diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/tests/middleware.test.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/tests/middleware.test.ts
index 019b25af9893..2cf7d066625b 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/tests/middleware.test.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-app-dir/tests/middleware.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { waitForTransaction, waitForError } from '../../../test-utils/event-prox
 
 test('Should create a transaction for middleware', async ({ request }) => {
   const middlewareTransactionPromise = waitForTransaction('nextjs-13-app-dir', async transactionEvent => {
-    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'middleware';
+    return transactionEvent?.transaction === 'middleware' && transactionEvent?.contexts?.trace?.status === 'ok';
   });
 
   const response = await request.get('/api/endpoint-behind-middleware');
@@ -16,12 +16,28 @@ test('Should create a transaction for middleware', async ({ request }) => {
   expect(middlewareTransaction.contexts?.runtime?.name).toBe('edge');
 });
 
+test('Should create a transaction with error status for faulty middleware', async ({ request }) => {
+  const middlewareTransactionPromise = waitForTransaction('nextjs-13-app-dir', async transactionEvent => {
+    return (
+      transactionEvent?.transaction === 'middleware' && transactionEvent?.contexts?.trace?.status === 'internal_error'
+    );
+  });
+
+  request.get('/api/endpoint-behind-middleware', { headers: { 'x-should-throw': '1' } });
+
+  const middlewareTransaction = await middlewareTransactionPromise;
+
+  expect(middlewareTransaction.contexts?.trace?.status).toBe('internal_error');
+  expect(middlewareTransaction.contexts?.trace?.op).toBe('middleware.nextjs');
+  expect(middlewareTransaction.contexts?.runtime?.name).toBe('edge');
+});
+
 test('Records exceptions happening in middleware', async ({ request }) => {
   const errorEventPromise = waitForError('nextjs-13-app-dir', errorEvent => {
     return errorEvent?.exception?.values?.[0]?.value === 'Middleware Error';
   });
 
-  await request.get('/api/endpoint-behind-middleware', { headers: { 'x-should-throw': '1' } });
+  request.get('/api/endpoint-behind-middleware', { headers: { 'x-should-throw': '1' } });
 
   expect(await errorEventPromise).toBeDefined();
 });