diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3531ce826..69d9c89c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -867,6 +867,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generator"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc6bd114ceda131d3b1d665eba35788690ad37f5916457286b32ab6fd3c438dd"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "rustversion",
+ "windows 0.58.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -1242,10 +1255,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-opentelemetry",
  "tracing-serde",
  "tracing-subscriber",
+ "tracing-tracy",
  "uuid",
  "vmm-sys-util 0.13.0",
- "windows",
- "windows-result",
+ "windows 0.61.1",
+ "windows-result 0.3.2",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
  "windows-version",
 ]
@@ -1287,7 +1301,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1705,6 +1719,19 @@ version = "0.4.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13dc2df351e3202783a1fe0d44375f7295ffb4049267b0f3018346dc122a1d94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "loom"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "419e0dc8046cb947daa77eb95ae174acfbddb7673b4151f56d1eed8e93fbfaca"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "generator",
+ "scoped-tls",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mach2"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -2720,6 +2747,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scoped-tls"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1cf6437eb19a8f4a6cc0f7dca544973b0b78843adbfeb3683d1a94a0024a294"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -3436,6 +3469,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-tracy"
+version = "0.11.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0eaa1852afa96e0fe9e44caa53dc0bd2d9d05e0f2611ce09f97f8677af56e4ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+ "tracy-client",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracy-client"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d90a2c01305b02b76fdd89ac8608bae27e173c829a35f7d76a345ab5d33836db"
+dependencies = [
+ "loom",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracy-client-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracy-client-sys"
+version = "0.24.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69fff37da548239c3bf9e64a12193d261e8b22b660991c6fd2df057c168f435f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -3726,6 +3791,16 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.58.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd04d41d93c4992d421894c18c8b43496aa748dd4c081bac0dc93eb0489272b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core 0.58.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows"
 version = "0.61.1"
@@ -3733,7 +3808,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c5ee8f3d025738cb02bad7868bbb5f8a6327501e870bf51f1b455b0a2454a419"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-collections",
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
  "windows-future",
  "windows-link",
  "windows-numerics",
@@ -3745,7 +3820,20 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3beeceb5e5cfd9eb1d76b381630e82c4241ccd0d27f1a39ed41b2760b255c5e8"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.58.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ba6d44ec8c2591c134257ce647b7ea6b20335bf6379a27dac5f1641fcf59f99"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-implement 0.58.0",
+ "windows-interface 0.58.0",
+ "windows-result 0.2.0",
+ "windows-strings 0.1.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3754,10 +3842,10 @@ version = "0.61.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4763c1de310c86d75a878046489e2e5ba02c649d185f21c67d4cf8a56d098980"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-implement",
- "windows-interface",
+ "windows-implement 0.60.0",
+ "windows-interface 0.59.1",
  "windows-link",
- "windows-result",
+ "windows-result 0.3.2",
  "windows-strings 0.4.0",
 ]
 
@@ -3767,10 +3855,21 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a1d6bbefcb7b60acd19828e1bc965da6fcf18a7e39490c5f8be71e54a19ba32"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-implement"
+version = "0.58.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bbd5b46c938e506ecbce286b6628a02171d56153ba733b6c741fc627ec9579b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-implement"
 version = "0.60.0"
@@ -3782,6 +3881,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-interface"
+version = "0.58.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "053c4c462dc91d3b1504c6fe5a726dd15e216ba718e84a0e46a88fbe5ded3515"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-interface"
 version = "0.59.1"
@@ -3805,7 +3915,7 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9150af68066c4c5c07ddc0ce30421554771e528bde427614c61038bc2c92c2b1"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.61.0",
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
@@ -3815,11 +3925,20 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4286ad90ddb45071efd1a66dfa43eb02dd0dfbae1545ad6cc3c51cf34d7e8ba3"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-result",
+ "windows-result 0.3.2",
  "windows-strings 0.3.1",
  "windows-targets 0.53.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d1043d8214f791817bab27572aaa8af63732e11bf84aa21a45a78d6c317ae0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-result"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -3829,6 +3948,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-strings"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4cd9b125c486025df0eabcb585e62173c6c9eddcec5d117d3b6e8c30e2ee4d10"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-result 0.2.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-strings"
 version = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/docs/hyperlight-metrics-logs-and-traces.md b/docs/hyperlight-metrics-logs-and-traces.md
index 7427962c5..3dc62438d 100644
--- a/docs/hyperlight-metrics-logs-and-traces.md
+++ b/docs/hyperlight-metrics-logs-and-traces.md
@@ -62,18 +62,18 @@ $env:RUST_LOG='none,hyperlight_host=info,tracing=info'; cargo run --example trac
 
 ### Using OTLP exporter and Jaeger
 
-In the [examples/otlp_tracing](../src/hyperlight_host/examples/otlp_tracing) directory, there is an example that shows how to capture and send trace and log information to an otlp_collector using the opentelemetry_otlp crate. With this example the following commands can be used to set the verbosity of the trace output to `INFO` and run the example to generate trace data:
+In the [examples/tracing-otlp](../src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-otlp) directory, there is an example that shows how to capture and send trace and log information to an otlp_collector using the opentelemetry_otlp crate. With this example the following commands can be used to set the verbosity of the trace output to `INFO` and run the example to generate trace data:
 
 #### Linux
 
 ```bash
-RUST_LOG='none,hyperlight_host=info,tracing=info' cargo run --example otlp_tracing
+RUST_LOG='none,hyperlight_host=info,tracing=info' cargo run --example tracing-otlp
 ```
 
