GitHub recently announced that starting with v2.91.0 GitHub CLI will start sending pseudonymized telemetry data back to GitHub.
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-22-github-cli-opt-out-usage-telemetry/
Since this is an opt-out feature, most users will have it activated without knowing it. This is unacceptable in my opinion. So I took the liberty of turning this into an opt-in, disabled by default for nixpkgs.
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/515047
#GitHub #nixos #nixpkgs #privacy
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-22-github-cli-opt-out-usage-telemetry/
Since this is an opt-out feature, most users will have it activated without knowing it. This is unacceptable in my opinion. So I took the liberty of turning this into an opt-in, disabled by default for nixpkgs.
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/515047
#GitHub #nixos #nixpkgs #privacy
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