diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1888be4945..72ff670bd26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Cleanup AppHangTracking properly when closing SDK (#2671)
 - Add EXC_BAD_ACCESS subtypes to events (#2667)
+- Keep status of auto transactions when finishing (#2684)
 - Fix atomic import error for profiling (#2683)
 
 ## 8.1.0
diff --git a/Sources/Sentry/SentryTracer.m b/Sources/Sentry/SentryTracer.m
index 1b3412b7feb..9211cd0dbb8 100644
--- a/Sources/Sentry/SentryTracer.m
+++ b/Sources/Sentry/SentryTracer.m
@@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ - (BOOL)hasUnfinishedChildSpansToWaitFor
 
 - (void)finishInternal
 {
+    // Keep existing status of auto generated transactions if set by the user.
+    if ([self isAutoGeneratedTransaction] && !self.wasFinishCalled
+        && self.status != kSentrySpanStatusUndefined) {
+        _finishStatus = self.status;
+    }
     [super finishWithStatus:_finishStatus];
 
     if (self.finishCallback) {
diff --git a/Tests/SentryTests/Performance/SentryTracerTests.swift b/Tests/SentryTests/Performance/SentryTracerTests.swift
index 65a015fc1a1..8de3dfd06e7 100644
--- a/Tests/SentryTests/Performance/SentryTracerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SentryTests/Performance/SentryTracerTests.swift
@@ -216,6 +216,47 @@ class SentryTracerTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(sut.status, .ok)
     }
     
+    func testIdleTransactionWithStatus_KeepsStatusWhenAutoFinishing() {
+        let status = SentrySpanStatus.aborted
+        let sut = fixture.getSut(idleTimeout: fixture.idleTimeout, dispatchQueueWrapper: fixture.dispatchQueue)
+        sut.status = status
+        
+        let child = sut.startChild(operation: fixture.transactionOperation)
+        advanceTime(bySeconds: 0.1)
+        child.finish()
+        
+        fixture.dispatchQueue.invokeLastDispatchAfter()
+        
+        assertOneTransactionCaptured(sut)
+        XCTAssertEqual(status, sut.status)
+    }
+    
+    func testWaitForChildrenTransactionWithStatus_OverwriteStatusInFinish() {
+        let sut = fixture.getSut()
+        sut.status = .aborted
+        
+        let finishstatus = SentrySpanStatus.cancelled
+        
+        let child = sut.startChild(operation: fixture.transactionOperation)
+        advanceTime(bySeconds: 0.1)
+        child.finish()
+        
+        sut.finish(status: finishstatus)
+        
+        assertOneTransactionCaptured(sut)
+        XCTAssertEqual(finishstatus, sut.status)
+    }
+    
+    func testManualTransaction_OverwritesStatusInFinish() {
+        let sut = fixture.getSut(waitForChildren: false)
+        sut.status = .aborted
+        
+        sut.finish()
+        
+        assertOneTransactionCaptured(sut)
+        XCTAssertEqual(.ok, sut.status)
+    }
+    
     func testFinish_WithoutHub_DoesntCaptureTransaction() {
         let sut = SentryTracer(transactionContext: fixture.transactionContext, hub: nil, waitForChildren: false)