, `log`, ...).
+|`traceCustomIdOnly`| false | When enabled, only trace routes and processors 
where the author explicitly assigned a custom ID. Routes without a custom 
`.routeId()` are excluded entirely — no route span, no processor spans, and no 
endpoint send spans are created within them. Within traced routes, only 
processors with a custom `.id()` produce spans (requires 
`traceProcessors=true`). This provides intent-based filtering: name the routes 
and steps you care about, and only those appear in you [...]
 | `excludePatterns` | | A comma-separated list of patterns (e.g., 
`log*,direct*,setBody*`) to exclude from tracing. Spans matching these patterns 
will be disabled. If nothing is specified, no processors are excluded by 
default.
 | `includePatterns` | | A comma-separated list of patterns (e.g., 
`log*,direct*,setBody*`) to explicitly include in a trace. Spans matching these 
patterns will be enabled. If nothing is specified, all processors are included 
by default.
 |`traceHeadersInclusion`| false | Add the generated telemetry `CAMEL_TRACE_ID` 
and `CAMEL_SPAN_ID` Exchange headers.
diff --git 
a/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/TraceProcessorsInterceptStrategy.java
 
b/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/TraceProcessorsInterceptStrategy.java
index 2185881e7077..dc75cc4bd13c 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/TraceProcessorsInterceptStrategy.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/TraceProcessorsInterceptStrategy.java
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ public class TraceProcessorsInterceptStrategy implements 
InterceptStrategy {
             if (isEndpointSending(processor)) {
                 return false;
             }
+            if (tracer.isTraceCustomIdOnly()) {
+                // skip all processors in routes without a custom routeId
+                if (!tracer.isCustomIdRoute(exchange.getFromRouteId())) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                // within custom-id routes, only trace processors with an 
explicit .id()
+                if (!processorDefinition.hasCustomIdAssigned()) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
             String shortName = processorDefinition.getShortName();
             boolean enabled = isCoreProcessEnabled(shortName) || 
isCustomProcessEnabled(shortName);
             return enabled && tracer.match(processorName, 
exchange.getContext());
diff --git 
a/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/Tracer.java
 
b/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/Tracer.java
index f3bf066d0bcb..40d148fd5c88 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/Tracer.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-telemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/Tracer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.apache.camel.telemetry;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
 import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
@@ -59,8 +61,10 @@ public abstract class Tracer extends ServiceSupport 
implements CamelTracingServi
     private String includePatterns;
     private boolean traceProcessors;
     private boolean disableCoreProcessors;
+    private boolean traceCustomIdOnly;
     private boolean traceHeadersInclusion;
 
+    private final Set<String> customIdRoutes = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
     private final TracingEventNotifier eventNotifier = new 
TracingEventNotifier();
     private final SpanStorageManager spanStorageManager = new 
SpanStorageManagerExchange();
     private final SpanDecoratorManager spanDecoratorManager = new 
SpanDecoratorManagerImpl();
@@ -127,6 +131,15 @@ public abstract class Tracer extends ServiceSupport 
implements CamelTracingServi
         this.disableCoreProcessors = disableCoreProcessors;
     }
 
+    @ManagedAttribute
+    public boolean isTraceCustomIdOnly() {
+        return traceCustomIdOnly;
+    }
+
+    public void setTraceCustomIdOnly(boolean traceCustomIdOnly) {
+        this.traceCustomIdOnly = traceCustomIdOnly;
+    }
+
     public SpanLifecycleManager getSpanLifecycleManager() {
         return this.spanLifecycleManager;
     }
@@ -138,9 +151,23 @@ public abstract class Tracer extends ServiceSupport 
implements CamelTracingServi
     @Override
     public RoutePolicy createRoutePolicy(CamelContext camelContext, String 
routeId, NamedNode route) {
         init(camelContext);
+        if (traceCustomIdOnly) {
+            if (route.hasCustomIdAssigned()) {
+                customIdRoutes.add(routeId);
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
         return new TracingRoutePolicy();
     }
 
