Observability
Sentry: status and incident history today
Sentry Status shows no open incidents right now.
Last checked against Sentry Status.
Status now
No open incidents or maintenance right now.
22 incidents in the last 90 days (14 major). Most recent major: “Ingestion Halted for EAP data in EU” (2026-10-14). Consider retries, timeouts and a fallback path for this dependency.
Production checklist
Sentry production checklist: 5 checks before launch
- Should do: Scrub personal data before events leave your app
- Good to have: Set trace and replay sample rates for production
- Good to have: Upload source maps to Sentry without serving them publicly
Alternatives
Prometheus
Open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit
Strengths
- Free and open-source
- Powerful query language (PromQL)
Trade-offs
- Requires self-hosting and management
- No long-term storage by default
Datadog
Comprehensive monitoring and analytics platform
Strengths
- All-in-one platform (metrics, logs, traces)
- Beautiful dashboards
Trade-offs
- Vendor lock-in
- Requires agent installation
New Relic
Full-stack observability platform
Strengths
- Comprehensive observability
- Real user monitoring (RUM)
Trade-offs
- Vendor lock-in
- Complex UI for beginners
Grafana Cloud
Managed observability stack with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki
Strengths
- Managed Prometheus and Loki
- Beautiful Grafana dashboards
Trade-offs
- Less comprehensive than Datadog/New Relic
- Requires some self-management
Example stacks with Sentry
Docs and release notes
Check Sentry in your own stack
This page checks Sentry in general. Your repo pins specific versions: the free dependency check reads your manifests and lists what to fix first. Prism Agent runs the same live checks on your whole stack and turns them into a plan your coding agent can build.