From e079c4041fc37261ae7d646450920dfa5161f19b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Novy <francesco.novy@sentry.io>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:56:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] test(e2e): Install test-utils from a tarball

Test apps linked `@sentry-internal/test-utils` from the workspace, so its
dependencies (`express`, `ws`) resolved from the monorepo's root
`node_modules`. It is now packed like the SDK packages, and the apps depend on
its tarball in `packed/` directly, so pnpm installs its dependencies into each
app.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/workflows/build.yml                   | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/canary.yml                  |  1 +
 .gitignore                                    |  1 +
 dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md              |  4 ++++
 .../e2e-tests/lib/packedTarballUtils.ts       |  8 +++++--
 dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts   |  3 ++-
 .../lib/syncPackedTarballSymlinks.ts          |  8 +++----
 .../test-applications/angular-17/package.json |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/angular-18/package.json |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/angular-19/package.json |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/angular-20/package.json |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/angular-21/package.json |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/angular-22/package.json |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/astro-4/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../astro-5-cf-workers/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/astro-5/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../astro-6-cf-workers/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/astro-6/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../astro-7-sourcemaps/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../astro-7-static/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/astro-7/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../aws-serverless-layer/package.json         |  2 +-
 .../aws-serverless/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../browser-bfcache/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../browser-mfe-vite/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../browser-webworker-vite/package.json       |  2 +-
 .../bun-express/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/bun-mysql/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-agent/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-autoinstrument/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-local-workers/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-mastra/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-mcp-agent/package.json         |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-mcp/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-orchestrion-mysql/package.json |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-pi-durable/package.json        |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-think/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-vercelai-v7/package.json       |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-workers-static/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-workers/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../cloudflare-workersentrypoint/package.json |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../create-remix-app-express/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../create-remix-app-v2-non-vite/package.json |  2 +-
 .../create-remix-app-v2-static/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../create-remix-app-v2/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../default-browser-static/package.json       |  2 +-
 .../default-browser/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/deno/package.json       |  2 +-
 .../effect-3-browser/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../effect-3-node/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../effect-4-browser/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../effect-4-node/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../elysia-bun-static/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/elysia-bun/package.json |  2 +-
 .../elysia-node/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../ember-classic/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../ember-embroider/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../ember-strict-resolver/package.json        |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/ember-vite/package.json |  2 +-
 .../gen-ai-libraries/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../hono-4-legacy/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/hono-4/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../hydrogen-react-router-7/package.json      |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-11-static/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nestjs-11/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nestjs-12/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nestjs-8/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-basic-with-graphql/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-basic/package.json                 |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-bullmq/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-distributed-tracing/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-fastify/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-graphql/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-microservices/package.json         |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-websockets/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../nestjs-with-submodules/package.json       |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nextjs-14/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-15-basepath/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-15-intl/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-15-t3/package.json                 |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nextjs-15/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-16-cacheComponents/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-16-standalone/package.json         |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-16-static/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-16-streaming/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-16-trailing-slash/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-16-tunnel/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-16-userfeedback/package.json       |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nextjs-16/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-app-dir/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-orpc/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-otlp/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-pages-dir/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../nextjs-sourcemaps/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nitro-3/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../node-esbuild/package.json                 |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/node-eve/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../node-express-esm-loader/package.json      |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../node-express-mcp-v1/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../node-express-mcp-v2/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../node-express-otlp/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../node-express-static/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../node-express-streaming/package.json       |  2 +-
 .../node-express-v5/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../node-express/package.json                 |  2 +-
 .../node-fastify-3/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../node-fastify-4/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../node-fastify-5/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../node-fastify-6/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../node-firebase/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/node-flue/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/node-hapi/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/node-koa/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../node-mastra/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../node-openai-send-to-sentry/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../node-otel-sdk-node/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../node-pi-durable/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../node-prisma-8/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../node-rolldown/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../node-rollup/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/node-vite/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../node-webpack/package.json                 |  2 +-
 .../nuxt-3-dynamic-import/package.json        |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nuxt-3-min/package.json |  2 +-
 .../nuxt-3-top-level-import/package.json      |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nuxt-3/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../nuxt-4-cloudflare/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../nuxt-4-sourcemaps/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../nuxt-4-static/package.json                |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nuxt-4/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../nuxt-5-sourcemaps/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/nuxt-5/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../react-17-static/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/react-17/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/react-19/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../react-create-browser-router/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../react-create-hash-router/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../react-create-memory-router/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../react-router-5/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../react-router-6-router-entry/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../react-router-6-use-routes/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../react-router-6/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../react-router-7-cross-usage/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../react-router-7-framework-spa/package.json |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../react-router-7-framework/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../react-router-7-lazy-routes/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../react-router-7-router-entry/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../react-router-7-spa-streaming/package.json |  2 +-
 .../react-router-7-spa/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../react-router-8-cross-usage/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../react-router-8-framework/package.json     |  2 +-
 .../react-router-8-router-entry/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../react-router-8-spa/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../react-router-sourcemaps/package.json      |  2 +-
 .../remix-hydrogen/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../remix-server-timing/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../remix-sourcemaps/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/remix-v3/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../solid-static/package.json                 |  2 +-
 .../solid-tanstack-router/package.json        |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/solid/package.json      |  2 +-
 .../solidstart-2/package.json                 |  2 +-
 .../solidstart-dynamic-import/package.json    |  2 +-
 .../solidstart-spa/package.json               |  2 +-
 .../solidstart-static/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../solidstart-top-level-import/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/solidstart/package.json |  2 +-
 .../supabase-nextjs/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../svelte-5-static/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/svelte-5/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-2-kit-tracing/package.json      |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-2-otlp/package.json             |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-2-static/package.json           |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-2-svelte-5/package.json         |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-2.5.0-twp/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-2/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-3-sourcemaps/package.json       |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-3/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../sveltekit-cloudflare-pages/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../tanstack-router/package.json              |  2 +-
 .../package.json                              |  2 +-
 .../tanstackstart-react-static/package.json   |  2 +-
 .../tanstackstart-react/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../tsx-express/package.json                  |  2 +-
 .../vinext-cf-workers/package.json            |  2 +-
 .../vue-3-static/package.json                 |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/vue-3/package.json      |  2 +-
 .../vue-tanstack-router/package.json          |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/webpack-4/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../test-applications/webpack-5/package.json  |  2 +-
 .../validate-packed-tarball-setup.ts          |  2 +-
 dev-packages/test-utils/package.json          |  6 ++---
 205 files changed, 239 insertions(+), 208 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ab73ae30a40b..5804e0b6ef6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1030,6 +1030,16 @@ jobs:
           compression-level: 6
           overwrite: true
 
