diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d19c648e39b1..b18da4f6c43f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ jobs:
             'create-remix-app-express',
             'create-remix-app-express-legacy',
             'create-remix-app-express-vite-dev',
+            'default-browser',
             'node-express-esm-loader',
             'node-express-esm-preload',
             'node-express-esm-without-loader',
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/.gitignore b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84634c973eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+
+# dependencies
+/node_modules
+/.pnp
+.pnp.js
+
+# testing
+/coverage
+
+# production
+/build
+
+# misc
+.DS_Store
+.env.local
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
+
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+/test-results/
+/playwright-report/
+/playwright/.cache/
+
+!*.d.ts
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/.npmrc b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..070f80f05092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@sentry:registry=http://127.0.0.1:4873
+@sentry-internal:registry=http://127.0.0.1:4873
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/build.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/build.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aeaad894bdbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/build.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as url from 'url';
+import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin';
+import TerserPlugin from 'terser-webpack-plugin';
+import webpack from 'webpack';
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+webpack(
+  {
+    entry: path.join(__dirname, 'src/index.js'),
+    output: {
+      path: path.join(__dirname, 'build'),
+      filename: 'app.js',
+    },
+    optimization: {
+      minimize: true,
+      minimizer: [new TerserPlugin()],
+    },
+    plugins: [
+      new webpack.EnvironmentPlugin(['E2E_TEST_DSN']),
+      new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+        template: path.join(__dirname, 'public/index.html'),
+      }),
+    ],
+    mode: 'production',
+  },
+  (err, stats) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error(err.stack || err);
+      if (err.details) {
+        console.error(err.details);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const info = stats.toJson();
+
+    if (stats.hasErrors()) {
+      console.error(info.errors);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (stats.hasWarnings()) {
+      console.warn(info.warnings);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  },
+);
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6286c2423b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "name": "default-browser-test-app",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@sentry/browser": "latest || *",
+    "@types/node": "16.7.13",
+    "typescript": "4.9.5"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "serve -s build",
+    "build": "node build.mjs",
+    "test": "playwright test",
+    "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install && npx playwright install && pnpm build",
+    "test:assert": "pnpm test"
+  },
+  "browserslist": {
+    "production": [
+      ">0.2%",
+      "not dead",
+      "not op_mini all"
+    ],
+    "development": [
+      "last 1 chrome version",
+      "last 1 firefox version",
+      "last 1 safari version"
+    ]
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.44.1",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "webpack": "^5.91.0",
+    "serve": "14.0.1",
+    "terser-webpack-plugin": "^5.3.10",
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.6.0"
+  },
+  "volta": {
+    "extends": "../../package.json"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/playwright.config.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/playwright.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31f2b913b58b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/playwright.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { getPlaywrightConfig } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+const config = getPlaywrightConfig({
+  startCommand: `pnpm start`,
+});
+
+export default config;
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/public/index.html b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/public/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35e91be91c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/public/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <title>Default Browser App</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="app"></div>
+
+    <input type="button" value="Capture Exception" id="exception-button" />
+
+    <div id="navigation">
+
+      <a id="navigation-link" href="#navigation-target">Navigation Link</a>
+
+      <div id="navigation-target">Navigated Element</div>
+      
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- The script tags for the bundled JavaScript files will be injected here by HtmlWebpackPlugin in build.mjs-->
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/src/index.js b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3eea216fe84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/browser';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: process.env.E2E_TEST_DSN,
+  integrations: [Sentry.browserTracingIntegration()],
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+  release: 'e2e-test',
+  environment: 'qa',
+  tunnel: 'http://localhost:3031',
+});
+
+document.getElementById('exception-button').addEventListener('click', () => {
+  throw new Error('I am an error!');
+});
+
+document.getElementById('navigation-link').addEventListener('click', () => {
+  document.getElementById('navigation-target').scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' });
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/start-event-proxy.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/start-event-proxy.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c84e74d541b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/start-event-proxy.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { startEventProxyServer } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+startEventProxyServer({
+  port: 3031,
+  proxyServerName: 'default-browser',
