Loader stub silently drops calls outside queued method list, which results in either silent no-ops
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
Research direction
Start by reading packages/browser-integration-tests/fixtures/loader.js to trace the pre-load method queue, then compare its entries with the addIntegration implementation in packages/core/src/integration.ts. Confirm how queued calls are replayed after loading and verify that the chosen guardrail handles addIntegration without changing existing queued methods.
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Description
Problem Statement
Problem
The CDN loader stub only queues a fixed set of SDK methods pre-load (init, addBreadcrumb, captureMessage, captureException, captureEvent, configureScope, withScope, showReportDialog). Any SDK call outside this list — such as addIntegration — is silently absent on the window.Sentry proxy before the full bundle loads, causing either silent no-ops or runtime crashes depending on timing.
The correct workaround is wrapping such calls in Sentry.onLoad(...), but the loader provides no mechanism to enforce this, making it easy to write code that works in development (where the bundle may already be loaded) but crashes in production.
Current Behavior
- Unrecognized calls on the pre-load proxy are
undefined— calling them throws or silently does nothing addIntegrationis a notable gap: it is a common post-init call pattern that the loader stub does not queue
Gap
- No TypeScript or runtime guardrail prevents calling unqueued methods before
onLoad - The failure mode is timing-dependent and hard to reproduce locally
Solution Brainstorm
Options
- Extend the queued method list — add
addIntegration(and other commonly used post-init methods) to the pre-load queue so they are replayed after the bundle loads, consistent with howinitis handled - Catch-all no-op proxy — intercept any unrecognized property access pre-load and return a no-op function; prevents crashes but silently swallows calls
- Catch-all replay proxy — queue all unrecognized calls (not just the fixed list) and attempt replay post-load; broader coverage but requires more careful handling of methods with return values
Option 1 is the lowest-risk and most targeted fix. Option 3 is the most ergonomic for callers but adds complexity to the replay logic.
Additional Context
References
- Loader stub source:
packages/browser-integration-tests/fixtures/loader.js addIntegrationimplementation:packages/core/src/integration.ts
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