<no message value> entries in Sentry from raven.js

Versions:
raven.js 3.5.0 Sentry: 8.3.3 Exception Handler: AngularJS 1.5.8

Hi, I have one of the following in my AJS exception handler. This generates ‘no message value’ entries but more detailed content.

Raven.captureException(exception);

This, however, has a proper message header but much less detail in the content:

Raven.captureException(exception.stack);

For visual reference, I have the following generated in Sentry depending on when I pass ‘exception.stack’ vs ‘exception’ to Raven.captureException: Thoughts greatly appreciated.

[benvinegar]

@vladgurovich – totally fair; we’ll try to better assess behavior changes as they correspond with Sentry server versions going forward.

[benvinegar]

Sentry: 8.3.3

@megabyzus @biggestT – okay, I totally missed this piece of information. You’re using older on-premise versions.

And yeah, this is the cause. In Sentry 8.6 we made some changes so that the message interface is no longer necessary. I should have noted this in my release notes for raven-js. An oversight on my part; I am developing against getsentry/sentry master almost 100% of the time.

So, a couple ideas here:

1. revert back to raven-js 3.4.x … OR
2. upgrade your Sentry to 8.6 (tougher)

I also recommend, if you are using on-premise Sentry, you should be pinning you raven-js versions explicitly.