feat: send navbar clicks made before analytics loads through the beacon

src/components/LandingNavbar/LandingNavbar.helpers.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isSectionActive, toNavbarAction, toNotificationLocale } from './LandingNavbar.helpers'
+import { isSameTabNavigation, isSectionActive, toNavbarAction, toNotificationLocale } from './LandingNavbar.helpers'
 
 describe('when deciding which navbar section owns the current page', () => {
   it('should light up Discover on the What is On calendar', () => {
@@ -67,3 +67,30 @@ describe('when naming the analytics action for a navbar link', () => {
     expect(toNavbarAction('learn')).toBe('learn')
   })
 })
+
+describe('when deciding whether a navbar click replaces the current page', () => {
+  const linkWith = (target?: string) => {
+    const link = document.createElement('a')
+    if (target) link.setAttribute('target', target)
+    return link
+  }
+  const click = (currentTarget: EventTarget, keys: Partial<Record<'ctrlKey' | 'metaKey' | 'shiftKey', boolean>> = {}) => ({
+    currentTarget,
+    ctrlKey: false,
+    metaKey: false,
+    shiftKey: false,
+    ...keys
+  })
+
+  it('should treat a plain click on a same-tab link as leaving the page', () => {
+    expect(isSameTabNavigation(click(linkWith()))).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('should keep the page for a link that opens in a new tab', () => {
+    expect(isSameTabNavigation(click(linkWith('_blank')))).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it.each(['ctrlKey', 'metaKey', 'shiftKey'] as const)('should keep the page when %s opens the link elsewhere', key => {
+    expect(isSameTabNavigation(click(linkWith(), { [key]: true }))).toBe(false)
+  })
+})

src/components/LandingNavbar/LandingNavbar.helpers.ts

@@ -49,4 +49,13 @@ function toNavbarAction(labelKey: string): string {
   return labelKey.slice(labelKey.lastIndexOf('.') + 1)
 }
 
-export { isSectionActive, toNavbarAction, toNotificationLocale }
+/**
+ * Whether a primary click on a navbar link replaces the current page. A link that opens in a new tab
+ * (`target="_blank"`, or ctrl/cmd/shift held) leaves this page alive, so its click can wait for analytics.
+ */
+function isSameTabNavigation(event: { currentTarget: EventTarget; ctrlKey: boolean; metaKey: boolean; shiftKey: boolean }): boolean {
+  const target = event.currentTarget instanceof Element ? event.currentTarget.getAttribute('target') : null
+  return target !== '_blank' && !event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey && !event.shiftKey
+}
+
+export { isSameTabNavigation, isSectionActive, toNavbarAction, toNotificationLocale }

src/components/LandingNavbar/LandingNavbar.spec.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ jest.mock('decentraland-ui2', () => ({
 }))
 jest.mock('decentraland-ui2/dist/components/Notifications/utils', () => ({ NotificationComponentByType: {} }))
 
-jest.mock('@dcl/hooks', () => ({ useAnalytics: jest.fn() }))
+jest.mock('@dcl/hooks', () => ({ useAnalytics: jest.fn(), isBotClient: jest.fn() }))
+jest.mock('../../modules/analyticsSessionGate', () => ({ isAnalyticsDisabledForSession: jest.fn() }))
+jest.mock('../../modules/segmentBeacon', () => ({ postSegmentEvent: jest.fn() }))
+jest.mock('../../modules/segmentAnonymousId', () => ({ ensureSegmentAnonymousId: jest.fn() }))
 jest.mock('../../intl/LocaleContext', () => ({ useLocale: jest.fn() }))
 jest.mock('../../hooks/adapters/useFormatMessage', () => ({
   useFormatMessage: jest.fn()
@@ -529,18 +532,124 @@ describe('when the visitor clicks a navbar link', () => {
   })
 
