diff --git a/packages/api/src/clickhouse/index.ts b/packages/api/src/clickhouse/index.ts
index 28f6a44ee..990240cda 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/clickhouse/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/clickhouse/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from './propertyTypeMappingsModel';
 import {
   SQLSerializer,
+  SearchQueryBuilder,
   buildSearchColumnName,
   buildSearchColumnName_OLD,
   buildSearchQueryWhereCondition,
@@ -1057,27 +1058,25 @@ export const getSessions = async ({
     .map(props => buildCustomColumn(props[0], props[1]))
     .map(column => SqlString.raw(column));
 
-  const query = SqlString.format(
-    `
-        SELECT
-          MAX(timestamp) AS maxTimestamp,
-          MIN(timestamp) AS minTimestamp,
-          count() AS sessionCount,
-          countIf(?='user-interaction') AS interactionCount,
-          countIf(severity_text = 'error') AS errorCount,
-          ? AS sessionId,
-          ?
-        FROM ??
-        WHERE ? AND (?)
-        GROUP BY sessionId
-        ${
-          // If the user is giving us an explicit query, we don't need to filter out sessions with no interactions
-          // this is because the events that match the query might not be user interactions, and we'll just show 0 results otherwise.
-          q.length === 0 ? 'HAVING interactionCount > 0' : ''
-        }
-        ORDER BY maxTimestamp DESC
-        LIMIT ?, ?
-      `,
+  const sessionsWithSearchQuery = SqlString.format(
+    `SELECT
+      MAX(timestamp) AS maxTimestamp,
+      MIN(timestamp) AS minTimestamp,
+      count() AS sessionCount,
+      countIf(?='user-interaction') AS interactionCount,
+      countIf(severity_text = 'error') AS errorCount,
+      ? AS sessionId,
+      ?
+    FROM ??
+    WHERE ? AND (?)
+    GROUP BY sessionId
+    ${
+      // If the user is giving us an explicit query, we don't need to filter out sessions with no interactions
+      // this is because the events that match the query might not be user interactions, and we'll just show 0 results otherwise.
+      q.length === 0 ? 'HAVING interactionCount > 0' : ''
+    }
+    ORDER BY maxTimestamp DESC
+    LIMIT ?, ?`,
     [
       SqlString.raw(buildSearchColumnName('string', 'component')),
       SqlString.raw(buildSearchColumnName('string', 'rum_session_id')),
@@ -1090,9 +1089,36 @@ export const getSessions = async ({
     ],
   );
 
+  const sessionsWithRecordingsQuery = SqlString.format(
+    `WITH sessions AS (${sessionsWithSearchQuery}),
+sessionIdsWithRecordings AS (
+  SELECT DISTINCT _rum_session_id as sessionId
+  FROM ??
+  WHERE span_name='record init' 
+    AND (_rum_session_id IN (SELECT sessions.sessionId FROM sessions))
+    AND (?)
+)
+SELECT * 
+FROM sessions 
+WHERE sessions.sessionId IN (
+    SELECT sessionIdsWithRecordings.sessionId FROM sessionIdsWithRecordings
+  )`,
+    [
+      tableName,
+      SqlString.raw(SearchQueryBuilder.timestampInBetween(startTime, endTime)),
+    ],
+  );
+
+  // If the user specifes a query, we need to filter out returned sessions
+  // by the 'record init' event being included so we don't return "blank"
+  // sessions, this can be optimized once we record background status
+  // of all events in the RUM package
+  const executedQuery =
+    q.length === 0 ? sessionsWithSearchQuery : sessionsWithRecordingsQuery;
+
   const ts = Date.now();
   const rows = await client.query({
-    query,
+    query: executedQuery,
     format: 'JSON',
     clickhouse_settings: {
       additional_table_filters: buildLogStreamAdditionalFilters(
@@ -1104,7 +1130,7 @@ export const getSessions = async ({
   const result = await rows.json<ResponseJSON<Record<string, unknown>>>();
   logger.info({
     message: 'getSessions',
-    query,
+    query: executedQuery,
     teamId,
     took: Date.now() - ts,
   });
diff --git a/packages/api/src/clickhouse/searchQueryParser.ts b/packages/api/src/clickhouse/searchQueryParser.ts
index 434795682..ec21a9f2a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/clickhouse/searchQueryParser.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/clickhouse/searchQueryParser.ts
@@ -588,13 +588,15 @@ export class SearchQueryBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
+  static timestampInBetween(startTime: number, endTime: number) {
+    return `_timestamp_sort_key >= ${msToBigIntNs(
+      startTime,
+    )} AND _timestamp_sort_key < ${msToBigIntNs(endTime)}`;
+  }
+
   // startTime and endTime are unix in ms
   timestampInBetween(startTime: number, endTime: number) {
-    this.and(
-      `_timestamp_sort_key >= ${msToBigIntNs(
-        startTime,
-      )} AND _timestamp_sort_key < ${msToBigIntNs(endTime)}`,
-    );
+    this.and(SearchQueryBuilder.timestampInBetween(startTime, endTime));
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/DOMPlayer.tsx b/packages/app/src/DOMPlayer.tsx
index a13d40d12..97acc14e4 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/DOMPlayer.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/DOMPlayer.tsx
@@ -384,6 +384,12 @@ export default function DOMPlayer({
           </div>
         </div>
       )}
+      {isReplayFullyLoaded && replayer.current == null && (
+        <div className="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center bg-hdx-dark p-4 text-center text-muted">
+          No replay available for this session, most likely due to this session
+          starting and ending in a background tab.
+        </div>
+      )}
       <div
         ref={wrapper}
         className={`player-wrapper overflow-hidden ${
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Dropdown.tsx b/packages/app/src/Dropdown.tsx
index d3a718fd5..417006ecb 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Dropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Dropdown.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Form } from 'react-bootstrap';
 
