Anonymous Usage Data

On first use, goose asks for permission to collect anonymous usage data to help improve the product. You can change this setting at any time.

Usage data collected

To respect your privacy, goose collects only anonymous usage metrics when you opt in. If enabled, the following data is collected:

Operating system, version, and architecture
goose version and install method
Provider and model used
Extensions and tool usage counts (names only)
Session metrics (duration, interaction count, token usage)
Error types (e.g., "rate_limit", "auth" - no details)

Collected usage data doesn't include your conversations, code, tool arguments, error messages, or any personal data.

Provider Data Handling

Depending on the LLMs you use with goose, your conversations, prompts, and information accessed by goose might be sent to the provider and subject to their data retention and privacy policies.

Change Your Preference

To change your usage data collection preference:

goose Desktop

Click the button in the top-left to open the sidebar
Click Settings in the sidebar
Click the App tab
In the Privacy section, toggle Anonymous usage data on or off

goose CLI

Use the arrow keys to move through the options and press Enter to select. A solid dot shows your current selection.

Run goose configure
Choose goose settings
Choose Telemetry
Your current telemetry status is shown. Select Yes to enable anonymous usage data collection or No to disable it.

┌   goose-configure 
│
◇  What would you like to configure?
│  goose settings 
│
◇  What setting would you like to configure?
│  Telemetry 
│
●  Current telemetry status: Disabled
│  
◇  Share anonymous usage data to help improve goose?
│  Yes 
│
└  Telemetry enabled - thank you for helping improve goose!
└  Configuration saved successfully to /Users/julesv/.config/goose/config.yaml

You can also set the GOOSE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED variable directly in your config.yaml file, or use it as an environment variable to set telemetry status for a given session.