diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.controller.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.controller.ts
index e5e867d95312..cdc2be63287f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.controller.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
 
 @Controller()
 export class AppController {
@@ -6,4 +7,10 @@ export class AppController {
   testTransaction() {
     return { message: 'ok' };
   }
+
+  @Get('/flush')
+  async flush() {
+    await Sentry.flush(2000);
+    return { message: 'ok' };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.gateway.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.gateway.ts
index 712d47aba4d2..ed156ed286b5 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.gateway.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.gateway.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+import { ParseIntPipe, UseGuards, UseInterceptors, UsePipes } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { SubscribeMessage, WebSocketGateway, MessageBody } from '@nestjs/websockets';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
+import { ExampleGuard } from './example.guard';
+import { ExampleInterceptor } from './example.interceptor';
 
 @WebSocketGateway()
 export class AppGateway {
@@ -17,4 +20,30 @@ export class AppGateway {
     }
     return { event: 'capture-response', data: { success: true } };
   }
+
+  @SubscribeMessage('test-guard-instrumentation')
+  @UseGuards(ExampleGuard)
+  handleGuardInstrumentation() {
+    return { event: 'guard-response', data: { success: true } };
+  }
+
+  @SubscribeMessage('test-interceptor-instrumentation')
+  @UseInterceptors(ExampleInterceptor)
+  handleInterceptorInstrumentation() {
+    return { event: 'interceptor-response', data: { success: true } };
+  }
+
+  @SubscribeMessage('test-pipe-instrumentation')
+  @UsePipes(ParseIntPipe)
+  handlePipeInstrumentation(@MessageBody() value: number) {
+    return { event: 'pipe-response', data: { value } };
+  }
+
+  @SubscribeMessage('test-manual-span')
+  handleManualSpan() {
+    const result = Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'test-ws-manual-span' }, () => {
+      return { success: true };
+    });
+    return { event: 'manual-span-response', data: result };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/example.guard.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/example.guard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e12bbdc4e994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/example.guard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { CanActivate, ExecutionContext, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ExampleGuard implements CanActivate {
+  canActivate(context: ExecutionContext): boolean {
+    Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'test-guard-span' }, () => {});
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/example.interceptor.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/example.interceptor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f775086a8212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/example.interceptor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { CallHandler, ExecutionContext, Injectable, NestInterceptor } from '@nestjs/common';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nestjs';
+import { tap } from 'rxjs';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ExampleInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
+  intercept(context: ExecutionContext, next: CallHandler) {
+    Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'test-interceptor-span' }, () => {});
+    return next.handle().pipe(
+      tap(() => {
+        Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'test-interceptor-span-after-route' }, () => {});
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/tests/transactions.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/tests/transactions.test.ts
index d701897cfa56..45220d34b428 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/tests/transactions.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/tests/transactions.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import { io, type Socket } from 'socket.io-client';
+
+function connectSocket(baseURL: string): Promise<Socket> {
+  const socket = io(baseURL);
+  return new Promise<Socket>(resolve => socket.on('connect', () => resolve(socket)));
+}
 
 test('Sends an HTTP transaction', async ({ baseURL }) => {
   const txPromise = waitForTransaction('nestjs-websockets', tx => {
@@ -16,3 +22,140 @@ test('Sends an HTTP transaction', async ({ baseURL }) => {
     }),
   );
 });
+
+test('WebSocket handler with manual Sentry.startSpan() sends a transaction', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+  const txPromise = waitForTransaction('nestjs-websockets', tx => {
+    return tx?.transaction === 'test-ws-manual-span';
+  });
+
+  const socket = await connectSocket(baseURL!);
+  try {
+    socket.emit('test-manual-span', {});
+    await fetch(`${baseURL}/flush`);
+
+    const tx = await txPromise;
+    expect(tx.transaction).toBe('test-ws-manual-span');
+    expect(tx.contexts?.trace).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        origin: 'manual',
+      }),
+    );
+  } finally {
+    socket.disconnect();
+  }
+});
+
+test('WebSocket handler with guard includes guard span and nested manual span', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+  const txPromise = waitForTransaction('nestjs-websockets', tx => {
+    return tx?.transaction === 'ExampleGuard';
+  });
+
+  const socket = await connectSocket(baseURL!);
+  try {
+    socket.emit('test-guard-instrumentation', {});
+    await fetch(`${baseURL}/flush`);
+
+    const tx = await txPromise;
+
+    expect(tx.transaction).toBe('ExampleGuard');
+    expect(tx.contexts?.trace).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        op: 'middleware.nestjs',
+        origin: 'auto.middleware.nestjs',
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(tx.spans).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          description: 'test-guard-span',
+          parent_span_id: tx.contexts?.trace?.span_id,
+          origin: 'manual',
+          status: 'ok',
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  } finally {
+    socket.disconnect();
+  }
+});
+
+test('WebSocket handler with interceptor includes interceptor span, after-route span, and nested manual spans', async ({
+  baseURL,
+}) => {
+  const txPromise = waitForTransaction('nestjs-websockets', tx => {
+    return tx?.transaction === 'ExampleInterceptor';
+  });
+
+  const socket = await connectSocket(baseURL!);
+  try {
+    socket.emit('test-interceptor-instrumentation', {});
+    await fetch(`${baseURL}/flush`);
+
+    const tx = await txPromise;
+
+    expect(tx.transaction).toBe('ExampleInterceptor');
+    expect(tx.contexts?.trace).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        op: 'middleware.nestjs',
+        origin: 'auto.middleware.nestjs',
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const rootSpanId = tx.contexts?.trace?.span_id;
+
+    expect(tx.spans).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          description: 'test-interceptor-span',
+          parent_span_id: rootSpanId,
+          origin: 'manual',
+          status: 'ok',
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          description: 'Interceptors - After Route',
+          op: 'middleware.nestjs',
+          origin: 'auto.middleware.nestjs',
+          status: 'ok',
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
+
+    const afterRouteSpan = tx.spans.find(span => span.description === 'Interceptors - After Route');
+
+    expect(tx.spans).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          description: 'test-interceptor-span-after-route',
+          parent_span_id: afterRouteSpan?.span_id,
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  } finally {
+    socket.disconnect();
+  }
+});
+
+test('WebSocket handler with pipe includes pipe span', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+  const txPromise = waitForTransaction('nestjs-websockets', tx => {
+    return tx?.transaction === 'ParseIntPipe';
+  });
+
+  const socket = await connectSocket(baseURL!);
+  try {
+    socket.emit('test-pipe-instrumentation', '123');
+    await fetch(`${baseURL}/flush`);
+
+    const tx = await txPromise;
+
+    expect(tx.transaction).toBe('ParseIntPipe');
+    expect(tx.contexts?.trace).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        op: 'middleware.nestjs',
+        origin: 'auto.middleware.nestjs',
+      }),
+    );
+  } finally {
+    socket.disconnect();
+  }
+});