diff --git a/apps/web/app/components/posthog-provider.tsx b/apps/web/app/components/posthog-provider.tsx
index 7bf47f97465..582d79ba7cb 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/components/posthog-provider.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/components/posthog-provider.tsx
@@ -10,15 +10,11 @@ const POSTHOG_HOST = "https://us.i.posthog.com";
let initialized = false;
-function initPostHog(anonymousId: string) {
+function initPostHog() {
if (initialized || !POSTHOG_KEY || typeof window === "undefined") return;
posthog.init(POSTHOG_KEY, {
api_host: POSTHOG_HOST,
- bootstrap: {
- distinctID: anonymousId,
- isIdentifiedID: false,
- },
capture_pageview: false,
capture_pageleave: true,
persistence: "memory",
@@ -43,15 +39,13 @@ function PageviewTracker() {
}
export function PostHogProvider({
- anonymousId,
children,
}: {
- anonymousId: string;
children: React.ReactNode;
}) {
useEffect(() => {
- initPostHog(anonymousId);
- }, [anonymousId]);
+ initPostHog();
+ }, []);
if (!POSTHOG_KEY) return <>{children};
diff --git a/apps/web/app/layout.tsx b/apps/web/app/layout.tsx
index c077d1f4510..13edae493b3 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/layout.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
import type { Metadata, Viewport } from "next";
import { Suspense } from "react";
-import { getAnonymousId } from "@/lib/telemetry";
import { PostHogProvider } from "./components/posthog-provider";
import "./globals.css";
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ export default function RootLayout({
-
+
{children}
diff --git a/apps/web/lib/telemetry.ts b/apps/web/lib/telemetry.ts
index 0323a5b1adc..8c9de8b37b4 100644
--- a/apps/web/lib/telemetry.ts
+++ b/apps/web/lib/telemetry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
-import os from "node:os";
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
import { PostHog } from "posthog-node";
const POSTHOG_KEY = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY || "";
@@ -7,15 +6,6 @@ const POSTHOG_HOST = "https://us.i.posthog.com";
let client: PostHog | null = null;
-export function getAnonymousId(): string {
- try {
- const raw = `${os.hostname()}:${os.userInfo().username}`;
- return createHash("sha256").update(raw).digest("hex").slice(0, 16);
- } catch {
- return "unknown";
- }
-}
-
function ensureClient(): PostHog | null {
if (!POSTHOG_KEY) return null;
if (!client) {
@@ -28,12 +18,16 @@ function ensureClient(): PostHog | null {
return client;
}
-export function trackServer(event: string, properties?: Record): void {
+export function trackServer(
+ event: string,
+ properties?: Record,
+ distinctId?: string,
+): void {
const ph = ensureClient();
if (!ph) return;
ph.capture({
- distinctId: getAnonymousId(),
+ distinctId: distinctId || randomUUID(),
event,
properties: {
...properties,