diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 69b0f5f..d6876f4 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
       "label": "MongoDB"
     }
   },
-  "postCreateCommand": "npm install",
-  "postStartCommand": "bash -lc 'for i in {1..60}; do mongosh --quiet \"$DATABASE_URI\" --eval \"db.hello().isWritablePrimary\" | grep -q true && break; sleep 2; done; npm run seed'",
+  "postCreateCommand": "npm install && bash .devcontainer/track.sh created || true",
+  "postStartCommand": "bash -lc 'for i in {1..60}; do mongosh --quiet \"$DATABASE_URI\" --eval \"db.hello().isWritablePrimary\" | grep -q true && break; sleep 2; done; npm run seed; bash .devcontainer/track.sh started || true'",
   "remoteEnv": {
     "DATABASE_URI": "mongodb://localhost:27017/meanStackExample?appName=mean-stack-example-devcontainer"
   }
diff --git a/.devcontainer/track.sh b/.devcontainer/track.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53caec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/track.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Best-effort telemetry: log a codespace lifecycle event. Never fails the caller.
+EVENT="${1:-unknown}"
+URL="https://us-central1-project-learning-fuel.cloudfunctions.net/trackCodespace"
+curl -fsS -m 5 -X POST "$URL" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{\"event\":\"$EVENT\",\"codespace\":\"${CODESPACE_NAME:-}\",\"user\":\"${GITHUB_USER:-}\",\"repository\":\"${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-mongodb-developer/mean-stack-example}\"}" \
+  >/dev/null 2>&1 || true