diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/integrations/inboundfilters.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/integrations/inboundfilters.test.ts
index 74672a3f56e5..8170e68d9cd5 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/integrations/inboundfilters.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/integrations/inboundfilters.test.ts
@@ -180,16 +180,16 @@ describe('InboundFilters', () => {
   describe('_isSentryError', () => {
     it('should work as expected', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor();
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT)).toBe(MESSAGE_EVENT);
-      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT)).toBe(EXCEPTION_EVENT);
-      expect(eventProcessor(SENTRY_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT, {})).toBe(MESSAGE_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT, {})).toBe(EXCEPTION_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(SENTRY_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('should be configurable', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({ ignoreInternal: false });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT)).toBe(MESSAGE_EVENT);
-      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT)).toBe(EXCEPTION_EVENT);
-      expect(eventProcessor(SENTRY_EVENT)).toBe(SENTRY_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT, {})).toBe(MESSAGE_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT, {})).toBe(EXCEPTION_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(SENTRY_EVENT, {})).toBe(SENTRY_EVENT);
     });
   });
 
@@ -198,29 +198,29 @@ describe('InboundFilters', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         ignoreErrors: ['capture'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('string filter with exact match', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         ignoreErrors: ['captureMessage'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('regexp filter with partial match', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         ignoreErrors: [/capture/],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('regexp filter with exact match', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         ignoreErrors: [/^captureMessage$/],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT)).toBe(null);
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT_2)).toBe(MESSAGE_EVENT_2);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT_2, {})).toBe(MESSAGE_EVENT_2);
     });
 
     it('prefers message when both message and exception are available', () => {
@@ -231,20 +231,20 @@ describe('InboundFilters', () => {
         ...EXCEPTION_EVENT,
         ...MESSAGE_EVENT,
       };
-      expect(eventProcessor(event)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(event, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('can use multiple filters', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         ignoreErrors: ['captureMessage', /SyntaxError/],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT)).toBe(null);
-      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('uses default filters', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor();
-      expect(eventProcessor(SCRIPT_ERROR_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(SCRIPT_ERROR_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     describe('on exception', () => {
@@ -252,21 +252,21 @@ describe('InboundFilters', () => {
         const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
           ignoreErrors: ['SyntaxError: unidentified ? at line 1337'],
         });
-        expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+        expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
       });
 
       it('can match on exception value', () => {
         const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
           ignoreErrors: [/unidentified \?/],
         });
-        expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+        expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
       });
 
       it('can match on exception type', () => {
         const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
           ignoreErrors: [/^SyntaxError/],
         });
-        expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT)).toBe(null);
+        expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT, {})).toBe(null);
       });
     });
   });
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ describe('InboundFilters', () => {
       const eventProcessorDeny = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: ['https://awesome-analytics.io'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessorDeny(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_STACKTRACE)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessorDeny(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_STACKTRACE, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('should allow denyUrls to take precedence', () => {
@@ -284,70 +284,70 @@ describe('InboundFilters', () => {
         allowUrls: ['https://awesome-analytics.io'],
         denyUrls: ['https://awesome-analytics.io'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessorBoth(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_STACKTRACE)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessorBoth(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_STACKTRACE, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('should filter captured message based on its stack trace using regexp filter', () => {
       const eventProcessorDeny = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: [/awesome-analytics\.io/],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessorDeny(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_STACKTRACE)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessorDeny(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_STACKTRACE, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('should not filter captured messages with no stacktraces', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: ['https://awesome-analytics.io'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT)).toBe(MESSAGE_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT, {})).toBe(MESSAGE_EVENT);
     });
 
     it('should filter captured exception based on its stack trace using string filter', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: ['https://awesome-analytics.io'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('should filter captured exception based on its stack trace using regexp filter', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: [/awesome-analytics\.io/],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it("should not filter events that don't match the filtered values", () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: ['some-other-domain.com'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES)).toBe(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES);
+      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES, {})).toBe(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES);
     });
 
