skills/sentry-cli/references/trace.md

name, version, description, requires

name	version	description	requires
sentry-cli-trace	0.33.0	View distributed traces	bins auth sentry true

Trace Commands

View distributed traces

sentry trace list <org/project>

List recent traces in a project

Flags:

• -n, --limit <value> - Number of traces (1-1000) - (default: "25")
• -q, --query <value> - Search query (Sentry search syntax)
• -s, --sort <value> - Sort by: date, duration - (default: "date")
• -t, --period <value> - Time range: "7d", "2026-04-01..2026-05-01", ">=2026-04-01" - (default: "7d")
• -f, --fresh - Bypass cache, re-detect projects, and fetch fresh data
• -c, --cursor <value> - Navigate pages: "next", "prev", "first" (or raw cursor string)

JSON Fields (use --json --fields to select specific fields):

Field	Type	Description
trace	string	Trace ID
id	string	Event ID
transaction	string	Transaction name
timestamp	string	Timestamp (ISO 8601)
transaction.duration	number	Duration (ms)
project	string	Project slug

Examples:

# List last 20 traces (default)
sentry trace list

# Sort by slowest first
sentry trace list --sort duration

# Filter by transaction name, last 24 hours
sentry trace list -q "transaction:GET /api/users" --period 24h

# Paginate through results
sentry trace list my-org/backend -c next

sentry trace view <org/project/trace-id...>

View details of a specific trace

Flags:

• -w, --web - Open in browser
• --full - Fetch full span attributes (auto-enabled with --json)
• --spans <value> - Span tree depth limit (number, "all" for unlimited, "no" to disable) - (default: "3")
• -f, --fresh - Bypass cache, re-detect projects, and fetch fresh data

Examples:

# View trace details with span tree
sentry trace view abc123def456abc123def456abc12345

# Open trace in browser
sentry trace view abc123def456abc123def456abc12345 -w

# Auto-recover from an issue short ID
sentry trace view PROJ-123

# Filter trace view to one project's spans
sentry trace view my-org/cli-server/abc123def456abc123def456abc12345

# Full trace across all projects (default)
sentry trace view my-org/abc123def456abc123def456abc12345

# Filter trace logs by project
sentry trace logs my-org/cli-server/abc123def456abc123def456abc12345

# Multiple projects via --query
sentry trace logs abc123def456abc123def456abc12345 -q "project:[cli-server,api]"

sentry trace logs <org/project/trace-id...>

View logs associated with a trace

Flags:

• -w, --web - Open trace in browser
• -t, --period <value> - Time range: "7d", "2026-04-01..2026-05-01", ">=2026-04-01" - (default: "14d")
• -n, --limit <value> - Number of log entries (<=1000) - (default: "100")
• -q, --query <value> - Filter query (e.g., "level:error", "project:backend", "project:[a,b]")
• -s, --sort <value> - Sort order: "newest" (default) or "oldest" - (default: "newest")
• -f, --fresh - Bypass cache, re-detect projects, and fetch fresh data

Examples:

# View logs for a trace
sentry trace logs abc123def456abc123def456abc12345

# Search with a longer time window
sentry trace logs --period 30d abc123def456abc123def456abc12345

# Filter logs within a trace
sentry trace logs -q 'level:error' abc123def456abc123def456abc12345

All commands also support --json, --fields, --help, --log-level, and --verbose flags.