 export default function Dropdown<T extends string | number>({
+  name,
   className,
   disabled,
   onChange,
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ export default function Dropdown<T extends string | number>({
   style,
   value,
 }: {
+  name?: string;
   className?: string;
   disabled?: boolean;
   onChange: (value: T) => any;
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ export default function Dropdown<T extends string | number>({
 }) {
   return (
     <Form.Select
+      name={name}
       disabled={disabled}
       role="button"
       className={`shadow-none fw-bold ${
diff --git a/packages/app/src/SessionsPage.tsx b/packages/app/src/SessionsPage.tsx
index bc3af74fa..2dce93f3a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/SessionsPage.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/SessionsPage.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Head from 'next/head';
-import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap';
+import { Button, Form } from 'react-bootstrap';
 import {
   useQueryParam,
   StringParam,
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import {
 } from 'use-query-params';
 import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { NumberParam } from 'serialize-query-params';
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify';
 
 import api from './api';
 import SearchTimeRangePicker from './SearchTimeRangePicker';
 import AppNav from './AppNav';
+import Dropdown from './Dropdown';
 import {
   formatDistanceToNowStrictShort,
   formatHumanReadableDate,
@@ -327,6 +329,8 @@ export default function SessionsPage() {
     )}`;
   }, []);
 
+  const [isEmailFilterExpanded, setIsEmailFilterExpanded] = useState(true);
+
   return (
     <div className="SessionsPage d-flex" style={{ height: '100vh' }}>
       <Head>
@@ -382,30 +386,131 @@ export default function SessionsPage() {
             </form>
           </div>
         </div>
-        <form
-          onSubmit={e => {
-            e.preventDefault();
-            setSearchedQuery(inputQuery);
-          }}
-        >
-          <SearchInput
-            inputRef={inputRef}
-            value={inputQuery}
-            onChange={value => setInputQuery(value)}
-            onSearch={() => {}}
-            placeholder="Search for a session by email, id..."
-          />
-          <button
-            type="submit"
-            style={{
-              width: 0,
-              height: 0,
-              border: 0,
-              padding: 0,
+        <div className="d-flex align-items-center">
+          <div className="d-flex align-items-center me-2">
+            <span
+              className="rounded fs-8 text-nowrap border border-dark p-2"
+              style={{
+                borderTopRightRadius: '0 !important',
+                borderBottomRightRadius: '0 !important',
+              }}
+              title="Filters"
+            >
+              <i className="bi bi-funnel"></i>
+            </span>{' '}
+            <div className="d-flex align-items-center w-100 flex-grow-1">
+              <Button
+                variant="dark"
+                type="button"
+                className="text-muted-hover d-flex align-items-center fs-8 p-2"
+                onClick={() => setIsEmailFilterExpanded(v => !v)}
+                style={
+                  isEmailFilterExpanded
+                    ? {
+                        borderRadius: 0,
+                      }
+                    : {
+                        borderTopLeftRadius: 0,
+                        borderBottomLeftRadius: 0,
+                      }
+                }
+              >
+                Email
+              </Button>
+              {isEmailFilterExpanded && (
+                <form
+                  className="d-flex"
+                  onSubmit={e => {
+                    e.preventDefault();
+
+                    // TODO: Transition to react-hook-form or controlled state
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    const value = e.target.value.value;
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    const op = e.target.op.value;
+
+                    setSearchedQuery(
+                      (
+                        inputQuery +
+                        (op === 'is'
+                          ? ` userEmail:"${value}"`
+                          : op === 'is_not'
+                          ? ` -userEmail:"${value}"`
+                          : ` userEmail:${value}`)
+                      ).trim(),
+                    );
+
+                    toast.success('Added filter to search query');
+                    inputRef.current?.focus();
+
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    e.target.value.value = '';
+                  }}
+                >
+                  <Dropdown
+                    name="op"
+                    className="border border-dark fw-normal fs-8 p-2"
+                    style={{ borderRadius: 0, minWidth: 100 }}
+                    options={[
+                      {
+                        value: 'contains',
+                        text: 'contains',
+                      },
+                      { value: 'is', text: 'is' },
+                      { value: 'is_not', text: 'is not' },
+                    ]}
+                    value={undefined}
+                    onChange={() => {}}
+                  />
+                  <Form.Control
+                    type="text"
+                    id="value"
+                    name="value"
+                    className="fs-8 p-2 w-100"
+                    style={{ borderRadius: 0 }}
+                    placeholder="value"
+                  />
+                  <Button
+                    type="submit"
+                    variant="dark"
+                    className="text-muted-hover d-flex align-items-center fs-8 p-2"
+                    style={{
+                      borderTopLeftRadius: 0,
+                      borderBottomLeftRadius: 0,
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    Add
+                  </Button>
+                </form>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <form
+            className="d-flex align-items-center flex-grow-1"
+            onSubmit={e => {
+              e.preventDefault();
+              setSearchedQuery(inputQuery);
             }}
-          />
-        </form>
-        <div style={{ minHeight: 0 }}>
+          >
+            <SearchInput
+              inputRef={inputRef}
+              value={inputQuery}
+              onChange={value => setInputQuery(value)}
+              onSearch={() => {}}
+              placeholder="Search for a session by email, id..."
+            />
+            <button
+              type="submit"
+              style={{
+                width: 0,
+                height: 0,
+                border: 0,
+                padding: 0,
+              }}
+            />
+          </form>
+        </div>
+        <div style={{ minHeight: 0 }} className="mt-4">
           <SessionCardList
             onClick={(sessionId, dateRange) => {
               setSelectedSession({ id: sessionId, dateRange });