 #### Windows
 
 ```powershell
-$env:RUST_LOG='none,hyperlight_host=info,tracing=info';cargo run --example otlp_tracing
+$env:RUST_LOG='none,hyperlight_host=info,tracing=info';cargo run --example tracing-otlp
 ```
 
 The sample will run and generate trace data until any key is pressed.
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml b/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
index 44b9fc304..5fdb74cc0 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ criterion = "0.5.1"
 tracing-chrome = "0.7.2"
 metrics-util = "0.19.1"
 metrics-exporter-prometheus = "0.17.0"
+tracing-tracy = "0.11.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dev-dependencies]
 windows = { version = "0.61", features = [
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/examples/chrome-tracing/README.md b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-chrome/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from src/hyperlight_host/examples/chrome-tracing/README.md
rename to src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-chrome/README.md
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/examples/chrome-tracing/main.rs b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-chrome/main.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/hyperlight_host/examples/chrome-tracing/main.rs
rename to src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-chrome/main.rs
index dd25bbf9b..8150463d3 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/examples/chrome-tracing/main.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-chrome/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use hyperlight_testing::simple_guest_as_string;
 use tracing_chrome::ChromeLayerBuilder;
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 
-// This example can be run with `cargo run --package hyperlight_host --example chrome-tracing --release`
+// This example can be run with `cargo run --package hyperlight_host --example tracing-chrome --release`
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // set up tracer
     let (chrome_layer, _guard) = ChromeLayerBuilder::new().build();
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/examples/otlp_tracing/main.rs b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-otlp/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/hyperlight_host/examples/otlp_tracing/main.rs
rename to src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-otlp/main.rs
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/README.md b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..425c3d9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+This is an example of using the tracing-tracy tracing-subscriber. When ran, it will generate traces that can be viewed in the tracy profiler.
+
+You can run it with:
+
+```console
+TRACY_NO_EXIT=1 RUST_LOG=trace cargo run --package hyperlight-host --example tracing-tracy --profile release-with-debug
+```
+
+and then the client should show up in the profiler GUI:
+
+![pic of tracy profiler](image.png)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/image.png b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/image.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dd5791f7
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/image.png differ
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/main.rs b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b16c93bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/examples/tracing-tracy/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 The Hyperlight Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+use hyperlight_host::func::{ParameterValue, ReturnType, ReturnValue};
+use hyperlight_host::sandbox::uninitialized::UninitializedSandbox;
+use hyperlight_host::sandbox_state::sandbox::EvolvableSandbox;
+use hyperlight_host::sandbox_state::transition::Noop;
+use hyperlight_host::{GuestBinary, MultiUseSandbox, Result};
+use hyperlight_testing::simple_guest_as_string;
+use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
+use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
+
+// An example of how to get tracy tracing working with hyperlight.
+// Run with:
+// TRACY_NO_EXIT=1 RUST_LOG=trace cargo run --package hyperlight-host --example tracing-tracy --profile release-with-debug,
+// and then open the `tracy-profiler` GUI, and there should be an option to load the client created by this example.
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+            .with(tracing_tracy::TracyLayer::default()),
+    )
+    .expect("setup tracy layer");
+
+    let simple_guest_path =
+        simple_guest_as_string().expect("Cannot find the guest binary at the expected location.");
+
+    // Create a new sandbox.
+    let usandbox =
+        UninitializedSandbox::new(GuestBinary::FilePath(simple_guest_path), None, None, None)?;
+
+    let mut sbox = usandbox
+        .evolve(Noop::<UninitializedSandbox, MultiUseSandbox>::default())
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // do the function call
+    let current_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let res = sbox.call_guest_function_by_name(
+        "Echo",
+        ReturnType::String,
+        Some(vec![ParameterValue::String("Hello, World!".to_string())]),
+    )?;
+    let elapsed = current_time.elapsed();
+    println!("Function call finished in {:?}.", elapsed);
+    assert!(matches!(res, ReturnValue::String(s) if s == "Hello, World!"));
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/src/mem/shared_mem.rs b/src/hyperlight_host/src/mem/shared_mem.rs
index fe6ba8dd9..933918b4b 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/src/mem/shared_mem.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/src/mem/shared_mem.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ macro_rules! generate_writer {
     ($fname:ident, $ty:ty) => {
         /// Write a value of type `$ty` to the memory at the given offset.
         #[allow(dead_code)]
-        #[instrument(err(Debug), skip_all, parent = Span::current(), level= "Trace")]
         pub(crate) fn $fname(&mut self, offset: usize, value: $ty) -> Result<()> {
             let data = self.as_mut_slice();
             bounds_check!(offset, std::mem::size_of::<$ty>(), data.len());
@@ -586,8 +585,7 @@ impl ExclusiveSharedMemory {
     ///   the safety documentation of pointer::offset.
     ///
     ///   This is ensured by a check in ::new()
-    #[instrument(skip_all, parent = Span::current(), level= "Trace")]
-    pub(super) fn as_mut_slice<'a>(&'a mut self) -> &'a mut [u8] {
+    pub(super) fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
         unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.base_ptr(), self.mem_size()) }
     }
 
@@ -708,7 +706,6 @@ pub trait SharedMemory {
     /// Return the length of usable memory contained in `self`.
     /// The returned size does not include the size of the surrounding
     /// guard pages.
-    #[instrument(skip_all, parent = Span::current(), level= "Trace")]
     fn mem_size(&self) -> usize {
         self.region().size - 2 * PAGE_SIZE_USIZE
     }