Use attempt_threshold to skip reporting on first N attempts

Author: benhutton

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Features
 
 - Improve the accuracy of duration calculations in cron jobs monitoring ([#2471](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2471))
+- Use attempt_threshold to skip reporting on first N attempts ([#2503](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2503))
 
 ### Bug fixes
 

sentry-sidekiq/lib/sentry/sidekiq/error_handler.rb

@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ def call(ex, context, sidekiq_config = nil)
           end
         end
 
+        # Check if the retry count is below the attempt_threshold
+        attempt_threshold = context.dig(:job, "attempt_threshold")
+        if attempt_threshold && retryable?(context)
+          attempt_threshold = attempt_threshold.to_i
+          retry_count = context.dig(:job, "retry_count")
+          # attempt 1 - retry_count is nil
+          # attempt 2 - this is your first retry so retry_count is 0
+          # attempt 3 - you have retried once, retry_count is 1
+          attempt = retry_count.nil? ? 1 : retry_count.to_i + 2
+
+          return if attempt < attempt_threshold
+        end
+
         Sentry::Sidekiq.capture_exception(
           ex,
           contexts: { sidekiq: context_filter.filtered },

sentry-sidekiq/spec/sentry/sidekiq_spec.rb

@@ -109,18 +109,45 @@
     expect(retry_set.count).to eq(1)
   end
 
+  def retry_last_failed_job
+    retry_set.first.add_to_queue
+    job = queue.first
+    work = Sidekiq::BasicFetch::UnitOfWork.new('queue:default', job.value)
+    process_work(processor, work)
+  end
+
+  context "with attempt_threshold" do
+    it "doesn't report the error until attempts equal the threshold" do
+      worker = Class.new(SadWorker)
+      worker.sidekiq_options attempt_threshold: 3
+
+      execute_worker(processor, worker)
+      expect(transport.events.count).to eq(0)
+
+      retry_last_failed_job
+      expect(transport.events.count).to eq(0)
+
+      retry_last_failed_job
+      expect(transport.events.count).to eq(1)
+    end
+
+    it "doesn't report the error when threshold is not reached" do
+      worker = Class.new(SadWorker)
+      worker.sidekiq_options attempt_threshold: 3
+
+      execute_worker(processor, worker)
+      expect(transport.events.count).to eq(0)
+
+      retry_last_failed_job
+      expect(transport.events.count).to eq(0)
+    end
+  end
+
   context "with config.report_after_job_retries = true" do
     before do
       Sentry.configuration.sidekiq.report_after_job_retries = true
     end
 
-    def retry_last_failed_job
-      retry_set.first.add_to_queue
-      job = queue.first
-      work = Sidekiq::BasicFetch::UnitOfWork.new('queue:default', job.value)
-      process_work(processor, work)
-    end
-
     context "when retry: is specified" do
       it "doesn't report the error until retries are exhuasted" do
         worker = Class.new(SadWorker)