sentry event view

View detailed information about a Sentry event

Usage

sentry event view [<org>/<project>] <event-id>

View detailed information about a Sentry event by its ID.

Target Specification

sentry event view <event-id>              # auto-detect from DSN or config
sentry event view <org>/<proj> <event-id> # explicit org and project
sentry event view <project> <event-id>    # find project across all orgs

You can also pass a Sentry event URL:

sentry event view https://sentry.example.com/organizations/my-org/issues/123/events/abc/

Flags

--json · boolean · default: "false"

Output event data as JSON

--web · boolean · default: "false"

Open the event in your web browser instead of displaying in terminal

Alias: -w

--spans · number · default: "10"

Number of spans to include in the output. Set to 0 or “no” to disable span tree display.

When enabled, shows a hierarchical trace tree of spans associated with the event.

Examples

View an event (auto-detect context)

sentry event view abc123def456

View event with explicit org/project

sentry event view my-org/my-project abc123def456

View event from URL

sentry event view https://sentry.io/organizations/my-org/issues/123/events/abc123/

Open event in browser

sentry event view abc123def456 --web

View event with more spans

sentry event view abc123def456 --spans 50

View event without span tree

sentry event view abc123def456 --spans 0

Output as JSON

sentry event view abc123def456 --json

Output

Human-readable format

Displays:

• Event ID and timestamp
• Platform, environment, and release information
• Error message and type
• Tags
• User context (if available)
• Span tree (if --spans is enabled)

JSON format

Returns the complete event object including:

• event - Full event data from Sentry API
• trace - Trace and span data (if --spans > 0)
  • traceId - Associated trace ID
  • spans - Array of span objects