PostHog / PostHog/posthog

Metrics unstable over time.

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Description

Bug description

We are a PostHog cloud user. We've noticed some of our historical metrics (as basic as daily active users based on Unique page views) fluctuate with time. We know this because we extract those data points weekly for our own overall tracking & reporting. The data will change (by small amounts < 1%) when we come back to it after a week.

Happy to provide any details, but would prefer not to post our metrics publicly.

Environment

  • PostHog Cloud US, project ID: [33405]

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the reported drift in PostHog Cloud US project 33405 using daily active users based on Unique page views, comparing the same historical points across weekly extractions; done means the cause is identified and the historical metric behavior is corrected or clearly explained.

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Assessment

Domain
analytics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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