Send analytics in background

[gonzaloriestra]

WHY are these changes introduced?

Fixes #0000

WHAT is this pull request doing?

Benchmark for shopify version:

Version	Average time (10 runs)
4.1.0	1.352s
0.0.0-snapshot-20260522143741	0.248s

How to test your changes?

Post-release steps

Checklist

• I've considered possible cross-platform impacts (Mac, Linux, Windows)
• I've considered possible documentation changes
• I've considered analytics changes to measure impact
• The change is user-facing — I've identified the correct bump type (patch for bug fixes · minor for new features · major for breaking changes) and added a changeset with pnpm changeset add

[gonzaloriestra]

/snapit

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🫰✨ Thanks @gonzaloriestra! Your snapshot has been published to npm.

Test the snapshot by installing your package globally:

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[gonzaloriestra]

• Add new loading indicator #8136
• Add mouse support #8131
• Send analytics in background #7615 👈 (View in Graphite)
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Differences in type declarations

We detected differences in the type declarations generated by Typescript for this branch compared to the baseline ('main' branch). Please, review them to ensure they are backward-compatible. Here are some important things to keep in mind:

• Some seemingly private modules might be re-exported through public modules.
• If the branch is behind main you might see odd diffs, rebase main into this branch.

New type declarations

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Existing type declarations

packages/cli-kit/dist/public/node/analytics.d.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ interface ReportAnalyticsEventOptions {
     errorMessage?: string;
     exitMode: CommandExitMode;
 }
+export declare function sendAnalyticsEventFromFile(payloadFile: string): Promise<void>;
 /**
  * Report an analytics event, sending it off to Monorail -- Shopify's internal analytics service.
  *