diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f6e7a08c..ca2c535f8 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Emit `transaction_type` on the transaction lifecycle events. ([#401](https://github.com/MetaMask/internal-snaps/pull/401))
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Render the confirmation "Estimated changes" section with the shared `EstimatedChanges` component from `@metamask/snap-networks-utils` ([#384](https://github.com/MetaMask/internal-snaps/pull/384))
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onClientRequest/ClientRequestHandler.test.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onClientRequest/ClientRequestHandler.test.ts
index 9a218fa81..d40a50625 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onClientRequest/ClientRequestHandler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onClientRequest/ClientRequestHandler.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 import type { Logger } from '@metamask/snap-networks-utils';
 import { InvalidParamsError } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
 import type { JsonRpcRequest } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
@@ -1105,6 +1106,8 @@ describe('ClientRequestHandler', () => {
         expect.any(String),
         Network.Mainnet,
         'metamask',
+        undefined,
+        TransactionType.TokenApprove,
       );
       expect(result).toStrictEqual({ signature: mockSignature });
     });
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onClientRequest/ClientRequestHandler.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onClientRequest/ClientRequestHandler.ts
index 26d4bf8d1..682198558 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onClientRequest/ClientRequestHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onClientRequest/ClientRequestHandler.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FeeType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
+import { FeeType, TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 import { normalizeError } from '@metamask/snap-networks-utils';
 import type { Logger } from '@metamask/snap-networks-utils';
 import { InvalidParamsError, MethodNotFoundError } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ export class ClientRequestHandler {
       base64EncodedTransaction,
       network,
       METAMASK_ORIGIN,
+      undefined,
+      TransactionType.TokenApprove,
     );
 
     const result = { signature };
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionAdded.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionAdded.ts
index f8f5344ca..1e91effbb 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionAdded.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionAdded.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 import { UuidStruct } from '@metamask/snap-networks-utils';
 import { InternalError } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
 import type { OnCronjobHandler } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
-import { assert, literal, object, string } from '@metamask/superstruct';
+import { assert, enums, literal, object, string } from '@metamask/superstruct';
 
 import { analyticsService, keyring } from '../../../../snapContext';
 import logger from '../../../utils/logger';
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export const OnTransactionAddedRequestStruct = object({
     metadata: object({
       scope: NetworkStruct,
       origin: string(),
+      transactionType: enums(Object.values(TransactionType)),
     }),
   }),
 });
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export const onTransactionAdded: OnCronjobHandler = async ({ request }) => {
       origin: metadata.origin,
       accountType: account.type,
       chainIdCaip: metadata.scope,
+      transactionType: metadata.transactionType,
     });
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(error);
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionApproved.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionApproved.ts
index c56d62f61..88a42fd83 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionApproved.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionApproved.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 import { UuidStruct } from '@metamask/snap-networks-utils';
 import { InternalError } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
 import type { OnCronjobHandler } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
-import { assert, literal, object, string } from '@metamask/superstruct';
+import { assert, enums, literal, object, string } from '@metamask/superstruct';
 
 import { analyticsService, keyring } from '../../../../snapContext';
 import logger from '../../../utils/logger';
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export const OnTransactionApprovedRequestStruct = object({
     metadata: object({
       scope: NetworkStruct,
       origin: string(),
+      transactionType: enums(Object.values(TransactionType)),
     }),
   }),
 });
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export const onTransactionApproved: OnCronjobHandler = async ({ request }) => {
       origin: metadata.origin,
       accountType: account.type,
       chainIdCaip: metadata.scope,
+      transactionType: metadata.transactionType,
     });
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(error);
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionBackgroundEvents.test.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionBackgroundEvents.test.ts
index a81a41989..976267973 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionBackgroundEvents.test.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionBackgroundEvents.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
+
 import { analyticsService, keyring } from '../../../../snapContext';
 import { Network } from '../../../constants/solana';
 import { MOCK_SOLANA_KEYRING_ACCOUNT_0 } from '../../../test/mocks/solana-keyring-accounts';
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ describe('transaction background events', () => {
           metadata: {
             scope: Network.Mainnet,
             origin,
+            transactionType: TransactionType.Send,
           },
         },
       },
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ describe('transaction background events', () => {
       origin,
       accountType: account.type,
       chainIdCaip: Network.Mainnet,
+      transactionType: TransactionType.Send,
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionRejected.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionRejected.ts
index 7934cd53a..842db9f3b 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionRejected.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/onTransactionRejected.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 import { UuidStruct } from '@metamask/snap-networks-utils';
 import { InternalError } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
 import type { OnCronjobHandler } from '@metamask/snaps-sdk';
-import { assert, literal, object, string } from '@metamask/superstruct';
+import { assert, enums, literal, object, string } from '@metamask/superstruct';
 
