diff --git a/conf/coverstore.yml b/conf/coverstore.yml
index 44c538f481c..1bccde68766 100644
--- a/conf/coverstore.yml
+++ b/conf/coverstore.yml
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ sentry:
     # Dummy endpoint; where sentry logs are sent to
     dsn: 'https://examplePublicKey@o0.ingest.sentry.io/0'
     traces_sample_rate: 1.0
+    # Continuous profiling configuration (recommended for Sentry SDK >= 2.24.1)
+    profile_session_sample_rate: 0.001
+    profile_lifecycle: 'trace'
     environment: 'local'
diff --git a/conf/openlibrary.yml b/conf/openlibrary.yml
index b46c4c427dc..a02fba168e0 100644
--- a/conf/openlibrary.yml
+++ b/conf/openlibrary.yml
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ sentry:
     dsn: 'https://examplePublicKey@o0.ingest.sentry.io/0'
     traces_sample_rate: 1.0
     profiles_sample_rate: 0.001
+    # Continuous profiling configuration (recommended for Sentry SDK >= 2.24.1)
+    profile_session_sample_rate: 0.001
+    profile_lifecycle: 'trace'
     environment: 'local'
 
 sentry_cron_jobs:
diff --git a/openlibrary/utils/sentry.py b/openlibrary/utils/sentry.py
index ac363674291..21bb1d6489d 100644
--- a/openlibrary/utils/sentry.py
+++ b/openlibrary/utils/sentry.py
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ def init(self):
             environment=getenv('OL_SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT', self.config['environment']),
             traces_sample_rate=self.config.get('traces_sample_rate', 0.0),
             profiles_sample_rate=self.config.get('profiles_sample_rate', 0.0),
+            # Continuous profiling configuration
+            profile_session_sample_rate=self.config.get(
+                'profile_session_sample_rate', 0.0
+            ),
+            profile_lifecycle=self.config.get('profile_lifecycle', 'trace'),
             release=get_software_version(),
         )