Add option to prevent connecting and sending data on metered connections

[M66B]

Some people are on tight data bundles or allowances, for example people an ships relying on satellite communication. For those people every byte counts / is expensive.

They would highly appreciate an option to disable / defer sending Bugsnag data when there is a metered internet connection only (generally mobile data or paid WiFi hotspots).

This could be a simple property of com.bugsnag.android.Configuration checked by com.bugsnag.android.DefaultDelivery.

[yousif-bugsnag]

Hi @M66B, thanks for raising. This is already on our product roadmap and is something we hope to add support for in a future version. I don't have any firm timeframes for this at present but will post any updates on this thread.

[M66B]

@yousif-bugsnag is this feature still on the roadmap?

[mattdyoung]

It's still a feature we hope to add when priorities allow.

Note that you can already perform a check yourself to determine if the phone is using cellular data and return false from an OnError callback to prevent sending the report to Bugsnag:
https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/android/customizing-error-reports/#discarding-events
i.e. you can disable Bugsnag in this scenario.

What we don't yet support, but are considering, is an option to defer sending until a wifi connection is available.

[M66B]

What we don't yet support, but are considering, is an option to defer sending until a wifi connection is available.

Are there still plans to add this? Dropping events is not a good replacement!

[luke-belton]

Hi @M66B - this is still on our roadmap, but we don't currently have an ETA. We will continue to keep this thread updated when there are any changes in this area 👍