diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ece53ce61..b5c9b9c86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+- Add `Mechanism` interface and default to unhandled for integration exceptions [#2280](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2280)
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - Don't instantiate connection in `ActiveRecordSubscriber` ([#2278](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2278))
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
index c9f96f600..57f5931f7 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def capture_event(event, scope, hint = {})
     # @param exception [Exception] the exception to be reported.
     # @param hint [Hash] the hint data that'll be passed to `before_send` callback and the scope's event processors.
     # @return [Event, nil]
-    def event_from_exception(exception, hint = {})
+    def event_from_exception(exception, hint = {}, mechanism = nil)
       return unless @configuration.sending_allowed?
 
       ignore_exclusions = hint.delete(:ignore_exclusions) { false }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def event_from_exception(exception, hint = {})
       integration_meta = Sentry.integrations[hint[:integration]]
 
       ErrorEvent.new(configuration: configuration, integration_meta: integration_meta).tap do |event|
-        event.add_exception_interface(exception)
+        event.add_exception_interface(exception, mechanism: mechanism)
         event.add_threads_interface(crashed: true)
         event.level = :error
       end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/error_event.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/error_event.rb
index 2ea52a2ec..0e282d4c0 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/error_event.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/error_event.rb
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ def add_threads_interface(backtrace: nil, **options)
     end
 
     # @!visibility private
-    def add_exception_interface(exception)
+    def add_exception_interface(exception, mechanism: nil)
       if exception.respond_to?(:sentry_context)
         @extra.merge!(exception.sentry_context)
       end
 
-      @exception = Sentry::ExceptionInterface.build(exception: exception, stacktrace_builder: @stacktrace_builder)
+      @exception = Sentry::ExceptionInterface.build(exception: exception, stacktrace_builder: @stacktrace_builder, mechanism: mechanism)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/hub.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/hub.rb
index a2e82445f..74e82167d 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/hub.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/hub.rb
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ def capture_exception(exception, **options, &block)
 
       options[:hint] ||= {}
       options[:hint][:exception] = exception
+      mechanism = options.delete(:mechanism)
 
-      event = current_client.event_from_exception(exception, options[:hint])
+      event = current_client.event_from_exception(exception, options[:hint], mechanism)
 
       return unless event
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/integrable.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/integrable.rb
index a1edeadb6..44d74b169 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/integrable.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/integrable.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ def integration_name
     def capture_exception(exception, **options, &block)
       options[:hint] ||= {}
       options[:hint][:integration] = integration_name
+
+      # within an integration, we usually intercept uncaught exceptions so we set handled to false.
+      options[:mechanism] ||= Sentry::Mechanism.new(type: integration_name, handled: false)
+
       Sentry.capture_exception(exception, **options, &block)
     end
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interface.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interface.rb
index 2e6046053..d54d605b1 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interface.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interface.rb
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ def to_hash
 require "sentry/interfaces/single_exception"
 require "sentry/interfaces/stacktrace"
 require "sentry/interfaces/threads"
+require "sentry/interfaces/mechanism"
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/exception.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/exception.rb
index e90e70db4..1094a163f 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/exception.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/exception.rb
@@ -24,17 +24,18 @@ def to_hash
     # @param stacktrace_builder [StacktraceBuilder]
     # @see SingleExceptionInterface#build_with_stacktrace
     # @see SingleExceptionInterface#initialize
+    # @param mechanism [Mechanism]
     # @return [ExceptionInterface]
-    def self.build(exception:, stacktrace_builder:)
+    def self.build(exception:, stacktrace_builder:, mechanism: nil)
       exceptions = Sentry::Utils::ExceptionCauseChain.exception_to_array(exception).reverse
       processed_backtrace_ids = Set.new
 
