getsentry / getsentry/sentry-react-native
Add standalone long task detection integration
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## Summary
React Native exposes a [`PerformanceObserver` API](https://reactnative.dev/docs/global-PerformanceObserver) that supports `longtask` entry types. We should add a new integration that uses this to detect and report JS thread long tasks independently of tracing.
## Motivation
Customer request. They want visibility into JS thread blocking at scale across their fleet — frequency, duration, and the ability to filter by custom attributes (userId, orgId, etc). Current stall tracking only attaches measurements to active transactions, so it misses long tasks that happen outside traced operations.
## Requirements
- **Always-on reporting** — must work independently of active traces/transactions, with a configurable sample rate
- **Configurable threshold** — default 50ms from RN is too low for mobile; allow users to set their own (e.g. 200ms)
- **Emit as metrics** — report long task occurrences and durations via `Sentry.metrics` so they're queryable/aggregatable in Dashboards, with user-set tags for filtering
- **Code origin (stretch)** — `PerformanceObserver` does not provide stack traces. Correlating with continuous profiling would be the path here, but depends on continuous profiling support landing first. Out of scope for v1.
## Technical Notes
- RN's `PerformanceObserver.supportedEntryTypes` includes `longtask` — need to verify minimum RN version
- Existing `stallTrackingIntegration` uses a `setTimeout`-based watchdog for similar detection but is transaction-scoped. Consider whether to extend it or build a separate integration
- The JS SDK's browser long task instrumentation creates spans; our use case is different (metrics, not spans) since it needs to work outside transactions
## Open Questions
- Should we also emit long tasks as standalone spans (not tied to a root transaction) or strictly as metrics?
- Should this replace or complement the existing stall tracking integration?
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