diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/__snapshots__/traceTree.spec.tsx.snap b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/__snapshots__/traceTree.spec.tsx.snap
index f068d5d11a6ec1..29de4bdcb242f5 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/__snapshots__/traceTree.spec.tsx.snap
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/__snapshots__/traceTree.spec.tsx.snap
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ exports[`TraceTree eap trace correctly renders eap-transactions toggle state 1`]
 "
 eap trace root
   span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
+    span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
       span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
-          span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
 "
 `;
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ eap trace root
   span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
     span.op - span.description
       span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
-          span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
+        span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
 "
 `;
 
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ exports[`TraceTree eap trace correctly renders eap-transactions toggle state 3`]
 "
 eap trace root
   span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
+    span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
       span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
-          span.op - span.description (eap-transaction)
 "
 `;
 
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTree.spec.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTree.spec.tsx
index 73d488bb6b9568..e9bdb3b2f8c05d 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTree.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTree.spec.tsx
@@ -844,6 +844,16 @@ describe('TraceTree', () => {
         childTransactionA,
         childTransactionB,
       ]);
+      expect(TraceTree.VisibleParent(childTransactionA)).toBe(rootTransaction);
+      expect(TraceTree.VisibleParent(childTransactionB)).toBe(rootTransaction);
+      expect(TraceTree.Depth(childTransactionA)).toBe(
+        TraceTree.Depth(rootTransaction) + 1
+      );
+      expect(TraceTree.Depth(childTransactionB)).toBe(
+        TraceTree.Depth(rootTransaction) + 1
+      );
+      expect(TraceTree.IsLastVisibleChild(childTransactionA)).toBe(false);
+      expect(TraceTree.IsLastVisibleChild(childTransactionB)).toBe(true);
       const rootTransactionIndex = tree.list.indexOf(rootTransaction);
       expect(tree.list.slice(rootTransactionIndex, rootTransactionIndex + 3)).toEqual([
         rootTransaction,
@@ -855,6 +865,10 @@ describe('TraceTree', () => {
 
       expect(childTransactionA.parent).toBe(spanA);
       expect(childTransactionB.parent).toBe(spanB);
+      expect(TraceTree.VisibleParent(childTransactionA)).toBe(spanA);
+      expect(TraceTree.VisibleParent(childTransactionB)).toBe(spanB);
+      expect(TraceTree.Depth(childTransactionA)).toBe(TraceTree.Depth(spanA) + 1);
+      expect(TraceTree.Depth(childTransactionB)).toBe(TraceTree.Depth(spanB) + 1);
       expect(tree.list.slice(rootTransactionIndex, rootTransactionIndex + 5)).toEqual([
         rootTransaction,
         spanA,
@@ -2064,6 +2078,17 @@ describe('TraceTree', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('IsLastVisibleChild', () => {
+    it('treats the trace root row as the last visible child', () => {
+      const tree = TraceTree.FromTrace(trace, traceOptions);
+      const traceRoot = tree.root.children[0]!;
+
+      expect(TraceTree.VisibleParent(traceRoot)).toBeNull();
+      expect(TraceTree.IsLastVisibleChild(traceRoot)).toBe(true);
+      expect(TraceTree.ConnectorsTo(traceRoot)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('Invalidate', () => {
     it('invalidates node', () => {
       const tree = TraceTree.FromTrace(trace, traceOptions);
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTree.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTree.tsx
index 3e9bbc9c364b99..7f090cb077d57c 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTree.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTree.tsx
@@ -1212,16 +1212,43 @@ export class TraceTree extends TraceTreeEventDispatcher {
       return node.depth;
     }
 
