diff --git a/.github/workflows/flutter.yml b/.github/workflows/flutter.yml
index 76e3285be8..95dfe52727 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flutter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flutter.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         if: ${{ matrix.target == 'android' }}
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'adopt'
 
       # Install required dependencies for Flutter on Linux on Ubuntu
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e34c42ae7..36388860e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Enhancements
+
+- Cache parsed DSN ([#2365](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/2365))
 - Switching from traditional screenshot to view hierarchy for screenshots which allows redacting ([#2361](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/2361))
 
 ## 8.10.0-beta.2
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
index a18e7b2fa1..9ff45afcb4 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry.dart
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class Sentry {
     }
 
     // try parsing the dsn
-    Dsn.parse(options.dsn!);
+    options.parsedDsn;
 
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry_baggage.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry_baggage.dart
index c47cd37624..a8b38e375f 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry_baggage.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry_baggage.dart
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ class SentryBaggage {
   setValuesFromScope(Scope scope, SentryOptions options) {
     final propagationContext = scope.propagationContext;
     setTraceId(propagationContext.traceId.toString());
-    if (options.dsn != null) {
-      setPublicKey(Dsn.parse(options.dsn!).publicKey);
-    }
+    setPublicKey(options.parsedDsn.publicKey);
     if (options.release != null) {
       setRelease(options.release!);
     }
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
index 1d8cd5bb7d..1e4d84e868 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry_options.dart
@@ -23,9 +23,34 @@ class SentryOptions {
   /// Default Log level if not specified Default is DEBUG
   static final SentryLevel _defaultDiagnosticLevel = SentryLevel.debug;
 
-  /// The DSN tells the SDK where to send the events to. If an empty string is
-  /// used, the SDK will not send any events.
-  String? dsn;
+  String? _dsn;
+  Dsn? _parsedDsn;
+
+  /// The DSN tells the SDK where to send the events to.
+  /// If an empty string is used, the SDK will not send any events.
+  String? get dsn => _dsn;
+
+  set dsn(String? value) {
+    if (_dsn != value) {
+      _dsn = value;
+      _parsedDsn = null; // Invalidate the cached parsed DSN
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Evaluates and parses the DSN.
+  /// May throw an exception if the DSN is invalid.
+  @internal
+  Dsn get parsedDsn {
+    _parsedDsn ??= _parseDsn();
+    return _parsedDsn!;
+  }
+
+  Dsn _parseDsn() {
+    if (_dsn == null || _dsn!.isEmpty) {
+      throw StateError('DSN is null or empty');
+    }
+    return Dsn.parse(_dsn!);
+  }
 
   /// If [compressPayload] is `true` the outgoing HTTP payloads are compressed
   /// using gzip. Otherwise, the payloads are sent in plain UTF8-encoded JSON
@@ -525,7 +550,8 @@ class SentryOptions {
   /// iOS only supports http proxies, while macOS also supports socks.
   SentryProxy? proxy;
 
-  SentryOptions({this.dsn, PlatformChecker? checker}) {
+  SentryOptions({String? dsn, PlatformChecker? checker}) {
+    this.dsn = dsn;
     if (checker != null) {
       platformChecker = checker;
     }
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/sentry_tracer.dart b/dart/lib/src/sentry_tracer.dart
index 1507143d69..0f53d26e38 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/sentry_tracer.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/sentry_tracer.dart
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class SentryTracer extends ISentrySpan {
 
     _sentryTraceContextHeader = SentryTraceContextHeader(
       _rootSpan.context.traceId,
-      Dsn.parse(_hub.options.dsn!).publicKey,
+      _hub.options.parsedDsn.publicKey,
       release: _hub.options.release,
       environment: _hub.options.environment,
       userId: null, // because of PII not sending it for now
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/transport/http_transport.dart b/dart/lib/src/transport/http_transport.dart
index 16cfed654c..cf1e375f07 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/transport/http_transport.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/transport/http_transport.dart
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class HttpTransport implements Transport {
   }
 
   HttpTransport._(this._options, this._rateLimiter)
-      : _requestHandler = HttpTransportRequestHandler(
-            _options, Dsn.parse(_options.dsn!).postUri);
+      : _requestHandler =
+            HttpTransportRequestHandler(_options, _options.parsedDsn.postUri);
 
   @override
   Future<SentryId?> send(SentryEnvelope envelope) async {
diff --git a/dart/lib/src/transport/http_transport_request_handler.dart b/dart/lib/src/transport/http_transport_request_handler.dart
index 4aa50898c5..e30d71570f 100644
--- a/dart/lib/src/transport/http_transport_request_handler.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/src/transport/http_transport_request_handler.dart
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class HttpTransportRequestHandler {
   late _CredentialBuilder _credentialBuilder;
 
