v12

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Summary

Fixes #97

Prepare public script v12:

• Fix invalid bot detection with window.phantom.solana
• Always expose sa_pageview for ignore-pages integrations
• Include the changes tracked in Only compare non-www with non-www domains for uniques #41 and Illegal invocation with sendBeacon and URL has an error #42
• Handle the Cloudflare under-attack parameter
• Collect only the names of non-empty query parameters in the compact k payload field, never their values
• Let sites opt out with ignoreMetrics: querykeys or data-ignore-metrics="querykeys"

Before merging, update beta.js as well or inform customer team 13489e0b-295c-476b-b955-46389fe10895.

Security implications

Has security impact - described as: - [ ] No security impact - [x] Has security impact - described as: - Query parameter values are never collected by this addition. - Name collection is limited to parameters with non-empty values and can be disabled.

Testing

• Frozen pnpm install passed with Node.js 24.18.0
• Rebuilt all distribution files
• Full unit suite passed: 16 tests
• Focused pageview query suite passed: 4 tests
• Prettier check passed for the edited source and unit test
• BrowserStack workflow passed

Checklist

• Linked to an issue
• Tested
• Asked for a review

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added automatic tracking for phone links, custom click and form-submission events, and optional 404 page detection.
  • Manual pageviews support paths, callbacks, and metadata. Query parameters can be collected according to configured rules, and repeated pageviews for the same path and query are suppressed.
  • Eligible requests can use fetch or beacon delivery, with image-request fallback when needed.
• Bug Fixes
  • Improved phone-link tracking when navigation is cancelled and pageview handling when paths differ only by query string.
  • Script headers now accept both “Privacy friendly” and “Privacy-first” labels.
• Documentation
  • Removed the Cloudflare app from the listed destinations for compiled scripts.

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🟡 Minor · Invoke the event callback when the keepalive fetch fulfills. · default.js:365-382

src/default.js:365-382
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Invoke the event callback when the keepalive fetch fulfills.

The public event function reaches sendData with keepalive enabled and the caller callback. The successful window.fetch(...) path has no fulfillment handler, so it delivers the event without notifying the caller.

Invoke the callback on fulfillment. Keep the image fallback for rejected or synchronously failed fetches.

Suggested fix

-            .catch(function () {
-              image.src = imageUrl;
-            });
+            .then(
+              function () {
+                if (callback) callback();
+              },
+              function () {
+                image.src = imageUrl;
+              }
+            );

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Update the keepalive fetch flow in sendData to invoke the caller callback when
the fetch fulfills, while preserving the image fallback for rejected or
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21-21: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify which generated distributions contributors must commit.

AGENTS.md:7 says never to commit dist/ during feature work, but AGENTS.md:21 says to commit generated distributions. Clarify that dist/ is excluded, or state the intended exception.

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-6. **Preserve browser and build compatibility.** Keep visitor-facing output ES5-compatible and respect feature boundaries such as event-free `light.js`. Build affected scripts from source and commit their generated distributions. Review source and build inputs first, using relevant generated output to verify those changes. Keep previously published pinned versions and their SRI bytes unchanged unless explicitly requested.
+6. **Preserve browser and build compatibility.** Keep visitor-facing output ES5-compatible and respect feature boundaries such as event-free `light.js`. Build affected scripts from source and review the generated distributions, but do not commit `dist/` during feature work; a maintainer commits it separately before deployment. Keep previously published pinned versions and their SRI bytes unchanged unless explicitly requested.

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Update the generated-distribution guidance in “Preserve browser and build
compatibility” to resolve its conflict with the instruction not to commit dist/
during feature work. State that contributors should build and review generated
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3-3: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make the shared-instructions access path usable.

The linked simpleanalytics/ide-config AGENTS.md page returns HTTP 404 through public GitHub access. If the approved method is also public, update the link. If access requires authentication or another method, document that path for intended contributors.

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Update the shared Simple Analytics instructions reference in AGENTS.md so
contributors can access it: replace the link if the approved method is public,
or document the required authenticated or alternate access method if it is not.

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- Line 3: Update the shared Simple Analytics instructions reference in AGENTS.md
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This drops the try/catch fallback added in 1835428 for browsers that throw TypeError: Illegal invocation from sendBeacon. Verified with a local jsdom test against dist/latest/latest.dev.js: when sendBeacon throws, no append is sent at all (no pixel fallback), and because the throw escapes the ping callback (sendOnLeave(); schedulePing();) the ping chain dies permanently — with pings: "1,2,3" only 1 of 3 attempts happened. The uncaught error also matches baseUrl in the error listener, so each page hide sends an error request.

Suggested change

	// sendData will assign payload to request
	if (push || !nav.sendBeacon) sendData(append, undefinedVar, trueVar);
	else nav.sendBeacon(fullApiUrl + "/append", stringify(append));
	// sendData will assign payload to request
	if (push || !nav.sendBeacon)
	return sendData(append, undefinedVar, trueVar);
	try {
	nav.sendBeacon(fullApiUrl + "/append", stringify(append));
	} catch (e) {
	// Fallback for browsers throwing "Illegal invocation" when the URL is invalid
	sendData(append, undefinedVar, trueVar);
	}

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Sending on every hide (instead of once on pagehide) means a visitor who switches tabs repeatedly emits one append — and one Elasticsearch update job — per switch, all with identical values. Verified locally: 10 hide/show cycles with no extra visible time produced 10 beacons with duration: 5. Skipping unchanged values keeps the lower-bound behaviour while cutting the redundant queue load.

Suggested change

	// The queue drops appends without values
	if (!append.duration && !append.scrolled) return;
	// The queue drops appends without values, and resending identical values
	// only creates extra queue jobs for the same page view
	if (!append.duration && !append.scrolled) return;
	var values = append.duration + "/" + append.scrolled;
	if (!push && values == lastSentValues) return;
	lastSentValues = values;

(declare var lastSentValues; next to sendOnLeave, and reset it alongside the counters in sendPageView)

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Documentation update

_docs/20_script-settings/06_pings.md

Location: New page in the script-settings category, alongside 05_allow-url-parameters.md

Copy and paste this into the documentation repository:

---
title: Pings
category: script-settings
permalink: /pings
created_at: 2026-10-20
last_modified_at: 2026-10-20
---

We send [time on page](/explained/time-on-page) when a visitor leaves or hides a page. On mobile browsers that page view can be discarded before that moment, and then no time on page is recorded at all.

With the `pings` setting you can send the time on page at fixed moments during a visit, so you always keep a lower bound for that page view. Each ping replaces the previously sent value for the same page view, so your stats never count the same seconds twice.

## Script setting `data-pings`

Specify the thresholds in seconds, separated by a comma:

```html
<script
  data-pings="5,30,60"
  src="https://scripts.simpleanalyticscdn.com/latest.js"
></script>

With the embed above we send the time on page after 5, 30 and 60 seconds of visible time, on top of the request we already send when the visitor leaves or hides the page.

Only visible time counts. When a visitor switches to another tab, the timer pauses and the remaining pings move along with it.

Using the settings object

You can also set it via the settings object:

<script>
  window.sa_settings = { pings: "5,30,60" };
</script>

Defaults

By default there are no pings and we only send the time on page when the page is hidden or the visitor navigates away. Adding pings sends an extra request per threshold, so pick the thresholds that matter to you rather than a long list.

Pings do nothing when timeonpage is disabled via ignore metrics.

Need any help? We love to help you set up your script. Don't hesitate to contact us. Silly questions don't exist.