diff --git a/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py b/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py
index e41272c243..e4daff1218 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
-import litellm
-
-from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
-from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
-from litellm.types.services import ServiceLoggerPayload
 from functools import wraps
-from typing import Union, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Union
+
+import litellm
+from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
+from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
+from litellm.types.services import ServiceLoggerPayload
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from opentelemetry.trace import Span as _Span
-    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import UserAPIKeyAuth as _UserAPIKeyAuth
+
     from litellm.proxy._types import (
         ManagementEndpointLoggingPayload as _ManagementEndpointLoggingPayload,
     )
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import UserAPIKeyAuth as _UserAPIKeyAuth
 
     Span = _Span
     UserAPIKeyAuth = _UserAPIKeyAuth
@@ -107,8 +108,9 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
         start_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
         end_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
     ):
-        from opentelemetry import trace
         from datetime import datetime
+
+        from opentelemetry import trace
         from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
 
         _start_time_ns = start_time
@@ -145,8 +147,9 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
         start_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
         end_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
     ):
-        from opentelemetry import trace
         from datetime import datetime
+
+        from opentelemetry import trace
         from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
 
         _start_time_ns = start_time
@@ -179,8 +182,8 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
     async def async_post_call_failure_hook(
         self, original_exception: Exception, user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth
     ):
-        from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
         from opentelemetry import trace
+        from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
 
         parent_otel_span = user_api_key_dict.parent_otel_span
         if parent_otel_span is not None:
@@ -202,8 +205,8 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
             parent_otel_span.end(end_time=self._to_ns(datetime.now()))
 
     def _handle_sucess(self, kwargs, response_obj, start_time, end_time):
-        from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
         from opentelemetry import trace
+        from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
 
         verbose_logger.debug(
             "OpenTelemetry Logger: Logging kwargs: %s, OTEL config settings=%s",
@@ -253,9 +256,10 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
         span.end(end_time=self._to_ns(end_time))
 
     def set_tools_attributes(self, span: Span, tools):
-        from litellm.proxy._types import SpanAttributes
         import json
 
+        from litellm.proxy._types import SpanAttributes
+
         if not tools:
             return
 
@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
             )
 
         span.set_attribute(
-            SpanAttributes.LLM_IS_STREAMING, optional_params.get("stream", False)
+            SpanAttributes.LLM_IS_STREAMING, str(optional_params.get("stream", False))
         )
 
         if optional_params.get("tools"):
@@ -439,7 +443,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
         #############################################
         ########## LLM Response Attributes ##########
         #############################################
-        if _raw_response:
+        if _raw_response and isinstance(_raw_response, str):
             # cast sr -> dict
             import json
 
@@ -478,10 +482,10 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
         return _parent_context
 
     def _get_span_context(self, kwargs):
+        from opentelemetry import trace
         from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext import (
             TraceContextTextMapPropagator,
         )
-        from opentelemetry import trace
 
         litellm_params = kwargs.get("litellm_params", {}) or {}
         proxy_server_request = litellm_params.get("proxy_server_request", {}) or {}
@@ -505,17 +509,17 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
             return TraceContextTextMapPropagator().extract(carrier=carrier), None
 
     def _get_span_processor(self):
-        from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import (
-            SpanExporter,
-            SimpleSpanProcessor,
-            BatchSpanProcessor,
-            ConsoleSpanExporter,
+        from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import (
+            OTLPSpanExporter as OTLPSpanExporterGRPC,
         )
         from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import (
             OTLPSpanExporter as OTLPSpanExporterHTTP,
         )
-        from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import (
-            OTLPSpanExporter as OTLPSpanExporterGRPC,
+        from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import (
+            BatchSpanProcessor,
+            ConsoleSpanExporter,
+            SimpleSpanProcessor,
+            SpanExporter,
         )
 
         verbose_logger.debug(
@@ -574,8 +578,9 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
         logging_payload: ManagementEndpointLoggingPayload,
         parent_otel_span: Optional[Span] = None,
     ):
-        from opentelemetry import trace
         from datetime import datetime
+
+        from opentelemetry import trace
         from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
 
         _start_time_ns = logging_payload.start_time
@@ -619,8 +624,9 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
         logging_payload: ManagementEndpointLoggingPayload,
         parent_otel_span: Optional[Span] = None,
     ):
-        from opentelemetry import trace
         from datetime import datetime
+
+        from opentelemetry import trace
         from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
 
         _start_time_ns = logging_payload.start_time