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Telemetry

spotify-cli records usage and diagnostics in Space Station so failures can be traced and fixed. It is on by default and easy to turn off.

Turn it off

Any one of these wins:

spotify config set '{"telemetry": false}'      # this Silicon home (also clears the daemon's backlog)
export SPOTIFY_TELEMETRY=0                     # or SPACE_STATION_TELEMETRY=0 / SILICON_TELEMETRY=0

Requests then carry X-Spotify-Telemetry: off, and the backend records nothing for them. Stemcell sets SPACE_STATION_TELEMETRY=0 for every tool when its own telemetry is off. On the website, the footer toggle stores the choice in your browser.

What is recorded

Self-contained events: event name, step (command or op), outcome (ok/error), error code, duration, which path worked (via) and why a fallback happened, versions, OS and architecture, a per-command trace id, and ISI when set.

Never recorded: track, album or artist names, lyrics, search queries, trigger notes, playlist names, URIs you play, tokens, SLTs, file contents.

Where it goes

The CLI hands events to the daemon, which relays them in batches to the backend's gateway; only the backend holds Space Station keys. Tables (org unlikefraction):

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