diff --git a/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/InboundHeaderState.java b/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/InboundHeaderState.java
index c3f582eea6..2e058dc669 100644
--- a/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/InboundHeaderState.java
+++ b/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/InboundHeaderState.java
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ public InboundHeaderState(Transaction tx, InboundHeaders inboundHeaders) {
             this.catState = CatState.NONE;
         } else {
             this.synState = parseSyntheticsHeader();
-            this.synInfoState = parseSyntheticsInfoHeader();
+            if (inboundHeaders.getHeader("X-NewRelic-Synthetics-Info") == null) {
+                this.synInfoState = SyntheticsInfoState.NONE;
+            } else {
+                this.synInfoState = parseSyntheticsInfoHeader();
+            }
             if (tx.getAgentConfig().getDistributedTracingConfig().isEnabled() && tx.getSpanProxy().getInboundDistributedTracePayload() == null) {
                 parseDistributedTraceHeaders();
                 this.catState = CatState.NONE;
diff --git a/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/Transaction.java b/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/Transaction.java
index 99b40e47fa..3829699352 100644
--- a/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/Transaction.java
+++ b/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/Transaction.java
@@ -1093,19 +1093,24 @@ private void finishTransaction() {
                             this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsMonitorId());
                     getIntrinsicAttributes().put(AttributeNames.SYNTHETICS_JOB_ID,
                             this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsJobId());
-                    getIntrinsicAttributes().put(AttributeNames.SYNTHETICS_TYPE,
-                            this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsType());
-                    getIntrinsicAttributes().put(AttributeNames.SYNTHETICS_INITIATOR,
-                            this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsInitiator());
                     getIntrinsicAttributes().put(AttributeNames.SYNTHETICS_VERSION,
-                            this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsVersion());
-
-                    Map<String, String> attrsMap = this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsAttrs();
-                    String attrName;
+                            String.valueOf(this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsVersion()));
+                    if (this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsType() != null) {
+                        getIntrinsicAttributes().put(AttributeNames.SYNTHETICS_TYPE,
+                                this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsType());
+                    }
+                    if (this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsInitiator() != null) {
+                        getIntrinsicAttributes().put(AttributeNames.SYNTHETICS_INITIATOR,
+                                this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsInitiator());
+                    }
+                    if (this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsAttrs() != null) {
+                        Map<String, String> attrsMap = this.getInboundHeaderState().getSyntheticsAttrs();
+                        String attrName;
 
-                    for (String key : attrsMap.keySet()) {
-                        attrName = String.format("synthetics_%s", key);
-                        getIntrinsicAttributes().put(attrName, attrsMap.get(key));
+                        for (String key : attrsMap.keySet()) {
+                            attrName = String.format("synthetics_%s", key);
+                            getIntrinsicAttributes().put(attrName, attrsMap.get(key));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/TransactionTest.java b/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/TransactionTest.java
index 655adfd5a7..a6bad5990a 100644
--- a/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/TransactionTest.java
+++ b/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/TransactionTest.java
@@ -1496,6 +1496,23 @@ public Map<String, String> createHeaderMap() {
         return headerMap;
     }
 
+    public Map<String, String> createHeaderMapWithoutSynthInfo() {
+        Map<String, String> headerMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+        String synthVal = "[\n" +
+                "   1,\n" +
+                "   417446,\n" +
+                "   \"fd09bfa1-bd85-4f8a-9bee-8d51582f5a54\",\n" +
+                "   \"77cbc5dc-327b-4542-90f0-335644134bed\",\n" +
+                "   \"3e5c28ac-7cf3-4faf-ae52-ff36bc93504a\"\n" +
+                "]";
+        String obfuscatedSynthVal = Obfuscator.obfuscateNameUsingKey(synthVal, "anotherExampleKey");
+
+        headerMap.put("X-NewRelic-Synthetics", obfuscatedSynthVal);
+
+        return headerMap;
+    }
+
     public InboundHeaders createInboundHeaders(Map<String, String> map) {
         Map<String, String> headerMap = createHeaderMap();
 
@@ -1515,6 +1532,27 @@ public String getHeader(String name) {
         };
     }
 
+
+
+    public InboundHeaders createInboundHeadersWithoutSyntheticsInfoHeader(Map<String, String> map) {
+        Map<String, String> headerMap = createHeaderMapWithoutSynthInfo();
+
+        return new InboundHeaders() {
+            @Override
+            public HeaderType getHeaderType() {
+                return HeaderType.HTTP;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String getHeader(String name) {
+                if (headerMap.containsKey(name)) {
+                    return headerMap.get(name);
+                }
+                return null;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     private Transaction createTxWithSyntheticsHeaders() throws Exception {
         Map<String, Object> configMap = createConfigMap();
         createServiceManager(configMap);
@@ -1531,6 +1569,21 @@ private Transaction createTxWithSyntheticsHeaders() throws Exception {
         return tx;
     }
 
+    private Transaction createTxWithSyntheticsHeaderWithoutSyntheticsInfoHeader() throws Exception {
+        Map<String, Object> configMap = createConfigMap();
+        createServiceManager(configMap);
+        InboundHeaders inboundHeaders = createInboundHeadersWithoutSyntheticsInfoHeader(createHeaderMapWithoutSynthInfo());
+        Transaction tx = Transaction.getTransaction(true);
+        Tracer dispatcherTracer = createDispatcherTracer(false);
+        tx.getTransactionActivity().tracerStarted(dispatcherTracer);
+        MockHttpRequest httpRequest = new MockHttpRequest();
+        MockHttpResponse httpResponse = new MockHttpResponse();
+        httpRequest.setHeader("X-NewRelic-Synthetics", inboundHeaders.getHeader("X-NewRelic-Synthetics"));
+        tx.setRequestAndResponse(httpRequest, httpResponse);
+        tx.getTransactionActivity().tracerFinished(dispatcherTracer, 0);
+        return tx;
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testInboundHeaderStateForSyntheticsInformation() throws Exception {
 
@@ -1561,7 +1614,23 @@ public void testTransactionIntrinsicAttrsForSyntheticsInformation() throws Excep
         assertEquals("scheduled", tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_type"));
         assertEquals("Value1", tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_example1"));
         assertEquals("Value2", tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_example2"));
-        assertEquals(1, tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_version"));
+        assertEquals("1", tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_version"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTransactionIntrinsicAttrsWhenNoSyntheticsInfoHeaderIsReceived() throws Exception {
+
+        Transaction tx = createTxWithSyntheticsHeaderWithoutSyntheticsInfoHeader();
+
+        assertNotNull(tx.getIntrinsicAttributes());
+        assertEquals("77cbc5dc-327b-4542-90f0-335644134bed", tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_job_id"));
+        assertEquals("fd09bfa1-bd85-4f8a-9bee-8d51582f5a54", tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_resource_id"));
+        assertEquals("3e5c28ac-7cf3-4faf-ae52-ff36bc93504a", tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_monitor_id"));
+        assertEquals("1", tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_version"));
+        assertNull(tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_initiator"));
+        assertNull(tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_type"));
+        assertNull(tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_example1"));
+        assertNull(tx.getIntrinsicAttributes().get("synthetics_example2"));
     }
 
     private Map<String, Object> createNRDTConfigMap(boolean excludeNewRelicHeader) {