diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/src/entry-client.tsx b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/src/entry-client.tsx
index d9900ed5689d..11087fbb5918 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/src/entry-client.tsx
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/src/entry-client.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { solidRouterBrowserTracingIntegration } from '@sentry/solidstart/solidro
 import { StartClient, mount } from '@solidjs/start/client';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   // We can't use env variables here, seems like they are stripped
   // out in production builds.
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/src/instrument.server.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/src/instrument.server.ts
index d89f2566f8be..3dd5d8933b7b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/src/instrument.server.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/src/instrument.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/solidstart';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: process.env.E2E_TEST_DSN,
   environment: 'qa', // dynamic sampling bias to keep transactions
   tracesSampleRate: 1.0, //  Capture 100% of the transactions
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/tests/performance.client.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/tests/performance.client.test.ts
index 5b23badf4e6b..3d7b254e101a 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/tests/performance.client.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/tests/performance.client.test.ts
@@ -1,119 +1,81 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import { getSpanOp, waitForStreamedSpan } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 
-test('sends a pageload transaction', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-dynamic-import', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload';
+test('sends a pageload span', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-dynamic-import', span => {
+    return span.name === '/' && getSpanOp(span) === 'pageload' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto('/');
-  const pageloadTransaction = await transactionPromise;
+  const pageloadSpan = await spanPromise;
 
-  expect(pageloadTransaction).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'pageload',
-        origin: 'auto.pageload.browser',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/',
-          'url.path': '/',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(pageloadSpan)).toBe('pageload');
+  expect(pageloadSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.pageload.browser', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'pageload', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
 
-test('sends a navigation transaction with parametrized route', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-dynamic-import', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/users/:id' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation';
+test('sends a navigation span with parametrized route', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-dynamic-import', span => {
+    return span.name === '/users/:id' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto(`/`);
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
-  const navigationTransaction = await transactionPromise;
+  const navigationSpan = await spanPromise;
 
-  expect(navigationTransaction).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/users/:id',
-          'url.path': '/users/5',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/5$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/users/:id',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(navigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(navigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/users/:id', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/users/5', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/5$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
 
-test('updates the transaction when using the back button', async ({ page }) => {
+test('updates the span when using the back button', async ({ page }) => {
   // Solid Router sends a `-1` navigation when using the back button.
   // The sentry solidRouterBrowserTracingIntegration tries to update such
-  // transactions with the proper name once the `useLocation` hook triggers.
-  const navigationTxnPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-dynamic-import', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/users/:id' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation';
+  // spans with the proper name once the `useLocation` hook triggers.
+  const navigationSpanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-dynamic-import', span => {
+    return span.name === '/users/:id' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto(`/back-navigation`);
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
-  const navigationTxn = await navigationTxnPromise;
+  const navigationSpan = await navigationSpanPromise;
 
-  expect(navigationTxn).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/users/:id',
-          'url.path': '/users/6',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/6$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/users/:id',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(navigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(navigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/users/:id', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/users/6', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/6$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 
-  const backNavigationTxnPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-dynamic-import', async transactionEvent => {
-    return (
-      transactionEvent?.transaction === '/back-navigation' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation'
-    );
+  const backNavigationSpanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-dynamic-import', span => {
+    return span.name === '/back-navigation' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goBack();
-  const backNavigationTxn = await backNavigationTxnPromise;
+  const backNavigationSpan = await backNavigationSpanPromise;
 
-  expect(backNavigationTxn).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/back-navigation',
-          'url.path': '/back-navigation',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/back-navigation$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/back-navigation',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(backNavigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(backNavigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/back-navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/back-navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/back-navigation$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/tests/performance.server.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/tests/performance.server.test.ts
index 6a332efd7d3f..01981e8aa78c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/tests/performance.server.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-dynamic-import/tests/performance.server.test.ts
@@ -1,49 +1,46 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
-import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '@sentry/solidstart';
-
-test('sends a server action transaction on pageload', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-dynamic-import', transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'GET /users/6';
-  });
+import { collectStreamedSpans, getSpanOp } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+test('sends a server action span on pageload', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spansPromise = collectStreamedSpans(
+    'solidstart-dynamic-import',
+    spans =>
+      spans.some(
+        span =>
+          span.is_segment && getSpanOp(span) === 'http.server' && span.attributes['url.path']?.value === '/users/6',
+      ) && spans.some(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture'),
+  );
 
   await page.goto('/users/6');
 
