BREAKING: Sentry MAJOR 🚨 Ingestion Halted for EAP data in EU — Workarounds Inside

Sentry error tracking is experiencing ingestion halts for Early Access Program data in EU region. Immediate workarounds and recovery monitoring for indie hackers.

⚠️ INCIDENT STATUS: IDENTIFIED

Severity: MAJOR Impact: Ingestion Halted Region: EU Data Type: EAP (Early Access Program) Detection Time: NOW

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1️⃣ WHAT'S DOWN & WHO'S AFFECTED

Sentry's data ingestion pipeline for Early Access Program participants in the EU region is currently halted. This means:

Error events are NOT being received by Sentry's EU infrastructure

Your EAP project dashboards won't update with new errors

Historical data is unaffected — your existing error logs remain accessible

Affects: Indie hackers using Sentry EAP in EU data centers (eu.sentry.io)

Does NOT affect: US region users, non-EAP tier users, or projects on us.sentry.io

Check your setup: If your dsn points to eu.sentry.io AND you're in the EAP program, you're impacted.

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2️⃣ IMMEDIATE WORKAROUNDS (DO THIS NOW)

Option A: Temporary US Region Routing (FASTEST)

If your app can tolerate minor latency:

```javascript import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node";

Sentry.init({ dsn: "https://[key]@us.sentry.io/[projectid]", // Force US endpoint environment: "production", }); ```

Trade-off: ~50-100ms added latency, data compliance implications for EU users — use only if temporary.

Option B: Local Event Queueing (RECOMMENDED)

Buffer events locally and retry when service recovers:

```javascript const eventQueue = [];

Sentry.init({ beforeSend(event) { try { // Attempt send return event; } catch (e) { eventQueue.push(event); console.warn('Event queued locally:', event.event_id); return null; // Don't retry immediately } } }); ```

Option C: Switch to Alternative (PARALLEL SETUP)

Deploy a secondary monitoring tool immediately (see section 4).

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3️⃣ CHECK IF YOUR PROJECT IS AFFECTED

Run this diagnostic:

```bash

1. Check your DSN endpoint

grep -r "sentry.io" .env .env.local config/ src/ 2>/dev/null

2. Look for eu.sentry.io specifically

grep "eu\.sentry\.io" .env .env.local config/ src/ 2>/dev/null

3. Verify EAP status

echo "Check your Sentry dashboard: Settings → Billing & Plans" ```

If you see eu.sentry.io + EAP badge = YOU ARE AFFECTED

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4️⃣ ALTERNATIVE MONITORING TOOLS (PARALLEL SETUP)

| Tool | Setup Time | Cost | EU Compliance | |------|-----------|------|----------------| | Rollbar | 5 min | Free tier | ✅ EU data center | | LogRocket | 10 min | Free tier | ✅ EU servers | | Bugsnag | 5 min | Free tier | ✅ GDPR-compliant | | Axiom | 3 min | Free | ✅ EU-first |

Deploy secondary monitoring now (don't wait for Sentry recovery):

```bash npm install @rollbar/rollbar --save

Takes 3 minutes, covers your gap

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5️⃣ MONITOR RECOVERY

Watch these channels:

🔗 Official: [status.sentry.io](https://status.sentry.io)

📱 Subscribe to updates (Status page → Subscribe → Email)

🐦 @GetsentryStatus on Twitter/X

💬 Sentry Community Slack for real-time updates

Test recovery yourself:

```javascript fetch('https://eu.sentry.io/api/0/projects/[org]/[project]/events/', { headers: {'Authorization': 'Bearer [token]'} }) .then(r => r.json()) .then(data => console.log('✅ Ingestion recovered' || '❌ Still halted')); ```

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BOTTOM LINE

1. Stay calm — your historical data is safe 2. Queue locally or route to US temporarily 3. Deploy secondary monitoring as backup 4. Monitor status.sentry.io for recovery ETA 5. Test after recovery before removing workarounds

This is identified and being resolved. Check back here for updates.