diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index cbf2fe9030da..4cf711bd42ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1037,7 +1037,9 @@ jobs:
             'generic-ts3.8',
             'node-fastify',
             'node-hapi',
-            'nestjs',
+            'nestjs-basic',
+            'nestjs-distributed-tracing',
+            'nestjs-with-submodules',
             'node-exports-test-app',
             'node-koa',
             'node-connect',
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/.gitignore b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/.gitignore
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/.gitignore
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/.npmrc b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/.npmrc
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/.npmrc
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/.npmrc
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/nest-cli.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/nest-cli.json
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/nest-cli.json
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/nest-cli.json
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/package.json
similarity index 98%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/package.json
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/package.json
index 94c4e445bfe0..f4c44ff7cef3 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "nestjs",
+  "name": "nestjs-basic",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/playwright.config.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/playwright.config.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/playwright.config.mjs
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/playwright.config.mjs
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b54604d999cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Controller, Get, Param } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { AppService } from './app.service';
+
+@Controller()
+export class AppController {
+  constructor(private readonly appService: AppService) {}
+
+  @Get('test-transaction')
+  testTransaction() {
+    return this.appService.testTransaction();
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-exception/:id')
+  async testException(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.appService.testException(id);
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-expected-exception/:id')
+  async testExpectedException(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.appService.testExpectedException(id);
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-span-decorator-async')
+  async testSpanDecoratorAsync() {
+    return { result: await this.appService.testSpanDecoratorAsync() };
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-span-decorator-sync')
+  async testSpanDecoratorSync() {
+    return { result: await this.appService.testSpanDecoratorSync() };
+  }
+
+  @Get('kill-test-cron')
+  async killTestCron() {
+    this.appService.killTestCron();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.module.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ceb7199a99cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ScheduleModule } from '@nestjs/schedule';
+import { AppController } from './app.controller';
+import { AppService } from './app.service';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [ScheduleModule.forRoot()],
+  controllers: [AppController],
+  providers: [AppService],
+})
+export class AppModule {}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.service.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
similarity index 51%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.service.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
index f5666bffeb46..3afb7b5147bd 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.service.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/app.service.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Cron, SchedulerRegistry } from '@nestjs/schedule';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
 import { SentryCron, SentryTraced } from '@sentry/nestjs';
 import type { MonitorConfig } from '@sentry/types';
-import { makeHttpRequest } from './utils';
 
 const monitorConfig: MonitorConfig = {
   schedule: {
@@ -13,53 +12,15 @@ const monitorConfig: MonitorConfig = {
 };
 
 @Injectable()
-export class AppService1 {
+export class AppService {
   constructor(private schedulerRegistry: SchedulerRegistry) {}
 
-  testSuccess() {
-    return { version: 'v1' };
-  }
-
-  testParam(id: string) {
-    return {
-      paramWas: id,
-    };
-  }
-
-  testInboundHeaders(headers: Record<string, string>, id: string) {
-    return {
-      headers,
-      id,
-    };
-  }
-
-  async testOutgoingHttp(id: string) {
-    const data = await makeHttpRequest(`http://localhost:3030/test-inbound-headers/${id}`);
-
-    return data;
-  }
-
-  async testOutgoingFetch(id: string) {
-    const response = await fetch(`http://localhost:3030/test-inbound-headers/${id}`);
-    const data = await response.json();
-
-    return data;
-  }
-
   testTransaction() {
     Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'test-span' }, () => {
       Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'child-span' }, () => {});
     });
   }
 
-  async testError() {
-    const exceptionId = Sentry.captureException(new Error('This is an error'));
-
-    await Sentry.flush(2000);
-
-    return { exceptionId };
-  }
-
   testException(id: string) {
     throw new Error(`This is an exception with id ${id}`);
   }
@@ -68,26 +29,6 @@ export class AppService1 {
     throw new HttpException(`This is an expected exception with id ${id}`, HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN);
   }
 
-  async testOutgoingFetchExternalAllowed() {
-    const fetchResponse = await fetch('http://localhost:3040/external-allowed');
-
-    return fetchResponse.json();
-  }
-
-  async testOutgoingFetchExternalDisallowed() {
-    const fetchResponse = await fetch('http://localhost:3040/external-disallowed');
-
-    return fetchResponse.json();
-  }
