diff --git a/.changeset/shiny-vans-sleep.md b/.changeset/shiny-vans-sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..438b0b976b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shiny-vans-sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"effect": minor
+---
+
+add span annotation to disable propagation to the tracer
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/Tracer.ts b/packages/effect/src/Tracer.ts
index 038ddff03f9..e00d5a86837 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/Tracer.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/Tracer.ts
@@ -164,3 +164,17 @@ export const externalSpan: (
  */
 export const tracerWith: <A, E, R>(f: (tracer: Tracer) => Effect.Effect<A, E, R>) => Effect.Effect<A, E, R> =
   defaultServices.tracerWith
+
+/**
+ * @since 3.12.0
+ * @category annotations
+ */
+export interface DisablePropagation {
+  readonly _: unique symbol
+}
+
+/**
+ * @since 3.12.0
+ * @category annotations
+ */
+export const DisablePropagation: Context.Reference<DisablePropagation, boolean> = internal.DisablePropagation
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/internal/core-effect.ts b/packages/effect/src/internal/core-effect.ts
index 5c2d29bf6de..207d7713f69 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/internal/core-effect.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/internal/core-effect.ts
@@ -2017,61 +2017,75 @@ export const linkSpans = dual<
 
 const bigint0 = BigInt(0)
 
+const filterDisablePropagation: (self: Option.Option<Tracer.AnySpan>) => Option.Option<Tracer.AnySpan> = Option.flatMap(
+  (span) =>
+    Context.get(span.context, internalTracer.DisablePropagation)
+      ? span._tag === "Span" ? filterDisablePropagation(span.parent) : Option.none()
+      : Option.some(span)
+)
+
 /** @internal */
 export const unsafeMakeSpan = <XA, XE>(
   fiber: FiberRuntime<XA, XE>,
   name: string,
   options: Tracer.SpanOptions
 ) => {
-  const enabled = fiber.getFiberRef(core.currentTracerEnabled)
-  if (enabled === false) {
-    return core.noopSpan(name)
-  }
-
+  const disablePropagation = !fiber.getFiberRef(core.currentTracerEnabled) ||
+    (options.context && Context.get(options.context, internalTracer.DisablePropagation))
   const context = fiber.getFiberRef(core.currentContext)
-  const services = fiber.getFiberRef(defaultServices.currentServices)
-
-  const tracer = Context.get(services, internalTracer.tracerTag)
-  const clock = Context.get(services, Clock.Clock)
-  const timingEnabled = fiber.getFiberRef(core.currentTracerTimingEnabled)
-
-  const fiberRefs = fiber.getFiberRefs()
-  const annotationsFromEnv = FiberRefs.get(fiberRefs, core.currentTracerSpanAnnotations)
-  const linksFromEnv = FiberRefs.get(fiberRefs, core.currentTracerSpanLinks)
-
   const parent = options.parent
     ? Option.some(options.parent)
     : options.root
     ? Option.none()
-    : Context.getOption(context, internalTracer.spanTag)
-
-  const links = linksFromEnv._tag === "Some" ?
-    options.links !== undefined ?
-      [
-        ...Chunk.toReadonlyArray(linksFromEnv.value),
-        ...(options.links ?? [])
-      ] :
-      Chunk.toReadonlyArray(linksFromEnv.value) :
-    options.links ?? Arr.empty()
-
-  const span = tracer.span(
-    name,
-    parent,
-    options.context ?? Context.empty(),
-    links,
-    timingEnabled ? clock.unsafeCurrentTimeNanos() : bigint0,
-    options.kind ?? "internal"
-  )
+    : filterDisablePropagation(Context.getOption(context, internalTracer.spanTag))
 
-  if (typeof options.captureStackTrace === "function") {
-    internalCause.spanToTrace.set(span, options.captureStackTrace)
-  }
+  let span: Tracer.Span
 
-  if (annotationsFromEnv._tag === "Some") {
-    HashMap.forEach(annotationsFromEnv.value, (value, key) => span.attribute(key, value))
+  if (disablePropagation) {
+    span = core.noopSpan({
+      name,
+      parent,
+      context: Context.add(options.context ?? Context.empty(), internalTracer.DisablePropagation, true)
+    })
+  } else {
+    const services = fiber.getFiberRef(defaultServices.currentServices)
+
+    const tracer = Context.get(services, internalTracer.tracerTag)
+    const clock = Context.get(services, Clock.Clock)
+    const timingEnabled = fiber.getFiberRef(core.currentTracerTimingEnabled)
+
+    const fiberRefs = fiber.getFiberRefs()
+    const annotationsFromEnv = FiberRefs.get(fiberRefs, core.currentTracerSpanAnnotations)
+    const linksFromEnv = FiberRefs.get(fiberRefs, core.currentTracerSpanLinks)
+
+    const links = linksFromEnv._tag === "Some" ?
+      options.links !== undefined ?
+        [
+          ...Chunk.toReadonlyArray(linksFromEnv.value),
+          ...(options.links ?? [])
+        ] :
+        Chunk.toReadonlyArray(linksFromEnv.value) :
+      options.links ?? Arr.empty()
+
+    span = tracer.span(
+      name,
+      parent,
+      options.context ?? Context.empty(),
+      links,
+      timingEnabled ? clock.unsafeCurrentTimeNanos() : bigint0,
+      options.kind ?? "internal"
+    )
+
+    if (annotationsFromEnv._tag === "Some") {
+      HashMap.forEach(annotationsFromEnv.value, (value, key) => span.attribute(key, value))
+    }
+    if (options.attributes !== undefined) {
+      Object.entries(options.attributes).forEach(([k, v]) => span.attribute(k, v))
+    }
   }
-  if (options.attributes !== undefined) {
-    Object.entries(options.attributes).forEach(([k, v]) => span.attribute(k, v))
+
+  if (typeof options.captureStackTrace === "function") {
+    internalCause.spanToTrace.set(span, options.captureStackTrace)
   }
 
