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Problem statement

We currently neither know which version users are running nor on which systems and if plugins or other 'new' features are used.

Suggested solution

Implement user telemetry that reports back a few non-identifying instance metrics daily or weekly. Maybe also on plugin installs/activation. Must be Opt-In and all submitted data should be transparent - maybe a log of the last x events that were sent could be visible to superusers.

This should be discussed thoroughly before implementation - probably as a plugin. Has the potential to be controversial, especially with EU citizens.

Describe alternatives you've considered

We could try to use other gauging mechanisms like switching the update checker to a custom server and using the user-agent to get passive data. That feels a bit sneaky though.

Examples of other systems

I love the way octoprint does it: https://tracking.octoprint.org/. They expose the results to https://data.octoprint.org/ - which feels like a good idea in general. ELK stack + Grafana on a VPS might be a good solution.

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