[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38418: Add telemetry (aka usage data collection) as opt-in feature in core

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#38418: Add telemetry (aka usage data collection) as opt-in feature in core
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 Reporter:  mor10            |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General          |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by dd32):

 IMHO for the initial testing it should just be a MySQL backend,
 piggybacking on an 'official' plugin such as the
 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/ WordPress Beta
 Tester plugin] which is probably the ideal home for telementary to start
 with.
 We can deploy a pixel-type delayed-data-collection to api.w.org reasonably
 easy with very little systems work.

 Having a MVP running on w.org infrastructure is IMHO the best option
 forward, hosting it off-site brings in question over data privacy and
 whether it'll ever get deployed there. Deploying the MVP would also show
 how valuable the information captured is.
 The obvious issue with using MySQL rather than jumping straight to
 logstash would be that it'd be limited in capacity to start with - but
 that would allow another backend to be designed and deployed
 transparently.
 Data extraction from MySQL for a front-end may also be an issue, as it's
 obviously limited comparatively to logstash for the same data.

 The biggest hurdle I see at present, would be defining what data is being
 captured and how.

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 It would also be valuable to see how our existing stats system can
 compliment or be replaced by the proposal here though.
 I mention this as most of the stats from the original description are
 already tracked, just not exposed in any form.
 The only new thing mentioned here is the `Frequency of use of specific
 views (Settings, Customizer, etc)` and transparency part (Which would
 still probably only be anonymised summaries, not exact data).

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