diff --git a/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.ts b/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.ts
index 491fe727b1b8..80c6b4686a70 100644
--- a/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/fetchUtils.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
  */
 export async function captureFetchBreadcrumbToReplay(
   breadcrumb: Breadcrumb & { data: FetchBreadcrumbData },
-  hint: FetchHint,
+  hint: Partial<FetchHint>,
   options: ReplayNetworkOptions & {
     textEncoder: TextEncoderInternal;
     replay: ReplayContainer;
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ export async function captureFetchBreadcrumbToReplay(
  */
 export function enrichFetchBreadcrumb(
   breadcrumb: Breadcrumb & { data: FetchBreadcrumbData },
-  hint: FetchHint,
+  hint: Partial<FetchHint>,
   options: { textEncoder: TextEncoderInternal },
 ): void {
   const { input, response } = hint;
 
-  const body = _getFetchRequestArgBody(input);
+  const body = input ? _getFetchRequestArgBody(input) : undefined;
   const reqSize = getBodySize(body, options.textEncoder);
 
   const resSize = response ? parseContentLengthHeader(response.headers.get('content-length')) : undefined;
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ export function enrichFetchBreadcrumb(
 
 async function _prepareFetchData(
   breadcrumb: Breadcrumb & { data: FetchBreadcrumbData },
-  hint: FetchHint,
+  hint: Partial<FetchHint>,
   options: ReplayNetworkOptions & {
     textEncoder: TextEncoderInternal;
   },
 ): Promise<ReplayNetworkRequestData> {
-  const { startTimestamp, endTimestamp } = hint;
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const { startTimestamp = now, endTimestamp = now } = hint;
 
   const {
     url,
@@ -106,10 +107,10 @@ async function _prepareFetchData(
 
 function _getRequestInfo(
   { networkCaptureBodies, networkRequestHeaders }: ReplayNetworkOptions,
-  input: FetchHint['input'],
+  input: FetchHint['input'] | undefined,
   requestBodySize?: number,
 ): ReplayNetworkRequestOrResponse | undefined {
-  const headers = getRequestHeaders(input, networkRequestHeaders);
+  const headers = input ? getRequestHeaders(input, networkRequestHeaders) : {};
 
   if (!networkCaptureBodies) {
     return buildNetworkRequestOrResponse(headers, requestBodySize, undefined);
@@ -130,16 +131,16 @@ async function _getResponseInfo(
   }: ReplayNetworkOptions & {
     textEncoder: TextEncoderInternal;
   },
-  response: Response,
+  response: Response | undefined,
   responseBodySize?: number,
 ): Promise<ReplayNetworkRequestOrResponse | undefined> {
   if (!captureDetails && responseBodySize !== undefined) {
     return buildSkippedNetworkRequestOrResponse(responseBodySize);
   }
 
-  const headers = getAllHeaders(response.headers, networkResponseHeaders);
+  const headers = response ? getAllHeaders(response.headers, networkResponseHeaders) : {};
 
-  if (!networkCaptureBodies && responseBodySize !== undefined) {
+  if (!response || (!networkCaptureBodies && responseBodySize !== undefined)) {
     return buildNetworkRequestOrResponse(headers, responseBodySize, undefined);
   }
 
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ async function _getResponseInfo(
     }
 
     return buildNetworkRequestOrResponse(headers, size, undefined);
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
+    __DEBUG_BUILD__ && logger.warn('[Replay] Failed to serialize response body', error);
     // fallback
     return buildNetworkRequestOrResponse(headers, responseBodySize, undefined);
   }
diff --git a/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/networkUtils.ts b/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/networkUtils.ts
index 78b4e22efa9b..f75ecf0f9bc9 100644
--- a/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/networkUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/networkUtils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { TextEncoderInternal } from '@sentry/types';
-import { dropUndefinedKeys, stringMatchesSomePattern } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { dropUndefinedKeys, logger, stringMatchesSomePattern } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { NETWORK_BODY_MAX_SIZE, WINDOW } from '../../constants';
 import type {
@@ -62,16 +62,20 @@ export function parseContentLengthHeader(header: string | null | undefined): num
 
 /** Get the string representation of a body. */
 export function getBodyString(body: unknown): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof body === 'string') {
-    return body;
-  }
+  try {
+    if (typeof body === 'string') {
+      return body;
+    }
 
-  if (body instanceof URLSearchParams) {
-    return body.toString();
-  }
+    if (body instanceof URLSearchParams) {
+      return body.toString();
+    }
 
