fix(web): preserve consent-aware Google Ads attribution - #8207
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Google auto-tagging appends `gclid` and no UTM params at all, but `isAttributionKey` matched only `utm_*` and `ref`. Every paid visit was therefore stored as if it were direct traffic, and `gclid` appeared nowhere in the codebase — so the existing first/last-touch attribution, including the part that forwards it to console.prisma.io, could not see paid acquisition at all. Capture gclid, wbraid, gbraid, msclkid, fbclid, li_fat_id, twclid and ttclid into the existing attribution store. Click IDs are deliberately not rewritten onto internal links — they are opaque and long, and only matter at the console boundary, where syncUtmAttribution now appends them alongside first-touch params. Record paid touches on the PostHog person rather than on a conversion event. A purchase can happen months after the click, far outside any ad platform's window (Google caps offline conversion import at 90 days), so attribution has to live somewhere durable. `first_paid_*` is written with $set_once and never overwritten; organic visitors get no paid properties at all. UtmPersistence emits a `prisma_attribution_change` DOM event rather than calling PostHog directly, so @prisma-docs/ui needs no posthog-js dependency; each app wires it to its own already-initialised client. Coverage is bounded by consent: PostHog here is opt-out by default and only opts in on CookieYes analytics consent, so a visitor who declines produces no data and cannot be attributed. Note also that setPersonProperties creates a person profile under `identified_only`, so paid-touched anonymous visitors now get profiles they otherwise would not — intended, but a billable change scoped to paid traffic. Console-side work (signup/login events, identify, server-side purchase) is specified in ad-creative/analytics-spec-paid-attribution.md and lives in a different repo. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughChangesPaid attribution now captures recognized click IDs and paid UTM values, stores timestamped touches, updates PostHog person properties after consent, and synchronizes console URLs. Documentation defines signup/login tracking, rollout configuration, validation, and scope boundaries. Paid attribution tracking
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Visitor
participant MarketingSite
participant AttributionStorage
participant PostHog
participant Console
Visitor->>MarketingSite: Open URL with UTM values or click ID
MarketingSite->>AttributionStorage: Store consent-gated merged attribution
AttributionStorage->>MarketingSite: Emit ATTRIBUTION_CHANGE_EVENT
MarketingSite->>PostHog: Set first and latest paid-touch properties
MarketingSite->>Console: Propagate current click ID to console URL
Console->>PostHog: Replay stored attribution after consent
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Keeps the `trackSignUp` / `trackLogin` dataLayer helpers in the repo rather than only on one machine. They were written, then reverted unmerged because with the console work deferred there were no call sites, and dead exported code invites accidental use — so the source lives in this file's appendix until §2 of the paid-attribution spec is picked up. The file is marked SUPERSEDED at the top and points at analytics-spec-paid-attribution.md, which covers the same signup/login work plus purchase attribution. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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254-255: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winCorrect the helper readiness and consent documentation.
trackSignUpandtrackLoginonly check whetherwindow.dataLayeris an array. The specification creates that array before GTM loads, and GTM starts withanalytics_storage: 'denied'. Therefore, the helpers can push payloads before GTM is ready and while consent is denied. Document the container’s handling of these queued events, or add an explicit consent and readiness gate if events must not be queued.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@ad-creative/analytics-spec-paid-attribution.md`:
- Line 145: Add a language identifier, such as text or the appropriate syntax
label, to the opening fenced code block in the analytics specification so it
satisfies markdownlint MD040.
In `@ad-creative/analytics-spec-signup-login.md`:
- Around line 120-121: Update the authentication tracking flow for the GA4
sign_up and login events so user_id is populated before the Google tag fires, or
issue a supported post-authentication User-ID update. Ensure dlv_user_id
contains the authenticated value when GTM evaluates the event, then validate the
outgoing request in GTM Preview and GA4 DebugView.
In `@apps/blog/src/instrumentation-client.ts`:
- Around line 56-59: Preserve paid-touch timestamps across attribution replay
instead of passing the current time to getPaidPersonProperties. Update
apps/blog/src/instrumentation-client.ts lines 56-59,
apps/docs/src/instrumentation-client.ts lines 57-60, and
apps/site/src/instrumentation-client.ts lines 56-59 to use the stored first/last
paid capture timestamp; ensure attribution persistence records a new timestamp
only when a new paid touch is captured, while replay reuses the stored value.
