diff --git a/app-server/src/ch/spans.rs b/app-server/src/ch/spans.rs
index cd707c2a..99b083d6 100644
--- a/app-server/src/ch/spans.rs
+++ b/app-server/src/ch/spans.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ impl CHSpan {
             trace_id: span.trace_id,
             provider: usage.provider_name.unwrap_or(String::from("<null>")),
             user_id: span_attributes.user_id().unwrap_or(String::from("<null>")),
-            path: span_attributes.path().unwrap_or(String::from("<null>")),
+            path: span_attributes
+                .flat_path()
+                .unwrap_or(String::from("<null>")),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app-server/src/traces/consumer.rs b/app-server/src/traces/consumer.rs
index 112e14a9..4266a63c 100644
--- a/app-server/src/traces/consumer.rs
+++ b/app-server/src/traces/consumer.rs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ async fn inner_process_queue_spans<T: Storage + ?Sized>(
         let registered_label_classes = match get_registered_label_classes_for_path(
             &db.pool,
             rabbitmq_span_message.project_id,
-            &span.get_attributes().path().unwrap_or_default(),
+            &span.get_attributes().flat_path().unwrap_or_default(),
         )
         .await
         {
diff --git a/app-server/src/traces/index.rs b/app-server/src/traces/index.rs
index 34656771..ccf6d2fa 100644
--- a/app-server/src/traces/index.rs
+++ b/app-server/src/traces/index.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! This module indexes spans in a vector database for further semantic search.
 
 use anyhow::Result;
-use serde_json::Value;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -82,8 +81,8 @@ fn create_datapoint(span: &Span, content: String, field_type: &str) -> Datapoint
     data.insert("trace_id".to_string(), span.trace_id.to_string());
     data.insert("span_id".to_string(), span.span_id.to_string());
     data.insert("type".to_string(), field_type.to_string());
-    if let Some(Value::String(path)) = span.attributes.get(SPAN_PATH) {
-        data.insert("path".to_string(), path.to_owned());
+    if let Some(v) = span.attributes.get(SPAN_PATH) {
+        data.insert("path".to_string(), v.to_string());
     };
 
     Datapoint {
diff --git a/app-server/src/traces/spans.rs b/app-server/src/traces/spans.rs
index fb4d0945..3dfde43d 100644
--- a/app-server/src/traces/spans.rs
+++ b/app-server/src/traces/spans.rs
@@ -165,10 +165,20 @@ impl SpanAttributes {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn path(&self) -> Option<String> {
-        self.attributes
-            .get(SPAN_PATH)
-            .and_then(|p| p.as_str().map(|s| s.to_string()))
+    pub fn path(&self) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+        match self.attributes.get(SPAN_PATH) {
+            Some(Value::Array(arr)) => Some(
+                arr.iter()
+                    .map(|v| json_value_to_string(v.clone()))
+                    .collect(),
+            ),
+            Some(Value::String(s)) => Some(vec![s.clone()]),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn flat_path(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.path().map(|path| path.join("."))
     }
 
     pub fn set_usage(&mut self, usage: &SpanUsage) {
@@ -205,15 +215,20 @@ impl SpanAttributes {
     /// NOTE: Nested spans generated by Langchain auto-instrumentation may have the same path
     /// because we don't have a way to set the span name/path in the auto-instrumentation code.
     pub fn extend_span_path(&mut self, span_name: &str) {
-        if let Some(serde_json::Value::String(path)) = self.attributes.get(SPAN_PATH) {
-            if !(path.ends_with(&format!(".{span_name}")) || path == span_name) {
-                let span_path = format!("{}.{}", path, span_name);
+        if let Some(serde_json::Value::Array(path)) = self.attributes.get(SPAN_PATH) {
+            if path.len() > 0
+                && !matches!(path.last().unwrap(), serde_json::Value::String(s) if s == span_name)
+            {
+                let mut new_path = path.clone();
+                new_path.push(serde_json::Value::String(span_name.to_string()));
                 self.attributes
-                    .insert(SPAN_PATH.to_string(), Value::String(span_path));
+                    .insert(SPAN_PATH.to_string(), Value::Array(new_path));
             }
         } else {
-            self.attributes
-                .insert(SPAN_PATH.to_string(), Value::String(span_name.to_string()));
+            self.attributes.insert(
+                SPAN_PATH.to_string(),
+                Value::Array(vec![serde_json::Value::String(span_name.to_string())]),
+            );
         }
     }
 
@@ -492,7 +507,7 @@ impl Span {
         messages: &HashMap<Uuid, Message>,
         trace_id: Uuid,
         parent_span_id: Uuid,
-        parent_span_path: String,
+        parent_span_path: Vec<String>,
     ) -> Vec<Self> {
         messages
             .iter()
@@ -509,7 +524,9 @@ impl Span {
                     // i.e. do not append span name.
                     parent_span_path.clone()
                 } else {
-                    format!("{}.{}", parent_span_path, message.node_name)
+                    let mut path = parent_span_path.clone();
+                    path.push(message.node_name.clone());
+                    path
                 };
 
                 let input_values = message
@@ -571,7 +588,7 @@ impl Span {
     }
 }
 
-fn span_attributes_from_meta_log(meta_log: Option<MetaLog>, span_path: String) -> Value {
+fn span_attributes_from_meta_log(meta_log: Option<MetaLog>, span_path: Vec<String>) -> Value {
     let mut attributes = HashMap::new();
 
     if let Some(MetaLog::LLM(llm_log)) = meta_log {