diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json
index 4dc80476aee9..5d5e829bace6 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "build": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
     "lint": "next lint",
-    "test": "TEST_MODE=build playwright test",
+    "test": "test:prod && test:dev",
+    "test:prod": "TEST_MODE=prod playwright test",
     "test:dev": "TEST_MODE=dev playwright test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/error.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5440074c39aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs';
+// Next.js API route support: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/introduction
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
+
+export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+  const exceptionId = Sentry.captureException(new Error('This is an error'));
+
+  await Sentry.flush(2000);
+
+  res.status(200).json({ exceptionId });
+}
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/hello.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/hello.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eb4cc6657b37..000000000000
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/hello.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Next.js API route support: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/introduction
-import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
-
-type Data = {
-  name: string;
-};
-
-export default function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<Data>) {
-  res.status(200).json({ name: 'John Doe' });
-}
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/success.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/success.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..847d0ae4821c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/pages/api/success.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Next.js API route support: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/introduction
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs';
+
+export default function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+  const transaction = Sentry.startTransaction({ name: 'test-transaction', op: 'e2e-test' });
+  Sentry.getCurrentHub().configureScope(scope => scope.setSpan(transaction));
+
+  const span = transaction.startChild();
+
+  span.finish();
+  transaction.finish();
+
+  Sentry.flush().then(() => {
+    res.status(200).json({
+      transactionIds: global.transactionIds,
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/playwright.config.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/playwright.config.ts
index 6bccee48f9fc..dabfa9c23619 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/playwright.config.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
 
   /* Run your local dev server before starting the tests */
   webServer: {
-    command: process.env.TEST_MODE === 'build' ? 'yarn start' : 'yarn dev',
+    command: process.env.TEST_MODE === 'prod' ? 'yarn start' : 'yarn dev',
     port: 3000,
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/sentry.server.config.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/sentry.server.config.ts
index dfce34424f98..e3d70f17e126 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/sentry.server.config.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/sentry.server.config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs';
 
+declare global {
+  namespace globalThis {
+    var transactionIds: string[];
+  }
+}
+
 Sentry.init({
   dsn: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_E2E_TEST_DSN,
   // Adjust this value in production, or use tracesSampler for greater control
@@ -13,3 +19,17 @@ Sentry.init({
   // `release` value here - use the environment variable `SENTRY_RELEASE`, so
   // that it will also get attached to your source maps
 });
+
+Sentry.addGlobalEventProcessor(event => {
+  global.transactionIds = global.transactionIds || [];
+
+  if (event.type === 'transaction') {
+    const eventId = event.event_id;
+
+    if (eventId) {
+      global.transactionIds.push(eventId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return event;
+});
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/test-recipe.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/test-recipe.json
index b41a7a4fd05d..cf4bf4431929 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/test-recipe.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/test-recipe.json
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   "buildCommand": "yarn install --pure-lockfile && npx playwright install && yarn build",
   "tests": [
     {
-      "testName": "Playwright tests - Build Mode",
-      "testCommand": "yarn test"
+      "testName": "Playwright tests - Prod Mode",
+      "testCommand": "yarn test:prod"
     },
     {
       "testName": "Playwright tests - Dev Mode",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/client/behaviour.test.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/behaviour-client.test.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/client/behaviour.test.ts
rename to packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/behaviour-client.test.ts
index a819664f35e3..d0ede66cf32f 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/client/behaviour.test.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/behaviour-client.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const sentryTestOrgSlug = process.env.E2E_TEST_SENTRY_ORG_SLUG;
 const sentryTestProject = process.env.E2E_TEST_SENTRY_TEST_PROJECT;
 const EVENT_POLLING_TIMEOUT = 30_000;
 
-test('Sends an exception to Sentry', async ({ page, baseURL }) => {
+test('Sends a client-side exception to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/');
 
   const exceptionButton = page.locator('id=exception-button');
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/behaviour-server.test.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/behaviour-server.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b3d74af1885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/create-next-app/tests/behaviour-server.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import axios, { AxiosError } from 'axios';
+
+const authToken = process.env.E2E_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN;
+const sentryTestOrgSlug = process.env.E2E_TEST_SENTRY_ORG_SLUG;
+const sentryTestProject = process.env.E2E_TEST_SENTRY_TEST_PROJECT;
+const EVENT_POLLING_TIMEOUT = 30_000;
+
+test('Sends a server-side exception to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+  const { data } = await axios.get(`${baseURL}/api/error`);
+  const { exceptionId } = data;
+
+  const url = `https://sentry.io/api/0/projects/${sentryTestOrgSlug}/${sentryTestProject}/events/${exceptionId}/`;
+
+  console.log(`Polling for error eventId: ${exceptionId}`);
+
+  await expect
+    .poll(
+      async () => {
+        try {
+          const response = await axios.get(url, { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${authToken}` } });
+
+          return response.status;
+        } catch (e) {
+          if (e instanceof AxiosError && e.response) {
+            if (e.response.status !== 404) {
+              throw e;
+            } else {
+              return e.response.status;
+            }
+          } else {
+            throw e;
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      { timeout: EVENT_POLLING_TIMEOUT },
+    )
+    .toBe(200);
+});
+
+test('Sends server-side transactions to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+  const { data } = await axios.get(`${baseURL}/api/success`);
+  const { transactionIds } = data;
+
+  console.log(`Polling for transaction eventIds: ${JSON.stringify(transactionIds)}`);
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    transactionIds.map(async (transactionId: string) => {
+      const url = `https://sentry.io/api/0/projects/${sentryTestOrgSlug}/${sentryTestProject}/events/${transactionId}/`;
+
+      await expect
+        .poll(
+          async () => {
+            try {
+              const response = await axios.get(url, { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${authToken}` } });
+
+              return response.status;
+            } catch (e) {
+              if (e instanceof AxiosError && e.response) {
+                if (e.response.status !== 404) {
+                  throw e;
+                } else {
+                  return e.response.status;
+                }
+              } else {
+                throw e;
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          { timeout: EVENT_POLLING_TIMEOUT },
+        )
+        .toBe(200);
+    }),
+  );
+});