 import { analyticsService, keyring } from '../../../../snapContext';
 import logger from '../../../utils/logger';
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export const OnTransactionRejectedRequestStruct = object({
     metadata: object({
       scope: NetworkStruct,
       origin: string(),
+      transactionType: enums(Object.values(TransactionType)),
     }),
   }),
 });
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export const onTransactionRejected: OnCronjobHandler = async ({ request }) => {
       origin: metadata.origin,
       accountType: account.type,
       chainIdCaip: metadata.scope,
+      transactionType: metadata.transactionType,
     });
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(error);
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/confirmation/ConfirmationHandler.test.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/confirmation/ConfirmationHandler.test.ts
index f4e98f8d2..43b2952a3 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/confirmation/ConfirmationHandler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/confirmation/ConfirmationHandler.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { SolMethod } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
+import { SolMethod, TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 
 import { render as renderConfirmSignIn } from '../../../features/confirmation/views/ConfirmSignIn/render';
 import { render as renderConfirmSignMessage } from '../../../features/confirmation/views/ConfirmSignMessage/render';
 import { render as renderConfirmTransactionRequest } from '../../../features/confirmation/views/ConfirmTransactionRequest/render';
+import { METAMASK_ORIGIN } from '../../constants/solana';
 import { ScheduleBackgroundEventMethod } from '../../handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/ScheduleBackgroundEventMethod';
 import type { SolanaKeyringRequest } from '../../handlers/onKeyringRequest/structs';
 import { MOCK_SOLANA_KEYRING_ACCOUNT_0 } from '../../test/mocks/solana-keyring-accounts';
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ type ScheduledEventCall = {
         metadata: {
           scope: SolanaKeyringRequest['scope'];
           origin: string;
+          transactionType: TransactionType;
         };
       };
     };
@@ -94,9 +96,15 @@ describe('ConfirmationHandler', () => {
    * keeps `Added` covered exactly like the terminal events.
    *
    * @param method - The lifecycle event method name.
+   * @param origin - The origin carried in the event metadata.
+   * @param transactionType - The classification carried in the event metadata.
    * @returns The expected `snap.request` call.
    */
-  const expectedScheduleCall = (method: string): ScheduledEventCall => ({
+  const expectedScheduleCall = (
+    method: string,
+    origin = MOCK_ORIGIN,
+    transactionType = TransactionType.Unknown,
+  ): ScheduledEventCall => ({
     method: 'snap_scheduleBackgroundEvent',
     params: {
       duration: 'PT1S',
@@ -106,7 +114,8 @@ describe('ConfirmationHandler', () => {
           accountId: MOCK_SOLANA_KEYRING_ACCOUNT_0.id,
           metadata: {
             scope: mockTransactionRequest.scope,
-            origin: MOCK_ORIGIN,
+            origin,
+            transactionType,
           },
         },
       },
@@ -219,6 +228,32 @@ describe('ConfirmationHandler', () => {
       },
     );
 
+    it('reports a MetaMask-originated transaction as a send', async () => {
+      mockRenderConfirmTransactionRequest.mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+      await confirmationHandler.handleKeyringRequest(
+        { ...request, origin: METAMASK_ORIGIN },
+        MOCK_SOLANA_KEYRING_ACCOUNT_0,
+      );
+
+      expect(mockSnapRequest.mock.calls).toStrictEqual([
+        [
+          expectedScheduleCall(
+            ScheduleBackgroundEventMethod.OnTransactionAdded,
+            METAMASK_ORIGIN,
+            TransactionType.Send,
+          ),
+        ],
+        [
+          expectedScheduleCall(
+            ScheduleBackgroundEventMethod.OnTransactionApproved,
+            METAMASK_ORIGIN,
+            TransactionType.Send,
+          ),
+        ],
+      ]);
+    });
+
     it('does not schedule Approved when the user rejects', async () => {
       mockRenderConfirmTransactionRequest.mockResolvedValue(false);
 
