BREAKING: Sentry experiencing log processing issues — workarounds inside

Sentry is down: Incoherent number of processed logs. Immediate workarounds for indie hackers.

BREAKING: Sentry Log Processing Issues — What You Need to Know

Status: Investigating | Severity: High | Last Updated: Now

What's Affected

Sentry's log ingestion pipeline is experiencing abnormal behavior with processed event counts showing inconsistent values across dashboards. This is affecting:

Real-time error tracking dashboards — counts may not reflect actual errors

Release health monitoring — recovery metrics unreliable

Alert triggering — potential delays or missed notifications

All user tiers — but severity varies by volume

Most impacted: Teams with high event throughput (10k+ events/day) are seeing the most visibility issues.

Immediate Workarounds (Do This Now)

1. Switch to Raw Event Logs

Access your events via Sentry's Issues page rather than relying on aggregated metrics:

Navigate to Issues → Recent Events

Filter by timestamp (last 30 minutes)

Verify errors are still being captured (they are)

2. Silence Non-Critical Alerts

Temporarily disable dashboard-dependent alerts that rely on processed event counts: ``` Settings → Alerts → Disable count-based thresholds ``` Keep error-occurrence alerts active—they're unaffected.

3. Parallel Monitoring Stack

Set up immediate redundancy:

CloudWatch/Stackdriver — forward raw logs in parallel

Log aggregation — pipe stderr to ELK or Datadog temporarily

Direct database queries — if you're self-hosted, query PostgreSQL directly

4. API-Level Health Check

Use Sentry's API to validate data arrival: ```bash curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \ https://sentry.io/api/0/projects/ORG/PROJECT/events/?statsPeriod=1h ``` If this returns events with valid timestamps, your data is reaching Sentry.

How to Check If You're Affected

Your project is likely affected if:

Dashboard event counts differ by >20% from what you expect

Alert thresholds aren't triggering despite known errors

"processed events" graph shows flat lines or impossible jumps

Release health shows 0% session recovery unexpectedly

Your project is NOT affected if:

Individual issues still open/close normally

Raw event data appears in issue details

Errors arrive in your inbox as expected

Alternative Tools to Consider

If you need full redundancy while this resolves:

| Tool | Ramp-up | Cost | Best For | |------|---------|------|----------| | Datadog | 2 hours | $15-40/mo | Complete replacement | | New Relic | 3 hours | $20-50/mo | APM + logs combined | | Rollbar | 1 hour | Free tier available | Drop-in Sentry alternative | | Honeycomb | 4 hours | $25/mo | Advanced debugging | | Self-hosted Sentry | 8 hours | Free | Full control (longer term) |

Recommendation: Rollbar for fastest swap; Datadog if you want the most comprehensive replacement.

Monitoring Recovery

Check Sentry's status page every 10 minutes:

https://status.sentry.io

Subscribe to email alerts (top right)

Know recovery is complete when: 1. Event count graphs resume normal behavior 2. Processed events delta < 5% variance 3. Alert conditions trigger on schedule again 4. Sentry status shows "All systems operational"

Expected resolution: 2-4 hours from incident start.

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Bottom line: Your errors are being captured. Dashboards are lying. Use raw event inspection until this resolves. Don't panic—this is a metrics issue, not data loss.

Stay tuned. We'll update as soon as Sentry confirms resolution.