diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/src/views/DelayedView.vue b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/src/views/DelayedView.vue
index c5dad2ae5e76..f426ab742fca 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/src/views/DelayedView.vue
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/src/views/DelayedView.vue
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import { defineAsyncComponent, h } from 'vue';
 // Must stay in sync with `ASYNC_CHILD_DELAY_S` in `tests/performance.test.ts`.
 const ASYNC_CHILD_DELAY_MS = 300;
 
-// A child that mounts a fixed delay after the rest of the page, so tests can prove the
-// `Application Render` span does not wait for late children on either instrumentation path.
+// A child that mounts a fixed delay after the rest of the page, so tests can prove how each
+// instrumentation path treats late children:
+// - mixin: extends the `Application Render` span until the child mounts
+// - `app.mount()` wrap: does not observe late children
 const DelayedChild = defineAsyncComponent(
   () =>
     new Promise<Component>(resolve => {
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/tests/performance.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/tests/performance.test.ts
index 107ac0fa9f82..a7ae9b1599ca 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/tests/performance.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/vue-3/tests/performance.test.ts
@@ -172,10 +172,13 @@ test('sends a pageload span with a route name as span name if available', async
   });
 });
 
-// True on both variants: the mixin arms one debounce timer per component (`tracing.ts`), so a
-// late child never clears the root's earlier timer and the span ends at the root's mount. The
-// `app.mount()` wrap only observes the root, so it matches.
-test('ends the application render span before a delayed async component mounts', async ({ page }) => {
+// Mixin: records render activity from every component, so the late child pushes the root render span's end out to its own mount.
+// `app.mount()` wrap: only observes the root, so without the Options API the span still ends before the child mounts.
+const [minRenderSpanDuration, maxRenderSpanDuration] = OPTIONS_API_DISABLED
+  ? [0, ASYNC_CHILD_DELAY_S]
+  : [ASYNC_CHILD_DELAY_S, 10];
+
+test('ends the application render span at the last observed render activity', async ({ page }) => {
   const spansPromise = collectStreamedSpans('vue-3', spans =>
     spans.some(
       span => span.is_segment && getSpanOp(span) === 'pageload' && span.attributes['url.path']?.value === '/delayed',
@@ -197,7 +200,8 @@ test('ends the application render span before a delayed async component mounts',
   expect(applicationRenderSpan?.end_timestamp).toEqual(expect.any(Number));
 
   const duration = (applicationRenderSpan?.end_timestamp ?? 0) - (applicationRenderSpan?.start_timestamp ?? 0);
-  expect(duration).toBeLessThan(ASYNC_CHILD_DELAY_S);
+  expect(duration).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(minRenderSpanDuration);
+  expect(duration).toBeLessThan(maxRenderSpanDuration);
 });
 
 test('sends a lifecycle span for the root and for each tracked component only', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/rootInstrumentation.ts b/packages/vue/src/rootInstrumentation.ts
index 4f0e30dd2b2c..5b16a7346b4b 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/rootInstrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/rootInstrumentation.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ function createRootViewModel(): VueSentry {
  * builds where the Options API is compiled out and `app.mixin()` is a silent no-op (Nuxt 5 default).
  *
  * Vue runs all `mounted` hooks before `mount()` returns, so the wrap covers the same window as the
- * mixin's root hooks. Late mounts extend neither path; the mixin's debounce timers are per component.
+ * mixin's root hooks. Late mounts extend the span only when mixins are used: they record render activity
+ * from every component, while the `app.mount()` wrap only observes the root component.
  */
 export function instrumentAppMountWithoutMixin(app: Vue, mixins: Mixins): void {
   // A second wrap would duplicate the root spans (e.g. user and Nuxt SDK both add the integration).
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/tracing.ts b/packages/vue/src/tracing.ts
index bbcd1002a376..a6084cd58ff0 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/tracing.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface VueSentry extends ViewModel {
   };
   $_sentryRootComponentSpan?: Span;
   $_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer?: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+  $_sentryRootComponentSpanActivity?: number;
 }
 
 // Mappings from operation to corresponding lifecycle hook.
@@ -59,18 +60,41 @@ const HOOKS: { [key in Operation]: Hook[] } = {
   update: ['beforeUpdate', 'updated'],
 };
 
