When you call startTransaction() without addTracingExtensions() being called, the SDK gives you a console warning that you need to call it for startTransaction() to properly work (this is so you can tree shake performance). We call startTransaction() in various integrations internally. If users do not call Sentry.init we will emit this warning because of auto instrumentation.
But if users have the CaptureConsole integration enabled, it would create events for this warning. Normally we sandbox (escape) these console messages but apparently this has slipped at some time.