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cause of an error not being reported/rendered when it's structured data #13357

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@tleunen

Is there an existing issue for this?

How do you use Sentry?

Sentry Saas (sentry.io)

Which SDK are you using?

@sentry/browser

SDK Version

8.25.0

Framework Version

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Link to Sentry event

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Reproduction Example/SDK Setup

I've seen cause being reported in the past when they were of type "error", but when they are simply structured data, it doesn't seem to be reported anywhere.
Although according to MDN, this should be allowed
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/cause#providing_structured_data_as_the_error_cause

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Throw an error with a cause as structured data, such as
throw new Error('Custom error with structured cause', {
        cause: {
          booleanValue: true
          text: 'message',
          array: [1, 2, 3]
        },
      })
  1. Notice the cause never shows up in the web interface for the reported error

Expected Result

The cause should show up

Actual Result

The cause doesn't show up in the reported error, so it removes ability to properly debug things.

Activity

  1. moved this to Waiting for: Product Owner in GitHub Issues with 👀 3on Aug 13, 2024
  2. lforst commented on Aug 13, 2024

    @lforst
    Contributor

    Hi, we'll backlog this. Thanks for reporting!

  3. moved this from Waiting for: Product Owner to No status in GitHub Issues with 👀 3on Aug 13, 2024
  4. lforst commented on Aug 14, 2024

    @lforst
    Contributor

    Related #7051

  5. self-assigned this
    on Oct 15, 2024
  6. removed their assignment
    on Nov 5, 2024
  7. s1gr1d commented on Jan 15, 2025

    @s1gr1d
    Member

    Can be closed as this was fixed here: #9914

  8. ghost added on Aug 12, 2025
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