This commit refactors the `usageStatisticsEnabled` setting from a sub-property of the `telemetry` configuration to a top-level setting. This change simplifies the configuration by decoupling usage statistics from the telemetry settings.
The documentation has also been updated to reflect this change.
Moves the telemetry.md file from docs/core to the top-level docs/ directory to make it more discoverable.
Updates the link in the main index.md and removes the old reference from the CLI configuration page.
Make a pass through the docs/core/index.md file to hopefully improve readability and consistency.
Of particular note, I've cut out a big chunk that felt mostly like implementation details that aren't particularly relevant for public consumption, and I cut out a discussion of cli/core interconnection that is covered better higher up in the docs hierarchy
Make a pass through the docs/troubleshooting.md file to hopefully improve readability and consistency.
Notably, some links in the existing documentation appear to point to non-existent pages. I've updated them to what I believe is an appropriate alternative. Also, there's some vague usage of "CLI" and "server", which I've -hopefully correctly- called "Gemini CLI" and "MCP server"
As noted in Issue #1189, the /stats command is missing. While we're here, alphabetizing the / commands makes sense in order to better organization the page.
Most notably, the list of available themes didn't match (in completeness or name) the examples provided at the end of the file (nor the listing I found in /packages/cli/src/ui/themes)
This content looks like it is better hosted in the themes.md doc.
This is as close as possible to an as-is cut-paste from one file to the other, with the goal of minimizing fine-grained review in this particular PR. I'll take another pass through themes.md specifically to improve the moved content in a follow up PR
#750
Renames project ID for telemetry from `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT` to `OTLP_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT`.
This change allows for a separate Google Cloud Project to be used for telemetry data, distinct from the project used for other services like Vertex AI or Code Assist. This enhances clarity and flexibility in project configuration.
Introduces telemetry for file create, read, and update operations.
This change adds the `gemini_cli.file.operation.count` metric, recorded by the `read-file`, `read-many-files`, and `write-file` tools.
The metric includes the following attributes:
- `operation` (string: `create`, `read`, `update`): The type of file operation.
- `lines` (optional, Int): Number of lines in the file.
- `mimetype` (optional, string): Mimetype of the file.
- `extension` (optional, string): File extension of the file.
Here is a stacked bar chart of file operations by extension (`js`, `ts`, `md`):
Here is a stacked bar chart of file operations by type (`create`, `read`, `update`):
#750
cc @allenhutchison as discussed
#750
### Telemetry Settings
Refactors telemetry configuration to use a nested `telemetry` object in `settings.json`, for example:
```json
{
"telemetry": {
"enabled": true,
"target": "gcp"
"log-prompts": "true"
},
"sandbox": false
}
```
The above includes
- Centralized telemetry settings under a `telemetry` object in `settings.json`.
- CLI flags for the `gemini` command to override all telemetry sub-settings:
- `--telemetry` / `--no-telemetry`
- `--telemetry-target <local|gcp>`
- `--telemetry-otlp-endpoint <URL>`
- `--telemetry-log-prompts` / `--no-telemetry-log-prompts`
- Updates `packages/cli/src/config/config.ts` and `packages/core/src/config/config.ts` to read from the new settings structure and respect the new CLI flags.
- Modifies `scripts/handle-telemetry.js`, `scripts/local_telemetry.js`, and `scripts/telemetry_utils.js` to align with the new settings structure.
- Updates `docs/core/telemetry.md` to reflect the new settings structure, CLI flags, and order of precedence.
- Renames `logUserPromptsEnabled` to `logPrompts` for brevity.
### `npm run telemetry`
Add a new `npm run telemetry` command that uses `scripts/telemetry.js`, automates the entire process of setting up a local and GCP telemetry pipelines, including configuring the necessary settings in the `.gemini/settings.json` workspace file and installing required binaries (e.g. `otelcol-contrib`).
---
```shell
$ npm run telemetry -- --target=gcp
> gemini-cli@0.1.0 telemetry
> node scripts/telemetry.js --target=gcp
⚙️ Using command-line target: gcp
🚀 Running telemetry script for target: gcp.
✨ Starting Local Telemetry Exporter for Google Cloud ✨⚙️ Enabled telemetry in workspace settings.
🔧 Set telemetry OTLP endpoint to http://localhost:4317.
🎯 Set telemetry target to gcp.
✅ Workspace settings updated.
✅ Using Google Cloud Project ID: foo-bar
🔑 Please ensure you are authenticated with Google Cloud:
- Run `gcloud auth application-default login` OR ensure `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable points to a valid service account key.
- The account needs "Cloud Trace Agent", "Monitoring Metric Writer", and "Logs Writer" roles.
✅ otelcol-contrib already exists at /Users/jerop/github/gemini-cli/.gemini/otel/bin/otelcol-contrib
🧹 Cleaning up old processes and logs...
✅ Deleted old GCP collector log.
