BREAKING: Sentry US Region Down – Ingestion & Query Issues [Action Required]

Sentry experiencing widespread ingestion and query failures for logs, spans, and traces in US region. Immediate workarounds and alternatives inside.

BREAKING: Sentry US Region Outage – What You Need to Know Right Now

What's Down (And Who's Affected)

Sentry is currently experiencing ingestion and query issues affecting their US region infrastructure. This impacts:

Log ingestion: New error logs may fail to ingest or be delayed

Span/trace ingestion: APM data (Application Performance Monitoring) is affected

Query operations: Retrieving historical data from dashboards is slow or failing

Who's hit: Primarily US-based Sentry accounts; EU regions appear unaffected at this time

Status: Investigating (as of last update). No ETA yet, but Sentry is actively working on it.

Immediate Workarounds – DO THIS NOW

1. Temporarily Disable Sentry SDKs (If Critical)

If your application is throwing errors due to Sentry timeouts, wrap your SDK initialization:

```javascript const dsn = process.env.SENTRY_DISABLED === 'true' ? null : 'your-dsn'; Sentry.init({ dsn }); ```

2. Enable Local Error Logging

Start shipping errors to your own logging stack immediately:

```javascript const log = (error) => { console.error(error); // Send to your backup: LogRocket, Datadog, or even Postgres }; ```

3. Switch to EU Region (Temporary)

If you have EU region credentials, flip your DSN temporarily. Not ideal, but errors will be captured.

4. Reduce Sampling (If Data Does Go Through)

Lower your tracesSampleRate to 0.1–0.2 to reduce load:

```javascript Sentry.init({ tracesSampleRate: 0.1, // Was 1.0 }); ```

How to Check If Your Project Is Affected

1. Test ingest: Send a test error via your SDK 2. Check Sentry status page: https://status.sentry.io (real-time updates) 3. Verify region: Log into Sentry → Settings → check your organization's region 4. Monitor your error logs: Check if new errors appear in your Sentry dashboard within 2–5 minutes

Alternative Tools to Consider (Short-Term)

| Tool | Best For | Setup Time | |------|----------|------------| | LogRocket | Frontend errors + session replay | 5 min | | Datadog | Full-stack monitoring | 15 min | | Rollbar | Quick error tracking | 5 min | | Bugsnag | Lightweight APM | 10 min | | Local logging | Temporary fallback | <1 min |

For indie hackers on a budget: use local logging + Rollbar's free tier as a bridge until Sentry recovers.

How to Monitor Recovery

1. Watch the status page: https://status.sentry.io (refreshes every 5 min) 2. Set up alerts: Follow @getsentry on Twitter for updates 3. Test every 10 minutes: Send a test event; when it appears in your dashboard, you're back 4. Check Sentry's Discord: Community reports often surface before official updates

Bottom Line

This is not a security issue—just infrastructure stress. Your data isn't at risk. Stay calm, implement workarounds if critical, and monitor the status page.

Sentry will recover. Until then: local logging + one backup tool = peace of mind.

Stay sharp. ✌️