diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/cli.rs b/src/bin/cargo/cli.rs
index 6807985278e6..be6e8376eea5 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/cli.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/cli.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::command_prelude::*;
 use crate::util::is_rustup;
 use cargo::util::style;
 
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn main(config: &mut LazyConfig) -> CliResult {
     let args = cli().try_get_matches()?;
 
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ fn add_ssl(version_string: &mut String) {
 /// [`GlobalArgs`] need to be extracted before expanding aliases because the
 /// clap code for extracting a subcommand discards global options
 /// (appearing before the subcommand).
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 fn expand_aliases(
     config: &mut Config,
     args: ArgMatches,
@@ -363,6 +365,7 @@ For more information, see issue #12207 <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issue
     Ok((args, GlobalArgs::default()))
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 fn config_configure(
     config: &mut Config,
     args: &ArgMatches,
@@ -443,6 +446,7 @@ impl Exec {
         }
     }
 
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     fn exec(self, config: &mut Config, subcommand_args: &ArgMatches) -> CliResult {
         match self {
             Self::Builtin(exec) => exec(config, subcommand_args),
@@ -514,6 +518,7 @@ impl GlobalArgs {
     }
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn cli() -> Command {
     let usage = if is_rustup() {
         color_print::cstr!("<cyan,bold>cargo</> <cyan>[+toolchain] [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]</>\n       <cyan,bold>cargo</> <cyan>[+toolchain] [OPTIONS]</> <cyan,bold>-Zscript</> <cyan><<MANIFEST_RS>> [ARGS]...</>")
diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/main.rs b/src/bin/cargo/main.rs
index 93149d21e4f3..42d201d99333 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/main.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn setup_logger() -> Option<tracing_chrome::FlushGuard> {
         .with_filter(env);
 
     let (profile_layer, profile_guard) =
-        #[allow(clippy::disallowed_methods)]
+        #![allow(clippy::disallowed_methods)]
         if env_to_bool(std::env::var_os("_CARGO_LOG_PROFILE").as_deref()) {
             let capture_args =
                 env_to_bool(std::env::var_os("_CARGO_LOG_PROFILE_CAPTURE_ARGS").as_deref());
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ fn search_directories(config: &Config) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
 }
 
 /// Initialize libgit2.
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 fn init_git(config: &Config) {
     // Disabling the owner validation in git can, in theory, lead to code execution
     // vulnerabilities. However, libgit2 does not launch executables, which is the foundation of
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/context/mod.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/context/mod.rs
index 3aedf515cc7b..f5be089e8615 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/context/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/context/mod.rs
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ impl<'a, 'cfg> Context<'a, 'cfg> {
             .map(|output| output.bin_dst().clone()))
     }
 
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn prepare_units(&mut self) -> CargoResult<()> {
         let dest = self.bcx.profiles.get_dir_name();
         let host_layout = Layout::new(self.bcx.ws, None, &dest)?;
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ impl<'a, 'cfg> Context<'a, 'cfg> {
 
     /// Prepare this context, ensuring that all filesystem directories are in
     /// place.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn prepare(&mut self) -> CargoResult<()> {
         let _p = profile::start("preparing layout");
 
