diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3282477fd9..5a2a39a1bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 -   **pools** Ping Redis every 15 seconds
 -   **pools** Enable `test_before_acquire` on SQLx
 -   **pools** Decrease SQLx `idle_timeout` to 3 minutes
--   **pools** Set ClickHoue `idle_timeout` to 15 seconds
+-   **pools** Set ClickHouse `idle_timeout` to 15 seconds
+-   **api-helper** Box path futures for faster compile times
 
 ### Security
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 -   **api-helper** Remove excess logging
 -   `user_identity.identities` not getting purged on create & delete
 -   **Bolt** Error when applying Terraform when a plan is no longer required
+-   **api-helper** Instrument path futures
 
 ## [23.2.0-rc.1] - 2023-12-01
 
diff --git a/lib/api-helper/build/src/start.rs b/lib/api-helper/build/src/start.rs
index 3ad6772822..fed273fc4a 100644
--- a/lib/api-helper/build/src/start.rs
+++ b/lib/api-helper/build/src/start.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ where
 						}
 					},
 					Err(err) => {
-						tracing::error!(?err, "http error");
+						tracing::error!(?err, "tokio spawn error");
 						return Ok(Response::builder()
 							.status(http::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
 							.body(Body::empty())?);
diff --git a/lib/api-helper/macros/src/lib.rs b/lib/api-helper/macros/src/lib.rs
index adf02ddcbf..9bc6ed97b8 100644
--- a/lib/api-helper/macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/api-helper/macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ impl EndpointRouter {
 				};
 
 				quote! {
-					.try_or_else(|| async {
+					.try_or_else(|| rivet_operation::prelude::futures_util::FutureExt::boxed(tracing::Instrument::in_current_span(async {
 						router_config.prefix = #mount_prefix;
 
 						#mount_path::__inner(
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ impl EndpointRouter {
 						)
 						.await
 						.map(std::convert::Into::into)
-					}).await?
+					}))).await?
 				}
 			})
 			.collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ impl EndpointRouter {
 			pub struct Router;
 			impl Router {
 				#[doc(hidden)]
+				#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 				pub async fn __inner(
 					shared_client: chirp_client::SharedClientHandle,
 					pools: rivet_pools::Pools,
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ impl EndpointRouter {
 					Ok(body.into())
 				}
 
+				#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 				pub async fn handle(
 					shared_client: chirp_client::SharedClientHandle,
 					pools: rivet_pools::Pools,
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ impl Endpoint {
 			.collect::<syn::Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
 
 		Ok(quote! {
-			.try_or_else(|| async {
+			.try_or_else(|| rivet_operation::prelude::futures_util::FutureExt::boxed(tracing::Instrument::in_current_span(async {
 				// Unreverse path segments (they are stored in reverse)
 				let mut path_segments = router_config
 					.path_segments
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@ impl Endpoint {
 				} else {
 					Ok(__AsyncOption::None)
 				}
-			}).await?
+			}))).await?
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -931,7 +933,7 @@ impl EndpointFunction {
 					tokio::sync::oneshot::channel::<(http::StatusCode, String)>();
 				tokio::task::Builder::new()
 					.name("api_helper::req_metrics_drop")
-					.spawn(async move {
+					.spawn(rivet_operation::prelude::futures_util::FutureExt::boxed(tracing::Instrument::in_current_span(async move {
 						// Wait for the request to complete or be
 						// cancelled
 						let complete_msg = metrics_complete_rx.await;
@@ -969,7 +971,7 @@ impl EndpointFunction {
 								])
 								.inc();
 						}
-					})?;
+					})))?;
 
 				let fut = #path(ctx, #(#arg_list),*);
 				let timeout = ::tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(50);