diff --git a/src/modules/proxy/forward.ts b/src/modules/proxy/forward.ts
index c4beb0e..683c9ee 100644
--- a/src/modules/proxy/forward.ts
+++ b/src/modules/proxy/forward.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Context } from 'hono';
+import { newTraceparent } from '../../shared/trace';
 
 const STRIP_HEADERS = ['x-user-id', 'x-user-roles', 'x-internal-token', 'host', 'content-length'];
 
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ export async function forward(c: Context, target: string, stripPrefix: string):
   url.search = new URL(c.req.url).search;
   const headers = new Headers(c.req.raw.headers);
   for (const h of STRIP_HEADERS) headers.delete(h);
+  // 网关是外部请求的第一跳：调用方没带 traceparent 就在这里补发一条，让下游一路 childOf 续链。
+  // 已有的绝不覆盖——那会把上游（浏览器/上级网关）已经开好的链从中间截断。
+  if (!headers.has('traceparent')) headers.set('traceparent', newTraceparent());
   const method = c.req.method;
   const init: RequestInit & { duplex?: 'half' } = { method, headers };
   if (method !== 'GET' && method !== 'HEAD') {
diff --git a/src/shared/trace.ts b/src/shared/trace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5edc1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/trace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
+
+const SHAPE = /^00-([0-9a-f]{32})-[0-9a-f]{16}-[0-9a-f]{2}$/;
+
+export function newTraceparent(): string {
+  return `00-${randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}-${randomBytes(8).toString('hex')}-01`;
+}
+
+export function childOf(parent?: string): string {
+  const m = parent ? SHAPE.exec(parent) : null;
+  if (!m) return newTraceparent();
+  return `00-${m[1]}-${randomBytes(8).toString('hex')}-01`;
+}