Make conversation telemetry only available in dev builds for testing

Author: saoudrizwan

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 -   Add Account view to display billing and usage history for Cline account users. You can now keep track of credits used and transaction history right in the extension!
 -   Add 'Sort underling provider routing' setting to allow you to sort provider used by Cline/OpenRouter by throughput, price, latency, or the default (combination of price and uptime)
--   Add Advanced Setting to opt-in to LLM observability, allowing you to share message data, code, and more extensive telemetry to help improve prompts used in Cline, train our models, and understand failure states more accurately.
 -   Display total space Cline takes on disk next to "Delete all Tasks" button in History view
 -   Fix "Context Window Exceeded" error for OpenRouter/Cline Accounts (additional support coming soon)
 -   Improve rich MCP display with dynamic image loading and support for GIFs

package-lock.json

@@ -221,11 +221,6 @@
 					"type": "boolean",
 					"default": true,
 					"description": "Controls whether the MCP Marketplace is enabled."
-				},
-				"cline.conversationTelemetry": {
-					"type": "boolean",
-					"default": false,
-					"markdownDescription": "Share message data, code, and more extensive telemetry. This data may be used to improve prompts used in Cline, train models, and understand failure states more accurately. [Learn more](https://docs.cline.bot/more-info/llm-observability)"
 				}
 			}
 		}

package.json

@@ -21,9 +21,20 @@ interface ConversationMetadata {
 	tokensOut: number
 }
 
+const { IS_DEV } = process.env
+
 /**
- * Service for collecting conversation data using OpenTelemetry
+Cline Telemetry (currently only available in DEV builds)
+
+Advanced Setting to opt-in to LLM observability, allowing you to share message data, code, and more extensive telemetry to help improve prompts used in Cline, train our models, and understand failure states more accurately.
+
+"cline.conversationTelemetry": {
+	"type": "boolean",
+	"default": false,
+	"markdownDescription": "Share message data, code, and more extensive telemetry. This data may be used to improve prompts used in Cline, train models, and understand failure states more accurately. [Learn more](https://docs.cline.bot/more-info/llm-observability)"
+}
  */
+
 export class ConversationTelemetryService {
 	private providerRef: WeakRef<ClineProvider>
 	private distinctId: string = vscode.env.machineId
@@ -55,7 +66,10 @@ export class ConversationTelemetryService {
 		const isConversationTelemetryEnabled =
 			vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("cline").get<boolean>("conversationTelemetry") ?? false
 
-		return isGlobalTelemetryEnabled && isConversationTelemetryEnabled
+		// Currently only enabled in dev environment
+		const isDevEnvironment = !!IS_DEV
+
+		return isDevEnvironment && isGlobalTelemetryEnabled && isConversationTelemetryEnabled
 	}
 
 	private async initializeTracer() {