diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentDurableObjectStorage.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentDurableObjectStorage.ts
index eabad9dee209..a684a42d7028 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentDurableObjectStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentDurableObjectStorage.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export function instrumentDurableObjectStorage(
           {
             // Use underscore naming to match Cloudflare's native instrumentation (e.g., "durable_object_storage_get")
             name: `durable_object_storage_${methodName}`,
+            onlyIfParent: true,
             attributes: {
               [SENTRY_OP]: DB,
               [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.db.cloudflare.durable_object',
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage.ts
index 2ab1d58d69f0..414c46bed632 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export function instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage(syncKv: SyncKvStorage): Syn
         return startSpan(
           {
             name: `durable_object_storage_kv_${methodName}`,
+            onlyIfParent: true,
             attributes: {
               [SENTRY_OP]: DB,
               [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.db.cloudflare.durable_object',
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentSqlStorage.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentSqlStorage.ts
index 61dfed37366b..7687c5dcf80b 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentSqlStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/instrumentSqlStorage.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function instrumentSqlStorage(sql: SqlStorage): SqlStorage {
           // steps. We still start the span so it records its dropped span
           // outcome. A query that may target a `cf_` or `pi_` table takes the full path,
           // because an internal query must start no span.
-          return startSpan({ name: 'exec', attributes: SPAN_ATTRIBUTES }, callOriginal);
+          return startSpan({ name: 'exec', onlyIfParent: true, attributes: SPAN_ATTRIBUTES }, callOriginal);
         }
 
         const sanitizedQuery = sanitizeSqlQuery(query);
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export function instrumentSqlStorage(sql: SqlStorage): SqlStorage {
         return startSpan(
           {
             name: querySummary || sanitizedQuery,
+            onlyIfParent: true,
             attributes: {
               ...SPAN_ATTRIBUTES,
               [DB_QUERY_TEXT]: sanitizedQuery,
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/worker/instrumentD1.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/worker/instrumentD1.ts
index f76426956138..e42db0488010 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/worker/instrumentD1.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/worker/instrumentD1.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ function createStartSpanOptions(queryText: string | undefined, type: D1QueryType
 
   return {
     name,
+    onlyIfParent: true,
     attributes: {
       [SENTRY_OP]: DB_QUERY,
       [DB_SYSTEM_NAME]: 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ function instrumentBatch(
       return startSpan(
         {
           name: 'D1 batch',
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             [SENTRY_OP]: DB_QUERY,
             [DB_SYSTEM_NAME]: 'cloudflare-d1',
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/worker/instrumentKV.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/worker/instrumentKV.ts
index 685b9fc46726..5a19cedb84ff 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/worker/instrumentKV.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/instrumentations/worker/instrumentKV.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function createSpanOptions(bindingName: string, operation: KVOperation, args: un
   const keys = getCacheKeys(operation, args);
   return {
     name: cacheOperation,
+    onlyIfParent: true,
     attributes: {
       [SENTRY_OP]: cacheOperation,
       [CACHE_OPERATION]: cacheOperationName,
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentDurableObjectStorage.test.ts b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentDurableObjectStorage.test.ts
index a2295ceff624..0ca6a6c7dd20 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentDurableObjectStorage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentDurableObjectStorage.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_get',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_get',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_put',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_put',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_delete',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -138,6 +143,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_delete',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -161,6 +167,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_list',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -184,6 +191,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_setAlarm',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -268,6 +276,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_getAlarm',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -289,6 +298,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_deleteAlarm',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -312,6 +322,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: 'SELECT',
         attributes: {
           'sentry.op': 'db.query',
@@ -436,6 +447,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_kv_get',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage.test.ts b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage.test.ts
index b75cc0e0e245..8c6a5f8b59e1 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_kv_get',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_kv_put',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_kv_delete',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ describe('instrumentDurableObjectSyncKvStorage', () => {
 
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           name: 'durable_object_storage_kv_list',
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db',
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentSqlStorage.test.ts b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentSqlStorage.test.ts
index af9cff36cfec..77ee3ad1a51a 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentSqlStorage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentSqlStorage.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe('instrumentSqlStorage', () => {
 
