diff --git a/temporalio/worker/workflow_sandbox/_importer.py b/temporalio/worker/workflow_sandbox/_importer.py
index 010c0c082..79afd7e0a 100644
--- a/temporalio/worker/workflow_sandbox/_importer.py
+++ b/temporalio/worker/workflow_sandbox/_importer.py
@@ -38,6 +38,58 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
+class _SuspendMonitoring:
+    """Suspend sys.monitoring events while the sandbox importer is active.
+
+    sys.monitoring callbacks are global (fire on all threads). If a callback
+    (e.g. coverage's branch tracer) triggers a lazy import while the sandbox
+    importer is active on this thread, the sandbox intercepts it and the
+    workflow fails. Suspending monitoring prevents this.
+
+    Uses reference counting so concurrent sandbox activations (from multiple
+    worker threads) correctly share the global monitoring state.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._count = 0
+        self._saved: dict[int, int] = {}
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> _SuspendMonitoring:
+        monitoring = getattr(sys, "monitoring", None)
+        if monitoring is None:
+            return self
+        with self._lock:
+            self._count += 1
+            if self._count == 1:
+                for tool_id in range(6):
+                    try:
+                        events = monitoring.get_events(tool_id)
+                        if events:
+                            self._saved[tool_id] = events
+                            monitoring.set_events(tool_id, 0)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        pass
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args: object) -> None:
+        monitoring = getattr(sys, "monitoring", None)
+        if monitoring is None:
+            return
+        with self._lock:
+            self._count -= 1
+            if self._count == 0:
+                for tool_id, events in self._saved.items():
+                    try:
+                        monitoring.set_events(tool_id, events)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        pass
+                self._saved.clear()
+
+
+_suspend_monitoring = _SuspendMonitoring()
+
 # Set to true to log lots of sandbox details
 LOG_TRACE = False
 _trace_depth = 0
@@ -147,7 +199,8 @@ def applied(self) -> Iterator[None]:
                     self.import_func,  # type: ignore[reportArgumentType]
                 ):
                     with self._builtins_restricted():
-                        yield None
+                        with _suspend_monitoring:
+                            yield None
         finally:
             Importer._thread_local_current.importer = orig_importer