diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/nodeDetails.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/nodeDetails.tsx
index 8166e9cc9893..2a77d2c93f93 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/nodeDetails.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/nodeDetails.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {lazy} from 'react';
 
 import {LazyLoad} from 'sentry/components/lazyLoad';
-import {getIsAiNode} from 'sentry/views/insights/pages/agents/utils/aiTraceNodes';
+import {getGenAiOpType} from 'sentry/views/insights/pages/agents/utils/aiTraceNodes';
 import type {TraceTreeNodeDetailsProps} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/tabs/traceTreeNodeDetails';
 import type {BaseNode} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceModels/traceTreeNode/baseNode';
 import {EapSpanNode} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceModels/traceTreeNode/eapSpanNode';
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const LazyEAPSpanNodeDetails = lazy(() =>
 );
 const LazyAiSpanDetails = lazy(() =>
   import('sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails').then(
-    module => ({default: module.AiSpanDetails})
+    module => ({default: module.AiSpanNodeDetails})
   )
 );
 const LazyErrorNodeDetails = lazy(() =>
@@ -60,9 +60,15 @@ export function NodeDetails(props: TraceTreeNodeDetailsProps<BaseNode>) {
   const {node} = props;
 
   if (node instanceof EapSpanNode) {
-    if (getIsAiNode(node)) {
+    const operationType = getGenAiOpType(node);
+    if (operationType) {
       return (
-        <LazyLoad LazyComponent={LazyAiSpanDetails} node={node} traceId={props.traceId} />
+        <LazyLoad
+          LazyComponent={LazyAiSpanDetails}
+          node={node}
+          operationType={operationType}
+          traceId={props.traceId}
+        />
       );
     }
     return <LazyLoad LazyComponent={LazyEAPSpanNodeDetails} {...props} node={node} />;
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails.spec.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails.spec.tsx
index b25442a51bb2..c75b676256eb 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails.spec.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {act, render, screen} from 'sentry-test/reactTestingLibrary';
 
 import {ProjectsStore} from 'sentry/stores/projectsStore';
 import {ConversationSpanDetail} from 'sentry/views/explore/conversations/components/conversationSpanDetail';
+import {traceAnalytics} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceAnalytics';
+import {TraceTreeNodeDetails} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/tabs/traceTreeNodeDetails';
 import {EapSpanNode} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceModels/traceTreeNode/eapSpanNode';
 import {makeEAPSpan} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceModels/traceTreeTestUtils';
 
@@ -14,11 +16,11 @@ const organization = OrganizationFixture();
 const project = ProjectFixture({id: '1'});
 const sizeField = 'avg(gen_ai.tool.call.result.size)';
 
-function toolNode() {
+function toolNode(spanId = 'tool-span') {
   return new EapSpanNode(
     null,
     makeEAPSpan({
-      event_id: 'tool-span',
+      event_id: spanId,
       project_id: 1,
       project_slug: project.slug,
       op: 'gen_ai.execute_tool',
@@ -29,11 +31,11 @@ function toolNode() {
   );
 }
 
