diff --git a/platform/ide-core-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/PerformanceWatcher.kt b/platform/ide-core-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/PerformanceWatcher.kt
index e872c408c499..88f0667b8f88 100644
--- a/platform/ide-core-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/PerformanceWatcher.kt
+++ b/platform/ide-core-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/PerformanceWatcher.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ abstract class PerformanceWatcher {
   interface Snapshot {
     fun logResponsivenessSinceCreation(activityName: @NonNls String)
 
+    fun logResponsivenessSinceCreation(activityName: @NonNls String, withSpan: Boolean)
+
     fun getLogResponsivenessSinceCreationMessage(activityName: @NonNls String): String?
+
+    fun getLogResponsivenessSinceCreationMessage(activityName: @NonNls String, withSpan: Boolean): String?
   }
 
   companion object {
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/PerformanceWatcherImpl.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/PerformanceWatcherImpl.kt
index c91ea95c5e72..ac4b11d45282 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/PerformanceWatcherImpl.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/PerformanceWatcherImpl.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtilRt
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.NioFiles
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.RegistryManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtilRt
+import com.intellij.platform.diagnostic.telemetry.Scope
+import com.intellij.platform.diagnostic.telemetry.TelemetryManager
 import com.intellij.util.SystemProperties
 import com.intellij.util.concurrency.AppExecutorUtil
 import com.intellij.util.concurrency.AppScheduledExecutorService
@@ -415,11 +417,27 @@ internal class PerformanceWatcherImpl(private val coroutineScope: CoroutineScope
     private val startMillis = System.currentTimeMillis()
 
     override fun logResponsivenessSinceCreation(activityName: @NonNls String) {
-      LOG.info(getLogResponsivenessSinceCreationMessage(activityName))
+      logResponsivenessSinceCreation(activityName, false)
+    }
+
+    override fun logResponsivenessSinceCreation(activityName: @NonNls String, withSpan: Boolean) {
+      LOG.info(getLogResponsivenessSinceCreationMessage(activityName, withSpan))
     }
 
     override fun getLogResponsivenessSinceCreationMessage(activityName: @NonNls String): String {
-      return "$activityName took ${System.currentTimeMillis() - startMillis}ms; general responsiveness: ${
+      return getLogResponsivenessSinceCreationMessage(activityName, false)
+    }
+
+    override fun getLogResponsivenessSinceCreationMessage(activityName: @NonNls String, withSpan: Boolean): String {
+      val currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
+      if (withSpan) {
+        TelemetryManager.getTracer(Scope("PerformanceWatcher"))
+          .spanBuilder(activityName)
+          .setStartTimestamp(startMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+          .startSpan()
+          .end(currentTime, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+      }
+      return "$activityName took ${currentTime - startMillis}ms; general responsiveness: ${
         watcher.generalApdex.summarizePerformanceSince(startGeneralSnapshot)
       }; EDT responsiveness: ${watcher.swingApdex.summarizePerformanceSince(startSwingSnapshot)}"
     }
diff --git a/platform/usageView-impl/src/com/intellij/usages/impl/SearchForUsagesRunnable.java b/platform/usageView-impl/src/com/intellij/usages/impl/SearchForUsagesRunnable.java
index f209cb10676c..de2f5ec50c3b 100644
--- a/platform/usageView-impl/src/com/intellij/usages/impl/SearchForUsagesRunnable.java
+++ b/platform/usageView-impl/src/com/intellij/usages/impl/SearchForUsagesRunnable.java
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ final class SearchForUsagesRunnable implements Runnable {
     searchUsages();
     endSearchForUsages();
 
-    snapshot.logResponsivenessSinceCreation("Find Usages in " + myProject.getName());
+    snapshot.logResponsivenessSinceCreation("Find Usages in " + myProject.getName(), true);
   }
 
   private void searchUsages() {