fix(desktop): record an onboarding step view once the step is settled

products/desktop/packages/core/src/onboarding/steps.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   type OnboardingStep,
   previousStep,
   stepDirection,
+  stepGatePending,
 } from "./steps";
 
 type StepGates = Parameters<typeof computeActiveSteps>[0];
@@ -76,6 +77,34 @@ describe("computeActiveSteps", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("stepGatePending", () => {
+  it.each<{ step: OnboardingStep; gate: keyof StepGates }>([
+    { step: "project-select", gate: "projectCount" },
+    { step: "consent", gate: "consentRequired" },
+    { step: "install-cli", gate: "hasGithubIntegration" },
+    { step: "install-cli", gate: "cliReady" },
+  ])("holds $step while $gate has not answered", ({ step, gate }) => {
+    const answered: StepGates = {
+      hasGithubIntegration: false,
+      cliReady: false,
+      projectCount: 2,
+      consentRequired: true,
+    };
+
+    expect(stepGatePending(step, answered)).toBe(false);
+    expect(stepGatePending(step, { ...answered, [gate]: undefined })).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it.each<OnboardingStep>(["connect-github", "select-repo"])(
+    "never holds %s, which no gate can drop",
+    (step) => {
+      expect(stepGatePending(step, allSteps)).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+});
+
 describe("nearestActiveStep", () => {
   const withoutConditionals = computeActiveSteps({
     hasGithubIntegration: true,

products/desktop/packages/core/src/onboarding/steps.ts

@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ export interface DetectedRepo {
   branch?: string;
 }
 
-export function computeActiveSteps(options: {
+export interface StepGates {
   /** Undefined while the integrations query is loading; the step only drops on a confirmed connection. */
   hasGithubIntegration: boolean | undefined;
   /** Undefined while the local git and gh checks are loading. */
   cliReady: boolean | undefined;
   /** Undefined until the project list has loaded, so a slow list cannot skip a real choice. */
   projectCount: number | undefined;
   consentRequired: boolean | undefined;
-}): OnboardingStep[] {
+}
+
+export function computeActiveSteps(options: StepGates): OnboardingStep[] {
   return ONBOARDING_STEPS.filter((step) => {
     if (step === "project-select" && options.projectCount === 1) return false;
     if (step === "consent" && options.consentRequired === false) return false;
@@ -45,6 +47,27 @@ export function computeActiveSteps(options: {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether a gate that governs `step` has not answered yet. An unanswered gate
+ * keeps its step in the active set, so the step is on screen but a later answer
+ * can still take it away. Analytics waits for this to be false, or it records a
+ * view for a step the person never had to complete.
+ */
+export function stepGatePending(
+  step: OnboardingStep,
+  options: StepGates,
+): boolean {
+  if (step === "project-select") return options.projectCount === undefined;
+  if (step === "consent") return options.consentRequired === undefined;
+  if (step === "install-cli") {
+    return (
+      options.hasGithubIntegration === undefined ||
+      options.cliReady === undefined
+    );
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 export function stepIndexOf(
   activeSteps: OnboardingStep[],
   step: OnboardingStep,

products/desktop/packages/ui/src/features/onboarding/components/OnboardingFlow.tsx

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { ConnectGitHubStep } from "@posthog/ui/features/onboarding/components/Co
 import { InstallCliStep } from "@posthog/ui/features/onboarding/components/InstallCliStep";
 import { useOnboardingFlow } from "@posthog/ui/features/onboarding/hooks/useOnboardingFlow";
 import { useOnboardingStore } from "@posthog/ui/features/onboarding/onboardingStore";
+import type { OnboardingStep } from "@posthog/ui/features/onboarding/types";
 import { useSettingsStore } from "@posthog/ui/features/settings/settingsStore";
 import { shipIt } from "@posthog/ui/primitives/confetti";
 import { FullScreenLayout } from "@posthog/ui/primitives/FullScreenLayout";
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export function OnboardingFlow({ onOpenSupport }: OnboardingFlowProps) {
     hasGithubIntegration,
     consentSatisfied,
     consentRequirement,
+    currentStepPending,
   } = useOnboardingFlow();
   const completeOnboarding = useOnboardingStore(
     (state) => state.completeOnboarding,
@@ -156,15 +158,25 @@ export function OnboardingFlow({ onOpenSupport }: OnboardingFlowProps) {
   const flowStartedAtRef = useRef(Date.now());
   const stepEnteredAtRef = useRef(Date.now());
 
-  // biome-ignore lint/correctness/useExhaustiveDependencies: fires once on mount; subsequent step views fire from handleNext/handleBack
   useEffect(() => {
     track(ANALYTICS_EVENTS.ONBOARDING_STARTED);
+  }, []);
+
+  const viewedStepRef = useRef<OnboardingStep | null>(null);
+  // Recorded once the step can no longer be taken away, which covers the two
+  // paths that had no correct one: a step shown before its gate answers, and a
+  // step entered by the self-heal in useOnboardingFlow.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (currentIndex < 0 || currentStepPending) return;
+    if (viewedStepRef.current === currentStep) return;
+    viewedStepRef.current = currentStep;
     track(ANALYTICS_EVENTS.ONBOARDING_STEP_VIEWED, {
       step_id: currentStep,
       step_index: currentIndex,
       total_steps: activeSteps.length,
     });
-  }, []);
+    stepEnteredAtRef.current = Date.now();
+  }, [currentStep, currentIndex, currentStepPending, activeSteps.length]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const handleBeforeUnload = () => {
@@ -195,17 +207,6 @@ export function OnboardingFlow({ onOpenSupport }: OnboardingFlowProps) {
     );
   };
 
