diff --git a/packages/bun/src/transports/index.ts b/packages/bun/src/transports/index.ts
index 20df5bb4b521..d5041c00bfd7 100644
--- a/packages/bun/src/transports/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bun/src/transports/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ export function makeFetchTransport(options: BaseTransportOptions): Transport {
     try {
       return suppressTracing(() => {
         return fetch(options.url, requestOptions).then(response => {
+          // Drain response body to prevent Bun from retaining the backing ArrayBuffer.
+          // See: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/10763, https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/27358
+          // try/catch: guards against synchronous TypeError if response.text is not a function.
+          // .catch(): handles async rejection if body read fails mid-stream (prevents unhandled promise rejection).
+          try { void response.text().catch(() => {}); } catch {} // eslint-disable-line no-empty
+
           return {
             statusCode: response.status,
             headers: {
diff --git a/packages/bun/test/transport.test.ts b/packages/bun/test/transport.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..492cd11a3c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bun/test/transport.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+import type { EventEnvelope, EventItem } from '@sentry/core';
+import { createEnvelope, serializeEnvelope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it, mock } from 'bun:test';
+import { makeFetchTransport } from '../src/transports';
+
+const DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS = {
+  url: 'https://sentry.io/api/42/store/?sentry_key=123&sentry_version=7',
+  recordDroppedEvent: () => undefined,
+};
+
+const ERROR_ENVELOPE = createEnvelope<EventEnvelope>({ event_id: 'aa3ff046696b4bc6b609ce6d28fde9e2', sent_at: '123' }, [
+  [{ type: 'event' }, { event_id: 'aa3ff046696b4bc6b609ce6d28fde9e2' }] as EventItem,
+]);
+
+const mockFetch = mock();
+
+const oldFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+globalThis.fetch = mockFetch as typeof fetch;
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  globalThis.fetch = oldFetch;
+});
+
+describe('Bun Fetch Transport', () => {
+  it('calls fetch with the given URL', async () => {
+    mockFetch.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        headers: new Headers(),
+        status: 200,
+        text: () => Promise.resolve(''),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const transport = makeFetchTransport(DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS);
+
+    expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    await transport.send(ERROR_ENVELOPE);
+
+    expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS.url, {
+      body: serializeEnvelope(ERROR_ENVELOPE),
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('sets rate limit headers', async () => {
+    const headers = {
+      get: mock((key: string) => {
+        if (key === 'X-Sentry-Rate-Limits') return 'rate-limit-value';
+        if (key === 'Retry-After') return '42';
+        return null;
+      }),
+    };
+
+    mockFetch.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        headers,
+        status: 200,
+        text: () => Promise.resolve(''),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const transport = makeFetchTransport(DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS);
+
+    const result = await transport.send(ERROR_ENVELOPE);
+
+    expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('X-Sentry-Rate-Limits');
+    expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Retry-After');
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      statusCode: 200,
+      headers: {
+        'x-sentry-rate-limits': 'rate-limit-value',
+        'retry-after': '42',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Response body consumption (issue #18534)', () => {
+    it('consumes the response body to prevent memory leaks in Bun', async () => {
+      const textMock = mock(() => Promise.resolve('OK'));
+      const headers = {
+        get: mock(() => null),
+      };
+      mockFetch.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          headers,
+          status: 200,
+          text: textMock,
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const transport = makeFetchTransport(DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS);
+
+      await transport.send(ERROR_ENVELOPE);
+
+      expect(textMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('X-Sentry-Rate-Limits');
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Retry-After');
+    });
+
+    it('handles response body consumption errors gracefully', async () => {
+      const textMock = mock(() => Promise.reject(new Error('Body read error')));
+      const headers = {
+        get: mock(() => null),
+      };
+
+      mockFetch.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          headers,
+          status: 200,
+          text: textMock,
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const transport = makeFetchTransport(DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS);
+
+      // Should not throw even though text() rejects
+      const result = await transport.send(ERROR_ENVELOPE);
+
+      expect(result).toBeDefined();
+      expect(textMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('X-Sentry-Rate-Limits');
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Retry-After');
+    });
+
+    it('handles a response without a text method', async () => {
+      const headers = {
+        get: mock(() => null),
+      };
+
+      mockFetch.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          headers,
+          status: 200,
+          // No text method on the response
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const transport = makeFetchTransport(DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS);
+
+      // Should not throw even without text()
+      const result = await transport.send(ERROR_ENVELOPE);
+
+      expect(result).toBeDefined();
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('X-Sentry-Rate-Limits');
+      expect(headers.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Retry-After');
+    });
+  });
+});