diff --git a/doc/source/ray-tracing.rst b/doc/source/ray-tracing.rst
index 3ef71ee1ebe04..eddb9b3f211fa 100644
--- a/doc/source/ray-tracing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/ray-tracing.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ First, install OpenTelemetry.
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-    pip install opentelemetry-api==1.0.0rc1
-    pip install opentelemetry-sdk==1.0.0rc1
+    pip install opentelemetry-api==1.1.0
+    pip install opentelemetry-sdk==1.1.0
+    pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.1.0
 
 Tracing Startup Hook
 --------------------
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ Below is an example tracing startup hook that sets up the default tracing provid
   from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
   from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import (
       ConsoleSpanExporter,
-      SimpleExportSpanProcessor,
+      SimpleSpanProcessor,
   )
   
   
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ Below is an example tracing startup hook that sets up the default tracing provid
       # context and will log a warning if attempted multiple times.
       trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
       trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(
-          SimpleExportSpanProcessor(
+          SimpleSpanProcessor(
               ConsoleSpanExporter(
                   out=open(f"/tmp/spans/{os.getpid()}.json", "a")
                   )
diff --git a/python/ray/tests/test_tracing.py b/python/ray/tests/test_tracing.py
index 1385c0c1bd348..ee30e272ce7f6 100644
--- a/python/ray/tests/test_tracing.py
+++ b/python/ray/tests/test_tracing.py
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ def ray_start_cli_tracing(scope="function"):
     check_call_ray(["stop", "--force"])
 
 
+@pytest.fixture()
+def ray_start_cli_predefined_actor_tracing(scope="function"):
+    """Start ray with tracing-startup-hook, and clean up at end of test."""
+    check_call_ray(["stop", "--force"], )
+    check_call_ray(
+        ["start", "--head", "--tracing-startup-hook", setup_tracing_path], )
+    yield
+    ray.shutdown()
+    check_call_ray(["stop", "--force"])
+
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def ray_start_init_tracing(scope="function"):
     """Call ray.init with tracing-startup-hook, and clean up at end of test."""
@@ -91,7 +102,7 @@ def f(value):
     }
 
 
-def sync_actor_helper():
+def sync_actor_helper(connect_to_cluster: bool = False):
     """Run a Ray sync actor and check the spans produced."""
 
     @ray.remote
@@ -103,6 +114,9 @@ def increment(self):
             self.value += 1
             return self.value
 
+    if connect_to_cluster:
+        ray.init(address="auto")
+
     # Create an actor from this class.
     counter = Counter.remote()
     obj_ref = counter.increment.remote()
@@ -177,6 +191,11 @@ def test_tracing_async_actor_start_workflow(cleanup_dirs,
     assert async_actor_helper()
 
 
+def test_tracing_predefined_actor(cleanup_dirs,
+                                  ray_start_cli_predefined_actor_tracing):
+    assert sync_actor_helper(connect_to_cluster=True)
+
+
 def test_wrapping(ray_start_init_tracing):
     @ray.remote
     def f(**_kwargs):
diff --git a/python/ray/util/tracing/tracing_helper.py b/python/ray/util/tracing/tracing_helper.py
index f93e63e8a8d24..f9f908a1c0259 100644
--- a/python/ray/util/tracing/tracing_helper.py
+++ b/python/ray/util/tracing/tracing_helper.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def _function_hydrate_span_args(func: Callable[..., Any]):
     # We only get task ID for workers
     if ray.worker.global_worker.mode == ray.worker.WORKER_MODE:
         task_id = (runtime_context["task_id"].hex()
-                   if runtime_context["task_id"] else None)
+                   if runtime_context.get("task_id") else None)
         if task_id:
             span_args["ray.task_id"] = task_id
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def _actor_hydrate_span_args(class_: _nameable, method: _nameable):
     # We only get actor ID for workers
     if ray.worker.global_worker.mode == ray.worker.WORKER_MODE:
         actor_id = (runtime_context["actor_id"].hex()
-                    if runtime_context["actor_id"] else None)
+                    if runtime_context.get("actor_id") else None)
 
         if actor_id:
             span_args["ray.actor_id"] = actor_id
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ def _invocation_actor_class_remote_span(
             kwargs = {}
         # If tracing feature flag is not on, perform a no-op
         if not is_tracing_enabled():
+            kwargs["_ray_trace_ctx"] = None
             return method(self, args, kwargs, *_args, **_kwargs)
 
         class_name = self.__ray_metadata__.class_name
@@ -464,8 +465,7 @@ async def _resume_span(
         # Skip tracing for staticmethod or classmethod, because these method
         # might not be called directly by remote calls. Additionally, they are
         # tricky to get wrapped and unwrapped.
-        if (is_static_method(_cls, name) or is_class_method(method)
-                or not is_tracing_enabled()):
+        if (is_static_method(_cls, name) or is_class_method(method)):
             continue
 
         # Add _ray_trace_ctx to method signature