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tests/errors.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tests/errors.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e4f2eda9a579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tests/errors.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+import { waitForError, waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+test('captures an error', async ({ page }) => {
+  const errorEventPromise = waitForError('default-browser', event => {
+    return !event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'I am an error!';
+  });
+
+  await page.goto('/');
+
+  const exceptionButton = page.locator('id=exception-button');
+  await exceptionButton.click();
+
+  const errorEvent = await errorEventPromise;
+
+  expect(errorEvent.exception?.values).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(errorEvent.exception?.values?.[0]?.value).toBe('I am an error!');
+
+  expect(errorEvent.transaction).toBe('/');
+
+  expect(errorEvent.request).toEqual({
+    url: 'http://localhost:3030/',
+    headers: expect.any(Object),
+  });
+
+  expect(errorEvent.contexts?.trace).toEqual({
+    trace_id: expect.any(String),
+    span_id: expect.any(String),
+  });
+});
+
+test('sets correct transactionName', async ({ page }) => {
+  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('default-browser', async transactionEvent => {
+    return !!transactionEvent?.transaction && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload';
+  });
+
+  const errorEventPromise = waitForError('default-browser', event => {
+    return !event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'I am an error!';
+  });
+
+  await page.goto('/');
+  const transactionEvent = await transactionPromise;
+
+  const exceptionButton = page.locator('id=exception-button');
+  await exceptionButton.click();
+
+  const errorEvent = await errorEventPromise;
+
+  expect(errorEvent.exception?.values).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(errorEvent.exception?.values?.[0]?.value).toBe('I am an error!');
+
+  expect(errorEvent.transaction).toEqual('/');
+
+  expect(errorEvent.contexts?.trace).toEqual({
+    trace_id: transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.trace_id,
+    span_id: expect.not.stringContaining(transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.span_id || ''),
+  });
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tests/performance.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tests/performance.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7013fb43ecef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tests/performance.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+test('captures a pageload transaction', async ({ page }) => {
+  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('default-browser', async transactionEvent => {
+    return !!transactionEvent?.transaction && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload';
+  });
+
+  await page.goto(`/`);
+
+  const pageLoadTransaction = await transactionPromise;
+
+  expect(pageLoadTransaction).toEqual({
+    contexts: {
+      trace: {
+        data: expect.objectContaining({
+          'sentry.idle_span_finish_reason': 'idleTimeout',
+          'sentry.op': 'pageload',
+          'sentry.origin': 'auto.pageload.browser',
+          'sentry.sample_rate': 1,
+          'sentry.source': 'url',
+        }),
+        op: 'pageload',
+        origin: 'auto.pageload.browser',
+        span_id: expect.stringMatching(/[a-f0-9]{16}/),
+        trace_id: expect.stringMatching(/[a-f0-9]{32}/),
+      },
+    },
+    environment: 'qa',
+    event_id: expect.stringMatching(/[a-f0-9]{32}/),
+    measurements: {
+      'connection.rtt': {
+        unit: 'millisecond',
+        value: expect.any(Number),
+      },
+      fcp: {
+        unit: 'millisecond',
+        value: expect.any(Number),
+      },
+      fp: {
+        unit: 'millisecond',
+        value: expect.any(Number),
+      },
+      lcp: {
+        unit: 'millisecond',
+        value: expect.any(Number),
+      },
+      ttfb: {
+        unit: 'millisecond',
+        value: expect.any(Number),
+      },
+      'ttfb.requestTime': {
+        unit: 'millisecond',
+        value: expect.any(Number),
+      },
+    },
+    platform: 'javascript',
+    release: 'e2e-test',
+    request: {
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': expect.any(String),
+      },
+      url: 'http://localhost:3030/',
+    },
+    sdk: {
+      integrations: expect.any(Array),
+      name: 'sentry.javascript.browser',
+      packages: [
+        {
+          name: 'npm:@sentry/browser',
+          version: expect.any(String),
+        },
+      ],
+      version: expect.any(String),
+    },
+    spans: expect.any(Array),
+    start_timestamp: expect.any(Number),
+    timestamp: expect.any(Number),
+    transaction: '/',
+    transaction_info: {
+      source: 'url',
+    },
+    type: 'transaction',
+  });
+});
+
+test('captures a navigation transaction', async ({ page }) => {
+  page.on('console', msg => console.log(msg.text()));
+  const pageLoadTransactionPromise = waitForTransaction('default-browser', async transactionEvent => {
+    return !!transactionEvent?.transaction && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload';
+  });
+
+  const navigationTransactionPromise = waitForTransaction('default-browser', async transactionEvent => {
+    return !!transactionEvent?.transaction && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation';
+  });
+
+  await page.goto(`/`);
+  await pageLoadTransactionPromise;
+
+  const linkElement = page.locator('id=navigation-link');
+
+  await linkElement.click();
+
+  const navigationTransaction = await navigationTransactionPromise;
+
+  expect(navigationTransaction).toMatchObject({
+    contexts: {
+      trace: {
+        op: 'navigation',
+        origin: 'auto.navigation.browser',
+      },
+    },
+    transaction: '/',
+    transaction_info: {
+      source: 'url',
+    },
+  });
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tsconfig.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4cc95dc2689a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/default-browser/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es2018",
+    "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "isolatedModules": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "jsx": "react"
+  },
+  "include": ["src", "tests"]
+}