+      - name: Upload test-utils tarball artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: build-test-utils-tarball-output
+          path: dev-packages/test-utils/*.tgz
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 4
+          compression-level: 6
+          overwrite: true
+
   job_e2e_tests:
     name: E2E ${{ matrix.label || matrix.test-application }} Test
     # We need to add the `always()` check here because the previous step has this as well :(
@@ -1091,6 +1101,12 @@ jobs:
           name: build-tarball-output
           path: ${{ env.TARBALL_ARTIFACT_DOWNLOAD_PATH }}
 
+      - name: Restore test-utils tarball artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: build-test-utils-tarball-output
+          path: dev-packages/test-utils
+
       - name: Restore build layer artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         if: matrix.test-application == 'aws-serverless' || matrix.test-application == 'aws-serverless-layer'
@@ -1236,6 +1252,12 @@ jobs:
           name: build-tarball-output
           path: ${{ env.TARBALL_ARTIFACT_DOWNLOAD_PATH }}
 
+      - name: Restore test-utils tarball artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: build-test-utils-tarball-output
+          path: dev-packages/test-utils
+
       # Installs Playwright while the app builds.
       # Started after the artifact downloads: starting next to them made `download-artifact` fail to read the event file.
       - name: Install Playwright
diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary.yml b/.github/workflows/canary.yml
index d7b79d0ae8c4..3db23de94844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ env:
 