     it('should be able to use multiple filters', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: ['some-other-domain.com', /awesome-analytics\.io/],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(EXCEPTION_EVENT_WITH_FRAMES, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('should not fail with malformed event event', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: ['https://awesome-analytics.io'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MALFORMED_EVENT)).toBe(MALFORMED_EVENT);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MALFORMED_EVENT, {})).toBe(MALFORMED_EVENT);
     });
 
     it('should search for script names when there is an anonymous callback at the last frame', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: ['https://awesome-analytics.io/some/file.js'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_ANON_LAST_FRAME)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_ANON_LAST_FRAME, {})).toBe(null);
     });
 
     it('should search for script names when the last frame is from native code', () => {
       const eventProcessor = createInboundFiltersEventProcessor({
         denyUrls: ['https://awesome-analytics.io/some/file.js'],
       });
-      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_NATIVE_LAST_FRAME)).toBe(null);
+      expect(eventProcessor(MESSAGE_EVENT_WITH_NATIVE_LAST_FRAME, {})).toBe(null);
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/hub/src/scope.ts b/packages/hub/src/scope.ts
index f1ffd51cc9e5..98f80745004c 100644
--- a/packages/hub/src/scope.ts
+++ b/packages/hub/src/scope.ts
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ export class Scope implements ScopeInterface {
    * @param hint May contain additional information about the original exception.
    * @hidden
    */
-  public applyToEvent(event: Event, hint?: EventHint): PromiseLike<Event | null> {
+  public applyToEvent(event: Event, hint: EventHint = {}): PromiseLike<Event | null> {
     if (this._extra && Object.keys(this._extra).length) {
       event.extra = { ...this._extra, ...event.extra };
     }
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ export class Scope implements ScopeInterface {
   protected _notifyEventProcessors(
     processors: EventProcessor[],
     event: Event | null,
-    hint?: EventHint,
+    hint: EventHint,
     index: number = 0,
   ): PromiseLike<Event | null> {
     return new SyncPromise<Event | null>((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/debug.ts b/packages/integrations/src/debug.ts
index baf981947b6c..efa1beba35c9 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/src/debug.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/debug.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class Debug implements Integration {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   public setupOnce(addGlobalEventProcessor: (callback: EventProcessor) => void, getCurrentHub: () => Hub): void {
-    addGlobalEventProcessor((event: Event, hint?: EventHint) => {
+    addGlobalEventProcessor((event: Event, hint: EventHint) => {
       const self = getCurrentHub().getIntegration(Debug);
       if (self) {
         if (self._options.debugger) {
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ export class Debug implements Integration {
         consoleSandbox(() => {
           if (self._options.stringify) {
             console.log(JSON.stringify(event, null, 2));
-            if (hint) {
+            if (Object.keys(hint).length) {
               console.log(JSON.stringify(hint, null, 2));
             }
           } else {
             console.log(event);
-            if (hint) {
+            if (Object.keys(hint).length) {
               console.log(hint);
             }
           }
diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/extraerrordata.ts b/packages/integrations/src/extraerrordata.ts
index c2baf7197bda..0dfb8f39bbfc 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/src/extraerrordata.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/extraerrordata.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class ExtraErrorData implements Integration {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   public setupOnce(addGlobalEventProcessor: (callback: EventProcessor) => void, getCurrentHub: () => Hub): void {
-    addGlobalEventProcessor((event: Event, hint?: EventHint) => {
+    addGlobalEventProcessor((event: Event, hint: EventHint) => {
       const self = getCurrentHub().getIntegration(ExtraErrorData);
       if (!self) {
         return event;
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ export class ExtraErrorData implements Integration {
   /**
    * Attaches extracted information from the Error object to extra field in the Event
    */
-  public enhanceEventWithErrorData(event: Event, hint?: EventHint): Event {
-    if (!hint || !hint.originalException || !isError(hint.originalException)) {
+  public enhanceEventWithErrorData(event: Event, hint: EventHint = {}): Event {
+    if (!hint.originalException || !isError(hint.originalException)) {
       return event;
     }
     const exceptionName = (hint.originalException as ExtendedError).name || hint.originalException.constructor.name;
diff --git a/packages/integrations/test/debug.test.ts b/packages/integrations/test/debug.test.ts
index 768c9606a1fb..eed7e52d509e 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/test/debug.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/test/debug.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Debug integration setup should register an event processor that', () =
 
