We are making certain changes to how long we retain your data and make it available for querying.
Starting August 27, 2025, we’ll be ingesting 13 months sampled data spans/transactions data on Business plans.
The following changes to data retention and available query windows will be effective November 2025.
Team plan
| Event Type | Previous | Aug - Oct 2025 | Nov 2025* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logs | n/a | 30 days | 30 days |
| Spans/Transactions | 90 days | 90 days | 30 days |
| Profiles | 90 days | 90 days | 30 days |
Business plan
| Event Type | Previous | Aug - Oct 2025 | Nov 2025* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logs | n/a | 30 days | 30 days |
| Spans/Transactions | 90 days | 90 days + 13 months sampled | 30 days + 13 months sampled |
| Profiles | 90 days | 90 days | 30 days |
*For annual plans, this change will be effective at your next annual renewal after October 2025.
Spans/Transactions available with 30 days + 13 months sampled retention
On August 27, we will start storing a sampling of spans for 13 months. In November, the Explore->Traces UX will let you query spans data. 13 months of sampled retention allows users to compute their metrics over longer time ranges and even do year-over-year comparisons in key metrics like web vitals.
When will I begin to see the new retention changes in my org
Retention is set at the time the data is ingested. That means that any data that was ingested with the original 90 day retention period (prior to these changes) will continue to be retained for 90 days. Only new data, after this change is effective, will be retained for the new period.
This also applies during plan upgrades or downgrades: if a user’s retention period changes due to a plan change, any existing data will still have the previous retention period.
For a complete overview of data retention, please visit our data retention docs.
FAQs
- What if I need full data retention for 90days
- This will not be possible today. In the future we may allow users to have customized retention policies
- When will I have access to querying 13 months of data
- The exact dates are TBD, but we anticipate making this available in November. At this time, we will only have data from Aug 27. You will see more data available to query as time passes
- What if I don’t want 13 months of sampled data
- Please write to feedback-tracing@sentry.io and the product teams will consider your use case. We’re actively looking into possibilities of giving users customizable retention policies
- What if I don’t see logs or spans on my account?
- If you don’t see logs or spans in your subscription page, you may be on one of our older plans. To upgrade please follow these instructions or contact support with any questions