-    let depth = -2;
-    let start: BaseNode | null = node;
+    const visibleParent = TraceTree.VisibleParent(node);
+    node.depth = visibleParent ? TraceTree.Depth(visibleParent) + 1 : 0;
+    return node.depth;
+  }
+
+  static VisibleParent(node: BaseNode): BaseNode | null {
+    if (node.visibleParent !== undefined) {
+      return node.visibleParent;
+    }
+
+    let start = node.parent;
 
     while (start) {
-      depth++;
+      if (
+        start.directVisibleChildren.includes(node) &&
+        (start.isRootNodeChild() || TraceTree.VisibleParent(start) !== null)
+      ) {
+        node.visibleParent = start;
+        return node.visibleParent;
+      }
+
       start = start.parent;
     }
 
-    node.depth = depth;
-    return depth;
+    node.visibleParent = null;
+    return node.visibleParent;
+  }
+
+  static IsLastVisibleChild(node: BaseNode): boolean {
+    const visibleParent = TraceTree.VisibleParent(node);
+
+    if (!visibleParent) {
+      return node.isLastChild();
+    }
+
+    const visibleChildren = visibleParent.directVisibleChildren;
+    return visibleChildren[visibleChildren.length - 1] === node;
   }
 
   static ConnectorsTo(node: BaseNode): number[] {
@@ -1230,31 +1257,36 @@ export class TraceTree extends TraceTreeEventDispatcher {
     }
 
     const connectors: number[] = [];
-    let start = node.parent;
+    let start = TraceTree.VisibleParent(node);
 
-    if (start?.isRootNodeChild() && !node.isLastChild()) {
+    if (start?.isRootNodeChild() && !TraceTree.IsLastVisibleChild(node)) {
       node.connectors = [-TraceTree.Depth(node)];
       return node.connectors;
     }
 
-    if (!node.isLastChild()) {
+    if (!TraceTree.IsLastVisibleChild(node)) {
       connectors.push(TraceTree.Depth(node));
     }
 
     while (start) {
-      if (!start.value || !start.parent) {
+      if (!start.value) {
         break;
       }
 
-      if (start.isLastChild()) {
-        start = start.parent;
+      const visibleParent = TraceTree.VisibleParent(start);
+      if (!visibleParent) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      if (TraceTree.IsLastVisibleChild(start)) {
+        start = visibleParent;
         continue;
       }
 
       connectors.push(
-        start.parent.isRootNodeChild() ? -TraceTree.Depth(start) : TraceTree.Depth(start)
+        visibleParent.isRootNodeChild() ? -TraceTree.Depth(start) : TraceTree.Depth(start)
       );
-      start = start.parent;
+      start = visibleParent;
     }
 
     node.connectors = connectors;
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTreeNode/baseNode.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTreeNode/baseNode.tsx
index f127b561fa2fb1..ee0a29324303c9 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTreeNode/baseNode.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceModels/traceTreeNode/baseNode.tsx
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ export abstract class BaseNode<T extends TraceTree.NodeValue = TraceTree.NodeVal
    */
   connectors: number[] | undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * The parent node in the current visible tree.
+   */
+  visibleParent: BaseNode | null | undefined;
+
   /**
    * The extra options for the node. Examples include the organization to check for enabled features.
    */
@@ -417,6 +422,7 @@ export abstract class BaseNode<T extends TraceTree.NodeValue = TraceTree.NodeVal
   invalidate() {
     this.connectors = undefined;
     this.depth = undefined;
+    this.visibleParent = undefined;
   }
 
   getNextTraversalNodes(): BaseNode[] {
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceRow/traceRow.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceRow/traceRow.tsx
index bbdc1274bd6790..635e3d9437040e 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceRow/traceRow.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/newTraceDetails/traceRow/traceRow.tsx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export function TraceRowConnectors(props: {
         );
       })}
       {hasChildren ? <span className="TraceExpandedVerticalConnector" /> : null}
-      {props.node.isLastChild() ? (
+      {TraceTree.IsLastVisibleChild(props.node) ? (
         <span className="TraceVerticalLastChildConnector" />
       ) : null}
     </Fragment>