-
-  async testOutgoingHttpExternalAllowed() {
-    return makeHttpRequest('http://localhost:3040/external-allowed');
-  }
-
-  async testOutgoingHttpExternalDisallowed() {
-    return makeHttpRequest('http://localhost:3040/external-disallowed');
-  }
-
   @SentryTraced('wait and return a string')
   async wait() {
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
@@ -124,20 +65,3 @@ export class AppService1 {
     this.schedulerRegistry.deleteCronJob('test-cron-job');
   }
 }
-
-@Injectable()
-export class AppService2 {
-  externalAllowed(headers: Record<string, string>) {
-    return {
-      headers,
-      route: 'external-allowed',
-    };
-  }
-
-  externalDisallowed(headers: Record<string, string>) {
-    return {
-      headers,
-      route: 'external-disallowed',
-    };
-  }
-}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/instrument.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/instrument.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1f4de865435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/instrument.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  environment: 'qa', // dynamic sampling bias to keep transactions
+  dsn: process.env.E2E_TEST_DSN,
+  tunnel: `http://localhost:3031/`, // proxy server
+  tracesSampleRate: 1,
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/main.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a7b5ded8645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Import this first
+import './instrument';
+
+// Import other modules
+import { BaseExceptionFilter, HttpAdapterHost, NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
+import { AppModule } from './app.module';
+
+const PORT = 3030;
+
+async function bootstrap() {
+  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
+
+  const { httpAdapter } = app.get(HttpAdapterHost);
+  Sentry.setupNestErrorHandler(app, new BaseExceptionFilter(httpAdapter));
+
+  await app.listen(PORT);
+}
+
+bootstrap();
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/start-event-proxy.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/start-event-proxy.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/start-event-proxy.mjs
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/start-event-proxy.mjs
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/cron-decorator.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/cron-decorator.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/cron-decorator.test.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/cron-decorator.test.ts
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/errors.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
similarity index 63%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/errors.test.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
index ffb48f4e5e70..349b25b0eee9 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/errors.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/errors.test.ts
@@ -53,32 +53,3 @@ test('Does not send expected exception to Sentry', async ({ baseURL }) => {
 
   expect(errorEventOccurred).toBe(false);
 });
-
-test('Does not handle expected exception if exception is thrown in module', async ({ baseURL }) => {
-  const errorEventPromise = waitForError('nestjs', event => {
-    return !event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'Something went wrong in the test module!';
-  });
-
-  const response = await fetch(`${baseURL}/test-module`);
-  expect(response.status).toBe(500); // should be 400
-
-  // should never arrive, but does because the exception is not handled properly
-  const errorEvent = await errorEventPromise;
-
-  expect(errorEvent.exception?.values).toHaveLength(1);
-  expect(errorEvent.exception?.values?.[0]?.value).toBe('Something went wrong in the test module!');
-
-  expect(errorEvent.request).toEqual({
-    method: 'GET',
-    cookies: {},
-    headers: expect.any(Object),
-    url: 'http://localhost:3030/test-module',
-  });
-
-  expect(errorEvent.transaction).toEqual('GET /test-module');
-
-  expect(errorEvent.contexts?.trace).toEqual({
-    trace_id: expect.any(String),
-    span_id: expect.any(String),
-  });
-});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/span-decorator.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/span-decorator.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/span-decorator.test.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/span-decorator.test.ts
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/transactions.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/transactions.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/transactions.test.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tests/transactions.test.ts
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tsconfig.build.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tsconfig.build.json
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tsconfig.build.json
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tsconfig.build.json
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tsconfig.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tsconfig.json
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-basic/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/.gitignore b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b56acfbebf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# compiled output
+/dist
+/node_modules
+/build
+
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+pnpm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+lerna-debug.log*
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+
+# Tests
+/coverage
+/.nyc_output
+
+# IDEs and editors
+/.idea
+.project
+.classpath
+.c9/
+*.launch
+.settings/
+*.sublime-workspace
+
+# IDE - VSCode
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+
+# dotenv environment variable files
+.env
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
+.env.local
+
+# temp directory
+.temp
+.tmp
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+*.pid.lock
+
+# Diagnostic reports (https://nodejs.org/api/report.html)
+report.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.json
