diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/src/app/user/user.component.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/src/app/user/user.component.ts
index 087a33a4a2f1..db02568d395f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/src/app/user/user.component.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/src/app/user/user.component.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import { Observable, map } from 'rxjs';
   standalone: true,
   imports: [AsyncPipe],
   template: `
-  <h1>Hello User {{ userId$ | async }}</h1>
+    <h1>Hello User {{ userId$ | async }}</h1>
+    <button id="userErrorBtn" (click)="throwError()">Throw error</button>
   `,
 })
 export class UserComponent {
@@ -17,4 +18,8 @@ export class UserComponent {
   constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute) {
     this.userId$ = this.route.paramMap.pipe(map(params => params.get('id') || 'UNKNOWN USER'));
   }
+
+  throwError() {
+    throw new Error('Error thrown from user page');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/tests/errors.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/tests/errors.test.ts
index e4d687ca3199..4666893b1882 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/tests/errors.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/angular-17/tests/errors.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForError } from '../event-proxy-server';
+import { waitForError, waitForTransaction } from '../event-proxy-server';
 
 test('sends an error', async ({ page }) => {
   const errorPromise = waitForError('angular-17', async errorEvent => {
@@ -25,5 +25,41 @@ test('sends an error', async ({ page }) => {
         },
       ],
     },
+    transaction: '/home/',
+  });
+});
+
+test('assigns the correct transaction value after a navigation', async ({ page }) => {
+  const pageloadTxnPromise = waitForTransaction('angular-17', async transactionEvent => {
+    return !!transactionEvent?.transaction && transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload';
+  });
+
+  const errorPromise = waitForError('angular-17', async errorEvent => {
+    return !errorEvent.type;
+  });
+
+  await page.goto(`/`);
+  await pageloadTxnPromise;
+
+  await page.waitForTimeout(5000);
+
+  await page.locator('#navLink').click();
+
+  const [_, error] = await Promise.all([page.locator('#userErrorBtn').click(), errorPromise]);
+
+  expect(error).toMatchObject({
+    exception: {
+      values: [
+        {
+          type: 'Error',
+          value: 'Error thrown from user page',
+          mechanism: {
+            type: 'angular',
+            handled: false,
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    transaction: '/users/:id/',
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/tracing.ts b/packages/angular/src/tracing.ts
index bea704930d43..8b9b833ca3b8 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/tracing.ts
@@ -143,10 +143,13 @@ export class TraceService implements OnDestroy {
         (event.state as unknown as RouterState & { root: ActivatedRouteSnapshot }).root,
       );
 
+      if (route) {
+        getCurrentScope().setTransactionName(route);
+      }
+
       const activeSpan = getActiveSpan();
       const rootSpan = activeSpan && getRootSpan(activeSpan);
 
-      // TODO (v8 / #5416): revisit the source condition. Do we want to make the parameterized route the default?
       _updateSpanAttributesForParametrizedUrl(route, rootSpan);
     }),
   );