default the UAL off for all targets, enable manually for Interface

assignment-client/src/AssignmentClientApp.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <HifiConfigVariantMap.h>
 #include <SharedUtil.h>
 #include <ShutdownEventListener.h>
-#include <UserActivityLogger.h>
 
 #include "Assignment.h"
 #include "AssignmentClient.h"
@@ -208,9 +207,6 @@ AssignmentClientApp::AssignmentClientApp(int argc, char* argv[]) :
 
     DependencyManager::registerInheritance<LimitedNodeList, NodeList>();
 
-    // the ACs should not send any user activity events so disable the logger ASAP
-    UserActivityLogger::getInstance().disable(true);
-
     if (numForks || minForks || maxForks) {
         AssignmentClientMonitor* monitor =  new AssignmentClientMonitor(numForks, minForks, maxForks,
                                                                         requestAssignmentType, assignmentPool,

domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <NumericalConstants.h>
 #include <Trace.h>
 #include <StatTracker.h>
-#include <UserActivityLogger.h>
 
 #include "DomainServerNodeData.h"
 #include "NodeConnectionData.h"
@@ -76,9 +75,6 @@ DomainServer::DomainServer(int argc, char* argv[]) :
 {
     parseCommandLine();
 
-    // the DS should not send any user activity events so disable the logger ASAP
-    UserActivityLogger::getInstance().disable(true);
-
     DependencyManager::set<tracing::Tracer>();
     DependencyManager::set<StatTracker>();
 

interface/src/Application.cpp

@@ -950,7 +950,18 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer& startupTimer, bo
     // Make sure we don't time out during slow operations at startup
     updateHeartbeat();
 
+    Setting::Handle<bool> firstRun { Settings::firstRun, true };
 
+    // once the settings have been loaded, check if we need to flip the default for UserActivityLogger
+    auto& userActivityLogger = UserActivityLogger::getInstance();
+    if (!userActivityLogger.isDisabledSettingSet()) {
+        // the user activity logger is opt-out for Interface
+        // but it's defaulted to disabled for other targets
+        // so we need to enable it here if it has never been disabled by the user
+        userActivityLogger.disable(false);
+    }
+
+    if (userActivityLogger.isEnabled()) {
         // sessionRunTime will be reset soon by loadSettings. Grab it now to get previous session value.
         // The value will be 0 if the user blew away settings this session, which is both a feature and a bug.
         static const QString TESTER = "HIFI_TESTER";
@@ -994,14 +1005,13 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer& startupTimer, bo
             properties["processor_l3_cache_count"] = procInfo.numProcessorCachesL3;
         }
         
-    // add firstRun flag from settings to launch event
-    Setting::Handle<bool> firstRun { Settings::firstRun, true };
         properties["first_run"] = firstRun.get();
 
         // add the user's machine ID to the launch event
         properties["machine_fingerprint"] = uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(FingerprintUtils::getMachineFingerprint());
 
-    UserActivityLogger::getInstance().logAction("launch", properties);
+        userActivityLogger.logAction("launch", properties);
+    }
 
     // Tell our entity edit sender about our known jurisdictions
     _entityEditSender.setServerJurisdictions(&_entityServerJurisdictions);

libraries/networking/src/UserActivityLogger.h

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public:
     
 public slots:
     bool isEnabled() { return !_disabled.get(); }
+    bool isDisabledSettingSet() const { return _disabled.isSet(); }
 
     void disable(bool disable);
     void logAction(QString action, QJsonObject details = QJsonObject(), JSONCallbackParameters params = JSONCallbackParameters());
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ private slots:
     
 private:
     UserActivityLogger();
-    Setting::Handle<bool> _disabled { "UserActivityLoggerDisabled", false };
+    Setting::Handle<bool> _disabled { "UserActivityLoggerDisabled", true };
 
     QElapsedTimer _timer;
 };

tools/ac-client/src/ACClientApp.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <AddressManager.h>
 #include <DependencyManager.h>
 #include <SettingHandle.h>
-#include <UserActivityLogger.h>
 
 #include "ACClientApp.h"
 
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ ACClientApp::ACClientApp(int argc, char* argv[]) :
     const QCommandLineOption listenPortOption("listenPort", "listen port", QString::number(INVALID_PORT));
     parser.addOption(listenPortOption);
 
-    // the AC client should not send any user activity events so disable the logger ASAP
-    UserActivityLogger::getInstance().disable(true);
-
     if (!parser.parse(QCoreApplication::arguments())) {
         qCritical() << parser.errorText() << endl;
         parser.showHelp();