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/.npmrc b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..070f80f05092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@sentry:registry=http://127.0.0.1:4873
+@sentry-internal:registry=http://127.0.0.1:4873
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/nest-cli.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/nest-cli.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9aa683b1ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/nest-cli.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/nest-cli",
+  "collection": "@nestjs/schematics",
+  "sourceRoot": "src",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "deleteOutDir": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4d0ead875f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "name": "nestjs-distributed-tracing",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "nest build",
+    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"test/**/*.ts\"",
+    "start": "nest start",
+    "start:dev": "nest start --watch",
+    "start:debug": "nest start --debug --watch",
+    "start:prod": "node dist/main",
+    "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
+    "test": "playwright test",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install",
+    "test:assert": "pnpm test"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@nestjs/common": "^10.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/core": "^10.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/platform-express": "^10.0.0",
+    "@sentry/nestjs": "latest || *",
+    "@sentry/types": "latest || *",
+    "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.0",
+    "rxjs": "^7.8.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.44.1",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@nestjs/cli": "^10.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/schematics": "^10.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/testing": "^10.0.0",
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.17",
+    "@types/node": "18.15.1",
+    "@types/supertest": "^6.0.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.0.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.0.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.42.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
+    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
+    "supertest": "^6.3.3",
+    "ts-loader": "^9.4.3",
+    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
+    "typescript": "^4.9.5"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/playwright.config.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/playwright.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31f2b913b58b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/playwright.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { getPlaywrightConfig } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+const config = getPlaywrightConfig({
+  startCommand: `pnpm start`,
+});
+
+export default config;
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/instrument.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/instrument.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/instrument.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/instrument.ts
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/main.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83d0b33d687d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Import this first
+import './instrument';
+
+// Import other modules
+import { BaseExceptionFilter, HttpAdapterHost, NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
+import { TraceInitiatorModule } from './trace-initiator.module';
+import { TraceReceiverModule } from './trace-receiver.module';
+
+const TRACE_INITIATOR_PORT = 3030;
+const TRACE_RECEIVER_PORT = 3040;
+
+async function bootstrap() {
+  const trace_initiator_app = await NestFactory.create(TraceInitiatorModule);
+
+  const { httpAdapter } = trace_initiator_app.get(HttpAdapterHost);
+  Sentry.setupNestErrorHandler(trace_initiator_app, new BaseExceptionFilter(httpAdapter));
+
+  await trace_initiator_app.listen(TRACE_INITIATOR_PORT);
+
+  const trace_receiver_app = await NestFactory.create(TraceReceiverModule);
+  await trace_receiver_app.listen(TRACE_RECEIVER_PORT);
+}
+
+bootstrap();
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62e0c299a239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Controller, Get, Headers, Param } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TraceInitiatorService } from './trace-initiator.service';
+
+@Controller()
+export class TraceInitiatorController {
+  constructor(private readonly traceInitiatorService: TraceInitiatorService) {}
+
+  @Get('test-inbound-headers/:id')
+  testInboundHeaders(@Headers() headers, @Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.traceInitiatorService.testInboundHeaders(headers, id);
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-outgoing-http/:id')
+  async testOutgoingHttp(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.traceInitiatorService.testOutgoingHttp(id);
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-outgoing-fetch/:id')
+  async testOutgoingFetch(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.traceInitiatorService.testOutgoingFetch(id);
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-outgoing-fetch-external-allowed')
+  async testOutgoingFetchExternalAllowed() {
+    return this.traceInitiatorService.testOutgoingFetchExternalAllowed();
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-outgoing-fetch-external-disallowed')
+  async testOutgoingFetchExternalDisallowed() {
+    return this.traceInitiatorService.testOutgoingFetchExternalDisallowed();
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-outgoing-http-external-allowed')
+  async testOutgoingHttpExternalAllowed() {
+    return this.traceInitiatorService.testOutgoingHttpExternalAllowed();
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-outgoing-http-external-disallowed')
+  async testOutgoingHttpExternalDisallowed() {
