Misleading "transaction" introduction description

[larsqa]

Core or SDK?

Core Sentry product

Which part? Which one?

SDK Development

Description

The Transaction Payload Page starts with:

Transactions must be wrapped in an Envelope and therefore also be sent to the Envelope endpoint.

Following the Envelope link, a quote states:

Envelopes require Relay, which has been introduced in Sentry v20.6.0.

So, basically transactions in envelope format type are only required when using Relay.

Suggested Solution

Update the Transaction Payload Page introduction description with mentioning that the envelope type only applies to customers using Relay and what else applies to customers without relay.

[getsentry-release]

Routing to @getsentry/team-web-sdk-frontend for triage. ⏲️

[imatwawana]

@chadwhitacre - I believe this issue belongs to sentry/develop repo but I don't have permissions to transfer it. Can you help me out with that? Same with issue #779

[AbhiPrasad]

So, basically transactions in envelope format type are only required when using Relay.

Transactions must be sent in envelopes, they cannot be sent in standalone JSON to any endpoint in Sentry.

Using envelopes requires using Relay - there is no alternative.