diff --git a/packages/deno/src/integrations/http.ts b/packages/deno/src/integrations/http.ts
index e12b03c1a9dd..ef25f4c06949 100644
--- a/packages/deno/src/integrations/http.ts
+++ b/packages/deno/src/integrations/http.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import {
   getRequestOptions,
   HTTP_ON_CLIENT_REQUEST,
   HTTP_ON_SERVER_REQUEST,
+  type HttpInstrumentationOptions,
 } from '@sentry/core';
 
 const INTEGRATION_NAME = 'DenoHttp' as const;
 
-export interface DenoHttpIntegrationOptions {
+export interface DenoHttpIntegrationOptions extends HttpInstrumentationOptions {
   /**
    * Whether breadcrumbs should be recorded for outgoing requests.
    *
@@ -95,21 +96,16 @@ const _denoHttpIntegration = ((options: DenoHttpIntegrationOptions = {}) => {
     name: INTEGRATION_NAME,
     setupOnce() {
       const { [HTTP_ON_SERVER_REQUEST]: onHttpServerRequest } = getHttpServerSubscriptions({
-        // `spans` falls through to the client's tracing config when unset.
-        spans: options.spans,
-        ignoreStaticAssets: options.ignoreStaticAssets,
-        ignoreIncomingRequests: options.ignoreIncomingRequests,
-        maxRequestBodySize: options.maxRequestBodySize,
-        ignoreRequestBody: options.ignoreRequestBody,
+        ...options,
+        // TODO: consolidate confusingly named HTTP instrumentation options
         onSpanCreated: options.onIncomingSpanCreated,
         onSpanEnd: options.onIncomingSpanEnd,
         errorMonitor,
-        sessions: false,
       });
       subscribe(HTTP_ON_SERVER_REQUEST, onHttpServerRequest);
 
