diff --git a/src/sentry/api/endpoints/issues/related_issues.py b/src/sentry/api/endpoints/issues/related_issues.py
index b722f179f5b32..4387521c3c486 100644
--- a/src/sentry/api/endpoints/issues/related_issues.py
+++ b/src/sentry/api/endpoints/issues/related_issues.py
@@ -33,11 +33,4 @@ def get(self, _: Request, group: Group) -> Response:
         :pparam string group_id: the ID of the issue
         """
         related_issues = find_related_issues(group)
-        return Response(
-            {
-                "data": [
-                    {"type": related_set["type"], "data": related_set["data"]}
-                    for related_set in related_issues
-                ]
-            }
-        )
+        return Response({"data": [related_set for related_set in related_issues]})
diff --git a/src/sentry/issues/related/__init__.py b/src/sentry/issues/related/__init__.py
index 8847774232ed7..3148714d42ec1 100644
--- a/src/sentry/issues/related/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sentry/issues/related/__init__.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 }
 
 
-def find_related_issues(group: Group) -> list[dict[str, list[int] | str]]:
-    related_issues: list[dict[str, list[int] | str]] = []
+def find_related_issues(group: Group) -> list[dict[str, str | list[int] | dict[str, str]]]:
+    related_issues: list[dict[str, str | list[int] | dict[str, str]]] = []
     for key, func in RELATED_ISSUES_ALGORITHMS.items():
-        related_issues.append({"type": key, "data": func(group)})
+        data, meta = func(group)
+        related_issues.append({"type": key, "data": data, "meta": meta})
 
     return related_issues
diff --git a/src/sentry/issues/related/same_root_cause.py b/src/sentry/issues/related/same_root_cause.py
index 8e848cb1cffbb..aa822488bc80b 100644
--- a/src/sentry/issues/related/same_root_cause.py
+++ b/src/sentry/issues/related/same_root_cause.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from sentry.utils.query import RangeQuerySetWrapper
 
 
-def same_root_cause_analysis(group: Group) -> list[int]:
+def same_root_cause_analysis(group: Group) -> tuple[list[int], dict[str, str]]:
     """Analyze and create a group set if the group was caused by the same root cause."""
     # Querying the data field (which is a GzippedDictField) cannot be done via
     # Django's ORM, thus, we do so via compare_groups
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def same_root_cause_analysis(group: Group) -> list[int]:
         limit=100,
     )
     same_error_type_groups = [g.id for g in project_groups if compare_groups(g, group)]
-    return same_error_type_groups or []
+    return same_error_type_groups or [], {}
 
 
 def compare_groups(groupA: Group, groupB: Group) -> bool:
diff --git a/src/sentry/issues/related/trace_connected.py b/src/sentry/issues/related/trace_connected.py
index b237fd59c0eb8..1fdf88876cd17 100644
--- a/src/sentry/issues/related/trace_connected.py
+++ b/src/sentry/issues/related/trace_connected.py
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 from sentry.utils.snuba import bulk_snuba_queries
 
 
-def trace_connected_analysis(group: Group) -> list[int]:
+def trace_connected_analysis(group: Group) -> tuple[list[int], dict[str, str]]:
+    """Determine if the group has a trace connected to it and return other issues that were part of it."""
     event = group.get_recommended_event_for_environments()
     if not event or event.trace_id is None:
-        return []
+        return [], {}
 
     org_id = group.project.organization_id
     # XXX: Test without a list and validate the data type
@@ -40,4 +41,4 @@ def trace_connected_analysis(group: Group) -> list[int]:
             if datum["issue.id"] != group.id  # Exclude itself
         }
     )
-    return transformed_results
+    return transformed_results, {"event_id": event.event_id, "trace_id": event.trace_id}
diff --git a/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/issues/test_related_issues.py b/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/issues/test_related_issues.py
index 8dbce03749d03..7fd5c60be299a 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/issues/test_related_issues.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/issues/test_related_issues.py
@@ -46,14 +46,18 @@ def test_same_root_related_issues(self) -> None:
         # https://us.sentry.io/api/0/organizations/sentry/issues-stats/?groups=4741828952&groups=4489703641&statsPeriod=24h
         assert response.json() == {
             "data": [
-                {"type": "same_root_cause", "data": [5]},
-                {"type": "trace_connected", "data": []},
+                {"type": "same_root_cause", "data": [5], "meta": {}},
+                {"type": "trace_connected", "data": [], "meta": {}},
             ],
         }
 
     def test_trace_connected_errors(self) -> None:
         error_event, _, another_proj_event = self.load_errors(self.project, uuid4().hex[:16])
+        group = error_event.group
         self.group_id = error_event.group_id  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        recommended_event = group.get_recommended_event_for_environments()  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+        assert recommended_event is not None  # It helps with typing
+
         assert error_event.group_id != another_proj_event.group_id
         assert error_event.project.id != another_proj_event.project.id
         assert error_event.trace_id == another_proj_event.trace_id
@@ -61,7 +65,15 @@ def test_trace_connected_errors(self) -> None:
         response = self.get_success_response()
         assert response.json() == {
             "data": [
-                {"type": "same_root_cause", "data": []},
-                {"type": "trace_connected", "data": [another_proj_event.group_id]},
+                {"type": "same_root_cause", "data": [], "meta": {}},
+                {
+                    "type": "trace_connected",
+                    # This is the other issue in the trace that it is not itself
+                    "data": [another_proj_event.group_id],
+                    "meta": {
+                        "event_id": recommended_event.event_id,
+                        "trace_id": error_event.trace_id,
+                    },
+                },
             ]
         }