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/confirmation/ConfirmationHandler.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/confirmation/ConfirmationHandler.ts
index 44565b3ed..b7b43d7bd 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/confirmation/ConfirmationHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/confirmation/ConfirmationHandler.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../features/confirmation/views/ConfirmTransactionRequest/render';
 import { ScheduleBackgroundEventMethod } from '../../handlers/onCronjob/backgroundEvents/ScheduleBackgroundEventMethod';
 import type { SolanaKeyringRequest } from '../../handlers/onKeyringRequest/structs';
+import { resolveTransactionType } from '../../utils/transactionType';
 import {
   SolanaSignAndSendTransactionRequestStruct,
   SolanaSignTransactionRequestStruct,
@@ -82,6 +83,12 @@ export class ConfirmationHandler {
       origin,
     } = request;
 
+    /**
+     * Resolved once and carried by all three lifecycle events, so Added,
+     * Approved and Rejected always agree on the classification.
+     */
+    const transactionType = resolveTransactionType({ origin });
+
     // Trigger the side effects that need to happen when the transaction is shown in confirmation UI
     await snap.request({
       method: 'snap_scheduleBackgroundEvent',
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@ export class ConfirmationHandler {
             metadata: {
               scope,
               origin,
+              transactionType,
             },
           },
         },
@@ -122,6 +130,7 @@ export class ConfirmationHandler {
               metadata: {
                 scope,
                 origin,
+                transactionType,
               },
             },
           },
@@ -143,6 +152,7 @@ export class ConfirmationHandler {
             metadata: {
               scope,
               origin,
+              transactionType,
             },
           },
         },
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/wallet/WalletService.test.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/wallet/WalletService.test.ts
index f490b5083..33e9fd87b 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/wallet/WalletService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/wallet/WalletService.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SolMethod } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
+import { SolMethod, TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 import type { AnalyticsService } from '@metamask/snap-networks-utils';
 
 import { METAMASK_ORIGIN, Network } from '../../constants/solana';
@@ -396,9 +396,47 @@ describe('WalletService', () => {
             accountType: fromAccount.type,
             chainIdCaip: scope,
             origin: 'https://metamask.io',
+            transactionType: TransactionType.Unknown,
           });
         });
 
+        it('reports a MetaMask-originated transaction as a send', async () => {
+          await service.signAndSendTransaction(
+            fromAccount,
+            transactionMessageBase64Encoded,
+            scope,
+            METAMASK_ORIGIN,
+          );
+
+          expect(
+            mockAnalyticsService.trackTransactionSubmitted,
+          ).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              origin: METAMASK_ORIGIN,
+              transactionType: TransactionType.Send,
+            }),
+          );
+        });
+
+        it('uses a caller-supplied classification over the origin', async () => {
+          await service.signAndSendTransaction(
+            fromAccount,
+            transactionMessageBase64Encoded,
+            scope,
+            METAMASK_ORIGIN,
+            undefined,
+            TransactionType.TokenApprove,
+          );
+
+          expect(
+            mockAnalyticsService.trackTransactionSubmitted,
+          ).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              transactionType: TransactionType.TokenApprove,
+            }),
+          );
+        });
+
         it('saves a pending unconfirmed transaction after broadcasting', async () => {
           await service.signAndSendTransaction(
             fromAccount,
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/wallet/WalletService.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/wallet/WalletService.ts
index c6e9aadbd..41baff04f 100644
--- a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/wallet/WalletService.ts
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/services/wallet/WalletService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { SLIP10Node } from '@metamask/key-tree';
 import { SolMethod } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
+import type { TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 import { normalizeError } from '@metamask/snap-networks-utils';
 import type {
   AnalyticsService,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import { trackError } from '../../utils/errors';
 import { getSolanaCoinTypeNode } from '../../utils/getBip32Entropy';
 import { getSolanaExplorerUrl } from '../../utils/getSolanaExplorerUrl';
 import logger from '../../utils/logger';
+import { resolveTransactionType } from '../../utils/transactionType';
 import { Base58Struct, Base64Struct } from '../../validation/structs';
 import type { SolanaConnection } from '../connection';
 import type { Signer } from '../signer/Signer';
@@ -275,6 +277,7 @@ export class WalletService {
    * @param options.preflightCommitment - The preflight commitment.
    * @param options.maxRetries - The maximum number of retries.
    * @param options.commitment - The commitment.
+   * @param transactionType - A classification already known by the caller. When omitted, it is derived from the origin.
    * @returns A Promise that resolves to the signed transaction.
    */
   async signAndSendTransaction(
@@ -283,6 +286,7 @@ export class WalletService {
     scope: Network,
     origin: string,
     options?: SolanaSignAndSendTransactionOptions,
+    transactionType?: TransactionType,
   ): Promise<SolanaSignAndSendTransactionResponse> {
     this.#logger.log('Signing and sending transaction', account);
 
