Zero-state telemetry architecture
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@@ -8,25 +8,15 @@ quality: stub short_description: "The zero-state telemetry architecture describes how the platform's V4 Intent Beacon collects behavioural and hardware signals from edge clients without cookies, session identifiers, or third-party analytics, using client-side compilation and asynchronous beacon transmission." status: active bcsc_class: public-disclosure-safe last_edited: 2026-04-30 last_edited: 2026-05-25 editor: pointsav-engineering cites: [] paired_with: sovereign-telemetry.es.md --- The zero-state telemetry architecture is the platform's approach to understanding user behaviour without accumulating persistent client state. It collects behavioural and hardware signals from edge clients using only native browser APIs — no cookies, no session identifiers, no third-party analytics aggregators — and transmits the compiled payload asynchronously at tab-close. The current implementation, the V4 Intent Beacon, is operationally independent of external analytics platforms by structure, not by policy. > The zero-state telemetry architecture collects behavioural and hardware signals from edge clients using only native browser APIs — no cookies, no session identifiers, no third-party analytics aggregators — and transmits the compiled payload asynchronously at tab-close. The **zero-state telemetry architecture** is the platform approach to understanding user behaviour without accumulating persistent client state. The current implementation, codename **V4 Intent Beacon**, enforces a strict no-cookie, no-session-ID posture. Data is compiled entirely on the client side using native browser APIs and transmitted asynchronously via `navigator.sendBeacon` on the `visibilitychange` event. No tracking pixels, session identifiers, or third-party analytics providers are involved. The result is a telemetry signal that is both privacy-preserving by structure and operationally independent of external analytics platforms. The V4 Intent Beacon enforces a strict no-cookie, no-session-ID posture. Data is compiled entirely on the client side using native browser APIs and transmitted asynchronously via `navigator.sendBeacon` on the `visibilitychange` event. No tracking pixels, session identifiers, or third-party analytics providers are involved. ## Payload structure