diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/debug_utils.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/debug_utils.py
index 6c96967aa..8306ad0fb 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/debug_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/debug_utils.py
@@ -38,6 +38,25 @@ async def get_otel_spans():
 
     print("Spans: ", recorded_spans)  # noqa
 
+    most_recent_parent = None
+    most_recent_start_time = 1000000
+    spans_grouped_by_parent = {}
+    for span in recorded_spans:
+        if span.parent is not None:
+            parent_trace_id = span.parent.trace_id
+            if parent_trace_id not in spans_grouped_by_parent:
+                spans_grouped_by_parent[parent_trace_id] = []
+            spans_grouped_by_parent[parent_trace_id].append(span.name)
+
+            # check time of span
+            if span.start_time > most_recent_start_time:
+                most_recent_parent = parent_trace_id
+                most_recent_start_time = span.start_time
+
     # these are otel spans - get the span name
     span_names = [span.name for span in recorded_spans]
-    return {"otel_spans": span_names}
+    return {
+        "otel_spans": span_names,
+        "spans_grouped_by_parent": spans_grouped_by_parent,
+        "most_recent_parent": most_recent_parent,
+    }
diff --git a/tests/otel_tests/test_otel.py b/tests/otel_tests/test_otel.py
index a07e93e3f..e372ddb95 100644
--- a/tests/otel_tests/test_otel.py
+++ b/tests/otel_tests/test_otel.py
@@ -100,12 +100,17 @@ async def test_chat_completion_check_otel_spans():
         print("otel_spans: ", otel_spans)
 
         all_otel_spans = otel_spans["otel_spans"]
+        most_recent_parent = str(otel_spans["most_recent_parent"])
+        print("Most recent OTEL parent: ", most_recent_parent)
+        print("\n spans grouped by parent: ", otel_spans["spans_grouped_by_parent"])
+        parent_trace_spans = otel_spans["spans_grouped_by_parent"][most_recent_parent]
 
-        assert len(all_otel_spans) == 5
+        print("Parent trace spans: ", parent_trace_spans)
+
+        assert len(parent_trace_spans) == 4
 
         # 'postgres', 'redis', 'raw_gen_ai_request', 'litellm_request', 'Received Proxy Server Request' in the span
-        assert "postgres" in all_otel_spans
-        assert "redis" in all_otel_spans
-        assert "raw_gen_ai_request" in all_otel_spans
-        assert "litellm_request" in all_otel_spans
-        assert "Received Proxy Server Request" in all_otel_spans
+        assert "postgres" in parent_trace_spans
+        assert "redis" in parent_trace_spans
+        assert "raw_gen_ai_request" in parent_trace_spans
+        assert "litellm_request" in parent_trace_spans