Breadcrumbs

Learn more about what Sentry uses to create a trail of events (breadcrumbs) that happened prior to an issue.

Sentry uses breadcrumbs to create a trail of events that happened prior to an issue. These events are very similar to traditional logs, but can record more rich structured data.

This page provides an overview of manual breadcrumb recording and customization. Learn more about the information that displays on the Issue Details page and how you can filter breadcrumbs to quickly resolve issues in Using Breadcrumbs.

You can manually add breadcrumbs whenever something interesting happens. For example, you might manually record a breadcrumb if the user authenticates or another state change occurs.

Manually record a breadcrumb:

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use sentry::{add_breadcrumb, Breadcrumb, Level};

add_breadcrumb(Breadcrumb {
    category: Some("auth".into()),
    message: Some(format!("Authenticated user {}", user.email)),
    level: Level::Info,
    ..Default::default()
});

SDKs and their associated integrations will automatically record many types of breadcrumbs. For example, the browser JavaScript SDK will automatically record clicks and key presses on DOM elements, XHR/fetch requests, console API calls, and all location changes.

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