+    return this.traceInitiatorService.testOutgoingHttpExternalDisallowed();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.module.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9256f29928ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TraceInitiatorController } from './trace-initiator.controller';
+import { TraceInitiatorService } from './trace-initiator.service';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [],
+  controllers: [TraceInitiatorController],
+  providers: [TraceInitiatorService],
+})
+export class TraceInitiatorModule {}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.service.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67c5333cedaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-initiator.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { makeHttpRequest } from './utils';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class TraceInitiatorService {
+  constructor() {}
+
+  testInboundHeaders(headers: Record<string, string>, id: string) {
+    return {
+      headers,
+      id,
+    };
+  }
+
+  async testOutgoingHttp(id: string) {
+    const data = await makeHttpRequest(`http://localhost:3030/test-inbound-headers/${id}`);
+
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  async testOutgoingFetch(id: string) {
+    const response = await fetch(`http://localhost:3030/test-inbound-headers/${id}`);
+    const data = await response.json();
+
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  async testOutgoingFetchExternalAllowed() {
+    const fetchResponse = await fetch('http://localhost:3040/external-allowed');
+
+    return fetchResponse.json();
+  }
+
+  async testOutgoingFetchExternalDisallowed() {
+    const fetchResponse = await fetch('http://localhost:3040/external-disallowed');
+
+    return fetchResponse.json();
+  }
+
+  async testOutgoingHttpExternalAllowed() {
+    return makeHttpRequest('http://localhost:3040/external-allowed');
+  }
+
+  async testOutgoingHttpExternalDisallowed() {
+    return makeHttpRequest('http://localhost:3040/external-disallowed');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a1899f1097d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Controller, Get, Headers } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TraceReceiverService } from './trace-receiver.service';
+
+@Controller()
+export class TraceReceiverController {
+  constructor(private readonly traceReceiverService: TraceReceiverService) {}
+
+  @Get('external-allowed')
+  externalAllowed(@Headers() headers) {
+    return this.traceReceiverService.externalAllowed(headers);
+  }
+
+  @Get('external-disallowed')
+  externalDisallowed(@Headers() headers) {
+    return this.traceReceiverService.externalDisallowed(headers);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.module.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2680b3071fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TraceReceiverController } from './trace-receiver.controller';
+import { TraceReceiverService } from './trace-receiver.service';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [],
+  controllers: [TraceReceiverController],
+  providers: [TraceReceiverService],
+})
+export class TraceReceiverModule {}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.service.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a40b28ad0778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/trace-receiver.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class TraceReceiverService {
+  externalAllowed(headers: Record<string, string>) {
+    return {
+      headers,
+      route: 'external-allowed',
+    };
+  }
+
+  externalDisallowed(headers: Record<string, string>) {
+    return {
+      headers,
+      route: 'external-disallowed',
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/utils.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/utils.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/src/utils.ts
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/start-event-proxy.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/start-event-proxy.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9917b9273da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/start-event-proxy.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { startEventProxyServer } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+startEventProxyServer({
+  port: 3031,
+  proxyServerName: 'nestjs',
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/propagation.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/tests/propagation.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/tests/propagation.test.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/tests/propagation.test.ts
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/tsconfig.build.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/tsconfig.build.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26c30d4eddf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "test", "dist"]
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/tsconfig.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95f5641cf7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-distributed-tracing/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "target": "ES2021",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "baseUrl": "./",
+    "incremental": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": false,
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
+    "strictBindCallApply": false,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": false,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/.gitignore b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b56acfbebf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# compiled output
+/dist
+/node_modules
+/build
+
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+pnpm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+lerna-debug.log*
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+
+# Tests
+/coverage
+/.nyc_output
+
+# IDEs and editors
+/.idea
+.project
+.classpath
+.c9/
+*.launch
+.settings/
+*.sublime-workspace
+
+# IDE - VSCode
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+
+# dotenv environment variable files
+.env
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
