@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """OpenTelemetry traces audit sink for governance events.
 
-Emits an OpenTelemetry span per rule evaluation and per hook summary.
+Emits an OpenTelemetry span per rule evaluation.
 This sink emits spans only — it does not resolve or stamp
 job-execution metadata (organization, tenant, folder, job, trace id)
 onto them. That resolution is owned by the platform-side OTel
@@ -39,13 +39,16 @@ def _package_version() -> str:
 # governance span. Local to the runtime trace contract — kept as a
 # string literal (not a cross-package import) so the runtime stays
 # self-contained.
-SPAN_TYPE_AGENT_RUN = "agentRun"
+SPAN_TYPE_GOVERNANCE = "governance"
 
 # Set as the ``source`` attribute on every governance span. Lets
 # consumers identify which producer emitted a given span when more
 # than one governance producer feeds the same trace backend.
 GOVERNANCE_SOURCE = "governance-checker-python"
 
+# Value of the root ``uipath.source`` span attribute.
+UIPATH_SOURCE = "Governance"
+
 # Shared attribute namespace for every governance span attribute.
 # Concatenated into each ``span.set_attribute`` call so the prefix
 # appears in one place and a future rename is a one-line change.
@@ -155,55 +158,9 @@ def _get_tracer(self) -> Any:
         return self._tracer if self._tracer else None
 
     def emit(self, event: AuditEvent) -> None:
-        """Create a span for RULE_EVALUATION or HOOK_END events; drop others."""
+        """Create a span for RULE_EVALUATION events; drop others."""
         if event.event_type == EventType.RULE_EVALUATION:
             self._emit_rule_span(event)
-        elif event.event_type == EventType.HOOK_END:
-            self._emit_hook_span(event)
-
-    def _emit_hook_span(self, event: AuditEvent) -> None:
-        """Create a span for a hook summary (always emitted for each governance check)."""
-        tracer = self._get_tracer()
-        if tracer is None:
-            return
-
-        try:
-            data = event.data
-            hook = event.hook or "unknown"
-            span_name = f"governance.{hook.lower()}"
-
-            # Sink dispatch runs on the caller's thread (see
-            # :meth:`AuditManager.emit`), so the current OTel context
-            # is the agent's live span — the governance span attaches
-            # as its child without any cross-thread plumbing.
-            with tracer.start_as_current_span(span_name) as span:
-                span.set_attribute("type", SPAN_TYPE_AGENT_RUN)
-                span.set_attribute("span_type", SPAN_TYPE_AGENT_RUN)
-                span.set_attribute("uipath.custom_instrumentation", True)
-                span.set_attribute(f"{NS}.source", GOVERNANCE_SOURCE)
-
-                # Mode travels on the event so parallel runtimes running
-                # different per-instance modes don't cross-contaminate.
-                mode = _resolve_mode(event)
-                final_action = data.get("final_action", "allow")
-                _, action_applied = _derive_results(
-                    matched=final_action.lower() != "allow",
-                    configured_action=final_action,
-                    mode=mode,
-                )
-                span.set_attribute(f"{NS}.hook", hook)
-                span.set_attribute(f"{NS}.action_applied", action_applied)
-                span.set_attribute(f"{NS}.mode", mode.value.upper())
-
-                # Hook spans are summary containers — severity lives on
-                # the per-rule spans. Marking the hook ERROR would paint
-                # the whole lifecycle phase as failed when only one rule
-                # fired beneath it.
-
-                self._spans_created += 1
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning("Failed to create governance hook span: %s", e)
 
     def _emit_rule_span(self, event: AuditEvent) -> None:
         """Create a span for a rule evaluation."""
@@ -216,13 +173,15 @@ def _emit_rule_span(self, event: AuditEvent) -> None:
             policy_id = data.get("policy_id", "unknown")
             span_name = f"{NS}.rule.{policy_id}"
 
-            # See _emit_hook_span: sync dispatch on the caller's
-            # thread means the current OTel context is the agent's
-            # live span, so this rule span attaches as its child.
+            # Sink dispatch runs on the caller's thread (see
+            # :meth:`AuditManager.emit`), so the current OTel context
+            # is the agent's live span — this rule span attaches as
+            # its child without any cross-thread plumbing.
             with tracer.start_as_current_span(span_name) as span:
-                span.set_attribute("type", SPAN_TYPE_AGENT_RUN)
-                span.set_attribute("span_type", SPAN_TYPE_AGENT_RUN)
+                span.set_attribute("type", SPAN_TYPE_GOVERNANCE)
+                span.set_attribute("span_type", SPAN_TYPE_GOVERNANCE)
                 span.set_attribute("uipath.custom_instrumentation", True)
+                span.set_attribute("uipath.source", UIPATH_SOURCE)
                 span.set_attribute(f"{NS}.source", GOVERNANCE_SOURCE)
 
                 # Single source of truth for the emitted attributes
 
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 """Tests for trace-span verbosity / status semantics.
 
