diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/run.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/run.ts
index 01b6e44c1575..7a069907d65d 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/run.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/run.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const PUBLISH_PACKAGES_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME = 'publish-packages';
 const publishScriptNodeVersion = process.env.E2E_TEST_PUBLISH_SCRIPT_NODE_VERSION;
 
 const DEFAULT_BUILD_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60 * 5;
-const DEFAULT_TEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60;
+const DEFAULT_TEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60 * 2;
 
 if (!process.env.E2E_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN) {
   console.log(
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/tests/behaviour-test.spec.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/tests/behaviour-test.spec.ts
index dd85a686c2e3..53eef7287d9c 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/tests/behaviour-test.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/tests/behaviour-test.spec.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import axios, { AxiosError } from 'axios';
 const SENTRY_TEST_ORG_SLUG = 'sentry-sdks';
 const SENTRY_TEST_PROJECT = 'sentry-javascript-e2e-tests';
 
-const EVENT_POLLING_TIMEOUT = 45000;
-const EVENT_POLLING_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1000;
+const EVENT_POLLING_TIMEOUT = 30_000;
 
 const authToken = process.env.E2E_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN;
 
@@ -18,30 +17,150 @@ test('Sends an exception to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
   const exceptionIdHandle = await page.waitForFunction(() => window.capturedExceptionId);
   const exceptionEventId = await exceptionIdHandle.jsonValue();
 
-  let lastErrorResponse: AxiosError | undefined;
+  await expect
+    .poll(
+      async () => {
+        try {
+          const response = await axios.get(
+            `https://sentry.io/api/0/projects/${SENTRY_TEST_ORG_SLUG}/${SENTRY_TEST_PROJECT}/events/${exceptionEventId}/`,
+            { 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 a pageload transaction to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/');
 
-  const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-    if (lastErrorResponse?.response?.status) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Timeout reached while polling event. Last received status code: ${lastErrorResponse.response.status}`,
-      );
+  const recordedTransactionsHandle = await page.waitForFunction(() => {
+    if (window.recordedTransactions && window.recordedTransactions?.length >= 1) {
+      return window.recordedTransactions;
     } else {
-      throw new Error('Timeout reached while polling event.');
+      return undefined;
     }
-  }, EVENT_POLLING_TIMEOUT);
-
-  while (true) {
-    try {
-      const response = await axios.get(
-        `https://sentry.io/api/0/projects/${SENTRY_TEST_ORG_SLUG}/${SENTRY_TEST_PROJECT}/events/${exceptionEventId}/`,
-        { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${authToken}` } },
-      );
-      clearTimeout(timeout);
-      expect(response?.status).toBe(200);
-      break;
-    } catch (e) {
-      lastErrorResponse = e;
-      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, EVENT_POLLING_RETRY_INTERVAL));
+  });
+  const recordedTransactionEventIds = await recordedTransactionsHandle.jsonValue();
+
+  if (recordedTransactionEventIds === undefined) {
+    throw new Error("Application didn't record any transaction event IDs.");
+  }
+
+  let hadPageLoadTransaction = false;
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    recordedTransactionEventIds.map(async transactionEventId => {
+      await expect
+        .poll(
+          async () => {
+            try {
+              const response = await axios.get(
+                `https://sentry.io/api/0/projects/${SENTRY_TEST_ORG_SLUG}/${SENTRY_TEST_PROJECT}/events/${transactionEventId}/`,
+                { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${authToken}` } },
+              );
+
+              if (response.data.contexts.trace.op === 'pageload') {
+                hadPageLoadTransaction = true;
+              }
+
+              return response.status;
+            } catch (e) {
+              if (e instanceof AxiosError && e.response) {
+                if (e.response.status !== 404) {
+                  throw e;
+                } else {
+                  return e.response.status;
+                }
+              } else {
+                throw e;
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            timeout: EVENT_POLLING_TIMEOUT,
+          },
+        )
+        .toBe(200);
+    }),
+  );
+
+  expect(hadPageLoadTransaction).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test('Sends a navigation transaction to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/');
+
+  // Give pageload transaction time to finish
+  page.waitForTimeout(4000);
+
+  const linkElement = page.locator('id=navigation');
+  await linkElement.click();
+
+  const recordedTransactionsHandle = await page.waitForFunction(() => {
+    if (window.recordedTransactions && window.recordedTransactions?.length >= 2) {
+      return window.recordedTransactions;
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
     }
+  });
+  const recordedTransactionEventIds = await recordedTransactionsHandle.jsonValue();
+
+  if (recordedTransactionEventIds === undefined) {
+    throw new Error("Application didn't record any transaction event IDs.");
   }
+
+  let hadPageNavigationTransaction = false;
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    recordedTransactionEventIds.map(async transactionEventId => {
+      await expect
+        .poll(
+          async () => {
+            try {
+              const response = await axios.get(
+                `https://sentry.io/api/0/projects/${SENTRY_TEST_ORG_SLUG}/${SENTRY_TEST_PROJECT}/events/${transactionEventId}/`,
+                { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${authToken}` } },
+              );
+
+              if (response.data.contexts.trace.op === 'navigation') {
+                hadPageNavigationTransaction = true;
+              }
+
+              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);
+    }),
+  );
+
+  expect(hadPageNavigationTransaction).toBe(true);
 });
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/tsconfig.json b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/tsconfig.json
index 1d693b2b06ac..c8df41dcf4b5 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/standard-frontend-react/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
     "noEmit": true,
     "jsx": "react"
   },
-  "include": ["src"]
+  "include": ["src", "tests"]
 }