diff --git a/atc/worker/artifact_source.go b/atc/worker/artifact_source.go
index 0ba500194..021b27e12 100644
--- a/atc/worker/artifact_source.go
+++ b/atc/worker/artifact_source.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"code.cloudfoundry.org/lager"
 	"github.com/concourse/concourse/atc/compression"
 	"github.com/concourse/concourse/atc/runtime"
+	"github.com/concourse/concourse/tracing"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 )
 
@@ -60,18 +61,26 @@ func (source *artifactSource) StreamTo(
 	logger lager.Logger,
 	destination ArtifactDestination,
 ) error {
+	ctx, span := tracing.StartSpan(ctx, "artifactSource.StreamTo", nil)
+	defer span.End()
+
+	_, outSpan := tracing.StartSpan(ctx, "volume.StreamOut", tracing.Attrs{
+		"origin-volume": source.volume.Handle(),
+		"origin-worker": source.volume.WorkerName(),
+	})
+	defer outSpan.End()
 	out, err := source.volume.StreamOut(ctx, ".", source.compression.Encoding())
+
 	if err != nil {
+		tracing.End(outSpan, err)
 		return err
 	}
 
 	defer out.Close()
 
 	err = destination.StreamIn(ctx, ".", source.compression.Encoding(), out)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+
+	return err
 }
 
 // TODO: figure out if we want logging before and after streams, I remove logger from private methods
diff --git a/atc/worker/image/image.go b/atc/worker/image/image.go
index cdc4421cb..fa498e73d 100644
--- a/atc/worker/image/image.go
+++ b/atc/worker/image/image.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package image
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"github.com/concourse/concourse/tracing"
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ func (i *imageProvidedByPreviousStepOnDifferentWorker) FetchForContainer(
 	logger lager.Logger,
 	container db.CreatingContainer,
 ) (worker.FetchedImage, error) {
+	ctx, span := tracing.StartSpan(ctx, "imageProvidedByPreviousStepOnDifferentWorker.FetchForContainer", tracing.Attrs{"container_id": container.Handle()})
+	defer span.End()
+
 	imageVolume, err := i.volumeClient.FindOrCreateVolumeForContainer(
 		logger,
 		worker.VolumeSpec{
diff --git a/atc/worker/volume.go b/atc/worker/volume.go
index ebb6f032f..36eafc102 100644
--- a/atc/worker/volume.go
+++ b/atc/worker/volume.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package worker
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"github.com/concourse/concourse/tracing"
 	"io"
 
 	"code.cloudfoundry.org/lager"
@@ -86,7 +87,15 @@ func (v *volume) SetPrivileged(privileged bool) error {
 }
 
 func (v *volume) StreamIn(ctx context.Context, path string, encoding baggageclaim.Encoding, tarStream io.Reader) error {
-	return v.bcVolume.StreamIn(ctx, path, encoding, tarStream)
+	_, span := tracing.StartSpan(ctx, "volume.StreamIn", tracing.Attrs{
+		"destination-volume": v.Handle(),
+		"destination-worker": v.WorkerName(),
+	})
+
+	err := v.bcVolume.StreamIn(ctx, path, encoding, tarStream)
+	tracing.End(span, err)
+
+	return err
 }
 
 func (v *volume) StreamOut(ctx context.Context, path string, encoding baggageclaim.Encoding) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
diff --git a/atc/worker/worker.go b/atc/worker/worker.go
index 84b23ec04..48d919d44 100644
--- a/atc/worker/worker.go
+++ b/atc/worker/worker.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/concourse/concourse/atc/resource"
 	"github.com/concourse/concourse/atc/runtime"
 	"github.com/concourse/concourse/atc/worker/gclient"
+	"github.com/concourse/concourse/tracing"
 	"github.com/cppforlife/go-semi-semantic/version"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
@@ -595,7 +596,15 @@ func (worker *gardenWorker) cloneRemoteVolumes(
 	container db.CreatingContainer,
 	nonLocals []mountableRemoteInput,
 ) ([]VolumeMount, error) {
+
 	mounts := make([]VolumeMount, len(nonLocals))
+	if len(nonLocals) <= 0 {
+		return mounts, nil
+	}
+
+	ctx, span := tracing.StartSpan(ctx, "worker.cloneRemoteVolumes", tracing.Attrs{"container_id": container.Handle()})
+	defer span.End()
+
 	g, groupCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 
 	for i, nonLocalInput := range nonLocals {
@@ -615,8 +624,8 @@ func (worker *gardenWorker) cloneRemoteVolumes(
 			return []VolumeMount{}, err
 		}
 		destData := lager.Data{
-			"dest-volume": inputVolume.Handle(),
-			"dest-worker": inputVolume.WorkerName(),
+			"destination-volume": inputVolume.Handle(),
+			"destination-worker": inputVolume.WorkerName(),
 		}
 
 		g.Go(func() error {
@@ -639,9 +648,7 @@ func (worker *gardenWorker) cloneRemoteVolumes(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if len(nonLocals) > 0 {
-		logger.Debug("streamed-non-local-volumes", lager.Data{"volumes-streamed": len(nonLocals)})
-	}
+	logger.Debug("streamed-non-local-volumes", lager.Data{"volumes-streamed": len(nonLocals)})
 
 	return mounts, nil
 }
diff --git a/release-notes/latest.md b/release-notes/latest.md
index 8559ccb95..9842bd94a 100644
--- a/release-notes/latest.md
+++ b/release-notes/latest.md
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ Currently the only API action that can be limited in this way is `ListAllJobs` -
 #### <sub><sup><a name="5222" href="#5222">:link:</a></sup></sub> feature
 
 * Proxy support for NewRelic emitter
+
+#### <sub><sup><a name="5572" href="#5572">:link:</a></sup></sub> feature
+
+* Add tracing to allow users and developers to observe volume streaming from source to destination volumes.  #5579
diff --git a/tracing/tracer.go b/tracing/tracer.go
index 3d41d88bd..5c8b3e900 100644
--- a/tracing/tracer.go
+++ b/tracing/tracer.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func End(span trace.Span, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		span.SetStatus(codes.Internal)
 		span.SetAttributes(
-			key.New("error").String(err.Error()),
+			key.New("error-message").String(err.Error()),
 		)
 	}