-  const transaction = await transactionPromise;
-
-  expect(transaction.spans).toEqual(
-    expect.arrayContaining([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        description: 'getPrefecture',
-        data: {
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: 'function',
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.function.solidstart',
-        },
-      }),
-    ]),
-  );
-});
+  const spans = await spansPromise;
+  const functionSpan = spans.find(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture');
 
-test('sends a server action transaction on client navigation', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-dynamic-import', transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'POST getPrefecture';
+  expect(functionSpan).toBeDefined();
+  expect(functionSpan?.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'function', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.function.solidstart', type: 'string' },
   });
+});
+
+test('sends a server action span on client navigation', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spansPromise = collectStreamedSpans(
+    'solidstart-dynamic-import',
+    spans =>
+      spans.some(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'POST getPrefecture') &&
+      spans.some(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture' && !span.is_segment),
+  );
 
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
   await page.waitForURL('/users/5');
 
-  const transaction = await transactionPromise;
-
-  expect(transaction.spans).toEqual(
-    expect.arrayContaining([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        description: 'getPrefecture',
-        data: {
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: 'function',
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.function.solidstart',
-        },
-      }),
-    ]),
-  );
+  const spans = await spansPromise;
+  const functionSpan = spans.find(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture' && !span.is_segment);
+
+  expect(functionSpan).toBeDefined();
+  expect(functionSpan?.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'function', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.function.solidstart', type: 'string' },
+  });
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/src/entry-client.tsx b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/src/entry-client.tsx
index d9900ed5689d..11087fbb5918 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/src/entry-client.tsx
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/src/entry-client.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { solidRouterBrowserTracingIntegration } from '@sentry/solidstart/solidro
 import { StartClient, mount } from '@solidjs/start/client';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   // We can't use env variables here, seems like they are stripped
   // out in production builds.
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/src/instrument.server.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/src/instrument.server.ts
index d89f2566f8be..3dd5d8933b7b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/src/instrument.server.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/src/instrument.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/solidstart';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: process.env.E2E_TEST_DSN,
   environment: 'qa', // dynamic sampling bias to keep transactions
   tracesSampleRate: 1.0, //  Capture 100% of the transactions
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/tests/performance.client.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/tests/performance.client.test.ts
index feb729f22028..85feba680fac 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/tests/performance.client.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/tests/performance.client.test.ts
@@ -1,119 +1,81 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import { getSpanOp, waitForStreamedSpan } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 
-test('sends a pageload transaction', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-spa', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload';
+test('sends a pageload span', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-spa', span => {
+    return span.name === '/' && getSpanOp(span) === 'pageload' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto('/');
-  const pageloadTransaction = await transactionPromise;
+  const pageloadSpan = await spanPromise;
 
-  expect(pageloadTransaction).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'pageload',
-        origin: 'auto.pageload.browser',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/',
-          'url.path': '/',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(pageloadSpan)).toBe('pageload');
+  expect(pageloadSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.pageload.browser', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'pageload', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
 
-test('sends a navigation transaction with parametrized route', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-spa', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/users/:id' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation';
+test('sends a navigation span with parametrized route', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-spa', span => {
+    return span.name === '/users/:id' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto(`/`);
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
-  const navigationTransaction = await transactionPromise;
+  const navigationSpan = await spanPromise;
 
-  expect(navigationTransaction).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/users/:id',
-          'url.path': '/users/5',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/5$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/users/:id',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(navigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(navigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/users/:id', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/users/5', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/5$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
 
-test('updates the transaction when using the back button', async ({ page }) => {
+test('updates the span when using the back button', async ({ page }) => {
   // Solid Router sends a `-1` navigation when using the back button.
   // The sentry solidRouterBrowserTracingIntegration tries to update such
-  // transactions with the proper name once the `useLocation` hook triggers.
-  const navigationTxnPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-spa', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/users/:id' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation';
+  // spans with the proper name once the `useLocation` hook triggers.
+  const navigationSpanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-spa', span => {
+    return span.name === '/users/:id' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto(`/back-navigation`);
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
-  const navigationTxn = await navigationTxnPromise;
+  const navigationSpan = await navigationSpanPromise;
 
-  expect(navigationTxn).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/users/:id',
-          'url.path': '/users/6',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/6$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/users/:id',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(navigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(navigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/users/:id', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/users/6', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/6$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 
-  const backNavigationTxnPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-spa', async transactionEvent => {
-    return (
-      transactionEvent?.transaction === '/back-navigation' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation'
-    );
+  const backNavigationSpanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-spa', span => {
+    return span.name === '/back-navigation' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goBack();
-  const backNavigationTxn = await backNavigationTxnPromise;
+  const backNavigationSpan = await backNavigationSpanPromise;
 
