diff --git a/.changesets/set-render-metadata-as-tags-on-render-error.md b/.changesets/set-render-metadata-as-tags-on-render-error.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0caa2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changesets/set-render-metadata-as-tags-on-render-error.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+type: add
+---
+
+Set render metadata as tags on render error. When a template rendering error is reported, its backtrace is limited to the Elixir process that is spawned to render the template. Add information about the template and view being rendered as tags, to provide additional context about the error.
diff --git a/lib/appsignal_phoenix/event_handler.ex b/lib/appsignal_phoenix/event_handler.ex
index e3b0653..7b628c8 100644
--- a/lib/appsignal_phoenix/event_handler.ex
+++ b/lib/appsignal_phoenix/event_handler.ex
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ defmodule Appsignal.Phoenix.EventHandler do
   def phoenix_template_render_start(_event, _measurements, metadata, _config) do
     parent = @tracer.current_span()
 
+    _ =
+      @span.set_sample_data_if_nil(@tracer.root_span(), "tags", %{
+        "phoenix_template" => metadata.template,
+        "phoenix_format" => metadata.format,
+        "phoenix_view" => module_name(metadata.view)
+      })
+
     "http_request"
     |> @tracer.create_span(parent)
     |> @span.set_name(
diff --git a/test/appsignal_phoenix/event_handler_test.exs b/test/appsignal_phoenix/event_handler_test.exs
index 13cc153..c452820 100644
--- a/test/appsignal_phoenix/event_handler_test.exs
+++ b/test/appsignal_phoenix/event_handler_test.exs
@@ -254,6 +254,18 @@ defmodule Appsignal.Phoenix.EventHandlerTest do
       assert {:ok, [{%Span{}, "appsignal:category", "render.phoenix_template"}]} =
                Test.Span.get(:set_attribute)
     end
+
+    test "sets the root span's tags" do
+      assert {:ok,
+              [
+                {%Span{}, "tags",
+                 %{
+                   "phoenix_template" => "template",
+                   "phoenix_format" => "html",
+                   "phoenix_view" => "PhoenixWeb.View"
+                 }}
+              ]} = Test.Span.get(:set_sample_data_if_nil)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "after receiving an render-start and an render-stop event" do