   CACHED_BUILD_PATHS: |
     ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/*/*.tgz
+    ${{ github.workspace }}/dev-packages/test-utils/*.tgz
     ${{ github.workspace }}/node_modules
     ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/*/node_modules
     ${{ github.workspace }}/dev-packages/*/node_modules
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a710581c1a37..09a467ba61e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dist-serverless/
 sentry-node-serverless-*.zip
 # node tarballs
 packages/*/sentry-*.tgz
+dev-packages/test-utils/sentry-*.tgz
 .nxcache
 
 # logs
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md
index df759bf2b20f..20b24c1bad9b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ that point to the versioned tarballs. When a test application is run, pnpm overr
 `pnpm-workspace.yaml` to pin all `@sentry/*` and `@sentry-internal/*` packages to those local tarballs. This means test apps
 install the packages as if they were published, but from the local build output instead of a registry.
 
+`@sentry-internal/test-utils` is packed as well. Test apps depend on its tarball directly
+(`"@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz"`), so after changing
+test-utils, run `yarn build:tarball` again.
+
 The E2E test script looks for test applications in the `test-applications` folder. These are standalone apps that use
 our SDKs and can be used to verify their behavior.
 
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/packedTarballUtils.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/packedTarballUtils.ts
index 7469eb12f4a2..d7bbeefcb8e7 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/packedTarballUtils.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/packedTarballUtils.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ import { sync as globSync } from 'glob';
 const E2E_TESTS_ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
 const REPOSITORY_ROOT = path.resolve(E2E_TESTS_ROOT, '../..');
 
+// test-utils is not published, but test apps install it from its tarball too: with a `link:`, its dependencies would
+// resolve from the monorepo's root `node_modules` instead of the app's.
+export const TARBALL_PACKAGE_JSON_GLOB = '{packages/*,dev-packages/test-utils}/package.json';
+
 /**
  * Workspace @sentry and @sentry-internal packages that have a built tarball for the E2E version.
- * @returns The names of the published Sentry tarball packages.
+ * @returns The names of the Sentry tarball packages.
  */
 export function getPublishedSentryTarballPackageNames(): string[] {
   const version = getE2eTestsPackageVersion();
   const names: string[] = [];
 
-  for (const packageJsonPath of globSync('packages/*/package.json', {
+  for (const packageJsonPath of globSync(TARBALL_PACKAGE_JSON_GLOB, {
     cwd: REPOSITORY_ROOT,
     absolute: true,
   })) {
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts
index 9f5dd88a9ea8..a76c5ffd8a54 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export async function addPnpmOverrides(tmpDirPath: string, packedDirPath: string
     );
   }
 
-  const packageNames = getPublishedSentryTarballPackageNames();
+  // Test apps depend on the test-utils tarball directly, and nothing else depends on it.
+  const packageNames = getPublishedSentryTarballPackageNames().filter(name => name !== '@sentry-internal/test-utils');
   const overrides = Object.fromEntries(
     packageNames.map(packageName => [packageName, `file:${packedDirPath}/${packedSymlinkFilename(packageName)}`]),
   );
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/syncPackedTarballSymlinks.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/syncPackedTarballSymlinks.ts
index fd99cb3e3142..5d1d4cf45a6b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/syncPackedTarballSymlinks.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/syncPackedTarballSymlinks.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { sync as globSync } from 'glob';
-import { packedSymlinkFilename, versionedTarballFilename } from './packedTarballUtils';
+import { packedSymlinkFilename, TARBALL_PACKAGE_JSON_GLOB, versionedTarballFilename } from './packedTarballUtils';
 
 const e2eTestsRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
 const repositoryRoot = path.resolve(e2eTestsRoot, '../..');
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function readJson<T>(filePath: string): T {
 }
 