   HttpTransportRequestHandler(this._options, this._requestUri)
-      : _dsn = Dsn.parse(_options.dsn!),
+      : _dsn = _options.parsedDsn,
         _headers = _buildHeaders(
           _options.platformChecker.isWeb,
           _options.sentryClientName,
diff --git a/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart b/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
index be652ca91c..8cf1f409a5 100644
--- a/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/sentry_options_test.dart
@@ -198,4 +198,37 @@ void main() {
 
     expect(options.enableDartSymbolication, true);
   });
+
+  test('parsedDsn is correctly parsed and cached', () {
+    final options = defaultTestOptions();
+
+    // Access parsedDsn for the first time
+    final parsedDsn1 = options.parsedDsn;
+
+    // Access parsedDsn again
+    final parsedDsn2 = options.parsedDsn;
+
+    // Should return the same instance since it's cached
+    expect(identical(parsedDsn1, parsedDsn2), isTrue);
+
+    // Verify the parsed DSN fields
+    final manuallyParsedDsn = Dsn.parse(options.dsn!);
+    expect(parsedDsn1.publicKey, manuallyParsedDsn.publicKey);
+    expect(parsedDsn1.postUri, manuallyParsedDsn.postUri);
+    expect(parsedDsn1.secretKey, manuallyParsedDsn.secretKey);
+    expect(parsedDsn1.projectId, manuallyParsedDsn.projectId);
+    expect(parsedDsn1.uri, manuallyParsedDsn.uri);
+  });
+
+  test('parsedDsn throws when DSN is null', () {
+    final options = defaultTestOptions()..dsn = null;
+
+    expect(() => options.parsedDsn, throwsA(isA<StateError>()));
+  });
+
+  test('parsedDsn throws when DSN is empty', () {
+    final options = defaultTestOptions()..dsn = '';
+
+    expect(() => options.parsedDsn, throwsA(isA<StateError>()));
+  });
 }
diff --git a/flutter/example/android/app/build.gradle b/flutter/example/android/app/build.gradle
index ed3e1a1b6b..5fc6400f37 100644
--- a/flutter/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/flutter/example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.ydq.android.gradle.native-aar.import'
 // apply plugin: 'io.sentry.android.gradle'
 
 android {
+    namespace = "io.sentry.samples.flutter"
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
         targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
diff --git a/flutter/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/flutter/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 1b2b2012cf..f6a36a9c26 100644
--- a/flutter/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/flutter/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
             android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
             android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
             android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
-            android:exported="true">
+            android:exported="true"
+            android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network">
             <!-- Specifies an Android theme to apply to this Activity as soon as
                  the Android process has started. This theme is visible to the user
                  while the Flutter UI initializes. After that, this theme continues
diff --git a/flutter/example/android/build.gradle b/flutter/example/android/build.gradle
index 741fa44529..470d0aefbf 100644
--- a/flutter/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/flutter/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'io.sentry:sentry-android-gradle-plugin:4.5.0'
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2'
+        classpath 'io.sentry:sentry-android-gradle-plugin:4.12.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.3.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath 'io.github.howardpang:androidNativeBundle:1.1.3'
     }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ subprojects {
     project.buildDir = "${rootProject.buildDir}/${project.name}"
 }
 subprojects {
-    project.evaluationDependsOn(':app')
+    project.evaluationDependsOn(":app")
 }
 
 tasks.register("clean", Delete) {
diff --git a/flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ae04661ee7..3409f393f3 100644
--- a/flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+#Wed Oct 16 15:46:36 CEST 2024
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/flutter/example/lib/isar/user.g.dart b/flutter/example/lib/isar/user.g.dart
index c4d7ef985f..39ba95c607 100644
--- a/flutter/example/lib/isar/user.g.dart
+++ b/flutter/example/lib/isar/user.g.dart
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ final UserSchema = CollectionSchema(
   getId: _userGetId,
   getLinks: _userGetLinks,
   attach: _userAttach,
-  version: '3.1.0',
+  version: '3.1.8',
 );
 
 int _userEstimateSize(
diff --git a/flutter/example/lib/main.dart b/flutter/example/lib/main.dart
index cc551e2bef..08e9514fa2 100644
--- a/flutter/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/flutter/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
 class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 3), () {
+      SentryFlutter.reportFullyDisplayed();
+    });
     return feedback.BetterFeedback(
       child: ChangeNotifierProvider<ThemeProvider>(
         create: (_) => ThemeProvider(),
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@ class MainScaffold extends StatelessWidget {
               TooltipButton(
                 onPressed: isarTest,
                 text:
-                    'Executes CRUD operations on an in-memory with Isart and sends the created transaction to Sentry.',
+                    'Executes CRUD operations on an in-memory with Isar and sends the created transaction to Sentry.',
                 buttonTitle: 'isar',
               ),
             TooltipButton(
diff --git a/flutter/example/pubspec_overrides.yaml b/flutter/example/pubspec_overrides.yaml
index a392cc626d..8f3cdc6729 100644
--- a/flutter/example/pubspec_overrides.yaml
+++ b/flutter/example/pubspec_overrides.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,13 @@ dependency_overrides:
     path: ../../drift
   sentry_isar:
     path: ../../isar
+  # isar community fork is more stable
+  isar:
+    version: ^3.1.0
+    hosted: https://pub.isar-community.dev/
+  isar_flutter_libs:
+    version: ^3.1.0
+    hosted: https://pub.isar-community.dev/
+  isar_generator:
+    version: ^3.1.0
+    hosted: https://pub.isar-community.dev/