diff --git a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/metrics/web-vitals-inp/test.ts b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/metrics/web-vitals-inp/test.ts
index 799a6df407a3..582508f7a584 100644
--- a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/metrics/web-vitals-inp/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/metrics/web-vitals-inp/test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import type { Event as SentryEvent, SpanJSON } from '@sentry/types';
+import type { Event as SentryEvent, SpanEnvelope, SpanJSON } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { sentryTest } from '../../../../utils/fixtures';
 import {
   getFirstSentryEnvelopeRequest,
   getMultipleSentryEnvelopeRequests,
+  properFullEnvelopeRequestParser,
   shouldSkipTracingTest,
 } from '../../../../utils/helpers';
 
@@ -28,9 +29,12 @@ sentryTest('should capture an INP click event span.', async ({ browserName, getL
   await page.goto(url);
   await getFirstSentryEnvelopeRequest<SentryEvent>(page); // wait for page load
 
-  const spanEnvelopesPromise = getMultipleSentryEnvelopeRequests<SpanJSON>(page, 1, {
-    envelopeType: 'span',
-  });
+  const spanEnvelopePromise = getMultipleSentryEnvelopeRequests<SpanEnvelope>(
+    page,
+    1,
+    { envelopeType: 'span' },
+    properFullEnvelopeRequestParser,
+  );
 
   await page.locator('[data-test-id=normal-button]').click();
   await page.locator('.clicked[data-test-id=normal-button]').isVisible();
@@ -43,14 +47,53 @@ sentryTest('should capture an INP click event span.', async ({ browserName, getL
   });
 
   // Get the INP span envelope
-  const spanEnvelopes = await spanEnvelopesPromise;
-
-  expect(spanEnvelopes).toHaveLength(1);
-  expect(spanEnvelopes[0].op).toBe('ui.interaction.click');
-  expect(spanEnvelopes[0].description).toBe('body > NormalButton');
-  expect(spanEnvelopes[0].exclusive_time).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-  expect(spanEnvelopes[0].measurements?.inp.value).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-  expect(spanEnvelopes[0].measurements?.inp.unit).toBe('millisecond');
+  const spanEnvelope = (await spanEnvelopePromise)[0];
+
+  const spanEnvelopeHeaders = spanEnvelope[0];
+  const spanEnvelopeItem = spanEnvelope[1][0][1];
+
+  const traceId = spanEnvelopeHeaders.trace!.trace_id;
+  expect(traceId).toMatch(/[a-f0-9]{32}/);
+
+  expect(spanEnvelopeHeaders).toEqual({
+    sent_at: expect.any(String),
+    trace: {
+      environment: 'production',
+      public_key: 'public',
+      sample_rate: '1',
+      sampled: 'true',
+      trace_id: traceId,
+    },
+  });
+
+  const inpValue = spanEnvelopeItem.measurements?.inp.value;
+  expect(inpValue).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+  expect(spanEnvelopeItem).toEqual({
+    data: {
+      'sentry.exclusive_time': inpValue,
+      'sentry.op': 'ui.interaction.click',
+      'sentry.origin': 'manual',
+      'sentry.sample_rate': 1,
+      'sentry.source': 'custom',
+    },
+    measurements: {
+      inp: {
+        unit: 'millisecond',
+        value: inpValue,
+      },
+    },
+    description: 'body > NormalButton',
+    exclusive_time: inpValue,
+    op: 'ui.interaction.click',
+    origin: 'manual',
+    is_segment: true,
+    segment_id: spanEnvelopeItem.span_id,
+    span_id: expect.stringMatching(/[a-f0-9]{16}/),
+    start_timestamp: expect.any(Number),
+    timestamp: expect.any(Number),
+    trace_id: traceId,
+  });
 });
 
 sentryTest(
@@ -85,7 +128,7 @@ sentryTest(
 
     await page.waitForTimeout(500);
 
-    const spanEnvelopesPromise = getMultipleSentryEnvelopeRequests<SpanJSON>(page, 1, {
+    const spanPromise = getMultipleSentryEnvelopeRequests<SpanJSON>(page, 1, {
       envelopeType: 'span',
     });
 
@@ -95,13 +138,12 @@ sentryTest(
     });
 