-``TracesAuditSink`` emits an OpenTelemetry span for every governance
-hook end and every rule evaluation. The verdict is split into
-``evaluator_result`` (what the rule decided, mode-independent) and
-``action_applied`` (what actually happened, derived from
-evaluator_result + mode).
+``TracesAuditSink`` emits an OpenTelemetry span for every rule
+evaluation. HOOK_END events are dropped — no hook-summary span. The
+verdict is split into ``evaluator_result`` (what the rule decided,
+mode-independent) and ``action_applied`` (what actually happened,
+derived from evaluator_result + mode).
 
 Mode travels with the event (set by the emitter from its
 per-instance ``EnforcementMode``) so parallel runtimes running
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
   outcomes (``action_applied`` in ``{AUDIT, HITL}``). HITL is its own
   bucket — escalation pauses for human review, it doesn't fail the
   run, so it stays Warning even in ENFORCE mode.
-- Hook spans never set Status, regardless of mode or final_action.
-  They're summary containers; severity belongs on the per-rule span.
 - ``ALLOW`` / ``NONE`` results leave verbosityLevel unset (consumers
   apply their default) and never call set_status.
 """
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ def _span_attrs(span: MagicMock) -> dict[str, object]:
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Hook span — never marked ERROR
+# Hook span — dropped; no span is emitted for HOOK_END
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -103,16 +101,19 @@ def _span_attrs(span: MagicMock) -> dict[str, object]:
         ("allow", EnforcementMode.AUDIT),
     ],
 )
-def test_hook_span_never_sets_error(
+def test_hook_end_emits_no_span(
     captured_span: MagicMock, final_action: str, mode: EnforcementMode
 ) -> None:
-    """Hook spans are summary containers — they never carry an ERROR Status."""
+    """HOOK_END events are dropped — the sink emits spans per rule only.
+
+    No span is started and the counter stays at zero regardless of the
+    hook's final_action or mode.
+    """
     sink = TracesAuditSink()
     sink.emit(_hook_event(final_action=final_action, mode=mode))
-    assert not captured_span.set_status.called, (
-        f"Hook span should never set_status; called with "
-        f"final_action={final_action!r}, mode={mode!r}"
-    )
+    assert not captured_span.set_attribute.called
+    assert not captured_span.set_status.called
+    assert sink.spans_created == 0
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -324,13 +325,13 @@ def test_emit_is_a_noop_when_tracer_unavailable(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
 ) -> None:
     """When ``_get_tracer`` returns None, ``emit`` short-circuits inside
-    both ``_emit_rule_span`` and ``_emit_hook_span`` without touching
-    the tracer. Regression guard for the early-return branch.
+    ``_emit_rule_span`` without touching the tracer. Regression guard
+    for the early-return branch.
     """
     sink = TracesAuditSink()
     monkeypatch.setattr(sink, "_get_tracer", lambda: None)
 
-    # Both event types — must not raise, must not create spans.
+    # Rule events must not raise, must not create spans; HOOK_END is dropped.
     sink.emit(_hook_event(final_action="deny", mode=EnforcementMode.ENFORCE))
     sink.emit(_rule_event(matched=True, action="deny", mode=EnforcementMode.ENFORCE))
     assert sink.spans_created == 0
@@ -353,6 +354,9 @@ def test_spans_created_increments_per_successful_emit(
     assert sink.spans_created == 0
     sink.emit(_rule_event(matched=True, action="deny", mode=EnforcementMode.ENFORCE))
     assert sink.spans_created == 1
+    # A second rule increments; HOOK_END events are dropped and never do.
+    sink.emit(_rule_event(matched=True, action="deny", mode=EnforcementMode.ENFORCE))
+    assert sink.spans_created == 2
     sink.emit(_hook_event(final_action="deny", mode=EnforcementMode.ENFORCE))
     assert sink.spans_created == 2
 
@@ -466,7 +470,6 @@ def test_rule_span_exception_is_swallowed(
 
     # Must not raise.
     sink.emit(_rule_event(matched=True, action="deny", mode=EnforcementMode.ENFORCE))
-    sink.emit(_hook_event(final_action="deny", mode=EnforcementMode.ENFORCE))
 
     # And no span was successfully created.
     assert sink.spans_created == 0