From 44b19f355db2ee0687a0dc9542b7c9950a1fed65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Vello <xavier@posthog.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:28:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] remove pre-flight check

---
 src/posthog-core.ts | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/posthog-core.ts b/src/posthog-core.ts
index 9be52a3a5..4f5f0ad80 100644
--- a/src/posthog-core.ts
+++ b/src/posthog-core.ts
@@ -534,16 +534,8 @@ export class PostHog {
             this.compression = compression
         }
 
-        // Allow the backend to override the `/e/` endpoint, check that it's reachable before using
-        // We can only run the check if XHR is available.
-        if (response.analytics?.endpoint && USE_XHR) {
-            const endpoint = response.analytics?.endpoint
-            this._send_request(
-                this.config.api_host + endpoint,
-                {},
-                { method: 'OPTIONS' },
-                () => (this.analyticsDefaultEndpoint = endpoint)
-            )
+        if (response.analytics?.endpoint) {
+            this.analyticsDefaultEndpoint = response.analytics.endpoint
         }
     }