diff --git a/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadEventListener.kt b/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadEventListener.kt
index 8e765faa9a..2be1fccf06 100644
--- a/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadEventListener.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadEventListener.kt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ interface UiLoadEventListener {
      * When we no longer wish to observe the loading of the given UI instance. This may be called during its load
      * or after it has loaded. Calls to this for a given instance should be idempotent.
      */
-    fun abandon(instanceId: Int, activityName: String, timestampMs: Long)
+    fun exit(instanceId: Int, activityName: String, timestampMs: Long)
 
     /**
      * When the app is no longer in a state where it is trying to open up UI. All traces should be abandoned and
diff --git a/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadExt.kt b/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadExt.kt
index fb8b08b15c..c30185da24 100644
--- a/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadExt.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadExt.kt
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ fun createActivityLoadEventEmitter(
     clock: Clock,
     versionChecker: VersionChecker,
 ): ActivityLifecycleListener {
-    val uiLoadEventEmitter = UiLoadEventEmitter(
+    val lifecycleEventEmitter = LifecycleEventEmitter(
         uiLoadEventListener = uiLoadEventListener,
         clock = clock,
     )
     return if (versionChecker.isAtLeast(VERSION_CODES.Q)) {
-        ActivityLoadEventEmitter(uiLoadEventEmitter)
+        ActivityLoadEventEmitter(lifecycleEventEmitter)
     } else {
-        LegacyActivityLoadEventEmitter(uiLoadEventEmitter)
+        LegacyActivityLoadEventEmitter(lifecycleEventEmitter)
     }
 }
 
@@ -39,51 +39,51 @@ fun Activity.observeOpening() = javaClass.isAnnotationPresent(ObservedActivity::
  */
 @RequiresApi(VERSION_CODES.Q)
 private class ActivityLoadEventEmitter(
-    private val uiLoadEventEmitter: UiLoadEventEmitter
+    private val lifecycleEventEmitter: LifecycleEventEmitter
 ) : ActivityLifecycleListener {
 
     override fun onActivityPreCreated(activity: Activity, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.create(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.create(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityPostCreated(activity: Activity, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.createEnd(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.createEnd(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityPreStarted(activity: Activity) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.start(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.start(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityPostStarted(activity: Activity) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.startEnd(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.startEnd(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityPreResumed(activity: Activity) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.resume(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.resume(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityPostResumed(activity: Activity) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.resumeEnd(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.resumeEnd(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityPrePaused(activity: Activity) {
-        uiLoadEventEmitter.abandonTrace(activity)
+        lifecycleEventEmitter.pause(activity)
     }
 
     override fun onActivityStopped(activity: Activity) {
-        uiLoadEventEmitter.reset(activity)
+        lifecycleEventEmitter.stop(activity)
     }
 }
 
@@ -91,58 +91,45 @@ private class ActivityLoadEventEmitter(
  * Version of [ActivityLoadEventEmitter] that works with all Android version and used for Android 9 or lower
  */
 private class LegacyActivityLoadEventEmitter(
-    private val uiLoadEventEmitter: UiLoadEventEmitter
+    private val lifecycleEventEmitter: LifecycleEventEmitter
 ) : ActivityLifecycleListener {
 
     override fun onActivityCreated(activity: Activity, bundle: Bundle?) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.create(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.create(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityStarted(activity: Activity) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.createEnd(activity)
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.start(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.createEnd(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.start(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityResumed(activity: Activity) {
         if (activity.observeOpening()) {
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.startEnd(activity)
-            uiLoadEventEmitter.resume(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.startEnd(activity)
+            lifecycleEventEmitter.resume(activity)
         }
     }
 
     override fun onActivityPaused(activity: Activity) {
-        uiLoadEventEmitter.abandonTrace(activity)
+        lifecycleEventEmitter.pause(activity)
     }
 
     override fun onActivityStopped(activity: Activity) {
-        uiLoadEventEmitter.reset(activity)
+        lifecycleEventEmitter.stop(activity)
     }
 }
 
