diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/aws-sdk/index.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/aws-sdk/index.ts
index 4b3d85700653..4ed048a9de1f 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/aws-sdk/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/aws-sdk/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../../debug-build';
 import { CHANNELS } from '../../../orchestrion/channels';
 import type { TracingChannelLifeCycleOptions } from '../../../tracing-channel';
-import { bindTracingChannelToSpan } from '../../../tracing-channel';
+import { bindTracingChannelToSpan, safeChannelCallback } from '../../../tracing-channel';
 import { AWS_SDK_ORIGIN } from './constants';
 import { ServicesExtensions } from './services';
 import type { NormalizedRequest, NormalizedResponse, RequestMetadata } from './types';
@@ -49,16 +49,6 @@ interface AwsV3Command {
   constructor?: { name?: string };
 }
 
-/** Runs a span-building callback so a throw inside it can never break the user's aws-sdk call. */
-function safe<T>(fn: () => T): T | undefined {
-  try {
-    return fn();
-  } catch (error) {
-    DEBUG_BUILD && debug.warn('[orchestrion:aws-sdk] error building span', error);
-    return undefined;
-  }
-}
-
 // `metadata` is smithy's `ResponseMetadata`, read off the untyped channel result/error (`any` for the
 // same reason as `CommandInput`, see types.ts).
 function setMetadataAttributes(span: Span, metadata: Record<string, any> | undefined): void {
@@ -91,7 +81,7 @@ const _awsChannelIntegration = (() => {
       }
 
       const getSpan = (data: AwsSendChannelContext): Span | undefined =>
-        safe(() => {
+        safeChannelCallback(() => {
           const command = data.arguments[0] as AwsV3Command | undefined;
           const commandName = command?.constructor?.name;
           if (!command || !commandName) {
@@ -140,7 +130,7 @@ const _awsChannelIntegration = (() => {
           // so `cloud.region` cannot be lost when `send` settles first (e.g. an early failure).
           //
           // The provider call is guarded separately: the span is already started, so a synchronous
-          // throw bubbling into the enclosing `safe` would discard it without ending it (a leaked
+          // throw bubbling into the enclosing `safeChannelCallback` would discard it without ending it (a leaked
           // open span).
           let regionResult: string | Promise<string> | undefined;
           try {
@@ -169,7 +159,7 @@ const _awsChannelIntegration = (() => {
 
           // Inject trace-propagation headers into outgoing messages (SQS/SNS/Lambda). Runs before
           // `send` proceeds, so the mutated `commandInput` is used to build the request.
-          safe(() => servicesExtensions.requestPostSpanHook(normalizedRequest, span));
+          safeChannelCallback(() => servicesExtensions.requestPostSpanHook(normalizedRequest, span));
 
           return span;
         });
@@ -186,7 +176,7 @@ const _awsChannelIntegration = (() => {
 
           // The channel `result`/`error` are untyped; the `$metadata` casts below name smithy's
           // `ResponseMetadata` shape (`any`-valued, see `setMetadataAttributes`).
-          safe(() => {
+          safeChannelCallback(() => {
             if (failed) {
               const err = data.error as
                 | { $metadata?: Record<string, any>; RequestId?: string; extendedRequestId?: string }
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/firebase/instrumentation.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/firebase/instrumentation.ts
index 2d59a03ae8e2..6a122bca4ff2 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/firebase/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/firebase/instrumentation.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import * as diagnosticsChannel from 'node:diagnostics_channel';
-import { debug } from '@sentry/core';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../../debug-build';
 import { CHANNELS } from '../../../orchestrion/channels';
-import { bindTracingChannelToSpan } from '../../../tracing-channel';
+import { bindTracingChannelToSpan, safeChannelCallback } from '../../../tracing-channel';
 import type { FirestoreReference } from './firestore-types';
 import { startFirestoreSpan } from './firestore';
 import { wrapFunctionsRegistration } from './functions';
@@ -43,24 +41,10 @@ const FUNCTIONS_TRIGGERS: Array<{ channel: string; triggerType: string }> = [
 
 const NOOP = (): void => {};
 
