Initialization error with Telemetry Add-on

[JohnOCFII]

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Problem description

While my initial installation of the Telemetry add-on didn't report any errors messages, the builds (including self-builds) for the last week or so are reporting the following:

12:22:29  PostHog initializing. FreeCAD launch metrics are being sent.
12:22:29  Telemetry Addon: Sending FreeCAD version data to Posthog
12:22:29  Telemetry Addon: Sending FreeCAD system info to Posthog
12:22:29  Telemetry Addon: Sending FreeCAD addon info to Posthog
12:22:29  Telemetry Addon: Sending FreeCAD preferences info to Posthog
12:22:29  During initialization the error "argument 2 must be str, not int" occurred in /Users/osh/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/FreeCAD-Telemetry/./InitGui.py
12:22:29  Please look into the log file for further information

So - it appears to be working -- but then I receive the error (red) message in the Report Window. This is on macOS.

Full version info

OS: macOS Sequoia (15.3)
Architecture: arm64
Version: 1.1.0dev.40504 (Git) Conda
Build type: Release
Branch: main
Hash: 855ad6c70904f911b2ce7114dd1a5bc24da98bd1
Python 3.13.0, Qt 6.7.3, Coin 4.0.3, Vtk 9.3.1, OCC 7.8.1
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Stylesheet/Theme/QtStyle: OpenLight.qss/OpenLight/
Logical/physical DPI: 72/127.5
Installed mods: 
  * FreeCAD-Telemetry 1.0.0
  * OpenTheme 2024.9.1
  * fasteners 0.5.37

Subproject(s) affected?

Addon Manager

Anything else?

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[maxwxyz]

@chennes is this a FreeCAD issue or a telemetry add-on issue?

[maxwxyz]

Did you install the dependencies manually? I got an error on install:
#8

[maxwxyz]

Can confirm

OS: Windows 11 build 26100
Architecture: x86_64
Version: 1.1.0dev.40444 (Git) Conda
Build type: Release
Branch: main
Hash: 089605bb4db98668661bf56db3f5f5bb4f7f0d87
Python 3.11.11, Qt 5.15.15, Coin 4.0.3, Vtk 9.3.0, IfcOpenShell 0.0.0, OCC 7.8.1
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)
Stylesheet/Theme/QtStyle: FreeCAD Dark.qss/FreeCAD Dark/Fusion
Logical/physical DPI: 96/108.888
Installed mods: 
  * Cables 0.1.3
  * CfdOF 1.29.8
  * CurvedShapes 1.0.13
  * Curves 0.6.58
  * dodo 1.0.1
  * fasteners 0.5.37
  * freecad.gears 1.3.0
  * Manipulator 1.5.7
  * OpenTheme 2024.9.1
  * OpticsWorkbench 1.1.2
  * parts_library
  * Rocket 4.1.1
  * sheetmetal 0.7.21
  * Silk 0.1.5
  * Telemetry 1.0.0

[JohnOCFII]

Did you install the dependencies manually? I got an error on install:
FreeCAD/FreeCAD-Telemetry#8

I think something may have changed in the installation process. I first installed the Telemetry add-on when Chris announced it in Discord. At the time, it showed it had a dependency, and offered (and, I thought, succeeded) in installing it.

[chennes]

Posthog is installed just fine for you, @JohnOCFII, your real bug is the 12:22:29 During initialization the error "argument 2 must be str, not int" occurred in /Users/osh/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/FreeCAD-Telemetry/./InitGui.py error.

[chennes]

Here's the full error:

15:26:00  Init:      Initializing /Users/chennes/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/Telemetry/./... failed
15:26:00  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15:26:00  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 142, in RunInitGuiPy
  File "/Users/chennes/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/Telemetry/./InitGui.py", line 115, in <module>
    setup()
    ~~~~~^^
  File "/Users/chennes/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/Telemetry/./InitGui.py", line 91, in setup
    setup_posthog()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/Users/chennes/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/Telemetry/./InitGui.py", line 57, in setup_posthog
    posthog_launch()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/Users/chennes/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/Telemetry/./PosthogFC.py", line 90, in posthog_launch
    posthog_preferences()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/Users/chennes/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/Telemetry/./PosthogFC.py", line 278, in posthog_preferences
    "navigation_orbit_style": TrackedPreference.string(
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        path="BaseApp/Preferences/View/OrbitStyle",
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        default=1,
        ^^^^^^^^^^
    ),
    ^
  File "/Users/chennes/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/Telemetry/./PosthogFC.py", line 152, in string
    return get_preference(path=path, type="string", default=default, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/chennes/Library/Application Support/FreeCAD/Mod/Telemetry/./PosthogFC.py", line 146, in get_preference
    return transform(getter(name, default))
                     ~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: argument 2 must be str, not int

[chennes]

OK, this should be fixed by 3d50b69

[JohnOCFII]

OK, this should be fixed by 3d50b69

Telemetry Addon updated and the error message has gone away! Thanks!