     const captureEventProcessor = (eventProcessor: EventProcessor) => {
       const testEvent = { event_id: 'some event' };
-      void eventProcessor(testEvent);
+      void eventProcessor(testEvent, {});
       expect(mockConsoleLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(mockConsoleLog).toBeCalledWith(testEvent);
     };
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('Debug integration setup should register an event processor that', () =
 
     const captureEventProcessor = (eventProcessor: EventProcessor) => {
       const testEvent = { event_id: 'some event' };
-      void eventProcessor(testEvent);
+      void eventProcessor(testEvent, {});
       expect(mockConsoleLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(mockConsoleLog).toBeCalledWith(JSON.stringify(testEvent, null, 2));
     };
diff --git a/packages/integrations/test/offline.test.ts b/packages/integrations/test/offline.test.ts
index 9c4eb8ad2e36..7bd77c047182 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/test/offline.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/test/offline.test.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function processEventListeners(): void {
 function processEvents(): void {
   eventProcessors.forEach(processor => {
     events.forEach(event => {
-      processor(event) as Event | null;
+      processor(event, {}) as Event | null;
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/linkederrors.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/linkederrors.ts
index 19555c9bb542..2817517513db 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/linkederrors.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/linkederrors.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class LinkedErrors implements Integration {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   public setupOnce(): void {
-    addGlobalEventProcessor(async (event: Event, hint?: EventHint) => {
+    addGlobalEventProcessor(async (event: Event, hint: EventHint) => {
       const hub = getCurrentHub();
       const self = hub.getIntegration(LinkedErrors);
       const client = hub.getClient<NodeClient>();
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ export class LinkedErrors implements Integration {
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
-  private _handler(stackParser: StackParser, event: Event, hint?: EventHint): PromiseLike<Event> {
-    if (!event.exception || !event.exception.values || !hint || !isInstanceOf(hint.originalException, Error)) {
+  private _handler(stackParser: StackParser, event: Event, hint: EventHint): PromiseLike<Event> {
+    if (!event.exception || !event.exception.values || !isInstanceOf(hint.originalException, Error)) {
       return resolvedSyncPromise(event);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/node/test/integrations/linkederrors.test.ts b/packages/node/test/integrations/linkederrors.test.ts
index c2bba0bd97d2..549481d7299d 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/integrations/linkederrors.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/integrations/linkederrors.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('LinkedErrors', () => {
       const event = {
         message: 'foo',
       };
-      return linkedErrors._handler(stackParser, event).then((result: any) => {
+      return linkedErrors._handler(stackParser, event, {}).then((result: any) => {
         expect(spy.mock.calls.length).toEqual(0);
         expect(result).toEqual(event);
       });
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('LinkedErrors', () => {
         .eventFromException(one)
         .then(eventFromException => {
           event = eventFromException;
-          return linkedErrors._handler(stackParser, eventFromException);
+          return linkedErrors._handler(stackParser, eventFromException, {});
         })
         .then(result => {
           expect(spy.mock.calls.length).toEqual(0);
diff --git a/packages/types/src/eventprocessor.ts b/packages/types/src/eventprocessor.ts
index 22bd74f0ab73..5be90a755367 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/eventprocessor.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/eventprocessor.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ import { Event, EventHint } from './event';
  */
 export interface EventProcessor {
   id?: string; // This field can't be named "name" because functions already have this field natively
-  (event: Event, hint?: EventHint): PromiseLike<Event | null> | Event | null;
+  (event: Event, hint: EventHint): PromiseLike<Event | null> | Event | null;
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/options.ts b/packages/types/src/options.ts
index 92627bb8142a..b8d346f2973e 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/options.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export interface ClientOptions<TO extends BaseTransportOptions = BaseTransportOp
    * @param hint May contain additional information about the original exception.
    * @returns A new event that will be sent | null.
    */
-  beforeSend?: (event: Event, hint?: EventHint) => PromiseLike<Event | null> | Event | null;
+  beforeSend?: (event: Event, hint: EventHint) => PromiseLike<Event | null> | Event | null;
 
   /**
    * A callback invoked when adding a breadcrumb, allowing to optionally modify