GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by ingve » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC

GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry
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Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by embedding-shape » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC

Love it when a PR is brief: https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/13254

> Removes the env var that gates telemetry, so it will be on by default.

Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by neobrain » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC

tl;dr for opt-out as per https://cli.github.com/telemetry#how-to-opt-out (any of these work individually):

export GH_TELEMETRY=false

export DO_NOT_TRACK=true

gh config set telemetry disabled (starting from version 2.91.0, which this announcement refers to)

Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by fenaer » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC

neobrain wrote: post #3

tl;dr for opt-out as per https://cli.github.com/telemetry#how-to-opt-out (any of these work individually): export GH_TELEMETRY=false export DO_NOT_TRACK=true gh config set telemetry disabled (starting from version 2.91.0, which this announcement refers to)

$ gh --version

gh version 2.90.0 (2026-04-16) https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.90.0

$ gh config set telemetry disabled

! warning: 'telemetry' is not a known configuration key

Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by Kim_Bruning » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC

what's the last version before telemetry... will want to pin there.

Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by rethab » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC

fenaer wrote: post #4

neobrain wrote: post #3

tl;dr for opt-out as per https://cli.github.com/telemetry#how-to-opt-out (any of these work individually): export GH_TELEMETRY=false export DO_NOT_TRACK=true gh config set telemetry disabled (starting from version 2.91.0, which this announcement refers to)

$ gh --version gh version 2.90.0 (2026-04-16) https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.90.0 $ gh config set telemetry disabled ! warning: 'telemetry' is not a known configuration key

v2.91.0 is the one that's going to introduce it: https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.91.0

Also note that even though you get a warning about an unknown config key, the value is actually set so you're future-proof. Check `grep telemetry ~/.config/gh/config.yml`

Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by wild_pointer » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC

pseudoanonymous, meaning not anonymous? lol

Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by delf » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC

Creator of GitSocial here, check it out if you'd like to have better control of your data and be protected from such things: https://github.com/gitsocial-org/gitsocial

Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by bugrasan » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC

doesn't this need to be opt-in according to EU GDPR?

Re: GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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Post by msla » Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC

I wonder how robust they are against people sending them fake data.