In `@packages/ui/src/components/utm-persistence.tsx`:
- Around line 42-46: Update the attribution event flow around
getActiveAttribution and the ATTRIBUTION_CHANGE_EVENT dispatch to compare the
merged attribution with the stored attribution, dispatching only when
attribution values actually change; preserve current behavior for genuinely new
or changed attribution while preventing duplicate events from pathname effects
and eligible anchor clicks.
In `@packages/ui/src/lib/attribution.ts`:
- Around line 120-134: Update the first/last paid attribution construction
around the existing first and last touch handling: when first is not paid but
last is paid, use last’s paid timestamp and identifiers for the first_paid_*
fields, and only create or emit set when last is paid so organic last touches do
not update last_paid_at without identifiers. Preserve complete paid property
groups and the existing omitUndefined behavior.
In `@packages/ui/src/lib/utm.ts`:
- Line 44: Update UtmPersistence and the click-ID handling identified by
isClickIdKey so storage in window.localStorage and forwarding through
console.prisma.io links occur only when analytics consent is granted. Reuse the
existing analytics-consent check; otherwise document the approved exception at
the relevant code path.
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In `@ad-creative/analytics-spec-signup-login.md`:
- Around line 254-255: Correct the readiness and consent documentation for
trackSignUp and trackLogin: clarify how the GTM container handles payloads
queued when window.dataLayer exists but GTM is not initialized or
analytics_storage is denied, or specify and document an explicit
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Four issues raised on this PR, all confirmed against the code. Replay restamped the touch. Stored attribution is replayed on every page load so a touch captured before consent is not lost. That passed the current time, so a returning paid visitor got a fresh `last_paid_at` on every navigation and paid recency became meaningless. Capture time is now recorded on the stored attribution and used instead. Dispatch fired on unchanged attribution. `getActiveAttribution` runs from the pathname effect and from every eligible anchor click, so a page whose URL still carried the parameters re-announced the same touch. It now compares against what is stored and only announces a change. First and last paid properties were incomplete. An organic first touch followed by a paid one left `first_paid_source` empty forever, because `$set_once` cannot be filled in later. A paid first touch followed by an organic one set `last_paid_at` with no matching source, claiming a recent paid touch that never happened. The earliest known paid touch is now used for `first_paid_*`, and `last_paid_*` is written only when the last touch really was paid. Click IDs were stored without consent. They are advertising identifiers, and without analytics consent nothing downstream records them, so holding one achieved nothing. Capture is now gated on `hasAnalyticsConsent()`. UTM behaviour is unchanged. Also adds a language to a fenced block, and documents that `user_id` must be set before the GA4 `sign_up` event fires or cross-device stitching is lost. Raised by CodeRabbit on #8207. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Around line 141-143: Update the GA4 sign_up example to remove user_id from the
event payload and document its mapping as a Google tag configuration parameter
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Merge current main, preserve capture timestamps, handle consent restoration and revocation, and remove stale click IDs when forwarding to Console. Add regression tests and update the GA4 and Ads rollout checklist. Linear: DR-8871
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Google Ads auto-tagged landings can contain a click ID with no UTM fields. This preserves supported click IDs after analytics consent, carries first/last attribution to Console links, and records paid-touch properties in PostHog across site, docs and blog.
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main. The fixes preserve capture timestamps on replay, leave legacy timestamps unknown, capture a landing when consent arrives, remove stored identifiers when consent is revoked, and clear stale click IDs from forwarded Console links. New regression tests run with the shared UI package's normal test command.Validation:
pnpm types:check: all 6 tasks passed.Deploy Console attribution #5131 and signup/login events #4950 before this website change. The updated
ad-creative/analytics-spec-paid-attribution.mdlists the remaining GTM, GA4 and Google Ads configuration and end-to-end validation. Code readiness does not mean Ads is receiving conversions; this PR publishes no tags and changes no bidding settings.Paid-touch calls can create PostHog person profiles for consented anonymous visitors, which can affect billable usage. Cross-host identity continuity still needs deployment validation. No visual changes.
Linear: DR-8871
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