Notification types
Issue alerts
Triggered by alert rules. Notifies you when a new issue is created, a regression occurs, or frequency thresholds are crossed.
Workflow
Activity on issues you are subscribed to — comments, assignment changes, status changes, and regressions.
Deploy
Sent when a release is deployed to an environment. You can receive notifications for all deploys or only releases that contain your commits.
Spike protection
Warns you when inbound event volume spikes significantly above your baseline, which could indicate an incident or runaway error.
Quota
Alerts when your organization approaches or reaches its event quota (errors, transactions, replays, spans, and so on).
Weekly reports
A weekly summary of your top issues, error volume trends, and performance stats.
Notification channels
Sentry delivers notifications through the following channels:- Email
- Slack
- PagerDuty
- Microsoft Teams
- Discord
The default channel. Sentry sends HTML emails for issue alerts, workflow notifications, and digests. You can configure your email address under User Settings → Account.Digest emails bundle multiple issue alert notifications into a single email, reducing inbox noise. The digest is sent at most once per the configured interval (default: 5 minutes).
Personal notification settings
Each user can override organization defaults in User Settings → Notifications. Settings are organized by notification type:| Type | Available options |
|---|---|
| Issue alerts | Always, Never |
| Workflow | Always, Only on issues I subscribe to, Never |
| Deploy | Always, Only on my commits, Never |
| Quota | Always, Never |
| Weekly reports | Always, Never |
| Spike protection | Always, Never |
Organization-level defaults
Organization owners and managers can set default notification preferences for all members under Organization Settings → Notifications. Members can override these defaults in their personal settings.Configuring notification actions in alert rules
When creating or editing an alert rule, the Actions section lets you add one or more notification targets. Each target specifies:- Channel — email, Slack, PagerDuty, MSTeams, Discord, or webhook
- Target — a specific user, team, channel, or service
- Trigger level — warning or critical (metric alerts only)
- Send a Slack message to
#backend-alertsinMy Workspace
Issue subscriptions
You are automatically subscribed to an issue when you:- Comment on it
- Are assigned to it
- Bookmark it
- Change its status
- Are @mentioned in a comment
- Are a member of a @mentioned team