       const { [HTTP_ON_CLIENT_REQUEST]: onHttpClientRequest } = getHttpClientSubscriptions({
-        spans: options.spans,
+        ...options,
         breadcrumbs,
         propagateTrace: tracePropagation,
         ignoreOutgoingRequests: options.ignoreOutgoingRequests
diff --git a/packages/deno/test/deno-http-sessions-disabled.test.ts b/packages/deno/test/deno-http-sessions-disabled.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..163ec8dde196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/deno/test/deno-http-sessions-disabled.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// <reference lib="deno.ns" />
+
+/**
+ * Lives in its own file because `setupOnce` runs once per process
+ * (`installedIntegrations` guards it) and the diagnostics channel
+ * subscription is global. Deno gives each test file a fresh module graph,
+ * so this is the only way to install `denoHttpIntegration` with
+ * non-default options after `deno-http.test.ts` has installed it with
+ * the defaults.
+ */
+
+import * as http from 'node:http';
+import type { Envelope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { forEachEnvelopeItem, getIsolationScope, getMainCarrier } from '@sentry/core';
+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';
+import { denoHttpIntegration, init } from '../build/esm/index.js';
+import { makeTestTransport } from './transport.ts';
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: 'denoHttpIntegration: node:http incoming request records no session when sessions: false',
+  async fn() {
+    getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
+
+    const envelopes: Envelope[] = [];
+    const client = init({
+      dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+      release: '1.0.0',
+      integrations: [denoHttpIntegration({ sessions: false })],
+      transport: makeTestTransport(envelope => {
+        envelopes.push(envelope);
+      }),
+    });
+
+    // Captured inside the handler so we can tell "sessions were disabled"
+    // apart from "the request was never instrumented at all".
+    let isolatedTransactionName: string | undefined;
+    const server = http.createServer((_req, res) => {
+      isolatedTransactionName = getIsolationScope().getScopeData().transactionName;
+      res.end('ok');
+    });
+    const port: number = await new Promise(resolve => {
+      server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => {
+        resolve((server.address() as { port: number }).port);
+      });
+    });
+
+    const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/health`);
+    assertEquals(await response.text(), 'ok');
+    await new Promise<void>(resolve => server.close(() => resolve()));
+    await client.flush(2_000);
+
+    const itemTypes: string[] = [];
+    for (const envelope of envelopes) {
+      forEachEnvelopeItem(envelope, ([headers]) => {
+        itemTypes.push(headers.type);
+      });
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(isolatedTransactionName, 'GET /health');
+    assert(!itemTypes.includes('sessions'), `expected no session envelope item, got: ${itemTypes.join(', ')}`);
+    assert(!itemTypes.includes('session'), `expected no session envelope item, got: ${itemTypes.join(', ')}`);
+  },
+});
diff --git a/packages/deno/test/deno-http-spans-disabled.test.ts b/packages/deno/test/deno-http-spans-disabled.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efd1f29755ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/deno/test/deno-http-spans-disabled.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// <reference lib="deno.ns" />
+
+/**
+ * Lives in its own file because `setupOnce` runs once per process
+ * (`installedIntegrations` guards it) and the diagnostics channel
+ * subscription is global. Deno gives each test file a fresh module graph,
+ * so this is the only way to install `denoHttpIntegration` with
+ * `spans: false` after another file has installed it with the defaults.
+ *
+ * Both tests below share that single `spans: false` subscription.
+ */
+
+import * as http from 'node:http';
+import type { TransactionEvent } from '@sentry/core';
+import { getIsolationScope, getMainCarrier } from '@sentry/core';
+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';
+import type { DenoClient } from '../build/esm/index.js';
+import { denoHttpIntegration, init, startSpan } from '../build/esm/index.js';
+
+/**
+ * `spans: false` must win over `tracesSampleRate: 1`, so tracing is on
+ * everywhere except the HTTP integration. Without it the option would be
+ * indistinguishable from tracing being off.
+ */
+function initWithSpansDisabled(transactions: TransactionEvent[]): DenoClient {
+  getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
+  return init({
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    integrations: [denoHttpIntegration({ spans: false })],
+    beforeSendTransaction: (event: TransactionEvent) => {
+      transactions.push(event);
+      return null;
+    },
+  }) as DenoClient;
+}
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: 'denoHttpIntegration: node:http outgoing request creates no http.client span when spans: false',
+  async fn() {
+    const transactions: TransactionEvent[] = [];
+    const client = initWithSpansDisabled(transactions);
+
+    // Deno.serve for the target so this does not depend on the node:http
+    // server instrumentation.
+    const abortController = new AbortController();
+    let onListen: ((_: unknown) => void) | undefined;
+    const listening = new Promise(resolve => (onListen = resolve));
+    // Captured so we can tell "spans were disabled" apart from "the client
+    // was never instrumented at all" -- header injection survives spans: false.
+    let sentryTraceHeader: string | null = null;
+    const target = Deno.serve(
+      { port: 0, signal: abortController.signal, onListen, hostname: '127.0.0.1' },
+      (request: Request) => {
+        sentryTraceHeader = request.headers.get('sentry-trace');
+        return new Response('pong');
+      },
+    );
+    await listening;
+
+    await startSpan({ name: 'parent', op: 'test' }, async () => {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const req = http.request({ host: '127.0.0.1', port: target.addr.port, path: '/ping', method: 'GET' }, res => {
+          res.on('data', () => {});
+          res.on('end', () => resolve());
+          res.on('error', reject);
+        });
+        req.on('error', reject);
+        req.end();
+      });
+    });
+
+    abortController.abort();
+    await target.finished;
+
+    // Event capture runs through the client's async processing queue, so
+    // drain it before reading the sink -- otherwise these assertions race.
+    await client.flush(5_000);
+
+    // The parent span proves tracing itself is live, so an absent
+    // http.client span is the option working rather than tracing being off.
+    assert(sentryTraceHeader, 'expected an injected sentry-trace header, so the client was instrumented');
+    const parent = transactions.find(t => t.transaction === 'parent');
+    assert(parent, `expected the 'parent' transaction, got: ${transactions.map(t => t.transaction).join(', ')}`);
+    const childOps = parent!.spans?.map(s => s.op) ?? [];
+    assertEquals(
+      childOps.includes('http.client'),
+      false,
+      `expected no http.client span, got ops: ${childOps.join(', ')}`,
+    );
+  },
+});
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: 'denoHttpIntegration: node:http incoming request creates no http.server transaction when spans: false',
+  async fn() {
+    const transactions: TransactionEvent[] = [];
+    const client = initWithSpansDisabled(transactions);
+
+    // Captured inside the handler so we can tell "spans were disabled" apart
+    // from "the request was never instrumented at all".
+    let isolatedTransactionName: string | undefined;
+    const server = http.createServer((_req, res) => {
+      isolatedTransactionName = getIsolationScope().getScopeData().transactionName;
+      res.end('ok');
+    });
+    const port: number = await new Promise(resolve => {
+      server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => {
+        resolve((server.address() as { port: number }).port);
+      });
+    });
+
+    const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/users/42`);
+    assertEquals(await response.text(), 'ok');
+    await new Promise<void>(resolve => server.close(() => resolve()));
+
+    // Drain the async processing queue first. Without this, "no http.server
+    // transaction yet" and "no http.server transaction at all" look alike,
+    // so the assertion below could pass while spans were still enabled.
+    await client.flush(5_000);
+
+    // Request isolation still runs with spans off, so this proves the
+    // instrumentation saw the request.
+    assertEquals(isolatedTransactionName, 'GET /users/42');
+    const ops = transactions.map(t => t.contexts?.trace?.op);
+    assertEquals(ops.includes('http.server'), false, `expected no http.server transaction, got ops: ${ops.join(', ')}`);
+  },
+});
diff --git a/packages/deno/test/deno-http.test.ts b/packages/deno/test/deno-http.test.ts
index 3c784576b019..0944304ac980 100644
--- a/packages/deno/test/deno-http.test.ts
+++ b/packages/deno/test/deno-http.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 // <reference lib="deno.ns" />
 
