Issue
I find that the issue title is often not descriptive enough. Can I display my text instead?
Applies To
- All SaaS Customers and Self-Hosted Users
- Error Monitoring
Resolution
Yes, there are a couple of ways to change the issue title:
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On the SDK side
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Use beforeSend: This is the last thing the event passes by before being sent to Sentry. Here, you can change anything about the event, including its title - usually along the lines of
event.exception.values[0].typeor the equivalent for the SDK of your choice -
Throw your exceptions manually: You can use
Sentry.captureException("My custom title");or the equivalent for the SDK of your choice
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Use beforeSend: This is the last thing the event passes by before being sent to Sentry. Here, you can change anything about the event, including its title - usually along the lines of
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On the Sentry Web UI
- Fingerprint rules: These are usually used to modify the grouping behavior of issues, but you can also use them to change an event's title. Please find how this can be done here.