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AI Usage > Client version

Written by Tom Williams

Dataset: AI Usage

Entity: AI Usage Measurement

Field ID: client_version

Type: Text

Description: The version of the client.

Source: App

Transformation logic: N/A

App Mapping

GitHub Copilot

the last known IDE version on CLIENT records; the last known CLI version on command line records

Anthropic Claude (coming soon)

N/A

Cursor (coming soon)

the client version published with daily usage

OpenAI Platform (coming soon)

N/A

OpenAI Codex (coming soon)

N/A

Reporting Use Cases

The Client version field matters more than it looks, because providers exclude out-of-date clients from their telemetry entirely.

  • Explaining unexplained drops: GitHub excludes users below a minimum client version from Copilot metrics. A sudden fall in active users is often a version floor rather than a fall in usage, and this field is what makes that diagnosable.

  • Upgrade tracking: Group by version to find the users still on an old client.

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