diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/openai.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/openai.ts
index e1498db89e43..b172c6924300 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/openai.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/openai.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ const ORIGIN = 'auto.ai.orchestrion.openai';
 // Each instrumented `create` method maps to the gen_ai operation its span reports.
 const INSTRUMENTED_CHANNELS = [
   { channel: CHANNELS.OPENAI_CHAT, operation: 'chat' },
-  { channel: CHANNELS.OPENAI_RESPONSES, operation: 'chat' },
   { channel: CHANNELS.OPENAI_EMBEDDINGS, operation: 'embeddings' },
-  { channel: CHANNELS.OPENAI_CONVERSATIONS, operation: 'chat' },
 ] as const;
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/orchestrion/config/openai.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/orchestrion/config/openai.ts
index e8091003fc58..4d32e45cf2ca 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/orchestrion/config/openai.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/orchestrion/config/openai.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const openaiConfig = [
   })),
   // OpenAI responses API — same `create(body, options)` shape as chat completions.
   ...['resources/responses/responses.js', 'resources/responses/responses.mjs'].map(filePath => ({
-    channelName: 'responses',
+    channelName: 'chat',
     module: { name: 'openai', versionRange: '>=4.0.0 <7', filePath },
     functionQuery: { className: 'Responses', methodName: 'create', kind: 'Auto' as const },
   })),
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ export const openaiConfig = [
   })),
   // OpenAI conversations API — same `create(body, options)` shape as chat completions.
   ...['resources/conversations/conversations.js', 'resources/conversations/conversations.mjs'].map(filePath => ({
-    channelName: 'conversations',
+    channelName: 'chat',
     module: { name: 'openai', versionRange: '>=4.0.0 <7', filePath },
     functionQuery: { className: 'Conversations', methodName: 'create', kind: 'Auto' as const },
   })),
 ] satisfies InstrumentationConfig[];
 
 export const openaiChannels = {
+  // Chat completions, the responses API, and the conversations API all report a `chat` operation with
+  // identical span handling, so they share one channel.
   OPENAI_CHAT: 'orchestrion:openai:chat',
-  OPENAI_RESPONSES: 'orchestrion:openai:responses',
   OPENAI_EMBEDDINGS: 'orchestrion:openai:embeddings',
-  OPENAI_CONVERSATIONS: 'orchestrion:openai:conversations',
 } as const;