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View all tags"pkgstats" sends a list of all installed packages, the architecture, and the mirror you are using to the Arch Linux project. It stores personally identifiable information such as IP addresses for one month and then anonymizes and aggregates the data.
"pkgstats" is set up to automatically run every week using systemd/timers. Once disabled, the data will only be sent once manually invoked. The weekly timer is named "pkgstats.timer".
"pkgstats" package submits a list of installed packages to the Arch Linux project. It's available in the Arch Linux repository. The package enables a timer to send data periodically.