-  expect(backNavigationTxn).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/back-navigation',
-          'url.path': '/back-navigation',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/back-navigation$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/back-navigation',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(backNavigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(backNavigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/back-navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/back-navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/back-navigation$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/tests/performance.server.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/tests/performance.server.test.ts
index f84e35ed97bb..59e81a6c521c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/tests/performance.server.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-spa/tests/performance.server.test.ts
@@ -1,49 +1,44 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
-import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '@sentry/solidstart';
-
-test('sends a server action transaction on pageload', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-spa', transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'POST getPrefecture';
-  });
+import { collectStreamedSpans } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+test('sends a server action span on pageload', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spansPromise = collectStreamedSpans(
+    'solidstart-spa',
+    spans =>
+      spans.some(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'POST getPrefecture') &&
+      spans.some(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture' && !span.is_segment),
+  );
 
   await page.goto('/users/6');
 
-  const transaction = await transactionPromise;
-
-  expect(transaction.spans).toEqual(
-    expect.arrayContaining([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        description: 'getPrefecture',
-        data: {
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: 'function',
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.function.solidstart',
-        },
-      }),
-    ]),
-  );
-});
+  const spans = await spansPromise;
+  const functionSpan = spans.find(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture' && !span.is_segment);
 
-test('sends a server action transaction on client navigation', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-spa', transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'POST getPrefecture';
+  expect(functionSpan).toBeDefined();
+  expect(functionSpan?.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'function', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.function.solidstart', type: 'string' },
   });
+});
+
+test('sends a server action span on client navigation', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spansPromise = collectStreamedSpans(
+    'solidstart-spa',
+    spans =>
+      spans.some(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'POST getPrefecture') &&
+      spans.some(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture' && !span.is_segment),
+  );
 
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
   await page.waitForURL('/users/5');
 
-  const transaction = await transactionPromise;
-
-  expect(transaction.spans).toEqual(
-    expect.arrayContaining([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        description: 'getPrefecture',
-        data: {
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: 'function',
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.function.solidstart',
-        },
-      }),
-    ]),
-  );
+  const spans = await spansPromise;
+  const functionSpan = spans.find(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture' && !span.is_segment);
+
+  expect(functionSpan).toBeDefined();
+  expect(functionSpan?.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'function', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.function.solidstart', type: 'string' },
+  });
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/src/entry-client.tsx b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/src/entry-client.tsx
index d9900ed5689d..11087fbb5918 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/src/entry-client.tsx
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/src/entry-client.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { solidRouterBrowserTracingIntegration } from '@sentry/solidstart/solidro
 import { StartClient, mount } from '@solidjs/start/client';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   // We can't use env variables here, seems like they are stripped
   // out in production builds.
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/src/instrument.server.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/src/instrument.server.ts
index d89f2566f8be..3dd5d8933b7b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/src/instrument.server.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/src/instrument.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/solidstart';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: process.env.E2E_TEST_DSN,
   environment: 'qa', // dynamic sampling bias to keep transactions
   tracesSampleRate: 1.0, //  Capture 100% of the transactions
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/tests/performance.client.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/tests/performance.client.test.ts
index c67354349bf9..fa2c8554530f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/tests/performance.client.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/tests/performance.client.test.ts
@@ -1,119 +1,81 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import { getSpanOp, waitForStreamedSpan } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 
-test('sends a pageload transaction', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-top-level-import', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload';
+test('sends a pageload span', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-top-level-import', span => {
+    return span.name === '/' && getSpanOp(span) === 'pageload' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto('/');
-  const pageloadTransaction = await transactionPromise;
+  const pageloadSpan = await spanPromise;
 
-  expect(pageloadTransaction).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'pageload',
-        origin: 'auto.pageload.browser',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/',
-          'url.path': '/',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(pageloadSpan)).toBe('pageload');
+  expect(pageloadSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.pageload.browser', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'pageload', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
 
-test('sends a navigation transaction with parametrized route', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-top-level-import', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/users/:id' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation';
+test('sends a navigation span with parametrized route', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-top-level-import', span => {
+    return span.name === '/users/:id' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto(`/`);
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
-  const navigationTransaction = await transactionPromise;
+  const navigationSpan = await spanPromise;
 
-  expect(navigationTransaction).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/users/:id',
-          'url.path': '/users/5',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/5$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/users/:id',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(navigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(navigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/users/:id', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/users/5', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/5$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
 
