diff --git a/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts b/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
index aaa94d439..30a63dd4e 100644
--- a/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ interface QueuedRRWebEvent {
     enqueuedAt: number
 }
 
+interface SessionIdlePayload {
+    eventTimestamp: number
+    lastActivityTimestamp: number
+    threshold: number
+    bufferLength: number
+    bufferSize: number
+}
+
 const newQueuedEvent = (rrwebMethod: () => void): QueuedRRWebEvent => ({
     rrwebMethod,
     enqueuedAt: Date.now(),
@@ -799,6 +807,18 @@ export class SessionRecording {
             return
         }
 
+        if (event.type === EventType.Custom && event.data.tag === 'sessionIdle') {
+            // session idle events have a timestamp when rrweb sees them
+            // which can artificially lengthen a session
+            // we know when we detected it based on the payload and can correct the timestamp
+            const payload = event.data.payload as SessionIdlePayload
+            if (payload) {
+                const lastActivity = payload.lastActivityTimestamp
+                const threshold = payload.threshold
+                event.timestamp = lastActivity + threshold
+            }
+        }
+
         const properties = {
             $snapshot_bytes: size,
             $snapshot_data: event,