Initialize analytics within app

Author: jahooma

cli/src/index.tsx

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { handlePublish } from './commands/publish'
 import { runPlainLogin } from './login/plain-login'
 import { initializeApp } from './init/init-app'
 import { getProjectRoot, setProjectRoot } from './project-files'
-import { initAnalytics, trackEvent } from './utils/analytics'
+import { trackEvent } from './utils/analytics'
 import { getAuthToken, getAuthTokenDetails } from './utils/auth'
 import { resetCodebuffClient } from './utils/codebuff-client'
 import { setApiClientAuthToken } from './utils/codebuff-api'
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function loadPackageVersion(): string {
 // Without this, refetchInterval won't work because TanStack Query thinks the app is "unfocused"
 focusManager.setEventListener(() => {
   // No-op: no event listeners in CLI environment (no window focus/visibility events)
-  return () => {}
+  return () => { }
 })
 focusManager.setFocused(true)
 
@@ -222,26 +222,17 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const startCwd = process.cwd()
   const showProjectPicker = shouldShowProjectPicker(startCwd, homeDir)
 
-  // Initialize analytics early, before anything that might use the logger
-  // (the logger calls trackEvent, which throws if analytics isn't initialized)
-  try {
-    initAnalytics()
-
-    // Track app launch event
-    trackEvent(AnalyticsEvent.APP_LAUNCHED, {
-      version: loadPackageVersion(),
-      platform: process.platform,
-      arch: process.arch,
-      hasInitialPrompt: Boolean(initialPrompt),
-      hasAgentOverride: hasAgentOverride,
-      continueChat,
-      initialMode: initialMode ?? 'DEFAULT',
-      isFreeBuff: IS_FREEBUFF,
-    })
-  } catch (error) {
-    // Analytics initialization is optional - don't fail the app if it errors
-    logger.debug(error, 'Failed to initialize analytics')
-  }
+  // Requires analytics to be initialized, which is done in initializeApp
+  trackEvent(AnalyticsEvent.APP_LAUNCHED, {
+    version: loadPackageVersion(),
+    platform: process.platform,
+    arch: process.arch,
+    hasInitialPrompt: Boolean(initialPrompt),
+    hasAgentOverride: hasAgentOverride,
+    continueChat,
+    initialMode: initialMode ?? 'DEFAULT',
+    isFreeBuff: IS_FREEBUFF,
+  })
 
   // Initialize agent registry (loads user agents via SDK).
   // When --agent is provided, skip local .agents to avoid overrides.

cli/src/init/init-app.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { initializeThemeStore } from '../hooks/use-theme'
 import { setProjectRoot } from '../project-files'
 import { initTimestampFormatter } from '../utils/helpers'
 import { enableManualThemeRefresh } from '../utils/theme-system'
+import { initAnalytics } from '../utils/analytics'
 import { initializeDirenv } from './init-direnv'
 
 export async function initializeApp(params: { cwd?: string }): Promise<void> {
@@ -21,6 +22,14 @@ export async function initializeApp(params: { cwd?: string }): Promise<void> {
   const baseCwd = process.cwd()
   setProjectRoot(baseCwd)
 
+  // Initialize analytics before direnv, because direnv uses the logger
+  // which calls trackEvent — analytics must be ready first.
+  try {
+    initAnalytics()
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.debug('Failed to initialize analytics:', error)
+  }
+
   // Initialize direnv environment before anything else
   initializeDirenv()