diff --git a/model-engine/model_engine_server/common/datadog_utils.py b/model-engine/model_engine_server/common/datadog_utils.py
index 3e3513cb7..5707d964c 100644
--- a/model-engine/model_engine_server/common/datadog_utils.py
+++ b/model-engine/model_engine_server/common/datadog_utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
 from ddtrace import tracer
 
 
-def add_trace_request_id(request_id: str):
+def add_trace_request_id(request_id: Optional[str]):
     """Adds a custom tag to a given dd trace corresponding to the request id
     so that we can filter in Datadog easier
     """
+    if not request_id:
+        return
+
     current_span = tracer.current_span()
     if current_span:
         current_span.set_tag("launch.request_id", request_id)
diff --git a/model-engine/model_engine_server/common/dtos/llms.py b/model-engine/model_engine_server/common/dtos/llms.py
index fc531c1f7..6e991e45e 100644
--- a/model-engine/model_engine_server/common/dtos/llms.py
+++ b/model-engine/model_engine_server/common/dtos/llms.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class CompletionSyncV1Response(BaseModel):
     Response object for a synchronous prompt completion task.
     """
 
-    request_id: str
+    request_id: Optional[str]
     output: Optional[CompletionOutput] = None
 
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class CompletionStreamV1Response(BaseModel):
     Response object for a stream prompt completion task.
     """
 
-    request_id: str
+    request_id: Optional[str]
     output: Optional[CompletionStreamOutput] = None
     error: Optional[StreamError] = None
     """Error of the response (if any)."""
diff --git a/model-engine/model_engine_server/domain/use_cases/llm_model_endpoint_use_cases.py b/model-engine/model_engine_server/domain/use_cases/llm_model_endpoint_use_cases.py
index 359c525b1..dcf0d0d26 100644
--- a/model-engine/model_engine_server/domain/use_cases/llm_model_endpoint_use_cases.py
+++ b/model-engine/model_engine_server/domain/use_cases/llm_model_endpoint_use_cases.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import os
 from dataclasses import asdict
 from typing import Any, AsyncIterable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
-from uuid import uuid4
 
 from model_engine_server.common.config import hmi_config
 from model_engine_server.common.dtos.llms import (
@@ -35,7 +34,12 @@
 from model_engine_server.common.dtos.tasks import SyncEndpointPredictV1Request, TaskStatus
 from model_engine_server.common.resource_limits import validate_resource_requests
 from model_engine_server.core.auth.authentication_repository import User
-from model_engine_server.core.loggers import logger_name, make_logger
+from model_engine_server.core.loggers import (
+    LoggerTagKey,
+    LoggerTagManager,
+    logger_name,
+    make_logger,
+)
 from model_engine_server.domain.entities import (
     LLMInferenceFramework,
     LLMMetadata,
@@ -1448,7 +1452,7 @@ async def execute(
             ObjectNotAuthorizedException: If the owner does not own the model endpoint.
         """
 
-        request_id = str(uuid4())
+        request_id = LoggerTagManager.get(LoggerTagKey.REQUEST_ID)
         add_trace_request_id(request_id)
 
         model_endpoints = await self.llm_model_endpoint_service.list_llm_model_endpoints(
@@ -1736,7 +1740,7 @@ async def execute(
             ObjectNotAuthorizedException: If the owner does not own the model endpoint.
         """
 
-        request_id = str(uuid4())
+        request_id = LoggerTagManager.get(LoggerTagKey.REQUEST_ID)
         add_trace_request_id(request_id)
 
         model_endpoints = await self.llm_model_endpoint_service.list_llm_model_endpoints(
diff --git a/model-engine/tests/unit/domain/test_llm_use_cases.py b/model-engine/tests/unit/domain/test_llm_use_cases.py
index c4fbb31f6..31a579a6f 100644
--- a/model-engine/tests/unit/domain/test_llm_use_cases.py
+++ b/model-engine/tests/unit/domain/test_llm_use_cases.py
@@ -948,7 +948,6 @@ async def test_completion_stream_use_case_success(
     output_texts = ["I", " am", " a", " new", "bie", ".", "I am a newbie."]
     i = 0
     async for message in response_1:
-        assert message.dict()["request_id"]
         assert message.dict()["output"]["text"] == output_texts[i]
         if i == 6:
             assert message.dict()["output"]["num_prompt_tokens"] == 7
@@ -1016,7 +1015,6 @@ async def test_completion_stream_text_generation_inference_use_case_success(
     output_texts = ["I", " am", " a", " new", "bie", ".", "I am a newbie."]
     i = 0
     async for message in response_1:
-        assert message.dict()["request_id"]
         assert message.dict()["output"]["text"] == output_texts[i]
         if i == 5:
             assert message.dict()["output"]["num_prompt_tokens"] == 7
@@ -1079,7 +1077,6 @@ async def test_completion_stream_trt_llm_use_case_success(
     output_texts = ["Machine", "learning", "is", "a", "branch"]
     i = 0
     async for message in response_1:
-        assert message.dict()["request_id"]
         assert message.dict()["output"]["text"] == output_texts[i]
         assert message.dict()["output"]["num_prompt_tokens"] == 7
         assert message.dict()["output"]["num_completion_tokens"] == i + 1