diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.json b/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.json
index 01def63b10e..6871064130f 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.json
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     "jaeger": {
         "enable_endpoint": true,
         "lookback_period_hours": 24,
+        "lookback_period_traces_hours": 24,
         "max_trace_duration_secs": 600,
         "max_fetch_spans": 1000
     }
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.toml b/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.toml
index 0b4e0c30229..bc71cc5c9ab 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.toml
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.toml
@@ -65,5 +65,6 @@ max_num_retries = 2
 [jaeger]
 enable_endpoint = true
 lookback_period_hours = 24
+lookback_period_traces_hours = 24
 max_trace_duration_secs = 600
 max_fetch_spans = 1_000
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.yaml b/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.yaml
index cb16052fbd1..27c251d077d 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.yaml
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-config/resources/tests/node_config/quickwit.yaml
@@ -68,5 +68,6 @@ searcher:
 jaeger:
   enable_endpoint: true
   lookback_period_hours: 24
+  lookback_period_traces_hours: 24
   max_trace_duration_secs: 600
   max_fetch_spans: 1000
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/mod.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/mod.rs
index e8c347eb4a5..75d5eeb2aa2 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/mod.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/mod.rs
@@ -599,9 +599,14 @@ pub struct JaegerConfig {
     #[serde(default = "JaegerConfig::default_enable_endpoint")]
     pub enable_endpoint: bool,
     /// How far back in time we look for spans when queries at not time-bound (`get_services`,
-    /// `get_operations`, `get_trace` operations).
+    /// `get_operations` operations).
     #[serde(default = "JaegerConfig::default_lookback_period_hours")]
     lookback_period_hours: NonZeroU64,
+
+    #[serde(default = "JaegerConfig::default_lookback_period_traces_hours")]
+    /// How far back in time we look for traces when queries at not time-bound (`get_trace`
+    /// operation).
+    lookback_period_traces_hours: NonZeroU64,
     /// The assumed maximum duration of a trace in seconds.
     ///
     /// Finding a trace happens in two phases: the first phase identifies at least one span that
@@ -621,6 +626,10 @@ impl JaegerConfig {
         Duration::from_secs(self.lookback_period_hours.get() * 3600)
     }
 
+    pub fn lookback_period_traces(&self) -> Duration {
+        Duration::from_secs(self.lookback_period_traces_hours.get() * 3600)
+    }
+
     pub fn max_trace_duration(&self) -> Duration {
         Duration::from_secs(self.max_trace_duration_secs.get())
     }
@@ -640,6 +649,10 @@ impl JaegerConfig {
         NonZeroU64::new(72).unwrap() // 3 days
     }
 
+    fn default_lookback_period_traces_hours() -> NonZeroU64 {
+        NonZeroU64::new(72).unwrap() // 3 days
+    }
+
     fn default_max_trace_duration_secs() -> NonZeroU64 {
         NonZeroU64::new(3600).unwrap() // 1 hour
     }
@@ -654,6 +667,7 @@ impl Default for JaegerConfig {
         Self {
             enable_endpoint: Self::default_enable_endpoint(),
             lookback_period_hours: Self::default_lookback_period_hours(),
+            lookback_period_traces_hours: Self::default_lookback_period_traces_hours(),
             max_trace_duration_secs: Self::default_max_trace_duration_secs(),
             max_fetch_spans: Self::default_max_fetch_spans(),
         }
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/serialize.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/serialize.rs
index 7d3b5f2c64b..ab3232e41e4 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/serialize.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/serialize.rs
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ mod tests {
             JaegerConfig {
                 enable_endpoint: true,
                 lookback_period_hours: NonZeroU64::new(24).unwrap(),
+                lookback_period_traces_hours: NonZeroU64::new(24).unwrap(),
                 max_trace_duration_secs: NonZeroU64::new(600).unwrap(),
                 max_fetch_spans: NonZeroU64::new(1_000).unwrap(),
             }
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-jaeger/src/lib.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-jaeger/src/lib.rs
index 1b6dfc27d0c..79f0177fdd0 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-jaeger/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-jaeger/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ pub(crate) type TracesDataStream =
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct JaegerService {
     search_service: Arc<dyn SearchService>,
+    lookback_period_traces_secs: i64,
     lookback_period_secs: i64,
     max_trace_duration_secs: i64,
     max_fetch_spans: u64,
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ impl JaegerService {
         Self {
             search_service,
             lookback_period_secs: config.lookback_period().as_secs() as i64,
+            lookback_period_traces_secs: config.lookback_period_traces().as_secs() as i64,
             max_trace_duration_secs: config.max_trace_duration().as_secs() as i64,
             max_fetch_spans: config.max_fetch_spans.get(),
         }
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ impl JaegerService {
         let trace_id = TraceId::try_from(request.trace_id)
             .map_err(|error| Status::invalid_argument(error.to_string()))?;
         let end = OffsetDateTime::now_utc().unix_timestamp();
-        let start = end - self.lookback_period_secs;
+        let start = end - self.lookback_period_traces_secs;
         let search_window = start..=end;
         let response = self
             .stream_spans(