getsentry / getsentry/sentry-javascript
Stop setting `event.request` in Browser SDKs
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### Description
Today, we set data about the current page on `event.request` in the Browser SDK. This is done by the HttpContext integration:
```ts
// if none of the information we want exists, don't bother
if (!WINDOW.navigator && !WINDOW.location && !WINDOW.document) {
return;
}
// grab as much info as exists and add it to the event
const url = event.request?.url || getLocationHref();
const { referrer } = WINDOW.document || {};
const { userAgent } = WINDOW.navigator || {};
const headers = {
...event.request?.headers,
...(referrer && { Referer: referrer }),
...(userAgent && { 'User-Agent': userAgent }),
};
const request = {
...event.request,
...(url && { url }),
headers,
};
event.request = request;
```
In product, we show this as "HTTP Request Information" which is pretty confusing. We should stop setting this for browser SDKs, and instead set this information in a different place (e.g. in a `page` context, TBD).
We can then think about instead using this place to store outgoing-request information for failed fetch calls.
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