       exceptions = exceptions.map do |e|
         if e.backtrace && !processed_backtrace_ids.include?(e.backtrace.object_id)
           processed_backtrace_ids << e.backtrace.object_id
-          SingleExceptionInterface.build_with_stacktrace(exception: e, stacktrace_builder: stacktrace_builder)
+          SingleExceptionInterface.build_with_stacktrace(exception: e, stacktrace_builder: stacktrace_builder, mechanism: mechanism)
         else
-          SingleExceptionInterface.new(exception: exception)
+          SingleExceptionInterface.new(exception: exception, mechanism: mechanism)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/mechanism.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/mechanism.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95179a77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/mechanism.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Sentry
+  class Mechanism < Interface
+    # Generic identifier, mostly the source integration for this exception.
+    # @return [String]
+    attr_accessor :type
+
+    # A manually captured exception has handled set to true,
+    # false if coming from an integration where we intercept an uncaught exception.
+    # Defaults to true here and will be set to false explicitly in integrations.
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    attr_accessor :handled
+
+    def initialize(type: 'generic', handled: true)
+      @type = type
+      @handled = handled
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/single_exception.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/single_exception.rb
index 96217c077..c31ace115 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/single_exception.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/single_exception.rb
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ class SingleExceptionInterface < Interface
     OMISSION_MARK = "...".freeze
     MAX_LOCAL_BYTES = 1024
 
-    attr_reader :type, :module, :thread_id, :stacktrace
+    attr_reader :type, :module, :thread_id, :stacktrace, :mechanism
     attr_accessor :value
 
-    def initialize(exception:, stacktrace: nil)
+    def initialize(exception:, stacktrace: nil, mechanism: nil)
       @type = exception.class.to_s
       exception_message =
         if exception.respond_to?(:detailed_message)
@@ -29,17 +29,19 @@ def initialize(exception:, stacktrace: nil)
       @module = exception.class.to_s.split('::')[0...-1].join('::')
       @thread_id = Thread.current.object_id
       @stacktrace = stacktrace
+      @mechanism = mechanism || Mechanism.new
     end
 
     def to_hash
       data = super
       data[:stacktrace] = data[:stacktrace].to_hash if data[:stacktrace]
+      data[:mechanism] = data[:mechanism].to_hash if data[:mechanism]
       data
     end
 
     # patch this method if you want to change an exception's stacktrace frames
     # also see `StacktraceBuilder.build`.
-    def self.build_with_stacktrace(exception:, stacktrace_builder:)
+    def self.build_with_stacktrace(exception:, stacktrace_builder:, mechanism: nil)
       stacktrace = stacktrace_builder.build(backtrace: exception.backtrace)
 
       if locals = exception.instance_variable_get(:@sentry_locals)
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ def self.build_with_stacktrace(exception:, stacktrace_builder:)
         stacktrace.frames.last.vars = locals
       end
 
-      new(exception: exception, stacktrace: stacktrace)
+      new(exception: exception, stacktrace: stacktrace, mechanism: mechanism)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions.rb
index 2248799a3..9b07707ea 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module Sentry
   module Rack
     class CaptureExceptions
       ERROR_EVENT_ID_KEY = "sentry.error_event_id"
+      MECHANISM_TYPE = "rack"
 
       def initialize(app)
         @app = app
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def transaction_op
       end
 
