By default, PRM collects some telemetry during each run. This information is non-identifying and does not include any personal or organizational details.
We use it to see how PRM is being used so we can better understand issues, features, and what to prioritize as we move forward. We emit this telemetry information to Honeycomb for introspection. We keep the telemetry for 60 days, after which it ages out.
Each PRM run reports the following data:
This data allows us to see broadly how many machines the program is running on, what the breakdown of operating system/system architecture is, how performant the program is, and which commands are most used.
When there is an error, PRM reports the error information as well - the stack trace information and the error message displayed to a user. This lets us investigate issues to see how common they are and improve our testing and error handling.
We know that some users do not want to report telemetry; for those users, it is possible to install a “notel” version of the binary which does not include the telemetry bits at all. This binary is identical to the standard binary save that it does not have any mechanisms for recording or sending telemetry data.
For those users, an alternate install is available.
To install:
curl -L https://pup.pt/pdkgo/install.sh | sh -s -- --no-telemetry
iex "&{ $(irm 'https://pup.pt/pdkgo/install.ps1'); Install-Pct -NoTelemetry }"