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Cline includes telemetry to help understand usage patterns and improve the product. Users can control whether to share this data.

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What is Cline Telemetry?

Telemetry captures anonymous usage events such as:
  • Features used (which tools, commands, workflows)
  • Task completion rates
  • Error occurrences
  • Performance metrics
All telemetry data is anonymous and does not include code content, file contents, or other sensitive information.

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User Controls

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Enabling/Disabling Cline Telemetry

Individual users can control telemetry through Cline settings:
  1. Open Cline settings
  2. Find “Cline Telemetry” toggle
  3. Enable or disable as preferred
Changes take effect immediately.

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What Gets Collected

When telemetry is enabled, Cline captures:
  • Tools executed (e.g., read_file, execute_command)
  • Slash commands used
  • Workflows triggered
  • Settings changed
  • Task started/completed events
  • Mode switches (Plan/Act)
  • Checkpoint usage
  • Task duration
  • API failures
  • Tool execution errors
  • System errors
  • Error types and frequencies

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What Doesn’t Get Collected

Cline Telemetry never includes:
  • Your code or file contents
  • File paths or names
  • Command arguments or parameters
  • Conversation content
  • Personal information
  • API keys or credentials

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Enterprise Configuration

Administrators can set default telemetry state through remote configuration: 
{
  "telemetryEnabled": true
}
Even with enterprise configuration, individual users can still disable Cline Telemetry in their local settings.

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Enterprise Monitoring Features

For organizations with additional compliance or monitoring requirements, Cline provides:

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Prompt Storage

Automatically backup conversation history to AWS S3 or Cloudflare R2 for:
  • Compliance and audit trails
  • Usage analysis and reporting
  • Disaster recovery
See Prompt Storage for configuration details.

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OpenTelemetry Integration

Export detailed metrics and logs to your own observability platforms like Datadog, New Relic, or Grafana Cloud. See OpenTelemetry for setup instructions.

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Privacy

Cline’s telemetry is designed with privacy in mind:

Anonymous

No personal information is collected

Optional

Users can disable at any time

Local First

Code never leaves your machine

Transparent

Open source - see exactly what’s collected

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Why Telemetry Matters

Anonymous usage data helps:
  • Identify bugs: Discover issues affecting users
  • Prioritize features: Focus on most-used capabilities
  • Improve performance: Find and fix slow operations
  • Enhance reliability: Track and reduce error rates

OpenTelemetry

Enterprise monitoring and observability

Event Details

See what data is collected