diff --git a/lib/sentry/transport/rate_limiter.ex b/lib/sentry/transport/rate_limiter.ex
index 4a10ef72..6c01baeb 100644
--- a/lib/sentry/transport/rate_limiter.ex
+++ b/lib/sentry/transport/rate_limiter.ex
@@ -98,13 +98,14 @@ defmodule Sentry.Transport.RateLimiter do
   @doc """
   Checks whether sending items of the given data category is currently limited.
 
-  Logs and metrics have a companion byte category (`log_byte` /
-  `trace_metric_byte`) that Sentry can limit independently of the count
-  category, so a limit on either one must suppress sending. Every other category
-  gates on itself alone.
-
-  So an active `log_byte` limit makes this return `true` for `"log_item"`, even
-  though `rate_limited?("log_item")` on its own is `false`.
+  Logs, metrics, and attachments have companion categories (`log_byte`,
+  `trace_metric_byte`, and `attachment_item`) that Sentry can limit
+  independently of the count category, so a limit on either one must suppress
+  sending. Every other category gates on itself alone.
+
+  So an active `log_byte` limit makes this return `true` for `"log_item"`, and
+  an active `attachment_item` limit does the same for `"attachment"`, even
+  though the corresponding `rate_limited?/1` call on its own is `false`.
   """
   @spec rate_limited_for_category?(String.t()) :: boolean()
   def rate_limited_for_category?("log_item"),
diff --git a/test/sentry/telemetry_processor_integration_test.exs b/test/sentry/telemetry_processor_integration_test.exs
index f6a45fec..a4ae3fd9 100644
--- a/test/sentry/telemetry_processor_integration_test.exs
+++ b/test/sentry/telemetry_processor_integration_test.exs
@@ -519,6 +519,26 @@ defmodule Sentry.TelemetryProcessorIntegrationTest do
              }
     end
 
+    test "sends an error without attachments when attachment items are rate limited", ctx do
+      put_test_config(telemetry_processor_categories: [:error, :log])
+
+      set_rate_limit("attachment_item", scope: :scheduler)
+
+      :ok =
+        Sentry.Context.add_attachment(%Sentry.Attachment{filename: "report.txt", data: "report"})
+
+      on_exit(&Sentry.Context.clear_attachments/0)
+
+      Sentry.capture_message("pre-buffer-attachment-item-limit", result: :none)
+
+      assert [[{%{"type" => "event"}, event}]] = collect_envelopes(ctx.ref, 1, timeout: 2000)
+      assert event["message"]["formatted"] == "pre-buffer-attachment-item-limit"
+
+      assert collect_discarded_outcomes(ctx.ref, "ratelimit_backoff") == %{
+               "attachment" => 1
+             }
+    end
+
     test "sends an error while dropping all of its rate-limited attachments", ctx do
       put_test_config(telemetry_processor_categories: [:error, :log])
 
diff --git a/test/sentry/transport/rate_limiter_test.exs b/test/sentry/transport/rate_limiter_test.exs
index 1b7fd8e7..194fc6c7 100644
--- a/test/sentry/transport/rate_limiter_test.exs
+++ b/test/sentry/transport/rate_limiter_test.exs
@@ -87,6 +87,27 @@ defmodule Sentry.Transport.RateLimiterTest do
       assert RateLimiter.rate_limited?("trace_metric") == false
     end
 
+    test "gates attachments on the attachment limit" do
+      set_rate_limit("attachment")
+
+      assert RateLimiter.rate_limited_for_category?("attachment") == true
+      assert RateLimiter.rate_limited?("attachment") == true
+    end
+
+    test "gates attachments on the attachment_item limit" do
+      set_rate_limit("attachment_item")
+
+      assert RateLimiter.rate_limited_for_category?("attachment") == true
+      assert RateLimiter.rate_limited?("attachment") == false
+    end
+
+    test "does not gate errors on attachment limits" do
+      set_rate_limit("attachment")
+      set_rate_limit("attachment_item")
+
+      assert RateLimiter.rate_limited_for_category?("error") == false
+    end
+
     test "gates a category on itself when it has no companion byte category" do
       set_rate_limit("error")