diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index 2890298efb5..ae96a1abe45 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/EnvelopeSender : io/sentry/IEnvelopeSender {
 }
 
 public abstract interface class io/sentry/EventProcessor {
+	public fun fork ()Lio/sentry/EventProcessor;
 	public fun getOrder ()Ljava/lang/Long;
 	public fun process (Lio/sentry/SentryEvent;Lio/sentry/Hint;)Lio/sentry/SentryEvent;
 	public fun process (Lio/sentry/SentryLogEvent;)Lio/sentry/SentryLogEvent;
@@ -5457,6 +5458,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/internal/eventprocessor/EventProcessorAndOrder : ja
 	public fun <init> (Lio/sentry/EventProcessor;Ljava/lang/Long;)V
 	public fun compareTo (Lio/sentry/internal/eventprocessor/EventProcessorAndOrder;)I
 	public synthetic fun compareTo (Ljava/lang/Object;)I
+	public fun fork (Lio/sentry/ILogger;)Lio/sentry/internal/eventprocessor/EventProcessorAndOrder;
 	public fun getEventProcessor ()Lio/sentry/EventProcessor;
 	public fun getOrder ()Ljava/lang/Long;
 }
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/EventProcessor.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/EventProcessor.java
index 928fd022095..6c11b97c976 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/EventProcessor.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/EventProcessor.java
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ default SentryMetricsEvent process(@NotNull SentryMetricsEvent event, @NotNull H
     return event;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates the processor instance to use when the SDK clones a scope.
+   *
+   * <p>The default implementation returns this processor so stateless processors remain shared.
+   * Stateful processors may return a new instance that preserves their configuration while
+   * resetting scope-local state.
+   *
+   * @return the processor to attach to the cloned scope
+   */
+  default @NotNull EventProcessor fork() {
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Controls when this EventProcessor is invoked.
    *
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scope.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scope.java
index f4ba9dbbb9c..abad6f90816 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scope.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/Scope.java
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ private Scope(final @NotNull Scope scope) {
     this.request = requestRef != null ? new Request(requestRef) : null;
 
     this.fingerprint = new ArrayList<>(scope.fingerprint);
-    this.eventProcessors = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>(scope.eventProcessors);
+    this.eventProcessors = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+    for (final EventProcessorAndOrder processor : scope.eventProcessors) {
+      this.eventProcessors.add(processor.fork(options.getLogger()));
+    }
 
     final Breadcrumb[] breadcrumbsRef = scope.breadcrumbs.toArray(new Breadcrumb[0]);
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/internal/eventprocessor/EventProcessorAndOrder.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/internal/eventprocessor/EventProcessorAndOrder.java
index 38ff7802f58..87d15b0d388 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/internal/eventprocessor/EventProcessorAndOrder.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/internal/eventprocessor/EventProcessorAndOrder.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package io.sentry.internal.eventprocessor;
 
 import io.sentry.EventProcessor;
+import io.sentry.ILogger;
+import io.sentry.SentryLevel;
+import io.sentry.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -11,12 +14,31 @@ public final class EventProcessorAndOrder implements Comparable<EventProcessorAn
 
   public EventProcessorAndOrder(
       final @NotNull EventProcessor eventProcessor, final @Nullable Long order) {
+    this(eventProcessor, order != null ? order : System.nanoTime());
+  }
+
+  private EventProcessorAndOrder(final @NotNull EventProcessor eventProcessor, final long order) {
     this.eventProcessor = eventProcessor;
-    if (order == null) {
-      this.order = System.nanoTime();
-    } else {
-      this.order = order;
+    this.order = order;
+  }
+
+  public @NotNull EventProcessorAndOrder fork(final @NotNull ILogger logger) {
+    EventProcessor forkedProcessor = eventProcessor;
+    try {
+      final @Nullable EventProcessor candidate = eventProcessor.fork();
+      if (candidate != null) {
+        forkedProcessor = candidate;
+      } else {
+        logger.log(
+            SentryLevel.ERROR,
+            "EventProcessor.fork() returned null; reusing the original processor.");
+      }
+    } catch (Throwable t) {
+      ExceptionUtils.rethrowIfFatal(t);
+      logger.log(
+          SentryLevel.ERROR, "EventProcessor.fork() failed; reusing the original processor.", t);
     }
+    return new EventProcessorAndOrder(forkedProcessor, order);
   }
 
