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Seer Data Handling & Automation Safety Checklist

Which Seer projects should stop automatic agent handoff while the public-DSN flaw stays unpatched, what data reaches model vendors, and how to keep Sentry from training on yours.

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Turn off automatic coding-agent handoff on every project that collects events through a public DSN. Under CVE-2026-90999, a fabricated error sent there can steer the agent into running attacker code, and Sentry had published no fix by October 25, 2026. Then settle what Seer sends to model providers and confirm the training opt-in is off.

When you need this

  • Security or legal must approve Seer reading production telemetry and source code.
  • You collect frontend errors through a public DSN and plan to automate fixes.
  • You handle regulated data or need it kept in the EU.

Evaluation criteria

  1. What Seer reads

    Which data feeds Seer?

    Look forSeer reads error messages and stack traces, spans and traces, logs, DOM interactions, profiles, and relevant linked code. Code Review sends only file names and code diffs, plus pull request descriptions, to the AI provider.

  2. Training

    Is your data used to train models?

    Look forSentry uses your data to train generative AI models only with your permission, and AI output stays within your organization. The opt-in sits under Service Data Usage in Legal & Compliance settings. If you opt in, Sentry applies your deletion and retention rules to training data and scrubs personal data (PII) before training.

  3. Model providers

    Who processes the data?

    Look forBy default, models run in Sentry's production infrastructure without model-provider access. Sentry's June 1, 2026 subprocessor list names Anthropic and OpenAI as US AI/ML subprocessors. In June 2025, Sentry's legal team reported data processing agreements (DPAs) and business associate agreements (BAAs) with its ML infrastructure providers. Sentry offers no IP indemnity for AI-generated code, so have legal accept that gap before Seer opens pull requests.

  4. Organization controls

    Who can turn Seer on, and what can it change?

    Look forTurn off Show Generative AI Features to disable generative AI across the organization. Seer settings control features per project and repository, and Advanced Settings can block pull request creation or code pushes. In September 2026, an Elekt developer reported a Seer pull request on an internal repository with generative AI on and no Seer subscription. That report was still open on October 25, 2026, so block pull requests and pushes in Advanced Settings on every repository nobody has approved for Seer.

  5. Automatic handoff and public DSNs

    Can a fabricated error steer an agent?

    Look forCERT/CC published VU#212479 for CVE-2026-90999 on September 16, 2026. Anyone can send events to a public DSN, and those events can reach a coding agent's prompt through Seer and trigger code execution with repository access. NVD marks the CVE Deferred and assigns no score. CISA-ADP supplies the record's only score, a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 for a network attack requiring no privileges or user interaction. CERT/CC records notification to Functional Software, Inc., Sentry's company, on August 13, 2026. On October 25, 2026, the note still read "We have not received a statement from the vendor" and carried no vendor status. GitHub's advisory GHSA-vh55-q5m4-8wr6 named no patched version, and Sentry's GitHub security advisories and changelog did not mention the CVE. Sentry's one advisory on this kind of attack, from June 5, 2026, covers crafted public-DSN events that told agents to install typosquatted npm packages. It calls that attack "not a vulnerability within Sentry" and recommends Inbound Filters, especially IP address filters. Follow CERT/CC's advice on every public-DSN project until Sentry ships a fix, and either disable automated remediation or handoff or restrict agent package installs.

  6. Seer Agent access

    Who sees what Seer Agent finds?

    Look forSeer Agent queries the whole organization and has no finer-grained access controls. It is unavailable when open team access is off. In June 2026, a user asked to delete Seer Agent conversations because everyone in the organization could still see old sessions. Sentry added the request to its backlog, where it sat unresolved on October 25, 2026, so treat every Seer Agent session as visible to the whole organization.

  7. Commits, checks, and hosting

    What lands in your repositories, and where does Seer run?

    Look forIn August 2026, a Wamiz developer reported Sentry support's confirmation that Autofix commits cannot be signed. Sentry recommends making the Code Review check optional, so a Seer outage does not block merges. Seer runs on Sentry SaaS in the US or EU region you choose, and self-hosted Sentry does not include it.

Questions to ask vendors

  1. Which projects collect frontend errors through a public DSN?
  2. Is automatic coding-agent handoff on for any of them?
  3. Has anyone opted the organization in to Service Data Usage for training?
  4. Who can change Seer settings, and who is told when a project's automation level changes?
  5. Do our branch rules require signed commits on the repositories Seer pushes to?

Red flags

  • Automatic handoff to a coding agent on a project with a public DSN.
  • A coding agent allowed to install packages while it investigates a Seer handoff.
  • Treating the generative AI setting as a display option.
  • Seer Code Review set as a required status check.

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  1. Sentry docs: AI Privacy PrinciplesOfficial documentationdocs.sentry.io
  2. Sentry docs: Service Data UsageOfficial documentationdocs.sentry.io
  3. Sentry subprocessors (updated June 1, 2026)Official documentationsentry.io
  4. Sentry docs: AI in SentryOfficial documentationdocs.sentry.io
  5. Sentry docs: SeerOfficial documentationdocs.sentry.io
  6. Sentry docs: AutofixOfficial documentationdocs.sentry.io
  7. Sentry docs: Code ReviewOfficial documentationdocs.sentry.io
  8. Sentry blog: How Seer passes legal review (Jun 27, 2025)Official documentationblog.sentry.io
  9. Sentry docs: Data Storage Location (US or EU)Official documentationdocs.sentry.io
  10. Sentry developer docs: Self-hosted SentryOfficial documentationdevelop.sentry.dev
  11. CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#212479: Sentry Seer (Sep 16, 2026)Public sourcekb.cert.org
  12. NIST NVD: CVE-2026-90999 (published Sep 16, 2026)Public sourcenvd.nist.gov
  13. agyn: PhantomFix, a fabricated bug that hijacks an AI autofix agent (Sep 14, 2026)Public sourceagyn.io
  14. getsentry/sentry issue #125858: Seer opening pull requests without a subscription (Sep 29, 2026)Public sourcegithub.com
  15. getsentry/sentry issue #121146: Sign commits with Seer Autofix (Aug 4, 2026)Public sourcegithub.com
  16. getsentry/sentry issue #118608: Delete Seer Agent chat history (Jun 26, 2026)Public sourcegithub.com
  17. Zcash Foundation Zebra issue #11635: pilot Seer root cause analysis without automatic pull requests (Oct 9, 2026)Public sourcegithub.com
  18. GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-vh55-q5m4-8wr6, CVE-2026-90999 in Sentry Seer (published Sep 16, 2026)Public sourcegithub.com
  19. getsentry/sentry: Security advisories (checked Oct 25, 2026)Public sourcegithub.com
  20. getsentry/sentry advisory GHSA-fx76-375g-xq25: Attempts at prompt injection and supply chain compromise with public DSNs (Jun 5, 2026)Public sourcegithub.com
  21. Sentry changelog (checked Oct 25, 2026)Official documentationsentry.io