From 43a21342a36d0624fd4c73e2c598c340aa5e6ee9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris <boris@topoteretes.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:56:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: anonymous id as env var (#1106)

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---
 cognee/shared/utils.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cognee/shared/utils.py b/cognee/shared/utils.py
index 709d0a0de..8b0c26949 100644
--- a/cognee/shared/utils.py
+++ b/cognee/shared/utils.py
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ def extract_pos_tags(sentence):
 
 def get_anonymous_id():
     """Creates or reads a anonymous user id"""
+    tracking_id = os.getenv("TRACKING_ID", None)
+
+    if tracking_id:
+        return tracking_id
+
     home_dir = str(pathlib.Path(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.resolve()))
 
     if not os.path.isdir(home_dir):