Severity.fromString was removed in @sentry/[email protected]

[billyjanitsch]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have checked for existing issues https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/issues
• I have reviewed the documentation https://docs.sentry.io/
• I am using the latest SDK release https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/releases

How do you use Sentry?

Self-hosted/on-premise

Which package are you using?

@sentry/browser

SDK Version

6.19.6

Framework Version

6.19.6

Link to Sentry event

No response

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install @sentry/[email protected].
2. Run the following code:

   import {Severity} from '@sentry/types'
   console.log(Severity.fromString('warn'))

3. Install @sentry/[email protected].
4. Run the same code.

Expected Result

On both versions, the console should print warning.

Actual Result

The Severity.fromString API was removed in 6.17.0, so the code crashes in that version and onwards.

I understand that you plan to remove the Severity enum entirely in v7 (a major release), but removing Severity.fromString in the meantime is a breaking change to a public API in a minor release.

There was discussion about this in #4280 (comment) where the consensus was to make this into an internal API, but it seems like that should have waited until v7, since in v6 the API is public. Could this API please be restored until then? Thanks!

[AbhiPrasad]

Sorry for the trouble here! In the meantime, you can use

sentry-javascript/packages/utils/src/severity.ts

Line 14 in 9ca911b

export function severityFromString(level: SeverityLevel | string): Severity {

from @sentry/utils!