📄 Wrote OTEL collector config to /Users/jerop/github/gemini-cli/.gemini/otel/collector-gcp.yaml
🚀 Starting OTEL collector for GCP... Logs: /Users/jerop/github/gemini-cli/.gemini/otel/collector-gcp.log
⏳ Waiting for OTEL collector to start (PID: 17013)...
✅ OTEL collector started successfully on port 4317.
✨ Local OTEL collector for GCP is running.
🚀 To send telemetry, run the Gemini CLI in a separate terminal window.
📄 Collector logs are being written to: /Users/jerop/github/gemini-cli/.gemini/otel/collector-gcp.log
📊 View your telemetry data in Google Cloud Console:
- Logs: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs/query;query=logName%3D%22projects%2Ffoo-bar%2Flogs%2Fgemini_cli%22?project=foo-bar
- Metrics: https://console.cloud.google.com/monitoring/metrics-explorer?project=foo-bar
- Traces: https://console.cloud.google.com/traces/list?project=foo-bar
Press Ctrl+C to exit.
^C
👋 Shutting down...
⚙️ Disabled telemetry in workspace settings.
🔧 Cleared telemetry OTLP endpoint.
🎯 Cleared telemetry target.
✅ Workspace settings updated.
🛑 Stopping otelcol-contrib (PID: 17013)...
✅ otelcol-contrib stopped.
```
Make several changes to guide the model to request absolute paths,
reducing frequent accidental relative path tool call failures.
- Switch the parameter name: path --> absolute_path.
- Update the tool definition to strongly require an absolute path.
- Update the system prompt to indicate absolute paths are required.
- Update the system prompt tool use examples to use absolute paths.
Test case:
Open GC in GC: "Locate the primary file calling genai"
- Expected: Model opens files with absolute path, successfully.
- Actual (pre-patch): Failure, attempts to read with relative path.
- Actual (post-patch): Success, attempts to read with absolute path.
Updates the telemetry documentation and the GCP telemetry script to make it clearer that the Gemini CLI needs to be run in a separate terminal session after starting the collector script.
This addresses potential user confusion where they might expect telemetry data to appear without actively using the CLI.
#750
Related to https://b.corp.google.com/issues/423605555 - I figured this might be a simpler solution to start with, while still also being useful on its own even if we do implement that.
Adds a script - `scripts/telemetry_gcp.js` - to simplify setting up a local OpenTelemetry collector that forwards data to Google Cloud. This is a follow up to the script for local telemetry `scripts/local_telemetry.js` added in #1015.
This script automates downloading necessary binaries, configuring the collector, and updating workspace settings.
Also includes `scripts/telemetry_utils.js` with shared helper functions for telemetry scripts. Will refactor `scripts/local_t elemetry.js` in next steps to use this shared functionality.
Updates `docs/core/telemetry.md` to include:
- A new "Quick Start" section
- Detailed instructions for the new GCP automated script
- Reorganization of existing sections for clarity
#750
---
```
✨ Starting Local Telemetry Exporter for Google Cloud ✨⚙️ Enabled telemetry in workspace settings.
🔧 Set telemetry OTLP endpoint to http://localhost:4317.
✅ Workspace settings updated.
✅ Using Google Cloud Project ID: foo-bar
🔑 Please ensure you are authenticated with Google Cloud:
- Run `gcloud auth application-default login` OR ensure `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable points to a valid service account key.
- The account needs "Cloud Trace Agent", "Monitoring Metric Writer", and "Logs Writer" roles.
✅ otelcol-contrib already exists at /Users/jerop/github/gemini-cli/.gemini/otel/bin/otelcol-contrib
🧹 Cleaning up old processes and logs...
✅ Deleted old GCP collector log.
📄 Wrote OTEL collector config to /Users/jerop/github/gemini-cli/.gemini/otel/collector-gcp.yaml
🚀 Starting OTEL collector for GCP... Logs: /Users/jerop/github/gemini-cli/.gemini/otel/collector-gcp.log
⏳ Waiting for OTEL collector to start (PID: 65145)...
✅ OTEL collector started successfully on port 4317.
✨ Local OTEL collector for GCP is running.
📄 Collector logs are being written to: /Users/jerop/github/gemini-cli/.gemini/otel/collector-gcp.log
📊 View your telemetry data in Google Cloud Console:
- Traces: https://console.cloud.google.com/traces/list?project=foo-bar
- Metrics: https://console.cloud.google.com/monitoring/metrics-explorer?project=foo-bar
- Logs: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs/query;query=logName%3D%22projects%2Ffoo-bar%2Flogs%2Fgemini_cli%22?project=foo-bar
Press Ctrl+C to exit.
^C
👋 Shutting down...
⚙️ Disabled telemetry in workspace settings.
🔧 Cleared telemetry OTLP endpoint.
✅ Workspace settings updated.
🛑 Stopping otelcol-contrib (PID: 65145)...
✅ otelcol-contrib stopped.
```
