Telemetry

Weaviate Studio collects anonymous usage telemetry to help improve the extension. This page explains what's collected, how it works, and how to opt out.

Privacy First

We never collect:

• Prompts, queries, or data
• Credentials or API keys
• Collection names or schemas
• Personally identifiable information

What We Collect

Event Category	Examples
Lifecycle	Extension activation, deactivation
Feature Usage	Panel opens (Query Editor, Data Explorer, Generative Search, etc.)
Operations	Query completions, backup operations, connection events
Errors	Unhandled error categories (not full error messages)

All collected events are documented in telemetry.json.

How It Works

• Uses Azure Application Insights for telemetry storage
• Event queue with batching and automatic retries
• IP address scrubbing and PII sanitization
• Connection string injected at build time via CI/CD secrets
• Gracefully disabled for local development (no connection string → no telemetry)

Opting Out

Telemetry requires dual consent — both must be enabled:

1. VS Code telemetry must be enabled (telemetry.enableTelemetry)
2. Weaviate Studio telemetry must be enabled (weaviate.telemetry.enabled)

Disable either setting to opt out completely.

To disable Weaviate Studio telemetry:

1. Open VS Code Settings (Cmd+,)
2. Search for "weaviate.telemetry.enabled"
3. Uncheck the setting

Data Retention

Setting	Value
Data Retention	90 days (Application Insights default)
Sampling	Disabled (100% of events)
PII Scrubbing	Enabled
IP Collection	Disabled (scrubbed)

Local Testing

To test telemetry locally during development:

export APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_CONN_STRING="your-connection-string"
npm install && npm run compile && npm run build:webview && npm run build:add-collection

Dashboards

Pre-built Azure dashboards are available for monitoring:

Dashboard	Purpose
Extension Health	Monitor stability and adoption
Feature Adoption	Track feature usage
Performance	SLA monitoring
Error Analysis	Debug issues
Business Metrics	High-level product health
Version & Platform	Track versions and platforms

Deploy dashboards:

cd scripts/telemetry
export AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID="your-subscription-id"
./deploy.sh

See the full Telemetry Dashboards Guide for detailed Kusto queries and setup instructions.