diff --git a/packages/remix/src/performance/client.tsx b/packages/remix/src/performance/client.tsx
index d25f9d7c4573..6a6a986bbf5c 100644
--- a/packages/remix/src/performance/client.tsx
+++ b/packages/remix/src/performance/client.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export function remixRouterInstrumentation(useEffect: UseEffect, useLocation: Us
         name: initPathName,
         op: 'pageload',
         tags: DEFAULT_TAGS,
+        metadata: {
+          source: 'url',
+        },
       });
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ export function withSentry<P extends Record<string, unknown>, R extends React.FC
 
     _useEffect(() => {
       if (activeTransaction && matches && matches.length) {
-        activeTransaction.setName(matches[matches.length - 1].id);
+        activeTransaction.setName(matches[matches.length - 1].id, 'route');
       }
 
       isBaseLocation = true;
@@ -138,6 +141,9 @@ export function withSentry<P extends Record<string, unknown>, R extends React.FC
           name: matches[matches.length - 1].id,
           op: 'navigation',
           tags: DEFAULT_TAGS,
+          metadata: {
+            source: 'route',
+          },
         });
       }
     }, [location]);
diff --git a/packages/remix/src/utils/instrumentServer.ts b/packages/remix/src/utils/instrumentServer.ts
index 190d09a118a3..66d99cdd758e 100644
--- a/packages/remix/src/utils/instrumentServer.ts
+++ b/packages/remix/src/utils/instrumentServer.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ function wrapRequestHandler(origRequestHandler: RequestHandler): RequestHandler
       tags: {
         method: request.method,
       },
+      metadata: {
+        source: 'url',
+      },
     });
 
     if (transaction) {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/transaction.ts b/packages/types/src/transaction.ts
index 737253c0aaf2..c60ae3d12cd1 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/transaction.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/transaction.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export interface Transaction extends TransactionContext, Span {
   /**
    * Set the name of the transaction
    */
-  setName(name: string): void;
+  setName(name: string, source?: TransactionMetadata['source']): void;
 
   /**
    * Set observed measurement for this transaction.