Trace the complete path of a request—from the initial user interaction across systems and services—to quickly debug errors and performance issues down to the exact function or API call causing the problem.
Tracing for Developers
A single bad query can bring your app to a crawl & send your DB bill into the stratosphere—but finding it in a sea of `EXPLAIN` commands is tough. With Tracing & Insights jump straight to the query causing delays.
Your app usually loads fine, but some actions lag—and you’re not sure why. Trace Explorer shows which API calls are slow, whether it's an overloaded endpoint or a sluggish third-party service. When spikes happen, pinpoint the exact transaction, user, environment, or repo to fix it fast.
A user taps “Place Order,” but instead of an instant confirmation, they’re stuck waiting. The problem? A checkout process that fires multiple requests, but one API call is dragging. Break down the entire flow, see exactly which request is slowing things down, and fix it before it costs you conversions.
How Sentry helps
Metric Alerts
Set alerts for specific performance metrics.
Span Metrics
Analyze span data to understand performance issues.
Performance Issues
Identify and monitor performance problems.
Trace Explorer
Track traces end-to-end to resolve bottlenecks.
Trace View
Visualize dependencies within traces for deeper insights.
Monitoring a production environment is always a challenge, with regular deployments, third party integrations, and the cloud resources we depend on - the number of issues that can fire from any one system increases the complexity of figuring out which service or team owns what. Because of this, it is important to stay one step ahead to provide the quality we demand for our users.
Roni Avidov
Front End Technical Lead
Sentry has made us proactive instead of reactive. We catch issues early, save money, and deliver a better product.
Brook Ballard
Enterprise Architect
Getting started with Sentry is simple
We support every technology (except the ones we don't).
Get started with just a few lines of code.
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import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs'; Sentry.init({ dsn: 'https://[email protected]/0', // We recommend adjusting this value in production, or using `tracesSampler` // for finer control tracesSampleRate: 1.0, });
That's it. Check out our documentation to ensure you have the latest instructions.
FAQs
Tracing provides a connected view of related errors and transactions by capturing interactions among your software systems. With Tracing, Sentry tracks your software performance and displays the impact of errors across multiple systems.
Tracing is available for all languages and platforms that Sentry supports. See the full list here.
To enable Tracing capabilities you need to purchase spans. See docs for pricing details.
To use Tracing, you will first need a Sentry account. If you don’t have a Sentry account, you can create one here. Then, follow the instructions in our docs to use Tracing.
Yes, you can configure your OpenTelemetry SDK to send traces and spans to Sentry. Learn more.
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