diff --git a/packages/core/src/transports/offline.ts b/packages/core/src/transports/offline.ts
index 33877b1c70b3..af003380e4ca 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/transports/offline.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/transports/offline.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { Envelope } from '../types/envelope';
 import type { InternalBaseTransportOptions, Transport, TransportMakeRequestResponse } from '../types/transport';
 import { debug } from '../utils/debug-logger';
 import { envelopeContainsItemType } from '../utils/envelope';
+import { isThenable } from '../utils/is';
 import { safeDateNow } from '../utils/randomSafeContext';
 import { parseRetryAfterHeader } from '../utils/ratelimit';
 import { safeUnref } from '../utils/timer';
@@ -139,8 +140,15 @@ export function makeOfflineTransport<TO>(
       }
 
       try {
-        if (options.shouldSend && (await options.shouldSend(envelope)) === false) {
-          throw new Error('Envelope not sent because `shouldSend` callback returned false');
+        if (options.shouldSend) {
+          const decision = options.shouldSend(envelope);
+          // avoid extra microtask tick, as some hosts stop JS execution
+          // when the app goes to the background.
+          const shouldSend = isThenable(decision) ? await decision : decision;
+
+          if (shouldSend === false) {
+            throw new Error('Envelope not sent because `shouldSend` callback returned false');
+          }
         }
 
         const result = await transport.send(envelope);
@@ -163,7 +171,9 @@ export function makeOfflineTransport<TO>(
         retryDelay = START_DELAY;
         return result;
       } catch (e) {
-        if (await shouldQueue(envelope, e as Error, retryDelay)) {
+        // do not unnecessarily await if it's not a Promise
+        const decision = shouldQueue(envelope, e as Error, retryDelay);
+        if (isThenable(decision) ? await decision : decision) {
           // If this envelope was a retry, we want to add it to the front of the queue so it's retried again first.
           if (isRetry) {
             await store.unshift(envelope);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/transports/offline.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/transports/offline.test.ts
index a43a86a2c409..e78b6d1bda89 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/transports/offline.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/transports/offline.test.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,54 @@ describe('makeOfflineTransport', () => {
     expect(getCalls()).toEqual(['push']);
   });
 
+  it('a synchronous shouldSend does not defer the send by a microtask', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    onTestFinished(() => {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    });
+
+    const { store } = createTestStore();
+    const { getSendCount, baseTransport } = createTestTransport({ statusCode: 200 });
+    const transport = makeOfflineTransport(baseTransport)({
+      ...transportOptions,
+      createStore: store,
+      shouldSend: () => true,
+    });
+
+    // Some hosts stop JS execution when the app goes to the background.
+    // They only send what the transport already got. So a synchronous
+    // `shouldSend` must not push the send into the next microtask.
+    const result = transport.send(ERROR_ENVELOPE);
+    expect(getSendCount()).toEqual(1);
+
+    await expect(result).resolves.toEqual({ statusCode: 200 });
+  });
+
+  it('a synchronous shouldStore does not defer the store by a microtask', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    onTestFinished(() => {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    });
+
+    const { getCalls, store } = createTestStore();
+    const { getSendCount, baseTransport } = createTestTransport({ statusCode: 200 });
+    const transport = makeOfflineTransport(baseTransport)({
+      ...transportOptions,
+      createStore: store,
+      shouldSend: () => false,
+      shouldStore: () => true,
+    });
+
+    // A synchronous `shouldSend` that says no throws in the same tick,
+    // so the envelope must reach the store before the host can stop JS
+    // execution.
+    const result = transport.send(ERROR_ENVELOPE);
+    expect(getCalls()).toEqual(['push']);
+
+    await expect(result).resolves.toEqual({});
+    expect(getSendCount()).toEqual(0);
+  });
+
   it('should not store client report envelopes on send failure', async () => {
     const { getCalls, store } = createTestStore();
     const { getSendCount, baseTransport } = createTestTransport(new Error());