diff --git a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
index 8b9fdfd5c593..c7d0ca5239fc 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/cron/test.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ test('cron instrumentation', async () => {
     })
     .expect({
       event: {
-        exception: { values: [{ type: 'Error', value: 'Error in cron job' }] },
+        exception: {
+          values: [
+            {
+              type: 'Error',
+              value: 'Error in cron job',
+              mechanism: { type: 'auto.function.cron.instrumentCron', handled: false },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
       },
     })
     .start()
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/test.ts
index 1c5fa515e208..fb3e7bacbf45 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/test.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ test('node-cron instrumentation', async () => {
     })
     .expect({
       event: {
-        exception: { values: [{ type: 'Error', value: 'Error in cron job' }] },
+        exception: {
+          values: [
+            {
+              type: 'Error',
+              value: 'Error in cron job',
+              mechanism: { type: 'auto.function.node-cron.instrumentNodeCron', handled: false },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
       },
     })
     .start()
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-schedule/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-schedule/test.ts
index a2019253203f..19d2d0b4e339 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-schedule/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-core-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-schedule/test.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ test('node-schedule instrumentation', async () => {
     })
     .expect({
       event: {
-        exception: { values: [{ type: 'Error', value: 'Error in cron job' }] },
+        exception: {
+          values: [
+            {
+              type: 'Error',
+              value: 'Error in cron job',
+              mechanism: { type: 'onunhandledrejection', handled: false },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
       },
     })
     .start()
diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/cron/cron.ts b/packages/node-core/src/cron/cron.ts
index ce6225ced2fa..2c764c877c46 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/cron/cron.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/cron/cron.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ export function instrumentCron<T>(lib: T & CronJobConstructor, monitorSlug: stri
             try {
               await onTick(context, onComplete);
             } catch (e) {
-              captureException(e);
+              captureException(e, {
+                mechanism: {
+                  handled: false,
+                  type: 'auto.function.cron.instrumentCron',
+                },
+              });
               throw e;
             }
           },
@@ -136,7 +141,12 @@ export function instrumentCron<T>(lib: T & CronJobConstructor, monitorSlug: stri
                 try {
                   await onTick(context, onComplete);
                 } catch (e) {
-                  captureException(e);
+                  captureException(e, {
+                    mechanism: {
+                      handled: false,
+                      type: 'auto.function.cron.instrumentCron',
+                    },
+                  });
                   throw e;
                 }
               },
diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/cron/node-cron.ts b/packages/node-core/src/cron/node-cron.ts
index 5b9e48900287..a2374b06d4b5 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/cron/node-cron.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/cron/node-cron.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ export function instrumentNodeCron<T>(lib: Partial<NodeCron> & T): T {
                   try {
                     return await callback();
                   } catch (e) {
-                    captureException(e);
+                    captureException(e, {
+                      mechanism: {
+                        handled: false,
+                        type: 'auto.function.node-cron.instrumentNodeCron',
+                      },
+                    });
                     throw e;
                   }
                 },