       def capture_exception(exception, env)
-        Sentry.capture_exception(exception).tap do |event|
+        Sentry.capture_exception(exception, mechanism: mechanism).tap do |event|
           env[ERROR_EVENT_ID_KEY] = event.event_id if event
         end
       end
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ def finish_transaction(transaction, status_code)
         transaction.set_http_status(status_code)
         transaction.finish
       end
+
+      def mechanism
+        Sentry::Mechanism.new(type: MECHANISM_TYPE, handled: false)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rake.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rake.rb
index b6f4d0fcb..8b7042b0e 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rake.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/rake.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ module Rake
     module Application
       # @api private
       def display_error_message(ex)
-        Sentry.capture_exception(ex) do |scope|
+        mechanism = Sentry::Mechanism.new(type: 'rake', handled: false)
+
+        Sentry.capture_exception(ex, mechanism: mechanism) do |scope|
           task_name = top_level_tasks.join(' ')
           scope.set_transaction_name(task_name, source: :task)
           scope.set_tag("rake_task", task_name)
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
index 5f95cf831..181bd7294 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ module ExcTag; end
         context "when exclusions overridden with :ignore_exclusions" do
           it 'returns Sentry::ErrorEvent' do
             config.excluded_exceptions << Sentry::Test::BaseExc
-            expect(subject.event_from_exception(Sentry::Test::BaseExc.new, ignore_exclusions: true)).to be_a(Sentry::ErrorEvent)
+            expect(subject.event_from_exception(Sentry::Test::BaseExc.new, { ignore_exclusions: true })).to be_a(Sentry::ErrorEvent)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -565,6 +565,21 @@ module ExcTag; end
         end
       end
     end
+
+    describe 'mechanism' do
+      it 'has type generic and handled true by default' do
+        mechanism = hash[:exception][:values][0][:mechanism]
+        expect(mechanism).to eq({ type: 'generic', handled: true })
+      end
+
+      it 'has correct custom mechanism when passed' do
+        mech = Sentry::Mechanism.new(type: 'custom', handled: false)
+        event = subject.event_from_exception(exception, {}, mech)
+        hash = event.to_hash
+        mechanism = hash[:exception][:values][0][:mechanism]
+        expect(mechanism).to eq({ type: 'custom', handled: false })
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#event_from_check_in" do
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/integrable_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/integrable_spec.rb
index 5dc18d045..269ba821e 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/integrable_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/integrable_spec.rb
@@ -48,15 +48,21 @@ module AnotherIntegration; end
 
     it "generates Sentry::FakeIntegration.capture_exception" do
       hint = nil
+      event = nil
 
-      Sentry.configuration.before_send = lambda do |event, h|
+      Sentry.configuration.before_send = lambda do |e, h|
         hint = h
+        event = e
         event
       end
 
       Sentry::FakeIntegration.capture_exception(exception, hint: { additional_hint: "foo" })
 
       expect(hint).to eq({ additional_hint: "foo", integration: "fake_integration", exception: exception })
+
+      mechanism = event.exception.values.first.mechanism
+      expect(mechanism.type).to eq('fake_integration')
+      expect(mechanism.handled).to eq(false)
     end
 
     it "generates Sentry::FakeIntegration.capture_message" do
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions_spec.rb
index 6ff81eaf5..c5751bba0 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/rack/capture_exceptions_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@
       expect(last_frame[:vars]).to eq(nil)
     end
 
+    it 'has the correct mechanism' do
+      app = ->(_e) { raise exception }
+      stack = described_class.new(app)
+
+      expect { stack.call(env) }.to raise_error(ZeroDivisionError)
+
+      event = last_sentry_event.to_hash
+      mechanism = event.dig(:exception, :values, 0, :mechanism)
+      expect(mechanism).to eq({ type: 'rack', handled: false })
+    end
+
     it 'captures the exception from rack.exception' do
       app = lambda do |e|
         e['rack.exception'] = exception
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
index 2fe6fa8f6..eb4a5e410 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
@@ -252,6 +252,25 @@
       end.to change { sentry_events.count }.by(1)
     end
 
+    describe 'mechanism' do
+      it 'has default mechanism' do
+        event = described_class.capture_exception(exception)
+        mechanism = event.exception.values.first.mechanism
+        expect(mechanism).to be_a(Sentry::Mechanism)
+        expect(mechanism.type).to eq('generic')
+        expect(mechanism.handled).to eq(true)
+      end
+
+      it 'has custom mechanism if passed' do
+        mech = Sentry::Mechanism.new(type: 'custom', handled: false)
+        event = described_class.capture_exception(exception, mechanism: mech)
+        mechanism = event.exception.values.first.mechanism
+        expect(mechanism).to be_a(Sentry::Mechanism)
+        expect(mechanism.type).to eq('custom')
+        expect(mechanism.handled).to eq(false)
+      end
+    end
+
     context "with include_local_variables = false (default)" do
       it "doens't capture local variables" do
         begin