🤖 feat: move telemetry reporting to backend #905
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Summary
Moves telemetry event capture from the browser (
posthog-js) to the Electron main process (posthog-node). Events from the renderer are forwarded via ORPC to the backend TelemetryService.Problem
Ad blockers can intercept and block network requests to PostHog's servers (
us.i.posthog.com) from the browser/renderer process, causing telemetry to be silently dropped.Solution
Move telemetry to the main process using
posthog-node. The main process makes direct HTTP requests that aren't subject to browser-based ad blocking.Architecture
flowchart LR subgraph Renderer["Renderer (Browser)"] A[useTelemetry hook] B[trackEvent calls] end subgraph Main["Main Process (Node.js)"] C[ORPC telemetry routes] D[posthog-node client] end E[(PostHog)] A --> B B -->|ORPC| C C --> D D -->|HTTP| EChanges
posthog-nodedependencyTelemetryServiceinsrc/node/services/telemetry.{track, setEnabled, isEnabled}routesWhat Stays the Same
useTelemetry()hook APItrackEvent()function signatureTesting
make typecheck✅make lint✅make static-check✅make test(1 pre-existing failure unrelated to this PR)Generated with
mux