diff --git a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
index 0ce1a99681..bca1cb5b49 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
@@ -1038,21 +1038,23 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                         tracing::info_span!(
                             parent: &parent_span,
                             "handle_get_page_request",
+                            request_id = %req.hdr.reqid,
                             rel = %req.rel,
                             blkno = %req.blkno,
                             req_lsn = %req.hdr.request_lsn,
-                            not_modified_since_lsn = %req.hdr.not_modified_since
+                            not_modified_since_lsn = %req.hdr.not_modified_since,
                         )
                     }};
                     ($shard_id:expr) => {{
                         tracing::info_span!(
                             parent: &parent_span,
                             "handle_get_page_request",
+                            request_id = %req.hdr.reqid,
                             rel = %req.rel,
                             blkno = %req.blkno,
                             req_lsn = %req.hdr.request_lsn,
                             not_modified_since_lsn = %req.hdr.not_modified_since,
-                            shard_id = %$shard_id
+                            shard_id = %$shard_id,
                         )
                     }};
                 }
diff --git a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
index ccb48d8bc1..d770946580 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use wal_decoder::serialized_batch::{SerializedValueBatch, ValueMeta};
 
 use super::tenant::{PageReconstructError, Timeline};
 use crate::aux_file;
-use crate::context::{PerfInstrumentFutureExt, RequestContext};
+use crate::context::{PerfInstrumentFutureExt, RequestContext, RequestContextBuilder};
 use crate::keyspace::{KeySpace, KeySpaceAccum};
 use crate::metrics::{
     RELSIZE_CACHE_ENTRIES, RELSIZE_CACHE_HITS, RELSIZE_CACHE_MISSES, RELSIZE_CACHE_MISSES_OLD,
@@ -275,24 +275,30 @@ impl Timeline {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            let nblocks = match self
-                .get_rel_size(*tag, Version::Lsn(lsn), &ctx)
-                .maybe_perf_instrument(&ctx, |crnt_perf_span| {
-                    info_span!(
-                        target: PERF_TRACE_TARGET,
-                        parent: crnt_perf_span,
-                        "GET_REL_SIZE",
-                        reltag=%tag,
-                        lsn=%lsn,
-                    )
-                })
-                .await
-            {
-                Ok(nblocks) => nblocks,
-                Err(err) => {
-                    result_slots[response_slot_idx].write(Err(err));
-                    slots_filled += 1;
-                    continue;
+            let nblocks = {
+                let ctx = RequestContextBuilder::from(&ctx)
+                    .perf_span(|crnt_perf_span| {
+                        info_span!(
+                            target: PERF_TRACE_TARGET,
+                            parent: crnt_perf_span,
+                            "GET_REL_SIZE",
+                            reltag=%tag,
+                            lsn=%lsn,
+                        )
+                    })
+                    .attached_child();
+
+                match self
+                    .get_rel_size(*tag, Version::Lsn(lsn), &ctx)
+                    .maybe_perf_instrument(&ctx, |crnt_perf_span| crnt_perf_span.clone())
+                    .await
+                {
+                    Ok(nblocks) => nblocks,
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        result_slots[response_slot_idx].write(Err(err));
+                        slots_filled += 1;
+                        continue;
+                    }
                 }
             };
 
@@ -308,6 +314,17 @@ impl Timeline {
 
             let key = rel_block_to_key(*tag, *blknum);
 
+            let ctx = RequestContextBuilder::from(&ctx)
+                .perf_span(|crnt_perf_span| {
+                    info_span!(
+                        target: PERF_TRACE_TARGET,
+                        parent: crnt_perf_span,
+                        "GET_BATCH",
+                        batch_size = %page_count,
+                    )
+                })
+                .attached_child();
+
             let key_slots = keys_slots.entry(key).or_default();
             key_slots.push((response_slot_idx, ctx));
 
@@ -323,14 +340,7 @@ impl Timeline {
         let query = VersionedKeySpaceQuery::scattered(query);
         let res = self
             .get_vectored(query, io_concurrency, ctx)
-            .maybe_perf_instrument(ctx, |current_perf_span| {
-                info_span!(
-                    target: PERF_TRACE_TARGET,
-                    parent: current_perf_span,
-                    "GET_BATCH",
-                    batch_size = %page_count,
-                )
-            })
+            .maybe_perf_instrument(ctx, |current_perf_span| current_perf_span.clone())
             .await;
 
         match res {
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
index 50810cb154..3d55972017 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use super::{
     LayerVisibilityHint, PerfInstrumentFutureExt, PersistentLayerDesc, ValuesReconstructState,
 };
 use crate::config::PageServerConf;
-use crate::context::{DownloadBehavior, RequestContext, RequestContextBuilder};
+use crate::context::{RequestContext, RequestContextBuilder};
 use crate::span::debug_assert_current_span_has_tenant_and_timeline_id;
 use crate::task_mgr::TaskKind;
 use crate::tenant::Timeline;
@@ -1076,24 +1076,17 @@ impl LayerInner {
             return Err(DownloadError::DownloadRequired);
         }
 
-        let ctx = if ctx.has_perf_span() {
-            let dl_ctx = RequestContextBuilder::from(ctx)
-                .task_kind(TaskKind::LayerDownload)
-                .download_behavior(DownloadBehavior::Download)
-                .root_perf_span(|| {
-                    info_span!(
-                        target: PERF_TRACE_TARGET,
-                        "DOWNLOAD_LAYER",
-                        layer = %self,
-                        reason = %reason
-                    )
-                })
-                .detached_child();
-            ctx.perf_follows_from(&dl_ctx);
-            dl_ctx
-        } else {
-            ctx.attached_child()
-        };
+        let ctx = RequestContextBuilder::from(ctx)
+            .perf_span(|crnt_perf_span| {
+                info_span!(
+                    target: PERF_TRACE_TARGET,
+                    parent: crnt_perf_span,
+                    "DOWNLOAD_LAYER",
+                    layer = %self,
+                    reason = %reason,
+                )
+            })
+            .attached_child();
 
         async move {
             tracing::info!(%reason, "downloading on-demand");
@@ -1101,7 +1094,7 @@ impl LayerInner {
             let init_cancelled = scopeguard::guard((), |_| LAYER_IMPL_METRICS.inc_init_cancelled());
             let res = self
                 .download_init_and_wait(timeline, permit, ctx.attached_child())
-                .maybe_perf_instrument(&ctx, |crnt_perf_span| crnt_perf_span.clone())
+                .maybe_perf_instrument(&ctx, |current_perf_span| current_perf_span.clone())
                 .await?;
 
             scopeguard::ScopeGuard::into_inner(init_cancelled);
@@ -1709,7 +1702,7 @@ impl DownloadError {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
 pub(crate) enum NeedsDownload {
     NotFound,
     NotFile(std::fs::FileType),