 /**
- * Ensures `packed/<name>-packed.tgz` symlinks point at the current versioned tarballs under `packages/*`.
+ * Ensures `packed/<name>-packed.tgz` symlinks point at the current versioned tarballs.
  * Run after `pnpm run build:tarball` at the repo root (or from CI after restoring the tarball cache).
  */
 export function syncPackedTarballSymlinks(): void {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function syncPackedTarballSymlinks(): void {
     fs.rmSync(path.join(packedDir, entry.name), { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 
-  const packageJsonPaths = globSync('packages/*/package.json', {
+  const packageJsonPaths = globSync(TARBALL_PACKAGE_JSON_GLOB, {
     cwd: repositoryRoot,
     absolute: true,
   });
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function syncPackedTarballSymlinks(): void {
 
   if (linked === 0) {
     throw new Error(
-      `No packed tarballs found for version ${version} under packages/*/. Run "pnpm run build:tarball" at the repository root.`,
+      `No packed tarballs found for version ${version}. Run "pnpm run build:tarball" at the repository root.`,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/package.json
index 4a305c9e637b..a109fa77a630 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sentry/core": "file:../../packed/sentry-core-packed.tgz",
     "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^17.1.1",
     "@angular/cli": "^17.1.1",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-18/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-18/package.json
index 1ff68e945493..efb5e034a92f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-18/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-18/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sentry/core": "file:../../packed/sentry-core-packed.tgz",
     "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^18.0.0",
     "@angular/cli": "^18.0.0",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-19/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-19/package.json
index 6bc9179a78e9..b9c60d6042cc 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-19/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-19/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "@angular/compiler-cli": "^19.0.0",
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
     "@sentry/conventions": "0.27.0",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sentry/core": "file:../../packed/sentry-core-packed.tgz",
     "@types/jasmine": "~5.1.0",
     "http-server": "^14.1.1",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-20/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-20/package.json
index 2c5a4e225239..fd5a9d331d05 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-20/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-20/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "@angular/cli": "^20.0.0",
     "@angular/compiler-cli": "^20.0.0",
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
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index e702bf03cc38..d628acdd6efe 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-21/package.json
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index 305d3429afd0..cb1d2093b904 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-22/package.json
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index 2b4c05250759..e57cdfb9360a 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-4/package.json
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index 2b857e1a97e9..c340538766c1 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-5-cf-workers/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-5-cf-workers/package.json
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index 0d110c87c9eb..b7169dbb341c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-5/package.json
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index bf639a23745d..b42e309c021e 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-6-cf-workers/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-6-cf-workers/package.json
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index 30168f76cc30..b1cd5e483d9d 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-6/package.json
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index f31dd0e34bce..afe49d64f5c1 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-7-sourcemaps/package.json
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index 881da2654a3e..25fbdacf716c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-7-static/package.json
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index c6d2845c8705..b4de76c5e798 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/astro-7/package.json
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index f2596447fc73..66acf6b2afeb 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/aws-serverless-layer/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/aws-serverless-layer/package.json
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index ba01d9adec26..1088ea1b3120 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/aws-serverless/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/aws-serverless/package.json
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index 5c47bd81e769..1db45bd6f42e 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/browser-bfcache/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/browser-bfcache/package.json
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index 086a9dde7539..a1325c48dd0b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/browser-mfe-vite/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/browser-mfe-vite/package.json
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index 54acd54bca61..fdaf1b75ac9e 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/browser-webworker-vite/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/browser-webworker-vite/package.json
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index f3e4f115591e..3e7f7ec66245 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/bun-express/package.json
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index 4c91bd37b842..535242ef7fa7 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/bun-mysql/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/bun-mysql/package.json
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index 2fc0d8cd5f14..703b181b4618 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-agent/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-agent/package.json
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index 3fca69352140..27a72cada9fc 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-autoinstrument/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-autoinstrument/package.json
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index afc9c7188ac0..4e2b9827b56e 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-flue-send-to-sentry/package.json
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index 31c1d0d37cf7..e446c93773df 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-local-workers/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-local-workers/package.json
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index 4bb3374bcaa6..85639e8bd92f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-mastra/package.json
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index e2f47df1eccc..6d647ef1a57b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-mcp-agent/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-mcp-agent/package.json
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index c4c465809b92..3643b8d70e28 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-mcp/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-mcp/package.json
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index 548fb7b8702e..a1e072102ab5 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-orchestrion-mysql/package.json
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index 1abcc31e42c9..b182a4f209d8 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-pi-durable/package.json
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index b325bb55044e..61af0e0803a1 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/cloudflare-think/package.json
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diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/svelte-5-static/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/svelte-5-static/package.json
index d128caefdc39..23930326addc 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/svelte-5-static/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/svelte-5-static/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^3.0.2",
     "@tsconfig/svelte": "^5.0.2",
     "svelte": "^5.0.0-next.115",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/svelte-5/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/svelte-5/package.json
index 3afff4da57bb..25013bcc894b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/svelte-5/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/svelte-5/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^3.0.2",
     "@tsconfig/svelte": "^5.0.2",
     "svelte": "^5.0.0-next.115",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-kit-tracing/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-kit-tracing/package.json
index 3404d1384a6e..3d00ca2b2b3b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-kit-tracing/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-kit-tracing/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-node": "5.5.1",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "2.52.2",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^6.1.3",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-otlp/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-otlp/package.json
index 0f1d4ed6699c..d82441f2e072 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-otlp/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-otlp/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-node": "5.5.1",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "2.70.2",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^6.1.3",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-static/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-static/package.json
