fix(core): Decrease number of Sentry stack frames for messages from captureConsoleIntegration

packages/core/src/exports.ts

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export function captureMessage(message: string, captureContext?: CaptureContext
   // This is necessary to provide explicit scopes upgrade, without changing the original
   // arity of the `captureMessage(message, level)` method.
   const level = typeof captureContext === 'string' ? captureContext : undefined;
-  const context = typeof captureContext !== 'string' ? { captureContext } : undefined;
-  return getCurrentScope().captureMessage(message, level, context);
+  const hint = typeof captureContext !== 'string' ? { captureContext } : undefined;
+  return getCurrentScope().captureMessage(message, level, hint);
 }
 
 /**

packages/core/src/integrations/captureconsole.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getClient, withScope } from '../currentScopes';
-import { captureException, captureMessage } from '../exports';
+import { captureException } from '../exports';
 import { addConsoleInstrumentationHandler } from '../instrument/console';
 import { defineIntegration } from '../integration';
 import type { CaptureContext } from '../scope';
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ const _captureConsoleIntegration = ((options: CaptureConsoleOptions = {}) => {
 export const captureConsoleIntegration = defineIntegration(_captureConsoleIntegration);
 
 function consoleHandler(args: unknown[], level: string, handled: boolean): void {
+  const severityLevel = severityLevelFromString(level);
+
+  /*
+    We create this error here already to attach a stack trace to captured messages,
+    if users set `attachStackTrace` to `true` in Sentry.init.
+    We do this here already because we want to minimize the number of Sentry SDK stack frames
+    within the error. Technically, Client.captureMessage will also do it but this happens several
+    stack frames deeper.
+  */
+  const syntheticException = new Error();
+
   const captureContext: CaptureContext = {
     level: severityLevelFromString(level),
     extra: {
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ function consoleHandler(args: unknown[], level: string, handled: boolean): void
       if (!args[0]) {
         const message = `Assertion failed: ${safeJoin(args.slice(1), ' ') || 'console.assert'}`;
         scope.setExtra('arguments', args.slice(1));
-        captureMessage(message, captureContext);
+        scope.captureMessage(message, severityLevel, { captureContext, syntheticException });
       }
       return;
     }
@@ -87,6 +98,6 @@ function consoleHandler(args: unknown[], level: string, handled: boolean): void
     }
 
     const message = safeJoin(args, ' ');
-    captureMessage(message, captureContext);
+    scope.captureMessage(message, severityLevel, { captureContext, syntheticException });
   });
 }

packages/core/src/scope.ts

@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ export class Scope {
       return eventId;
     }
 
-    const syntheticException = new Error(message);
+    const syntheticException = hint?.syntheticException ?? new Error(message);
 
     this._client.captureMessage(
       message,

packages/core/test/lib/integrations/captureconsole.test.ts

@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
 
   let mockClient: Client;
 
+  const captureException = vi.fn();
+
   const mockScope = {
     setExtra: vi.fn(),
     addEventProcessor: vi.fn(),
+    captureMessage: vi.fn(),
   };
 
-  const captureMessage = vi.fn();
-  const captureException = vi.fn();
   const withScope = vi.fn(callback => {
     return callback(mockScope);
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockClient = {} as Client;
 
-    vi.spyOn(SentryCore, 'captureMessage').mockImplementation(captureMessage);
     vi.spyOn(SentryCore, 'captureException').mockImplementation(captureException);
     vi.spyOn(CurrentScopes, 'getClient').mockImplementation(() => mockClient);
     vi.spyOn(CurrentScopes, 'withScope').mockImplementation(withScope);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
       GLOBAL_OBJ.console.log('msg 2');
       GLOBAL_OBJ.console.warn('msg 3');
 
-      expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     });
 
     it('should fall back to default console levels if none are provided', () => {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
 
       GLOBAL_OBJ.console.assert(false);
 
-      expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(7);
+      expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(7);
     });
 
     it('should not wrap any functions with an empty levels option', () => {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
         GLOBAL_OBJ.console[key]('msg');
       });
 
-      expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+      expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
     });
   });
 
@@ -121,8 +121,14 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
 
     GLOBAL_OBJ.console.log();
 
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('', { extra: { arguments: [] }, level: 'log' });
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('', 'log', {
+      captureContext: {
+        level: 'log',
+        extra: { arguments: [] },
+      },
+      syntheticException: expect.any(Error),
+    });
   });
 
   it('should add an event processor that sets the `debug` field of events', () => {
@@ -148,10 +154,13 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
     GLOBAL_OBJ.console.assert(1 + 1 === 3);
 
     expect(mockScope.setExtra).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('arguments', []);
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Assertion failed: console.assert', {
-      extra: { arguments: [false] },
-      level: 'log',
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Assertion failed: console.assert', 'log', {
+      captureContext: {
+        level: 'log',
+        extra: { arguments: [false] },
+      },
+      syntheticException: expect.any(Error),
     });
   });
 
@@ -162,10 +171,13 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
     GLOBAL_OBJ.console.assert(1 + 1 === 3, 'expression is false');
 
     expect(mockScope.setExtra).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('arguments', ['expression is false']);
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Assertion failed: expression is false', {
-      extra: { arguments: [false, 'expression is false'] },
-      level: 'log',
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Assertion failed: expression is false', 'log', {
+      captureContext: {
+        level: 'log',
+        extra: { arguments: [false, 'expression is false'] },
+      },
+      syntheticException: expect.any(Error),
     });
   });
 
@@ -175,7 +187,7 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
 
     GLOBAL_OBJ.console.assert(1 + 1 === 2);
 
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
   });
 
   it('should capture exception when console logs an error object with level set to "error"', () => {
@@ -226,10 +238,13 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
 
     GLOBAL_OBJ.console.error('some message');
 
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('some message', {
-      extra: { arguments: ['some message'] },
-      level: 'error',
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('some message', 'error', {
+      captureContext: {
+        level: 'error',
+        extra: { arguments: ['some message'] },
+      },
+      syntheticException: expect.any(Error),
     });
   });
 
@@ -239,10 +254,13 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
 
     GLOBAL_OBJ.console.error('some non-error message');
 
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('some non-error message', {
-      extra: { arguments: ['some non-error message'] },
-      level: 'error',
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('some non-error message', 'error', {
+      captureContext: {
+        level: 'error',
+        extra: { arguments: ['some non-error message'] },
+      },
+      syntheticException: expect.any(Error),
     });
     expect(captureException).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
@@ -253,10 +271,13 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
 
     GLOBAL_OBJ.console.info('some message');
 
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('some message', {
-      extra: { arguments: ['some message'] },
-      level: 'info',
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('some message', 'info', {
+      captureContext: {
+        level: 'info',
+        extra: { arguments: ['some message'] },
+      },
+      syntheticException: expect.any(Error),
     });
   });
 
@@ -293,7 +314,7 @@ describe('CaptureConsole setup', () => {
 
     // Should not capture messages
     GLOBAL_OBJ.console.log('some message');
-    expect(captureMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith();
+    expect(mockScope.captureMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith();
   });
 
   it("should not crash when the original console methods don't exist at time of invocation", () => {