From d01ad7314eb0fadb07cb80bc798d4afc642b1432 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul D'Ambra <paul@posthog.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:10:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: do not capture entire elements in web vitals (#1483)

---
 src/extensions/web-vitals/index.ts | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/extensions/web-vitals/index.ts b/src/extensions/web-vitals/index.ts
index 706806caf..7b9bf1937 100644
--- a/src/extensions/web-vitals/index.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/web-vitals/index.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ export class WebVitalsAutocapture {
             ? Date.now()
             : this.buffer.firstMetricTimestamp
 
+        if (metric.attribution && metric.attribution.interactionTargetElement) {
+            // we don't want to send the entire element
+            // they can be very large
+            // TODO we could run this through autocapture code so that we get elements chain info
+            //  and can display the element in the UI
+            metric.attribution.interactionTargetElement = undefined
+        }
+
         this.buffer.metrics.push({
             ...metric,
             $current_url: $currentUrl,