diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/otel/otel.client.ts b/frontend/src/lib/otel/otel.client.ts
index 948a4d983..470d040e9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/otel/otel.client.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/otel/otel.client.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { BatchSpanProcessor, WebTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-web'
 import { SERVICE_NAME, ensureErrorIsTraced, tracer } from '.'
 
-import {APP_VERSION} from '$lib/util/version';
-import { OTLPTraceExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http'
+import { APP_VERSION } from '$lib/util/version';
+import { OTLPTraceExporterBrowserWithXhrRetry } from './trace-exporter-browser-with-xhr-retry';
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources'
 import { SemanticResourceAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions'
 import { ZoneContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-zone'
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ const resource = Resource.default().merge(
 )
 const provider = new WebTracerProvider({
   resource: resource,
-})
-const exporter = new OTLPTraceExporter({
+});
+const exporter = new OTLPTraceExporterBrowserWithXhrRetry({
   url: '/v1/traces'
 });
 provider.addSpanProcessor(
   new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter, {
     // max number of spans pulled from the qeuue and exported in a single batch
-    // this can't be much higher or the export will be too big for the sendBeacon() API
-    maxExportBatchSize: 15,
+    // 30 is often too big for the sendBeacon() API, but we have a fallback to XHR.
+    maxExportBatchSize: 30,
     // minimum time between exports
     scheduledDelayMillis: 1000,
     maxQueueSize: 5000, // default: 2048
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/otel/trace-exporter-browser-with-xhr-retry.ts b/frontend/src/lib/otel/trace-exporter-browser-with-xhr-retry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..380d9d408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/otel/trace-exporter-browser-with-xhr-retry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// We explicitly reference the browser version so that we have proper types
+
+import { OTLPTraceExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http/build/src/platform/browser';
+import type { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-web';
+
+// these save us a dependency
+type SendOnErrorCallback = Parameters<OTLPTraceExporter['send']>[2];
+type ExporterConfig = ConstructorParameters<typeof OTLPTraceExporter>[0];
+
+export class OTLPTraceExporterBrowserWithXhrRetry extends OTLPTraceExporter {
+
+  private readonly xhrTraceExporter: OTLPTraceExporter;
+
+  constructor(config?: ExporterConfig) {
+    super(config);
+    this.xhrTraceExporter = new OTLPTraceExporter({
+      ...(config ?? {}),
+      // passing a truthy value here causes XHR to be used: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/platform/browser/OTLPExporterBrowserBase.ts#L40
+      headers: {},
+    });
+  }
+
+  send(items: ReadableSpan[], onSuccess: () => void, onError: SendOnErrorCallback): void {
+    super.send(items, onSuccess, (error) => {
+      if (error.message.toLocaleLowerCase().includes('beacon')) {
+        this.xhrTraceExporter.send(items, onSuccess, (xhrError) => {
+          onError({
+            ...error,
+            message: `${error.message} --- [XHR retry message: ${xhrError.message}; code: ${xhrError.code}].`,
+            code: error.code,
+            data: `${error.data} --- [XHR retry data: ${xhrError.data}].`,
+          });
+        });
+      } else {
+        onError(error);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}