November 2015 Summaries

Marking issues as fixed in Sentry has been simplified with the introduction of the Resolved in Next Release feature, which allows users to indicate that a fix should be ignored until their next release when it will automatically be marked as resolved. This new action combines elements of snoozing and resolving an issue, allowing users to manage their workflow more efficiently. The feature is perfect for developers who want to tell Sentry that a fix has been committed in code but should not be bothered with until the next deploy. When the release is created, the status of the issue will be updated to fully resolved, triggering standard regression behavior if it occurs again.

Snoozing Issues in Sentry allows users to specify a duration for muting events, enabling them to temporarily ignore non-critical issues, such as minor outages, and receive notifications only when the issue persists beyond the specified time frame. This feature is particularly useful for service providers like AWS, who may experience occasional minor outages that don't require immediate attention. By snoozing these events, users can avoid unnecessary notifications and focus on more critical issues. The Snoozing feature performs identically to the existing muting functionality, but with the added flexibility of specifying a duration, making it easier to manage non-critical events.

We are introducing a new feature in Sentry designed to reduce the number of notifications users receive without disabling email notifications completely. This feature aims to address two common cases: short periods of high error rates and long, sustained periods of error activity. Project members will now receive an initial notification email followed by a digest summary of any other notifications that occurred soon after the initial notification was sent while the error rate continues to be elevated.

We're excited to announce that Eric Feng is officially joining the engineering team, where he'll be focusing on growth and customer happiness. Eric joins us from Dropbox's developer relations team, having worked on new APIs, docs, talks, and partner marketing.

Sentry is a powerful error tracking tool that offers a wide range of notification systems to support various workflows, including HipChat Connect, which provides improved group chat integration with cards and glances for expandable messages and event details. The new plugin allows users to establish context within a HipChat room regarding Sentry events and enables limited actions directly on events without needing to access Sentry, providing a seamless communication experience between teams.