Problem

Currently, the Sentry Next.js and Vite plugins automatically create Sentry deploys when building on Vercel, even when the finalize option is set to false. There's no way to prevent deploy creation on Vercel.

Current Behavior

When building on Vercel with Sentry bundler plugins configured like:

{
  // ... other options
  release: {
    finalize: false, // This doesn't prevent deploy creation on Vercel
  }
}

The plugins still automatically create a Sentry deploy despite finalize: false.

Expected Behavior

There should be a way to completely disable automatic deploy creation on Vercel, similar to how finalize: false works for releases.

Proposed Solution

Add a new option to explicitly control deploy creation on Vercel:

{
  release: {
    finalize: false,
    deploy: {
      autoCreate: false, // New option to disable auto-create deploys on Vercel
    }
  }
}

Or alternatively:

{
  release: {
    finalize: false,
    createDeployOnVercel: false, // Direct option
  }
}

Use Case

This is needed when:

• Managing deploys through a separate CI/CD process
• Using custom deployment strategies
• Wanting to avoid automatic deploy creation for specific environments
• Having more control over when and how deploys are created

Affected Packages

• @sentry/nextjs-plugin
• @sentry/vite-plugin
• Potentially other bundler plugins that auto-detect Vercel environment

Environment

Building on Vercel platform with any of the affected Sentry bundler plugins.