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feat: count active installs with one anonymous daily ping - #1250
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The app sends at most one app_active event a day to PostHog EU: version, OS, architecture, install channel, and whether it is the first ping of the week and of the month, so WAU and MAU are counted without any identifier. No install ID, GeoIP off, no person profile. It never runs in dev, in CI or under DO_NOT_TRACK, and a tray checkbox turns it off. The site's "no analytics" claim and the FAQ now describe exactly this, in all eight languages.
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Check name Status Explanation Title check The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: sending one anonymous daily ping to count active installs. Description check The description includes a complete summary, issue status, change type, release impact, desktop impact, implementation details, and testing information. It does not include screenshots for the tray-me… Linked Issues check Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request. Out of Scope Changes check Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Review comments at @electron/usage-ping.ts:
- Line 69: Update the CI check in the usage-ping guard to suppress the ping only
when env.CI is exactly the string "true"; preserve the existing behavior of the
other guard conditions.
Review comments at @website/docs/faq.md:
- Line 38: Update the usage-count FAQ in website/docs/faq.md at lines 38 and 46
to state that each PostHog event uses a fresh ID, there is no persistent
installation identifier, and cross-day event linkage is not ruled out. Apply
equivalent corrections at lines 38 and 46 in
website/i18n/de/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/faq.md,
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website/i18n/pt-BR/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/faq.md,
website/i18n/zh-CN/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/faq.md, and
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Summary
The app counts its active installs with one anonymous ping a day, and the site says so.
electron/usage-ping.tssends at most oneapp_activeevent a day to PostHog EU: version, OS, architecture and install channel.distinct_idis random on each event, with no person profile. GeoIP is off on the event, and the project discards IP addresses.fetch: no SDK and no new dependency. It goes out at launch, then every 6 hours, so an app left in the tray still counts each day.DO_NOT_TRACK=1is respected too.Related issue
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electron/usage-ping.test.tscovers:DO_NOT_TRACK, CI, already sent today;electronand i18n suites (1,462 tests), both typechecks,i18n:checkand Biome. The full suite runs in CI.app_activeevents in PostHog. They will show from the first release that ships this.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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DO_NOT_TRACK=1.