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Sean Oliver 4c77ab5fef feat(telemetry): mirror org_count to PostHog person property (#45946)
## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

YES

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Feature + two follow-on fixes — small, scoped to telemetry / experiment
plumbing.

## What is the current behavior?

PostHog feature flags evaluated in Studio only have access to the
`gotrue_id` person property (set in `useTelemetryIdentify`) and the
`organization`/`project` group associations from pageviews. Flags can't
target users by org membership without a behavioral cohort, which
refreshes on a ~hourly schedule and lags behind real-time signup state.

This is blocking the rollout of the `dataApiRevokeOnCreateDefault`
experiment ahead of the May 30 default-privileges breaking change — we
need to target brand-new dashboard signups with no prior org membership,
and there's no person property to filter on.

## What is the new behavior?

Three changes, scoped tightly to make experiment targeting reliable for
brand-new signups:

### 1. Mirror `org_count` to a PostHog person property
(`apps/studio/lib/telemetry.tsx`)

The Studio `Telemetry` component now mirrors the user's current org-list
length to a PostHog person property `org_count` via
`posthog.identify(user.id, { org_count })`. The effect:

- Subscribes to `useOrganizationsQuery` (shares the same React Query
cache as `useSelectedOrganizationQuery`, so no extra network requests).
- Dedupes via a ref keyed on `{ userId, orgCount }` so we only call
identify when the value actually changes — handles user-switch
(logout/login as different user with same count) correctly.
- Generic enough to be useful beyond this experiment — analytics
segmentation by org membership, future flags that depend on multi-org
behavior, etc.

### 2. Merge pre-init identify properties
(`packages/common/posthog-client.ts`)

The previous `pendingIdentification` slot was a single-write buffer —
calling `posthogClient.identify()` before the PostHog SDK initialized
would overwrite any prior queued identify. Latent until this PR added a
second identify caller (`org_count`), which exposed the last-write-wins
behavior on first-visitor-before-consent flows. Now merges properties
across pre-init calls for the same user so both `{ gotrue_id }` and `{
org_count }` land on the person record when the SDK flushes. Caught
during Codex review.

### 3. Gate the exposure event on `org_count` being present
(`apps/studio/hooks/misc/useDataApiRevokeOnCreateDefault.ts`)

`useTrackDefaultPrivilegesExposure` previously fired on the first
non-undefined value of the `dataApiRevokeOnCreateDefault` flag. For
brand-new signups, this races the `org_count` identify: the initial
`/flags/` response (before targeting can match) returns the untargeted
variant, the exposure locks it in via `hasTracked`, then our identify
fires and a subsequent `/flags/` refresh updates the flag — but the
exposure has already recorded the wrong variant.

Fix: gate the exposure on `org_count` being present on the SDK person,
subscribing via `onFeatureFlags` so we pick up the post-identify
`/flags/` response. Adds `posthogClient.getPersonProperty` as the
local-state reader. Without this, the experiment would have a ~5-15%
noise floor on cohort assignment for new signups.

## Verification

End-to-end verified locally against the staging PostHog project (34343):

- Local Studio's PostHog SDK has `$stored_person_properties: {
gotrue_id: <uuid>, org_count: 1 }` after sign-in.
- Both `$set` events landed server-side within ~300ms of each other, and
the staging person record now shows `org_count = 1.0` with `gotrue_id`
preserved.
- Targeting query `person.properties.org_count == 1` works end-to-end
against staging.

## Additional context

Ref: [GROWTH-853](https://linear.app/supabase/issue/GROWTH-853)

Targeting plan for the flag once shipped: `person.org_count == 1` plus a
behavioral filter on recent `sign_up` event, at 5% rollout.


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Chores**
* Telemetry now records and syncs the user's organization count as an
analytics person property and avoids redundant identifications when
unchanged.
* Analytics client now merges queued identification properties made
before initialization and exposes a method to read stored person
properties.

* **Bug Fixes**
* Tracking now waits for organization-count readiness before firing
certain exposure events to prevent missing data.

* **Tests**
* Added/updated tests to cover person-property behavior and gating
logic.

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