-test('updates the transaction when using the back button', async ({ page }) => {
+test('updates the span when using the back button', async ({ page }) => {
   // Solid Router sends a `-1` navigation when using the back button.
   // The sentry solidRouterBrowserTracingIntegration tries to update such
-  // transactions with the proper name once the `useLocation` hook triggers.
-  const navigationTxnPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-top-level-import', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === '/users/:id' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation';
+  // spans with the proper name once the `useLocation` hook triggers.
+  const navigationSpanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-top-level-import', span => {
+    return span.name === '/users/:id' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goto(`/back-navigation`);
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
-  const navigationTxn = await navigationTxnPromise;
+  const navigationSpan = await navigationSpanPromise;
 
-  expect(navigationTxn).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/users/:id',
-          'url.path': '/users/6',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/6$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/users/:id',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(navigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(navigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/users/:id', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/users/6', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/users\/6$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 
-  const backNavigationTxnPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-top-level-import', async transactionEvent => {
-    return (
-      transactionEvent?.transaction === '/back-navigation' && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation'
-    );
+  const backNavigationSpanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('solidstart-top-level-import', span => {
+    return span.name === '/back-navigation' && getSpanOp(span) === 'navigation' && span.is_segment;
   });
 
   await page.goBack();
-  const backNavigationTxn = await backNavigationTxnPromise;
+  const backNavigationSpan = await backNavigationSpanPromise;
 
-  expect(backNavigationTxn).toMatchObject({
-    contexts: {
-      trace: {
-        op: 'navigation',
-        origin: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter',
-        data: {
-          'sentry.segment.name.source': 'route',
-          'url.template': '/back-navigation',
-          'url.path': '/back-navigation',
-          'url.full': expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/back-navigation$/),
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    transaction: '/back-navigation',
-    transaction_info: {
-      source: 'route',
-    },
+  expect(getSpanOp(backNavigationSpan)).toBe('navigation');
+  expect(backNavigationSpan.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.navigation.solidstart.solidrouter', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.segment.name.source': { value: 'route', type: 'string' },
+    'url.template': { value: '/back-navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'url.path': { value: '/back-navigation', type: 'string' },
+    'url.full': { value: expect.stringMatching(/^https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/back-navigation$/), type: 'string' },
   });
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/tests/performance.server.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/tests/performance.server.test.ts
index 82a254827e06..1881c58450ee 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/tests/performance.server.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-top-level-import/tests/performance.server.test.ts
@@ -1,49 +1,46 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
-import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '@sentry/solidstart';
-
-test('sends a server action transaction on pageload', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-top-level-import', transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'GET /users/6';
-  });
+import { collectStreamedSpans, getSpanOp } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+test('sends a server action span on pageload', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spansPromise = collectStreamedSpans(
+    'solidstart-top-level-import',
+    spans =>
+      spans.some(
+        span =>
+          span.is_segment && getSpanOp(span) === 'http.server' && span.attributes['url.path']?.value === '/users/6',
+      ) && spans.some(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture'),
+  );
 
   await page.goto('/users/6');
 
-  const transaction = await transactionPromise;
-
-  expect(transaction.spans).toEqual(
-    expect.arrayContaining([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        description: 'getPrefecture',
-        data: {
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: 'function',
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.function.solidstart',
-        },
-      }),
-    ]),
-  );
-});
+  const spans = await spansPromise;
+  const functionSpan = spans.find(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture');
 
-test('sends a server action transaction on client navigation', async ({ page }) => {
-  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('solidstart-top-level-import', transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'POST getPrefecture';
+  expect(functionSpan).toBeDefined();
+  expect(functionSpan?.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'function', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.function.solidstart', type: 'string' },
   });
+});
+
+test('sends a server action span on client navigation', async ({ page }) => {
+  const spansPromise = collectStreamedSpans(
+    'solidstart-top-level-import',
+    spans =>
+      spans.some(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'POST getPrefecture') &&
+      spans.some(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture' && !span.is_segment),
+  );
 
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.locator('#navLink').click();
   await page.waitForURL('/users/5');
 
-  const transaction = await transactionPromise;
-
-  expect(transaction.spans).toEqual(
-    expect.arrayContaining([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        description: 'getPrefecture',
-        data: {
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: 'function',
-          [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.function.solidstart',
-        },
-      }),
-    ]),
-  );
+  const spans = await spansPromise;
+  const functionSpan = spans.find(span => span.name === 'getPrefecture' && !span.is_segment);
+
+  expect(functionSpan).toBeDefined();
+  expect(functionSpan?.attributes).toMatchObject({
+    'sentry.op': { value: 'function', type: 'string' },
+    'sentry.origin': { value: 'auto.function.solidstart', type: 'string' },
+  });
 });