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Walk through open Sentry issues for tooll3, latest first, proposing a fix and committing each one separately with user review between. Use when the user wants to triage Sentry, fix Sentry issues, work through the Sentry backlog, or invokes /sentry-fix.

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sentry-fix

Drive a review-gated loop over open Sentry issues for the tooll/tooll3 project. One commit per issue, user reviews between each.

Prerequisites — check before doing anything else

  1. Token present. Read .env at repo root. If SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN= is empty or the file does not exist, stop and tell the user:
    • Create a token at https://sentry.io/settings/account/api/auth-tokens/ with both event:read and event:write scopes. event:read covers listing/fetching; event:write is required to mark issues resolved at hand-off.
    • Copy .env.example to .env and paste the token in.
    • Then re-invoke the skill.
  2. Helper script reachable. Confirm Scripts/sentry-issues.ps1 exists. If not, the skill is incomplete — tell the user.

If a -Resolve call returns 403 Forbidden, the token is read-only — tell the user to regenerate it with event:write (Sentry doesn't allow editing scopes after creation).

Do not store the token, do not echo it, do not print it.

Step 1 — list open issues

Run:

.\Scripts\sentry-issues.ps1 -List -Limit 25

That returns slimmed JSON, latest-lastSeen first. Parse it.

Show the user a compact table — short ID, title, level, count, lastSeen — and ask them to confirm they want to start with #1, or pick a different issue / skip filter. Do not auto-start without a confirm; some issues may be already-known noise.

If the list is empty, say so and stop.

Step 2 — per-issue loop

For the chosen issue:

2a. Fetch details

.\Scripts\sentry-issues.ps1 -Issue <numericId>

This returns { issue, event }. The interesting bits:

  • issue.title, issue.culprit, issue.metadata
  • event.entries[?type=='exception'].data.values[*].stacktrace.frames — frames with filename, function, lineNo, inApp
  • event.tags — release, environment, os, runtime
  • event.contexts — useful runtime/device context

2b. Map stack frames to repo files

Sentry stack-trace filenames look like D:\a\tixl\tixl\Core\Operator\Symbol.cs (CI build path) or relative like Gui\Windows\SymbolLib\NamespaceTreeNode.cs. To resolve:

  • Strip the CI prefix (D:\a\tixl\tixl\) — what remains is repo-relative.
  • Convert \ to / if needed for the Read tool.
  • The lineNo from Sentry is 1-based and lines up with the file in main.

Read the named function plus ~20 lines of surrounding context. Read every inApp: true frame from the top of the stack until you've understood the trigger. Stop reading once you have enough to explain the cause — don't open every frame in the trace.

2c. Analyze and explain

Write a short root-cause statement to the user — 2-4 sentences. State which null reference, which invariant was broken, which input was unexpected. Cite the exact file:line you read. If you genuinely can't determine the cause from the trace (missing context, intermittent timing bug, third-party code), say so and ask if the user wants to skip or annotate the issue in Sentry instead of fixing blind.

2d. Propose the fix

Describe the fix in 1-3 bullets before editing. Mention:

  • What you'll change and where (file:line).
  • Why it's the right level of fix vs. a deeper refactor (defer the refactor unless trivial).
  • Risk: are other call sites affected?

Wait for user "go" / "yes" / "do it" — or pushback. Do not edit without an ack.

2e. Apply

Edit minimally. Follow .agentic/AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md rules:

  • No allocations / LINQ in per-frame paths.
  • Match nearby style; CRLF line endings for .cs files unless the file is LF.
  • Don't refactor or "tidy up" surrounding code.

2f. Build the affected project

Identify the project from the changed file's path (Core, Editor, Operators/Lib, etc.) and run:

dotnet build <project>.csproj

If the build fails, fix the build error before continuing. Do not hand off a broken build for review.

2g. Hand off for review — do not commit

The user commits the change themselves, so they're forced to review every diff before it lands. After the build is green:

  1. Run git status --short and git diff --stat so the user sees what they're reviewing.

  2. Draft a suggested commit message in a fenced block (don't run git commit). Format:

    <area>: <one-line fix summary>
    
    Fixes Sentry tooll3 issue <SHORT-ID> (<permalink>).
    <2-4 lines: what was happening, what the fix does, any caveats.>
    

    Examples of <area>: Core, Editor, Operators, Gui. Match the project root the file lives in. Do not include Co-Authored-By unless the user has asked for it project-wide — check git log for the recent convention.

  3. State the next issue from the list (short-ID + title) so the user knows what's queued.

2h. Pause for the user

Stop and wait. Do not run git commit, git add, or move to the next issue. End the hand-off message with the question:

Resolve Sentry <SHORT-ID> as fixed-in-next-release? Reply next to mark resolved and continue, next nores to continue without resolving, or skip / revert / stop.

User reply mapping:

  • next / yes / continue — first run Scripts\sentry-issues.ps1 -Resolve <numericId> -InNextRelease, then proceed to the next issue (step 2a). Sentry auto-resolves on the next release tag and auto-reopens as a regression if it recurs.
  • next nores / next no — proceed to the next issue without resolving. Use this when the user committed but isn't confident enough to mark resolved (e.g. wants to manually verify first).
  • skip — drop the current next-issue, present the one after. Don't resolve.
  • revert / undo — they've reverted the working-tree edit themselves; re-examine or move on. Don't resolve.
  • stop — end the session. Don't resolve.

If the user only says next without any explicit yes/no on resolution, treat it as the default (next = resolve). If they previously said next nores for some issues, don't assume that sticks for the next one — re-ask each time.

If the user says nothing or asks a question, answer the question and stay paused.

Won't-fix items (Archive instead of Resolve)

Some issues aren't fixable from TiXL's code: driver bugs (DXGI E_NOTIMPL), library version mismatches we don't control, user environment problems (missing .NET runtime on the target machine in a way TiXL can't detect), broken installs we can't recover. For these, mark the issue archived on Sentry instead of resolved-in-next-release:

.\Scripts\sentry-issues.ps1 -Archive <numericId>

Sentry hides archived issues from the default unresolved view. They auto-reopen if Sentry's "escalation" detector decides the issue has become significant again (e.g. starts hitting a much wider user base). The right surface for "won't fix from our side."

When triaging, propose Archive rather than Resolve for clearly out-of-our-hands cases, and let the user confirm.

Anti-patterns — do not

  • Do not run git commit or git add — the user commits themselves so they're forced to review every diff.
  • Do not batch multiple issues' edits into one set of working-tree changes — fix one, hand off, wait, then start the next.
  • Do not push (git push).
  • Do not resolve an issue on Sentry without the user's explicit next / yes at step 2h. The hand-off question is the trigger; silence is not consent.
  • Do not Resolve an issue we didn't actually fix — that falsely claims a fix landed and will mark it as a regression when it recurs. Use Archive for won't-fix.
  • Do not invent stack-trace lines that aren't in the returned event payload. If a frame says (12 additional frames were not displayed) and you need them, ask the user to open the issue in the Sentry web UI and paste the full trace.
  • Do not use git worktree. The project explicitly forbids worktrees (see .claude/CLAUDE.md).

When to bail

Stop the loop and report up if:

  • The build is broken before you started (unrelated to any Sentry issue).
  • You hit a Sentry API error you can't interpret (the helper script will exit non-zero with a message on stderr).
  • An issue's root cause clearly spans more than one fix (an architectural problem). Say so, suggest a separate plan in .agentic/Plans/, and move on or stop.