diff --git a/lib/charms/tempo_coordinator_k8s/v0/charm_tracing.py b/lib/charms/tempo_coordinator_k8s/v0/charm_tracing.py
index 2604c39e6..1e7ff8405 100644
--- a/lib/charms/tempo_coordinator_k8s/v0/charm_tracing.py
+++ b/lib/charms/tempo_coordinator_k8s/v0/charm_tracing.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def _remove_stale_otel_sdk_packages():
 # Increment this PATCH version before using `charmcraft publish-lib` or reset
 # to 0 if you are raising the major API version
 
-LIBPATCH = 1
+LIBPATCH = 2
 
 PYDEPS = ["opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.21.0"]
 
@@ -371,10 +371,6 @@ class UntraceableObjectError(TracingError):
     """Raised when an object you're attempting to instrument cannot be autoinstrumented."""
 
 
-class TLSError(TracingError):
-    """Raised when the tracing endpoint is https but we don't have a cert yet."""
-
-
 def _get_tracing_endpoint(
     tracing_endpoint_attr: str,
     charm_instance: object,
@@ -484,10 +480,15 @@ def wrap_init(self: CharmBase, framework: Framework, *args, **kwargs):
         )
 
         if tracing_endpoint.startswith("https://") and not server_cert:
-            raise TLSError(
+            logger.error(
                 "Tracing endpoint is https, but no server_cert has been passed."
-                "Please point @trace_charm to a `server_cert` attr."
+                "Please point @trace_charm to a `server_cert` attr. "
+                "This might also mean that the tracing provider is related to a "
+                "certificates provider, but this application is not (yet). "
+                "In that case, you might just have to wait a bit for the certificates "
+                "integration to settle. "
             )
+            return
 
         exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(
             endpoint=tracing_endpoint,
diff --git a/lib/charms/tempo_coordinator_k8s/v0/tracing.py b/lib/charms/tempo_coordinator_k8s/v0/tracing.py
index 4af379a5d..1f92867f8 100644
--- a/lib/charms/tempo_coordinator_k8s/v0/tracing.py
+++ b/lib/charms/tempo_coordinator_k8s/v0/tracing.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args):
 
 # Increment this PATCH version before using `charmcraft publish-lib` or reset
 # to 0 if you are raising the major API version
-LIBPATCH = 1
+LIBPATCH = 2
 
 PYDEPS = ["pydantic"]
 
@@ -985,11 +985,16 @@ def charm_tracing_config(
     is_https = endpoint.startswith("https://")
 
     if is_https:
-        if cert_path is None:
-            raise TracingError("Cannot send traces to an https endpoint without a certificate.")
-        elif not Path(cert_path).exists():
-            # if endpoint is https BUT we don't have a server_cert yet:
-            # disable charm tracing until we do to prevent tls errors
+        if cert_path is None or not Path(cert_path).exists():
+            # disable charm tracing until we obtain a cert to prevent tls errors
+            logger.error(
+                "Tracing endpoint is https, but no server_cert has been passed."
+                "Please point @trace_charm to a `server_cert` attr. "
+                "This might also mean that the tracing provider is related to a "
+                "certificates provider, but this application is not (yet). "
+                "In that case, you might just have to wait a bit for the certificates "
+                "integration to settle. "
+            )
             return None, None
         return endpoint, str(cert_path)
     else: