sentry-conventions

Exception Attributes

Stable Attributes

exception.escaped

SHOULD be set to true if the exception event is recorded at a point where it is known that the exception is escaping the scope of the span.

Property Value
Type boolean
Has PII false
Exists in OpenTelemetry Yes
Example true

exception.message

The error message.

Property Value
Type string
Has PII false
Exists in OpenTelemetry Yes
Example ENOENT: no such file or directory

exception.stacktrace

A stacktrace as a string in the natural representation for the language runtime. The representation is to be determined and documented by each language SIG.

| Property | Value | | — | — | | Type | string | | Has PII | false | | Exists in OpenTelemetry | Yes | | Example | Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Test exception at com.example.GenerateTrace.methodB(GenerateTrace.java:13) at com.example.GenerateTrace.methodA(GenerateTrace.java:9) at com.example.GenerateTrace.main(GenerateTrace.java:5) |

exception.type

The type of the exception (its fully-qualified class name, if applicable). The dynamic type of the exception should be preferred over the static type in languages that support it.

Property Value
Type string
Has PII false
Exists in OpenTelemetry Yes
Example OSError