Add method to loging telemetry of a UI interaction

extensions/ql-vscode/src/pure/interface-types.ts

@@ -504,6 +504,11 @@ export interface CancelVariantAnalysisMessage {
   t: "cancelVariantAnalysis";
 }
 
+export interface TelemetryMessage {
+  t: "telemetry";
+  action: string;
+}
+
 export type ToVariantAnalysisMessage =
   | SetVariantAnalysisMessage
   | SetRepoResultsMessage
@@ -517,4 +522,5 @@ export type FromVariantAnalysisMessage =
   | CopyRepositoryListMessage
   | ExportResultsMessage
   | OpenLogsMessage
-  | CancelVariantAnalysisMessage;
+  | CancelVariantAnalysisMessage
+  | TelemetryMessage;

extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/variant-analysis-view.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   VariantAnalysisViewManager,
 } from "./variant-analysis-view-manager";
 import { showAndLogWarningMessage } from "../helpers";
+import { telemetryListener } from "../telemetry";
 
 export class VariantAnalysisView
   extends AbstractWebview<ToVariantAnalysisMessage, FromVariantAnalysisMessage>
@@ -149,6 +150,9 @@ export class VariantAnalysisView
       case "openLogs":
         await this.openLogs();
         break;
+      case "telemetry":
+        telemetryListener?.sendUIInteraction(msg.action);
+        break;
       default:
         assertNever(msg);
     }

extensions/ql-vscode/src/telemetry.ts

@@ -168,6 +168,23 @@ export class TelemetryListener extends ConfigListener {
     );
   }
 
+  sendUIInteraction(name: string) {
+    if (!this.reporter) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const isCanary = (!!CANARY_FEATURES.getValue<boolean>()).toString();
+
+    this.reporter.sendTelemetryEvent(
+      "ui-interaction",
+      {
+        name,
+        isCanary,
+      },
+      {},
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * Displays a popup asking the user if they want to enable telemetry
    * for this extension.