diff --git a/packages/uipath-platform/pyproject.toml b/packages/uipath-platform/pyproject.toml
index 72b0d0b3a..7fcf797e7 100644
--- a/packages/uipath-platform/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/uipath-platform/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "uipath-platform"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 description = "HTTP client library for programmatic access to UiPath Platform"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/packages/uipath-platform/src/uipath/platform/common/_span_utils.py b/packages/uipath-platform/src/uipath/platform/common/_span_utils.py
index cd0d9d709..111dd59ec 100644
--- a/packages/uipath-platform/src/uipath/platform/common/_span_utils.py
+++ b/packages/uipath-platform/src/uipath/platform/common/_span_utils.py
@@ -237,7 +237,11 @@ class UiPathSpan:
     attributes: str | Dict[str, Any]  # Support both str (legacy) and dict (optimized)
     parent_id: Optional[str] = None  # 16-char hex (OTEL span ID format)
     start_time: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.now().isoformat())
-    end_time: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.now().isoformat())
+    # None means the span has not ended yet. Serialized as null — the LLMOps v3
+    # ingest contract (SpanV3Req.EndTime) is nullable, and downstream consumers
+    # (traceview UI, Insights OTLP export) rely on "EndTime set" meaning "span
+    # ended": fabricating a value here makes in-progress snapshots look terminal.
+    end_time: Optional[str] = None
     status: SpanStatus = SpanStatus.OK
     created_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.now().isoformat() + "Z")
     updated_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.now().isoformat() + "Z")
@@ -542,13 +546,14 @@ def otel_span_to_uipath_span(
             (otel_span.start_time or 0) / 1e9
         ).isoformat()
 
+        # A live (not-yet-ended) OTel span has end_time None — preserve that rather
+        # than stamping now(): a fabricated EndTime makes in-progress upserts
+        # (upsert_span RUNNING → OK lifecycle) indistinguishable from ended spans.
         end_time_str = None
         if otel_span.end_time is not None:
             end_time_str = datetime.fromtimestamp(
                 (otel_span.end_time or 0) / 1e9
             ).isoformat()
-        else:
-            end_time_str = datetime.now().isoformat()
 
         return UiPathSpan(
             id=span_id,
diff --git a/packages/uipath-platform/tests/services/test_span_utils.py b/packages/uipath-platform/tests/services/test_span_utils.py
index f45351864..b80d24e9d 100644
--- a/packages/uipath-platform/tests/services/test_span_utils.py
+++ b/packages/uipath-platform/tests/services/test_span_utils.py
@@ -1214,3 +1214,34 @@ def test_on_start_stamps_full_hierarchy(self) -> None:
             assert "version" not in hierarchy[1]
         finally:
             ReferenceContextAccessor.reset(token)
+
+
+class TestLiveSpanEndTime:
+    """A live (not-yet-ended) OTEL span must convert with end_time=None.
+
+    Fabricating EndTime=now() for in-progress upserts (the RUNNING -> OK
+    lifecycle used by upsert_span) makes open snapshots indistinguishable
+    from ended spans downstream: the traceview UI shows phantom sub-ms
+    durations and the Insights OTLP export's unclosed-span filter never
+    fires, so every span exports twice.
+    """
+
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, {"UIPATH_ORGANIZATION_ID": "test-org"})
+    def test_live_span_converts_with_none_end_time(self) -> None:
+        mock_span = _make_otel_span({})
+        mock_span.end_time = None
+
+        uipath_span = _SpanUtils.otel_span_to_uipath_span(mock_span)
+        span_dict = uipath_span.to_dict()
+
+        assert uipath_span.end_time is None
+        assert span_dict["EndTime"] is None
+
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, {"UIPATH_ORGANIZATION_ID": "test-org"})
+    def test_ended_span_keeps_real_end_time(self) -> None:
+        mock_span = _make_otel_span({})
+
+        uipath_span = _SpanUtils.otel_span_to_uipath_span(mock_span)
+
+        assert uipath_span.end_time is not None
+        assert uipath_span.to_dict()["EndTime"] == uipath_span.end_time
diff --git a/packages/uipath-platform/uv.lock b/packages/uipath-platform/uv.lock
index 2144530f3..cee6cf645 100644
--- a/packages/uipath-platform/uv.lock
+++ b/packages/uipath-platform/uv.lock
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uipath-platform"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "httpx" },
diff --git a/packages/uipath/uv.lock b/packages/uipath/uv.lock
index 631a1a610..800e2b56a 100644
--- a/packages/uipath/uv.lock
+++ b/packages/uipath/uv.lock
@@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uipath-platform"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 source = { editable = "../uipath-platform" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "httpx" },