diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01fb497ebb..3f04617ce7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - Session Replay: Fix `SentryOkHttpInterceptor` hanging forever on responses whose body has no known length, such as Server-Sent Events or a gzipped response, when network details are enabled for the URL ([#6231](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6231))
+- Session Replay: `SentryOkHttpInterceptor` now captures network request and response details only while Session Replay is recording or buffering ([#6486](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6486))
 - Stop marking an OkHttp call span as failed when a connection attempt to one of the host's addresses fails but OkHttp connects on another ([#6472](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6472))
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/sentry-okhttp/src/main/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptor.kt b/sentry-okhttp/src/main/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptor.kt
index a10e462453..bdd680ac66 100644
--- a/sentry-okhttp/src/main/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptor.kt
+++ b/sentry-okhttp/src/main/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptor.kt
@@ -117,13 +117,19 @@ public open class SentryOkHttpInterceptor(
     var response: Response? = null
     var code: Int? = null
 
+    // Network details only end up in a replay, so capturing them while no replay is recording or
+    // buffering is wasted work.
     val networkDetailData =
-      NetworkDetailCaptureUtils.initializeForUrl(
-        request.url.toString(),
-        request.method,
-        scopes.options.sessionReplay.networkDetailAllowUrls,
-        scopes.options.sessionReplay.networkDetailDenyUrls,
-      )
+      if (scopes.options.replayController.isRecording) {
+        NetworkDetailCaptureUtils.initializeForUrl(
+          request.url.toString(),
+          request.method,
+          scopes.options.sessionReplay.networkDetailAllowUrls,
+          scopes.options.sessionReplay.networkDetailDenyUrls,
+        )
+      } else {
+        null
+      }
 
     try {
       val requestBuilder = request.newBuilder()
diff --git a/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptorTest.kt b/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptorTest.kt
index d6c4c56c37..baa37a7716 100644
--- a/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptorTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptorTest.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.mockito.kotlin.anyOrNull
 import org.mockito.kotlin.argumentCaptor
 import org.mockito.kotlin.check
 import org.mockito.kotlin.doAnswer
+import org.mockito.kotlin.doReturn
 import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
 import org.mockito.kotlin.never
 import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
@@ -90,10 +91,12 @@ class SentryOkHttpInterceptorTest {
       sendDefaultPii: Boolean = false,
       eventListener: EventListener? = null,
       additionalInterceptors: List<Interceptor> = emptyList(),
+      isReplayRecording: Boolean = true,
       optionsConfiguration: Sentry.OptionsConfiguration<SentryOptions>? = null,
     ): OkHttpClient {
       options =
         SentryOptions().also {
+          it.setReplayController(mock { on { isRecording } doReturn isReplayRecording })
           optionsConfiguration?.configure(it)
           it.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
           if (includeMockServerInTracePropagationTargets) {
@@ -381,6 +384,27 @@ class SentryOkHttpInterceptorTest {
     assertNotNull(networkDetails.response)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `does not capture Session Replay network details when replay is not recording`() {
+    val sut =
+      fixture.getSut(
+        isReplayRecording = false,
+        optionsConfiguration = { it.sessionReplay.setNetworkDetailAllowUrls(listOf(".*")) },
+      )
+
+    sut.newCall(postRequest()).execute().close()
+
+    val hint = argumentCaptor<Hint>()
+    verify(fixture.scopes).addBreadcrumb(any(), hint.capture())
+    assertThat(
+        hint.firstValue.getAs(
+          TypeCheckHint.SENTRY_REPLAY_NETWORK_DETAILS,
+          NetworkRequestData::class.java,
+        )
+      )
+      .isNull()
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("SwallowedException")
   @Test
   fun `adds breadcrumb when http calls results in exception`() {
diff --git a/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptorUnknownContentLengthTest.kt b/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptorUnknownContentLengthTest.kt
index 810f780cda..b6257bfc50 100644
--- a/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptorUnknownContentLengthTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpInterceptorUnknownContentLengthTest.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import okio.GzipSink
 import okio.buffer
 import org.mockito.kotlin.any
 import org.mockito.kotlin.argumentCaptor
+import org.mockito.kotlin.doReturn
 import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
 import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
 import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ class SentryOkHttpInterceptorUnknownContentLengthTest {
     options =
       SentryOptions().apply {
         dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
+        setReplayController(mock { on { isRecording } doReturn true })
         sessionReplay.setNetworkDetailAllowUrls(listOf(".*"))
         sessionReplay.setNetworkCaptureBodies(captureBodies)
       }