+    boolean isCustomIdRoute(String routeId) {
+        if (routeId == null) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return !traceCustomIdOnly || customIdRoutes.contains(routeId);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Registers this {@link Tracer} on the {@link CamelContext} if not 
already registered.
      */
@@ -242,12 +269,18 @@ public abstract class Tracer extends ServiceSupport 
implements CamelTracingServi
         public void notify(CamelEvent event) throws Exception {
             try {
                 if (event instanceof CamelEvent.ExchangeSendingEvent ese) {
+                    if (!isCustomIdRoute(ese.getExchange().getFromRouteId())) {
+                        return;
+                    }
                     if (match(ese.getEndpoint().getEndpointUri(), 
ese.getExchange().getContext())) {
                         beginEventSpan(ese.getExchange(), ese.getEndpoint(), 
Op.EVENT_SENT);
                     } else {
                         LOG.debug("Tracing: endpoint {} is explicitly 
excluded, skipping.", ese.getEndpoint());
                     }
                 } else if (event instanceof CamelEvent.ExchangeSentEvent ese) {
+                    if (!isCustomIdRoute(ese.getExchange().getFromRouteId())) {
+                        return;
+                    }
                     if (match(ese.getEndpoint().getEndpointUri(), 
ese.getExchange().getContext())) {
                         endEventSpan(ese.getExchange(), ese.getEndpoint());
                     } else {
diff --git 
a/components/camel-telemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/TraceCustomIdOnlyTest.java
 
