September 2016 Summaries

To improve plugin workflow integration, Sentry has migrated its plugins for Github, Pivotal Tracker, and GitLab to React, enabling seamless issue creation and linking between Sentry and these platforms. Users can now easily configure their project's issue tracking integration by going to settings, enabling the plugin, and entering credentials. This move provides cleaner issue creation interfaces without forcing users to navigate away from Sentry issue detail pages, and enhances overall error tracking workflows with integrations for popular apps and services.

Max Bittker is joining the engineering team to improve interaction with Sentry. He comes from New York via Canada, previously worked at OpenRide, and attended the Recurse Center. Max's interests include creative programming, hiking, and unusual bugs.

We're introducing Inbound Data Filters, a new resource that simplifies filtering unwanted issues from Sentry projects. These filters are aimed at making filtering simple and can be enabled in project settings to eliminate inbound issues according to predefined criteria such as localhost/127.0.0.1, browser extensions, legacy browsers, and web crawlers. This feature is designed to automatically remove low-value issues from the inbox, making it easier for users to focus on meaningful errors.