diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a21020bdcc..9260793a20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
 ### Enhancements
 
 - Cache parsed DSN ([#2365](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/2365))
-
+- Handle backpressure earlier in pipeline ([#2371](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/2371))
+  - Drops max un-awaited parallel tasks earlier, so event processors & callbacks are not executed for them. 
+  - Change by setting `SentryOptions.maxQueueSize`. Default is 30.
+  
 ## 8.10.0-beta.2
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
index 9ff45afcb4..cd89d2fd4a 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import 'sentry_options.dart';
 import 'sentry_user_feedback.dart';
 import 'tracing.dart';
 import 'sentry_attachment/sentry_attachment.dart';
+import 'transport/data_category.dart';
+import 'transport/task_queue.dart';
 
 /// Configuration options callback
 typedef OptionsConfiguration = FutureOr<void> Function(SentryOptions);
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ typedef AppRunner = FutureOr<void> Function();
 /// Sentry SDK main entry point
 class Sentry {
   static Hub _hub = NoOpHub();
+  static TaskQueue<SentryId> _taskQueue = NoOpTaskQueue();
 
   Sentry._();
 
@@ -56,6 +59,11 @@ class Sentry {
       if (config is Future) {
         await config;
       }
+      _taskQueue = DefaultTaskQueue<SentryId>(
+        sentryOptions.maxQueueSize,
+        sentryOptions.logger,
+        sentryOptions.recorder,
+      );
     } catch (exception, stackTrace) {
       sentryOptions.logger(
         SentryLevel.error,
@@ -181,12 +189,17 @@ class Sentry {
     Hint? hint,
     ScopeCallback? withScope,
   }) =>
-      _hub.captureEvent(
-        event,
-        stackTrace: stackTrace,
-        hint: hint,
-        withScope: withScope,
-      );
+      _taskQueue.enqueue(
+          () => _hub.captureEvent(
+                event,
+                stackTrace: stackTrace,
+                hint: hint,
+                withScope: withScope,
+              ),
+          SentryId.empty(),
+          event.type != null
+              ? DataCategory.fromItemType(event.type!)
+              : DataCategory.unknown);
 
   /// Reports the [throwable] and optionally its [stackTrace] to Sentry.io.
   static Future<SentryId> captureException(
@@ -195,11 +208,15 @@ class Sentry {
     Hint? hint,
     ScopeCallback? withScope,
   }) =>
-      _hub.captureException(
-        throwable,
-        stackTrace: stackTrace,
-        hint: hint,
-        withScope: withScope,
+      _taskQueue.enqueue(
+        () => _hub.captureException(
+          throwable,
+          stackTrace: stackTrace,
+          hint: hint,
+          withScope: withScope,
+        ),
+        SentryId.empty(),
+        DataCategory.error,
       );
 
   /// Reports a [message] to Sentry.io.
@@ -211,13 +228,17 @@ class Sentry {
     Hint? hint,
     ScopeCallback? withScope,
   }) =>
-      _hub.captureMessage(
-        message,
-        level: level,
-        template: template,
-        params: params,
-        hint: hint,
-        withScope: withScope,
+      _taskQueue.enqueue(
+        () => _hub.captureMessage(
+          message,
+          level: level,
+          template: template,
+          params: params,
+          hint: hint,
+          withScope: withScope,
+        ),
+        SentryId.empty(),
+        DataCategory.unknown,
       );
 
   /// Reports a [userFeedback] to Sentry.io.
@@ -236,7 +257,15 @@ class Sentry {
     Hint? hint,
     ScopeCallback? withScope,
   }) =>
-      _hub.captureFeedback(feedback, hint: hint, withScope: withScope);
+      _taskQueue.enqueue(
+        () => _hub.captureFeedback(
+          feedback,
+          hint: hint,
+          withScope: withScope,
+        ),
+        SentryId.empty(),
+        DataCategory.unknown,
+      );
 
   /// Close the client SDK
   static Future<void> close() async {
@@ -251,7 +280,7 @@ class Sentry {
   /// Last event id recorded by the current Hub
   static SentryId get lastEventId => _hub.lastEventId;
 
-  /// Adds a breacrumb to the current Scope
+  /// Adds a breadcrumb to the current Scope
   static Future<void> addBreadcrumb(Breadcrumb crumb, {Hint? hint}) =>
       _hub.addBreadcrumb(crumb, hint: hint);
 
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry_client.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry_client.dart
index 43e5e0be9d..0ff4f49af7 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry_client.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry_client.dart
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import 'transport/http_transport.dart';
 import 'transport/noop_transport.dart';
 import 'transport/rate_limiter.dart';
 import 'transport/spotlight_http_transport.dart';
-import 'transport/task_queue.dart';
 import 'utils/isolate_utils.dart';
 import 'utils/regex_utils.dart';
 import 'utils/stacktrace_utils.dart';
@@ -39,10 +38,6 @@ const _defaultIpAddress = '{{auto}}';
 /// Logs crash reports and events to the Sentry.io service.
 class SentryClient {
   final SentryOptions _options;
-  late final _taskQueue = TaskQueue<SentryId?>(
-    _options.maxQueueSize,
-    _options.logger,
-  );
 
   final Random? _random;
 
