From 521dc7f26c3c166e0ee8b4724322a060f26737cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Gunderman <gundermanc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:02:40 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add initiation method telemetry property (#15818)

---
 packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.test.ts | 2 ++
 packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.ts      | 2 ++
 packages/core/src/code_assist/types.ts          | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.test.ts b/packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.test.ts
index b036679d80..c838aeb943 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import {
   ActionStatus,
   ConversationInteractionInteraction,
+  InitiationMethod,
   type StreamingLatency,
 } from './types.js';
 import {
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ describe('telemetry', () => {
         traceId,
         streamingLatency,
         isAgentic: true,
+        initiationMethod: InitiationMethod.COMMAND,
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.ts b/packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.ts
index e2184598c0..ad02691d53 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/code_assist/telemetry.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { getCitations } from '../utils/generateContentResponseUtilities.js';
 import {
   ActionStatus,
   ConversationInteractionInteraction,
+  InitiationMethod,
   type ConversationInteraction,
   type ConversationOffered,
   type StreamingLatency,
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ export function createConversationOffered(
     traceId,
     streamingLatency,
     isAgentic: true,
+    initiationMethod: InitiationMethod.COMMAND,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/code_assist/types.ts b/packages/core/src/code_assist/types.ts
index 3fd81d465b..540ae63325 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/code_assist/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/code_assist/types.ts
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ export enum ActionStatus {
   ACTION_STATUS_EMPTY = 4,
 }
 
+export enum InitiationMethod {
+  INITIATION_METHOD_UNSPECIFIED = 0,
+  TAB = 1,
+  COMMAND = 2,
+  AGENT = 3,
+}
+
 export interface ConversationOffered {
   citationCount?: string;
   includedCode?: boolean;
@@ -262,6 +269,7 @@ export interface ConversationOffered {
   traceId?: string;
   streamingLatency?: StreamingLatency;
   isAgentic?: boolean;
+  initiationMethod?: InitiationMethod;
 }
 
 export interface StreamingLatency {