feat: Remove PostHog event calls (#6915)

packages/cli/src/InternalHooks.ts

@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ export class InternalHooks implements IInternalHooksClass {
 		return this.telemetry.track(
 			'User responded to personalization questions',
 			personalizationSurveyData,
-			{ withPostHog: true },
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -190,21 +189,17 @@ export class InternalHooks implements IInternalHooksClass {
 					workflowName: workflow.name,
 				},
 			}),
-			this.telemetry.track(
-				'User saved workflow',
-				{
-					user_id: user.id,
-					workflow_id: workflow.id,
-					node_graph_string: JSON.stringify(nodeGraph),
-					notes_count_overlapping: overlappingCount,
-					notes_count_non_overlapping: notesCount - overlappingCount,
-					version_cli: N8N_VERSION,
-					num_tags: workflow.tags?.length ?? 0,
-					public_api: publicApi,
-					sharing_role: userRole,
-				},
-				{ withPostHog: true },
-			),
+			this.telemetry.track('User saved workflow', {
+				user_id: user.id,
+				workflow_id: workflow.id,
+				node_graph_string: JSON.stringify(nodeGraph),
+				notes_count_overlapping: overlappingCount,
+				notes_count_non_overlapping: notesCount - overlappingCount,
+				version_cli: N8N_VERSION,
+				num_tags: workflow.tags?.length ?? 0,
+				public_api: publicApi,
+				sharing_role: userRole,
+			}),
 		]);
 	}
 
@@ -415,11 +410,7 @@ export class InternalHooks implements IInternalHooksClass {
 						node_id: nodeGraphResult.nameIndices[runData.data.startData?.destinationNode],
 					};
 
-					promises.push(
-						this.telemetry.track('Manual node exec finished', telemetryPayload, {
-							withPostHog: true,
-						}),
-					);
+					promises.push(this.telemetry.track('Manual node exec finished', telemetryPayload));
 				} else {
 					nodeGraphResult.webhookNodeNames.forEach((name: string) => {
 						const execJson = runData.data.resultData.runData[name]?.[0]?.data?.main?.[0]?.[0]
@@ -432,9 +423,7 @@ export class InternalHooks implements IInternalHooksClass {
 					});
 
 					promises.push(
-						this.telemetry.track('Manual workflow exec finished', manualExecEventProperties, {
-							withPostHog: true,
-						}),
+						this.telemetry.track('Manual workflow exec finished', manualExecEventProperties),
 					);
 				}
 			}
@@ -484,7 +473,7 @@ export class InternalHooks implements IInternalHooksClass {
 			user_id_list: userList,
 		};
 
-		return this.telemetry.track('User updated workflow sharing', properties, { withPostHog: true });
+		return this.telemetry.track('User updated workflow sharing', properties);
 	}
 
 	async onN8nStop(): Promise<void> {
@@ -1017,7 +1006,7 @@ export class InternalHooks implements IInternalHooksClass {
 		user_id: string;
 		workflow_id: string;
 	}): Promise<void> {
-		return this.telemetry.track('Workflow first prod success', data, { withPostHog: true });
+		return this.telemetry.track('Workflow first prod success', data);
 	}
 
 	async onFirstWorkflowDataLoad(data: {
@@ -1028,7 +1017,7 @@ export class InternalHooks implements IInternalHooksClass {
 		credential_type?: string;
 		credential_id?: string;
 	}): Promise<void> {
-		return this.telemetry.track('Workflow first data fetched', data, { withPostHog: true });
+		return this.telemetry.track('Workflow first data fetched', data);
 	}
 
 	/**

packages/cli/src/Server.ts

@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ export class Server extends AbstractServer {
 		const controllers: object[] = [
 			new EventBusController(),
 			new AuthController({ config, internalHooks, repositories, logger, postHog }),
-			new OwnerController({ config, internalHooks, repositories, logger }),
+			new OwnerController({ config, internalHooks, repositories, logger, postHog }),
 			new MeController({ externalHooks, internalHooks, repositories, logger }),
 			new NodeTypesController({ config, nodeTypes }),
 			new PasswordResetController({

packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts

@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ export const schema = {
 	externalFrontendHooksUrls: {
 		doc: 'URLs to external frontend hooks files, ; separated',
 		format: String,
-		default: 'https://public.n8n.cloud/posthog-hooks.js',
+		default: '',
 		env: 'EXTERNAL_FRONTEND_HOOKS_URLS',
 	},
 

packages/cli/src/controllers/owner.controller.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 	hashPassword,
 	sanitizeUser,
 	validatePassword,
+	withFeatureFlags,
 } from '@/UserManagement/UserManagementHelper';
 import { issueCookie } from '@/auth/jwt';
 import { Response } from 'express';
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import type { Config } from '@/config';
 import { OwnerRequest } from '@/requests';
 import type { IDatabaseCollections, IInternalHooksClass } from '@/Interfaces';
 import type { SettingsRepository, UserRepository } from '@db/repositories';
+import type { PostHogClient } from '@/posthog';
 
