diff --git a/actions/setup/js/send_otlp_span.cjs b/actions/setup/js/send_otlp_span.cjs
index 1b102e37f98..21351fd5585 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/send_otlp_span.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/send_otlp_span.cjs
@@ -1329,9 +1329,7 @@ async function sendJobConclusionSpan(spanName, options = {}) {
   if (detectionReason) {
     attributes.push(buildAttr("gh-aw.detection.reason", detectionReason));
   }
-  if (spanName === "gh-aw.conclusion.conclusion") {
-    attributes.push(buildAttr("gh-aw.otlp.export_errors", readOTLPExportErrorCount()));
-  }
+  attributes.push(buildAttr("gh-aw.otlp.export_errors", readOTLPExportErrorCount()));
   if (errorMessages.length > 0) {
     attributes.push(buildAttr("gh-aw.error.count", outputErrors.length));
     attributes.push(buildAttr("gh-aw.error.messages", errorMessages.join(" | ")));
diff --git a/actions/setup/js/send_otlp_span.test.cjs b/actions/setup/js/send_otlp_span.test.cjs
index d3b0619cc32..33772ec4763 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/send_otlp_span.test.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/send_otlp_span.test.cjs
@@ -2792,6 +2792,28 @@ describe("sendJobConclusionSpan", () => {
     expect(attrs["gh-aw.otlp.export_errors"]).toBe(3);
   });
 
+  it("emits gh-aw.otlp.export_errors on non-conclusion job spans", async () => {
+    const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, status: 200, statusText: "OK" });
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", mockFetch);
+
+    process.env.GH_AW_OTLP_ENDPOINTS = JSON.stringify([{ url: "https://traces.example.com" }]);
+
+    const readFileSpy = vi.spyOn(fs, "readFileSync").mockImplementation(filePath => {
+      if (filePath === "/tmp/gh-aw/otlp-export-errors.count") {
+        return "2";
+      }
+      throw Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT"), { code: "ENOENT" });
+    });
+
+    await sendJobConclusionSpan("gh-aw.agent.conclusion");
+    readFileSpy.mockRestore();
+
+    const body = JSON.parse(mockFetch.mock.calls[0][1].body);
+    const span = body.resourceSpans[0].scopeSpans[0].spans[0];
+    const attrs = Object.fromEntries(span.attributes.map(a => [a.key, a.value.intValue ?? a.value.stringValue]));
+    expect(attrs["gh-aw.otlp.export_errors"]).toBe(2);
+  });
+
   it("omits effective_tokens attribute when GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS is absent", async () => {
     const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, status: 200, statusText: "OK" });
     vi.stubGlobal("fetch", mockFetch);