diff --git a/src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.c b/src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.c
index 785c091debc2188cd9daecbf251a2bbd79b7d7b5..fc66cb951fef77bca35adde2f538ecff503753dc 100644
--- a/src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.c
+++ b/src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void record_stats(census_ht* store, census_op_id op_id,
                          const census_rpc_stats* stats) {
   gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu);
   if (store != NULL) {
-    trace_obj* trace = NULL;
+    census_trace_obj* trace = NULL;
     census_internal_lock_trace_store();
     trace = census_get_trace_obj_locked(op_id);
     if (trace != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/core/statistics/census_tracing.c b/src/core/statistics/census_tracing.c
index 3c4ba66f5f4a546866d99772bf0874962a98d3b4..8b98323e64cd8566de2066e010f4abee051fe699 100644
--- a/src/core/statistics/census_tracing.c
+++ b/src/core/statistics/census_tracing.c
@@ -32,38 +32,22 @@
  */
 
 #include "src/core/statistics/census_interface.h"
+#include "src/core/statistics/census_tracing.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include "src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h"
 #include "src/core/statistics/hash_table.h"
 #include "src/core/support/string.h"
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 #include <grpc/support/sync.h>
-#include <grpc/support/time.h>
-
-/* Struct for a trace annotation. */
-typedef struct annotation {
-  gpr_timespec ts;                            /* timestamp of the annotation */
-  char txt[CENSUS_MAX_ANNOTATION_LENGTH + 1]; /* actual txt annotation */
-  struct annotation* next;
-} annotation;
-
-typedef struct trace_obj {
-  census_op_id id;
-  gpr_timespec ts;
-  census_rpc_stats rpc_stats;
-  char* method;
-  annotation* annotations;
-} trace_obj;
-
-static void trace_obj_destroy(trace_obj* obj) {
-  annotation* p = obj->annotations;
+
+void census_trace_obj_destroy(census_trace_obj* obj) {
+  census_trace_annotation* p = obj->annotations;
   while (p != NULL) {
-    annotation* next = p->next;
+    census_trace_annotation* next = p->next;
     gpr_free(p);
     p = next;
   }
@@ -71,7 +55,9 @@ static void trace_obj_destroy(trace_obj* obj) {
   gpr_free(obj);
 }
 
-static void delete_trace_obj(void* obj) { trace_obj_destroy((trace_obj*)obj); }
+static void delete_trace_obj(void* obj) {
+  census_trace_obj_destroy((census_trace_obj*)obj);
+}
 
 static const census_ht_option ht_opt = {
     CENSUS_HT_UINT64 /* key type*/, 571 /* n_of_buckets */, NULL /* hash */,
@@ -103,8 +89,8 @@ static void init_mutex_once(void) {
 census_op_id census_tracing_start_op(void) {
   gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu);
   {
-    trace_obj* ret = (trace_obj*)gpr_malloc(sizeof(trace_obj));
-    memset(ret, 0, sizeof(trace_obj));
+    census_trace_obj* ret = gpr_malloc(sizeof(census_trace_obj));
+    memset(ret, 0, sizeof(census_trace_obj));
     g_id++;
     memcpy(&ret->id, &g_id, sizeof(census_op_id));
     ret->rpc_stats.cnt = 1;
@@ -118,7 +104,7 @@ census_op_id census_tracing_start_op(void) {
 
 int census_add_method_tag(census_op_id op_id, const char* method) {
   int ret = 0;
-  trace_obj* trace = NULL;
+  census_trace_obj* trace = NULL;
   gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu);
   trace = census_ht_find(g_trace_store, op_id_as_key(&op_id));
   if (trace == NULL) {
@@ -131,11 +117,11 @@ int census_add_method_tag(census_op_id op_id, const char* method) {
 }
 
 void census_tracing_print(census_op_id op_id, const char* anno_txt) {
-  trace_obj* trace = NULL;
+  census_trace_obj* trace = NULL;
   gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu);
   trace = census_ht_find(g_trace_store, op_id_as_key(&op_id));
   if (trace != NULL) {
-    annotation* anno = gpr_malloc(sizeof(annotation));
+    census_trace_annotation* anno = gpr_malloc(sizeof(census_trace_annotation));
     anno->ts = gpr_now();
     {
       char* d = anno->txt;
@@ -153,7 +139,7 @@ void census_tracing_print(census_op_id op_id, const char* anno_txt) {
 }
 
