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SentryDan MindruProblem & solution
From 57 bugs to 1, thanks to Seer
Summary
Software teams frequently defer low-priority bugs to the backlog because manual triage, investigation, and code fixes consume valuable engineering time. To resolve 56 out of 57 backlog bugs, Dan Mindru utilized Sentry telemetry combined with Seer and the hosted Sentry Model Context Protocol server. Sentry captures context including traces, logs, and session replays, allowing Seer to assess fixability scores and generate pull requests with unit tests for isolated issues. For more intricate problems, developers query production breadcrumbs and telemetry directly in their agentic editors while supplying missing historical business logic. Consequently, automated tool calling and agent workflows drastically lowered the economic cost of addressing routine production bugs.
Context
Software backlogs frequently accumulate low-priority bugs because the economic cost and engineering time needed to investigate and fix them cannot be justified compared to building high-value new features.
Approach / What changed
The author used Sentry and its AI capabilities, including Seer and the hosted Sentry MCP server, to automate root cause analysis and code fixes. Seer analyzes telemetry data, such as traces, logs, and session replays, and automatically opens pull requests on GitHub for isolated issues. For complex bugs, developers query production telemetry directly within IDE agents like Cursor via the Sentry MCP server while supplying proprietary business context.
Takeaways
Seer generates automated pull requests for issues that occurred within the last 14 days, possess sufficient event volume, and meet a minimum fixability score.
The hosted Sentry MCP server enables AI agents in tools like Cursor to inspect production events, breadcrumbs, and telemetry directly during chat investigations.
Seer automatically parses repository rule files for tools like Cursor and Claude Code, ensuring generated fixes follow established codebase conventions.
Source and freshness
- Source
- blog.sentry.io
- Published
- Added to Yomu
- Last updated
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