diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/direct-client-acs/scenario.mjs b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/direct-client-acs/scenario.mjs
index 31ad355c989e..1dc48ebb60c2 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/direct-client-acs/scenario.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/direct-client-acs/scenario.mjs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const client = new DenoClient({
   dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
   tracesSampleRate: 1,
   traceLifecycle: 'static',
-  integrations: getDefaultIntegrations({}),
+  integrations: getDefaultIntegrations({ tracesSampleRate: 1 }),
   stackParser: createStackParser(nodeStackLineParser()),
   beforeSendTransaction(event) {
     const spans = event.spans ?? [];
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-amqplib/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-amqplib/test.ts
index d1131ccbad36..d059cb76971c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-amqplib/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-amqplib/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('amqplib instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Amqplib'), `Amqplib should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-anthropic/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-anthropic/test.ts
index 900458bb9672..9372fd70934f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-anthropic/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-anthropic/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('anthropic instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Anthropic_AI'), `Anthropic_AI should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-aws/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-aws/test.ts
index c899e579e4e8..b07fb3da9b31 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-aws/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-aws/test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ import { SENTRY_OP } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
 
 Deno.test('aws-sdk instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Aws'), `Aws should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-firebase/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-firebase/test.ts
index 584cea379d88..6d4d3e6ff87a 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-firebase/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-firebase/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('firebase instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Firebase'), `Firebase should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-generic-pool/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-generic-pool/test.ts
index bca94240c65e..2f5258935c00 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-generic-pool/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-generic-pool/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('generic-pool instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('GenericPool'), `GenericPool should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-google-genai/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-google-genai/test.ts
index db7451c570bb..db193197e0f5 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-google-genai/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-google-genai/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('google-genai instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Google_GenAI'), `Google_GenAI should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-graphql/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-graphql/test.ts
index bf1ab8a88b59..a352bd20b79d 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-graphql/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-graphql/test.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ async function assertParseSpan(channelName: string): Promise<void> {
 
 Deno.test('graphql instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Graphql'), `Graphql should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-kafkajs/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-kafkajs/test.ts
index 0f3eab7ecf8d..d94839209bd1 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-kafkajs/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-kafkajs/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('kafkajs instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Kafka'), `Kafka should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-langchain/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-langchain/test.ts
index efbfa6a5035d..26d5da42cb0f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-langchain/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-langchain/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('langchain instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('LangChain'), `LangChain should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-langgraph/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-langgraph/test.ts
index ec4d010110f4..e1045407beb5 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-langgraph/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-langgraph/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('langgraph instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('LangGraph'), `LangGraph should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-lru-memoizer/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-lru-memoizer/test.ts
index 7c591293280f..acff0649c8a7 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-lru-memoizer/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-lru-memoizer/test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('lru-memoizer instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('LruMemoizer'), `LruMemoizer should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mongo/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mongo/test.ts
index c289a1120eef..f9693fc07ef9 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mongo/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mongo/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('mongodb instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Mongo'), `Mongo should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mongoose/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mongoose/test.ts
index 09c08d4d8efc..46854c29b07a 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mongoose/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mongoose/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('mongoose instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Mongoose'), `Mongoose should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mysql/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mysql/test.ts
index dd9c526ac32e..077e1bd9f5bb 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mysql/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mysql/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('mysql instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Mysql'), `Mysql should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mysql2/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mysql2/test.ts
index 702baa6f175f..1c8efe1364e9 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mysql2/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-mysql2/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('mysql2 instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Mysql2'), `Mysql2 should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-openai/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-openai/test.ts
index c47726c24473..2d1c47b2e30b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-openai/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-openai/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('openai instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('OpenAI'), `OpenAI should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-postgres/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-postgres/test.ts
index 2880f7c490dd..c47715c6a9fc 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-postgres/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-postgres/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('pg instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Postgres'), `Postgres should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-postgresjs/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-postgresjs/test.ts
index 7def5567c022..640e51733173 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-postgresjs/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-postgresjs/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('postgres.js instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('PostgresJs'), `PostgresJs should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-tedious/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-tedious/test.ts
index 4bb448797cad..7e9f2d6ec34c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-tedious/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-tedious/test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('tedious instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ traceLifecycle: 'static', dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Tedious'), `Tedious should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-vercel-ai/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-vercel-ai/test.ts
index 642020b26075..8c7cc42b5fc2 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-vercel-ai/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-vercel-ai/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import { resetGlobals, transactionSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
 