b/components/camel-telemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/TraceCustomIdOnlyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a50ba452bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/components/camel-telemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/telemetry/TraceCustomIdOnlyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.telemetry;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
+import org.apache.camel.CamelContextAware;
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.Processor;
+import org.apache.camel.RoutesBuilder;
+import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
+import org.apache.camel.telemetry.mock.MockSpanAdapter;
+import org.apache.camel.telemetry.mock.MockTrace;
+import org.apache.camel.telemetry.mock.MockTracer;
+import org.apache.camel.test.junit6.ExchangeTestSupport;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+
+public class TraceCustomIdOnlyTest extends ExchangeTestSupport {
+
+    MockTracer mockTracer;
+
+    @Override
+    protected CamelContext createCamelContext() throws Exception {
+        CamelContext context = super.createCamelContext();
+        this.mockTracer = new MockTracer();
+        mockTracer.setTraceProcessors(true);
+        mockTracer.setTraceCustomIdOnly(true);
+        CamelContextAware.trySetCamelContext(mockTracer, context);
+        mockTracer.init(context);
+        return context;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testOnlyCustomIdProcessorsTraced() {
+        template.sendBody("direct:start", "my-body");
+        Map<String, MockTrace> traces = mockTracer.traces();
+        assertEquals(1, traces.size());
+        checkTrace(traces.values().iterator().next());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRouteWithoutCustomIdProducesNoSpans() {
+        template.sendBody("direct:background", "bg-body");
+        Map<String, MockTrace> traces = mockTracer.traces();
+        // The route has no custom routeId, so no route span, no processor 
spans,
+        // and no endpoint send spans are created within it — even though 
bgProcessor has a custom .id().
+        // Only the producer-side EVENT_SENT span from the test template is 
created (sender is outside any route).
+        assertEquals(1, traces.size());
+        MockTrace trace = traces.values().iterator().next();
+        assertEquals(1, trace.spans().size());
+        MockSpanAdapter span = (MockSpanAdapter) trace.spans().get(0);
+        assertEquals(Op.EVENT_SENT.toString(), span.getTag("op"));
+    }
+
+    private void checkTrace(MockTrace trace) {
+        List<Span> spans = trace.spans();
+        // Expected spans:
+        // 1. EVENT_SENT (direct:start) — event span from sending
+        // 2. EVENT_RECEIVED (direct:start) — event span from route policy
+        // 3. EVENT_PROCESS (myProcessor) — custom .id("myProcessor") processor
+        // 4. EVENT_SENT (log:info) — event span from to("log:info")
+        // Processors WITHOUT custom id (log, setHeader) should NOT produce 
spans
+        assertEquals(4, spans.size());
+
+        MockSpanAdapter testProducer = (MockSpanAdapter) spans.get(0);
+        MockSpanAdapter direct = (MockSpanAdapter) spans.get(1);
+        MockSpanAdapter customProcessor = (MockSpanAdapter) spans.get(2);
+        MockSpanAdapter log = (MockSpanAdapter) spans.get(3);
+
+        // Validate span completion
+        assertEquals("true", testProducer.getTag("isDone"));
+        assertEquals("true", direct.getTag("isDone"));
+        assertEquals("true", customProcessor.getTag("isDone"));
+        assertEquals("true", log.getTag("isDone"));
+
+        // Validate same trace
+        assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), direct.getTag("traceid"));
+        assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), 
customProcessor.getTag("traceid"));
+        assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("traceid"), log.getTag("traceid"));
+
+        // Validate op types
+        assertEquals(Op.EVENT_RECEIVED.toString(), direct.getTag("op"));
+        assertEquals(Op.EVENT_PROCESS.toString(), 
customProcessor.getTag("op"));
+
+        // Validate hierarchy
+        assertNull(testProducer.getTag("parentSpan"));
+        assertEquals(testProducer.getTag("spanid"), 
direct.getTag("parentSpan"));
+        assertEquals(direct.getTag("spanid"), 
customProcessor.getTag("parentSpan"));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RoutesBuilder createRouteBuilder() {
+        return new RouteBuilder() {
+            @Override
+            public void configure() {
+                from("direct:start")
+                        .routeId("start")
+                        .log("A message")
+                        .setHeader("foo", constant("bar"))
+                        .process(new Processor() {
+                            @Override
+                            public void process(Exchange exchange) throws 
Exception {
+                                exchange.getIn().setHeader("operation", 
"fake");
+                            }
+                        }).id("myProcessor")
+                        .to("log:info");
+
+                // route without custom routeId — should be entirely excluded 
from tracing
+                from("direct:background")
+                        .log("Background processing")
+                        .process(new Processor() {
+                            @Override
+                            public void process(Exchange exchange) throws 
Exception {
+                                exchange.getIn().setHeader("bg", "done");
+                            }
+                        }).id("bgProcessor")
+                        .to("log:background");
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/camel-api/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/NamedNode.java 
b/core/camel-api/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/NamedNode.java
index 2716a839829d..87578be91ca7 100644
--- a/core/camel-api/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/NamedNode.java
+++ b/core/camel-api/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/NamedNode.java
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ public interface NamedNode extends LineNumberAware {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether a custom id has been assigned (vs auto-generated by 
Camel).
+     *
+     * @since 4.21
+     */
+    default boolean hasCustomIdAssigned() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Special methods for Choice EIP
      */
diff --git 
a/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/camel-4x-upgrade-guide-4_21.adoc 
b/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/camel-4x-upgrade-guide-4_21.adoc
index 37048c4a06ed..20a49cc4a5b6 100644
--- a/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/camel-4x-upgrade-guide-4_21.adoc
+++ b/docs/user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/camel-4x-upgrade-guide-4_21.adoc
@@ -535,6 +535,17 @@ If you have custom telemetry code that relies on the 
processor span existing as
 endpoint span for `to`, `toD`, `wireTap`, or `enrich`, you will need to adjust 
your span hierarchy
 expectations.
 
+==== Route-level filtering with `traceCustomIdOnly`
+
+The `traceCustomIdOnly` option now also applies at the route level. Routes 
without an explicit
+`.routeId()` are excluded entirely from tracing — no route span, no processor 
spans, and no
+endpoint send spans are created within them. Previously, `traceCustomIdOnly` 
only filtered
+individual processors within all routes.
+
+This means that if you relied on `traceCustomIdOnly=true` while leaving routes 
with auto-generated
+IDs, those routes will now produce zero spans. To restore tracing for a route, 
assign it an explicit
+`.routeId()`.
+
 === camel-opentelemetry2
 
 In order to prevent a potential leak when running asynchronous components we 
need to rethink the implementation details of `camel-opentelemetry2` and remove 
the  `Scope` wrapping that, when asynchronous, was opening the `Scope` in a 
thread and closing in another (what we had called "dirty" context). We are now 
removing this wrapping and moving this part exclusively in the custom Camel 
`Processors`. Here Camel will take care to open the Opentelemetry scope and 
close it within the same thread.

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