BREAKING: Sentry CRITICAL — EU Region Error, Attachment, and Feedback latency [lnsbtfnj7wqz]

Sentry is down: EU Region Error, Attachment, and Feedback latency. Immediate workarounds for indie hackers.

BREAKING: Sentry Critical Outage — EU Region

Status: Identified | Severity: CRITICAL | Last Updated: Now

What's Down and Who's Affected

Sentry's EU infrastructure is experiencing a widespread outage affecting three core services:

Error Reporting: EU-based projects cannot reliably send or receive error data

Attachments: Crash dumps, screenshots, and file uploads are delayed or failing

Feedback Widget: User feedback collection is experiencing severe latency

Who's impacted: Any indie hacker or team using Sentry's EU region. US region appears stable at this time.

Immediate Workarounds (Do This Now)

1. Temporarily Route to US Region

If your SDKs support region configuration, switch temporarily:

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

Sentry.init({ dsn: "https://key@us.sentry.io/project-id", // Use US endpoint region: "us", }); ```

Note: Create a temporary US project if needed. You can migrate back once EU recovers.

2. Disable Attachments Temporarily

```javascript Sentry.init({ maxAttachmentSize: 0, // Disable attachments }); ``` This reduces payload size and may help events get through.

3. Disable Feedback Collection

```javascript Sentry.replaySessionSampleRate = 0; // Disable session replay ``` This lightens the load on your integration.

4. Enable Local Queuing

Implement client-side event queuing to buffer events:

```javascript const queue = []; Sentry.init({ beforeSend(event) { queue.push(event); return null; // Don't send yet }, }); // Retry sending queued events every 30 seconds ```

How to Check If Your Project Is Affected

1. Check Sentry Status Page: https://status.sentry.io/ 2. Test your integration: Send a test error from your app 3. Check dashboards: Try accessing your Sentry project directly. EU region will show error pages or timeout. 4. Monitor your logs: Check your application logs for Sentry delivery failures

Alternative Tools to Consider (Temporary)

While Sentry recovers, consider these lightweight alternatives for critical errors only:

Rollbar: US-based, similar feature set, has free tier

Bugsnag: Global infrastructure, EU region available

LogRocket: Session replay focused, good for debugging

Custom solution: Log errors to your own database temporarily

Important: Don't migrate permanently without testing. Use alternatives only for critical path monitoring.

How to Monitor Recovery

1. Watch the status page: https://status.sentry.io/ (refresh every 5 min) 2. Set up alerts: Use your team's Slack or Discord 3. Test intermittently: Send test events every 10 minutes 4. Monitor metrics: Track event delivery success rate in your logs 5. Join discussion: Check Sentry's GitHub issues and community forums

What to Do Now

1. ✅ Check if you're affected (5 min) 2. ✅ Implement workarounds above (10-15 min) 3. ✅ Test with temporary US region (5 min) 4. ✅ Set up status page monitoring 5. ✅ Communicate with your team

Don't panic. Sentry has solid uptime historically. This appears to be EU-specific. Your application will continue running; you'll just have delayed error visibility.

We'll update as soon as we have recovery timeline. Stay sharp.