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: 'SELECT users',
         attributes: {
           'sentry.op': 'db.query',
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe('instrumentSqlStorage', () => {
 
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: 'SELECT users',
         attributes: {
           'sentry.op': 'db.query',
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ describe('instrumentSqlStorage', () => {
 
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: 'INSERT users',
         attributes: {
           'sentry.op': 'db.query',
@@ -301,6 +304,7 @@ describe('instrumentSqlStorage', () => {
 
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: 'exec',
         attributes: {
           'sentry.op': 'db.query',
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentations/worker/instrumentD1.test.ts b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentations/worker/instrumentD1.test.ts
index 7c6a6478853e..059c20fc6fd0 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentations/worker/instrumentD1.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentations/worker/instrumentD1.test.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -284,6 +287,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -335,6 +339,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -374,6 +379,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -403,6 +409,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -441,6 +448,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
@@ -478,6 +486,7 @@ describe('instrumentD1', () => {
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
         {
+          onlyIfParent: true,
           attributes: {
             'sentry.op': 'db.query',
             'db.system.name': 'cloudflare-d1',
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentations/worker/instrumentKV.test.ts b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentations/worker/instrumentKV.test.ts
index 50e08dc1b69b..a5203a01e9e9 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentations/worker/instrumentKV.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/test/instrumentations/worker/instrumentKV.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ describe('instrumentKV', () => {
 
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: CACHE_GET,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_OP]: CACHE_GET,
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ describe('instrumentKV', () => {
     expect(get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(keys, 'text');
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: CACHE_GET,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_OP]: CACHE_GET,
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ describe('instrumentKV', () => {
     expect(kv.getWithMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test-key', 'json');
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: CACHE_GET,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_OP]: CACHE_GET,
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ describe('instrumentKV', () => {
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
       1,
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: CACHE_PUT,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_OP]: CACHE_PUT,
@@ -148,6 +152,7 @@ describe('instrumentKV', () => {
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
       2,
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: CACHE_REMOVE,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_OP]: CACHE_REMOVE,
@@ -164,6 +169,7 @@ describe('instrumentKV', () => {
     expect(startSpanSpy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
       3,
       {
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: CACHE_GET,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_OP]: CACHE_GET,
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentDatabase.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentDatabase.ts
index 4c525e005869..08a886465e3f 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentDatabase.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentDatabase.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ function createStartSpanOptions(
 
   return {
     name,
+    onlyIfParent: true,
     attributes: {
       [DB_QUERY_TEXT]: queryText,
       [DB_QUERY_SUMMARY]: querySummary,
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentStorage.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentStorage.ts
index f0dd1fb1b399..75f8ed8ba054 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentStorage.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ function createSpanStartOptions(
   return {
     // With span streaming, span names have to be low cardinality, so we can't fall back to the cache keys.
     name: client && hasSpanStreamingEnabled(client) ? cacheOperation : keys.join(', '),
+    onlyIfParent: true,
     attributes,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/aws-sdk/index.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/aws-sdk/index.ts
index 10951179dd04..c6b3831e9a5c 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/aws-sdk/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/aws-sdk/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   HTTP_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE,
   SENTRY_ORIGIN,
 } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
-import { RPC } from '@sentry/conventions/op';
+import { DB, RPC } from '@sentry/conventions/op';
 import type { OrchestrionChannelContext } from '../../orchestrion/types';
 import { CHANNELS } from '../../orchestrion/channels';
 import { awsSdkModuleNames } from '../../orchestrion/config/aws-sdk';
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ function instrumentAwsSdk(servicesExtensions: ServicesExtensions): void {
       const span = startInactiveSpan({
         name: requestMetadata.spanName ?? `${normalizedRequest.serviceName}.${normalizedRequest.commandName}`,
         op,
+        onlyIfParent: op === DB,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_KIND]: 'client',
           [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: getSpanOrigin(op),
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/knex.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/knex.ts
index bdc3d4dac16f..5aa05530100a 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/knex.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/knex.ts
@@ -150,10 +150,6 @@ function subscribeQuery(): void {
       // The builder captures the span active when it was created (see `subscribeBuilder`).
       // `onlyIfParent`: only instrument queries that run as part of an existing trace, matching OTel.
       const parentSpan = builder?.[parentSpanSymbol] ?? getActiveSpan();
-      if (!parentSpan) {
-        return undefined;
-      }
-
       const query = data.arguments[0];
       const client = runner?.client;
       const connection = client?.config?.connection;
@@ -193,6 +189,7 @@ function subscribeQuery(): void {
           : (dbStatement ?? getName(dbNameSpace, operation, table) ?? 'knex.query');
 
