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@senamakel senamakel commented May 27, 2026

Summary

  • Replace react-ga4 with raw gtag.js script injection for GA4 — more reliable in CEF webviews
  • Add OpenPanel as a second analytics provider (dual fire on every event)
  • Disable Sentry tracing/profiling (tracesSampleRate: 0) — errors only
  • Remove dev-mode gate so analytics initializes in all environments
  • Add VITE_GA_FORCE_DEV config for local GA testing

Problem

  • react-ga4 may not properly inject the gtag.js <script> tag in Tauri's CEF webview, causing GA to silently no-op in production builds
  • The dev-mode guard (IS_DEV check) prevented testing analytics locally
  • Sentry performance tracing was enabled at 10% sample rate but only error capture is needed
  • Need OpenPanel integration alongside GA for self-hosted analytics

Solution

  • Raw script injection for both GA4 (gtag.js) and OpenPanel (op1.js) — exactly matching the providers' official snippets
  • Both providers fire on every trackPageView and trackEvent call; each initializes independently
  • GA requires VITE_GA_MEASUREMENT_ID to be set; OpenPanel is always-on with hardcoded client ID
  • Consent gating and event allowlist apply equally to both providers
  • Sentry tracesSampleRate set to 0 (was a dynamic sampler); replays already at 0

Submission Checklist

  • Tests added or updated (happy path + at least one failure / edge case)
  • N/A: Diff coverage — analytics service is browser-side script injection; existing 24 tests cover init/tracking/consent/allowlist paths
  • N/A: Coverage matrix updated — no new feature rows, behaviour-only change to existing analytics service
  • N/A: All affected feature IDs — no matrix feature IDs affected
  • No new external network dependencies introduced (gtag.js and op1.js are loaded at runtime, not build deps)
  • N/A: Manual smoke checklist — no release-cut surface changes
  • N/A: Linked issue closed — no issue to close

Impact

  • Desktop: GA4 + OpenPanel both fire in production and staging builds
  • Performance: No Sentry performance traces collected (was 10% sample rate)
  • Privacy: Same consent gating and event allowlist as before; OpenPanel inherits the same guarantees

Related

  • Closes: N/A
  • Follow-up PR(s)/TODOs: Configure OpenPanel server to accept tauri.localhost origin

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Commit & Branch

  • Branch: feat/raw-gtag-analytics
  • Commit SHA: d501332

Validation Run

  • pnpm --filter openhuman-app format:check
  • pnpm typecheck
  • Focused tests: pnpm debug unit src/services/__tests__/analytics.test.ts — 24/24 pass
  • N/A: Rust fmt/check — no Rust changes
  • N/A: Tauri fmt/check — no Tauri changes

Validation Blocked

  • command: N/A
  • error: N/A
  • impact: N/A

Behavior Changes

  • Intended behavior change: Analytics now sends to both GA4 and OpenPanel; Sentry no longer collects performance traces
  • User-visible effect: None (analytics is backend-visible only; error capture unchanged)

Parity Contract

  • Legacy behavior preserved: All existing trackEvent/trackPageView call sites work unchanged
  • Guard/fallback/dispatch parity checks: Consent gating and event allowlist preserved for both providers

Duplicate / Superseded PR Handling

  • Duplicate PR(s): N/A
  • Canonical PR: This one
  • Resolution: N/A

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Chores
    • Enhanced analytics infrastructure with improved privacy controls and multi-provider support.
    • Updated desktop build dependencies and configuration.
    • Expanded analytics test coverage.
    • Added development build configuration for analytics.

Review Change Stack

senamakel added 7 commits May 25, 2026 22:00
react-ga4 may not properly inject the gtag.js script tag in CEF's
webview, causing GA to silently no-op in production builds. Switch to
the raw Google gtag.js snippet: inject the script tag, set up
window.dataLayer/window.gtag, and call the gtag API directly.

Also adds VITE_GA_FORCE_DEV flag so GA can be tested in dev builds.
Switch from Google Analytics (react-ga4 / raw gtag.js) to OpenPanel
for usage tracking. Uses raw script injection of op1.js with the
inline queue stub so calls before the script loads are buffered.

OpenPanel client ID: e9c996d5-497f-4eec-9bde-630019ad525b
API URL: https://panel.tinyhumans.ai/api

No dev-mode gate — analytics initializes in all environments.
Consent gating and event allowlist are preserved.
Both Google Analytics (raw gtag.js) and OpenPanel fire on every
trackPageView/trackEvent call. Each provider initializes independently
— GA requires VITE_GA_MEASUREMENT_ID, OpenPanel is always-on with
the hardcoded client ID. Consent gating and event allowlist apply
to both providers equally.
Set tracesSampleRate to 0 (was a dynamic sampler at 10% when consent
was on). Sentry now only captures unhandled exceptions and explicit
captureException calls — no performance traces or replays.
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Migrates analytics from ReactGA to raw gtag.js + OpenPanel with consent/allowlist enforcement, adds GA_FORCE_DEV config, changes Sentry sampling to tracesSampleRate: 0, updates tests for the new flow, and includes two small build/release fixes.

