getsentry / getsentry/sentry

Include Seer RCA in Slack and incident.io alerts

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Description

When alerts fire to Slack or incident.io, include available Seer root cause analysis so responders get RCA context in the alert itself instead of hunting it down in Sentry.

Current behavior

  • Slack has Seer RCA workflows and activity notifications that can surface RCA after the fact (#117543, #118294, docs in sentry-docs#16901), but issue/metric alert payloads do not attach RCA up front.
  • incident.io can receive issue alerts; metric alert routing is still open (#88159). Neither path appears to carry Seer RCA content.

Gap

Triage often starts from the Slack or incident.io alert. Without RCA in that payload, on-call has to open Sentry and locate Seer output separately, which slows first response.

Related

Requested by Colin Kawai via Junior.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing Slack Seer RCA work in #117543 and #118294, the related Jira RCA issue #92405, and incident.io metric alert routing in #88159. Trace the issue and metric alert paths for both destinations and determine where available Seer RCA is assembled. Done means Slack and incident.io alert payloads include RCA context when available, without breaking alerts that lack it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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