diff --git a/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_span.cpp b/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_span.cpp
index 11beb0f486a3..017e17f23abd 100644
--- a/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_span.cpp
+++ b/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_span.cpp
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ namespace NWilson {
     }
 
     void TSpan::Send() {
-        if (TlsActivationContext) {
-            TActivationContext::Send(new IEventHandle(MakeWilsonUploaderId(), {}, new TEvWilson(&Data->Span)));
-        }
+        Data->ActorSystem->Send(new IEventHandle(MakeWilsonUploaderId(), {}, new TEvWilson(&Data->Span)));
         Data->Sent = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_span.h b/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_span.h
index 93458ce1300e..9aa7900f1908 100644
--- a/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_span.h
+++ b/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_span.h
@@ -56,13 +56,17 @@ namespace NWilson {
             int UncaughtExceptions = std::uncaught_exceptions();
             bool Sent = false;
             bool Ignored = false;
+            NActors::TActorSystem* ActorSystem;
 
-            TData(TInstant startTime, ui64 startCycles, TTraceId traceId, TFlags flags)
+            TData(TInstant startTime, ui64 startCycles, TTraceId traceId, TFlags flags, NActors::TActorSystem* actorSystem)
                 : StartTime(startTime)
                 , StartCycles(startCycles)
                 , TraceId(std::move(traceId))
                 , Flags(flags)
-            {}
+                , ActorSystem(actorSystem != nullptr ? actorSystem : (NActors::TlsActivationContext ? NActors::TActivationContext::ActorSystem() : nullptr))
+            {
+                Y_ABORT_UNLESS(ActorSystem != nullptr, "Attempting to create NWilson::TSpan outside of actor system without providing actorSystem pointer");
+            }
 
             ~TData() {
                 Y_DEBUG_ABORT_UNLESS(Sent || Ignored);
@@ -76,9 +80,9 @@ namespace NWilson {
         TSpan(const TSpan&) = delete;
         TSpan(TSpan&&) = default;
 
-        TSpan(ui8 verbosity, TTraceId parentId, std::optional<TString> name, TFlags flags = EFlags::NONE)
+        TSpan(ui8 verbosity, TTraceId parentId, std::optional<TString> name, TFlags flags = EFlags::NONE, NActors::TActorSystem* actorSystem = nullptr)
             : Data(parentId
-                    ? std::make_unique<TData>(TInstant::Now(), GetCycleCount(), parentId.Span(verbosity), flags)
+                    ? std::make_unique<TData>(TInstant::Now(), GetCycleCount(), parentId.Span(verbosity), flags, actorSystem)
                     : nullptr)
         {
             if (Y_UNLIKELY(*this)) {
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ namespace NWilson {
                         Name(std::move(*name));
                     }
 
-                    Attribute("node_id", NActors::TActivationContext::ActorSystem()->NodeId);
+                    Attribute("node_id", Data->ActorSystem->NodeId);
                 } else {
                     Data->Ignored = true; // ignore this span due to verbosity mismatch, still allowing child spans to be created
                 }
@@ -228,6 +232,14 @@ namespace NWilson {
             return Data ? TTraceId(Data->TraceId) : TTraceId();
         }
 
+        NActors::TActorSystem* GetActorSystem() const {
+            return Data ? Data->ActorSystem : nullptr;
+        }
+
+        TSpan CreateChild(ui8 verbosity, std::optional<TString> name, TFlags flags = EFlags::NONE) const {
+            return TSpan(verbosity, GetTraceId(), std::move(name), flags, GetActorSystem());
+        }
+
     private:
         void Send();
 
diff --git a/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_trace.h b/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_trace.h
index 331218b9602d..2cba7e4bdabe 100644
--- a/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_trace.h
+++ b/ydb/library/actors/wilson/wilson_trace.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <util/random/random.h>
 #include <util/random/fast.h>
 
+#include <util/string/hex.h>
 #include <util/string/printf.h>
 
 #include <array>
@@ -222,6 +223,10 @@ namespace NWilson {
         const void *GetSpanIdPtr() const { return &SpanId; }
         static constexpr size_t GetSpanIdSize() { return sizeof(ui64); }
 
+        TString GetHexTraceId() const {
+            return HexEncode(GetTraceIdPtr(), GetTraceIdSize());
+        }
+
         void Validate() const {
             Y_DEBUG_ABORT_UNLESS(*this || !SpanId);
         }