diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
index 74ce0adaab7..8ca8080e7c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
@@ -48,4 +48,28 @@ jobs:
             xcode: "16.2"
         command:
           - fastlane_command: ui_critical_tests_ios_swiftui_envelope
-          - fastlane_command: ui_critical_tests_ios_swiftui_crash
+
+  run-swiftui-crash-test:
+    name: Run SwiftUI Crash Test
+    runs-on: macos-15
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - run: ./scripts/ci-select-xcode.sh 16.2
+
+      - run: make init-ci-build
+      - run: make xcode-ci
+
+      - name: Boot simulator
+        run: ./scripts/ci-boot-simulator.sh
+
+      - name: Run SwiftUI Crash Test
+        run: |
+          ./TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/test-crash-and-relaunch.sh --screenshots-dir "swiftui-crash-test-screenshots"
+
+      - name: Upload SwiftUI Crash Test Screenshots
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: swiftui-crash-test-screenshots
+          path: swiftui-crash-test-screenshots
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a97011acd39..46435c2e3b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Samples/visionOS-Swift/visionOS-Swift.xcodeproj
 Samples/watchOS-Swift/watchOS-Swift.xcodeproj
 Samples/SentrySampleShared/SentrySampleShared.xcodeproj
 TestSamples/SwiftUITestSample/SwiftUITestSample.xcodeproj
+TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.xcodeproj
 
 Sentry.xcframework*
 Sentry-Dynamic.xcframework*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e43c79f7e10..9f7836db3c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -188,3 +188,4 @@ xcode-ci:
 	xcodegen --spec Samples/visionOS-Swift/visionOS-Swift.yml
 	xcodegen --spec Samples/watchOS-Swift/watchOS-Swift.yml
 	xcodegen --spec TestSamples/SwiftUITestSample/SwiftUITestSample.yml
+	xcodegen --spec TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.yml
diff --git a/Sentry.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata b/Sentry.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
index 659478e10a7..dab599420f3 100644
--- a/Sentry.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
+++ b/Sentry.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
@@ -59,5 +59,8 @@
       <FileRef
          location = "group:TestSamples/SwiftUITestSample/SwiftUITestSample.xcodeproj">
       </FileRef>
+      <FileRef
+         location = "group:TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.xcodeproj">
+      </FileRef>
    </Group>
 </Workspace>
diff --git a/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.xcconfig b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.xcconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8ad7182821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.xcconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Architectures.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/BuildOptions.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Deployment.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Linking.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Localization.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Packaging.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/SearchPaths.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Signing.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Versioning.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/CodeGeneration.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangLanguage.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangCppLanguage.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangModules.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangObjCLanguage.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangPreprocessing.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangWarnings.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangWarningsCpp.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangWarningsObjC.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/AssetCatalog.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/ClangAnalyzer.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Swift.xcconfig"
+#include "../SwiftUITestSample/Shared/Config/Metal.xcconfig"
+
+PRODUCT_NAME = SwiftUICrashTest
+PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = io.sentry.tests.SwiftUICrashTest
+GENERATE_INFOPLIST_FILE = YES
+
+SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS = iphoneos iphonesimulator
+MARKETING_VERSION = 1
diff --git a/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.yml b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b95cbb5865f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: SwiftUICrashTest
+createIntermediateGroups: true
+generateEmptyDirectories: true
+configs:
+  Debug: debug
+  Release: release
+projectReferences:
+  Sentry:
+    path: ../../Sentry.xcodeproj
+fileGroups:
+  - SwiftUICrashTest.yml
+options:
+  bundleIdPrefix: io.sentry
+targets:
+  SwiftUICrashTest:
+    type: application
+    platform: auto
+    dependencies:
+      - target: Sentry/Sentry
+    sources:
+      - SwiftUICrashTest
+    configFiles:
+      Debug: SwiftUICrashTest.xcconfig
+      Release: SwiftUICrashTest.xcconfig
+
+schemes:
+  SwiftUICrashTest:
+    build:
+      targets:
+        SwiftUICrashTest: all
diff --git a/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/AccentColor.colorset/Contents.json b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/AccentColor.colorset/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0afb3cf0eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/AccentColor.colorset/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "colors": [
+    {
+      "idiom": "universal"
+    }
+  ],
+  "info": {
+    "author": "xcode",
+    "version": 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/Contents.json b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c70a5bff185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "images": [
+    {
+      "idiom": "universal",
+      "platform": "ios",
+      "size": "1024x1024"
+    },
+    {
+      "appearances": [
+        {
+          "appearance": "luminosity",
+          "value": "dark"
+        }
+      ],
+      "idiom": "universal",
+      "platform": "ios",
+      "size": "1024x1024"
+    },
+    {
+      "appearances": [
+        {
+          "appearance": "luminosity",
+          "value": "tinted"
+        }
+      ],
+      "idiom": "universal",
+      "platform": "ios",
+      "size": "1024x1024"
+    }
+  ],
+  "info": {
+    "author": "xcode",
+    "version": 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/Contents.json b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74d6a722cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/Assets.xcassets/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "info": {
+    "author": "xcode",
+    "version": 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/ContentView.swift b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/ContentView.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c39b655063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/ContentView.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import Sentry
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct ContentView: View {
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack {
+            Image(systemName: "globe")
+                .imageScale(.large)
+                .foregroundStyle(.tint)
+            Text("Hello, world!")