 @Authorized(['global', 'owner'])
 @RestController('/owner')
@@ -28,22 +30,27 @@ export class OwnerController {
 
 	private readonly settingsRepository: SettingsRepository;
 
+	private readonly postHog?: PostHogClient;
+
 	constructor({
 		config,
 		logger,
 		internalHooks,
 		repositories,
+		postHog,
 	}: {
 		config: Config;
 		logger: ILogger;
 		internalHooks: IInternalHooksClass;
 		repositories: Pick<IDatabaseCollections, 'User' | 'Settings'>;
+		postHog?: PostHogClient;
 	}) {
 		this.config = config;
 		this.logger = logger;
 		this.internalHooks = internalHooks;
 		this.userRepository = repositories.User;
 		this.settingsRepository = repositories.Settings;
+		this.postHog = postHog;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ export class OwnerController {
 
 		void this.internalHooks.onInstanceOwnerSetup({ user_id: userId });
 
-		return sanitizeUser(owner);
+		return withFeatureFlags(this.postHog, sanitizeUser(owner));
 	}
 
 	@Post('/dismiss-banner')

packages/cli/src/telemetry/index.ts

@@ -95,15 +95,11 @@ export class Telemetry {
 				return sum > 0;
 			})
 			.map(async (workflowId) => {
-				const promise = this.track(
-					'Workflow execution count',
-					{
-						event_version: '2',
-						workflow_id: workflowId,
-						...this.executionCountsBuffer[workflowId],
-					},
-					{ withPostHog: true },
-				);
+				const promise = this.track('Workflow execution count', {
+					event_version: '2',
+					workflow_id: workflowId,
+					...this.executionCountsBuffer[workflowId],
+				});
 
 				return promise;
 			});

packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ declare global {
 			reset?(resetDeviceId?: boolean): void;
 			onFeatureFlags?(callback: (keys: string[], map: FeatureFlags) => void): void;
 			reloadFeatureFlags?(): void;
+			capture?(event: string, properties: IDataObject): void;
+			register?(metadata: IDataObject): void;
+			people?: {
+				set?(metadata: IDataObject): void;
+			};
+			debug?(): void;
 		};
 		analytics?: {
 			track(event: string, proeprties?: ITelemetryTrackProperties): void;

packages/editor-ui/src/api/users.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export async function logout(context: IRestApiContext): Promise<void> {
 export async function setupOwner(
 	context: IRestApiContext,
 	params: { firstName: string; lastName: string; email: string; password: string },
-): Promise<IUserResponse> {
+): Promise<CurrentUserResponse> {
 	return makeRestApiRequest(context, 'POST', '/owner/setup', params as unknown as IDataObject);
 }
 

packages/editor-ui/src/components/PersonalizationModal.vue

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings.store';
 import { useRootStore } from '@/stores/n8nRoot.store';
 import { useUsersStore } from '@/stores/users.store';
 import { createEventBus } from 'n8n-design-system/utils';
+import { usePostHog } from '@/stores';
 
 export default defineComponent({
 	name: 'PersonalizationModal',
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		};
 	},
 	computed: {
-		...mapStores(useRootStore, useSettingsStore, useUIStore, useUsersStore),
+		...mapStores(useRootStore, useSettingsStore, useUIStore, useUsersStore, usePostHog),
 		survey() {
 			const survey: IFormInputs = [
 				{
@@ -645,6 +646,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
 				await this.usersStore.submitPersonalizationSurvey(survey as IPersonalizationLatestVersion);
 
+				this.posthogStore.setMetadata(survey, 'user');
+
 				if (Object.keys(values).length === 0) {
 					this.closeDialog();
 				}

packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/telemetry/index.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings.store';
 import { useRootStore } from '@/stores/n8nRoot.store';
 import { useTelemetryStore } from '@/stores/telemetry.store';
 import { SLACK_NODE_TYPE } from '@/constants';
+import { usePostHog } from '@/stores/posthog.store';
 
 export class Telemetry {
 	constructor(
@@ -72,7 +73,11 @@ export class Telemetry {
 		}
 	}
 
-	track(event: string, properties?: ITelemetryTrackProperties) {
+	track(
+		event: string,
+		properties?: ITelemetryTrackProperties,
+		{ withPostHog } = { withPostHog: false },
+	) {
 		if (!this.rudderStack) return;
 
 		const updatedProperties = {
@@ -81,6 +86,10 @@ export class Telemetry {
 		};
 
 		this.rudderStack.track(event, updatedProperties);
+
+		if (withPostHog) {
+			usePostHog().capture(event, updatedProperties);
+		}
 	}
 
 	page(route: Route) {
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@ export class Telemetry {
 			properties.session_id = useRootStore().sessionId;
 			switch (event) {
 				case 'askAi.generationFinished':
-					this.track('Ai code generation finished', properties);
+					this.track('Ai code generation finished', properties, { withPostHog: true });
 				case 'ask.generationClicked':
 					this.track('User clicked on generate code button', properties);
 				default:
@@ -189,7 +198,7 @@ export class Telemetry {
 					this.track('User viewed node category', properties);
 					break;
 				case 'nodeView.addNodeButton':
-					this.track('User added node to workflow canvas', properties);
+					this.track('User added node to workflow canvas', properties, { withPostHog: true });
 					break;
 				case 'nodeView.addSticky':
 					this.track('User inserted workflow note', properties);