     // Get the INP span envelope
-    const spanEnvelopes = await spanEnvelopesPromise;
-
-    expect(spanEnvelopes).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(spanEnvelopes[0].op).toBe('ui.interaction.click');
-    expect(spanEnvelopes[0].description).toBe('body > SlowButton');
-    expect(spanEnvelopes[0].exclusive_time).toBeGreaterThan(400);
-    expect(spanEnvelopes[0].measurements?.inp.value).toBeGreaterThan(400);
-    expect(spanEnvelopes[0].measurements?.inp.unit).toBe('millisecond');
+    const span = (await spanPromise)[0];
+
+    expect(span.op).toBe('ui.interaction.click');
+    expect(span.description).toBe('body > SlowButton');
+    expect(span.exclusive_time).toBeGreaterThan(400);
+    expect(span.measurements?.inp.value).toBeGreaterThan(400);
+    expect(span.measurements?.inp.unit).toBe('millisecond');
   },
 );
diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/inp.ts b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/inp.ts
index 5c7808d264cf..eeead7b12018 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/inp.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/inp.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,15 @@ import {
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_EXCLUSIVE_TIME,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_MEASUREMENT_UNIT,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_MEASUREMENT_VALUE,
-  SentrySpan,
-  createSpanEnvelope,
   getActiveSpan,
   getClient,
   getCurrentScope,
   getRootSpan,
-  sampleSpan,
-  spanIsSampled,
   spanToJSON,
+  startInactiveSpan,
 } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Integration, SpanAttributes } from '@sentry/types';
-import { browserPerformanceTimeOrigin, dropUndefinedKeys, htmlTreeAsString, logger } from '@sentry/utils';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../debug-build';
+import { browserPerformanceTimeOrigin, dropUndefinedKeys, htmlTreeAsString } from '@sentry/utils';
 import { addInpInstrumentationHandler } from './instrument';
 import { getBrowserPerformanceAPI, msToSec } from './utils';
 
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@ function _trackINP(): () => void {
     const profileId = scope.getScopeData().contexts?.profile?.profile_id as string | undefined;
 
     const name = htmlTreeAsString(entry.target);
-    const parentSampled = activeSpan ? spanIsSampled(activeSpan) : undefined;
     const attributes: SpanAttributes = dropUndefinedKeys({
       release: options.release,
       environment: options.environment,
@@ -111,28 +106,14 @@ function _trackINP(): () => void {
       replay_id: replayId || undefined,
     });
 
-    /** Check to see if the span should be sampled */
-    const [sampled] = sampleSpan(options, {
+    const span = startInactiveSpan({
       name,
-      parentSampled,
-      attributes,
-      transactionContext: {
-        name,
-        parentSampled,
-      },
-    });
-
-    // Nothing to do
-    if (!sampled) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const span = new SentrySpan({
-      startTimestamp: startTime,
-      endTimestamp: startTime + duration,
       op: `ui.interaction.${interactionType}`,
-      name,
       attributes,
+      startTime: startTime,
+      experimental: {
+        standalone: true,
+      },
     });
 
     span.addEvent('inp', {
@@ -140,13 +121,6 @@ function _trackINP(): () => void {
       [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_MEASUREMENT_VALUE]: metric.value,
     });
 
-    const envelope = createSpanEnvelope([span]);
-    const transport = client && client.getTransport();
-    if (transport) {
-      transport.send(envelope).then(null, reason => {
-        DEBUG_BUILD && logger.error('Error while sending interaction:', reason);
-      });
-    }
-    return;
+    span.end(startTime + duration);
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/envelope.ts b/packages/types/src/envelope.ts
index 874edd8d2eda..358f60ccee18 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/envelope.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/envelope.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ type CheckInEnvelopeHeaders = { trace?: DynamicSamplingContext };
 type ClientReportEnvelopeHeaders = BaseEnvelopeHeaders;
 type ReplayEnvelopeHeaders = BaseEnvelopeHeaders;
 type StatsdEnvelopeHeaders = BaseEnvelopeHeaders;
-type SpanEnvelopeHeaders = BaseEnvelopeHeaders;
+type SpanEnvelopeHeaders = BaseEnvelopeHeaders & { trace?: DynamicSamplingContext };
 
 export type EventEnvelope = BaseEnvelope<
   EventEnvelopeHeaders,