@@ -451,6 +453,7 @@ impl<'a, 'cfg> Context<'a, 'cfg> {
 
     /// Check if any output file name collision happens.
     /// See <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/6313> for more.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     fn check_collisions(&self) -> CargoResult<()> {
         let mut output_collisions = HashMap::new();
         let describe_collision = |unit: &Unit, other_unit: &Unit, path: &PathBuf| -> String {
@@ -633,6 +636,7 @@ impl<'a, 'cfg> Context<'a, 'cfg> {
     /// If the current crate has reverse-dependencies, such a Check unit should exist, and so
     /// we use that crate's metadata. If not, we use the crate's Doc unit so at least examples
     /// scraped from the current crate can be used when documenting the current crate.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn compute_metadata_for_doc_units(&mut self) {
         for unit in self.bcx.unit_graph.keys() {
             if !unit.mode.is_doc() && !unit.mode.is_doc_scrape() {
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/job_queue/mod.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/job_queue/mod.rs
index 79ea60dfd49a..0db447d3a7f3 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/job_queue/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/job_queue/mod.rs
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ impl<'cfg> JobQueue<'cfg> {
     /// This function will spawn off `config.jobs()` workers to build all of the
     /// necessary dependencies, in order. Freshness is propagated as far as
     /// possible along each dependency chain.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn execute(mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_, '_>, plan: &mut BuildPlan) -> CargoResult<()> {
         let _p = profile::start("executing the job graph");
         self.queue.queue_finished();
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
index 19a77173e922..0f496330e4c6 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ impl Executor for DefaultExecutor {
 /// Note that **no actual work is executed as part of this**, that's all done
 /// next as part of [`JobQueue::execute`] function which will run everything
 /// in order with proper parallelism.
+#[tracing::instrument(skip(cx, jobs, plan, exec))]
 fn compile<'cfg>(
     cx: &mut Context<'_, 'cfg>,
     jobs: &mut JobQueue<'cfg>,
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/unit_dependencies.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/unit_dependencies.rs
index e2a237d339ec..39c926609807 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/unit_dependencies.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/unit_dependencies.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ impl IsArtifact {
 /// Then entry point for building a dependency graph of compilation units.
 ///
 /// You can find some information for arguments from doc of [`State`].
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn build_unit_dependencies<'a, 'cfg>(
     ws: &'a Workspace<'cfg>,
     package_set: &'a PackageSet<'cfg>,
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/global_cache_tracker.rs b/src/cargo/core/global_cache_tracker.rs
index 21f9b31c3ca2..75e656b90a05 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/global_cache_tracker.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/global_cache_tracker.rs
@@ -1567,6 +1567,7 @@ impl DeferredGlobalLastUse {
     /// Saves all of the deferred information to the database.
     ///
     /// This will also clear the state of `self`.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn save(&mut self, tracker: &mut GlobalCacheTracker) -> CargoResult<()> {
         let _p = crate::util::profile::start("saving last-use data");
         trace!(target: "gc", "saving last-use data");
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/package.rs b/src/cargo/core/package.rs
index 8675b0ab2523..d59b000e6f11 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/package.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/package.rs
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ impl<'cfg> PackageSet<'cfg> {
     }
 
     /// Downloads any packages accessible from the give root ids.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn download_accessible(
         &self,
         resolve: &Resolve,
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/resolver/features.rs b/src/cargo/core/resolver/features.rs
index f1c2aebcc98e..c05b7b1d886d 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/resolver/features.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/resolver/features.rs
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ pub struct FeatureResolver<'a, 'cfg> {
 impl<'a, 'cfg> FeatureResolver<'a, 'cfg> {
     /// Runs the resolution algorithm and returns a new [`ResolvedFeatures`]
     /// with the result.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn resolve(
         ws: &Workspace<'cfg>,
         target_data: &'a mut RustcTargetData<'cfg>,
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/resolver/mod.rs b/src/cargo/core/resolver/mod.rs
index 4b12f2cf32cc..5a8d96edfb44 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/resolver/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/resolver/mod.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ mod version_prefs;
 ///
 /// * `config` - a location to print warnings and such, or `None` if no warnings
 ///   should be printed
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn resolve(
     summaries: &[(Summary, ResolveOpts)],
     replacements: &[(PackageIdSpec, Dependency)],
diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_compile/mod.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_compile/mod.rs
index 04ebe7db1e48..a97149d1f34f 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_compile/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_compile/mod.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ pub fn compile_with_exec<'a>(
 }
 
