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Telemetry
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Telemetry is a feature that allows data collection.
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This is being used to collect performance metrics and other information about how IceCat performs in the wild, e.g. update events or session lengths.
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There are two main ways of gathering data, Desktop Telemetry - documented here - which is used in IceCat Desktop
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and `Glean <https://docs.telemetry.mozilla.org/concepts/glean/glean.html>`__ which is
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Mozilla’s newer telemetry framework and used in all GNU projects needing data collection.
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Information which is gathered is called a probe in Desktop Telemetry or a metric in Glean.
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The data is being sent in so-called pings. When pings cannot be sent immediately, caching is implemented as well.
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In many cases, `IceCat on Glean (FOG) <../glean/index.html>`__
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(the IceCat Desktop integration of Glean) is to be preferred over Telemetry.
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If your data would benefit from being in Telemetry as well as Glean,
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please consult the documentation for the
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`Glean Interface For IceCat Telemetry (GIFFT) <../glean/user/gifft.html>`__.
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*Note:* Mozilla's `data collection policy <https://wiki.mozilla.org/IceCat/Data_Collection>`_ documents the process and requirements that are applied here.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 5
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:titlesonly:
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start/index
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concepts/index
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collection/index
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data/index
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internals/index
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obsolete/index
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