diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-router-6/tests/transactions.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-router-6/tests/transactions.test.ts
index c554c47d8dde..39e07b89c0ee 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-router-6/tests/transactions.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/react-router-6/tests/transactions.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import { waitForEnvelopeItem, waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 
 test('sends a pageload transaction with a parameterized URL', async ({ page }) => {
   const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('react-router-6', async transactionEvent => {
@@ -54,3 +54,45 @@ test('sends a navigation transaction with a parameterized URL', async ({ page })
     },
   });
 });
+
+test('sends an INP span', async ({ page }) => {
+  const inpSpanPromise = waitForEnvelopeItem('react-router-6', item => {
+    return item[0].type === 'span';
+  });
+
+  await page.goto(`/`);
+
+  await page.click('#exception-button');
+
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+
+  // Page hide to trigger INP
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event('pagehide'));
+  });
+
+  const inpSpan = await inpSpanPromise;
+
+  expect(inpSpan[1]).toEqual({
+    data: {
+      'sentry.origin': 'auto.http.browser.inp',
+      'sentry.op': 'ui.interaction.click',
+      release: 'e2e-test',
+      environment: 'qa',
+      transaction: '/',
+      'sentry.exclusive_time': expect.any(Number),
+      replay_id: expect.any(String),
+    },
+    description: 'body > div#root > input#exception-button[type="button"]',
+    op: 'ui.interaction.click',
+    parent_span_id: expect.any(String),
+    span_id: expect.any(String),
+    start_timestamp: expect.any(Number),
+    timestamp: expect.any(Number),
+    trace_id: expect.any(String),
+    origin: 'auto.http.browser.inp',
+    exclusive_time: expect.any(Number),
+    measurements: { inp: { unit: 'millisecond', value: expect.any(Number) } },
+    segment_id: expect.any(String),
+  });
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/test-utils/src/event-proxy-server.ts b/dev-packages/test-utils/src/event-proxy-server.ts
index 25ddbfe94966..82693bf4af89 100644
--- a/dev-packages/test-utils/src/event-proxy-server.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/test-utils/src/event-proxy-server.ts
@@ -115,14 +115,28 @@ export async function startEventProxyServer(options: EventProxyServerOptions): P
             eventCallbackListeners.forEach(listener => {
               const rawSentryResponseBody = Buffer.concat(sentryResponseChunks).toString();
 
-              const data: SentryRequestCallbackData = {
-                envelope: parseEnvelope(proxyRequestBody),
-                rawProxyRequestBody: proxyRequestBody,
-                rawSentryResponseBody,
-                sentryResponseStatusCode: sentryResponse.statusCode,
-              };
-
-              listener(Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(data)).toString('base64'));
+              try {
+                const data: SentryRequestCallbackData = {
+                  envelope: parseEnvelope(proxyRequestBody),
+                  rawProxyRequestBody: proxyRequestBody,
+                  rawSentryResponseBody,
+                  sentryResponseStatusCode: sentryResponse.statusCode,
+                };
+
+                listener(Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(data)).toString('base64'));
+              } catch (error) {
+                if (`${error}`.includes('Unexpected token') && proxyRequestBody.includes('{"type":"replay_event"}')) {
+                  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+                  console.log('[event-proxy-server] Info: Received replay event, skipping...');
+                } else {
+                  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+                  console.error(
+                    '[event-proxy-server] Error: Failed to parse Sentry request envelope',
+                    error,
+                    proxyRequestBody,
+                  );
+                }
+              }
             });
             proxyResponse.end();
           });