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Feature: `sentry sdk upgrade` command

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reading the existing sentry cli upgrade command and its entry point to understand the current upgrade experience. Define how the new command would detect SDKs, select package managers, obtain changelogs, and present breaking changes; done means these supported cases and their upgrade behavior are specified.

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Description

Idea

Bring the same upgrade experience to SDK upgrades: a sentry sdk upgrade command that:

  • Detects the installed Sentry SDK in the current project
  • Upgrades it to the latest version
  • Shows the changelog and notable changes

Originated from team-spec-eng-inner discussion (2026-06-03).

Context

The CLI already has sentry cli upgrade for self-upgrades. The idea is to extend this pattern to SDK packages, giving developers a guided upgrade path with visibility into what changed (breaking changes, new features, deprecations).

Dominant language
TypeScript
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121
Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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