diff --git a/ddtrace/_trace/tracer.py b/ddtrace/_trace/tracer.py
index f815e0f184e..02d5fed7626 100644
--- a/ddtrace/_trace/tracer.py
+++ b/ddtrace/_trace/tracer.py
@@ -940,18 +940,23 @@ def trace(
         )
 
     def current_root_span(self) -> Optional[Span]:
-        """Returns the root span of the current execution.
+        """Returns the local root span of the current execution/process.
 
-        This is useful for attaching information related to the trace as a
-        whole without needing to add to child spans.
+        Note: This cannot be used to access the true root span of the trace
+        in a distributed tracing setup if the actual root span occurred in
+        another execution/process.
+
+        This is useful for attaching information to the local root span
+        of the current execution/process, which is often also service
+        entry span.
 
         For example::
 
-            # get the root span
-            root_span = tracer.current_root_span()
+            # get the local root span
+            local_root_span = tracer.current_root_span()
             # set the host just once on the root span
-            if root_span:
-                root_span.set_tag('host', '127.0.0.1')
+            if local_root_span:
+                local_root_span.set_tag('host', '127.0.0.1')
         """
         span = self.current_span()
         if span is None:
diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/telemetry/writer.py b/ddtrace/internal/telemetry/writer.py
index 71de6b03907..2be240c06fd 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/telemetry/writer.py
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/telemetry/writer.py
@@ -118,11 +118,17 @@ def send_event(self, request: Dict) -> Optional[httplib.HTTPResponse]:
                 conn.request("POST", self._endpoint, rb_json, headers)
                 resp = get_connection_response(conn)
             if resp.status < 300:
-                log.debug("sent %d in %.5fs to %s. response: %s", len(rb_json), sw.elapsed(), self.url, resp.status)
+                log.debug(
+                    "Instrumentation Telemetry sent %d in %.5fs to %s. response: %s",
+                    len(rb_json),
+                    sw.elapsed(),
+                    self.url,
+                    resp.status,
+                )
             else:
-                log.debug("failed to send telemetry to %s. response: %s", self.url, resp.status)
-        except Exception:
-            log.debug("failed to send telemetry to %s.", self.url, exc_info=True)
+                log.debug("Failed to send Instrumentation Telemetry to %s. response: %s", self.url, resp.status)
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.debug("Failed to send Instrumentation Telemetry to %s. Error: %s", self.url, str(e))
         finally:
             if conn is not None:
                 conn.close()
diff --git a/tests/contrib/elasticsearch/test_elasticsearch.py b/tests/contrib/elasticsearch/test_elasticsearch.py
index b80b4486e71..4a480c550c8 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/elasticsearch/test_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/elasticsearch/test_elasticsearch.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import datetime
 from http.client import HTTPConnection
 from importlib import import_module
+import json
 import time
 
 import pytest
@@ -167,7 +168,12 @@ def test_elasticsearch(self):
             es.index(id=10, body={"name": "ten", "created": datetime.date(2016, 1, 1)}, **args)
             es.index(id=11, body={"name": "eleven", "created": datetime.date(2016, 2, 1)}, **args)
             es.index(id=12, body={"name": "twelve", "created": datetime.date(2016, 3, 1)}, **args)
-            result = es.search(sort=["name:desc"], size=100, body={"query": {"match_all": {}}}, **args)
+            result = es.search(
+                sort={"name": {"order": "desc", "unmapped_type": "keyword"}},
+                size=100,
+                body={"query": {"match_all": {}}},
+                **args,
+            )
 