 /// Like [`compile_with_exec`] but without warnings from manifest parsing.
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn compile_ws<'a>(
     ws: &Workspace<'a>,
     options: &CompileOptions,
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ pub fn print<'a>(
 ///
 /// For how it works and what data it collects,
 /// please see the [module-level documentation](self).
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn create_bcx<'a, 'cfg>(
     ws: &'a Workspace<'cfg>,
     options: &'a CompileOptions,
diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/lockfile.rs b/src/cargo/ops/lockfile.rs
index 2160b6f01541..e14d9f9e9a1d 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/lockfile.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/lockfile.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::util::Filesystem;
 
 use anyhow::Context as _;
 
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn load_pkg_lockfile(ws: &Workspace<'_>) -> CargoResult<Option<Resolve>> {
     let lock_root = lock_root(ws);
     if !lock_root.as_path_unlocked().join("Cargo.lock").exists() {
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ pub fn resolve_to_string(ws: &Workspace<'_>, resolve: &mut Resolve) -> CargoResu
     Ok(out)
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn write_pkg_lockfile(ws: &Workspace<'_>, resolve: &mut Resolve) -> CargoResult<()> {
     let (orig, mut out, lock_root) = resolve_to_string_orig(ws, resolve);
 
diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/resolve.rs b/src/cargo/ops/resolve.rs
index b00dc15004ea..5d0714bab8eb 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/resolve.rs
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ pub fn resolve_ws_with_opts<'cfg>(
     })
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 fn resolve_with_registry<'cfg>(
     ws: &Workspace<'cfg>,
     registry: &mut PackageRegistry<'cfg>,
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ fn resolve_with_registry<'cfg>(
 ///
 /// If `register_patches` is true, then entries from the `[patch]` table in
 /// the manifest will be added to the given `PackageRegistry`.
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn resolve_with_previous<'cfg>(
     registry: &mut PackageRegistry<'cfg>,
     ws: &Workspace<'cfg>,
@@ -536,6 +538,7 @@ pub fn resolve_with_previous<'cfg>(
 
 /// Read the `paths` configuration variable to discover all path overrides that
 /// have been configured.
+#[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn add_overrides<'a>(
     registry: &mut PackageRegistry<'a>,
     ws: &Workspace<'a>,
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/command_prelude.rs b/src/cargo/util/command_prelude.rs
index b0584fb63787..29d4658756d3 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/command_prelude.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/command_prelude.rs
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ pub trait ArgMatchesExt {
         root_manifest(self._value_of("manifest-path").map(Path::new), config)
     }
 
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     fn workspace<'a>(&self, config: &'a Config) -> CargoResult<Workspace<'a>> {
         let root = self.root_manifest(config)?;
         let mut ws = Workspace::new(&root, config)?;
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
index 901357dbc595..ac531cd6f7bb 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
@@ -1917,6 +1917,7 @@ impl Config {
     /// Locks are usually acquired via [`Config::acquire_package_cache_lock`]
     /// or [`Config::try_acquire_package_cache_lock`].
     #[track_caller]
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn assert_package_cache_locked<'a>(
         &self,
         mode: CacheLockMode,
@@ -1937,6 +1938,7 @@ impl Config {
     ///
     /// See [`crate::util::cache_lock`] for an in-depth discussion of locking
     /// and lock modes.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn acquire_package_cache_lock(&self, mode: CacheLockMode) -> CargoResult<CacheLock<'_>> {
         self.package_cache_lock.lock(self, mode)
     }
@@ -1946,6 +1948,7 @@ impl Config {
     ///
     /// See [`crate::util::cache_lock`] for an in-depth discussion of locking
     /// and lock modes.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn try_acquire_package_cache_lock(
         &self,
         mode: CacheLockMode,
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
index f4c3b9034c7f..b35a4002e824 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use self::targets::targets;
 /// within the manifest. For virtual manifests, these paths can only
 /// come from patched or replaced dependencies. These paths are not
 /// canonicalized.
+#[tracing::instrument(skip(config))]
 pub fn read_manifest(
     path: &Path,
     source_id: SourceId,