Dashboard widgets have unclear functionality and limited flexibility

3/10 Low

Sentry's dashboard widgets are sometimes unclear in purpose and functionality. Users cannot use certain widget types (e.g., big number widgets) with specific datasets like issues, limiting dashboard customization options.

Sentry
Category
dx
Workaround
hack
Stage
monitoring
Freshness
persistent
Scope
single_lib
Upstream
open
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
team

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Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with Sentry for developers in 2025?”4/7/2026

Dashboarding widgets are sometimes a little unclear and limited. Maybe a how-to guide on how to use them all. Like, how come I can't use big number widgets for the issues dataset?

Created: 4/7/2026Updated: 4/7/2026