-  if (body instanceof FormData) {
-    return _serializeFormData(body);
+    if (body instanceof FormData) {
+      return _serializeFormData(body);
+    }
+  } catch {
+    __DEBUG_BUILD__ && logger.warn('[Replay] Failed to serialize body', body);
   }
 
   return undefined;
@@ -199,7 +203,6 @@ function normalizeNetworkBody(body: string | undefined): {
   }
 
   const exceedsSizeLimit = body.length > NETWORK_BODY_MAX_SIZE;
-
   const isProbablyJson = _strIsProbablyJson(body);
 
   if (exceedsSizeLimit) {
diff --git a/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/xhrUtils.ts b/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/xhrUtils.ts
index 8c02a8da6abf..b11f8575e2ad 100644
--- a/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/xhrUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/src/coreHandlers/util/xhrUtils.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
  */
 export async function captureXhrBreadcrumbToReplay(
   breadcrumb: Breadcrumb & { data: XhrBreadcrumbData },
-  hint: XhrHint,
+  hint: Partial<XhrHint>,
   options: ReplayNetworkOptions & { replay: ReplayContainer },
 ): Promise<void> {
   try {
@@ -41,11 +41,15 @@ export async function captureXhrBreadcrumbToReplay(
  */
 export function enrichXhrBreadcrumb(
   breadcrumb: Breadcrumb & { data: XhrBreadcrumbData },
-  hint: XhrHint,
+  hint: Partial<XhrHint>,
   options: { textEncoder: TextEncoderInternal },
 ): void {
   const { xhr, input } = hint;
 
+  if (!xhr) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const reqSize = getBodySize(input, options.textEncoder);
   const resSize = xhr.getResponseHeader('content-length')
     ? parseContentLengthHeader(xhr.getResponseHeader('content-length'))
@@ -61,10 +65,11 @@ export function enrichXhrBreadcrumb(
 
 function _prepareXhrData(
   breadcrumb: Breadcrumb & { data: XhrBreadcrumbData },
-  hint: XhrHint,
+  hint: Partial<XhrHint>,
   options: ReplayNetworkOptions,
 ): ReplayNetworkRequestData | null {
-  const { startTimestamp, endTimestamp, input, xhr } = hint;
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const { startTimestamp = now, endTimestamp = now, input, xhr } = hint;
 
   const {
     url,
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ function _prepareXhrData(
     return null;
   }
 
-  if (!urlMatches(url, options.networkDetailAllowUrls) || urlMatches(url, options.networkDetailDenyUrls)) {
+  if (!xhr || !urlMatches(url, options.networkDetailAllowUrls) || urlMatches(url, options.networkDetailDenyUrls)) {
     const request = buildSkippedNetworkRequestOrResponse(requestBodySize);
     const response = buildSkippedNetworkRequestOrResponse(responseBodySize);
     return {
@@ -98,16 +103,11 @@ function _prepareXhrData(
     : {};
   const networkResponseHeaders = getAllowedHeaders(getResponseHeaders(xhr), options.networkResponseHeaders);
 
-  const request = buildNetworkRequestOrResponse(
-    networkRequestHeaders,
-    requestBodySize,
-    options.networkCaptureBodies ? getBodyString(input) : undefined,
-  );
-  const response = buildNetworkRequestOrResponse(
-    networkResponseHeaders,
-    responseBodySize,
-    options.networkCaptureBodies ? hint.xhr.responseText : undefined,
-  );
+  const requestBody = options.networkCaptureBodies ? getBodyString(input) : undefined;
+  const responseBody = options.networkCaptureBodies ? _getXhrResponseBody(xhr) : undefined;
+
+  const request = buildNetworkRequestOrResponse(networkRequestHeaders, requestBodySize, requestBody);
+  const response = buildNetworkRequestOrResponse(networkResponseHeaders, responseBodySize, responseBody);
 
   return {
     startTimestamp,
@@ -133,3 +133,17 @@ function getResponseHeaders(xhr: XMLHttpRequest): Record<string, string> {
     return acc;
   }, {});
 }
+
+function _getXhrResponseBody(xhr: XMLHttpRequest): string | undefined {
+  try {
+    return xhr.responseText;
+  } catch {} // eslint-disable-line no-empty
+
+  // Try to manually parse the response body, if responseText fails
+  try {
+    const response = xhr.response;
+    return getBodyString(response);
+  } catch {} // eslint-disable-line no-empty
+
+  return undefined;
+}