diff --git a/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs b/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs
index a0fe85d0f3..7e26283ca0 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ async fn timeline_compact_handler(request: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<Bod
         .map_err(ApiError::NotFound)?;
     timeline
         .compact(&ctx)
+        .instrument(info_span!("manual_compact", tenant = %tenant_id, timeline = %timeline_id))
         .await
         .map_err(ApiError::InternalServerError)?;
 
@@ -841,6 +842,7 @@ async fn timeline_checkpoint_handler(request: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<
         .map_err(ApiError::InternalServerError)?;
     timeline
         .compact(&ctx)
+        .instrument(info_span!("manual_compact", tenant = %tenant_id, timeline = %timeline_id))
         .await
         .map_err(ApiError::InternalServerError)?;
 
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index 647072729e..1722bdd45e 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ class NeonPageserver(PgProtocol):
             # Tenant::delete_timeline() can cause any of the four following errors.
             # FIXME: we shouldn't be considering it an error: https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/2946
             ".*could not flush frozen layer.*queue is in state Stopped",  # when schedule layer upload fails because queued got closed before compaction got killed
-            ".*Compaction failed, .* queue is in state Stopped.*", # similarly for compaction
+            ".*Compaction failed, .* queue is in state Stopped.*",  # similarly for compaction
             ".*wait for layer upload ops to complete.*",  # .*Caused by:.*wait_completion aborted because upload queue was stopped
             ".*gc_loop.*Gc failed, retrying in.*timeline is Stopping",  # When gc checks timeline state after acquiring layer_removal_cs
             ".*compaction_loop.*Compaction failed, retrying in.*timeline is Stopping",  # When compaction checks timeline state after acquiring layer_removal_cs
