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Spike protection keeps triggering after planned audits #113980

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When we run a planned audit that causes a big but expected spike in errors, Sentry’s spike protection turns on (as expected) but then keeps triggering afterward during normal traffic.

This causes:

  • Extra “spike protection triggered/ended” emails
  • Some real production events being dropped even when volume looks normal

Can spike protection handle planned spikes (like audits or load tests) better so that:

  • A one-time, intentional spike doesn’t make the system overly sensitive afterward
  • We don’t lose normal production events or get noisy alerts once traffic is back to usual

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Settings - Spike Protection

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