diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/api/sentry-spring-jakarta.api b/sentry-spring-jakarta/api/sentry-spring-jakarta.api
index 57d46f05bc..0ba6c77725 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-jakarta/api/sentry-spring-jakarta.api
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/api/sentry-spring-jakarta.api
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor :
 	public fun <init> (Lio/sentry/IScopes;)V
 	public fun <init> (Lio/sentry/IScopes;Lorg/springframework/kafka/listener/RecordInterceptor;)V
 	public fun afterRecord (Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerRecord;Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/Consumer;)V
+	public fun clearThreadState (Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/Consumer;)V
 	public fun failure (Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerRecord;Ljava/lang/Exception;Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/Consumer;)V
 	public fun intercept (Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerRecord;Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/Consumer;)Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerRecord;
 	public fun success (Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerRecord;Lorg/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/Consumer;)V
diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.java b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.java
index e7b13f08dc..d11f7f8a67 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.java
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor(
       return delegateIntercept(record, consumer);
     }
 
+    finishStaleContext();
+
     final @NotNull IScopes forkedScopes = scopes.forkedScopes("SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor");
     final @NotNull ISentryLifecycleToken lifecycleToken = forkedScopes.makeCurrent();
 
@@ -98,6 +100,11 @@ public void afterRecord(
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void clearThreadState(final @NotNull Consumer<?, ?> consumer) {
+    finishStaleContext();
+  }
+
   private @Nullable ConsumerRecord<K, V> delegateIntercept(
       final @NotNull ConsumerRecord<K, V> record, final @NotNull Consumer<K, V> consumer) {
     if (delegate != null) {
@@ -165,6 +172,12 @@ public void afterRecord(
     return transaction;
   }
 
+  private void finishStaleContext() {
+    if (currentContext.get() != null) {
+      finishSpan(SpanStatus.UNKNOWN, null);
+    }
+  }
+
   private void finishSpan(final @NotNull SpanStatus status, final @Nullable Throwable throwable) {
     final @Nullable SentryRecordContext ctx = currentContext.get();
     if (ctx == null) {
diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptorTest.kt b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptorTest.kt
index 370da75585..0688af70db 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptorTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptorTest.kt
@@ -208,4 +208,64 @@ class SentryKafkaRecordInterceptorTest {
       SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.TRACE_ORIGIN,
     )
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `clearThreadState cleans up stale context`() {
+    val interceptor = SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor<String, String>(scopes)
+    val record = createRecord()
+
+    // intercept sets up context in ThreadLocal
+    interceptor.intercept(record, consumer)
+
+    // clearThreadState should clean up without success/failure being called
+    interceptor.clearThreadState(consumer)
+
+    // lifecycle token should have been closed
+    verify(lifecycleToken).close()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `clearThreadState is no-op when no context exists`() {
+    val interceptor = SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor<String, String>(scopes)
+
+    // should not throw
+    interceptor.clearThreadState(consumer)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `intercept cleans up stale context from previous record`() {
+    val lifecycleToken2 = mock<ISentryLifecycleToken>()
+    val forkedScopes2 = mock<IScopes>()
+    whenever(forkedScopes2.options).thenReturn(options)
+    whenever(forkedScopes2.makeCurrent()).thenReturn(lifecycleToken2)
+    val tx2 = SentryTracer(TransactionContext("queue.process", "queue.process"), forkedScopes2)
+    whenever(forkedScopes2.startTransaction(any<TransactionContext>(), any())).thenReturn(tx2)
+
+    var callCount = 0
+    whenever(scopes.forkedScopes(any())).thenAnswer {
+      callCount++
+      if (callCount == 1) {
+        val forkedScopes1 = mock<IScopes>()
+        whenever(forkedScopes1.options).thenReturn(options)
+        whenever(forkedScopes1.makeCurrent()).thenReturn(lifecycleToken)
+        val tx1 = SentryTracer(TransactionContext("queue.process", "queue.process"), forkedScopes1)
+        whenever(forkedScopes1.startTransaction(any<TransactionContext>(), any())).thenReturn(tx1)
+        forkedScopes1
+      } else {
+        forkedScopes2
+      }
+    }
+
+    val interceptor = SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor<String, String>(scopes)
+    val record = createRecord()
+
+    // First intercept sets up context
+    interceptor.intercept(record, consumer)
+
+    // Second intercept without success/failure — should clean up stale context first
+    interceptor.intercept(record, consumer)
+
+    // First lifecycle token should have been closed by the defensive cleanup
+    verify(lifecycleToken).close()
+  }
 }