diff --git a/apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.test.ts b/apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.test.ts
index 5f42eff..af13334 100644
--- a/apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web-next/src/server/bind-production.test.ts
@@ -160,44 +160,48 @@ describe("bindAll instrumentation orthogonality (Rule 0, R47)", () => {
     vi.unstubAllEnvs();
   });
 
+  // In the mock setup above, bindSentryInstrumentation is an alias that points
+  // to the same spy as bindOtelInstrumentation. Assertions against either name
+  // verify the same call, which also validates the deprecation alias is wired.
+
   it("DSN absent → bindNoopInstrumentation regardless of NODE_ENV (R48)", async () => {
     vi.stubEnv("WEB_NEXT_SENTRY_DSN", "");
     vi.stubEnv("NODE_ENV", "production");
     const { bindAll } = await import("./bind-production");
-    const { bindNoopInstrumentation, bindSentryInstrumentation } = await import(
+    const { bindNoopInstrumentation, bindOtelInstrumentation } = await import(
       "@repo/core-shared/instrumentation"
     );
 
     await bindAll();
 
     expect(bindNoopInstrumentation).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-    expect(bindSentryInstrumentation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(bindOtelInstrumentation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("DSN set → bindSentryInstrumentation regardless of NODE_ENV", async () => {
+  it("DSN set → bindOtelInstrumentation regardless of NODE_ENV", async () => {
     vi.stubEnv("WEB_NEXT_SENTRY_DSN", "https://x@y/1");
     vi.stubEnv("NODE_ENV", "development");
     const { bindAll } = await import("./bind-production");
-    const { bindNoopInstrumentation, bindSentryInstrumentation } = await import(
+    const { bindNoopInstrumentation, bindOtelInstrumentation } = await import(
       "@repo/core-shared/instrumentation"
     );
 
     await bindAll();
 
-    expect(bindSentryInstrumentation).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(bindOtelInstrumentation).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(bindNoopInstrumentation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("Sentry instrumentation works alongside dev seed (USE_DEV_SEED=true)", async () => {
+  it("OTel instrumentation works alongside dev seed (USE_DEV_SEED=true)", async () => {
     vi.stubEnv("USE_DEV_SEED", "true");
     vi.stubEnv("WEB_NEXT_SENTRY_DSN", "https://x@y/1");
     const { bindAll } = await import("./bind-production");
-    const { bindSentryInstrumentation } = await import("@repo/core-shared/instrumentation");
+    const { bindOtelInstrumentation } = await import("@repo/core-shared/instrumentation");
     const { bindDevSeedBlog } = await import("@repo/blog/di/bind-dev-seed");
 
     await bindAll();
 
-    expect(bindSentryInstrumentation).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(bindOtelInstrumentation).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(bindDevSeedBlog).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/core-shared/src/instrumentation/otel/init-server-node.ts b/packages/core-shared/src/instrumentation/otel/init-server-node.ts
index b3e6416..b2f0ba8 100644
--- a/packages/core-shared/src/instrumentation/otel/init-server-node.ts
+++ b/packages/core-shared/src/instrumentation/otel/init-server-node.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,15 @@ export function initOtelServerNode(opts: InitOtelServerNodeOpts): NodeSDK {
 
   // PiiScrubSpanProcessor runs FIRST so the Sentry exporter never sees raw PII.
   const spanProcessors = bridge.spanProcessor
-    ? [new PiiScrubSpanProcessor(), new BatchSpanProcessor(bridge.spanProcessor as never)]
+    ? [
+        new PiiScrubSpanProcessor(),
+        // `as never` works around a TypeScript version conflict: `core-shared`'s direct
+        // dep on `@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base@1.30.1` has subtly incompatible types
+        // vs the 1.28.0 bundled by `sdk-node@0.55.0`. The runtime objects are compatible;
+        // the structural mismatch is type-only. Phase 1 implementer chose this rather than
+        // constraining sdk-trace-base to 1.28.x to avoid losing future bug fixes.
+        new BatchSpanProcessor(bridge.spanProcessor as never),
+      ]
     : [new PiiScrubSpanProcessor()];
 
   // PiiScrubLogRecordProcessor runs FIRST for the same reason.
diff --git a/packages/core-testing/src/setup/no-instrumentation.ts b/packages/core-testing/src/setup/no-instrumentation.ts
index aee602a..8d2752b 100644
--- a/packages/core-testing/src/setup/no-instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/core-testing/src/setup/no-instrumentation.ts
@@ -91,11 +91,7 @@ vi.mock("@sentry/opentelemetry", () => ({
     forceFlush() { return Promise.resolve(); }
     shutdown() { return Promise.resolve(); }
   },
-  SentryLogRecordProcessor: class {
-    onEmit() {}
-    forceFlush() { return Promise.resolve(); }
-    shutdown() { return Promise.resolve(); }
-  },
+  // SentryLogRecordProcessor does NOT exist in @sentry/opentelemetry v10 — omitted.
   // No-op Sentry.init wrapper used by sentry-bridge.ts
   init: vi.fn(),
 }));