 /**
- * Maps an Activity instance's UI Load events the app-wide UI [UiLoadEventListener]
+ * Maps lifecycle events to UI Load events implemented by the given [UiLoadEventListener]
  */
-private class UiLoadEventEmitter(
+private class LifecycleEventEmitter(
     private val uiLoadEventListener: UiLoadEventListener,
     private val clock: Clock,
 ) {
-    fun abandonTrace(activity: Activity) {
-        uiLoadEventListener.abandon(
-            instanceId = traceInstanceId(activity),
-            activityName = activity.localClassName,
-            timestampMs = nowMs()
-        )
-    }
-
-    fun reset(activity: Activity) {
-        uiLoadEventListener.reset(
-            lastInstanceId = traceInstanceId(activity),
-        )
-    }
 
     fun create(activity: Activity) {
         uiLoadEventListener.create(
@@ -191,6 +178,20 @@ private class UiLoadEventEmitter(
         )
     }
 
+    fun pause(activity: Activity) {
+        uiLoadEventListener.exit(
+            instanceId = traceInstanceId(activity),
+            activityName = activity.localClassName,
+            timestampMs = nowMs()
+        )
+    }
+
+    fun stop(activity: Activity) {
+        uiLoadEventListener.reset(
+            lastInstanceId = traceInstanceId(activity),
+        )
+    }
+
     private fun traceInstanceId(activity: Activity): Int = activity.hashCode()
 
     private fun nowMs(): Long = clock.now().nanosToMillis()
diff --git a/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadTraceEmitter.kt b/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadTraceEmitter.kt
index 550c8780c6..b0c769f361 100644
--- a/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadTraceEmitter.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-features/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadTraceEmitter.kt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class UiLoadTraceEmitter(
         }
     }
 
-    override fun abandon(instanceId: Int, activityName: String, timestampMs: Long) {
+    override fun exit(instanceId: Int, activityName: String, timestampMs: Long) {
         currentTracedInstanceId?.let { currentlyTracedInstanceId ->
             if (instanceId != currentlyTracedInstanceId) {
                 endTrace(
diff --git a/embrace-android-features/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadTraceEmitterTest.kt b/embrace-android-features/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadTraceEmitterTest.kt
index 8dce3dd9be..8b9ba9f044 100644
--- a/embrace-android-features/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadTraceEmitterTest.kt
+++ b/embrace-android-features/src/test/java/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/internal/capture/activity/UiLoadTraceEmitterTest.kt
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ internal class UiLoadTraceEmitterTest {
         clock.tick(100L)
 
         // set state of tracker to simulate that at least one activity has been opened
-        traceEmitter.abandon(lastInstanceId, lastActivityName, lastActivityExitMs)
+        traceEmitter.exit(lastInstanceId, lastActivityName, lastActivityExitMs)
         when (previousState) {
             PreviousState.FROM_ACTIVITY -> {
                 // do nothing extra
diff --git a/embrace-test-fakes/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/fakes/FakeUiLoadEventListener.kt b/embrace-test-fakes/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/fakes/FakeUiLoadEventListener.kt
index c6c7bf871f..be58e21add 100644
--- a/embrace-test-fakes/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/fakes/FakeUiLoadEventListener.kt
+++ b/embrace-test-fakes/src/main/kotlin/io/embrace/android/embracesdk/fakes/FakeUiLoadEventListener.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import io.embrace.android.embracesdk.internal.capture.activity.UiLoadEventListen
 class FakeUiLoadEventListener : UiLoadEventListener {
     val events = mutableListOf<EventData>()
 
-    override fun abandon(instanceId: Int, activityName: String, timestampMs: Long) {
+    override fun exit(instanceId: Int, activityName: String, timestampMs: Long) {
         events.add(
             EventData(
                 stage = "abandon",