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Sentry is down: Issues performance is degraded in the US. Immediate workarounds for indie hackers.

BREAKING: Sentry Performance Degradation in US Region

Status: IDENTIFIED | Severity: MINOR | Impact: Partial Disruption | Last Updated: NOW

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What's Down & Who's Affected

Sentry's Issues dashboard and related performance monitoring is experiencing degraded response times across US infrastructure. This affects:

Issue list loading/filtering

Performance monitoring dashboards

Real-time alert processing (delayed)

Issue detail pages (slow)

If you're on EU/APAC regions: You're likely unaffected at this time.

If your app routes through US data centers: Expect 5-30 second delays on dashboard operations. Error *capture* is mostly unaffected—your events are still being logged.

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Immediate Workarounds (Do This NOW)

1. Use the Sentry API Directly

Bypass the web UI entirely: ```bash curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \ https://sentry.io/api/0/organizations/YOUR_ORG/issues/ \ -G --data-urlencode 'query=is:unresolved' ``` API responses are significantly faster than the web dashboard right now.

2. Switch to Alert Digests Only

In your Sentry project settings → Alerts, temporarily disable real-time notifications and rely on hourly/daily digests. This removes your dependency on the dashboard until recovery.

3. Use CLI Tools

If you have sentry-cli installed: ```bash sentry-cli releases list sentry-cli issues list ``` These bypass the web infrastructure.

4. Reduce Dashboard Load

Avoid auto-refreshing dashboards

Don't open multiple Issue tabs simultaneously

Use narrower date ranges in queries

5. Disable Sentry Temporarily (Last Resort)

If your app depends heavily on real-time Sentry data: ```python import sentry_sdk sentry_sdk.init(dsn=None) # Disable client-side ``` Error events won't be captured, but your app stays fast. Re-enable once recovered.

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How to Check If Your Project Is Affected

Quick Test: 1. Open your Sentry Issues page 2. Load time >10 seconds? You're affected 3. Try the API curl command above—if it's <2 seconds, the API layer is healthy

Regional Check:

US-based projects: Likely degraded

Check your project settings → Organization → Region/Endpoint

If it mentions us- prefix, you're on affected infrastructure

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Alternative Tools to Consider (Temporary)

For this incident window, consider these for non-critical monitoring:

Rollbar (has free tier, minimal setup)

Honeybadger (great error aggregation)

LogRocket (session replay + errors)

Datadog APM (if you're already using it)

New Relic (overkill, but reliable)

Note: We're not recommending migration—just temporary overflow while Sentry recovers.

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How to Monitor Recovery

Status Page: https://status.sentry.io

Subscribe to email updates immediately

Refresh every 5 minutes for incident updates

Health Check Script: ```bash while true; do curl -s -w "Response: %{http_code} | Time: %{time_total}s\n" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" \ https://sentry.io/api/0/organizations/ORG/issues/ | head -1 sleep 30 done ``` When response time drops below 2 seconds consistently, recovery is likely complete.

Community Updates: Follow [@getsentry](https://twitter.com/getsentry) on Twitter for real-time updates.

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Bottom Line

Error capture is working. Your data is safe. Dashboards are slow. Use the API, use the CLI, and keep calm. Sentry has identified the issue—expect updates within 2-4 hours.

Questions? Drop them in the comments below. We're monitoring this together.