+.env.local
+
+# temp directory
+.temp
+.tmp
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+*.pid.lock
+
+# Diagnostic reports (https://nodejs.org/api/report.html)
+report.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.json
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/.npmrc b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..070f80f05092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@sentry:registry=http://127.0.0.1:4873
+@sentry-internal:registry=http://127.0.0.1:4873
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/nest-cli.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/nest-cli.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9aa683b1ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/nest-cli.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/nest-cli",
+  "collection": "@nestjs/schematics",
+  "sourceRoot": "src",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "deleteOutDir": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfbe5e83e640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "name": "nestjs-with-submodules",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "nest build",
+    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"test/**/*.ts\"",
+    "start": "nest start",
+    "start:dev": "nest start --watch",
+    "start:debug": "nest start --debug --watch",
+    "start:prod": "node dist/main",
+    "clean": "npx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml",
+    "test": "playwright test",
+    "test:build": "pnpm install",
+    "test:assert": "pnpm test"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@nestjs/common": "^10.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/core": "^10.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/platform-express": "^10.0.0",
+    "@sentry/nestjs": "latest || *",
+    "@sentry/types": "latest || *",
+    "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.0",
+    "rxjs": "^7.8.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.44.1",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@nestjs/cli": "^10.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/schematics": "^10.0.0",
+    "@nestjs/testing": "^10.0.0",
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.17",
+    "@types/node": "18.15.1",
+    "@types/supertest": "^6.0.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.0.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.0.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.42.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
+    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
+    "supertest": "^6.3.3",
+    "ts-loader": "^9.4.3",
+    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
+    "typescript": "^4.9.5"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/playwright.config.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/playwright.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31f2b913b58b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/playwright.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { getPlaywrightConfig } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+const config = getPlaywrightConfig({
+  startCommand: `pnpm start`,
+});
+
+export default config;
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71a410e8d0a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Controller, Get, Param } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { AppService } from './app.service';
+
+@Controller()
+export class AppController {
+  constructor(private readonly appService: AppService) {}
+
+  @Get('test-exception/:id')
+  async testException(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.appService.testException(id);
+  }
+
+  @Get('test-expected-exception/:id')
+  async testExpectedException(@Param('id') id: string) {
+    return this.appService.testExpectedException(id);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.module.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..944b84e66d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { AppController } from './app.controller';
+import { AppService } from './app.service';
+import { ExampleModule } from './example-module/example.module';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [ExampleModule],
+  controllers: [AppController],
+  providers: [AppService],
+})
+export class AppModule {}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.service.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..242408023586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/app.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { HttpException, HttpStatus, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class AppService {
+  constructor() {}
+
+  testException(id: string) {
+    throw new Error(`This is an exception with id ${id}`);
+  }
+
+  testExpectedException(id: string) {
+    throw new HttpException(`This is an expected exception with id ${id}`, HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b71179c195cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ExampleException } from './example.exception';
+
+@Controller('example-module')
+export class ExampleController {
+  constructor() {}
+
+  @Get()
+  getTest(): string {
+    throw new ExampleException();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.exception.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.exception.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac43dddfa8dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.exception.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export class ExampleException extends Error {
+  constructor() {
+    super('Something went wrong in the example module!');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.filter.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.filter.ts
similarity index 61%
rename from dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.filter.ts
rename to dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.filter.ts
index 87a4ca0920e5..848441caf855 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.filter.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.filter.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { ArgumentsHost, BadRequestException, Catch } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { BaseExceptionFilter } from '@nestjs/core';