 Deno.test('vercel-ai instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('VercelAI'), `VercelAI should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/packages/deno/src/sdk.ts b/packages/deno/src/sdk.ts
index 07d5e8366184..3e792e2fd0d7 100644
--- a/packages/deno/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/deno/src/sdk.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   eventFiltersIntegration,
   functionToStringIntegration,
   getIntegrationsToSetup,
+  hasSpansEnabled,
   initAndBind,
   linkedErrorsIntegration,
   requestDataIntegration,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ import { makeFetchTransport } from './transports';
 import type { DenoOptions } from './types';
 
 /** Get the default integrations for the Deno SDK. */
-export function getDefaultIntegrations(_options: Options): Integration[] {
+export function getDefaultIntegrations(options: Options): Integration[] {
   // We return a copy of the defaultIntegrations here to avoid mutating this
   return [
     // Common
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export function getDefaultIntegrations(_options: Options): Integration[] {
     globalHandlersIntegration(),
     // server-utils integrations
     ...getErrorIntegrations(),
-    ...getTracingIntegrations(),
+    ...(hasSpansEnabled(options) ? getTracingIntegrations() : []),
   ];
 }
 
@@ -96,14 +97,15 @@ const defaultStackParser: StackParser = createStackParser(nodeStackLineParser())
  * @see {@link DenoOptions} for documentation on configuration options.
  */
 export function init(options: DenoOptions = {}): Client {
-  if (options.defaultIntegrations === undefined) {
-    options.defaultIntegrations = getDefaultIntegrations(options);
-  }
+  // Computed into a local rather than written back onto `options`: the default set
+  // depends on the tracing options, so caching it on the caller's object would pin the
+  // result of the first `init` for any reused options object.
+  const defaultIntegrations = options.defaultIntegrations ?? getDefaultIntegrations(options);
 
   const clientOptions: ServerRuntimeClientOptions = {
     ...options,
     stackParser: stackParserFromStackParserOptions(options.stackParser || defaultStackParser),
-    integrations: getIntegrationsToSetup(options),
+    integrations: getIntegrationsToSetup({ integrations: options.integrations, defaultIntegrations }),
     transport: options.transport || makeFetchTransport,
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/deno/test/__snapshots__/mod.test.ts.snap b/packages/deno/test/__snapshots__/mod.test.ts.snap
index 9c0b54cd65da..0a94a93ed604 100644
--- a/packages/deno/test/__snapshots__/mod.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/deno/test/__snapshots__/mod.test.ts.snap
@@ -63,29 +63,6 @@ snapshot[`captureMessage 1`] = `
       "Fastify",
       "Hapi",
       "Koa",
-      "Graphql",
-      "Mongo",
-      "Mongoose",
-      "Mysql",
-      "Mysql2",
-      "Redis",
-      "Postgres",
-      "Prisma",
-      "Tedious",
-      "GenericPool",
-      "Kafka",
-      "Amqplib",
-      "LruMemoizer",
-      "Aws",
-      "LangChain",
-      "LangGraph",
-      "Mastra",
-      "VercelAI",
-      "OpenAI",
-      "Anthropic_AI",
-      "Google_GenAI",
-      "PostgresJs",
-      "Firebase",
     ],
     name: "sentry.javascript.deno",
     packages: [
@@ -171,29 +148,6 @@ snapshot[`captureMessage twice 1`] = `
       "Fastify",
       "Hapi",
       "Koa",
-      "Graphql",
-      "Mongo",
-      "Mongoose",
-      "Mysql",
-      "Mysql2",
-      "Redis",
-      "Postgres",
-      "Prisma",
-      "Tedious",
-      "GenericPool",
-      "Kafka",
-      "Amqplib",
-      "LruMemoizer",
-      "Aws",
-      "LangChain",
-      "LangGraph",
-      "Mastra",
-      "VercelAI",
-      "OpenAI",
-      "Anthropic_AI",
-      "Google_GenAI",
-      "PostgresJs",
-      "Firebase",
     ],
     name: "sentry.javascript.deno",
     packages: [
@@ -286,29 +240,6 @@ snapshot[`captureMessage twice 2`] = `
       "Fastify",
       "Hapi",
       "Koa",
-      "Graphql",
-      "Mongo",
-      "Mongoose",
-      "Mysql",
-      "Mysql2",
-      "Redis",
-      "Postgres",
-      "Prisma",
-      "Tedious",
-      "GenericPool",
-      "Kafka",
-      "Amqplib",
-      "LruMemoizer",
-      "Aws",
-      "LangChain",
-      "LangGraph",
-      "Mastra",
-      "VercelAI",
-      "OpenAI",
-      "Anthropic_AI",
-      "Google_GenAI",
-      "PostgresJs",
-      "Firebase",
     ],
     name: "sentry.javascript.deno",
     packages: [
diff --git a/packages/deno/test/deno-redis.test.ts b/packages/deno/test/deno-redis.test.ts
index ae5bccafc1e2..6643f0dba020 100644
--- a/packages/deno/test/deno-redis.test.ts
+++ b/packages/deno/test/deno-redis.test.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ function withTimeout<T>(p: Promise<T>, ms: number, what: string): Promise<T> {
   });
 }
 
