diff --git a/test/bookshop/.cdsrc.json b/test/bookshop/.cdsrc.json
index 7b046bcf..842dfd24 100644
--- a/test/bookshop/.cdsrc.json
+++ b/test/bookshop/.cdsrc.json
@@ -75,17 +75,6 @@
       }
     }
   },
-  "[tracing-attributes]": {
-    "requires": {
-      "telemetry": {
-        "tracing": {
-          "exporter": {
-            "module": "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  },
   "[tracing-in-memory]": {
     "requires": {
       "telemetry": {
diff --git a/test/tracing-remote-cloudsdk.test.js b/test/tracing-remote-cloudsdk.test.js
index 4adfcede..16b5b79e 100644
--- a/test/tracing-remote-cloudsdk.test.js
+++ b/test/tracing-remote-cloudsdk.test.js
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 const cds = require('@sap/cds')
-const { expect } = cds.test(__dirname + '/bookshop', '--profile', 'tracing-attributes')
+const { expect } = cds.test(__dirname + '/bookshop', '--profile', 'tracing-in-memory')
 const http = require('http')
 
+// The tracing-in-memory profile (see test/bookshop/.cdsrc.json) configures
+// MyInMemorySpanExporter as the trace exporter. We read the captured ReadableSpan
+// objects directly out of its shared buffer — no console spy.
+const { captured, reset } = require('./bookshop/lib/MyInMemorySpanExporter')
+
 // Cloud SDK path: with @sap-cloud-sdk/http-client installed (as in the bookshop) and
 // cds.env.remote.native_fetch NOT set, CAP routes outbound remote calls through
 // getCloudSdk().executeHttpRequestWithOrigin(...). lib/tracing/cloud_sdk.js wraps that
 // export so the outbound call produces a @cap-js/telemetry CLIENT span carrying
 // the sap.btp.destination attribute.
 describe('tracing remote via cloud sdk', () => {
-  const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'dir')
-  beforeEach(log.mockClear)
+  beforeEach(reset)
 
-  const getSpans = () => log.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).filter(Boolean)
+  const getSpans = () => captured
   const getCapSpans = () => getSpans().filter(s => s.instrumentationScope?.name === '@cap-js/telemetry')
 
   let server, port
diff --git a/test/tracing-remote-native.test.js b/test/tracing-remote-native.test.js
index f930a5d8..857c5f19 100644
--- a/test/tracing-remote-native.test.js
+++ b/test/tracing-remote-native.test.js
@@ -3,19 +3,23 @@
 process.env.cds_remote_native__fetch = 'true'
 
 const cds = require('@sap/cds')
-const { expect } = cds.test(__dirname + '/bookshop', '--profile', 'tracing-attributes')
+const { expect } = cds.test(__dirname + '/bookshop', '--profile', 'tracing-in-memory')
 const http = require('http')
 
+// The tracing-in-memory profile (see test/bookshop/.cdsrc.json) configures
+// MyInMemorySpanExporter as the trace exporter. We read the captured ReadableSpan
+// objects directly out of its shared buffer — no console spy.
+const { captured, reset } = require('./bookshop/lib/MyInMemorySpanExporter')
+
 // Native fetch path: when cds.env.remote.native_fetch === true (or no cloud sdk is
 // installed), CAP routes outbound remote calls through native fetch, which is
 // instrumented by @opentelemetry/instrumentation-undici. The outbound span therefore
 // comes from that instrumentation scope (NOT @opentelemetry/instrumentation-http, and
 // NOT our cloud_sdk wrapper) and carries the standard http.* / url.* / server.* attributes.
 describe('tracing remote via native fetch', () => {
-  const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'dir')
-  beforeEach(log.mockClear)
+  beforeEach(reset)
 
-  const getSpans = () => log.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).filter(Boolean)
+  const getSpans = () => captured
 
   let server, port
 
diff --git a/test/tracing-span-names.test.js b/test/tracing-span-names.test.js
index 8ff39d39..73a30903 100644
--- a/test/tracing-span-names.test.js
+++ b/test/tracing-span-names.test.js
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 const cds = require('@sap/cds')
-const { expect, data } = cds.test(__dirname + '/bookshop', '--profile', 'tracing-attributes')
+const { expect, data } = cds.test(__dirname + '/bookshop', '--profile', 'tracing-in-memory')
 const http = require('http')
 
-describe('span names', () => {
-  beforeEach(data.reset)
+// The tracing-in-memory profile (see test/bookshop/.cdsrc.json) configures
+// MyInMemorySpanExporter as the trace exporter. We read the captured ReadableSpan
+// objects directly out of its shared buffer — no console spy.
+const { captured, reset } = require('./bookshop/lib/MyInMemorySpanExporter')
 
-  const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'dir')
-  beforeEach(log.mockClear)
+describe('span names', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    // data.reset is itself heavily traced (it runs DELETEs + INSERTs for the seed data) —
+    // run it first, THEN clear the buffer so the test only sees its own spans.
+    await data.reset()
+    reset()
+  })
 
-  const getSpans = () => log.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).filter(Boolean)
+  const getSpans = () => captured
 
   // Spans from our tracer only (excludes HTTP instrumentation spans)
   const getCapSpans = () => getSpans().filter(s => s.instrumentationScope?.name === '@cap-js/telemetry')