January 2021 Summaries

Sentry has released an update to its JavaScript SDK, which introduces a new feature called Release Health, allowing developers to track the health of their releases and support Web Assembly. The new feature provides early warning systems for mobile and native application developers, enabling them to quickly assess and course-correct bad releases. With Release Health, Sentry can capture session data, including page views, refreshes, and browser tabs, providing insights into crashes, user adoption, and release degradation. The update also brings full suite of Sentry's application monitoring capabilities, including tracing, Discover, and performance monitoring, allowing developers to identify issues, surface errors, and learn how releases are trending over time. Additionally, the update supports Web Assembly, enabling crash reports with source code on the server.

Sentry has introduced a new Ruby SDK that enables performance monitoring for Ruby applications, providing visibility into frontend responses to database queries and distributed tracing capabilities that link backend issues to frontend performance. The SDK supports popular frameworks such as Rails and Rack Middleware, integrates with developer tools like Jira and GitHub, and offers customizable sample rates for sampling traces. With the Ruby SDK, developers can gain insights into their application's performance and identify areas for improvement, helping them modernize their approach to working with Ruby and meet the demands of today's users.

Sentry has received its Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2 certification, which validates the company's ability to handle customer data securely and effectively. This is a significant achievement for cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) companies like Sentry. The SOC 2 Type 2 report assesses the effectiveness of security systems over time, ensuring that they can scale data infrastructure, identify unusual events, and handle security incidents. Sentry continues to prioritize data security in its product design, development, and deployment processes, with customers maintaining control over their data.