diff --git a/example/asyncio/aioclient.py b/example/asyncio/aioclient.py
index 8439adb1..d1db3eca 100644
--- a/example/asyncio/aioclient.py
+++ b/example/asyncio/aioclient.py
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 import aiohttp
 import asyncio
 
-from instana.singletons import async_tracer, agent
+from instana.singletons import async_tracer
+
 
 async def test():
     while True:
-        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        await asyncio.sleep(2)
         with async_tracer.start_active_span('JobRunner'):
             async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-                    async with session.get("http://localhost:5102/?secret=iloveyou") as response:
+                    # aioserver exposes /, /401, /500 & /publish (via asynqp)
+                    async with session.get("http://localhost:5102/publish?secret=iloveyou") as response:
                         print(response.status)
 
 
diff --git a/example/asyncio/aioserver.py b/example/asyncio/aioserver.py
index e3c0aed1..3b8cea81 100644
--- a/example/asyncio/aioserver.py
+++ b/example/asyncio/aioserver.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 else:
     RABBITMQ_HOST = "localhost"
 
-class RabbitUtil():
 
+class RabbitUtil():
     def __init__(self, loop):
         self.loop = loop
         self.loop.run_until_complete(self.connect())
diff --git a/example/xmlrpc/rpcclient.py b/example/xmlrpc/rpcclient.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99905332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/xmlrpc/rpcclient.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import xmlrpc.client
+
+import time
+import opentracing
+
+while True:
+    time.sleep(2)
+    with opentracing.tracer.start_active_span('RPCJobRunner') as rscope:
+        rscope.span.set_tag("span.kind", "entry")
+        rscope.span.set_tag("http.url", "http://jobkicker.instana.com/runrpcjob")
+        rscope.span.set_tag("http.method", "GET")
+        rscope.span.set_tag("http.params", "secret=iloveyou")
+
+        with opentracing.tracer.start_active_span("RPCClient") as scope:
+            scope.span.set_tag("span.kind", "exit")
+            scope.span.set_tag("rpc.host", "rpc-api.instana.com:8261")
+            scope.span.set_tag("rpc.call", "dance")
+
+            carrier = dict()
+            opentracing.tracer.inject(scope.span.context, opentracing.Format.HTTP_HEADERS, carrier)
+
+            with xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy("http://localhost:8261/") as proxy:
+
+                result = proxy.dance("NOW!", carrier)
+                scope.span.set_tag("result", result)
+
+        rscope.span.set_tag("http.status_code", 200)
diff --git a/example/xmlrpc/rpcserver.py b/example/xmlrpc/rpcserver.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21d5f998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/xmlrpc/rpcserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCServer
+
+import opentracing
+
+
+def dance(payload, carrier):
+    ctx = opentracing.tracer.extract(opentracing.Format.HTTP_HEADERS, carrier)
+
+    with opentracing.tracer.start_active_span('RPCServer', child_of=ctx) as scope:
+        scope.span.set_tag("span.kind", "entry")
+        scope.span.set_tag("rpc.call", "dance")
+        scope.span.set_tag("rpc.host", "rpc-api.instana.com:8261")
+
+        return "♪┏(°.°)┛┗(°.°)┓%s┗(°.°)┛┏(°.°)┓ ♪" % str(payload)
+
+
+server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8261))
+print("Listening on port 8261...")
+server.register_function(dance, "dance")
+server.serve_forever()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_asynqp.py b/tests/test_asynqp.py
index 5ed81c4d..69d58590 100644
--- a/tests/test_asynqp.py
+++ b/tests/test_asynqp.py
@@ -87,13 +87,39 @@ def test():
         self.assertTrue(type(rabbitmq_span.stack) is list)
         self.assertGreater(len(rabbitmq_span.stack), 0)
 
+    def test_many_publishes(self):
+        @asyncio.coroutine
+        def test():
+            @asyncio.coroutine
+            def publish_a_bunch(msg):
+                for _ in range(20):
+                    self.exchange.publish(msg, 'routing.key')
+
+            with async_tracer.start_active_span('test'):
+                msg = asynqp.Message({'hello': 'world'})
+                yield from publish_a_bunch(msg)
+
+                for _ in range(10):
+                    msg = yield from self.queue.get()
+                    self.assertIsNotNone(msg)
+
+        self.loop.run_until_complete(test())
+
+        spans = self.recorder.queued_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(31, len(spans))
+
+        trace_id = spans[0].t
+        for span in spans:
+            self.assertEqual(span.t, trace_id)
+
+        self.assertIsNone(async_tracer.active_span)
+
     def test_get(self):
         @asyncio.coroutine
         def publish():
             with async_tracer.start_active_span('test'):
                 msg1 = asynqp.Message({'consume': 'this'})
                 self.exchange.publish(msg1, 'routing.key')
-                asyncio.sleep(0.5)
                 msg = yield from self.queue.get()
                 self.assertIsNotNone(msg)