fix: Load RemoteConfig by default but don't use it

src/__tests__/helpers/posthog-instance.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { PostHog, init_as_module } from '../../posthog-core'
 import { PostHogConfig } from '../../types'
+import { assignableWindow } from '../../utils/globals'
 import { uuidv7 } from '../../uuidv7'
 
 export const createPosthogInstance = async (
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ export const createPosthogInstance = async (
     // creates another instance.
     const posthog = new PostHog()
 
+    // NOTE: Temporary change whilst testing remote config
+    assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG = {} as any
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line compat/compat
     return await new Promise<PostHog>((resolve) =>
         posthog.init(

src/__tests__/loader.test.ts

@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ import { PostHog } from '../posthog-core'
 import { defaultPostHog } from './helpers/posthog-instance'
 
 import sinon from 'sinon'
-import { window } from '../utils/globals'
+import { assignableWindow, window } from '../utils/globals'
 
 describe(`Module-based loader in Node env`, () => {
     const posthog = defaultPostHog()
 
     beforeEach(() => {
+        // NOTE: Temporary change whilst testing remote config
+        assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG = {} as any
+
         jest.useFakeTimers()
         jest.spyOn(posthog, '_send_request').mockReturnValue()
         jest.spyOn(window!.console, 'log').mockImplementation()

src/__tests__/posthog-core.identify.test.ts

@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ import { USER_STATE } from '../constants'
 import { uuidv7 } from '../uuidv7'
 import { createPosthogInstance, defaultPostHog } from './helpers/posthog-instance'
 import { PostHog } from '../posthog-core'
+import { assignableWindow } from '../utils/globals'
 
 describe('identify()', () => {
     let instance: PostHog
     let beforeSendMock: jest.Mock
 
     beforeEach(() => {
         beforeSendMock = jest.fn().mockImplementation((e) => e)
+        // NOTE: Temporary change whilst testing remote config
+        assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG = {} as any
+
         const posthog = defaultPostHog().init(
             uuidv7(),
             {

src/__tests__/posthog-core.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ describe('posthog core', () => {
     }
 
     beforeEach(() => {
+        // NOTE: Temporary change whilst testing remote config
+        globals.assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG = {} as any
         jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(baseUTCDateTime)
     })
 

src/__tests__/segment.test.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, jest } from '@jest/globals'
 import { PostHog } from '../posthog-core'
 import { SegmentContext, SegmentPlugin } from '../extensions/segment-integration'
 import { USER_STATE } from '../constants'
+import { assignableWindow } from '../utils/globals'
 
 describe(`Segment integration`, () => {
     let segment: any
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ describe(`Segment integration`, () => {
     jest.setTimeout(500)
 
     beforeEach(() => {
+        assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG = {} as any
+
         // Create something that looks like the Segment Analytics 2.0 API. We
         // could use the actual client, but it's a little more tricky and we'd
         // want to mock out the network requests, for which we don't have a good

src/remote-config.ts

@@ -31,40 +31,36 @@ export class RemoteConfigLoader {
     }
 
     load(): void {
-        // Call decide to get what features are enabled and other settings.
-        // As a reminder, if the /decide endpoint is disabled, feature flags, toolbar, session recording, autocapture,
-        // and compression will not be available.
-
-        if (!this.instance.config.__preview_remote_config) {
-            return
-        }
-
-        // Attempt 1 - use the pre-loaded config if it came as part of the token-specific array.js
-        if (assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG) {
-            logger.info('Using preloaded remote config', assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG)
-            this.onRemoteConfig(assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG)
-            return
-        }
-
-        if (this.instance.config.advanced_disable_decide) {
-            // This setting is essentially saying "dont call external APIs" hence we respect it here
-            logger.warn('Remote config is disabled. Falling back to local config.')
-            return
-        }
+        try {
+            // Attempt 1 - use the pre-loaded config if it came as part of the token-specific array.js
+            if (assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG) {
+                logger.info('Using preloaded remote config', assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG)
+                this.onRemoteConfig(assignableWindow._POSTHOG_CONFIG)
+                return
+            }
 
-        // Attempt 2 - if we have the external deps loader then lets load the script version of the config that includes site apps
-        this._loadRemoteConfigJs((config) => {
-            if (!config) {
-                logger.info('No config found after loading remote JS config. Falling back to JSON.')
-                // Attempt 3 Load the config json instead of the script - we won't get site apps etc. but we will get the config
-                this._loadRemoteConfigJSON((config) => {
-                    this.onRemoteConfig(config)
-                })
+            if (this.instance.config.advanced_disable_decide) {
+                // This setting is essentially saying "dont call external APIs" hence we respect it here
+                logger.warn('Remote config is disabled. Falling back to local config.')
                 return
             }
 
-            this.onRemoteConfig(config)
-        })
+            // Attempt 2 - if we have the external deps loader then lets load the script version of the config that includes site apps
+            this._loadRemoteConfigJs((config) => {
+                if (!config) {
+                    logger.info('No config found after loading remote JS config. Falling back to JSON.')
+                    // Attempt 3 Load the config json instead of the script - we won't get site apps etc. but we will get the config
+                    this._loadRemoteConfigJSON((config) => {
+                        this.onRemoteConfig(config)
+                    })
+                    return
+                }
+
+                this.onRemoteConfig(config)
+            })
+        } catch (error) {
+            logger.error('Error loading remote config', error)
+        }
     }
 
     private onRemoteConfig(config?: RemoteConfig): void {
@@ -73,6 +69,12 @@ export class RemoteConfigLoader {
             logger.error('Failed to fetch remote config from PostHog.')
             return
         }
+
+        if (!this.instance.config.__preview_remote_config) {
+            logger.info('__preview_remote_config is disabled. Logging config instead', config)
+            return
+        }
+
         this.instance._onRemoteConfig(config)
 
         // We only need to reload if we haven't already loaded the flags or if the request is in flight