       return startInactiveSpan({
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: spanName,
         parentSpan,
         attributes,
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mongoose/mongoose-dc-subscriber.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mongoose/mongoose-dc-subscriber.ts
index e7e9e3c44c71..cc2d800bce51 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mongoose/mongoose-dc-subscriber.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mongoose/mongoose-dc-subscriber.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ function setupChannel(tracingChannel: MongooseTracingChannelFactory, channelName
           : `mongoose.${data.operation}`;
 
     return startInactiveSpan({
+      onlyIfParent: true,
       name,
       attributes: {
         [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mongoose/mongoose-legacy-span.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mongoose/mongoose-legacy-span.ts
index d22e7c8a1063..d77a8935ff36 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mongoose/mongoose-legacy-span.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mongoose/mongoose-legacy-span.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export function startMongooseLegacySpan({
       : `mongoose.${modelName}.${operation}`;
 
   return startInactiveSpan({
+    onlyIfParent: true,
     name,
     // Set this explicitly, for platforms lacking `inferDbSpanData`
     attributes,
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mysql.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mysql.ts
index de538d52afd7..138b0680ecab 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mysql.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/mysql.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ function instrumentMysql(): void {
           : (queryText ?? 'mysql.query');
 
       return startInactiveSpan({
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_OP]: DB,
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/nitro/captureStorageEvents.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/nitro/captureStorageEvents.ts
index 0e464947c37c..43ab9048ef04 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/nitro/captureStorageEvents.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/nitro/captureStorageEvents.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ function setupStorageTracingChannel(operation: TracedOperation): void {
       const client = getClient();
 
       return startInactiveSpan({
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         // With span streaming, span names have to be low cardinality, so we can't fall back to the cache keys.
         name:
           client && hasSpanStreamingEnabled(client) ? OPERATION_SPAN_OPS[operation] : cacheKeys.join(', ') || operation,
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/postgresjs.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/postgresjs.ts
index c8f11e709f48..ea061292eca0 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/postgresjs.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/postgresjs.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import {
   debug,
-  getActiveSpan,
   getClient,
   hasSpanStreamingEnabled,
   isObjectLike,
@@ -242,7 +241,7 @@ function _wrapSingleQueryHandle(
   const wrappedHandle = async function (this: { executed?: boolean }, ...args: unknown[]): Promise<unknown> {
     // postgres.js calls handle() from then/catch/finally — only the first call executes SQL,
     // subsequent calls are no-ops (guarded by this.executed). Skip span creation for no-ops.
-    if (this.executed || !_shouldCreateSpans(options)) {
+    if (this.executed) {
       return originalHandle.apply(this, args);
     }
 
@@ -264,6 +263,7 @@ function _wrapSingleQueryHandle(
     return startSpanManual(
       {
         name,
+        onlyIfParent: options.requireParentSpan,
         attributes: {
           [SENTRY_OP]: DB,
           [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.db.postgresjs',
@@ -341,16 +341,6 @@ function _wrapSingleQueryHandle(
   query.handle = wrappedHandle;
 }
 
