diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 550e2e78..3ab74856 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
  "sha-1",
+ "strum",
  "thiserror",
  "thread_local",
  "tikv-jemallocator",
@@ -2790,6 +2791,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "der",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.26.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d8cec3501a5194c432b2b7976db6b7d10ec95c253208b45f83f7136aa985e29"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.26.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c6cf59daf282c0a494ba14fd21610a0325f9f90ec9d1231dea26bcb1d696c946"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.4.1",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subslice"
 version = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3ab71e30..9fb3466a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ serde_html_form = "0.2.6"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.117", features = ["raw_value"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 sha-1 = "0.10.1"
+strum = { version = "0.26.2", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
 thread_local = "1.1.8"
 tikv-jemallocator = { version = "0.5.4", features = ["unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platforms"], optional = true }
diff --git a/src/observability.rs b/src/observability.rs
index 4e4cec0a..820487d5 100644
--- a/src/observability.rs
+++ b/src/observability.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use opentelemetry_sdk::{
     metrics::{new_view, Aggregation, Instrument, SdkMeterProvider, Stream},
     Resource,
 };
+use strum::AsRefStr;
 use tokio::time::Instant;
 use tracing_flame::{FlameLayer, FlushGuard};
 use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, EnvFilter, Layer, Registry};
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ impl Drop for Guard {
 }
 
 /// Type to record cache performance in a tracing span field.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, AsRefStr)]
 pub(crate) enum FoundIn {
     /// Found in cache
     Cache,
@@ -55,20 +56,10 @@ pub(crate) enum FoundIn {
 }
 
 impl FoundIn {
-    /// Returns a stringified representation of the current value
-    fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
-        match self {
-            FoundIn::Cache => "Cache",
-            FoundIn::Database => "Database",
-            FoundIn::Remote => "Remote",
-            FoundIn::Nothing => "Nothing",
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Record the current value to the current [`tracing::Span`]
     // TODO: use tracing::Value instead if it ever becomes accessible
     pub(crate) fn record(self, field: &str) {
-        tracing::Span::current().record(field, self.as_str());
+        tracing::Span::current().record(field, self.as_ref());
     }
 }