From a84ad07b9647e99fb1bb5c0578a4f82e22f277f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Gustin <34000337+EricGustin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 16:29:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't send events when running CLI commands in unit tests
 (#600)

The `arcade dashboard` command was quite popular for the last couple
hours
---
 libs/tests/conftest.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 libs/tests/conftest.py

diff --git a/libs/tests/conftest.py b/libs/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71eee222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Global test configuration for all tests.
+
+This conftest.py is at the root of the tests directory and applies to all test modules.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def disable_usage_tracking():
+    """Disable CLI usage tracking for all tests.
+
+    This prevents test runs from sending analytics events to PostHog.
+    The fixture is autouse=True so it applies automatically to every test.
+    """
+    original_value = os.environ.get("ARCADE_USAGE_TRACKING")
+
+    # Disable tracking
+    os.environ["ARCADE_USAGE_TRACKING"] = "0"
+
+    yield
+
+    # Restore original value after test
+    if original_value is None:
+        os.environ.pop("ARCADE_USAGE_TRACKING", None)
+    else:
+        os.environ["ARCADE_USAGE_TRACKING"] = original_value