Sentry CLI Project not found

General
1

I’m working on a task requiring matching Sentry releases with GitHub version. I used these commands on my dev.yaml workflow to generate releases on Sentry and attach commits to it.

  npm install -g @sentry/cli
  sentry-cli releases --project [myprojectname] new RBWE-1231-fix-sentry-dashboard
  sentry-cli releases set-commits RBWE-1231-fix-sentry-dashboard
  sentry-cli releases finalize RBWE-1231-fix-sentry-dashboard

I got this

error: Project not found. Ensure that you configured the correct project and organization.

I’m sure that my project’s name is correct as I checked it on Sentry’s dashboard. Also, I can created Sentry releases and tagged them with commits easily on my local.

But these command don’t work on Github runner.

2

Problem:

Your Sentry commands work locally but fail on GitHub Actions with:

error: Project not found. Ensure that you configured the correct project and organization.

Root Cause:

The GitHub runner is missing Sentry authentication and/or config.
You need to pass Sentry auth (org, project, auth token) in the workflow.

Fix:

Add the following to your GitHub Actions env or before using sentry-cli:

env:
  SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
  SENTRY_ORG: your-org-name
  SENTRY_PROJECT: your-project-name

OR set them inline in your workflow step:

- name: Create Sentry release
  run: |
    sentry-cli releases new RBWE-1231-fix-sentry-dashboard
    sentry-cli releases set-commits RBWE-1231-fix-sentry-dashboard
    sentry-cli releases finalize RBWE-1231-fix-sentry-dashboard
  env:
    SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
    SENTRY_ORG: your-org-name
    SENTRY_PROJECT: your-project-name

Notes:

  • Make sure your SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN is set in GitHub Secrets.
  • You can generate a token from Sentry under Account → API → Auth Tokens.

Summary:

Item What to do
Error Missing config on GitHub runner
Fix Set SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN, SENTRY_ORG, SENTRY_PROJECT
Works locally? Yes, because your env is already set
GitHub runner? Needs manual setup via env or secrets