 import * as http from 'node:http';
-import type { TransactionEvent } from '@sentry/core';
-import { getMainCarrier } from '@sentry/core';
+import type { Envelope, SessionAggregates, TransactionEvent } from '@sentry/core';
+import { forEachEnvelopeItem, getMainCarrier } from '@sentry/core';
 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';
 import { assertExists } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/assert/assert_exists.ts';
 import type { DenoClient } from '../build/esm/index.js';
 import { init, startSpan } from '../build/esm/index.js';
+import { makeTestTransport } from './transport.ts';
 
 function resetGlobals(): void {
   getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
@@ -110,6 +111,52 @@ Deno.test({
   },
 });
 
+Deno.test({
+  name: 'denoHttpIntegration: node:http incoming request records a release-health session by default',
+  async fn() {
+    resetGlobals();
+    const envelopes: Envelope[] = [];
+    const client = init({
+      dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+      release: '1.0.0',
+      transport: makeTestTransport(envelope => {
+        envelopes.push(envelope);
+      }),
+    });
+
+    const server = http.createServer((_req, res) => {
+      res.end('ok');
+    });
+    const port: number = await new Promise(resolve => {
+      server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => {
+        resolve((server.address() as { port: number }).port);
+      });
+    });
+
+    const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/health`);
+    assertEquals(await response.text(), 'ok');
+    await new Promise<void>(resolve => server.close(() => resolve()));
+    await client.flush(2_000);
+
+    let sessionAggregates: SessionAggregates | undefined;
+    for (const envelope of envelopes) {
+      forEachEnvelopeItem(envelope, item => {
+        const [headers, body] = item;
+        if (headers.type === 'sessions') {
+          sessionAggregates = body as SessionAggregates;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    assertExists(sessionAggregates);
+    assertEquals(sessionAggregates.attrs?.release, '1.0.0');
+    assertEquals(sessionAggregates.aggregates.length, 1);
+    assertEquals(sessionAggregates.aggregates[0]?.exited, 1);
+    assertEquals(sessionAggregates.aggregates[0]?.errored, 0);
+    assertEquals(sessionAggregates.aggregates[0]?.crashed, 0);
+  },
+});
+
 Deno.test({
   name: 'denoHttpIntegration: node:http outgoing request creates a child http.client span',
   async fn() {