Trimming Sentry event volume with sampleRate and beforeSend
Sentry's sampleRate and beforeSend hook control what leaves your app, but they do different jobs. And the backend can still drop events. Here's how to configure and verify both.
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Sentry's sampleRate and beforeSend hook control what leaves your app, but they do different jobs. And the backend can still drop events. Here's how to configure and verify both.
Sampling rate controls how many transactions Datadog traces, directly affecting APM costs and your ability to spot rare bugs. This post walks through a practical engineering decision: adjusting the rate at runtime, verifying the change, and avoiding common blind spots.