packages/editor-ui/src/stores/posthog.store.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
 import { useUsersStore } from '@/stores/users.store';
 import { useRootStore } from '@/stores/n8nRoot.store';
 import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings.store';
-import type { FeatureFlags } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { FeatureFlags, IDataObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { EXPERIMENTS_TO_TRACK, LOCAL_STORAGE_EXPERIMENT_OVERRIDES } from '@/constants';
 import { useTelemetryStore } from './telemetry.store';
 import { debounce } from 'lodash-es';
@@ -161,10 +161,29 @@ export const usePostHog = defineStore('posthog', () => {
 		trackedDemoExp.value[name] = variant;
 	};
 
+	const capture = (event: string, properties: IDataObject) => {
+		if (typeof window.posthog?.capture === 'function') {
+			window.posthog.capture(event, properties);
+		}
+	};
+
+	const setMetadata = (metadata: IDataObject, target: 'user' | 'events') => {
+		if (typeof window.posthog?.people?.set !== 'function') return;
+		if (typeof window.posthog?.register !== 'function') return;
+
+		if (target === 'user') {
+			window.posthog?.people?.set(metadata);
+		} else if (target === 'events') {
+			window.posthog?.register(metadata);
+		}
+	};
+
 	return {
 		init,
 		isVariantEnabled,
 		getVariant,
 		reset,
+		capture,
+		setMetadata,
 	};
 });

packages/editor-ui/src/stores/users.store.ts

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export const useUsersStore = defineStore(STORES.USERS, {
 				this.addUsers([user]);
 				this.currentUserId = user.id;
 				settingsStore.stopShowingSetupPage();
+				usePostHog().init(user.featureFlags);
 			}
 		},
 		async validateSignupToken(params: {
@@ -221,9 +222,8 @@ export const useUsersStore = defineStore(STORES.USERS, {
 			if (user) {
 				this.addUsers([user]);
 				this.currentUserId = user.id;
+				usePostHog().init(user.featureFlags);
 			}
-
-			usePostHog().init(user.featureFlags);
 		},
 		async sendForgotPasswordEmail(params: { email: string }): Promise<void> {
 			const rootStore = useRootStore();

packages/editor-ui/src/views/TemplatesCollectionView.vue

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import type {
 import { setPageTitle } from '@/utils';
 import { VIEWS } from '@/constants';
 import { useTemplatesStore } from '@/stores/templates.store';
+import { usePostHog } from '@/stores/posthog.store';
 
 export default defineComponent({
 	name: 'TemplatesCollectionView',
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		TemplatesView,
 	},
 	computed: {
-		...mapStores(useTemplatesStore),
+		...mapStores(useTemplatesStore, usePostHog),
 		collection(): null | ITemplatesCollectionFull {
 			return this.templatesStore.getCollectionById(this.collectionId);
 		},
@@ -122,8 +123,9 @@ export default defineComponent({
 				source: 'collection',
 			};
 			void this.$externalHooks().run('templatesCollectionView.onUseWorkflow', telemetryPayload);
-			this.$telemetry.track('User inserted workflow template', telemetryPayload);
-
+			this.$telemetry.track('User inserted workflow template', telemetryPayload, {
+				withPostHog: true,
+			});
 			this.navigateTo(event, VIEWS.TEMPLATE_IMPORT, id);
 		},
 		navigateTo(e: MouseEvent, page: string, id: string) {

packages/editor-ui/src/views/TemplatesWorkflowView.vue

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import { workflowHelpers } from '@/mixins/workflowHelpers';
 import { setPageTitle } from '@/utils';
 import { VIEWS } from '@/constants';
 import { useTemplatesStore } from '@/stores/templates.store';
+import { usePostHog } from '@/stores/posthog.store';
 
 export default defineComponent({
 	name: 'TemplatesWorkflowView',
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		WorkflowPreview,
 	},
 	computed: {
-		...mapStores(useTemplatesStore),
+		...mapStores(useTemplatesStore, usePostHog),
 		template(): ITemplatesWorkflow | ITemplatesWorkflowFull {
 			return this.templatesStore.getTemplateById(this.templateId);
 		},
@@ -101,8 +102,9 @@ export default defineComponent({
 			};
 
 			void this.$externalHooks().run('templatesWorkflowView.openWorkflow', telemetryPayload);
-			this.$telemetry.track('User inserted workflow template', telemetryPayload);
-
+			this.$telemetry.track('User inserted workflow template', telemetryPayload, {
+				withPostHog: true,
+			});
 			if (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) {
 				const route = this.$router.resolve({ name: VIEWS.TEMPLATE_IMPORT, params: { id } });
 				window.open(route.href, '_blank');