diff --git a/src/tracing/tracer.ts b/src/tracing/tracer.ts
index 55d78f4c..fe8f5ef1 100644
--- a/src/tracing/tracer.ts
+++ b/src/tracing/tracer.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ export const ReputationSpans = {
   TIME_WEIGHT: "reputation.time_weight",
 } as const;
 
+/**
+ * Canonical span names for database operations.
+ */
+export const DbSpans = {
+  TX: 'db.tx',
+} as const
+
 /**
  * Initialize OpenTelemetry tracing for the application
  */