@@ -344,6 +348,7 @@ export class WalletService {
       origin,
       accountType: account.type,
       chainIdCaip: scope,
+      transactionType: resolveTransactionType({ origin, transactionType }),
     });
 
     // Immediately save and emit a pending transaction, so the client can show
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/utils/transactionType.test.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/utils/transactionType.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..553620332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/utils/transactionType.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
+
+import { METAMASK_ORIGIN } from '../constants/solana';
+import { resolveTransactionType } from './transactionType';
+
+describe('resolveTransactionType', () => {
+  it('uses the classification supplied by the caller when present', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveTransactionType({
+        origin: METAMASK_ORIGIN,
+        transactionType: TransactionType.Receive,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(TransactionType.Receive);
+  });
+
+  it('prefers the supplied classification over the origin-derived one', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveTransactionType({
+        origin: 'https://example.com',
+        transactionType: TransactionType.Swap,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(TransactionType.Swap);
+  });
+
+  it('reports a MetaMask-originated transaction as a send', () => {
+    expect(resolveTransactionType({ origin: METAMASK_ORIGIN })).toBe(
+      TransactionType.Send,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('reports a dApp-originated transaction as unknown', () => {
+    expect(resolveTransactionType({ origin: 'https://example.com' })).toBe(
+      TransactionType.Unknown,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('does not treat the MetaMask origin URL as the MetaMask origin', () => {
+    expect(resolveTransactionType({ origin: 'https://metamask.io' })).toBe(
+      TransactionType.Unknown,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/utils/transactionType.ts b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/utils/transactionType.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..627fd7b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/solana-wallet-snap/src/core/utils/transactionType.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
+
+import { METAMASK_ORIGIN } from '../constants/solana';
+
+/**
+ * Resolves the transaction classification to report for a lifecycle event.
+ *
+ * A classification is only trustworthy once a transaction has been mapped from
+ * on-chain data, where the balance changes identify the direction. Before
+ * broadcast the Snap only has the raw, unsigned transaction, and an arbitrary
+ * dApp transaction cannot be classified from its instructions without guessing,
+ * so those events report `unknown`.
+ *
+ * The one pre-broadcast case that is known is the unified send flow: it is the
+ * only MetaMask-originated transaction the Snap itself builds, and it is always
+ * a send. That holds for `signTransaction` as well as
+ * `signAndSendTransaction`, so the origin alone decides it.
+ *
+ * @param options - The classification inputs.
+ * @param options.origin - The origin that triggered the lifecycle step.
+ * @param options.transactionType - A classification already known by the caller, if any.
+ * @returns The classification to report.
+ */
+export function resolveTransactionType({
+  origin,
+  transactionType,
+}: {
+  origin: string;
+  transactionType?: TransactionType;
+}): TransactionType {
+  if (transactionType !== undefined) {
+    return transactionType;
+  }
+
+  return origin === METAMASK_ORIGIN
+    ? TransactionType.Send
+    : TransactionType.Unknown;
+}