-/**
- * Runs a span-building callback so a throw inside it can never break the user's firebase call: these run
- * inside the `tracingChannel(...)` machinery wrapping the real function, where an unguarded throw would
- * propagate into the traced call.
- */
-function safe<T>(fn: () => T): T | undefined {
-  try {
-    return fn();
-  } catch (error) {
-    DEBUG_BUILD && debug.warn('[orchestrion:firebase] error handling channel event', error);
-    return undefined;
-  }
-}
-
 export function instrumentFirebase() {
   for (const { channel, spanName, useParent } of FIRESTORE_OPERATIONS) {
     bindTracingChannelToSpan(diagnosticsChannel.tracingChannel<FirestoreChannelContext>(channel), data =>
-      safe(() => {
+      safeChannelCallback(() => {
         const reference = data.arguments[0] as FirestoreReference | undefined;
         if (!reference) {
           return undefined;
@@ -76,7 +60,8 @@ export function instrumentFirebase() {
     // registration call, so we only rewrap the handler argument here (in `start`) and open the
     // span inside that wrapper. The other lifecycle events are irrelevant, so no-op them.
     diagnosticsChannel.tracingChannel(channel).subscribe({
-      start: data => void safe(() => wrapFunctionsRegistration(data as { arguments: unknown[] }, triggerType)),
+      start: data =>
+        void safeChannelCallback(() => wrapFunctionsRegistration(data as { arguments: unknown[] }, triggerType)),
       end: NOOP,
       asyncStart: NOOP,
       asyncEnd: NOOP,
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/graphql/index.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/graphql/index.ts
index 2a3baa669e16..ecfd91c2785b 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/graphql/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/tracing-channel/graphql/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import * as diagnosticsChannel from 'node:diagnostics_channel';
 import type { IntegrationFn } from '@sentry/core';
-import { debug, defineIntegration, extendIntegration, waitForTracingChannelBinding } from '@sentry/core';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../../debug-build';
+import { defineIntegration, extendIntegration, waitForTracingChannelBinding } from '@sentry/core';
 import { graphqlIntegration as graphqlNativeIntegration } from '../../../graphql';
 import type { GraphqlDiagnosticChannelsOptions } from '../../../graphql/graphql-dc-subscriber';
 import { CHANNELS } from '../../../orchestrion/channels';
-import { bindTracingChannelToSpan } from '../../../tracing-channel';
+import { bindTracingChannelToSpan, safeChannelCallback } from '../../../tracing-channel';
 import {
   finalizeExecuteSpan,
   finalizeValidateSpan,
@@ -35,20 +34,6 @@ function getOptionsWithDefaults(options: GraphqlDiagnosticChannelsOptions): Grap
   };
 }
 
-/**
- * Runs a span-building callback so a throw inside it can never break the user's graphql call: these
- * run inside the `tracingChannel(...).trace*` machinery wrapping the real function (as the `getSpan`
- * producer / `beforeSpanEnd` handler), where an unguarded throw would propagate into the traced call.
- */
-function safe<T>(fn: () => T): T | undefined {
-  try {
-    return fn();
-  } catch (error) {
-    DEBUG_BUILD && debug.warn('[orchestrion:graphql] error building span', error);
-    return undefined;
-  }
-}
-
 const _graphqlChannelIntegration = ((options: GraphqlDiagnosticChannelsOptions = {}) => {
   const config = getOptionsWithDefaults(options);
   const getConfig = (): GraphqlResolvedConfig => config;
@@ -62,19 +47,19 @@ const _graphqlChannelIntegration = ((options: GraphqlDiagnosticChannelsOptions =
 
       waitForTracingChannelBinding(() => {
         bindTracingChannelToSpan(diagnosticsChannel.tracingChannel<GraphqlChannelContext>(CHANNELS.GRAPHQL_PARSE), () =>
-          safe(() => startParseSpan()),
+          safeChannelCallback(() => startParseSpan()),
         );
 
         bindTracingChannelToSpan(
           diagnosticsChannel.tracingChannel<GraphqlChannelContext>(CHANNELS.GRAPHQL_VALIDATE),
-          data => safe(() => startValidateSpan(data.arguments[1])),
-          { beforeSpanEnd: (span, data) => void safe(() => finalizeValidateSpan(span, data.result)) },
+          data => safeChannelCallback(() => startValidateSpan(data.arguments[1])),
+          { beforeSpanEnd: (span, data) => void safeChannelCallback(() => finalizeValidateSpan(span, data.result)) },
         );
 
         bindTracingChannelToSpan(
           diagnosticsChannel.tracingChannel<GraphqlChannelContext>(CHANNELS.GRAPHQL_EXECUTE),
-          data => safe(() => startExecuteSpan(data.arguments, data.self, config, getConfig)),
-          { beforeSpanEnd: (span, data) => void safe(() => finalizeExecuteSpan(span, data.result)) },
+          data => safeChannelCallback(() => startExecuteSpan(data.arguments, data.self, config, getConfig)),
+          { beforeSpanEnd: (span, data) => void safeChannelCallback(() => finalizeExecuteSpan(span, data.result)) },
         );
       });
     },
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/tracing-channel.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/tracing-channel.ts
index 097a3da6018a..c44faf7ccb8c 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/tracing-channel.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/tracing-channel.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ export interface TracingChannelBindingHandle<TData extends object = object> {
 
 const NOOP = (): void => {};
 
+/** Runs a span-building callback so a throw inside it can never break the user's traced call. */
+export function safeChannelCallback<T>(fn: () => T): T | undefined {
+  try {
+    return fn();
+  } catch (error) {
+    DEBUG_BUILD && debug.warn('[orchestrion] error handling channel event', error);
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Bind a span and its lifecycle to a tracing channel so the span becomes the active async context
  * for the traced operation and is ended when the operation completes.