   public @NotNull EventProcessor getEventProcessor() {
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/CombinedScopeViewTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/CombinedScopeViewTest.kt
index 9439306eec5..4c686f7be88 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/CombinedScopeViewTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/CombinedScopeViewTest.kt
@@ -254,6 +254,26 @@ class CombinedScopeViewTest {
     assertEquals(fourth, eventProcessors[3])
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `clone forks processors on current and isolation scopes`() {
+    val combined = fixture.getSut()
+    val globalProcessor =
+      ForkingTestEventProcessor(0).also { fixture.globalScope.addEventProcessor(it) }
+    val isolationProcessor =
+      ForkingTestEventProcessor(1).also { fixture.isolationScope.addEventProcessor(it) }
+    val currentProcessor = ForkingTestEventProcessor(2).also { fixture.scope.addEventProcessor(it) }
+
+    val clone = combined.clone()
+    val clonedProcessors = clone.eventProcessors
+
+    assertEquals(0, globalProcessor.forkInvocations)
+    assertEquals(1, isolationProcessor.forkInvocations)
+    assertEquals(1, currentProcessor.forkInvocations)
+    assertSame(globalProcessor, clonedProcessors[0])
+    assertSame(isolationProcessor.forkedProcessor, clonedProcessors[1])
+    assertSame(currentProcessor.forkedProcessor, clonedProcessors[2])
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `adds event processor to default scope`() {
     val combined = fixture.getSut()
@@ -1401,4 +1421,16 @@ class CombinedScopeViewTest {
   class TestEventProcessor(val orderNumber: Long?) : EventProcessor {
     override fun getOrder() = orderNumber
   }
+
+  private class ForkingTestEventProcessor(private val order: Long) : EventProcessor {
+    var forkInvocations = 0
+    var forkedProcessor: EventProcessor? = null
+
+    override fun getOrder(): Long = order
+
+    override fun fork(): EventProcessor {
+      forkInvocations++
+      return ForkingTestEventProcessor(order).also { forkedProcessor = it }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopeTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopeTest.kt
index 3fb19078c27..a91baa77319 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopeTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopeTest.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import io.sentry.test.callMethod
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
 import kotlin.test.assertFalse
 import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
 import kotlin.test.assertNotSame
@@ -477,6 +478,102 @@ class ScopeTest {
     assertEquals(processor, scope.eventProcessors.first())
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `event processor fork defaults to the same instance`() {
+    val processor = CustomEventProcessor()
+
+    assertSame(processor, processor.fork())
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `copying scope forks each event processor once and preserves order`() {
+    val scope = Scope(SentryOptions())
+    val first = ForkingEventProcessor(null)
+    val second = ForkingEventProcessor(10)
+    scope.addEventProcessor(first)
+    scope.addEventProcessor(second)
+    val originalProcessors = scope.eventProcessorsWithOrder.toList()
+
+    val clone = scope.clone()
+    val clonedProcessors = clone.eventProcessorsWithOrder
+
+    assertEquals(1, first.forkInvocations)
+    assertEquals(1, second.forkInvocations)
+    assertEquals(2, clonedProcessors.size)
+    assertSame(first.forkedProcessor, clonedProcessors[0].eventProcessor)
+    assertSame(second.forkedProcessor, clonedProcessors[1].eventProcessor)
+    assertEquals(originalProcessors[0].order, clonedProcessors[0].order)
+    assertEquals(originalProcessors[1].order, clonedProcessors[1].order)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `copying scope reuses processor when fork returns null`() {
+    val logger = mock<ILogger>()
+    val options =
+      SentryOptions().apply {
+        isDebug = true
+        setLogger(logger)
+      }
+    val processor = mock<EventProcessor>()
+    val scope = Scope(options)
+    scope.addEventProcessor(processor)
+    val originalOrder = scope.eventProcessorsWithOrder.single().order
+
+    val clone = scope.clone()
+
+    assertSame(processor, clone.eventProcessors.single())
+    assertEquals(originalOrder, clone.eventProcessorsWithOrder.single().order)
+    verify(logger)
+      .log(
+        eq(SentryLevel.ERROR),
+        eq("EventProcessor.fork() returned null; reusing the original processor."),
+      )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `copying scope reuses processor when fork fails`() {
+    val logger = mock<ILogger>()
+    val options =
+      SentryOptions().apply {
+        isDebug = true
+        setLogger(logger)
+      }
+    val exception = IllegalStateException("failed")
+    val processor =
+      object : EventProcessor {
+        override fun fork(): EventProcessor = throw exception
+      }
+    val scope = Scope(options)
+    scope.addEventProcessor(processor)
+    val originalOrder = scope.eventProcessorsWithOrder.single().order
+
+    val clone = scope.clone()
+
+    assertSame(processor, clone.eventProcessors.single())
+    assertEquals(originalOrder, clone.eventProcessorsWithOrder.single().order)
+    verify(logger)
+      .log(
+        eq(SentryLevel.ERROR),
+        eq("EventProcessor.fork() failed; reusing the original processor."),
+        eq(exception),
+      )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `copying scope rethrows fatal processor fork failures`() {
+    val error = OutOfMemoryError("fatal")
+    val scope = Scope(SentryOptions())
+    scope.addEventProcessor(
+      object : EventProcessor {
+        override fun fork(): EventProcessor = throw error
+      }
+    )
+
+    val thrown = assertFailsWith<OutOfMemoryError> { scope.clone() }
+
+    assertSame(error, thrown)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `Scope starts a new session with release, env and user`() {
     val options = SentryOptions().apply { distinctId = "123" }
@@ -1399,4 +1496,16 @@ class ScopeTest {
     object : EventProcessor {
       override fun process(event: SentryEvent, hint: Hint): SentryEvent? = event
     }
+
+  private class ForkingEventProcessor(private val order: Long?) : EventProcessor {
+    var forkInvocations = 0
+    var forkedProcessor: EventProcessor? = null
+
+    override fun getOrder(): Long? = order
+
+    override fun fork(): EventProcessor {
+      forkInvocations++
+      return ForkingEventProcessor(order).also { forkedProcessor = it }
+    }
+  }
 }