diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfig.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b541385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.config;
+
+import io.sentry.Sentry;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import org.raddatz.familienarchiv.exception.DomainException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+// SentryAutoConfiguration is excluded (see application.yaml) because Spring Boot 4 / Spring
+// Framework 7 cannot generate a bean name for the triply-nested
+// SentryAutoConfiguration$HubConfiguration$SentrySpanRestClientConfiguration class.
+// This bean replicates the essential init: DSN, environment, sample rate, PII guard,
+// and DomainException filter.
+@Configuration
+public class SentryConfig {
+
+    @Value("${sentry.dsn:}")
+    private String dsn;
+
+    @Value("${sentry.environment:dev}")
+    private String environment;
+
+    @Value("${sentry.traces-sample-rate:1.0}")
+    private double tracesSampleRate;
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void init() {
+        if (dsn == null || dsn.isBlank()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        Sentry.init(options -> {
+            options.setDsn(dsn);
+            options.setEnvironment(environment);
+            options.setTracesSampleRate(tracesSampleRate);
+            options.setSendDefaultPii(false);
+            options.addIgnoredExceptionForType(DomainException.class);
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java
index e99acfdd..aa33094d 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.exception;
 
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import io.sentry.Sentry;
 import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
 import org.raddatz.familienarchiv.exception.DomainException;
 import org.raddatz.familienarchiv.exception.ErrorCode;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ public class GlobalExceptionHandler {
 
     @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
     public ResponseEntity<ErrorResponse> handleGeneric(Exception ex) {
+        Sentry.captureException(ex);
         log.error("Unhandled exception", ex);
         return ResponseEntity.internalServerError()
             .body(new ErrorResponse(ErrorCode.INTERNAL_ERROR, "An unexpected error occurred"));
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index ead3d9e8..6bb21378 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ spring:
           starttls:
             enable: true
 
+  autoconfigure:
+    exclude:
+      # SentryAutoConfiguration fails on Spring Boot 4/Spring Framework 7: Spring cannot generate a
+      # bean name for the triply-nested SentryAutoConfiguration$HubConfiguration$SentrySpanRestClientConfiguration.
+      # Sentry is initialized manually via SentryConfig instead. See #580.
+      - io.sentry.spring.boot.jakarta.SentryAutoConfiguration
+
 server:
   # Behind Caddy/reverse proxy: trust X-Forwarded-{Proto,For,Host} so that
   # request.getScheme(), redirect URLs, and Spring Session "Secure" cookies
diff --git a/backend/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml b/backend/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
index e1a2f913..de2e9347 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
+++ b/backend/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ spring:
     password: test
   mail:
     host: localhost
+  autoconfigure:
+    exclude:
+      # SentryAutoConfiguration fails on Spring Boot 4/Spring Framework 7: Spring cannot generate a
+      # bean name for the triply-nested SentryAutoConfiguration$HubConfiguration$SentrySpanRestClientConfiguration.
+      # Sentry is wired manually via SentryConfig instead. See #580.
+      - io.sentry.spring.boot.jakarta.SentryAutoConfiguration
 
 # Disable OTel SDK entirely in tests — prevents auto-configuration from loading resource providers
 # (e.g. AzureAppServiceResourceProvider) that fail against the semconv version used here.