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Array 1.26.0

May 13, 2021

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PostHog 1.26.0 is here!

We've raised another $15M, our libraries have leveled up, and we've brought on even more great people. Not bad if you ask me.

We've raised a $15M Series B

Some exciting news in PostHog land! Read our blog post about this latest round.

Community MVP 🏆

This release cycle's Community MVP goes to...

imhmdb!

Mohamad submitted a 500+ line PR implementing feature flags in our PHP library. The PR is still under review but we anticipate it'll be merged soon.

Awesome work and thanks again Mohamad!

If you haven't seen it yet, we have a new page dedicated to our contributors. Every contributor gets their own digital card, and we provide a leaderboard with stats on each person's contributions. We also have a bot that sends a gift card for PostHog merch to contributors for every PR merged, and we welcome all types of contributions!

In this release:

  • New: Feature flags for Node.js and Go
  • New: CSV download for users in a datapoint
    • New: Funnel trends for analyzing conversion over time
  • New: Request retries for posthog-js
  • New: New plugins for Redshift, PostgreSQL, and PagerDuty
  • Improvement: New querying experience

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PostHog 1.26.0 Release Notes

If you're self-hosting and want to upgrade for a better experience and new features, remember to update your PostHog instance.

Feature flags for Node.js and Go

You requested and we delivered!

posthog-node and posthog-go now both support feature flags. Ruby and PHP are coming next.

We're making our libraries world-class, and this cycle also saw significant improvements to posthog-python, posthog-js, and posthog-flutter. We now have a dedicated team responsible for our libraries, so expect development to speed up!

Thank you to everyone in the community for supporting us with feature requests and PRs.

Funnel trends

Funnel Trends

Following a few refactors, funnel trends are now available in beta for Cloud and self-hosted Scale users.

Funnel trends let you see how conversion in a funnel changes over time, as well as specify the time taken between steps for a conversion to be counted.

CSV download for users in a datapoint

CSV Download

If you didn't already know, almost all datapoints in PostHog's 'Insights' section are clickable and reveal the users that make up that datapoint.

Well, now those users can be exported in CSV format, so you can use them in other tools or even create a static PostHog cohort from them.

Thanks a lot for building this c3ho!

Request retries for posthog-js

Continuing on the libraries theme, a much-requested feature is now live for posthog-js: retries!

Requests that fail because of for example, the client's network connection, will now be retried up to 10 times within an hour, making sure you miss as few events as possible. So if your user's internet goes down and comes back up, you'll still receive the events that happened when they were offline.

Also, Neil fixed a bug that sent requests to a wrong endpoint (with no impact on tracking). You can read about how Neil solved this issue on his blog.

New apps for Redshift, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, and PagerDuty

We've just released 4 new integrations with major platforms to enhance your PostHog experience.

Export data to Redshift, Postgres, and Salesforce, and leverage the PagerDuty app to get alerts when metrics in PostHog cross thresholds you specify.

New querying experience

New querying experience

We've redesigned and significantly improved the performance of the query builder in PostHog 'Trends'!

Let us know what you think about it.

User Interviews

We’re working hard to improve PostHog and would love to talk to you about your experience with the product.

If you're interested in helping us out, you can schedule a quick 30min call with us on Calendly.

To thank you for your time, we're giving away some awesome PostHog merch!

PostHog News

We onboarded so many people this cycle that we decided to make a table for it!

New joiners

NameRole🍍 on 🍕?Interesting Fact
JoeProduct Marketer😍"Jobs I had before I moved into marketing include (in order): clown, waiter, hospital & morgue cleaner, chainsaw salesman, and videogame journalist."
MarcusVP of Product🤮"Jointly hold the world record for Most People Dressed As Santa Doing A Zip Line In One Hour."
AlexFullstack Developer😍"I've visited all of NYC's secret subway stations without getting caught (yet)."
PhilDeveloper Relations😍"I made national press coverage (The Times, The Sun, The Mirror, Radio 5 Live... The Gainsborough Today :smirk:) in 2006 after creating a David Beckham website called 'Bring Back Beckham.'"

Community Shoutouts

Big thanks to the following members of our community who have contributed to PostHog over this release cycle:

Open Roles

If you'd love to help us build PostHog, we're currently hiring for the following roles:

  • Front End Developer
  • Senior Full Stack Engineer
  • Staff Engineer - Fullstack
  • Any role you think you'd be a great fit for

Check out our Careers page for more info.

Share your feedback

We'd love to hear anything you have to say about PostHog, good or bad. As a thank you, we'll share some awesome PostHog merch.

Want to get involved? Email us to schedule a 30 minute call with one of our teams to help us make PostHog even better!

Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

In addition to the highlights listed above, we also merged a bunch of PRs improving PostHog's performance and fixing bugs. Here are some highlights:

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