diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2545ea1fb..6de644314 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Update key, unit and tags sanitization logic for metrics [#2292](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2292)
 - Consolidate client report and rate limit handling with data categories [#2294](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2294)
+- Record `:network_error` client reports for `send_envelope` [#2295](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2295)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
index 5dccffdc9..608c4e1d5 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
@@ -206,9 +206,12 @@ def send_envelope(envelope)
       transport.send_envelope(envelope) if configuration.sending_to_dsn_allowed?
       spotlight_transport.send_envelope(envelope) if spotlight_transport
     rescue => e
-      # note that we don't record client reports for direct envelope types
-      # such as metrics, sessions etc
       log_error("Envelope sending failed", e, debug: configuration.debug)
+
+      envelope.items.map(&:data_category).each do |data_category|
+        transport.record_lost_event(:network_error, data_category)
+      end
+
       raise
     end
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
index f83643ee7..bd1debcf2 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ def sentry_context
   describe '#send_envelope' do
     let(:envelope) do
       envelope = Sentry::Envelope.new({ env_header: 1 })
-      envelope.add_item({ item_header: 42 }, { payload: 'test' })
+      envelope.add_item({ type: 'event' }, { payload: 'test' })
+      envelope.add_item({ type: 'statsd' }, { payload: 'test2' })
+      envelope.add_item({ type: 'transaction' }, { payload: 'test3' })
       envelope
     end
 
@@ -122,18 +124,34 @@ def sentry_context
       subject.send_envelope(envelope)
     end
 
-    it 'logs error when transport failure' do
-      string_io = StringIO.new
-      configuration.debug = true
-      configuration.logger = ::Logger.new(string_io)
-      expect(subject.transport).to receive(:send_envelope).and_raise(Sentry::ExternalError.new("networking error"))
+    context 'when transport failure' do
+      let(:string_io) { StringIO.new }
+
+      before do
+        configuration.debug = true
+        configuration.logger = ::Logger.new(string_io)
+
+        allow(subject.transport).to receive(:send_envelope).and_raise(Sentry::ExternalError.new("networking error"))
+      end
 
-      expect do
-        subject.send_envelope(envelope)
-      end.to raise_error(Sentry::ExternalError)
+      it 'logs error' do
+        expect do
+          subject.send_envelope(envelope)
+        end.to raise_error(Sentry::ExternalError)
 
-      expect(string_io.string).to match(/Envelope sending failed: networking error/)
-      expect(string_io.string).to match(__FILE__)
+        expect(string_io.string).to match(/Envelope sending failed: networking error/)
+        expect(string_io.string).to match(__FILE__)
+      end
+
+      it 'records client reports for network errors' do
+        expect do
+          subject.send_envelope(envelope)
+        end.to raise_error(Sentry::ExternalError)
+
+        expect(subject.transport).to have_recorded_lost_event(:network_error, 'error')
+        expect(subject.transport).to have_recorded_lost_event(:network_error, 'metric_bucket')
+        expect(subject.transport).to have_recorded_lost_event(:network_error, 'transaction')
+      end
     end
   end