-Deno.test('redisIntegration: included in default integrations', () => {
+Deno.test('redisIntegration: included in default integrations when tracing is enabled', () => {
   resetGlobals();
-  const client = init({ dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' }) as DenoClient;
+  const client = init({
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+  }) as DenoClient;
   const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
   assert(names.includes('Redis'), `Redis should be in defaults, got ${names.join(', ')}`);
 });
diff --git a/packages/deno/test/sdk.test.ts b/packages/deno/test/sdk.test.ts
index 5d0d8973a075..ad7152cb21ba 100644
--- a/packages/deno/test/sdk.test.ts
+++ b/packages/deno/test/sdk.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { assertNotEquals } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.202.0/assert/assert_not_equals.ts';
 import { assertArrayIncludes } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/assert/assert_array_includes.ts';
-import { init, spanStreamingIntegration } from '../build/esm/index.js';
+import { getDefaultIntegrations, init, spanStreamingIntegration } from '../build/esm/index.js';
 import { assert } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/assert/assert.ts';
 import { assertEquals } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/assert/assert_equals.ts';
 
@@ -32,3 +32,42 @@ Deno.test("doesn't add spanStreamingIntegration if user added it manually", () =
   assertEquals(integrations.length, 1);
   assert(!integrations[0].isDefaultInstance);
 });
+
+Deno.test("doesn't add tracing integrations when tracing is disabled", () => {
+  const client = init({});
+  const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
+  assert(!names.includes('Graphql'));
+  assert(!names.includes('Postgres'));
+  assert(!names.includes('OpenAI'));
+});
+
+Deno.test('adds tracing integrations when tracing is enabled', () => {
+  const client = init({ tracesSampleRate: 1, traceLifecycle: 'static' });
+  const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
+  assertArrayIncludes(names, ['Graphql', 'Postgres', 'OpenAI']);
+});
+
+Deno.test('error integrations stay in place when tracing is disabled', () => {
+  const client = init({});
+  const names = client.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
+  assertArrayIncludes(names, ['Express', 'Fastify']);
+});
+
+// getDefaultIntegrations is public API, so the gate keys off the options the caller
+// passes to it, not the ones a client was initialised with.
+Deno.test('getDefaultIntegrations gates the tracing set on the options it is given', () => {
+  const withTracing = getDefaultIntegrations({ tracesSampleRate: 1 }).map(i => i.name);
+  assertArrayIncludes(withTracing, ['Graphql', 'Postgres', 'OpenAI']);
+  const withoutTracing = getDefaultIntegrations({}).map(i => i.name);
+  assert(!withoutTracing.includes('Graphql'));
+});
+
+Deno.test("init doesn't write the computed default integrations back onto the options object", () => {
+  const options = { dsn: 'https://username@domain/123' };
+  init(options);
+  assertEquals('defaultIntegrations' in options, false);
+  options.tracesSampleRate = 1;
+  const second = init(options);
+  const names = second.getOptions().integrations.map(i => i.name);
+  assertArrayIncludes(names, ['Graphql']);
+});