 void census_tracing_end_op(census_op_id op_id) {
-  trace_obj* trace = NULL;
+  census_trace_obj* trace = NULL;
   gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu);
   trace = census_ht_find(g_trace_store, op_id_as_key(&op_id));
   if (trace != NULL) {
@@ -196,14 +182,58 @@ void census_internal_lock_trace_store(void) { gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu); }
 
 void census_internal_unlock_trace_store(void) { gpr_mu_unlock(&g_mu); }
 
-trace_obj* census_get_trace_obj_locked(census_op_id op_id) {
+census_trace_obj* census_get_trace_obj_locked(census_op_id op_id) {
   if (g_trace_store == NULL) {
     gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Census trace store is not initialized.");
     return NULL;
   }
-  return (trace_obj*)census_ht_find(g_trace_store, op_id_as_key(&op_id));
+  return (census_trace_obj*)census_ht_find(g_trace_store, op_id_as_key(&op_id));
 }
 
-const char* census_get_trace_method_name(const trace_obj* trace) {
-  return (const char*)trace->method;
+const char* census_get_trace_method_name(const census_trace_obj* trace) {
+  return trace->method;
+}
+
+static census_trace_annotation* dup_annotation_chain(
+    census_trace_annotation* from) {
+  census_trace_annotation *ret = NULL;
+  census_trace_annotation **to = &ret;
+  for (; from != NULL; from = from->next) {
+    *to = gpr_malloc(sizeof(census_trace_annotation));
+    memcpy(*to, from, sizeof(census_trace_annotation));
+    to = &(*to)->next;
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static census_trace_obj* trace_obj_dup(census_trace_obj* from) {
+  census_trace_obj* to = NULL;
+  GPR_ASSERT(from != NULL);
+  to = gpr_malloc(sizeof(census_trace_obj));
+  to->id = from->id;
+  to->ts = from->ts;
+  to->rpc_stats = from->rpc_stats;
+  to->method = gpr_strdup(from->method);
+  to->annotations = dup_annotation_chain(from->annotations);
+  return to;
+}
+
+census_trace_obj** census_get_active_ops(int* num_active_ops) {
+  census_trace_obj** ret = NULL;
+  gpr_mu_lock(&g_mu);
+  if (g_trace_store != NULL) {
+    size_t n = 0;
+    census_ht_kv* all_kvs = census_ht_get_all_elements(g_trace_store, &n);
+    *num_active_ops = (int)n;
+    if (n != 0 ) {
+      size_t i = 0;
+      ret = gpr_malloc(sizeof(census_trace_obj *) * n);
+      for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        ret[i] = trace_obj_dup((census_trace_obj*)all_kvs[i].v);
+      }
+    }
+    gpr_free(all_kvs);
+  }
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&g_mu);
+  return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/statistics/census_tracing.h b/src/core/statistics/census_tracing.h
index f356c9424d51d31cc27465da6d10f7ae81043f19..88a06a4a5248c951ed8dd785f24438ea3c8697cc 100644
--- a/src/core/statistics/census_tracing.h
+++ b/src/core/statistics/census_tracing.h
@@ -34,12 +34,35 @@
 #ifndef __GRPC_INTERNAL_STATISTICS_CENSUS_TRACING_H_
 #define __GRPC_INTERNAL_STATISTICS_CENSUS_TRACING_H_
 
+#include <grpc/support/time.h>
+#include "src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h"
+
+/* WARNING: The data structures and APIs provided by this file are for GRPC
+   library's internal use ONLY. They might be changed in backward-incompatible
+   ways and are not subject to any deprecation policy.
+   They are not recommended for external use.
+ */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/* Opaque structure for trace object */
-typedef struct trace_obj trace_obj;
+/* Struct for a trace annotation. */
+typedef struct census_trace_annotation {
+  gpr_timespec ts;                            /* timestamp of the annotation */
+  char txt[CENSUS_MAX_ANNOTATION_LENGTH + 1]; /* actual txt annotation */
+  struct census_trace_annotation* next;
+} census_trace_annotation;
+
+typedef struct census_trace_obj {
+  census_op_id id;
+  gpr_timespec ts;
+  census_rpc_stats rpc_stats;
+  char* method;
+  census_trace_annotation* annotations;
+} census_trace_obj;
+
+/* Deletes trace object. */
+void census_trace_obj_destroy(census_trace_obj* obj);
 
