Automatically captured data

BugSnag automatically captures a variety of data to help you debug your errors. You may wish to avoid capturing some types of data, particularly if there are privacy implications for your users.

Device information

Information about the device can be useful to identify if an error is only occurring on some devices.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Hostname	The hostname of the device	Modify device in a callback
Runtime versions	The version of Python and supported frameworks in use	Modify device in a callback

Error information

Modifying error information may affect error grouping.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Error class	The class name of the exception	Modify errors[].error_class in a callback
Error message	The message of the error that occurred	Modify errors[].error_message in a callback
Stack trace	The stack trace (traceback) of the error that occurred, including file names line numbers and surrounding lines of code	Modify errors[].stacktrace in a callback

Logging

If the logging integration is used, some contextual information is collected to populate the “extra data” tab.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
asctime	The formatted time string of when the log occurred	Modify metadata['extra_data'] in a callback
Created	The time the log occurred	Modify metadata['extra_data'] in a callback
Level name	The text level of the log	Modify metadata['extra_data'] in a callback
Level number	The numeric level of the log	Modify metadata['extra_data'] in a callback
msecs	The milliseconds portion of the created time	Modify metadata['extra_data'] in a callback
Name	The name of the logger	Modify metadata['extra_data'] in a callback
Process	The ID of the running process	Modify metadata['extra_data'] in a callback
Process name	The name of the running process	Modify metadata['extra_data'] in a callback

Breadcrumbs

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Log messages	The log message and its level. Only collected when using the breadcrumb log filter.	Set enabled_breadcrumb_types or modify/discard the breadcrumb in an on_breadcrumb callback