-/** End the top-level component span and activity with a debounce configured using `timeout` option */
+/**
+ * End the root component span once no render activity happened for `timeout` (a debounce).
+ *
+ * All debounce state lives on `$root`, so hooks from every component share one timer. Each component
+ * only writes a timestamp (no new timer is created). So mounting any number of components uses a single timer.
+ */
 function maybeEndRootComponentSpan(vm: VueSentry, timestamp: number, timeout: number): void {
-  if (vm.$_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer) {
-    clearTimeout(vm.$_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer);
+  const root = vm.$root;
+  root.$_sentryRootComponentSpanActivity = timestamp;
+
+  if (!root.$_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer) {
+    scheduleRootComponentSpanEnd(root, timestamp, timeout);
   }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fires `delayMs` after the activity that scheduled it. Activity recorded in the meantime pushes
+ * the deadline out by the recorded gap, so the span always ends at the last activity timestamp.
+ */
+function scheduleRootComponentSpanEnd(root: VueSentry, activityWhenScheduled: number, delayMs: number): void {
+  root.$_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    root.$_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer = undefined;
+
+    const lastActivity = root.$_sentryRootComponentSpanActivity ?? activityWhenScheduled;
+    if (lastActivity > activityWhenScheduled) {
+      // activity happened after this timer was scheduled: push the deadline out
+      scheduleRootComponentSpanEnd(root, lastActivity, (lastActivity - activityWhenScheduled) * 1000);
+      return;
+    }
 
-  vm.$_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-    if (vm.$root?.$_sentryRootComponentSpan) {
-      vm.$root.$_sentryRootComponentSpan.end(timestamp);
-      vm.$root.$_sentryRootComponentSpan = undefined;
+    if (root.$_sentryRootComponentSpan) {
+      root.$_sentryRootComponentSpan.end(lastActivity);
+      root.$_sentryRootComponentSpan = undefined;
     }
-  }, timeout);
+  }, delayMs);
 }
 
 /** Find if the current component exists in the provided `TracingOptions.trackComponents` array option. */
diff --git a/packages/vue/test/integration/mixinRegistration.test.ts b/packages/vue/test/integration/mixinRegistration.test.ts
index 9f9a03aa71d4..8b5eb9de4048 100644
--- a/packages/vue/test/integration/mixinRegistration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/test/integration/mixinRegistration.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * @vitest-environment jsdom
  */
 
+import type * as SentryCore from '@sentry/core';
 import { spanToJSON } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { MockInstance } from 'vitest';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it as baseIt, vi } from 'vitest';
@@ -10,6 +11,13 @@ import { createApp, defineAsyncComponent, h, nextTick, ref } from 'vue';
 import * as Sentry from '../../src';
 import type { Options, TracingOptions } from '../../src/types';
 
+vi.mock('@sentry/core', async importOriginal => {
+  return {
+    ...(await importOriginal<typeof SentryCore>()),
+    timestampInSeconds: () => Date.now() / 1000,
+  };
+});
+
 const PUBLIC_DSN = 'https://username@domain/123';
 const ROOT_SPAN_TIMEOUT_MS = 100;
 
@@ -259,9 +267,8 @@ describe('tracing mixin span creation', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  // `maybeEndRootComponentSpan` arms one debounce timer per component, so a late child never
-  // clears the root's earlier timer, and the root's timer ends the span first. The twin test in
-  // the disabled describe below proves the `app.mount()` wrap matches.
+  // The debounce only waits for recorded render activity, so a child that never mounts records
+  // none and cannot keep the root render span open.
   it('ends the root render span before a deferred child mounts', ({ uiSpans, initSentry }) => {
     const { app } = createAppWithDeferredChild();
     initSentry({ sdk: { app } });
@@ -274,6 +281,36 @@ describe('tracing mixin span creation', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('extends the root render span while children keep mounting within the timeout', async ({
+    uiSpans,
+    initSentry,
+  }) => {
+    const showChild = ref(false);
+    const child = { name: 'ChildComponent', render: () => h('p', 'child') };
+    const app = createApp({ name: 'RootComponent', render: () => h('div', [showChild.value ? h(child) : null]) });
+    initSentry({ sdk: { app } });
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+
+    await Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'pageload' }, async () => {
+      app.mount(container);
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(ROOT_SPAN_TIMEOUT_MS - 1);
+      showChild.value = true;
+      await nextTick();
+
+      // The original deadline passes, but the child's mount pushed it out.
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(2);
+      expect(uiSpans.map(span => span.op)).not.toContain(UI_RENDER_SPAN_OP);
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(ROOT_SPAN_TIMEOUT_MS + 1);
+    });
+
+    expect(uiSpans).toEqual([
+      { name: 'Vue <Root>', op: UI_MOUNT_SPAN_OP },
+      { name: 'Application Render', op: UI_RENDER_SPAN_OP },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('names UI spans after the component and preserves the original description when span streaming is enabled', ({
     app,
     uiSpans,
@@ -350,7 +387,8 @@ describe('tracing mixin span creation', () => {
       expect(rootInstance.$el).toBe(container.firstElementChild);
     });
 
