diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad8566089..7c47eb201 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next
 
+- recording: network logs not counting the request transferSize but only the response transferSize ([#193](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-ios/pull/193))
+
 ## 3.12.0 - 2024-09-12
 
 - chore: add Is Emulator support ([#190](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-ios/pull/190))
diff --git a/PostHog/Replay/URLSessionExtension.swift b/PostHog/Replay/URLSessionExtension.swift
index bae7339c5..00c1fc2fc 100644
--- a/PostHog/Replay/URLSessionExtension.swift
+++ b/PostHog/Replay/URLSessionExtension.swift
@@ -120,9 +120,14 @@
                                                    "name": request?.url?.absoluteString ?? (response?.url?.absoluteString ?? ""),
                                                    "initiatorType": "fetch",
                                                    "entryType": "resource",
-                                                   "transferSize": response?.expectedContentLength ?? 0,
                                                    "timestamp": timestamp.toMillis()]
 
+                // the UI special case if the transferSize is 0 as coming from cache
+                let transferSize = Int64(request?.httpBody?.count ?? 0) + (response?.expectedContentLength ?? 0)
+                if transferSize > 0 {
+                    requestsData["transferSize"] = transferSize
+                }
+
                 if let urlResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse {
                     requestsData["responseStatus"] = urlResponse.statusCode
                 }
diff --git a/PostHog/Replay/URLSessionInterceptor.swift b/PostHog/Replay/URLSessionInterceptor.swift
index 6108f29d2..5d6a7c223 100644
--- a/PostHog/Replay/URLSessionInterceptor.swift
+++ b/PostHog/Replay/URLSessionInterceptor.swift
@@ -80,8 +80,11 @@
                 sample.httpMethod = request.httpMethod
                 sample.initiatorType = "fetch"
                 sample.duration = (date.toMillis() - sample.timeOrigin.toMillis())
-                if let response = task.response {
-                    sample.decodedBodySize = response.expectedContentLength
+
+                // the UI special case if the transferSize is 0 as coming from cache
+                let transferSize = Int64(request.httpBody?.count ?? 0) + (task.response?.expectedContentLength ?? 0)
+                if transferSize > 0 {
+                    sample.decodedBodySize = transferSize
                 }
 
                 self.finish(task: task, sample: sample)