-/**
- * Determines whether a span should be created based on the current context.
- * If `requireParentSpan` is set to true in the options, a span will
- * only be created if there is a parent span available.
- */
-function _shouldCreateSpans(options: PostgresJsSqlInstrumentationOptions): boolean {
-  const hasParentSpan = getActiveSpan() !== undefined;
-  return hasParentSpan || !options.requireParentSpan;
-}
-
 /**
  * Reconstructs the full SQL query from template strings with PostgreSQL placeholders.
  *
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/prisma/tracing-helper.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/prisma/tracing-helper.ts
index 218e7c788134..2f935aa33d19 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/prisma/tracing-helper.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/prisma/tracing-helper.ts
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ export class ActiveTracingHelper implements TracingHelper {
     const attributes = buildSpanAttributes(name, options.attributes);
     const spanOptions = {
       name: buildSpanName(name, attributes),
+      onlyIfParent: name !== 'prisma:client:connect',
       attributes,
       kind: options.kind,
       links: options.links,
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ function dispatchEngineSpan(
   startSpanManual(
     {
       name: buildSpanName(engineSpan.name, attributes),
+      onlyIfParent: engineSpan.name !== 'prisma:engine:connect',
       attributes: {
         ...attributes,
         [SENTRY_KIND]: engineSpan.kind === 'client' ? 'client' : undefined,
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/redis/index.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/redis/index.ts
index 7176a14b57ec..2c5e86dc5bdb 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/redis/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/redis/index.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ function startCommandSpan(
   const cacheProperties = getRedisCacheAttributes(commandName, commandArgs, attributes, cacheOptions);
 
   return startInactiveSpan({
+    onlyIfParent: true,
     name: cacheProperties?.name ?? streamedName ?? (dbStatement || `redis-${commandName}`),
     attributes: {
       [SENTRY_KIND]: 'client',
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ function bindNodeRedisBatchChannel(
     const options = (data.self as NodeRedisClient | undefined)?.options;
     const operation = getOperation(data);
     return startInactiveSpan({
+      onlyIfParent: true,
       name: operation,
       attributes: {
         [SENTRY_KIND]: 'client',
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/redis/redis-dc-subscriber.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/redis/redis-dc-subscriber.ts
index 5db9dc2e5458..7e3887d82b75 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/redis/redis-dc-subscriber.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/redis/redis-dc-subscriber.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ function setupCommandChannel<T extends RedisCommandData | IORedisCommandData>(
       };
       const cacheProperties = getRedisCacheAttributes(data.command, args, attributes, cacheOptions);
       return startInactiveSpan({
+        onlyIfParent: true,
         name: cacheProperties?.name ?? streamedName ?? `redis-${data.command}`,
         attributes: { ...attributes, ...cacheProperties?.attributes },
       });
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ function setupBatchChannel(
   bindTracingChannelToSpan(tracingChannel<RedisBatchData>(channelName), data => {
     const operation = getOperationName(data);
     return startInactiveSpan({
+      onlyIfParent: true,
       name: operation,
       attributes: {
         [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/test/integrations/prisma.test.ts b/packages/server-utils/test/integrations/prisma.test.ts
index 2d02718b6d1e..00af81b1f7d4 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/test/integrations/prisma.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/test/integrations/prisma.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
-import { Client, createTransport, getCurrentScope, initAndBind, resolvedSyncPromise, spanToJSON } from '@sentry/core';
+import {
+  Client,
+  createTransport,
+  getCurrentScope,
+  initAndBind,
+  resolvedSyncPromise,
+  spanToJSON,
+  startSpan,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { instrumentPrisma } from '../../src/integrations/prisma';
 import type { TracingHelper } from '../../src/integrations/prisma/types';
@@ -37,8 +45,10 @@ function initTestClient(): void {
 /** Runs a `db_query` span through the installed helper and returns the span it created. */
 function runDbQuerySpan(attributes: Record<string, unknown>): Span {
   let span: Span | undefined;
-  getHelper()?.runInChildSpan({ name: 'db_query', attributes }, createdSpan => {
-    span = createdSpan;
+  startSpan({ name: 'parent' }, () => {
+    getHelper()?.runInChildSpan({ name: 'db_query', attributes }, createdSpan => {
+      span = createdSpan;
+    });
   });
   return span!;
 }