diff --git a/receiver/githubreceiver/README.md b/receiver/githubreceiver/README.md
index ecff5133e990..691364c1a485 100644
--- a/receiver/githubreceiver/README.md
+++ b/receiver/githubreceiver/README.md
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ see the [Scraping README][ghsread].
 
 ## Traces - Getting Started
 
-Workflow tracing support is actively being added to the GitHub receiver.
-This is accomplished through the processing of GitHub Actions webhook
+Workflow tracing support processes the GitHub Actions webhook
 events for workflows and jobs. The [`workflow_job`][wjob] and
 [`workflow_run`][wrun] event payloads are then constructed into `trace`
 telemetry.
@@ -107,14 +106,13 @@ success, and failure rates.
 
 ### Configuration
 
-**IMPORTANT: At this time the tracing portion of this receiver only serves a health check endpoint.**
-
 The WebHook configuration exposes the following settings:
 
 * `endpoint`: (default = `localhost:8080`) - The address and port to bind the WebHook to.
 * `path`: (default = `/events`) - The path for Action events to be sent to.
 * `health_path`: (default = `/health`) - The path for health checks.
 * `secret`: (optional) - The secret used to [validates the payload][valid].
++ `service_name`: (optional) - The `service.name` to set in created spans.
 * `required_header`: (optional) - The required header key and value for incoming requests.
 
 The WebHook configuration block also accepts all the [confighttp][cfghttp]
diff --git a/receiver/githubreceiver/traces_receiver_test.go b/receiver/githubreceiver/traces_receiver_test.go
index e35f8a22ff6d..bd025468d681 100644
--- a/receiver/githubreceiver/traces_receiver_test.go
+++ b/receiver/githubreceiver/traces_receiver_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receivertest"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.27.0"
 )
 
 func TestHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
@@ -49,18 +51,21 @@ func TestWebhook(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			"validEvent",
 			github.WorkflowJobEvent{
+				Action: github.Ptr(COMPLETED),
 				WorkflowJob: &github.WorkflowJob{
 					WorkflowName: github.Ptr("test"),
+					StartedAt:    &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now().Add(time.Second)},
+					CompletedAt:  &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now().Add(time.Second * 2)},
 					Steps: []*github.TaskStep{
 						{
 							Name:        github.Ptr("test1"),
-							StartedAt:   &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now()},
-							CompletedAt: &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now()},
+							StartedAt:   &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now().Add(time.Second * 3)},
+							CompletedAt: &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now().Add(time.Second * 4)},
 						},
 						{
 							Name:        github.Ptr("test2"),
-							StartedAt:   &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now()},
-							CompletedAt: &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now()},
+							StartedAt:   &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now().Add(time.Second * 5)},
+							CompletedAt: &github.Timestamp{Time: time.Now().Add(time.Second * 6)},
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -97,15 +102,58 @@ func TestWebhook(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, response.StatusCode, string(body))
 
-			traces := consumer.AllTraces()
+			traces := clearTraces(consumer.AllTraces())
 
-			require.Equal(t, len(traces), 1)
+			require.Equal(t, tracesFromEvent(&tc.event), traces)
 		})
 	}
 }
 
-func tracesFromEvent(event *github.WorkflowJobEvent) ptrace.Traces {
+func tracesFromEvent(event *github.WorkflowJobEvent) []ptrace.Traces {
 	trace := ptrace.NewTraces()
 
-	return trace
+	rs := trace.ResourceSpans().AppendEmpty()
+	attributes := rs.Resource().Attributes()
+	attributes.PutStr(semconv.AttributeServiceName, defaultServiceName)
+	attributes.PutStr("github.workflow.name", *event.WorkflowJob.WorkflowName)
+	rs.SetSchemaUrl(semconv.SchemaURL)
+
+	ss := rs.ScopeSpans().AppendEmpty()
+
+	createSpan(event.WorkflowJob).CopyTo(ss.Spans().AppendEmpty())
+	for _, step := range event.WorkflowJob.Steps {
+		span := createSpan(step)
+
+		span.CopyTo(ss.Spans().AppendEmpty())
+	}
+
+	return []ptrace.Traces{trace}
+}
+
+func clearTraces(traces []ptrace.Traces) []ptrace.Traces {
+	newTraces := make([]ptrace.Traces, len(traces))
+
+	for i, trace := range traces {
+		newTrace := ptrace.NewTraces()
+		trace.CopyTo(newTrace)
+
+		for i := 0; i < trace.ResourceSpans().Len(); i++ {
+			rs := newTrace.ResourceSpans().At(i)
+
+			for i := 0; i < rs.ScopeSpans().Len(); i++ {
+				ss := rs.ScopeSpans().At(i)
+
+				for i := 0; i < ss.Spans().Len(); i++ {
+					span := ss.Spans().At(i)
+					span.SetTraceID(pcommon.NewTraceIDEmpty())
+					span.SetSpanID(pcommon.NewSpanIDEmpty())
+					span.SetParentSpanID(pcommon.NewSpanIDEmpty())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		newTraces[i] = newTrace
+	}
+
+	return newTraces
 }