diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry-ruby.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry-ruby.rb
index 83d075320..b9c072629 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry-ruby.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry-ruby.rb
@@ -751,12 +751,35 @@ def dependency_installed?(name)
     # @return [Hub, nil]
     def get_current_hub_internal
       if @hub_isolation_level == :fiber
-        ::Fiber[THREAD_LOCAL]
+        owner, hub = ::Fiber[THREAD_LOCAL]
+
+        # Child fibers, and threads started from them, inherit fiber storage
+        # holding the same Hub object rather than a copy.
+        if owner.equal?(::Fiber.current)
+          hub
+        elsif hub
+          set_current_hub_internal(fork_hub(hub))
+        end
       else
         ::Thread.current.thread_variable_get(THREAD_LOCAL)
       end
     end
 
+    # Copies +hub+ for a context that inherited it. The span is re-attached
+    # because Scope#dup deep-copies it, and spans recorded on a detached
+    # transaction copy are never sent.
+    #
+    # @!visibility private
+    # @param hub [Hub]
+    # @return [Hub]
+    def fork_hub(hub)
+      span = hub.current_scope.span
+      forked = hub.clone
+      forked.current_scope.set_span(span) if span
+
+      forked
+    end
+
     # Stores +hub+ for the current execution context (thread or fiber).
     #
     # @!visibility private
@@ -764,7 +787,8 @@ def get_current_hub_internal
     # @return [Hub, nil]
     def set_current_hub_internal(hub)
       if @hub_isolation_level == :fiber
-        ::Fiber[THREAD_LOCAL] = hub
+        ::Fiber[THREAD_LOCAL] = [::Fiber.current, hub]
+        hub # callers use the return value, so don't return the pair
       else
         ::Thread.current.thread_variable_set(THREAD_LOCAL, hub)
       end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/configuration.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/configuration.rb
index 1f29d1854..6c1f23527 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/configuration.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/configuration.rb
@@ -395,9 +395,10 @@ class Configuration
     #   thread-based servers (Puma, Unicorn) and background processors (Sidekiq,
     #   Resque). Every fiber on a thread shares one hub.
     # [+:fiber+] Store the hub in Fiber Storage (Ruby 3.2+). Each fiber gets its
-    #   own hub and child fibers inherit it, so concurrent requests on a
-    #   fiber-based server (Falcon/async) are isolated instead of sharing and
-    #   corrupting one another's scope. Requested on a Ruby without Fiber
+    #   own hub, so concurrent requests on a fiber-based server (Falcon/async)
+    #   are isolated instead of sharing and corrupting one another's scope. A
+    #   fiber or thread started from another inherits its context and trace, but
+    #   its own scope changes stay local. Requested on a Ruby without Fiber
     #   Storage (< 3.2), the SDK logs a warning and falls back to +:thread+.
     #
     # @return [Symbol]
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
index 0b0403063..9c5751cf1 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
@@ -121,17 +121,16 @@
     end
 
     # Regression for cross-request contamination on fiber-based servers (Falcon,
-    # async), where many concurrent requests run as sibling fibers on one thread.
-    # With thread-local storage they share a single hub, so a scope opened by one
-    # request and held across a reactor yield is visible to (and clobbered by) the
-    # others. Fiber storage gives each request fiber its own hub.
+    # async), where concurrent requests are sibling fibers on one thread: a scope
+    # held across a reactor yield must not be visible to the others.
     it "keeps each sibling fiber's scope isolated across a yield" do
       transport = described_class.get_main_hub.current_client.transport
       transport.events.clear
 
+      # Deliberately no clone_hub_to_current_thread: real request fibers never
+      # call it, so the implicit path is the one that has to isolate.
       requests = 3.times.map do |i|
         Fiber.new do
-          described_class.clone_hub_to_current_thread
           described_class.configure_scope { |scope| scope.set_user(id: i) }
           Fiber.yield # simulate yielding to the reactor mid-request
           described_class.capture_message(i.to_s)
@@ -145,13 +144,73 @@
       expect(attributed).to eq({ 0 => 0, 1 => 1, 2 => 2 })
     end
 
-    it "lets a child fiber inherit the parent request's hub" do
+    it "gives a child fiber the parent's context in its own hub" do
       described_class.clone_hub_to_current_thread
+      described_class.set_tags(request: "req-1")
       parent_hub = described_class.get_current_hub
 
-      inherited = Fiber.new { described_class.get_current_hub }.resume
+      child_tags, child_hub = Fiber.new do
+        described_class.set_tags(subtask: true)
+        [described_class.get_current_scope.tags, described_class.get_current_hub]
+      end.resume
 
-      expect(inherited).to eq(parent_hub)
+      expect(child_tags).to eq({ request: "req-1", subtask: true })
+      expect(child_hub).not_to be(parent_hub)
+      expect(described_class.get_current_scope.tags).to eq({ request: "req-1" })
+    end
+
+    # Fiber storage is inherited by Thread.new too, so a worker pool started
+    # after anything seeded a hub would otherwise share it across every worker.
+    it "gives a thread started from a fiber its own hub" do
+      described_class.clone_hub_to_current_thread
+      parent_hub = described_class.get_current_hub
+
+      hubs = 4.times.map { Thread.new { described_class.get_current_hub } }.map(&:value)
+
+      expect(hubs.uniq.size).to eq(4)
+      expect(hubs).not_to include(parent_hub)
+    end
+
+    # Isolating the scope must not detach the trace: on Async servers the
+    # fan-out inside a request is exactly what we need spans for.
+    it "records a child fiber's spans on the parent's transaction" do
+      perform_basic_setup do |config|
+        config.hub_isolation_level = :fiber
+        config.traces_sample_rate = 1.0
+      end
+
+      transaction = described_class.start_transaction(name: "req", op: "http.server")
+      described_class.get_current_scope.set_span(transaction)
+
+      # Threads are deliberately not covered here: the fiber-storage polyfill
+      # used on Ruby < 3.2 does not inherit into Thread.new, so a thread there
+      # starts from the main hub and cannot stay on this trace.
+      Fiber.new { described_class.with_child_span(op: "child.in.fiber") { } }.resume
+      transaction.finish
+
+      expect(transaction.span_recorder.spans.map(&:op)).to eq(["http.server", "child.in.fiber"])
+    end
+
+    it "keeps concurrent threads' with_scope blocks from seeing each other's tags" do
+      described_class.clone_hub_to_current_thread
+      ready = Queue.new
+      gate = Queue.new
+
+      threads = 4.times.map do |i|
+        Thread.new do
+          described_class.with_scope do |scope|
+            scope.set_tags(job: i)
+            ready << :in
+            gate.pop # hold every job open inside its own scope
+            described_class.get_current_scope.tags[:job]
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      4.times { ready.pop }
+      4.times { gate << :go }
+
+      expect(threads.map(&:value)).to eq([0, 1, 2, 3])
     end
 
     it "stores the hub in a fiber variable (instead of a thread variable)" do