index 640e81bd9db4..8012a82462df 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-static/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-static/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-auto": "^3.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-node": "^2.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "2.70.2",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-svelte-5/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-svelte-5/package.json
index 93ac832debb0..eb4e10fd26e4 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-svelte-5/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2-svelte-5/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-auto": "^3.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "2.69.1",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2.5.0-twp/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2.5.0-twp/package.json
index 735755d2b34a..0677dd30e040 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2.5.0-twp/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2.5.0-twp/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-auto": "^3.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "2.8.3",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2/package.json
index fccd44c5ca1d..86fa6669a880 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-2/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-auto": "^3.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-node": "^2.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "2.60.1",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3-cloudflare-workers/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3-cloudflare-workers/package.json
index 3989a4808b01..44cfcdf782d8 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3-cloudflare-workers/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3-cloudflare-workers/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-cloudflare": "^8.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "^3.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^7.3.1",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3-sourcemaps/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3-sourcemaps/package.json
index a58195028424..089139dcb68f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3-sourcemaps/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3-sourcemaps/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "@sentry/sveltekit": "file:../../packed/sentry-sveltekit-packed.tgz"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-node": "^6.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "^3.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^7.3.1",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3/package.json
index 8df022dc48e4..214b7c082def 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-3/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-node": "^6.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "^3.0.0",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^7.3.1",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-cloudflare-pages/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-cloudflare-pages/package.json
index 0f763d0ab591..1be8a714f3fa 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-cloudflare-pages/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/sveltekit-cloudflare-pages/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sveltejs/adapter-cloudflare": "^5.0.3",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "2.69.1",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^5.0.3",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstack-router/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstack-router/package.json
index b832a3bb5eca..31d436caf4e9 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstack-router/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstack-router/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "typescript": "^5.2.2",
     "vite": "^5.4.11",
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils"
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz"
   },
   "volta": {
     "extends": "../../package.json"
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react-cloudflare/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react-cloudflare/package.json
index f1d8390db4b2..f4e282ce3c4c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react-cloudflare/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react-cloudflare/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "@cloudflare/vite-plugin": "^1.35.0",
     "@cloudflare/workers-types": "^4.20260504.0",
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@types/react": "^19.2.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.0",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^6.1.2",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react-static/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react-static/package.json
index 4428cc449d3e..71d2451351bc 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react-static/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react-static/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "vite": "8.3.4",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^5.1.4",
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils"
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz"
   },
   "volta": {
     "extends": "../../package.json"
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react/package.json
index 414bc8de9894..d080dc4e25fd 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tanstackstart-react/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "vite": "8.3.4",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^5.1.4",
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils"
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz"
   },
   "volta": {
     "extends": "../../package.json"
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tsx-express/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tsx-express/package.json
index c3e294adc323..14bc17d7fcb4 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tsx-express/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/tsx-express/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "tsx": "^4.20.3"
   },
   "volta": {
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vinext-cf-workers/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vinext-cf-workers/package.json
index e054a40a6cc8..4833ede35725 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vinext-cf-workers/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vinext-cf-workers/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@cloudflare/vite-plugin": "^1.56.0",
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@types/node": "^26.1.2",
     "@types/react": "^19.3.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.3.0",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3-static/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3-static/package.json
index 310f1ada63d4..aa74d06bd3ad 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3-static/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3-static/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@tsconfig/node20": "^20.1.2",
     "@types/node": "^18.19.1",
     "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^5.0.3",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/package.json
index 34b9cd68f38d..dc315b2fa624 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@tsconfig/node20": "^20.1.2",
     "@types/node": "^18.19.1",
     "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^5.0.3",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-tanstack-router/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-tanstack-router/package.json
index b0e471471a55..190bb8024b68 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-tanstack-router/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-tanstack-router/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@tsconfig/node20": "^20.1.2",
     "@types/node": "^18.19.1",
     "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^5.0.3",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/webpack-4/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/webpack-4/package.json
index 15d199a6d561..95f8b55d2f32 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/webpack-4/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/webpack-4/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sentry/browser": "file:../../packed/sentry-browser-packed.tgz",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.0",
     "@babel/core": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/webpack-5/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/webpack-5/package.json
index ccd05ade0ad4..8e31878164e3 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/webpack-5/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/webpack-5/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.64.1",
-    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
+    "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz",
     "@sentry/browser": "file:../../packed/sentry-browser-packed.tgz",
     "webpack": "^5.91.0",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "^5.3.10",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/validate-packed-tarball-setup.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/validate-packed-tarball-setup.ts
index 0e57d592e237..933121f71cbe 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/validate-packed-tarball-setup.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/validate-packed-tarball-setup.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const repositoryRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '../..');
 const e2ePkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'package.json'), 'utf8')) as { version: string };
 const version = e2ePkg.version;
 
