diff --git a/src/langbot/pkg/telemetry/execution.py b/src/langbot/pkg/telemetry/execution.py
index 99a6f9c48..ff5ef28ff 100644
--- a/src/langbot/pkg/telemetry/execution.py
+++ b/src/langbot/pkg/telemetry/execution.py
@@ -167,10 +167,28 @@ class ExecutionCounters:
                 return
             payload = self._build_trace_payload(state, reason)
             if payload is not None:
-                self.manager.start_send_task(payload)
+                self._dispatch_payload(payload)
         except Exception:
             return
 
+    def _dispatch_payload(self, payload: dict) -> None:
+        """Hand one built payload to the telemetry manager from this sync context.
+
+        TelemetryManager.start_send_task is a coroutine, so calling it without
+        scheduling dropped every trace closed here. Stand-ins used by tests and
+        manual tools schedule synchronously, hence the coroutine check.
+        """
+        result = self.manager.start_send_task(payload)
+        if not asyncio.iscoroutine(result):
+            return
+        try:
+            asyncio.get_running_loop().create_task(result)
+        except RuntimeError:
+            result.close()
+            logger = getattr(getattr(self.manager, 'ap', None), 'logger', None)
+            if logger is not None:
+                logger.debug('Execution trace payload dropped: no running event loop')
+
     def _trace_emitted(self, state: TraceState) -> bool:
         mode = self.trace_mode()
         if mode == 'off':
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/telemetry/test_trace.py b/tests/unit_tests/telemetry/test_trace.py
index 0a567f152..f19ab2668 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/telemetry/test_trace.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/telemetry/test_trace.py
@@ -344,3 +344,28 @@ class TestIngress:
         _, execution = get_modules()
         with execution.ingress(types.SimpleNamespace(), 'event_done'):
             pass
+
+
+class AsyncSendManager(FakeManager):
+    """Stand-in whose start_send_task is a coroutine, like TelemetryManager."""
+
+    async def start_send_task(self, payload: dict) -> None:
+        self.sent.append(payload)
+
+
+class TestTraceDispatch:
+    async def test_close_trace_schedules_the_coroutine_send(self):
+        trace, execution = get_modules()
+        manager = AsyncSendManager(trace_config())
+        counters = execution.ExecutionCounters(manager)
+        binding = trace.bind()
+        try:
+            counters.record(CONTEXT, **STAGE)
+            counters.close_trace(binding.state, 'event_done')
+            # The payload is only delivered once the scheduled task runs.
+            assert manager.sent == []
+            await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        finally:
+            trace.unbind_root(binding)
+        assert len(manager.sent) == 1
+        assert manager.sent[0]['event_type'] == 'feature_execution'