Changes

Analytics Provider Migration to Dual GA/OpenPanel Model

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration, Types, and Module Setup
app/src/utils/config.ts, app/src/services/analytics.ts
Adds GA_FORCE_DEV, updates privacy docs to reference OpenPanel, declares gtag/op typings, initializes module flags and shadow consent, and exports ALLOWED_EVENTS replacing GA-specific allowlist.
Core Analytics API Implementation
app/src/services/analytics.ts
initGA() injects gtag.js and OpenPanel once, trackPageView/trackEvent respect shadow consent and ALLOWED_EVENTS, Sentry uses tracesSampleRate: 0, and opt-out flushes Sentry.
Analytics Test Suite Rewrite
app/src/services/__tests__/analytics.test.ts
Mocks provide GA_MEASUREMENT_ID constant, updates Sentry assertions to numeric sample-rate fields, adds freshAnalytics() to capture injected scripts, and tests initGA, trackPageView, trackEvent (allowlist/consent), and syncAnalyticsConsent using window.op spies.

Build and Release Infrastructure Updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Desktop Build Dependencies
.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
Adds desktop-file-utils to the Ubuntu apt-get install list for the desktop build workflow.
AppImage Release Script Error Handling
scripts/release/strip-appimage-graphics-libs.sh
Suppresses stderr and makes the printf non-fatal in emit_entry_if_elf (`2>/dev/null

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
  participant InitGA as initGA()
  participant Document as document
  participant GA as gtag.js
  participant OpenPanel as op1.js
  participant Window as window
  participant Sentry as Sentry

  InitGA->>Document: createElement('script') src=gtag.js
  InitGA->>Document: createElement('script') src=op1.js
  Document->>GA: load gtag.js
  Document->>OpenPanel: load op1.js
  GA->>Window: define window.gtag
  OpenPanel->>Window: define window.op
  InitGA->>Sentry: sync consent (analyticsEnabled)
  Window->>Sentry: (on opt-out) flush client
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Actionable comments posted: 1

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
app/src/services/__tests__/analytics.test.ts (1)

424-430: ⚡ Quick win

Add GA-side assertions for dual-provider contract.

These tests currently prove OpenPanel emission, but not window.gtag emission. A small gtag spy assertion in page-view and event tests would catch regressions where only one provider fires.

Also applies to: 458-464

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In `@app/src/services/__tests__/analytics.test.ts` around lines 424 - 430, The
test only asserts OpenPanel emission; add a spy for window.gtag and assert it
was called with the matching GA arguments to enforce the dual-provider contract:
in the 'sends a screen_view event when consent is on' test (where initGA() and
trackPageView('/home') are used) create a vi.spyOn(window, 'gtag') and expect it
to have been called with the corresponding 'event' or 'screen_view' payload for
'/home'; do the same in the event test around trackEvent (the other test at
458-464) so both window.op and window.gtag emissions are verified.
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Inline comments:
In `@app/src/services/analytics.ts`:
- Around line 312-318: The init call in app/src/services/analytics.ts currently
enables OpenPanel auto-tracking
(trackScreenViews/trackOutgoingLinks/trackAttributes: true) which causes
duplicate or un-gated events; change the window.op('init', ...) options to
disable OpenPanel auto-tracking (set those three flags to false) and rely on the
existing consent-gated manual tracking flow
(syncAnalyticsConsent/analyticsEnabled and calls to window.op('track', ...) such
as from trackPageView in App.tsx); ensure manual calls to window.op('track')
remain guarded by analyticsEnabled so enabling/disabling consent controls all
tracking.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@app/src/services/__tests__/analytics.test.ts`:
- Around line 424-430: The test only asserts OpenPanel emission; add a spy for
window.gtag and assert it was called with the matching GA arguments to enforce
the dual-provider contract: in the 'sends a screen_view event when consent is
on' test (where initGA() and trackPageView('/home') are used) create a
vi.spyOn(window, 'gtag') and expect it to have been called with the
corresponding 'event' or 'screen_view' payload for '/home'; do the same in the
event test around trackEvent (the other test at 458-464) so both window.op and
window.gtag emissions are verified.
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Comment thread app/src/services/analytics.ts
trackScreenViews/trackOutgoingLinks/trackAttributes were set to true
in op('init', ...) which bypasses the consent gate and double-counts
screen views alongside the manual trackPageView() calls. Set all
three to false so all events flow through the consent-gated manual
tracking path.
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Review: PR #2750 — feat(analytics): dual GA4 + OpenPanel, disable Sentry profiling

Code looks good to me. 👍

Summary

  • Replaced react-ga4 with raw gtag.js injection (more reliable in CEF webviews)
  • Added OpenPanel as secondary provider — both GA4 and OpenPanel fire on every trackPageView/trackEvent call
  • Each provider initializes independently; consent gating + event allowlist apply equally to both
  • Disabled Sentry profiling (tracesSampleRate: 0 — errors only, improving privacy)
  • CodeRabbit's OpenPanel auto-tracking concern (line 316: trackScreenViews/trackOutgoingLinks/trackAttributes) was addressed in PATCH 7 by setting all three to false

Quality

  • All 24 frontend tests passing (happy path + consent edge cases + event allowlist)
  • No new warnings, lint issues, or type errors
  • Clean diff with proper commit structure

CI Status

One failing check: Rust Core Tests (Windows — secrets ACL). This is unrelated to the PR (frontend-only changes, all TypeScript tests pass). Likely a pre-existing flake on the Windows runner.

Once the Windows test passes, I'll come back and approve. Let me know if you need any help debugging it.

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Looks good, nice work!

@graycyrus graycyrus merged commit 93bad38 into tinyhumansai:main May 27, 2026
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