#Sentry github API

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rapid dirge
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Where can I find the information about Sentry's communication with GItHub? Specifically, creation of issues on GitHub upon new issues being made on Sentry, or when a sentry member manually makes an issue on GitHub THROUGH Sentry

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Hi @rapid dirge. I'm happy to dig into this for you! I'll check my internal sources for answers to your question! :wave:

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Here's an overview of how Sentry communicates with GitHub for issue creation, both automatically and manually:

GitHub Issue Management in Sentry

Manual Issue Creation

Once you've navigated to a specific Sentry issue, you'll find the Linked Issues section on the right-hand panel. From there, you can create a new GitHub issue or link an existing one directly from the Sentry UI. [GitHub integration docs]

Note: Manual issue management is available to organizations on Team, Business, or Enterprise plans.

Automatic Issue Creation

To automatically create GitHub issues, you set up an Issue Alert in Sentry. When configuring the alert's action, you select "Create a new GitHub issue". A GitHub issue will then be created automatically whenever the alert is triggered. [GitHub integration docs]

Note: Automatic issue management is available to organizations on Business or Enterprise plans only.

Required GitHub Permissions

For Sentry to create and update GitHub issues, the GitHub integration requires Read & Write access to Issues — specifically "To create GitHub issues from Sentry events and update linked issues." [GitHub integration docs]

Additional Resources

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  • For a general overview of the integration and its capabilities, see the Sentry + GitHub blog post.
  • For automated issue creation tied to User Feedback, there's a separate alert-based workflow described in the User Feedback docs.

⚠️ There is no publicly documented API endpoint for programmatically linking Sentry issues to external trackers like GitHub via the API — this has been noted as a known gap in Sentry's public documentation.

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rapid dirge
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@quiet quest Which repository handles this communication, specifically, when someone clicks on the create an issue button?

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Let me check the knowledge base for you again. One moment! :books:

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The knowledge sources provided do not contain information about which specific repository handles the GitHub issue creation communication when someone clicks the "Create Issue" button in Sentry. The sources describe the functionality of the integration but do not detail the underlying codebase or repository structure responsible for that communication.

For that level of detail, I'd suggest exploring the main Sentry repository directly at github.com/getsentry/sentry, as that is where the core Sentry application logic (including integrations) is typically maintained. You could search for relevant files related to the GitHub integration there. However, I cannot confirm this with certainty based on the available knowledge sources.

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