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Pirsch Analytics

ANALYTICS
Velocity3.8

Pirsch ships a tight maintenance cadence — bot filtering, dashboard polish, and dependency hygiene.

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◆Current state
Pirsch is releasing every few days with very small payloads. The April cluster centers on bot detection — improved filters in 2.14.10 and 2.14.12, plus a referrer-parameter bot fix in 2.14.11. March added dashboard creation settings, an option to hide the UTM panel, expiration times on access links, and a referrer blacklist update. Earlier in February, email reports gained a start date and the Fathom Analytics importer was updated.
◆Where it's heading
Pirsch is in steady operational mode — defending against bots, polishing dashboard surfaces, and keeping dependencies current. The Fathom importer updates and email-report work are the only signs of growth-oriented investment; otherwise the cadence is custodial. The product feels like it's competing on reliability and privacy rather than feature surface.
◆Prediction
Expect bot-filter work to continue (this is an arms race for any analytics provider) and the Fathom importer to keep getting attention as Fathom users churn. Larger directional moves aren't visible in the feed; the next signal would be a real new product surface — funnels v2, server-side eventing, or an AI insights panel.

◆Recent moves

  1. 22d ago

    v2.14.12: improved bot filters

    Improved bot filters — narrow but recurring work that protects metric integrity for customers who segment heavily. Pairs with the referrer-bot fix two days earlier.

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  2. 24d ago

    v2.14.11: fix bot filtering by referrer parameter

    Single bug fix correcting bot filtering when the referrer parameter is involved. Hot-fix scope, no broader change.

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  3. 25d ago

    v2.14.10: bot filter improvements and graph fix

    Improved bot filters, a fix for the reporting graph max width, and dependency bumps. Routine maintenance batch with the bot-filtering theme continued.

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  4. 2mo ago

    v2.14.9: referrer blacklist update

    Updated referrer blacklist — narrow data refresh that affects which referrers Pirsch treats as spam. No surface change.

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  5. 2mo ago

    v2.14.8: fix account deletion with pinned dashboards

    Bug fix for an issue deleting accounts with pinned dashboards. Edge-case correction, no new capability.

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  6. 2mo ago

    v2.14.7: dashboard settings, UTM panel toggle, link expiration

    Bundled UX release: dashboard creation settings, an option to hide the UTM parameters panel, and expiration times on access links. Small but useful controls for operators sharing dashboards externally.

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