PostHog / PostHog/posthog

support pick list for string values in schema management

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Since Jan 16, 2026.

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Description

Feature request

Is your feature request related to a problem?

schema management currently supports enforcing string type but does not allow checking that values match a specific list. eg account_type should be 'paid', 'free'.

Describe the solution you'd like

UI for generating specific values for string types, and enforcement.

Debug info
- [ ] PostHog Cloud, Debug information: [please copy/paste from https://us.posthog.com/settings/project-details#variables]
- [ ] PostHog Hobby self-hosted with `docker compose`, version/commit: [please provide]
- [ ] PostHog self-hosted with Kubernetes (deprecated, see [`Sunsetting Kubernetes support`](https://posthog.com/blog/sunsetting-helm-support-posthog)), version/commit: [please provide]

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