From e5131231bcd5fee2b898b7d2a08c27655cfe7eb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giancarlo Buenaflor <giancarlobuenaflor97@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:16:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] collection: extend app start


From ec5429b028be181d755e3654e51b7801ea25357b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giancarlo Buenaflor <giancarlobuenaflor97@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:20:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d9d4dddac..021c78e28b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Features
+
+- Add `Sentry.extendAppStart()`, `Sentry.finishAppStart()`, and `Sentry.getExtendedAppStartSpan()` to extend the app start measurement past `Application.onCreate` for extra launch-time work on Android ([#5604](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5604))
+
 ## 8.44.1
 
 ### Fixes