diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/src/coreHandlers/handleGlobalEvent.ts b/packages/replay-internal/src/coreHandlers/handleGlobalEvent.ts
index a13f4d24827e..d0ea607e1c06 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/src/coreHandlers/handleGlobalEvent.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/src/coreHandlers/handleGlobalEvent.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import { shouldSampleForBufferEvent } from './util/shouldSampleForBufferEvent';
 export function handleGlobalEventListener(replay: ReplayContainer): (event: Event, hint: EventHint) => Event | null {
   return Object.assign(
     (event: Event, hint: EventHint) => {
-      // Do nothing if replay has been disabled
-      if (!replay.isEnabled()) {
+      // Do nothing if replay has been disabled or paused
+      if (!replay.isEnabled() || replay.isPaused()) {
         return event;
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/test/integration/coreHandlers/handleGlobalEvent.test.ts b/packages/replay-internal/test/integration/coreHandlers/handleGlobalEvent.test.ts
index 2c41dbfbfd62..9e888568d04d 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/test/integration/coreHandlers/handleGlobalEvent.test.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/test/integration/coreHandlers/handleGlobalEvent.test.ts
@@ -397,4 +397,23 @@ describe('Integration | coreHandlers | handleGlobalEvent', () => {
 
     expect(handleGlobalEventListener(replay)(errorEvent, {})).toEqual(errorEvent);
   });
+
+  it('does not add replayId if replay is paused', async () => {
+    const transaction = Transaction();
+    const error = Error();
+
+    replay['_isPaused'] = true;
+
+    expect(handleGlobalEventListener(replay)(transaction, {})).toEqual(
+      expect.not.objectContaining({
+        // no tags at all here by default
+        tags: expect.anything(),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(handleGlobalEventListener(replay)(error, {})).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        tags: expect.not.objectContaining({ replayId: expect.anything() }),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
 });