diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/first_time_trace_handler.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/first_time_trace_handler.py
index 2e3bc5357..e3bb7c0c3 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/first_time_trace_handler.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/first_time_trace_handler.py
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ class FirstTimeTraceHandler:
             self.batch_manager._finalize_backend_batch(events_count)
             self.ephemeral_url = self.batch_manager.ephemeral_trace_url
 
+            # Clean up batch state (mirrors finalize_batch cleanup)
+            self.batch_manager.batch_owner_type = None
+            self.batch_manager.batch_owner_id = None
+            self.batch_manager.current_batch = None
+            self.batch_manager.event_buffer.clear()
+            self.batch_manager.trace_batch_id = None
+            self.batch_manager.is_current_batch_ephemeral = False
+            self.batch_manager._cleanup_batch_data()
+
             if not self.ephemeral_url:
                 self._show_local_trace_message()
 
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/trace_batch_manager.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/trace_batch_manager.py
index 747c3dad9..7ce51fa9c 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/trace_batch_manager.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/events/listeners/tracing/trace_batch_manager.py
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ class TraceBatchManager:
                             f"Trace batch init attempt {attempt + 1} failed "
                             f"(status={response.status_code if response else 'None'}), retrying..."
                         )
-                        time.sleep(1)
+                        time.sleep(0.2)
                 except Exception as e:
                     last_exception = e
                     if attempt < max_retries:
                         logger.debug(
                             f"Trace batch init attempt {attempt + 1} raised {type(e).__name__}, retrying..."
                         )
-                        time.sleep(1)
+                        time.sleep(0.2)
 
             if last_exception and response is None:
                 logger.warning(
@@ -192,7 +192,10 @@ class TraceBatchManager:
                 )
                 self.is_current_batch_ephemeral = True
                 return self._initialize_backend_batch(
-                    user_context, execution_metadata, use_ephemeral=True
+                    user_context,
+                    execution_metadata,
+                    use_ephemeral=True,
+                    skip_context_check=skip_context_check,
                 )
 
             if response.status_code in [201, 200]:
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/tracing/test_tracing.py b/lib/crewai/tests/tracing/test_tracing.py
index a1d4a1185..affe558d2 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/tracing/test_tracing.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/tracing/test_tracing.py
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ class TestInitializeBackendBatchRetry:
 
         assert bm.trace_batch_id == server_id
         assert mock_init.call_count == 2
-        mock_sleep.assert_called_once_with(1)
+        mock_sleep.assert_called_once_with(0.2)
 
     def test_retries_on_5xx_then_succeeds(self):
         """Retries on 500 server error, succeeds on second attempt."""