diff --git a/packages/core/RNSentryAndroidTester/app/src/test/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryProfilingOptionsTest.kt b/packages/core/RNSentryAndroidTester/app/src/test/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryProfilingOptionsTest.kt
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+package io.sentry.react
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaOnlyMap
+import io.sentry.ILogger
+import io.sentry.ProfileLifecycle
+import io.sentry.SentryLevel
+import io.sentry.android.core.SentryAndroidOptions
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq
+import org.mockito.Mockito.mock
+import org.mockito.Mockito.never
+import org.mockito.Mockito.times
+import org.mockito.Mockito.verify
+
+/**
+ * Pins the wiring of `_experiments.profilingOptions` from the JS bridge into
+ * `SentryAndroidOptions` via `RNSentryStart.configureAndroidProfiling`.
+ *
+ * The Android side is correctly wired today (unlike the iOS bug fixed in #6012). These tests
+ * ensure that a future refactor moving `configureAndroidProfiling` out of the live init path
+ * — the same shape of regression as the iOS one — fails loudly.
+ */
+@RunWith(JUnit4::class)
+class RNSentryProfilingOptionsTest {
+    private lateinit var logger: ILogger
+
+    @Before
+    fun setUp() {
+        logger = mock(ILogger::class.java)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `profilingOptions wires sessionSampleRate, trace lifecycle, and startOnAppStart`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                    "profilingOptions",
+                    JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                        "profileSessionSampleRate",
+                        1.0,
+                        "lifecycle",
+                        "trace",
+                        "startOnAppStart",
+                        true,
+                    ),
+                ),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertEquals(1.0, options.profileSessionSampleRate!!, 0.0)
+        assertEquals(ProfileLifecycle.TRACE, options.profileLifecycle)
+        assertTrue(options.isStartProfilerOnAppStart)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `profilingOptions lifecycle manual maps to ProfileLifecycle MANUAL`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                    "profilingOptions",
+                    JavaOnlyMap.of("lifecycle", "manual"),
+                ),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertEquals(ProfileLifecycle.MANUAL, options.profileLifecycle)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `profilingOptions lifecycle is case-insensitive`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                    "profilingOptions",
+                    JavaOnlyMap.of("lifecycle", "TRACE"),
+                ),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertEquals(ProfileLifecycle.TRACE, options.profileLifecycle)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `profilingOptions startOnAppStart false is honored`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                    "profilingOptions",
+                    JavaOnlyMap.of("startOnAppStart", false),
+                ),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertFalse(options.isStartProfilerOnAppStart)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `no _experiments key leaves profiling defaults untouched`() {
+        val rnOptions = JavaOnlyMap()
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertNull(options.profileSessionSampleRate)
+        assertEquals(ProfileLifecycle.MANUAL, options.profileLifecycle)
+        assertFalse(options.isStartProfilerOnAppStart)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `_experiments without profilingOptions leaves profiling defaults untouched`() {
+        val rnOptions = JavaOnlyMap.of("_experiments", JavaOnlyMap())
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertNull(options.profileSessionSampleRate)
+        assertEquals(ProfileLifecycle.MANUAL, options.profileLifecycle)
+        assertFalse(options.isStartProfilerOnAppStart)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `empty profilingOptions leaves profiling defaults untouched`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of("profilingOptions", JavaOnlyMap()),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertNull(options.profileSessionSampleRate)
+        assertEquals(ProfileLifecycle.MANUAL, options.profileLifecycle)
+        assertFalse(options.isStartProfilerOnAppStart)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `non-number profileSessionSampleRate logs a warning and is ignored`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                    "profilingOptions",
+                    JavaOnlyMap.of("profileSessionSampleRate", "not-a-number"),
+                ),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertNull(options.profileSessionSampleRate)
+        verify(logger, times(1)).log(eq(SentryLevel.WARNING), anyString())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `non-string lifecycle logs a warning and is ignored`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                    "profilingOptions",
+                    JavaOnlyMap.of("lifecycle", 1),
+                ),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertEquals(ProfileLifecycle.MANUAL, options.profileLifecycle)
+        verify(logger, times(1)).log(eq(SentryLevel.WARNING), anyString())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `non-boolean startOnAppStart logs a warning and is ignored`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                    "profilingOptions",
+                    JavaOnlyMap.of("startOnAppStart", "yes"),
+                ),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        assertFalse(options.isStartProfilerOnAppStart)
+        verify(logger, times(1)).log(eq(SentryLevel.WARNING), anyString())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `unknown lifecycle string is silently ignored without warning`() {
+        val rnOptions =
+            JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                "_experiments",
+                JavaOnlyMap.of(
+                    "profilingOptions",
+                    JavaOnlyMap.of("lifecycle", "not-a-real-mode"),
+                ),
+            )
+        val options = SentryAndroidOptions()
+
+        RNSentryStart.getSentryAndroidOptions(options, rnOptions, logger)
+
+        // Implementation only logs a warning for type mismatches, not unknown string values.
+        // Lifecycle stays at the default.
+        assertEquals(ProfileLifecycle.MANUAL, options.profileLifecycle)
+        verify(logger, never()).log(eq(SentryLevel.WARNING), anyString())
+    }
+}