By default notify on all release stages

README.md

@@ -189,10 +189,9 @@ apps it is automatically set to `RACK_ENV`. Otherwise the default is
 
 ###notify_release_stages
 
-By default, we will only notify Bugsnag of exceptions that happen when
-your `release_stage` is set to be "production". If you would like to
-change which release stages notify Bugsnag of exceptions you can
-set `notify_release_stages`:
+By default, we will notify Bugsnag of exceptions that happen in any
+`release_stage`. If you would like to change which release stages 
+notify Bugsnag of exceptions you can set `notify_release_stages`:
 
 ```ruby
 config.notify_release_stages = ["production", "development"]

lib/bugsnag/configuration.rb

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Configuration
     def initialize
       # Set up the defaults
       self.release_stage = nil
-      self.notify_release_stages = ["production"]
+      self.notify_release_stages = nil
       self.auto_notify = true
       self.use_ssl = false
       self.params_filters = Set.new(DEFAULT_PARAMS_FILTERS)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def initialize
     end
 
     def should_notify?
-      @release_stage.nil? || @notify_release_stages.include?(@release_stage)
+      @release_stage.nil? || @notify_release_stages || @notify_release_stages.include?(@release_stage)
     end
 
     def request_data

spec/notification_spec.rb

@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ class BugsnagTestExceptionWithMetaData < Exception; include Bugsnag::MetaData; e
   it "should respect the notify_release_stages setting by not sending in development" do
     Bugsnag::Notification.should_not_receive(:deliver_exception_payload)
 
+    Bugsnag.configuration.notify_release_stages = ["production"]
     Bugsnag.configuration.release_stage = "development"
+
     Bugsnag.notify(BugsnagTestException.new("It crashed"))
   end
 
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ class BugsnagTestExceptionWithMetaData < Exception; include Bugsnag::MetaData; e
     end
 
     Bugsnag.configuration.release_stage = "development"
-    Bugsnag.configuration.notify_release_stages << "development"
+    Bugsnag.configuration.notify_release_stages = ["development"]
     Bugsnag.notify(BugsnagTestException.new("It crashed"))
   end