diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-breadcrumbs/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-breadcrumbs/instrument.mjs
index de0f2b480962..76fc52f6a863 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-breadcrumbs/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-breadcrumbs/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-trace-propagation/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-trace-propagation/instrument.mjs
index c5aa203f5359..1330c5c2baed 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-trace-propagation/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-trace-propagation/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   integrations: [Sentry.nativeNodeFetchIntegration({ tracePropagation: false })],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-tracing-no-spans/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-tracing-no-spans/instrument.mjs
index 50d1d8e5c30d..c3c5e4fdb3de 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-tracing-no-spans/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-tracing-no-spans/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-tracing/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-tracing/instrument.mjs
index da94a1c511b3..0a2184dacd2e 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-tracing/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-no-tracing/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-sampled-no-active-span/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-sampled-no-active-span/instrument.mjs
index 1a3c6c3e401f..99792f59545a 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-sampled-no-active-span/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-sampled-no-active-span/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-sampled-no-active-span/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-sampled-no-active-span/test.ts
index cd7f91dd97f2..ec155b8c5c38 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-sampled-no-active-span/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-sampled-no-active-span/test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { SENTRY_OP, URL_FULL } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
+import { HTTP_CLIENT } from '@sentry/conventions/op';
 import { createTestServer } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 import { describe, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { createEsmAndCjsTests } from '../../../../utils/runner';
@@ -5,18 +7,18 @@ import { createEsmAndCjsTests } from '../../../../utils/runner';
 describe('outgoing fetch', () => {
   createEsmAndCjsTests(__dirname, 'scenario.mjs', 'instrument.mjs', (createRunner, test) => {
     test('outgoing sampled fetch requests without active span are correctly instrumented', async () => {
-      expect.assertions(11);
+      expect.assertions(21);
 
       const [SERVER_URL, closeTestServer] = await createTestServer()
         .get('/api/v0', headers => {
           expect(headers['baggage']).toEqual(expect.any(String));
-          expect(headers['sentry-trace']).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/^([a-f\d]{32})-([a-f\d]{16})-0$/));
-          expect(headers['sentry-trace']).not.toEqual('00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-0');
+          expect(headers['sentry-trace']).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/^([a-f\d]{32})-([a-f\d]{16})-1$/));
+          expect(headers['sentry-trace']).not.toEqual('00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-1');
         })
         .get('/api/v1', headers => {
           expect(headers['baggage']).toEqual(expect.any(String));
-          expect(headers['sentry-trace']).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/^([a-f\d]{32})-([a-f\d]{16})-0$/));
-          expect(headers['sentry-trace']).not.toEqual('00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-0');
+          expect(headers['sentry-trace']).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/^([a-f\d]{32})-([a-f\d]{16})-1$/));
+          expect(headers['sentry-trace']).not.toEqual('00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-1');
         })
         .get('/api/v2', headers => {
           expect(headers['baggage']).toBeUndefined();
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ describe('outgoing fetch', () => {
 
       await createRunner()
         .withEnv({ SERVER_URL })
+        .unordered()
         .expect({
           event: {
             exception: {
@@ -42,6 +45,23 @@ describe('outgoing fetch', () => {
             },
           },
         })
+        .expect({
+          span: container => {
+            const spans = container.items;
+            expect(spans).toHaveLength(4);
+            expect(spans.map(span => span.attributes[URL_FULL]?.value).sort()).toEqual([
+              `${SERVER_URL}/api/v0`,
+              `${SERVER_URL}/api/v1`,
+              `${SERVER_URL}/api/v2`,
+              `${SERVER_URL}/api/v3`,
+            ]);
+
+            for (const span of spans) {
+              expect(span.attributes[SENTRY_OP]?.value).toBe(HTTP_CLIENT);
+              expect(span.is_segment).toBe(true);
+            }
+          },
+        })
         .start()
         .completed();
       closeTestServer();
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-unsampled/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-unsampled/instrument.mjs
index 0aa2b791f9cd..9063352bc6d9 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-unsampled/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/fetch-unsampled/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],