diff --git a/src/CouponHubBot/Services/BatchDebounce.fs b/src/CouponHubBot/Services/BatchDebounce.fs
index 3beb511c..234accc9 100644
--- a/src/CouponHubBot/Services/BatchDebounce.fs
+++ b/src/CouponHubBot/Services/BatchDebounce.fs
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ namespace CouponHubBot.Services
 
 open System
 open System.Collections.Concurrent
+open System.Diagnostics
 open System.Threading
 open System.Threading.Tasks
 open Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
+open BotInfra
+open CouponHubBot.Telemetry
 
 /// Per-batch debounce timer for the album upload flow. Re-arming an existing
 /// batch cancels the previous timer and starts fresh — this is how we "wait
@@ -19,6 +22,10 @@ type BatchDebounce(logger: ILogger<BatchDebounce>, time: TimeProvider) =
     let pending = ConcurrentDictionary<int64, CancellationTokenSource>()
 
     member _.Schedule(batchId: int64, debounceMs: int, work: Func<Task>) : unit =
+        let scheduledAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow
+        let parentContext =
+            if isNull Activity.Current then ActivityContext()
+            else Activity.Current.Context
         let cts = new CancellationTokenSource()
         match pending.TryGetValue batchId with
         | true, existing ->
@@ -28,13 +35,24 @@ type BatchDebounce(logger: ILogger<BatchDebounce>, time: TimeProvider) =
         pending[batchId] <- cts
         let runLoop () : Task =
             task {
-                try
-                    do! Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(float debounceMs), time, cts.Token)
+                let! elapsed = task {
+                    use wait = botActivity.StartActivity("batchDebounce.wait", ActivityKind.Internal, parentContext, startTime = scheduledAt)
+                    if not (isNull wait) then
+                        %wait.SetTag("batchId", batchId)
+                        %wait.SetTag("debounce.delay_ms", debounceMs)
+                    try
+                        do! Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(float debounceMs), time, cts.Token)
+                        if not (isNull wait) then %wait.SetTag("debounce.outcome", "elapsed")
+                        return true
+                    with :? OperationCanceledException ->
+                        if not (isNull wait) then %wait.SetTag("debounce.outcome", "superseded")
+                        return false
+                }
+                if elapsed then
                     pending.TryRemove batchId |> ignore
                     try
                         do! work.Invoke()
                     with ex ->
                         logger.LogError(ex, "FinalizeBatch failed for batch {BatchId}", batchId)
-                with :? OperationCanceledException -> ()
             } :> Task
         Task.Run<Task>(Func<Task>(runLoop)) |> ignore
diff --git a/src/CouponHubBot/Services/CouponFlowHandler.fs b/src/CouponHubBot/Services/CouponFlowHandler.fs
index a6226204..4fa8ca90 100644
--- a/src/CouponHubBot/Services/CouponFlowHandler.fs
+++ b/src/CouponHubBot/Services/CouponFlowHandler.fs
@@ -716,11 +716,16 @@ type CouponFlowHandler(
                 | _ -> None
 
             if deferForMs.IsSome then
+                if not (isNull a) then
+                    %a.SetTag("outcome", "deferred")
+                    %a.SetTag("debounce.delay_ms", deferForMs.Value)
                 batchDebounce.Schedule(batchId, deferForMs.Value, Func<Task>(fun () -> this.FinalizeBatch batchId))
             else
 
             let! won = db.TryFlipBatchToAwaiting batchId
-            if not won then () else
+            if not won then
+                if not (isNull a) then %a.SetTag("outcome", "not_claimed")
+            else
 
             let! claimedCount = db.ClaimPendingItemsAsTimeout batchId
             if claimedCount > 0 then
@@ -728,10 +733,12 @@ type CouponFlowHandler(
 
             let! batchOpt = db.GetBatchById batchId
             match batchOpt with
-            | None -> ()
+            | None ->
+                if not (isNull a) then %a.SetTag("outcome", "batch_missing")
             | Some batch ->
                 let! isMember = membership.IsMember(batch.user_id)
                 if not isMember then
+                    if not (isNull a) then %a.SetTag("outcome", "not_member")
                     logger.LogWarning("Batch {BatchId} dropped: user {UserId} is not a community member", batchId, batch.user_id)
                     do! db.ClearBatch batchId
                 else
diff --git a/src/CouponHubBot/docs/OBSERVABILITY.md b/src/CouponHubBot/docs/OBSERVABILITY.md
index a31091e4..58794845 100644
--- a/src/CouponHubBot/docs/OBSERVABILITY.md
+++ b/src/CouponHubBot/docs/OBSERVABILITY.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ All custom metrics are defined in `src/CouponHubBot/Telemetry.fs` under the `Cou
 
 - OpenTelemetry traces configured in `Telemetry.fs`
 - OCR spans cover full photo download (`couponOcr.download`), recognition, image loading/preprocessing/resizing, each ZXing decode attempt, Azure SDK execution including retries, and text parsing.
+- Album timers emit `batchDebounce.wait` from scheduling through elapsed or superseded waits; `batchId` joins these spans to OCR and finalization across traces.
+- `finalizeBatch` records `outcome` for completion, fallback, deferral, an unclaimed batch, a missing batch, or failed membership; deferred waits include `debounce.delay_ms`.
 - `couponOcr.barcode.decode` tags identify the strategy, image dimensions, and success; `couponOcr.barcode` records the attempt count and outcome without recording barcode values.
 - Includes Npgsql instrumentation for database query tracing
 - Traces shipped to **Tempo**. Query directly over the VPN (no auth) at