   describe('and analytics has not finished loading', () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
+    let postSegmentEvent: jest.Mock
+    let isBotClient: jest.Mock
+    let isAnalyticsDisabledForSession: jest.Mock
+
+    const clickLearn = () => {
+      renderAt('/events')
+      const mobileMenu = screen.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Mobile navigation' })
+      fireEvent.click(preventNavigation(within(mobileMenu).getByRole('link', { name: /navbar\.learn/i, hidden: true })))
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      postSegmentEvent = jest.requireMock('../../modules/segmentBeacon').postSegmentEvent
+      isBotClient = jest.requireMock('@dcl/hooks').isBotClient
+      isAnalyticsDisabledForSession = jest.requireMock('../../modules/analyticsSessionGate').isAnalyticsDisabledForSession
+      ;(jest.requireMock('../../modules/segmentAnonymousId').ensureSegmentAnonymousId as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue('anon-1')
       ;(jest.requireMock('@dcl/hooks').useAnalytics as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({ isInitialized: false, track })
+      isBotClient.mockReturnValue(false)
+      isAnalyticsDisabledForSession.mockReturnValue(false)
+    })
+
+    describe('and the visitor is a person in a session with analytics on', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        clickLearn()
+      })
+
+      it('should send the click through the beacon, which survives the page unloading', () => {
+        expect(track).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(postSegmentEvent).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+        expect(postSegmentEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          'Click',
+          {
+            place: 'Landing Navbar',
+            event: 'click',
+            action: 'learn',
+            section: 'learn',
+            href: 'https://decentraland.org/blog/',
+            track_called_at: expect.any(Number),
+            track_delivered_at: expect.any(Number),
+            track_deferred: true
+          },
+          'anon-1'
+        )
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('and the link opens in a new tab', () => {
+      let rerender: ReturnType<typeof render>['rerender']
+
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        ;({ rerender } = renderAt('/events'))
+        const createTab = desktopSection(/navbar\.create$/i)
+        await user.hover(createTab.parentElement!)
+        fireEvent.click(
+          preventNavigation(within(createTab.parentElement!).getByRole('link', { name: /creator_documentation/i, hidden: true }))
+        )
+      })
+
+      it('should not use the beacon, since the page stays open', () => {
+        expect(postSegmentEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(track).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
+
+      describe('and analytics finishes loading', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          ;(jest.requireMock('@dcl/hooks').useAnalytics as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({ isInitialized: true, track })
+          // A new prop, since the memoized navbar would otherwise skip the render that reads the new readiness.
+          rerender(
+            <MemoryRouter initialEntries={['/events']}>
+              <LandingNavbar {...props} isSignedIn={false} onClickJumpIn={jest.fn()} />
+            </MemoryRouter>
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should send the queued click through analytics', () => {
+          expect(track).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+          expect(track).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'Click',
+            expect.objectContaining({ action: 'creator_documentation', section: 'create', track_deferred: true })
+          )
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('and the session started on an exempt page', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        isAnalyticsDisabledForSession.mockReturnValue(true)
+        clickLearn()
+      })
+
+      it('should not send anything', () => {
+        expect(track).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(postSegmentEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('and the visitor is a bot', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        isBotClient.mockReturnValue(true)
+        clickLearn()
+      })
+
+      it('should not send anything', () => {
+        expect(track).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(postSegmentEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('and analytics is ready', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
       renderAt('/events')
-      const createTab = desktopSection(/navbar\.create$/i)
-      await user.hover(createTab.parentElement!)
-      fireEvent.click(
-        preventNavigation(within(createTab.parentElement!).getByRole('link', { name: /creator_documentation/i, hidden: true }))
-      )
+      const mobileMenu = screen.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Mobile navigation' })
+      fireEvent.click(preventNavigation(within(mobileMenu).getByRole('link', { name: /navbar\.learn/i, hidden: true })))
     })
 
-    it('should not send anything', () => {
-      expect(track).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    it('should send the click through analytics and not the beacon', () => {
+      expect(track).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(jest.requireMock('../../modules/segmentBeacon').postSegmentEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     })
   })
 