-import { TestException } from './test.exception';
+import { ExampleException } from './example.exception';
 
-@Catch(TestException)
-export class TestExceptionFilter extends BaseExceptionFilter {
+@Catch(ExampleException)
+export class ExampleExceptionFilter extends BaseExceptionFilter {
   catch(exception: unknown, host: ArgumentsHost) {
-    if (exception instanceof TestException) {
+    if (exception instanceof ExampleException) {
       return super.catch(new BadRequestException(exception.message), host);
     }
     return super.catch(exception, host);
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.module.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fabd71c4df90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/example-module/example.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { APP_FILTER } from '@nestjs/core';
+import { ExampleController } from './example.controller';
+import { ExampleExceptionFilter } from './example.filter';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [],
+  controllers: [ExampleController],
+  providers: [
+    {
+      provide: APP_FILTER,
+      useClass: ExampleExceptionFilter,
+    },
+  ],
+})
+export class ExampleModule {}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/instrument.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/instrument.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1f4de865435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/instrument.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  environment: 'qa', // dynamic sampling bias to keep transactions
+  dsn: process.env.E2E_TEST_DSN,
+  tunnel: `http://localhost:3031/`, // proxy server
+  tracesSampleRate: 1,
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/main.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a7b5ded8645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Import this first
+import './instrument';
+
+// Import other modules
+import { BaseExceptionFilter, HttpAdapterHost, NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
+import { AppModule } from './app.module';
+
+const PORT = 3030;
+
+async function bootstrap() {
+  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
+
+  const { httpAdapter } = app.get(HttpAdapterHost);
+  Sentry.setupNestErrorHandler(app, new BaseExceptionFilter(httpAdapter));
+
+  await app.listen(PORT);
+}
+
+bootstrap();
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/start-event-proxy.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/start-event-proxy.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9917b9273da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/start-event-proxy.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { startEventProxyServer } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+startEventProxyServer({
+  port: 3031,
+  proxyServerName: 'nestjs',
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tests/errors.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tests/errors.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3711cbe8fd0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tests/errors.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+import { waitForError } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+test('Does not handle expected exception if exception is thrown in module', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+  const errorEventPromise = waitForError('nestjs', event => {
+    return !event.type && event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'Something went wrong in the example module!';
+  });
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${baseURL}/example-module`);
+  expect(response.status).toBe(500); // should be 400
+
+  // should never arrive, but does because the exception is not handled properly
+  const errorEvent = await errorEventPromise;
+
+  expect(errorEvent.exception?.values).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(errorEvent.exception?.values?.[0]?.value).toBe('Something went wrong in the example module!');
+
+  expect(errorEvent.request).toEqual({
+    method: 'GET',
+    cookies: {},
+    headers: expect.any(Object),
+    url: 'http://localhost:3030/example-module',
+  });
+
+  expect(errorEvent.transaction).toEqual('GET /example-module');
+
+  expect(errorEvent.contexts?.trace).toEqual({
+    trace_id: expect.any(String),
+    span_id: expect.any(String),
+  });
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tsconfig.build.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tsconfig.build.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26c30d4eddf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "test", "dist"]
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tsconfig.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95f5641cf7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-with-submodules/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "target": "ES2021",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "baseUrl": "./",
+    "incremental": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": false,
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
+    "strictBindCallApply": false,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": false,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.controller.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fda9eef768e..000000000000
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.controller.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-import { Controller, Get, Headers, Param } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { AppService1, AppService2 } from './app.service';
-
-@Controller()
-export class AppController1 {
-  constructor(private readonly appService: AppService1) {}
-
-  @Get('test-success')
-  testSuccess() {
-    return this.appService.testSuccess();
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-param/:param')
-  testParam(@Param() params) {
-    return this.appService.testParam(params.param);
