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Usage

sentry event view [<org>/<project>] <event-id>
View detailed information about a Sentry event by its ID.

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Target Specification

sentry event view <event-id>              # auto-detect from DSN or config
sentry event view <org>/<proj> <event-id> # explicit org and project
sentry event view <project> <event-id>    # find project across all orgs
You can also pass a Sentry event URL: 
sentry event view https://sentry.example.com/organizations/my-org/issues/123/events/abc/

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Flags

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--json
boolean
default:"false"
Output event data as JSON
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--web
boolean
default:"false"
Open the event in your web browser instead of displaying in terminalAlias: -w
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--spans
number
default:"10"
Number of spans to include in the output. Set to 0 or “no” to disable span tree display.When enabled, shows a hierarchical trace tree of spans associated with the event.

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Examples

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View an event (auto-detect context)

sentry event view abc123def456

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View event with explicit org/project

sentry event view my-org/my-project abc123def456

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View event from URL

sentry event view https://sentry.io/organizations/my-org/issues/123/events/abc123/

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Open event in browser

sentry event view abc123def456 --web

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View event with more spans

sentry event view abc123def456 --spans 50

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View event without span tree

sentry event view abc123def456 --spans 0

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Output as JSON

sentry event view abc123def456 --json

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Output

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Human-readable format

Displays:
  • Event ID and timestamp
  • Platform, environment, and release information
  • Error message and type
  • Tags
  • User context (if available)
  • Span tree (if --spans is enabled)

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JSON format

Returns the complete event object including:
  • event - Full event data from Sentry API
  • trace - Trace and span data (if --spans > 0)
    • traceId - Associated trace ID
    • spans - Array of span objects

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