Server cache not refreshing when sendDefaultPii: true since @sentry/nextjs@9.43 (DYNAMIC_SERVER_USAGE error)

[giovannetti-eric]

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?

Sentry Saas (sentry.io)

Which SDK are you using?

@sentry/nextjs

SDK Version

9.43

Framework Version

Next 15.4.6

Link to Sentry event

No response

Reproduction Example/SDK Setup

No response

Steps to Reproduce

• Upgrade @sentry/nextjs from 9.42 (works) to 9.43+ (issue persists in 10.5).
• Build the app and navigate to a page with revalidate set.
• Observe that x-nextjs-cache transitions from STALE → HIT.
• However, Server Component data does not update.
• Console error:
  -- [Error: An error occurred in the Server Components render. The specific message is omitted in production builds to avoid leaking sensitive details. A digest property is included on this error instance which may provide additional details about the nature of the error.] { digest: 'DYNAMIC_SERVER_USAGE' }
  -- cache-control response header has s-maxage=30 (unexpected).
• Downgrade back to 9.42 → issue disappears.
• In sentry.server.config.ts, setting sendDefaultPii: false also resolves the issue.

// sentry.server.config.ts
import * as Sentry from "@sentry/nextjs";

Sentry.init({
  dsn: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN,
  environment: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENV,

  sendDefaultPii: true,
  sampleRate: 0.1,
  maxBreadcrumbs: 10,
});

// instrumentation.ts
import * as Sentry from "@sentry/nextjs";

export async function register() {
  if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME === "nodejs") {
    await import("../sentry.server.config");

    if (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENV !== "development") {
      await import("../logger.config");
      await import("../opentelemetry.config");
    }
  }

  if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME === "edge") {
    await import("../sentry.edge.config");
  }
}

export const onRequestError = Sentry.captureRequestError;

Expected Result

• Server cache should revalidate correctly.
• Enabling sendDefaultPii: true should not break caching.

Actual Result

• With sendDefaultPii: true, cache never refreshes.
• Server Component rendering fails with a cryptic DYNAMIC_SERVER_USAGE error.

[linear]

JS-872 Server cache not refreshing when sendDefaultPii: true since @sentry/nextjs@9.43 (DYNAMIC_SERVER_USAGE error)

[Lms24]

Hi, thanks for writing in! We'll take a look at this next week (Sentry is doing a company-wide hackathon ("Hackweek") this week).

[cbovis]

Also seeing this. A good way to reproduce is with a route which uses some static path params and a dynamic params fallback. The paths associated to the static params are pregenerated fine but hitting the route with a dynamic param will surface the error immediately so you don't need to wait on revalidate times. Disabling sendDefaultPii also fixes for me.

[chargome]

Build the app and navigate to a page with revalidate set

Are you referring to setting next: { revalidate: SOME_NUMBER }?

Also I could not reproduce it, can someone create a reproduction repository for this?