diff --git a/.size-limit.js b/.size-limit.js
index 883156b803ce..9107bc637491 100644
--- a/.size-limit.js
+++ b/.size-limit.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module.exports = [
     path: 'packages/browser/build/npm/esm/index.js',
     import: createImport('init', 'browserTracingIntegration', 'replayIntegration', 'replayCanvasIntegration'),
     gzip: true,
-    limit: '80.5 KB',
+    limit: '81 KB',
   },
   {
     name: '@sentry/browser (incl. Tracing, Replay, Feedback)',
diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/browserMetrics.ts b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/browserMetrics.ts
index 62201a72ceab..dbdc54dca512 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/browserMetrics.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/browserMetrics.ts
@@ -460,8 +460,11 @@ export function _addMeasureSpans(
   }
 }
 
-/** Instrument navigation entries */
-function _addNavigationSpans(span: Span, entry: PerformanceNavigationTiming, timeOrigin: number): void {
+/**
+ * Instrument navigation entries
+ * exported only for tests
+ */
+export function _addNavigationSpans(span: Span, entry: PerformanceNavigationTiming, timeOrigin: number): void {
   (['unloadEvent', 'redirect', 'domContentLoadedEvent', 'loadEvent', 'connect'] as const).forEach(event => {
     _addPerformanceNavigationTiming(span, entry, event, timeOrigin);
   });
@@ -511,6 +514,7 @@ function _addPerformanceNavigationTiming(
     name: entry.name,
     attributes: {
       [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+      ...(event === 'redirect' && entry.redirectCount != null ? { 'http.redirect_count': entry.redirectCount } : {}),
     },
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/test/browser/browserMetrics.test.ts b/packages/browser-utils/test/browser/browserMetrics.test.ts
index 69169e01af67..685f7e2c41ed 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/test/browser/browserMetrics.test.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/test/browser/browserMetrics.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
 import { describe, beforeEach, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
 
-import { _addMeasureSpans, _addResourceSpans } from '../../src/metrics/browserMetrics';
+import { _addMeasureSpans, _addNavigationSpans, _addResourceSpans } from '../../src/metrics/browserMetrics';
 import { WINDOW } from '../../src/types';
 import { TestClient, getDefaultClientOptions } from '../utils/TestClient';
 
@@ -416,6 +416,188 @@ describe('_addResourceSpans', () => {
   );
 });
 
+describe('_addNavigationSpans', () => {
+  const pageloadSpan = new SentrySpan({ op: 'pageload', name: '/', sampled: true });
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    setGlobalLocation(mockWindowLocation);
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    resetGlobalLocation();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    getCurrentScope().clear();
+    getIsolationScope().clear();
+
+    const client = new TestClient(
+      getDefaultClientOptions({
+        tracesSampleRate: 1,
+      }),
+    );
+    setCurrentClient(client);
+    client.init();
+  });
+
+  it('adds navigation spans based on the navigation performance entry', () => {
+    // entry taken from a real entry via browser dev tools
+    const entry: PerformanceNavigationTiming = {
+      name: 'https://santry.com/test',
+      entryType: 'navigation',
+      startTime: 0,
+      duration: 546.1000000014901,
+      initiatorType: 'navigation',
+      nextHopProtocol: 'h2',
+      workerStart: 0,
+      redirectStart: 7.5,
+      redirectEnd: 20.5,
+      redirectCount: 2,
+      fetchStart: 4.9000000059604645,
+      domainLookupStart: 4.9000000059604645,
+      domainLookupEnd: 4.9000000059604645,
+      connectStart: 4.9000000059604645,
+      secureConnectionStart: 4.9000000059604645,
+      connectEnd: 4.9000000059604645,
+      requestStart: 7.9000000059604645,
+      responseStart: 396.80000000447035,
+      responseEnd: 416.40000000596046,
+      transferSize: 14726,
+      encodedBodySize: 14426,
+      decodedBodySize: 67232,
+      responseStatus: 200,
+      serverTiming: [],
+      unloadEventStart: 0,
+      unloadEventEnd: 0,
+      domInteractive: 473.20000000298023,
+      domContentLoadedEventStart: 480.1000000014901,
+      domContentLoadedEventEnd: 480.30000000447035,
+      domComplete: 546,
+      loadEventStart: 546,
+      loadEventEnd: 546.1000000014901,
+      type: 'navigate',
+      activationStart: 0,
+      toJSON: () => ({}),
+    };
+    const spans: Span[] = [];
+
+    getClient()?.on('spanEnd', span => {
+      spans.push(span);
+    });
+
+    _addNavigationSpans(pageloadSpan, entry, 999);
+
+    const trace_id = pageloadSpan.spanContext().traceId;
+    const parent_span_id = pageloadSpan.spanContext().spanId;
+
+    expect(spans).toHaveLength(9);
+    expect(spans.map(spanToJSON)).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.domContentLoadedEvent',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.domContentLoadedEvent',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.loadEvent',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.loadEvent',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.connect',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.connect',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.TLS/SSL',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.TLS/SSL',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.cache',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.cache',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.DNS',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.DNS',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.request',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.request',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.response',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.response',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          data: {
+            'http.redirect_count': 2,
+            'sentry.op': 'browser.redirect',
+            'sentry.origin': 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          },
+          description: 'https://santry.com/test',
+          op: 'browser.redirect',
+          origin: 'auto.ui.browser.metrics',
+          parent_span_id,
+          trace_id,
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 const setGlobalLocation = (location: Location) => {
   // @ts-expect-error need to delete this in order to set to new value
   delete WINDOW.location;