diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-unnamed-import/scenario.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/basic-usage/scenario.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-unnamed-import/scenario.ts
rename to packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/basic-usage/scenario.ts
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-unnamed-import/test.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/basic-usage/test.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-unnamed-import/test.ts
rename to packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/basic-usage/test.ts
index db4caddd9bce..ae1bf263b27a 100644
--- a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-unnamed-import/test.ts
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/basic-usage/test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { assertSentryTransaction, getEnvelopeRequest, runServer } from '../../../utils';
+import { assertSentryTransaction, getEnvelopeRequest, runServer } from '../../../../utils';
 
 test('should send a manually started transaction when @sentry/tracing is imported using unnamed import.', async () => {
   const url = await runServer(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/with-nested-spans/scenario.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/with-nested-spans/scenario.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5fe8dd195de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/with-nested-spans/scenario.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import '@sentry/tracing';
+
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+});
+
+const transaction = Sentry.startTransaction({ name: 'test_transaction_1' });
+const span_1 = transaction.startChild({
+  op: 'span_1',
+  data: {
+    foo: 'bar',
+    baz: [1, 2, 3],
+  },
+});
+for (let i = 0; i < 2000; i++);
+
+// span_1 finishes
+span_1.finish();
+
+// span_2 doesn't finish
+transaction.startChild({ op: 'span_2' });
+for (let i = 0; i < 4000; i++);
+
+const span_3 = transaction.startChild({ op: 'span_3' });
+for (let i = 0; i < 4000; i++);
+
+// span_4 is the child of span_3 but doesn't finish.
+span_3.startChild({ op: 'span_4', data: { qux: 'quux' } });
+
+// span_5 is another child of span_3 but finishes.
+span_3.startChild({ op: 'span_5' }).finish();
+
+// span_3 also finishes
+span_3.finish();
+
+transaction.finish();
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/with-nested-spans/test.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/with-nested-spans/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a39a9d16f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startTransaction/with-nested-spans/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { assertSentryTransaction, getEnvelopeRequest, runServer } from '../../../../utils';
+
+test('should report finished spans as children of the root transaction.', async () => {
+  const url = await runServer(__dirname);
+  const envelope = await getEnvelopeRequest(url);
+
+  expect(envelope).toHaveLength(3);
+
+  const rootSpanId = (envelope?.[2] as any)?.contexts?.trace?.span_id;
+  const span3Id = (envelope?.[2] as any)?.spans?.[1].span_id;
+
+  expect(rootSpanId).toEqual(expect.any(String));
+  expect(span3Id).toEqual(expect.any(String));
+
+  assertSentryTransaction(envelope[2], {
+    transaction: 'test_transaction_1',
+    spans: [
+      {
+        op: 'span_1',
+        data: {
+          foo: 'bar',
+          baz: [1, 2, 3],
+        },
+        parent_span_id: rootSpanId,
+      },
+      {
+        op: 'span_3',
+        parent_span_id: rootSpanId,
+      },
+      {
+        op: 'span_5',
+        parent_span_id: span3Id,
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-namespace-import/scenario.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-namespace-import/scenario.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 58c0a83955f0..000000000000
--- a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-namespace-import/scenario.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
-import * as _ from '@sentry/tracing';
-
-Sentry.init({
-  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
-  release: '1.0',
-  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
-});
-
-const transaction = Sentry.startTransaction({ name: 'test_transaction_1' });
-
-transaction.finish();
diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-namespace-import/test.ts b/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-namespace-import/test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0df4b0d45611..000000000000
--- a/packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/manual-tracing-namespace-import/test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { assertSentryTransaction, getEnvelopeRequest, runServer } from '../../../utils';
-
-test.skip('should send a manually started transaction when @sentry/tracing is imported using namespace import.', async () => {
-  const url = await runServer(__dirname);
-  const envelope = await getEnvelopeRequest(url);
-
-  expect(envelope).toHaveLength(3);
-
-  assertSentryTransaction(envelope[2], {
-    transaction: 'test_transaction_1',
-  });
-});