diff --git a/packages/core/src/client.ts b/packages/core/src/client.ts
index 778d03b7541c..6878dafbc038 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/client.ts
@@ -728,6 +728,12 @@ export abstract class Client<O extends ClientOptions = ClientOptions> {
    */
   public on(hook: 'beforeEnvelope', callback: (envelope: Envelope) => void): () => void;
 
+  /**
+   * Register a callback for after an envelope has been accepted by the transport.
+   * @returns {() => void} A function that, when executed, removes the registered callback.
+   */
+  public on(hook: 'afterEnvelope', callback: (envelope: Envelope) => void): () => void;
+
   /**
    * Register a callback that runs when stack frame metadata should be applied to an event.
    * @returns {() => void} A function that, when executed, removes the registered callback.
@@ -881,6 +887,14 @@ export abstract class Client<O extends ClientOptions = ClientOptions> {
    */
   public on(hook: 'flush', callback: () => void): () => void;
 
+  /**
+   * A hook that is called when spans of a single trace should be flushed eagerly,
+   * ahead of the trace's regular flush point. Only runtimes with a span streaming
+   * buffer (e.g. the Cloudflare SDK) listen to this hook.
+   * @returns {() => void} A function that, when executed, removes the registered callback.
+   */
+  public on(hook: 'flushTraceSpans', callback: (traceId: string) => void): () => void;
+
   /**
    * A hook that is called when the client is closing
    * @returns {() => void} A function that, when executed, removes the registered callback.
@@ -1051,6 +1065,11 @@ export abstract class Client<O extends ClientOptions = ClientOptions> {
    */
   public emit(hook: 'beforeEnvelope', envelope: Envelope): void;
 
+  /**
+   * Fire a hook event after an envelope has been accepted by the transport.
+   */
+  public emit(hook: 'afterEnvelope', envelope: Envelope): void;
+
   /**
    * Fire a hook indicating that stack frame metadata should be applied to the event passed to the hook.
    */
@@ -1175,6 +1194,11 @@ export abstract class Client<O extends ClientOptions = ClientOptions> {
    */
   public emit(hook: 'flush'): void;
 
+  /**
+   * Fire a hook event indicating that spans of a single trace should be flushed eagerly.
+   */
+  public emit(hook: 'flushTraceSpans', traceId: string): void;
+
   /**
    * Emit a hook event for client close
    */
@@ -1258,7 +1282,9 @@ export abstract class Client<O extends ClientOptions = ClientOptions> {
 
     if (this._isEnabled() && this._transport) {
       try {
-        return await this._transport.send(envelope);
+        const result = await this._transport.send(envelope);
+        this.emit('afterEnvelope', envelope);
+        return result;
       } catch (reason) {
         DEBUG_BUILD && debug.error('Error while sending envelope:', reason);
         return {};
diff --git a/packages/core/src/integrations/spanStreaming.ts b/packages/core/src/integrations/spanStreaming.ts
index d325906b6b1e..d44ac947bad4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/integrations/spanStreaming.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/integrations/spanStreaming.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ export const spanStreamingIntegration = defineIntegration(() => {
         }
         buffer.add(captureSpan(span, client));
       });
+
+      // Lets runtimes flush a single trace eagerly (e.g. the Cloudflare SDK draining
+      // a trace the moment its segment ends), without exposing the buffer itself.
+      client.on('flushTraceSpans', traceId => {
+        buffer.flush(traceId);
+      });
     },
   };
 }) satisfies IntegrationFn;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/integrations/spanStreaming.test.ts b/packages/core/test/integrations/spanStreaming.test.ts
index 3219fb4e14d4..610aeb2be8c1 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/integrations/spanStreaming.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/integrations/spanStreaming.test.ts
@@ -133,4 +133,23 @@ describe('spanStreamingIntegration (core)', () => {
 
     expect(mockSpanBufferInstance.add).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it('flushes a single trace when the flushTraceSpans hook is emitted', () => {
+    const client = new TestClient({
+      ...getDefaultTestClientOptions(),
+      dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+      integrations: [spanStreamingIntegration()],
+      traceLifecycle: 'stream',
+      tracesSampleRate: 1,
+    });
+
+    SentryCore.setCurrentClient(client);
+    client.init();
+
+    client.emit('flushTraceSpans', 'trace-1');
+
+    expect(mockSpanBufferInstance.flush).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockSpanBufferInstance.flush).toHaveBeenCalledWith('trace-1');
+    expect(mockSpanBufferInstance.drain).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/client.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/client.test.ts
index fc34bb12f045..2784062a809b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/client.test.ts
@@ -3073,6 +3073,39 @@ describe('Client', () => {
       client.emit('beforeEnvelope', mockEnvelope);
     });
 
+    it('calls an afterEnvelope hook after the transport send resolves', async () => {
+      let resolveSend: (() => void) | undefined;
+      const sendPromise = new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+        resolveSend = resolve;
+      });
+      const client = new TestClient(
+        getDefaultTestClientOptions({
+          dsn: PUBLIC_DSN,
+          transport: () => ({
+            send: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(sendPromise),
+            flush: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
+          }),
+        }),
+      );
+      const mockEnvelope = [
+        {
+          event_id: '12345',
+        },
+        [],
+      ] as Envelope;
+      const callback = vi.fn();
+      client.on('afterEnvelope', callback);
+
+      const result = client.sendEnvelope(mockEnvelope);
+      expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      resolveSend?.();
+      await result;
+
+      expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockEnvelope);
+    });
+
     it('returns a cleanup function that, when executed, unregisters a hook', async () => {
       vi.useFakeTimers();
       expect.assertions(8);