-    // Matches the mixin-path twin above: the mixin never waited for late children either.
+    // Unlike the mixin path, the `app.mount()` wrap only observes the root, so a late child can
+    // never extend the root render span here.
     it('ends the root render span before a deferred child mounts', ({ uiSpans, initSentry }) => {
       const { app } = createAppWithDeferredChild();
       disableOptionsApi(app);
diff --git a/packages/vue/test/tracing/tracingMixin.test.ts b/packages/vue/test/tracing/tracingMixin.test.ts
index 72767c1005b6..5598c98f2f5c 100644
--- a/packages/vue/test/tracing/tracingMixin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/test/tracing/tracingMixin.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 import { getActiveSpan, startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/browser';
+import type * as SentryCore from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Mock } from 'vitest';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { DEFAULT_HOOKS } from '../../src/constants';
 import { createTracingMixins } from '../../src/tracing';
 
+const clock = vi.hoisted(() => ({ now: 0 }));
+vi.mock('@sentry/core', async importOriginal => {
+  return {
+    ...(await importOriginal<typeof SentryCore>()),
+    timestampInSeconds: () => clock.now,
+  };
+});
+
 vi.mock('@sentry/browser', () => {
   return {
     getActiveSpan: vi.fn(),
@@ -42,6 +51,7 @@ describe('Vue Tracing Mixins', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
+    clock.now = 0;
 
     mockRootInstance = {
       $root: null,
@@ -148,6 +158,53 @@ describe('Vue Tracing Mixins', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  describe('Root Span Debounce', () => {
+    it('arms a single shared timer on the root for any number of untracked components', () => {
+      const mixins = createTracingMixins({ trackComponents: false, timeout: 1000 });
+
+      mixins.beforeMount.call(mockRootInstance);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+        const child = { $root: mockRootInstance, componentName: `ChildComponent${i}` };
+        mixins.beforeMount.call(child);
+        mixins.mounted.call(child);
+      }
+
+      expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('ends the root span at the last recorded activity, pushing the deadline out for late activity', () => {
+      const mixins = createTracingMixins({ trackComponents: false, timeout: 1000 });
+      clock.now = 10;
+      mixins.beforeMount.call(mockRootInstance);
+      const rootSpan = mockRootInstance.$_sentryRootComponentSpan;
+
+      clock.now = 10.8;
+      mixins.mounted.call(mockVueInstance);
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000);
+      expect(rootSpan.end).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(800);
+      expect(rootSpan.end).toHaveBeenCalledWith(10.8);
+    });
+
+    it('records no span when a component mounts after the root span already ended', () => {
+      const mixins = createTracingMixins({ trackComponents: false, timeout: 1000 });
+      mixins.beforeMount.call(mockRootInstance);
+      const rootSpan = mockRootInstance.$_sentryRootComponentSpan;
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(1001);
+      expect(rootSpan.end).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+      clock.now = 5;
+      mixins.beforeMount.call(mockVueInstance);
+      mixins.mounted.call(mockVueInstance);
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(1001);
+
+      expect(rootSpan.end).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockRootInstance.$_sentryRootComponentSpan).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('Component Span Lifecycle', () => {
     it('should create and end spans correctly through lifecycle hooks', () => {
       const mixins = createTracingMixins({ trackComponents: true });