PostHog / PostHog/posthog-flutter
Implement survey popup delay (surveyPopupDelaySeconds)
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- Dart
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Description
🚨 IMPORTANT
This issue is likely user-facing in the main PostHog app, see surveyVersionRequirements.ts. If you delete or close this issue, be sure to update the version requirements list here.
Summary
The posthog-flutter SDK does not implement the survey popup delay (surveyPopupDelaySeconds). The field is not present in the Flutter SDK code at all.
Current State
- No
surveyPopupDelaySecondsfield or delay logic exists in the Flutter SDK - The underlying native SDKs (iOS and Android) have the field in their models but do not implement the delay behavior either
Expected Behavior
When survey.appearance.surveyPopupDelaySeconds is set to a value > 0:
- The survey popup should be delayed by that many seconds before being shown
- Surveys should be sorted by their delay value (shorter delays first)
Dependencies
This depends on either:
- The Flutter SDK implementing the delay itself in its survey rendering code
- Or the native SDKs implementing it (iOS needs rendering delay, Android needs to expose on display model)
Reference Implementation
See posthog-js browser: packages/browser/src/extensions/surveys.tsx — _handlePopover() method which uses setTimeout for the delay.
Tracking
This is tracked in the survey SDK feature parity issue: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/45658
This issue was generated by Claude using the /survey-sdk-audit skill.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the Flutter SDK survey rendering code and compare it with packages/browser/src/extensions/surveys.tsx, especially the _handlePopover() method. Check surveyVersionRequirements.ts and the linked feature-parity issue for scope, then implement the delay and ordering behavior so surveys wait for surveyPopupDelaySeconds and shorter delays appear first.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- dart, flutter, javascript
- Domain
- frontend, mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100