diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/RuntimeInit.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/RuntimeInit.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9f57f399efdc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/RuntimeInit.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.quarkus.runtime.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Marker annotation used to indicate that a recorder method is called during the runtime init phase
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
+@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+public @interface RuntimeInit {
+}
diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/StaticInit.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/StaticInit.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..90a3793ec2963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/StaticInit.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.quarkus.runtime.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Marker annotation used to indicate that a recorder method is called during the static init phase
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
+@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+public @interface StaticInit {
+}
diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryRecorder.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryRecorder.java
index 6598d2a15f0ac..0967428012cb2 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryRecorder.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import io.quarkus.arc.SyntheticCreationalContext;
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.config.runtime.OTelRuntimeConfig;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.Recorder;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RuntimeInit;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.StaticInit;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.configuration.DurationConverter;
 import io.smallrye.config.ConfigValue;
 import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfig;
@@ -30,23 +32,23 @@ public class OpenTelemetryRecorder {
 
     public static final String OPEN_TELEMETRY_DRIVER = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jdbc.OpenTelemetryDriver";
 
-    /* STATIC INIT */
+    @StaticInit
     public void resetGlobalOpenTelemetryForDevMode() {
         GlobalOpenTelemetry.resetForTest();
         GlobalEventEmitterProvider.resetForTest();
     }
 
-    /* RUNTIME INIT */
+    @RuntimeInit
     public void eagerlyCreateContextStorage() {
         ContextStorage.get();
     }
 
-    /* RUNTIME INIT */
+    @RuntimeInit
     public void storeVertxOnContextStorage(Supplier<Vertx> vertx) {
         QuarkusContextStorage.vertx = vertx.get();
     }
 
-    /* RUNTIME INIT */
+    @RuntimeInit
     public Function<SyntheticCreationalContext<OpenTelemetry>, OpenTelemetry> opentelemetryBean(
             OTelRuntimeConfig oTelRuntimeConfig) {
         return new Function<>() {
diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/TracerRecorder.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/TracerRecorder.java
index a0d5486ba0a3d..393aa22568fb1 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/TracerRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/TracerRecorder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.ResourceAttributes;
 import io.quarkus.arc.runtime.BeanContainer;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.Recorder;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.StaticInit;
 
 @Recorder
 public class TracerRecorder {
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ public class TracerRecorder {
     public static final Set<String> dropNonApplicationUriTargets = new HashSet<>();
     public static final Set<String> dropStaticResourceTargets = new HashSet<>();
 
-    /* STATIC INIT */
+    @StaticInit
     public void setAttributes(
             BeanContainer beanContainer,
             String quarkusVersion,
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public void setAttributes(
                 .getAttributes());
     }
 
-    /* STATIC INIT */
+    @StaticInit
     public void setupSampler(
             List<String> dropNonApplicationUris,
             List<String> dropStaticResources) {
diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/intrumentation/InstrumentationRecorder.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/intrumentation/InstrumentationRecorder.java
index debb921c7350b..11873ab929225 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/intrumentation/InstrumentationRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/intrumentation/InstrumentationRecorder.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.tracing.intrumentation.vertx.SqlClientInstrumenterVertxTracer;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.RuntimeValue;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.Recorder;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RuntimeInit;
 import io.vertx.core.VertxOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.metrics.MetricsOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.tracing.TracingOptions;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public InstrumentationRecorder(RuntimeValue<OTelRuntimeConfig> config) {
         this.config = config;
     }
 
-    /* RUNTIME INIT */
+    @RuntimeInit
     public Consumer<VertxOptions> getVertxTracingOptions() {
         TracingOptions tracingOptions = new TracingOptions()
                 .setFactory(FACTORY);
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ public Consumer<VertxOptions> getVertxTracingOptions() {
     }
 
     /* RUNTIME INIT */
+    @RuntimeInit
     public void setupVertxTracer(BeanContainer beanContainer, boolean sqlClientAvailable,
             boolean redisClientAvailable, final String semconvStability) {
         OpenTelemetry openTelemetry = beanContainer.beanInstance(OpenTelemetry.class);