GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

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TL;DR

GitHub CLI 2.91.0 enables telemetry by default; opt out with GH_TELEMETRY=false.

Key Takeaways

• On-by-default breaks CI/CD in air-gapped or network-restricted environments — not just a privacy issue
• Enterprise users stay opted-out by default; individual developers and OSS pipelines are opted in
• Opt-out: export GH_TELEMETRY=false, DO_NOT_TRACK=true, or gh config set telemetry disabled

Discussion

Top comments:

• [ryanshrott]: CI/CD and bastion hosts with network restrictions break — telemetry isn’t just a privacy problem
• [neobrain]: Clean summary of all three opt-out methods from the official docs
• [embedding-shape]: The PR simply removes the env var gate — telemetry was always there, now just always on
• [Kim_Bruning]: Dev tools that leak can’t be trusted in restricted client environments — blanket block policy emerges

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