src/components/LandingNavbar/LandingNavbar.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom'
-import { useAnalytics } from '@dcl/hooks'
+import { isBotClient, useAnalytics } from '@dcl/hooks'
 import { useFormatMessage } from '../../hooks/adapters/useFormatMessage'
+import { useDeferredTrack } from '../../hooks/useDeferredTrack'
 import { MIN_DISPLAY_BALANCE } from '../../hooks/useManaBalances'
 import { useLocale } from '../../intl/LocaleContext'
+import { isAnalyticsDisabledForSession } from '../../modules/analyticsSessionGate'
 import { SectionViewedTrack, SegmentEvent } from '../../modules/segment'
+import { ensureSegmentAnonymousId } from '../../modules/segmentAnonymousId'
+import { postSegmentEvent } from '../../modules/segmentBeacon'
 import { assetUrl } from '../../utils/assetUrl'
 import { getAvatarBackgroundColor, getDisplayName } from '../../utils/avatarColor'
 // Module-level cache for notification type→component map from ui2.
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ import {
   ShoppingBagIcon,
   WearableIcon
 } from './icons'
-import { isSectionActive, toNavbarAction, toNotificationLocale } from './LandingNavbar.helpers'
+import { isSameTabNavigation, isSectionActive, toNavbarAction, toNotificationLocale } from './LandingNavbar.helpers'
 import { DROPDOWN_SECTIONS, MENU_CONFIG, USER_MENU_ITEMS } from './navbarConfig'
 import type { DropdownSection } from './navbarConfig'
 import {
@@ -255,16 +259,44 @@ const LandingNavbar = memo(function LandingNavbar({
   const { isInitialized, track } = useAnalytics()
   const [mobileMenuOpen, setMobileMenuOpen] = useState(false)
 
+  // Read through a ref (as useDownloadClick does) so a click sees Segment's current readiness even if it
+  // finished loading since the last render.
+  const isInitializedRef = useRef(isInitialized)
+  isInitializedRef.current = isInitialized
+
+  const deferredTrack = useDeferredTrack()
+
   const trackNavbar = useCallback(
-    (action: string, link?: { section: string; href: string }) => {
-      if (!isInitialized) return
-      track(SegmentEvent.CLICK, { place: SectionViewedTrack.LANDING_NAVBAR, event: 'click', action, ...link })
+    (action: string, link?: { section: string; href: string }, leavesPage = true) => {
+      const properties = { place: SectionViewedTrack.LANDING_NAVBAR, event: 'click', action, ...link }
+      if (isInitializedRef.current) {
+        track(SegmentEvent.CLICK, properties)
+        return
+      }
+      // Analytics loads once the page is idle and is ready only after Segment fetched its settings. A click
+      // that stays on the page (new tab, Jump In) waits in the queue with the SDK's full context.
+      if (!leavesPage) {
+        deferredTrack(SegmentEvent.CLICK, properties)
+        return
+      }
+      // One that replaces the page would be lost with it; the beacon survives the unload. It follows the same
+      // rules that keep the SDK off: sessions that started on an exempt page, and bots.
+      if (isAnalyticsDisabledForSession() || isBotClient(navigator.userAgent)) return
+      // Same deferral fields as useDownloadClick's beacon and useDeferredTrack, so every deferred click carries them.
+      const calledAt = Date.now()
+      postSegmentEvent(
+        SegmentEvent.CLICK,
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+        { ...properties, track_called_at: calledAt, track_delivered_at: calledAt, track_deferred: true },
+        ensureSegmentAnonymousId()
+      )
     },
-    [isInitialized, track]
+    [deferredTrack, track]
   )
 
   const trackNavbarLink = useCallback(
-    (section: string, labelKey: string, href: string) => trackNavbar(toNavbarAction(labelKey), { section, href }),
+    (section: string, labelKey: string, href: string, leavesPage = true) =>
+      trackNavbar(toNavbarAction(labelKey), { section, href }, leavesPage),
     [trackNavbar]
   )
 
@@ -273,10 +305,10 @@ const LandingNavbar = memo(function LandingNavbar({
   const navbarLinkHandlers = useCallback(
     (section: string, labelKey: string, href: string) => ({
       onClick: (event: React.MouseEvent) => {
-        if (event.button === 0) trackNavbarLink(section, labelKey, href)
+        if (event.button === 0) trackNavbarLink(section, labelKey, href, isSameTabNavigation(event))
       },
       onAuxClick: (event: React.MouseEvent) => {
-        if (event.button === 1) trackNavbarLink(section, labelKey, href)
+        if (event.button === 1) trackNavbarLink(section, labelKey, href, false)
       }
     }),
     [trackNavbarLink]
@@ -556,7 +588,7 @@ const LandingNavbar = memo(function LandingNavbar({
           {scrolled && onClickJumpIn ? (
             <NavJumpInButton
               onClick={e => {
-                trackNavbar('jump_in')
+                trackNavbar('jump_in', undefined, false)
                 onClickJumpIn(e)
               }}
             >