diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index accc6293..74d513cd 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -225,11 +225,13 @@
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Sentry error reporting (GlitchTip-compatible) -->
+		<!-- Sentry error reporting (GlitchTip-compatible) — sentry-spring-boot-4 is the
+		     Spring Boot 4 / Spring Framework 7 compatible module (replaces the jakarta starter
+		     which crashes with SF7 due to bean-name generation for triply-nested @Import classes) -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.sentry</groupId>
-			<artifactId>sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta</artifactId>
-			<version>8.5.0</version>
+			<artifactId>sentry-spring-boot-4</artifactId>
+			<version>8.41.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfig.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b541385..00000000
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-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/resources/application.yaml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 6bb21378..ead3d9e8 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ 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/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/ApplicationContextTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/ApplicationContextTest.java
index cd872f7f..f7eaa7b9 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/ApplicationContextTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/ApplicationContextTest.java
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class ApplicationContextTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void sentry_auto_configuration_is_excluded_from_context() {
-        // SentryAutoConfiguration crashes on Spring Boot 4/SF7 — must stay excluded (see #580)
-        assertThat(ctx.containsBean("sentryAutoConfiguration")).isFalse();
+    void sentry_is_disabled_when_no_dsn_is_configured() {
+        // application-test.yaml has no sentry.dsn — SDK must stay inactive so tests are clean
+        assertThat(io.sentry.Sentry.isEnabled()).isFalse();
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfigTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfigTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 022a1b63..00000000
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/SentryConfigTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.config;
-
-import io.sentry.Sentry;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
-import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mockStatic;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-
-class SentryConfigTest {
-
-    @Test
-    void init_does_not_call_sentry_when_dsn_is_blank() {
-        SentryConfig config = new SentryConfig();
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "dsn", "");
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "environment", "test");
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "tracesSampleRate", 1.0);
-
-        try (MockedStatic<Sentry> sentryMock = mockStatic(Sentry.class)) {
-            config.init();
-            sentryMock.verifyNoInteractions();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void init_calls_sentry_init_when_dsn_is_set() {
-        SentryConfig config = new SentryConfig();
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "dsn", "https://key@glitchtip.example.com/1");
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "environment", "test");
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "tracesSampleRate", 0.5);
-
-        try (MockedStatic<Sentry> sentryMock = mockStatic(Sentry.class)) {
-            config.init();
-            sentryMock.verify(() -> Sentry.init(any(Sentry.OptionsConfiguration.class)), times(1));
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void init_does_not_call_sentry_when_dsn_is_null() {
-        SentryConfig config = new SentryConfig();
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "dsn", null);
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "environment", "test");
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(config, "tracesSampleRate", 1.0);
-
-        try (MockedStatic<Sentry> sentryMock = mockStatic(Sentry.class)) {
-            config.init();
-            sentryMock.verifyNoInteractions();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml b/backend/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
index de2e9347..e1a2f913 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
+++ b/backend/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ 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.