diff --git a/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/active_job.rb b/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/active_job.rb
index 0f8cd60f34..35ddeb7ee1 100644
--- a/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/active_job.rb
+++ b/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/active_job.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def self.perform(job, block)
         end
 
         def self.run_in_trace(job, block, event)
-          trace_execution_scoped("ActiveJob/#{adapter.sub(/^ActiveJob::/, '')}/Queue/#{event}/Named/#{job.queue_name}",
+          trace_execution_scoped("ActiveJob/#{adapter.sub(/^ActiveJob::/, '')}/#{job.class}/Queue/#{event}/Named/#{job.queue_name}",
             code_information: code_information_for_job(job)) do
             block.call
           end
diff --git a/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/sidekiq/server.rb b/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/sidekiq/server.rb
index b1ea4ccc06..0f3e62b3ea 100644
--- a/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/sidekiq/server.rb
+++ b/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/sidekiq/server.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def call(worker, msg, queue, *_)
       end
       trace_headers = msg.delete(NewRelic::NEWRELIC_KEY)
 
-      perform_action_with_newrelic_trace(trace_args) do
+      NewRelic::Agent::Tracer.start_and_end_txn_experiment(name: trace_args[:name], category: trace_args[:category], options: trace_args) do
         NewRelic::Agent::Transaction.merge_untrusted_agent_attributes(
           NewRelic::Agent::AttributePreFiltering.pre_filter(msg['args'], self.class.nr_attribute_options),
           ATTRIBUTE_JOB_NAMESPACE,
diff --git a/lib/new_relic/agent/tracer.rb b/lib/new_relic/agent/tracer.rb
index bb6eb01619..c07fe85765 100644
--- a/lib/new_relic/agent/tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/new_relic/agent/tracer.rb
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ def in_transaction(name: nil,
           end
         end
 
+        def start_and_end_txn_experiment(name: nil, partial_name: nil, category:, options: {})
+          current_transaction&.finish
+
+          if name
+            options[:transaction_name] = name
+          else
+            options[:transaction_name] = Transaction.name_from_partial(
+              partial_name,
+              category
+            )
+          end
+
+          txn = NewRelic::Agent::Transaction.start_new_transaction(Tracer.state, category, options)
+
+          yield
+
+          txn.finish
+        end
+
         # Starts a segment on the current transaction (if one exists)
         # or starts a new transaction otherwise.
         #