From a4391c4adf99b9f7a9e875ebe1f499d7aa477c99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sandroqdb Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:10:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs(configuration): align the telemetry page with the privacy notice Came up during the questdb.com privacy notice refresh. The telemetry page called telemetry anonymous and said we collect no personally-identifying information and share nothing with third parties. Telemetry is sent with the IP address it comes from, so those claims are not accurate. Replace them with statements that are, link the privacy notice, and fix the telemetry.hide.tables default, which is true in the server code. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) --- documentation/configuration/overview.md | 2 +- documentation/configuration/telemetry.md | 13 +++++++------ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/configuration/overview.md b/documentation/configuration/overview.md index e0b9eb159e..574b941f3b 100644 --- a/documentation/configuration/overview.md +++ b/documentation/configuration/overview.md @@ -545,6 +545,6 @@ http.net.connection.sndbuf=2m | [Replication](/docs/configuration/database-replication/) | High availability cluster replication | ✓ | | [Shared workers](/docs/configuration/shared-workers/) | Worker thread pools | | | [Storage policy](/docs/configuration/storage-policy/) | Partition lifecycle management | ✓ | -| [Telemetry](/docs/configuration/telemetry/) | Anonymous usage telemetry | | +| [Telemetry](/docs/configuration/telemetry/) | Usage telemetry | | | [TLS encryption](/docs/configuration/tls/) | TLS settings for all interfaces | ✓ | | [WAL table configurations](/docs/configuration/wal/) | Write-Ahead Log settings | | diff --git a/documentation/configuration/telemetry.md b/documentation/configuration/telemetry.md index 537fea52ce..ab2ba00344 100644 --- a/documentation/configuration/telemetry.md +++ b/documentation/configuration/telemetry.md @@ -1,22 +1,23 @@ --- title: Telemetry -description: Configuration settings for anonymous telemetry in QuestDB. +description: Configuration settings for telemetry in QuestDB. --- -QuestDB sends anonymous telemetry data with information about usage which helps -us improve the product over time. We do not collect any personally-identifying -information, and we do not share any of this data with third parties. +QuestDB collects usage telemetry that helps us improve the product. Telemetry +does not include the data stored in your tables, and metrics such as database +size and table count are sent as ranges rather than exact values. See our +[Privacy Notice](https://questdb.com/privacy-notice/) for details. ## telemetry.enabled - **Default**: `true` - **Reloadable**: no -Enable or disable anonymous usage metrics collection. +Enable or disable usage metrics collection. ## telemetry.hide.tables -- **Default**: `false` +- **Default**: `true` - **Reloadable**: no Hides telemetry tables from `select * from tables()` output. When enabled,