diff --git a/.changeset/friendly-bikes-exist.md b/.changeset/friendly-bikes-exist.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..875d31775c51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/friendly-bikes-exist.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@eth-optimism/sdk': minor
+---
+
+Beta release of the Optimism SDK
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/cross-chain-messenger.ts b/packages/sdk/src/cross-chain-messenger.ts
index 0c19c514e5bfd..e1d4b9103f913 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/cross-chain-messenger.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/cross-chain-messenger.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,13 @@ export class CrossChainMessenger implements ICrossChainMessenger {
       toBlock?: NumberLike
     }
   ): Promise<CrossChainMessage[]> {
-    throw new Error('Not implemented')
+    throw new Error(`
+      The function getMessagesByAddress is currently not enabled because the sender parameter of
+      the SentMessage event is not indexed within the CrossChainMessenger contracts.
+      getMessagesByAddress will be enabled by plugging in an Optimism Indexer (coming soon).
+      See the following issue on GitHub for additional context:
+      https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/issues/2129
+    `)
   }
 
   public async getBridgeForTokenPair(