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Documents the SENTRY_RELEASE and SENTRY_DIST build-time environment variable overrides for sentry.options.json in the app-start-error-capture guide.

⚠️ Based on #17540

Changes:

  • Added "Setting Release and Distribution" env var usage with CLI example
  • Updated EAS Build profiles example to include SENTRY_RELEASE and SENTRY_DIST

⚠️ Should be merged after getsentry/sentry-react-native#6070 ships

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antonis and others added 3 commits April 29, 2026 14:29
Rewrite the Options Merging alert to explain that pre-JS crashes use
only sentry.options.json values, not JS overrides. Add a Setting
Release and Distribution section with guidance on keeping native and
JS release values aligned via SENTRY_RELEASE/SENTRY_DIST env vars.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove env var override content that depends on unreleased SDK changes.
This will be added in a follow-up PR.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
…upport for sentry.options.json

Documents the build-time env var override for release and dist in the
app-start-error-capture guide, including the EAS Build example.

Depends on getsentry/sentry-react-native#6069

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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LGTM!

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…upport (#17546)

## DESCRIBE YOUR PR

Documents the `SENTRY_RELEASE` and `SENTRY_DIST` build-time environment
variable overrides for `sentry.options.json` in the
app-start-error-capture guide.

⚠️ Based on #17540

**Changes:**
- Added "Setting Release and Distribution" env var usage with CLI
example
- Updated EAS Build profiles example to include `SENTRY_RELEASE` and
`SENTRY_DIST`

⚠️ Should be merged after getsentry/sentry-react-native#6070  ships

## IS YOUR CHANGE URGENT?

- [ ] Urgent deadline (GA date, etc.)
- [ ] Other deadline
- [x] None: Not urgent, can wait up to 1 week+

## PRE-MERGE CHECKLIST

- [ ] Checked Vercel preview for correctness, including links
- [ ] PR was reviewed and approved by any necessary SMEs (subject matter
experts)
- [ ] PR was reviewed and approved by a member of the [Sentry docs
team](https://github.com/orgs/getsentry/teams/docs)

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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