diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/operators/FeedMetaStoreNodePushable.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/operators/FeedMetaStoreNodePushable.java
index 97c1115d..3791f61 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/operators/FeedMetaStoreNodePushable.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/operators/FeedMetaStoreNodePushable.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.utils.TaskUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryInputUnaryOutputOperatorNodePushable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.trace.ITracer;
 
 public class FeedMetaStoreNodePushable extends AbstractUnaryInputUnaryOutputOperatorNodePushable {
 
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@
 
     private final FeedMetaOperatorDescriptor opDesc;
 
+    private final ITracer tracer;
+
     public FeedMetaStoreNodePushable(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider,
             int partition, int nPartitions, IOperatorDescriptor coreOperator, FeedConnectionId feedConnectionId,
             Map<String, String> feedPolicyProperties, FeedMetaOperatorDescriptor feedMetaOperatorDescriptor)
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@
         TaskUtil.put(HyracksConstants.KEY_MESSAGE, message, ctx);
         this.recordDescProvider = recordDescProvider;
         this.opDesc = feedMetaOperatorDescriptor;
+        tracer = ctx.getJobletContext().getServiceContext().getTracer();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -136,12 +140,15 @@
 
     @Override
     public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+        long tid = tracer.durationB("Ingestion-Store", "Process-Frame", null);
         try {
             FeedUtils.processFeedMessage(buffer, message, fta);
             writer.nextFrame(buffer);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+            LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Failure Processing a frame at store side", e);
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+        } finally {
+            tracer.durationE(tid, null);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCServiceContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCServiceContext.java
index 68d9581..8e35ed4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCServiceContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCServiceContext.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public ITracer getTracer() {
-        return tracer;
+        return ITracer.check(tracer);
     }
 
     @Override