diff --git a/internal/measurexlite/dialer.go b/internal/measurexlite/dialer.go
index 7d81a5f..bfd67e1 100644
--- a/internal/measurexlite/dialer.go
+++ b/internal/measurexlite/dialer.go
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ func (tx *Trace) OnConnectDone(
 	started time.Time, network, domain, remoteAddr string, err error, finished time.Time) {
 	switch network {
 	case "tcp", "tcp4", "tcp6":
+
+		// insert into the tcpConnect buffer
 		select {
 		case tx.tcpConnect <- NewArchivalTCPConnectResult(
 			tx.Index,
@@ -63,6 +65,23 @@ func (tx *Trace) OnConnectDone(
 		):
 		default: // buffer is full
 		}
+
+		// insert into the networkEvent buffer
+		// see https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/2254
+		select {
+		case tx.networkEvent <- NewArchivalNetworkEvent(
+			tx.Index,
+			started.Sub(tx.ZeroTime),
+			netxlite.ConnectOperation,
+			"tcp",
+			remoteAddr,
+			0,
+			err,
+			finished.Sub(tx.ZeroTime),
+		):
+		default: // buffer is full
+		}
+
 	default:
 		// ignore UDP connect attempts because they cannot fail
 		// in interesting ways that make sense for censorship
diff --git a/internal/measurexlite/dialer_test.go b/internal/measurexlite/dialer_test.go
index d652532..fb95069 100644
--- a/internal/measurexlite/dialer_test.go
+++ b/internal/measurexlite/dialer_test.go
@@ -97,31 +97,59 @@ func TestNewDialerWithoutResolver(t *testing.T) {
 		if conn != nil {
 			t.Fatal("expected nil conn")
 		}
-		events := trace.TCPConnects()
-		if len(events) != 1 {
-			t.Fatal("expected to see single TCPConnect event")
-		}
+
 		expectedFailure := netxlite.FailureInterrupted
-		expect := &model.ArchivalTCPConnectResult{
-			IP:   "1.1.1.1",
-			Port: 443,
-			Status: model.ArchivalTCPConnectStatus{
-				Blocked: nil,
-				Failure: &expectedFailure,
-				Success: false,
-			},
-			T: time.Second.Seconds(),
-		}
-		got := events[0]
-		if diff := cmp.Diff(expect, got); diff != "" {
-			t.Fatal(diff)
-		}
+
+		t.Run("for TCPConnect", func(t *testing.T) {
+			events := trace.TCPConnects()
+			if len(events) != 1 {
+				t.Fatal("expected to see single TCPConnect event")
+			}
+			expect := &model.ArchivalTCPConnectResult{
+				IP:   "1.1.1.1",
+				Port: 443,
+				Status: model.ArchivalTCPConnectStatus{
+					Blocked: nil,
+					Failure: &expectedFailure,
+					Success: false,
+				},
+				T: time.Second.Seconds(),
+			}
+			got := events[0]
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(expect, got); diff != "" {
+				t.Fatal(diff)
+			}
+		})
+
+		t.Run("for NetworkEvents", func(t *testing.T) {
+			events := trace.NetworkEvents()
+			if len(events) != 1 {
+				t.Fatal("expected to see single NetworkEvent event")
+			}
+			expectedFailure := netxlite.FailureInterrupted
+			expect := &model.ArchivalNetworkEvent{
+				Address:       "1.1.1.1:443",
+				Failure:       &expectedFailure,
+				NumBytes:      0,
+				Operation:     netxlite.ConnectOperation,
+				Proto:         "tcp",
+				T0:            0,
+				T:             time.Second.Seconds(),
+				TransactionID: 0,
+				Tags:          []string{},
+			}
+			got := events[0]
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(expect, got); diff != "" {
+				t.Fatal(diff)
+			}
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("DialContext discards events when buffer is full", func(t *testing.T) {
 		zeroTime := time.Now()
 		trace := NewTrace(0, zeroTime)
 		trace.tcpConnect = make(chan *model.ArchivalTCPConnectResult) // no buffer
+		trace.networkEvent = make(chan *model.ArchivalNetworkEvent)   // ditto
 		dialer := trace.NewDialerWithoutResolver(model.DiscardLogger)
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 		cancel() // we cancel immediately so connect is ~instantaneous
@@ -132,10 +160,20 @@ func TestNewDialerWithoutResolver(t *testing.T) {
 		if conn != nil {
 			t.Fatal("expected nil conn")
 		}
-		events := trace.TCPConnects()
-		if len(events) != 0 {
-			t.Fatal("expected to see no TCPConnect events")
-		}
+
+		t.Run("for TCPConnect", func(t *testing.T) {
+			events := trace.TCPConnects()
+			if len(events) != 0 {
+				t.Fatal("expected to see no TCPConnect events")
+			}
+		})
+
+		t.Run("for NetworkEvents", func(t *testing.T) {
+			events := trace.NetworkEvents()
+			if len(events) != 0 {
+				t.Fatal("expected to see no NetworkEvent events")
+			}
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("DialContext ignores UDP connect attempts", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -151,10 +189,20 @@ func TestNewDialerWithoutResolver(t *testing.T) {
 		if conn != nil {
 			t.Fatal("expected nil conn")
 		}
-		events := trace.TCPConnects()
-		if len(events) != 0 {
-			t.Fatal("expected to see no TCPConnect events")
-		}
+
+		t.Run("for TCP connect", func(t *testing.T) {
+			events := trace.TCPConnects()
+			if len(events) != 0 {
+				t.Fatal("expected to see no TCPConnect events")
+			}
+		})
+
+		t.Run("for NetworkEvents", func(t *testing.T) {
+			events := trace.NetworkEvents()
+			if len(events) != 0 {
+				t.Fatal("expected to see no NetworkEvent events")
+			}
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("DialContext uses a dialer without a resolver", func(t *testing.T) {