diff --git a/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/src/core/api/RequestProcessingEngine.cpp b/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/src/core/api/RequestProcessingEngine.cpp
index 0807e0659..24652d3e4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/src/core/api/RequestProcessingEngine.cpp
+++ b/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/src/core/api/RequestProcessingEngine.cpp
@@ -104,15 +104,13 @@ APPD_SDK_STATUS_CODE RequestProcessingEngine::endRequest(
 
     // check for error and set attribute in the scopedSpan.
     if (error) {
-        std::string errorStatus;
         std::stringstream strValue;
         unsigned int errorValue;
 
         strValue << error;
         strValue >> errorValue;
 
-        strValue << kHttpErrorCode + error; // This is status message eg: HTTP ERROR CODE:403
-        strValue >> errorStatus;
+        std::string errorStatus (kHttpErrorCode + error); // This is status message eg: HTTP ERROR CODE:403
 
         if (errorValue >= HTTP_ERROR_1XX &&   errorValue < HTTP_ERROR_4XX ) {
             rootSpan->SetStatus(StatusCode::Unset);
diff --git a/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/test/unit/RequestProcessingEngine_test.cpp b/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/test/unit/RequestProcessingEngine_test.cpp
index 3eeda9e8b..c8207fbba 100644
--- a/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/test/unit/RequestProcessingEngine_test.cpp
+++ b/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/test/unit/RequestProcessingEngine_test.cpp
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ TEST(TestRequestProcessingEngine, EndRequest)
 	EXPECT_CALL(*getMockSpan(interactionSpan1), End()).
 	Times(1);
 
-	EXPECT_CALL(*getMockSpan(rootSpan), SetStatus(appd::core::sdkwrapper::StatusCode::Error, "error_msg")).Times(1);
+	EXPECT_CALL(*getMockSpan(rootSpan), SetStatus(appd::core::sdkwrapper::StatusCode::Error, "HTTP ERROR CODE:403")).Times(1);
 	
 	EXPECT_CALL(*getMockSpan(rootSpan), End()).
 	Times(1);
 
-	auto res = engine.endRequest(rContext, "error_msg");
+	auto res = engine.endRequest(rContext, "403");
 	EXPECT_EQ(res, APPD_SUCCESS);
 }
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ TEST(TestRequestProcessingEngine, EndRequestInvalidParams)
 	engine.init(config,spanNamer);
 	auto* sdkWrapper = engine.getMockSdkWrapper();
 	ASSERT_TRUE(sdkWrapper);
-	auto res = engine.endRequest(nullptr, "error msg");
+	auto res = engine.endRequest(nullptr, "403");
 	EXPECT_EQ(res, APPD_STATUS(fail));
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/test/unit/mocks/mock_sdkwrapper.h b/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/test/unit/mocks/mock_sdkwrapper.h
index 51443d232..7f9ee9dc5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/test/unit/mocks/mock_sdkwrapper.h
+++ b/instrumentation/otel-webserver-module/test/unit/mocks/mock_sdkwrapper.h
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ class MockScopedSpan : public appd::core::sdkwrapper::IScopedSpan
        (const appd::core::sdkwrapper::StatusCode code,
         const std::string& desc),
        (override));
+
+    MOCK_METHOD(appd::core::sdkwrapper::SpanKind,  GetSpanKind,
+        (),
+        (override));
 };
 
 // TODO : General MOCK_METHOD command is giving some unexpected errors. Revisit later