+        }
+        .padding()
+    }
+}
+
+#Preview {
+    ContentView()
+}
diff --git a/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTestApp.swift b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTestApp.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa219a34116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTest/SwiftUICrashTestApp.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import Sentry
+import SwiftUI
+
+@main
+struct SwiftUICrashTestApp: App {
+
+    init() {
+        SentrySDK.start { options in
+            options.dsn = "https://6cc9bae94def43cab8444a99e0031c28@o447951.ingest.sentry.io/5428557"
+        }
+
+        let userDefaultsKey = "crash-on-launch"
+        if UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: userDefaultsKey) {
+
+            UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: userDefaultsKey)
+            SentrySDK.crash()
+        }
+    }
+
+    var body: some Scene {
+        WindowGroup {
+            ContentView()
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/test-crash-and-relaunch.sh b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/test-crash-and-relaunch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a6c67ae4223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/test-crash-and-relaunch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Launches the SwiftUI Crash Test app and validates that it crashes and relaunches correctly.
+# This test run requires one booted simulator to work. So make sure to boot one simulator before
+# running this script.
+
+# Background:
+# XCTest isn't built for crashing during tests. Instead of using XCTest to press a button and
+# let a test app crash, we now use UserDefaults to tell the test app to crash during launch.
+# We then simply launch the app again via `xcrun simctl launch` and wait to see if it keeps
+# running. This is basically the same as the testCrash of the SwiftUITestSample without using
+# XCTests.
+
+
+BUNDLE_ID="io.sentry.tests.SwiftUICrashTest"
+USER_DEFAULT_KEY="crash-on-launch"
+DEVICE_ID="booted"
+SCREENSHOTS_DIR="test-crash-and-relaunch-simulator-screenshots"
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0"
+    echo "  -s|--screenshots-dir <dir>      Screenshots directory (default: test-crash-and-relaunch-simulator-screenshots)"
+    echo "  -h|--help                       Show this help message"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Parse arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        -s|--screenshots-dir)
+            SCREENSHOTS_DIR="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        -h|--help)
+            usage
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown option: $1"
+            usage
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# Echo with timestamp
+log() {
+    echo "[$(date '+%H:%M:%S')] $1"
+}
+
+# Take screenshot with timestamp and custom name
+take_simulator_screenshot() {
+    local name="$1"
+    
+    # Create screenshots directory if it doesn't exist
+    mkdir -p "$SCREENSHOTS_DIR"
+    
+    # Generate timestamp-based filename with custom name
+    timestamp=$(date '+%H%M%S')
+    screenshot_name="$SCREENSHOTS_DIR/${timestamp}_${name}.png"
+    
+    # Take screenshot
+    xcrun simctl io booted screenshot "$screenshot_name" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+log "Removing previous screenshots directory."
+rm -rf "$SCREENSHOTS_DIR"
+
+log "Starting crash test and relaunch test."
+log "This test crashes the app and validates that it can relaunch after a crash without crashing again."
+
+log "🔨 Building SwiftUI Crash Test app for simulator 🔨"
+
+xcodebuild -workspace Sentry.xcworkspace \
+    -scheme SwiftUICrashTest \
+    -destination "platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 16" \
+    -derivedDataPath DerivedData \
+    -configuration Debug \
+    CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO \
+    build 2>&1 | tee raw-build.log | xcbeautify
+
+log "Installing app on simulator."
+xcrun simctl install $DEVICE_ID DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftUICrashTest.app
+
+take_simulator_screenshot "after-install"
+
+log "Terminating app if running."
+xcrun simctl terminate $DEVICE_ID $BUNDLE_ID 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Phase 1: Let the app crash
+
+log "Setting crash flag."
+xcrun simctl spawn $DEVICE_ID defaults write $BUNDLE_ID $USER_DEFAULT_KEY -bool true
+
+log "Launching app with expected crash."
+xcrun simctl launch $DEVICE_ID $BUNDLE_ID
+
+# Check every 100ms for 5 seconds if the app is still running.
+for i in {1..50}; do
+    if xcrun simctl listapps $DEVICE_ID | grep "$BUNDLE_ID" | grep -q "Running"; then
+        sleep 0.1
+    else
+        log "✅ App crashed as expected after $(echo "scale=1; $i * 0.1" | bc) seconds."
+        break
+    fi
+    
+    if [ "$i" -eq 50 ]; then
+        log "❌ App is still running after 5 seconds but it should have crashed instead."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+take_simulator_screenshot "after-crash"
+
+# Phase 2: Test normal operation
+
+log "Removing crash flag..."
+xcrun simctl spawn $DEVICE_ID defaults delete $BUNDLE_ID $USER_DEFAULT_KEY
+
+log "Relaunching app after crash."
+xcrun simctl launch $DEVICE_ID $BUNDLE_ID
+
+take_simulator_screenshot "after-crash-check"
+
+log "Waiting for 5 seconds to check if the app is still running."
+sleep 5
+
+take_simulator_screenshot "after-crash-check-after-sleep"
+
+if xcrun simctl spawn booted launchctl list | grep "$BUNDLE_ID"; then
+    log "✅ App is still running"
+else
+    log "❌ App is not running"    
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+log "✅ Test completed successfully." 
+exit 0
diff --git a/fastlane/Fastfile b/fastlane/Fastfile
index 92b9e059575..b6ac1adadeb 100644
--- a/fastlane/Fastfile
+++ b/fastlane/Fastfile
@@ -200,14 +200,6 @@ platform :ios do
     )
   end
 
-  lane :ui_critical_tests_ios_swiftui_crash do
-    run_ui_tests(
-      scheme: "SwiftUITestSampleCrash",
-      result_bundle_name: "ui_critical_tests_ios_swiftui_crash",
-      device: "iPhone 16 (18.5)"
-    )
-  end
-
   lane :ui_critical_tests_ios_swiftui_envelope do
     run_ui_tests(
       scheme: "SwiftUITestSampleEnvelope",