diff --git a/metrics/opsramp.go b/metrics/opsramp.go
index abc734cf3c..1e14c2b233 100644
--- a/metrics/opsramp.go
+++ b/metrics/opsramp.go
@@ -545,51 +545,6 @@ func (p *OpsRampMetrics) Populate() {
 	p.RenewClient()
 }
 
-func ConvertLabelsToMap(labels []prompb.Label) map[string]string {
-	labelMap := make(map[string]string)
-	for _, label := range labels {
-		labelMap[label.Name] = label.Value
-	}
-	return labelMap
-}
-
-func (p *OpsRampMetrics) calculateTraceOperationError(metricFamilySlice []*io_prometheus_client.MetricFamily) {
-	var labelMap map[string]string
-	uniqueLabelsMap := make(map[string][]prompb.Label)
-	uniqueFailedMap := make(map[string]float64)
-	uniqueSpansMap := make(map[string]float64)
-	for _, metricFamily := range metricFamilySlice {
-		if !p.re.MatchString(metricFamily.GetName()) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if metricFamily.GetName() == "trace_operations_failed" {
-			for _, metric := range metricFamily.GetMetric() {
-				var labels []prompb.Label
-				for _, label := range metric.GetLabel() {
-					labels = append(labels, prompb.Label{
-						Name:  label.GetName(),
-						Value: label.GetValue(),
-					})
-				}
-				key := "trace_operations_failed&"
-				labelSlice := metric.GetLabel()
-				sort.Slice(labelSlice, func(i, j int) bool {
-					return labelSlice[i].GetName()+labelSlice[i].GetValue() > labelSlice[j].GetName()+labelSlice[i].GetValue()
-				})
-				for _, label := range labelSlice {
-					key += label.GetName() + label.GetValue()
-				}
-				uniqueFailedMap[key] = *metric.Counter.Value
-				uniqueLabelsMap[key] = labels
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	for key := range uniqueLabelsMap {
-		labelMap = ConvertLabelsToMap(uniqueLabelsMap[key])
-		p.GaugeWithLabels("trace_operations_error", labelMap, uniqueFailedMap[key]/uniqueSpansMap[key])
-	}
-}
-
 func (p *OpsRampMetrics) Push() (int, error) {
 	metricsConfig := p.Config.GetMetricsConfig()
 
@@ -634,8 +589,6 @@ func (p *OpsRampMetrics) Push() (int, error) {
 		return -1, err
 	}
 
-	p.calculateTraceOperationError(metricFamilySlice)
-
 	metricFamilySlice, err = p.promRegistry.Gather()
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
diff --git a/pkg/libtrace/transmission/transmission.go b/pkg/libtrace/transmission/transmission.go
index ee13dcf41e..30f841e16f 100644
--- a/pkg/libtrace/transmission/transmission.go
+++ b/pkg/libtrace/transmission/transmission.go
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ func (h *TraceProxy) tryAdd(ev *Event) bool {
 	h.musterLock.RLock()
 	defer h.musterLock.RUnlock()
 
+	h.Logger.Debug().Logf("adding event to transmission; queue length %d", len(h.muster.Work))
+
 	if h.BlockOnSend {
 		h.muster.Work <- ev
 		return true