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-inbound-headers/:id')
-  testInboundHeaders(@Headers() headers, @Param('id') id: string) {
-    return this.appService.testInboundHeaders(headers, id);
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-outgoing-http/:id')
-  async testOutgoingHttp(@Param('id') id: string) {
-    return this.appService.testOutgoingHttp(id);
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-outgoing-fetch/:id')
-  async testOutgoingFetch(@Param('id') id: string) {
-    return this.appService.testOutgoingFetch(id);
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-transaction')
-  testTransaction() {
-    return this.appService.testTransaction();
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-error')
-  async testError() {
-    return this.appService.testError();
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-exception/:id')
-  async testException(@Param('id') id: string) {
-    return this.appService.testException(id);
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-expected-exception/:id')
-  async testExpectedException(@Param('id') id: string) {
-    return this.appService.testExpectedException(id);
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-outgoing-fetch-external-allowed')
-  async testOutgoingFetchExternalAllowed() {
-    return this.appService.testOutgoingFetchExternalAllowed();
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-outgoing-fetch-external-disallowed')
-  async testOutgoingFetchExternalDisallowed() {
-    return this.appService.testOutgoingFetchExternalDisallowed();
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-outgoing-http-external-allowed')
-  async testOutgoingHttpExternalAllowed() {
-    return this.appService.testOutgoingHttpExternalAllowed();
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-outgoing-http-external-disallowed')
-  async testOutgoingHttpExternalDisallowed() {
-    return this.appService.testOutgoingHttpExternalDisallowed();
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-span-decorator-async')
-  async testSpanDecoratorAsync() {
-    return { result: await this.appService.testSpanDecoratorAsync() };
-  }
-
-  @Get('test-span-decorator-sync')
-  async testSpanDecoratorSync() {
-    return { result: await this.appService.testSpanDecoratorSync() };
-  }
-
-  @Get('kill-test-cron')
-  async killTestCron() {
-    this.appService.killTestCron();
-  }
-}
-
-@Controller()
-export class AppController2 {
-  constructor(private readonly appService: AppService2) {}
-
-  @Get('external-allowed')
-  externalAllowed(@Headers() headers) {
-    return this.appService.externalAllowed(headers);
-  }
-
-  @Get('external-disallowed')
-  externalDisallowed(@Headers() headers) {
-    return this.appService.externalDisallowed(headers);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.module.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.module.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 932d1af99611..000000000000
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/app.module.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { ScheduleModule } from '@nestjs/schedule';
-import { AppController1, AppController2 } from './app.controller';
-import { AppService1, AppService2 } from './app.service';
-import { TestModule } from './test-module/test.module';
-
-@Module({
-  imports: [ScheduleModule.forRoot(), TestModule],
-  controllers: [AppController1],
-  providers: [AppService1],
-})
-export class AppModule1 {}
-
-@Module({
-  imports: [],
-  controllers: [AppController2],
-  providers: [AppService2],
-})
-export class AppModule2 {}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/main.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/main.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c2682662154d..000000000000
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/main.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Import this first
-import './instrument';
-
-// Import other modules
-import { BaseExceptionFilter, HttpAdapterHost, NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
-import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
-import { AppModule1, AppModule2 } from './app.module';
-
-const app1Port = 3030;
-const app2Port = 3040;
-
-async function bootstrap() {
-  const app1 = await NestFactory.create(AppModule1);
-
-  const { httpAdapter } = app1.get(HttpAdapterHost);
-  Sentry.setupNestErrorHandler(app1, new BaseExceptionFilter(httpAdapter));
-
-  await app1.listen(app1Port);
-
-  const app2 = await NestFactory.create(AppModule2);
-  await app2.listen(app2Port);
-}
-
-bootstrap();
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.controller.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 150fb0e07546..000000000000
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.controller.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { TestException } from './test.exception';
-
-@Controller('test-module')
-export class TestController {
-  constructor() {}
-
-  @Get()
-  getTest(): string {
-    throw new TestException();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.exception.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.exception.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b736596b6717..000000000000
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.exception.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-export class TestException extends Error {
-  constructor() {
-    super('Something went wrong in the test module!');
-  }
-}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.module.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.module.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 37b6dbe7e819..000000000000
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs/src/test-module/test.module.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { APP_FILTER } from '@nestjs/core';
-import { TestController } from './test.controller';
-import { TestExceptionFilter } from './test.filter';
-
-@Module({
-  imports: [],
-  controllers: [TestController],
-  providers: [
-    {
-      provide: APP_FILTER,
-      useClass: TestExceptionFilter,
-    },
-  ],
-})
-export class TestModule {}