@@ -630,9 +625,6 @@ class SentryClient {
   Future<SentryId?> _attachClientReportsAndSend(SentryEnvelope envelope) {
     final clientReport = _options.recorder.flush();
     envelope.addClientReport(clientReport);
-    return _taskQueue.enqueue(
-      () => _options.transport.send(envelope),
-      SentryId.empty(),
-    );
+    return _options.transport.send(envelope);
   }
 }
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/transport/task_queue.dart b/dart/lib/src/transport/task_queue.dart
index 386a4980f2..34daa81241 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/transport/task_queue.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/transport/task_queue.dart
@@ -1,21 +1,41 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
+import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+
 import '../../sentry.dart';
+import '../client_reports/client_report_recorder.dart';
+import '../client_reports/discard_reason.dart';
+import 'data_category.dart';
 
 typedef Task<T> = Future<T> Function();
 
-class TaskQueue<T> {
-  TaskQueue(this._maxQueueSize, this._logger);
+@internal
+abstract class TaskQueue<T> {
+  Future<T> enqueue(Task<T> task, T fallbackResult, DataCategory category);
+}
+
+@internal
+class DefaultTaskQueue<T> implements TaskQueue<T> {
+  DefaultTaskQueue(this._maxQueueSize, this._logger, this._recorder);
 
   final int _maxQueueSize;
   final SentryLogger _logger;
+  final ClientReportRecorder _recorder;
 
   int _queueCount = 0;
 
-  Future<T> enqueue(Task<T> task, T fallbackResult) async {
+  @override
+  Future<T> enqueue(
+    Task<T> task,
+    T fallbackResult,
+    DataCategory category,
+  ) async {
     if (_queueCount >= _maxQueueSize) {
-      _logger(SentryLevel.warning,
-          'Task dropped due to backpressure. Avoid capturing in a tight loop.');
+      _recorder.recordLostEvent(DiscardReason.queueOverflow, category);
+      _logger(
+        SentryLevel.warning,
+        'Task dropped due to reaching max ($_maxQueueSize} parallel tasks.).',
+      );
       return fallbackResult;
     } else {
       _queueCount++;
@@ -27,3 +47,15 @@ class TaskQueue<T> {
     }
   }
 }
+
+@internal
+class NoOpTaskQueue<T> implements TaskQueue<T> {
+  @override
+  Future<T> enqueue(
+    Task<T> task,
+    T fallbackResult,
+    DataCategory category,
+  ) {
+    return task();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dart/test/transport/tesk_queue_test.dart b/dart/test/transport/tesk_queue_test.dart
index af22672d97..e61299173b 100644
--- a/dart/test/transport/tesk_queue_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/transport/tesk_queue_test.dart
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
+import 'package:sentry/src/client_reports/discard_reason.dart';
+import 'package:sentry/src/transport/data_category.dart';
 import 'package:sentry/src/transport/task_queue.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
+import '../mocks/mock_client_report_recorder.dart';
 import '../test_utils.dart';
 
 void main() {
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ void main() {
           await Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 1));
           completedTasks += 1;
           return 1 + 1;
-        }, -1));
+        }, -1, DataCategory.error));
       }
 
       // This will always await the other futures, even if they are running longer, as it was scheduled after them.
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ void main() {
           print('Completed task $i');
           completedTasks += 1;
           return 1 + 1;
-        }, -1));
+        }, -1, DataCategory.error));
       }
 
       print('Started waiting for first 5 tasks');
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ void main() {
           print('Completed task $i');
           completedTasks += 1;
           return 1 + 1;
-        }, -1));
+        }, -1, DataCategory.error));
       }
 
       print('Started waiting for second 5 tasks');
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ void main() {
           await Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 1));
           completedTasks += 1;
           return 1 + 1;
-        }, -1);
+        }, -1, DataCategory.error);
       }
       expect(completedTasks, 10);
     });
@@ -98,20 +101,45 @@ void main() {
           await sut.enqueue(() async {
             completedTasks += 1;
             throw Error();
-          }, -1);
+          }, -1, DataCategory.error);
         } catch (_) {
           // Ignore
         }
       }
       expect(completedTasks, 10);
     });
+
+    test('recording dropped event when category set', () async {
+      final sut = fixture.getSut(maxQueueSize: 5);
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        unawaited(sut.enqueue(() async {
+          print('Task $i');
+          return 1 + 1;
+        }, -1, DataCategory.error));
+      }
+
+      // This will always await the other futures, even if they are running longer, as it was scheduled after them.
+      print('Started waiting for first 5 tasks');
+      await Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 1));
+      print('Stopped waiting for first 5 tasks');
+
+      expect(fixture.clientReportRecorder.discardedEvents.length, 5);
+      for (final event in fixture.clientReportRecorder.discardedEvents) {
+        expect(event.reason, DiscardReason.queueOverflow);
+        expect(event.category, DataCategory.error);
+        expect(event.quantity, 1);
+      }
+    });
   });
 }
 
 class Fixture {
   final options = defaultTestOptions();
 
+  late var clientReportRecorder = MockClientReportRecorder();
+
   TaskQueue<int> getSut({required int maxQueueSize}) {
-    return TaskQueue(maxQueueSize, options.logger);
+    return DefaultTaskQueue(maxQueueSize, options.logger, clientReportRecorder);
   }
 }