-function mockAttributes(withSize = true) {
+function mockAttributes(withSize = true, spanId = 'tool-span') {
   MockApiClient.addMockResponse({
-    url: `/projects/${organization.slug}/${project.slug}/trace-items/tool-span/`,
+    url: `/projects/${organization.slug}/${project.slug}/trace-items/${spanId}/`,
     body: {
-      itemId: 'tool-span',
+      itemId: spanId,
       timestamp: '2020-01-01T00:00:00Z',
       meta: {},
       attributes: [
@@ -67,11 +69,55 @@ describe('Result Size highlighted attribute', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('compares size in trace details using a project-scoped tool average', async () => {
+  it('tracks each selected AI span, but not ordinary rerenders', async () => {
+    const trackViewed = jest.spyOn(traceAnalytics, 'trackGenAISpanDetailsViewed');
+    mockAttributes();
+    mockAttributes(true, 'other-tool-span');
+    mockAverage();
+    const node = toolNode();
+    const onTabScrollToNode = jest.fn();
+    const {rerender} = render(
+      <TraceTreeNodeDetails
+        node={node}
+        organization={organization}
+        onTabScrollToNode={onTabScrollToNode}
+        traceId="trace-id"
+      />,
+      {organization}
+    );
+    expect(await screen.findByText('300% larger than avg 1 kB')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(trackViewed).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(trackViewed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(organization, 'tool');
+
+    rerender(
+      <TraceTreeNodeDetails
+        node={node}
+        organization={organization}
+        onTabScrollToNode={onTabScrollToNode}
+        traceId="trace-id"
+      />
+    );
+    expect(trackViewed).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    rerender(
+      <TraceTreeNodeDetails
+        node={toolNode('other-tool-span')}
+        organization={organization}
+        onTabScrollToNode={onTabScrollToNode}
+        traceId="trace-id"
+      />
+    );
+    expect(await screen.findByText('300% larger than avg 1 kB')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(trackViewed).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it('compares size in the shared AI panel without tracking a waterfall view', async () => {
+    const trackViewed = jest.spyOn(traceAnalytics, 'trackGenAISpanDetailsViewed');
     mockAttributes();
     const request = mockAverage();
     render(<AiSpanDetails node={toolNode()} traceId="trace-id" />, {organization});
     expect(await screen.findByText('300% larger than avg 1 kB')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(trackViewed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.anything(),
       expect.objectContaining({
@@ -87,6 +133,7 @@ describe('Result Size highlighted attribute', () => {
   });
 
   it('also compares size in standalone conversation details without a parent baseline', async () => {
+    const trackViewed = jest.spyOn(traceAnalytics, 'trackGenAISpanDetailsViewed');
     mockAttributes();
     mockAverage();
     const node = toolNode();
@@ -102,6 +149,7 @@ describe('Result Size highlighted attribute', () => {
     );
     expect(await screen.findByText('300% larger than avg 1 kB')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('Result Size')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(trackViewed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it('retains the calculated size without querying a baseline for legacy spans', async () => {
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails.tsx
index e2c915cc4194..21c4e90d41a2 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-import {useState} from 'react';
+import {useEffect, useState} from 'react';
 
 import {useLocation} from 'sentry/utils/useLocation';
+import {useOrganization} from 'sentry/utils/useOrganization';
 import {
   ConversationSpanDetail,
   type DetailTab,
 } from 'sentry/views/explore/conversations/components/conversationSpanDetail';
 import type {AITraceSpanNode} from 'sentry/views/insights/pages/agents/utils/types';
+import {traceAnalytics} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceAnalytics';
 import {useAvgSpanDuration} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span';
 import {isEAPSpanNode} from 'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceGuards';
 
@@ -14,6 +16,19 @@ interface AiSpanDetailsProps {
   traceId: string;
 }
 
+export function AiSpanNodeDetails({
+  node,
+  operationType,
+  traceId,
+}: AiSpanDetailsProps & {operationType: string}) {
+  const organization = useOrganization();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    traceAnalytics.trackGenAISpanDetailsViewed(organization, operationType);
+  }, [operationType, organization]);
+
+  return <AiSpanDetails node={node} traceId={traceId} />;
+}
+
 export function AiSpanDetails({node, traceId}: AiSpanDetailsProps) {
   const location = useLocation();
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState<DetailTab>('input');
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/tabs/traceTreeNodeDetails.spec.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/tabs/traceTreeNodeDetails.spec.tsx
index 907e4f4fb5b6..0fd2fc9c28e5 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/tabs/traceTreeNodeDetails.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/tabs/traceTreeNodeDetails.spec.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ jest.mock('sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span', () =
 jest.mock(
   'sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/span/aiSpanDetails',
   () => ({
-    AiSpanDetails: () => <div>ai span details</div>,
+    AiSpanNodeDetails: ({operationType}: {operationType: string}) => (
+      <div>ai span details for {operationType}</div>
+    ),
   })
 );
 jest.mock('sentry/views/performance/traceDetails/traceDrawer/details/autogroup', () => ({
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ describe('TraceTreeNodeDetails', () => {
     });
     render(renderDetails(new EapSpanNode(null, value, extra)));
 
-    expect(await screen.findByText('ai span details')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText('ai span details for ai_client')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it('renders the autogroup panel for an autogroup node', async () => {