         assert len(result["hits"]["hits"]) == 3, result
         spans = self.get_spans()
@@ -183,13 +189,25 @@ def test_elasticsearch(self):
         assert url.endswith("/_search")
         assert url == span.get_tag("elasticsearch.url")
         if elasticsearch.__version__ >= (8, 0, 0):
-            assert span.get_tag("elasticsearch.body").replace(" ", "") == '{"query":{"match_all":{}},"size":100}'
-            assert set(span.get_tag("elasticsearch.params").split("&")) == {"sort=name%3Adesc"}
-            assert set(span.get_tag(http.QUERY_STRING).split("&")) == {"sort=name%3Adesc"}
+            # Key order is not consistent, parse into dict to compare
+            body = json.loads(span.get_tag("elasticsearch.body"))
+            assert body == {
+                "query": {"match_all": {}},
+                "sort": {"name": {"order": "desc", "unmapped_type": "keyword"}},
+                "size": 100,
+            }
+            assert not span.get_tag("elasticsearch.params")
+            assert not span.get_tag(http.QUERY_STRING)
         else:
             assert span.get_tag("elasticsearch.body").replace(" ", "") == '{"query":{"match_all":{}}}'
-            assert set(span.get_tag("elasticsearch.params").split("&")) == {"sort=name%3Adesc", "size=100"}
-            assert set(span.get_tag(http.QUERY_STRING).split("&")) == {"sort=name%3Adesc", "size=100"}
+            assert set(span.get_tag("elasticsearch.params").split("&")) == {
+                "sort=%7B%27name%27%3A+%7B%27order%27%3A+%27desc%27%2C+%27unmapped_type%27%3A+%27keyword%27%7D%7D",
+                "size=100",
+            }
+            assert set(span.get_tag(http.QUERY_STRING).split("&")) == {
+                "sort=%7B%27name%27%3A+%7B%27order%27%3A+%27desc%27%2C+%27unmapped_type%27%3A+%27keyword%27%7D%7D",
+                "size=100",
+            }
         assert span.get_tag("component") == "elasticsearch"
         assert span.get_tag("span.kind") == "client"
 
diff --git a/tests/contrib/urllib3/test_urllib3.py b/tests/contrib/urllib3/test_urllib3.py
index 2f0c447ee65..841e2c826ab 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/urllib3/test_urllib3.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/urllib3/test_urllib3.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from ddtrace.ext import http
 from ddtrace.internal.schema import DEFAULT_SPAN_SERVICE_NAME
 from ddtrace.pin import Pin
+from ddtrace.settings.asm import config as asm_config
 from tests.contrib.config import HTTPBIN_CONFIG
 from tests.opentracer.utils import init_tracer
 from tests.utils import TracerTestCase
@@ -527,12 +528,16 @@ def test_distributed_tracing_disabled(self):
                     timeout=mock.ANY,
                 )
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason="urlib3 does not set the ASM Manual keep tag so x-datadog headers are not propagated")
     def test_distributed_tracing_apm_opt_out_true(self):
         """Tests distributed tracing headers are passed by default"""
         # Check that distributed tracing headers are passed down; raise an error rather than make the
         # request since we don't care about the response at all
         config.urllib3["distributed_tracing"] = True
         self.tracer.enabled = False
+        # Ensure the ASM SpanProcessor is set
+        self.tracer.configure(appsec_standalone_enabled=True, appsec_enabled=True)
+        assert asm_config._apm_opt_out
         with mock.patch(
             "urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool._make_request", side_effect=ValueError
         ) as m_make_request:
@@ -580,6 +585,9 @@ def test_distributed_tracing_apm_opt_out_false(self):
         """Test with distributed tracing disabled does not propagate the headers"""
         config.urllib3["distributed_tracing"] = True
         self.tracer.enabled = False
+        # Ensure the ASM SpanProcessor is set.
+        self.tracer.configure(appsec_standalone_enabled=False, appsec_enabled=True)
+        assert not asm_config._apm_opt_out
         with mock.patch(
             "urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool._make_request", side_effect=ValueError
         ) as m_make_request:
diff --git a/tests/telemetry/test_writer.py b/tests/telemetry/test_writer.py
index bcc3be9e38c..3b5ec7226af 100644
--- a/tests/telemetry/test_writer.py
+++ b/tests/telemetry/test_writer.py
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ def test_send_failing_request(mock_status, telemetry_writer):
                 telemetry_writer.periodic(force_flush=True)
                 # asserts unsuccessful status code was logged
                 log.debug.assert_called_with(
-                    "failed to send telemetry to %s. response: %s",
+                    "Failed to send Instrumentation Telemetry to %s. response: %s",
                     telemetry_writer._client.url,
                     mock_status,
                 )