diff --git a/src/hooks/telemetryPrerun.ts b/src/hooks/telemetryPrerun.ts
index 754197e7..83ef70b5 100644
--- a/src/hooks/telemetryPrerun.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/telemetryPrerun.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,26 @@ declare const global: TelemetryGlobal;
 type CommonData = {
   nodeVersion: string;
   plugin?: string;
-   
+
   plugin_version?: string;
   command?: string;
+  traceId?: string;
+  parentSpanId?: string;
+  traceFlags?: string;
 };
+
+const TRACEPARENT_RE = /^([0-9a-f]{2})-([0-9a-f]{32})-([0-9a-f]{16})-([0-9a-f]{2})$/i;
+
+export function parseTraceParent(raw: string | undefined): Pick<CommonData, 'traceId' | 'parentSpanId' | 'traceFlags'> {
+  if (!raw) return {};
+  const match = TRACEPARENT_RE.exec(raw.trim());
+  if (!match || match[1].toLowerCase() === 'ff') return {};
+  const traceId = match[2].toLowerCase();
+  const parentSpanId = match[3].toLowerCase();
+  if (/^0+$/.test(traceId) || /^0+$/.test(parentSpanId)) return {};
+  return { traceId, parentSpanId, traceFlags: match[4].toLowerCase() };
+}
+
 /**
  * A hook that runs before every command that:
  * 1. Warns the user about command usage data collection the CLI does unless they have already acknowledged the warning.
@@ -178,6 +194,7 @@ const hook: Hook.Prerun = async function (options): Promise<void> {
           // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
           plugin_version: pluginInfo.version,
           command: commandExecution.getCommandName(),
+          ...parseTraceParent(process.env.TRACEPARENT),
         };
       }
       return commonData;
diff --git a/test/hooks/telemetryPrerun.test.ts b/test/hooks/telemetryPrerun.test.ts
index a51a62e4..8aace3cf 100644
--- a/test/hooks/telemetryPrerun.test.ts
+++ b/test/hooks/telemetryPrerun.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { expect } from 'chai';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import Telemetry from '../../src/telemetry.js';
 import { CommandExecution } from '../../src/commandExecution.js';
-import hook from '../../src/hooks/telemetryPrerun.js';
+import hook, { parseTraceParent } from '../../src/hooks/telemetryPrerun.js';
 import { MyCommand } from '../helpers/myCommand.js';
 
 const args = { argv: [], Command: MyCommand, config: {} as Config, context: {} as Hook.Context };
@@ -137,3 +137,60 @@ describe('telemetry prerun hook', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('parseTraceParent', () => {
+  it('returns trace fields for a valid traceparent', () => {
+    const result = parseTraceParent('00-0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c-b7ad6b7169203331-01');
+    expect(result).to.deep.equal({
+      traceId: '0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c',
+      parentSpanId: 'b7ad6b7169203331',
+      traceFlags: '01',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns empty object for undefined', () => {
+    expect(parseTraceParent(undefined)).to.deep.equal({});
+  });
+
+  it('returns empty object for empty string', () => {
+    expect(parseTraceParent('')).to.deep.equal({});
+  });
+
+  it('returns empty object for invalid format', () => {
+    expect(parseTraceParent('not-valid')).to.deep.equal({});
+  });
+
+  it('rejects version ff', () => {
+    expect(parseTraceParent('ff-0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c-b7ad6b7169203331-01')).to.deep.equal({});
+  });
+
+  it('rejects uppercase version FF', () => {
+    expect(parseTraceParent('FF-0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c-b7ad6b7169203331-01')).to.deep.equal({});
+  });
+
+  it('rejects all-zero trace-id', () => {
+    expect(parseTraceParent('00-00000000000000000000000000000000-b7ad6b7169203331-01')).to.deep.equal({});
+  });
+
+  it('rejects all-zero parent-id', () => {
+    expect(parseTraceParent('00-0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c-0000000000000000-01')).to.deep.equal({});
+  });
+
+  it('handles uppercase hex by normalizing to lowercase', () => {
+    const result = parseTraceParent('00-0AF7651916CD43DD8448EB211C80319C-B7AD6B7169203331-01');
+    expect(result).to.deep.equal({
+      traceId: '0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c',
+      parentSpanId: 'b7ad6b7169203331',
+      traceFlags: '01',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('trims whitespace', () => {
+    const result = parseTraceParent('  00-0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c-b7ad6b7169203331-01  ');
+    expect(result).to.deep.equal({
+      traceId: '0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c',
+      parentSpanId: 'b7ad6b7169203331',
+      traceFlags: '01',
+    });
+  });
+});