-  const trackStepViewed = (stepIndex: number) => {
-    const stepId = activeSteps[stepIndex];
-    if (!stepId) return;
-    track(ANALYTICS_EVENTS.ONBOARDING_STEP_VIEWED, {
-      step_id: stepId,
-      step_index: stepIndex,
-      total_steps: activeSteps.length,
-    });
-    stepEnteredAtRef.current = Date.now();
-  };
-
   const handleNext = (context?: StepCompletedContext) => {
     if (
       currentStep === "consent" &&
@@ -218,13 +219,11 @@ export function OnboardingFlow({ onOpenSupport }: OnboardingFlowProps) {
     const safeContext =
       context && "nativeEvent" in context ? undefined : context;
     trackStepCompleted(safeContext);
-    trackStepViewed(currentIndex + 1);
     next();
   };
 
   const handleBack = () => {
     if (currentStep === "consent" && consentSubmitting) return;
-    trackStepViewed(currentIndex - 1);
     back();
   };
 

products/desktop/packages/ui/src/features/onboarding/hooks/useOnboardingFlow.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   nearestActiveStep,
   type OnboardingStep,
   stepDirection,
+  stepGatePending,
 } from "@posthog/core/onboarding/steps";
 import { useHostTRPC, useHostTRPCClient } from "@posthog/host-router/react";
 import { ANALYTICS_EVENTS } from "@posthog/shared/analytics-events";
@@ -205,25 +206,24 @@ export function useOnboardingFlow() {
     );
   }, [consent]);
 
+  // A failed lookup keeps the step, same as an unanswered one, but it answers
+  // the gate. Otherwise the step shows with its view never recorded.
   const consentRequired =
-    consentRequirement?.organizationId === consent.organizationId
-      ? consentRequirement?.required
-      : undefined;
+    consent.status === "error"
+      ? true
+      : consentRequirement?.organizationId === consent.organizationId
+        ? consentRequirement?.required
+        : undefined;
   const sampledConsentRequirement =
     consentRequirement?.organizationId === consent.organizationId
       ? consentRequirement
       : undefined;
 
-  const activeSteps = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      computeActiveSteps({
-        hasGithubIntegration,
-        cliReady,
-        projectCount,
-        consentRequired,
-      }),
+  const stepGates = useMemo(
+    () => ({ hasGithubIntegration, cliReady, projectCount, consentRequired }),
     [hasGithubIntegration, cliReady, projectCount, consentRequired],
   );
+  const activeSteps = useMemo(() => computeActiveSteps(stepGates), [stepGates]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!activeSteps.includes(currentStep)) {
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ export function useOnboardingFlow() {
   return {
     currentStep,
     currentIndex,
+    currentStepPending: stepGatePending(currentStep, stepGates),
     totalSteps: activeSteps.length,
     activeSteps,
     isFirstStep,

products/desktop/packages/ui/src/features/onboarding/onboardingStore.test.ts

@@ -2,14 +2,31 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { migrateOnboardingState } from "./onboardingStore";
 
 describe("migrateOnboardingState", () => {
+  const persisted = (currentStep: string) => ({
+    currentStep,
+    hasCompletedOnboarding: false,
+    hasShippedFirstPr: false,
+    selectedProjectId: 1,
+  });
+
   it("moves a persisted invite-code step forward", () => {
-    const migrated = migrateOnboardingState({
-      currentStep: "invite-code",
-      hasCompletedOnboarding: false,
-      hasShippedFirstPr: false,
-      selectedProjectId: 1,
-    });
-
-    expect(migrated.currentStep).toBe("consent");
+    expect(migrateOnboardingState(persisted("invite-code")).currentStep).toBe(
+      "consent",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it.each(["welcome", "import-config"])(
+    "resets the retired %s step to the start of the flow",
+    (step) => {
+      expect(migrateOnboardingState(persisted(step)).currentStep).toBe(
+        "project-select",
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("leaves a step of the current flow alone", () => {
+    expect(migrateOnboardingState(persisted("select-repo")).currentStep).toBe(
+      "select-repo",
+    );
   });
 });

products/desktop/packages/ui/src/features/onboarding/onboardingStore.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import type { OnboardingStep } from "@posthog/ui/features/onboarding/types";
+import {
+  ONBOARDING_STEPS,
+  type OnboardingStep,
+} from "@posthog/ui/features/onboarding/types";
 import { logger } from "@posthog/ui/shell/logger";
 import { create } from "zustand";
 import { persist } from "zustand/middleware";
@@ -37,6 +40,11 @@ export function migrateOnboardingState(
   if ((state.currentStep as string) === "invite-code") {
     return { ...state, currentStep: "consent" };
   }
+  // A step id from a retired set, for example "welcome", renders no branch in
+  // the flow, so the person sees an empty card until the self-heal moves them.
+  if (!ONBOARDING_STEPS.includes(state.currentStep)) {
+    return { ...state, currentStep: ONBOARDING_STEPS[0] };
+  }
   return state;
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ export const useOnboardingStore = create<OnboardingStore>()(
     }),
     {
       name: "onboarding-store",
-      version: 1,
+      version: 2,
       migrate: migrateOnboardingState,
       partialize: (state) => ({
         currentStep: state.currentStep,