diff --git a/js/core/src/tracing/instrumentation.ts b/js/core/src/tracing/instrumentation.ts
index 9f68565518..b3d4585881 100644
--- a/js/core/src/tracing/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/js/core/src/tracing/instrumentation.ts
@@ -210,14 +210,15 @@ function recordPath(spanMeta: SpanMetadata, err?: any) {
   const paths = Array.from(
     traceMetadataAls.getStore()?.paths || new Set<PathMetadata>()
   );
-  if (!paths.some((p) => p.path.startsWith(path))) {
+  const status = err ? 'failure' : 'success';
+  if (!paths.some((p) => p.path.startsWith(path) && p.status === status)) {
     const now = performance.now();
     const start = traceMetadataAls.getStore()?.timestamp || now;
     traceMetadataAls.getStore()?.paths?.add({
       path: decoratedPath,
-      status: err ? 'failure' : 'success',
       error: err?.name,
       latency: now - start,
+      status,
     });
   }
   spanMeta.path = decoratedPath;
diff --git a/js/plugins/google-cloud/tests/metrics_test.ts b/js/plugins/google-cloud/tests/metrics_test.ts
index f3253c7ee8..658bfdfa08 100644
--- a/js/plugins/google-cloud/tests/metrics_test.ts
+++ b/js/plugins/google-cloud/tests/metrics_test.ts
@@ -481,6 +481,49 @@ describe('GoogleCloudMetrics', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('writes flow path failure metrics in subaction', async () => {
+    const flow = createFlow('testFlow', async () => {
+      const subPath1 = await run('sub-action-1', async () => {
+        const subPath2 = await run('sub-action-2', async () => {
+          return 'done';
+        });
+        return Promise.reject(new Error('failed'));
+      });
+      return 'done';
+    });
+
+    assert.rejects(async () => {
+      await runFlow(flow);
+    });
+
+    const reqPoints = await getCounterDataPoints('genkit/flow/path/requests');
+    const reqStatuses = reqPoints.map((p) => [
+      p.attributes.path,
+      p.attributes.status,
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(reqStatuses, [
+      [
+        '/{testFlow,t:flow}/{sub-action-1,t:flowStep}/{sub-action-2,t:flowStep}',
+        'success',
+      ],
+      ['/{testFlow,t:flow}/{sub-action-1,t:flowStep}', 'failure'],
+    ]);
+    const latencyPoints = await getHistogramDataPoints(
+      'genkit/flow/path/latency'
+    );
+    const latencyStatuses = latencyPoints.map((p) => [
+      p.attributes.path,
+      p.attributes.status,
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(latencyStatuses, [
+      [
+        '/{testFlow,t:flow}/{sub-action-1,t:flowStep}/{sub-action-2,t:flowStep}',
+        'success',
+      ],
+      ['/{testFlow,t:flow}/{sub-action-1,t:flowStep}', 'failure'],
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('writes flow path failure in sub-action metrics', async () => {
     const flow = createFlow('testFlow', async () => {
       const subPath1 = await run('sub-action-1', async () => {