diff --git a/web/src/plugins/traces/traceDetails.utils.spec.ts b/web/src/plugins/traces/traceDetails.utils.spec.ts
index 94d201f211..b91d55abed 100644
--- a/web/src/plugins/traces/traceDetails.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/web/src/plugins/traces/traceDetails.utils.spec.ts
@@ -165,4 +165,21 @@ describe("resolveReplaySpan", () => {
     ];
     expect(resolveReplaySpan(spans)).toBe(first);
   });
+
+  // Span attributes ingested over OTLP come back from search as strings.
+  it('returns an ingested span whose replay flag is the string "true"', () => {
+    const native = {
+      span_id: "a1b2c3d4e5f60718",
+      rum_session_id: "sess-1",
+      rum_session_has_replay: "true",
+    };
+    expect(resolveReplaySpan([{ span_id: "s-0" }, native])).toBe(native);
+  });
+
+  it('returns null when an ingested replay flag is the string "false"', () => {
+    const spans = [
+      { span_id: "a1b2c3d4e5f60718", rum_session_id: "sess-1", rum_session_has_replay: "false" },
+    ];
+    expect(resolveReplaySpan(spans)).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/web/src/plugins/traces/traceDetails.utils.ts b/web/src/plugins/traces/traceDetails.utils.ts
index 46ac780a58..b67942677c 100644
--- a/web/src/plugins/traces/traceDetails.utils.ts
+++ b/web/src/plugins/traces/traceDetails.utils.ts
@@ -50,10 +50,14 @@ export function resolveSessionId(spans: any[] | null | undefined): string {
   return s ? String(s.gen_ai_conversation_id || s.session_id || "") : "";
 }
 
-/** First RUM bridge span whose browser session has a replay to play; null when the trace has none. */
+/** First span whose browser session has a replay to play; null when the trace has none. */
 export function resolveReplaySpan(spans: any[] | null | undefined): any | null {
   if (!spans?.length) return null;
-  return spans.find((sp: any) => sp?.rum_session_id && sp?.rum_session_has_replay === true) ?? null;
+  // RUM bridge spans carry a boolean; ingested span attributes come back from search as strings.
+  const hasReplay = (flag: unknown) => flag === true || flag === "true";
+  return (
+    spans.find((sp: any) => sp?.rum_session_id && hasReplay(sp?.rum_session_has_replay)) ?? null
+  );
 }
 
 /**