-const tarballPaths = globSync(`packages/*/sentry-*-${version}.tgz`, {
+const tarballPaths = globSync(`{packages/*,dev-packages/test-utils}/sentry-*-${version}.tgz`, {
   cwd: repositoryRoot,
   absolute: true,
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/test-utils/package.json b/dev-packages/test-utils/package.json
index b47f4dada071..041937219804 100644
--- a/dev-packages/test-utils/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/test-utils/package.json
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
   "module": "build/esm/index.js",
   "types": "build/types/index.d.ts",
   "files": [
-    "cjs",
-    "esm",
-    "types"
+    "/build"
   ],
   "exports": {
     "./package.json": "./package.json",
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@
     "lint:fix": "oxlint . --fix --type-aware",
     "lint": "oxlint . --type-aware",
     "build": "run-s build:transpile build:types",
-    "build:tarball": "run-s build:transpile build:types",
+    "build:tarball": "npm pack",
     "build:dev": "pnpm run build",
     "build:transpile": "rollup -c rollup.npm.config.mjs",
     "build:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.types.json",

From 094d542dbb19346c2a12178b3095a43f76bef436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Novy <francesco.novy@sentry.io>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:02:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] test(e2e): Keep test-utils in the pnpm overrides

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts
index a76c5ffd8a54..9f5dd88a9ea8 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/lib/pnpmOverrides.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ export async function addPnpmOverrides(tmpDirPath: string, packedDirPath: string
     );
   }
 
-  // Test apps depend on the test-utils tarball directly, and nothing else depends on it.
-  const packageNames = getPublishedSentryTarballPackageNames().filter(name => name !== '@sentry-internal/test-utils');
+  const packageNames = getPublishedSentryTarballPackageNames();
   const overrides = Object.fromEntries(
     packageNames.map(packageName => [packageName, `file:${packedDirPath}/${packedSymlinkFilename(packageName)}`]),
   );

From 4a369e5c8c263aa1ef1083f7f1ab0f7c3b2485a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Novy <francesco.novy@sentry.io>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:14:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs(e2e): Use pnpm in the test-utils tarball README note

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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 dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md
index 20b24c1bad9b..971ba3057c10 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ install the packages as if they were published, but from the local build output
 
 `@sentry-internal/test-utils` is packed as well. Test apps depend on its tarball directly
 (`"@sentry-internal/test-utils": "file:../../packed/sentry-internal-test-utils-packed.tgz"`), so after changing
-test-utils, run `yarn build:tarball` again.
+test-utils, run `pnpm run build:tarball` again.
 
 The E2E test script looks for test applications in the `test-applications` folder. These are standalone apps that use
 our SDKs and can be used to verify their behavior.