   return span
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/internal/core.ts b/packages/effect/src/internal/core.ts
index e30e50c7ce4..2254c4ef588 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/internal/core.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/internal/core.ts
@@ -3063,14 +3063,11 @@ export const currentSpanFromFiber = <A, E>(fiber: Fiber.RuntimeFiber<A, E>): Opt
   return span !== undefined && span._tag === "Span" ? Option.some(span) : Option.none()
 }
 
-const NoopSpanProto: Tracer.Span = {
+const NoopSpanProto: Omit<Tracer.Span, "parent" | "name" | "context"> = {
   _tag: "Span",
   spanId: "noop",
   traceId: "noop",
-  name: "noop",
   sampled: false,
-  parent: Option.none(),
-  context: Context.empty(),
   status: {
     _tag: "Ended",
     startTime: BigInt(0),
@@ -3086,8 +3083,8 @@ const NoopSpanProto: Tracer.Span = {
 }
 
 /** @internal */
-export const noopSpan = (name: string): Tracer.Span => {
-  const span = Object.create(NoopSpanProto)
-  span.name = name
-  return span
-}
+export const noopSpan = (options: {
+  readonly name: string
+  readonly parent: Option.Option<Tracer.AnySpan>
+  readonly context: Context.Context<never>
+}): Tracer.Span => Object.assign(Object.create(NoopSpanProto), options)
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/internal/tracer.ts b/packages/effect/src/internal/tracer.ts
index 6370e6ce96a..fd327826ce1 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/internal/tracer.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/internal/tracer.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 import * as Context from "../Context.js"
 import type * as Exit from "../Exit.js"
+import { constFalse } from "../Function.js"
 import type * as Option from "../Option.js"
 import type * as Tracer from "../Tracer.js"
 
@@ -135,3 +136,8 @@ export const addSpanStackTrace = (options: Tracer.SpanOptions | undefined): Trac
     }
   }
 }
+
+/** @internal */
+export const DisablePropagation = Context.Reference<Tracer.DisablePropagation>()("effect/Tracer/DisablePropagation", {
+  defaultValue: constFalse
+})
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/Tracer.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/Tracer.test.ts
index d41574e5eb6..3d99d47eb5b 100644
--- a/packages/effect/test/Tracer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/test/Tracer.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Cause, Tracer } from "effect"
 import * as Context from "effect/Context"
 import { millis, seconds } from "effect/Duration"
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
@@ -274,6 +275,44 @@ it.effect("withTracerEnabled", () =>
     assert.deepEqual(spanB.name, "B")
   }))
 
+describe("Tracer.DisablePropagation", () => {
+  it.effect("creates noop span", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const span = yield* Effect.currentSpan.pipe(
+        Effect.withSpan("A", { context: Tracer.DisablePropagation.context(true) })
+      )
+      const spanB = yield* Effect.currentSpan.pipe(
+        Effect.withSpan("B")
+      )
+
+      assert.deepEqual(span.name, "A")
+      assert.deepEqual(span.spanId, "noop")
+      assert.deepEqual(spanB.name, "B")
+    }))
+
+  it.effect("captures stack", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const cause = yield* Effect.die(new Error("boom")).pipe(
+        Effect.withSpan("C", { context: Tracer.DisablePropagation.context(true) }),
+        Effect.sandbox,
+        Effect.flip
+      )
+      assert.include(Cause.pretty(cause), "Tracer.test.ts:295")
+    }))
+
+  it.effect("isnt used as parent span", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const span = yield* Effect.currentSpan.pipe(
+        Effect.withSpan("child"),
+        Effect.withSpan("disabled", { context: Tracer.DisablePropagation.context(true) }),
+        Effect.withSpan("parent")
+      )
+      assert.strictEqual(span.name, "child")
+      assert(span.parent._tag === "Some" && span.parent.value._tag === "Span")
+      assert.strictEqual(span.parent.value.name, "parent")
+    }))
+})
+
 it.effect("includes trace when errored", () =>
   Effect.gen(function*() {
     let maybeSpan: undefined | Span
@@ -290,7 +329,7 @@ it.effect("includes trace when errored", () =>
     })
     yield* Effect.flip(getSpan("fail"))
     assert.isDefined(maybeSpan)
-    assert.include(maybeSpan!.attributes.get("code.stacktrace"), "Tracer.test.ts:291:24")
+    assert.include(maybeSpan!.attributes.get("code.stacktrace"), "Tracer.test.ts:330:24")
   }))
 
 describe("functionWithSpan", () => {