diff --git a/internal/api/router.go b/internal/api/router.go
index 7e08bbfd4..439fbe623 100644
--- a/internal/api/router.go
+++ b/internal/api/router.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 )
 
+// todo: refine textual errors
 func NewRouter(
 	systemController system.Controller,
 	healthController *health.HealthController,
diff --git a/internal/controller/ledger/log_process.go b/internal/controller/ledger/log_process.go
index 78e0ead70..03c35c7e2 100644
--- a/internal/controller/ledger/log_process.go
+++ b/internal/controller/ledger/log_process.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/formancehq/go-libs/pointer"
 	ledger "github.com/formancehq/ledger/internal"
 	"github.com/formancehq/ledger/internal/tracing"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func runTx[INPUT any, OUTPUT ledger.LogPayload](ctx context.Context, store Store, parameters Parameters[INPUT], fn func(ctx context.Context, sqlTX TX, input INPUT) (*OUTPUT, error)) (*OUTPUT, error) {
@@ -41,26 +43,19 @@ func runTx[INPUT any, OUTPUT ledger.LogPayload](ctx context.Context, store Store
 	return payload, err
 }
 
+// todo: metrics, add deadlocks
 // todo: handle too many clients error
 // notes(gfyrag): how?
 // By retrying? Is the server already overloaded? Add a limit on the retries number?
 // Ask the client to retry later?
 func forgeLog[INPUT any, OUTPUT ledger.LogPayload](ctx context.Context, store Store, parameters Parameters[INPUT], fn func(ctx context.Context, sqlTX TX, input INPUT) (*OUTPUT, error)) (*OUTPUT, error) {
 	if parameters.IdempotencyKey != "" {
-		log, err := store.ReadLogWithIdempotencyKey(ctx, parameters.IdempotencyKey)
-		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, postgres.ErrNotFound) {
+		output, err := fetchLogWithIK[INPUT, OUTPUT](ctx, store, parameters)
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		if err == nil {
-			// notes(gfyrag): idempotency hash should never be empty in this case, but data from previous
-			// ledger version does not have this field and it cannot be recomputed
-			if log.IdempotencyHash != "" {
-				if computedHash := ledger.ComputeIdempotencyHash(parameters.Input); log.IdempotencyHash != computedHash {
-					return nil, newErrInvalidIdempotencyInputs(log.IdempotencyKey, log.IdempotencyHash, computedHash)
-				}
-			}
-
-			return pointer.For(log.Data.(OUTPUT)), nil
+		if output != nil {
+			return output, nil
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -69,20 +64,22 @@ func forgeLog[INPUT any, OUTPUT ledger.LogPayload](ctx context.Context, store St
 		if err != nil {
 			switch {
 			case errors.Is(err, postgres.ErrDeadlockDetected):
+				trace.SpanFromContext(ctx).SetAttributes(attribute.Bool("deadlock", true))
 				logging.FromContext(ctx).Info("deadlock detected, retrying...")
 				continue
 			// A log with the IK could have been inserted in the meantime, read again the database to retrieve it
 			case errors.Is(err, ErrIdempotencyKeyConflict{}):
-				log, err := store.ReadLogWithIdempotencyKey(ctx, parameters.IdempotencyKey)
-				if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, postgres.ErrNotFound) {
+				output, err := fetchLogWithIK[INPUT, OUTPUT](ctx, store, parameters)
+				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
-				if errors.Is(err, postgres.ErrNotFound) {
-					logging.FromContext(ctx).Errorf("incoherent error, received duplicate IK but log not found in database")
+				if output == nil {
+					err = errors.New("incoherent error, received duplicate IK but log not found in database")
+					trace.SpanFromContext(ctx).RecordError(err)
 					return nil, err
 				}
 
-				return pointer.For(log.Data.(OUTPUT)), nil
+				return output, nil
 			default:
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected error while forging log: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -91,3 +88,22 @@ func forgeLog[INPUT any, OUTPUT ledger.LogPayload](ctx context.Context, store St
 		return output, nil
 	}
 }
+
+func fetchLogWithIK[INPUT any, OUTPUT ledger.LogPayload](ctx context.Context, store Store, parameters Parameters[INPUT]) (*OUTPUT, error) {
+	log, err := store.ReadLogWithIdempotencyKey(ctx, parameters.IdempotencyKey)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, postgres.ErrNotFound) {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		// notes(gfyrag): idempotency hash should never be empty in this case, but data from previous
+		// ledger version does not have this field and it cannot be recomputed
+		if log.IdempotencyHash != "" {
+			if computedHash := ledger.ComputeIdempotencyHash(parameters.Input); log.IdempotencyHash != computedHash {
+				return nil, newErrInvalidIdempotencyInputs(log.IdempotencyKey, log.IdempotencyHash, computedHash)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return pointer.For(log.Data.(OUTPUT)), nil
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
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