diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 673cc58..9c68793 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,33 @@ Span::add('warning', 'retry scheduled');
 Span::add('warning.message', $message);
 ```
 
+### Immediate Publishing
+
+Use `publish()` to send attributes and an optional error to configured exporters without creating or storing a current span:
+
+```php
+Span::publish([
+    'event' => 'job.queued',
+    'queue.name' => 'emails',
+    'message.id' => $id,
+], action: 'job.queued');
+```
+
+Published events include the same built-in metadata as finished spans and pass through the same exporter samplers. Storage is not required and the current span is not changed.
+
+```php
+try {
+    // ...
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+    Span::publish([
+        'job.name' => 'sync-user',
+        'user.id' => $userId,
+    ], error: $e, action: 'job.failed');
+
+    throw $e;
+}
+```
+
 ### Distributed Tracing
 
 Propagate trace context across services using W3C Trace Context headers:
@@ -236,6 +263,7 @@ $this->assertEquals('http.request', $spans[0]->get('action'));
 | `init(string $action, ?string $traceparent): Span`   | Create and store a new span           |
 | `current(): ?Span`                                   | Get the current span                  |
 | `add(string $key, scalar $value)`                    | Set attribute on current span         |
+| `publish(array $attributes = [], ?Throwable $error = null, string $action = 'publish', ?string $level = null): void` | Export an immediate event without storage |
 | `traceparent(): ?string`                             | Get traceparent header from current span |
 
 ### Span (instance)
diff --git a/src/Span/Span.php b/src/Span/Span.php
index 6ad7f0b..071e512 100644
--- a/src/Span/Span.php
+++ b/src/Span/Span.php
@@ -157,6 +157,46 @@ public static function traceparent(): ?string
         return self::current()?->getTraceparent();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Immediately publish attributes and an optional error to configured exporters.
+     *
+     * This does not use or mutate storage, so it can be used without an active span.
+     *
+     * @param array<array-key, mixed> $attributes Attributes to publish
+     * @param Throwable|null $error Exception to publish
+     * @param string $action What this published event represents
+     * @param string|null $level Level to export for this event
+     */
+    public static function publish(
+        array $attributes = [],
+        ?Throwable $error = null,
+        string $action = 'publish',
+        ?string $level = null
+    ): void {
+        $span = new self($action);
+
+        foreach ($attributes as $key => $value) {
+            if (!\is_string($key)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (
+                !\is_string($value)
+                && !\is_int($value)
+                && !\is_float($value)
+                && !\is_bool($value)
+                && $value !== null
+            ) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $span->set($key, $value);
+        }
+
+        $span->complete($level, $error);
+        self::exportSpan($span);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set an attribute on this span.
      *
@@ -250,6 +290,16 @@ public function getAttributes(): array
      * @param Throwable|null $error Exception that caused the span to fail
      */
     public function finish(?string $level = null, ?Throwable $error = null): void
+    {
+        $this->complete($level, $error);
+        self::exportSpan($this);
+
+        if (self::$storage instanceof \Utopia\Span\Storage\Storage) {
+            self::$storage->set(null);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function complete(?string $level = null, ?Throwable $error = null): void
     {
         if ($error instanceof \Throwable) {
             $this->setError($error);
@@ -263,22 +313,21 @@ public function finish(?string $level = null, ?Throwable $error = null): void
         $this->attributes['span.duration'] = $finishedAt - $startedAt;
 
         $this->attributes['level'] = $level ?? ($this->error instanceof \Throwable ? 'error' : 'info');
+    }
 
+    private static function exportSpan(self $span): void
+    {
         foreach (self::$exporters as $config) {
             try {
                 $exporter = $config['exporter'];
                 $sampler = $config['sampler'];
 
-                if ($sampler === null || $sampler($this)) {
-                    $exporter->export($this);
+                if ($sampler === null || $sampler($span)) {
+                    $exporter->export($span);
                 }
             } catch (\Throwable) {
                 // Tracing should never break the application
             }
         }
-
-        if (self::$storage instanceof \Utopia\Span\Storage\Storage) {
-            self::$storage->set(null);
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SpanTest.php b/tests/SpanTest.php
index 43baba2..918dc4e 100644
--- a/tests/SpanTest.php
+++ b/tests/SpanTest.php
@@ -403,6 +403,116 @@ public function testFinishWithoutExportersDoesNotThrow(): void
         $this->assertNull(Span::current());
     }
 
+    public function testPublishExportsToAllExporters(): void
+    {
+        $exported1 = [];
+        $exported2 = [];
+
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported1));
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported2));
+
+        Span::publish(['key' => 'value'], action: 'event');
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $exported1);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $exported2);
+        $this->assertSame('event', $exported1[0]->getAction());
+        $this->assertSame('value', $exported1[0]->get('key'));
+    }
+
+    public function testPublishDoesNotRequireStorage(): void
+    {
+        Span::resetStorage();
+        $exported = [];
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported));
+
+        Span::publish(['key' => 'value']);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $exported);
+        $this->assertNull(Span::current());
+    }
+
+    public function testPublishDoesNotClearCurrentSpan(): void
+    {
+        $exported = [];
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported));
+        $current = Span::init('request');
+
+        Span::publish(['event' => 'queued'], action: 'job.queued');
+
+        $this->assertSame($current, Span::current());
+        $this->assertCount(1, $exported);
+        $this->assertSame('job.queued', $exported[0]->getAction());
+    }
+
+    public function testPublishAcceptsError(): void
+    {
+        $exported = [];
+        $error = new RuntimeException('Test');
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported));
+
+        Span::publish(error: $error);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $exported);
+        $this->assertSame($error, $exported[0]->getError());
+        $this->assertSame('error', $exported[0]->get('level'));
+    }
+
+    public function testPublishSetsLevelInfoByDefault(): void
+    {
+        $exported = [];
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported));
+
+        Span::publish();
+
+        $this->assertSame('info', $exported[0]->get('level'));
+    }
+
+    public function testPublishAcceptsLevelOverride(): void
+    {
+        $exported = [];
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported));
+
+        Span::publish(level: 'warning');
+
+        $this->assertSame('warning', $exported[0]->get('level'));
+    }
+
+    public function testPublishRespectsSampler(): void
+    {
+        $exported = [];
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported), fn (Span $s): bool => $s->get('publish') === true);
+
+        Span::publish(['publish' => false]);
+        Span::publish(['publish' => true]);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $exported);
+        $this->assertTrue($exported[0]->get('publish'));
+    }
+
+    public function testPublishIgnoresNonStringAttributeKeys(): void
+    {
+        $exported = [];
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported));
+
+        Span::publish([0 => 'value', 'key' => 'kept']);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $exported);
+        $this->assertNull($exported[0]->get('0'));
+        $this->assertSame('kept', $exported[0]->get('key'));
+    }
+
+    public function testPublishIgnoresNonScalarAttributeValues(): void
+    {
+        $exported = [];
+        Span::addExporter($this->createExporter($exported));
+
+        Span::publish(['key' => [], 'valid' => true]);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $exported);
+        $this->assertNull($exported[0]->get('key'));
+        $this->assertTrue($exported[0]->get('valid'));
+    }
+
     public function testTraceIdIsUniqueBetweenSpans(): void
     {
         $span1 = new Span();