 /* Initializes trace store. This function is thread safe. */
 void census_tracing_init(void);
@@ -50,15 +73,21 @@ void census_tracing_shutdown(void);
 /* Gets trace obj corresponding to the input op_id. Returns NULL if trace store
    is not initialized or trace obj is not found. Requires trace store being
    locked before calling this function. */
-trace_obj* census_get_trace_obj_locked(census_op_id op_id);
+census_trace_obj* census_get_trace_obj_locked(census_op_id op_id);
 
 /* The following two functions acquire and release the trace store global lock.
    They are for census internal use only. */
 void census_internal_lock_trace_store(void);
 void census_internal_unlock_trace_store(void);
 
-/* Gets method tag name associated with the input trace object. */
-const char* census_get_trace_method_name(const trace_obj* trace);
+/* Gets method name associated with the input trace object. */
+const char* census_get_trace_method_name(const census_trace_obj* trace);
+
+/* Returns an array of pointers to trace objects of currently active operations
+   and fills in number of active operations. Returns NULL if there are no active
+   operations.
+   Caller owns the returned objects. */
+census_trace_obj** census_get_active_ops(int* num_active_ops);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/test/core/statistics/trace_test.c b/test/core/statistics/trace_test.c
index 6eafcf145686a9bd1936d55db4338054f4c808d1..97e1463ae134edbc7a2c8bdb5f64af6564a1e404 100644
--- a/test/core/statistics/trace_test.c
+++ b/test/core/statistics/trace_test.c
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
  */
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "src/core/statistics/census_interface.h"
 #include "src/core/statistics/census_tracing.h"
 #include "src/core/statistics/census_tracing.h"
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 #include <grpc/support/sync.h>
@@ -172,6 +174,74 @@ static void test_trace_print(void) {
   census_tracing_shutdown();
 }
 
+/* Returns 1 if two ids are equal, otherwise returns 0. */
+static int ids_equal(census_op_id id1, census_op_id id2) {
+  return (id1.upper == id2.upper) && (id1.lower == id2.lower);
+}
+
+static void test_get_active_ops(void) {
+  census_op_id id_1, id_2, id_3;
+  census_trace_obj** active_ops;
+  const char* annotation_txt[] = {"annotation 1", "a2"};
+  int i = 0;
+  int n = 0;
+
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "test_get_active_ops");
+  census_tracing_init();
+  /* No active ops before calling start_op(). */
+  active_ops = census_get_active_ops(&n);
+  GPR_ASSERT(active_ops == NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(n == 0);
+
+  /* Starts one op */
+  id_1 = census_tracing_start_op();
+  census_add_method_tag(id_1, "foo_1");
+  active_ops = census_get_active_ops(&n);
+  GPR_ASSERT(active_ops != NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(n == 1);
+  GPR_ASSERT(ids_equal(active_ops[0]->id, id_1));
+  census_trace_obj_destroy(active_ops[0]);
+  gpr_free(active_ops);
+  active_ops = NULL;
+
+  /* Start the second and the third ops */
+  id_2 = census_tracing_start_op();
+  census_add_method_tag(id_2, "foo_2");
+  id_3 = census_tracing_start_op();
+  census_add_method_tag(id_3, "foo_3");
+
+  active_ops = census_get_active_ops(&n);
+  GPR_ASSERT(n == 3);
+  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    census_trace_obj_destroy(active_ops[i]);
+  }
+  gpr_free(active_ops);
+  active_ops = NULL;
+
+  /* End the second op  and add annotations to the third ops*/
+  census_tracing_end_op(id_2);
+  census_tracing_print(id_3, annotation_txt[0]);
+  census_tracing_print(id_3, annotation_txt[1]);
+
+  active_ops = census_get_active_ops(&n);
+  GPR_ASSERT(active_ops != NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(n == 2);
+  for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+    census_trace_obj_destroy(active_ops[i]);
+  }
+  gpr_free(active_ops);
+  active_ops = NULL;
+
+  /* End all ops. */
+  census_tracing_end_op(id_1);
+  census_tracing_end_op(id_3);
+  active_ops = census_get_active_ops(&n);
+  GPR_ASSERT(active_ops == NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(n == 0);
+
+  census_tracing_shutdown();
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
   test_init_shutdown();
@@ -180,5 +250,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   test_concurrency();
   test_add_method_tag_to_unknown_op_id();
   test_trace_print();
+  test_get_active_ops();
   return 0;
 }