Overview

A digital agency deploying client websites faces a frustrating dilemma between bulky tracking scripts and intrusive cookie consent banners that degrade conversion rates. Plausible Analytics replaces multi-layer tracking platforms with a single lightweight script and a clean overview dashboard. It records essential web traffic and custom events without setting browser cookies or collecting personal identifiers, giving teams actionable metrics right away.

Why Plausible Analytics instead of Google Analytics

Google Analytics 4 centers on the Google advertising ecosystem, requiring complex setup through Google Tag Manager, audience synchronization with Google Ads, and consent mode configurations for cookie laws. This architecture forces site owners to maintain intricate tag containers and debug banner triggers just to view referral traffic. Plausible Analytics strips out this advertising plumbing. It measures pageviews, referrers, devices, and custom conversion goals through a tiny script that loads in milliseconds, operating cleanly without tag managers or consent prompts.

The operational contrast extends to third-party tooling and client reporting. Where Google Analytics buries standard data under nested exploration menus and requires Looker Studio connectors for shareable summaries, Plausible connects directly with everyday workflows. A native Google Search Console integration surfaces keyword search rankings on the primary dashboard, while automated email and Slack notifications deliver scheduled traffic summaries to team channels. Dedicated Stats and Events APIs let engineering teams ingest backend application events or pipe aggregated metrics into custom portals, avoiding the setup overhead of enterprise data pipelines.

What it does well

Consolidates essential metrics into a single screen covering visitors, pageviews, bounce rates, visit duration, referrers, and campaign parameters without custom reporting layers.
Ships a lightweight tracking script under one kilobyte that protects page load speeds and avoids dragging down Google Lighthouse performance scores.
Captures automated events for outbound link clicks, document downloads, 404 error pages, and custom interactions without editing site templates or container tags.
Pulls verified search query rankings directly into the main view through a native Google Search Console connection.

services: plausible_db: image: postgres:16-alpine restart: always volumes: - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data environment: - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD} healthcheck: test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"] start_period: 1m plausible_events_db: image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server:24.12-alpine restart: always volumes: - event-data:/var/lib/clickhouse - event-logs:/var/log/clickhouse-server configs: - source: clickhouse_logs target: /etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/logs.xml - source: clickhouse_ipv4_only target: /etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/ipv4-only.xml - source: clickhouse_low_resources target: /etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/low-resources.xml - source: clickhouse_default_profile_low_resources_overrides target: /etc/clickhouse-server/users.d/default-profile-low-resources-overrides.xml ulimits: nofile: soft: 262144 hard: 262144 environment: - CLICKHOUSE_SKIP_USER_SETUP=1 healthcheck: test: [ "CMD-SHELL", "wget --no-verbose --tries=1 -O - http://127.0.0.1:8123/ping || exit 1", ] start_period: 1m plausible: image: ghcr.io/plausible/community-edition:v3.2.1 restart: always command: sh -c "/entrypoint.sh db createdb && /entrypoint.sh db migrate && /entrypoint.sh run" depends_on: plausible_db: condition: service_healthy plausible_events_db: condition: service_healthy volumes: - plausible-data:/var/lib/plausible ports: - "8000:8000" ulimits: nofile: soft: 65535 hard: 65535 environment: - TMPDIR=/var/lib/plausible/tmp - BASE_URL=${BASE_URL} - SECRET_KEY_BASE=${SECRET_KEY_BASE} - DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@plausible_db:5432/plausible_db - CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE_URL=http://plausible_events_db:8123/plausible_events_db healthcheck: test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -q -O /dev/null http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/health || exit 1"] interval: 10s timeout: 5s retries: 6 start_period: 1m configs: clickhouse_logs: content: | <clickhouse> <logger> <level>warning</level> <console>true</console> </logger> <query_log replace="1"> <database>system</database> <table>query_log</table> <flush_interval_milliseconds>7500</flush_interval_milliseconds> <engine> ENGINE = MergeTree PARTITION BY event_date ORDER BY (event_time) TTL event_date + interval 30 day SETTINGS ttl_only_drop_parts=1 </engine> </query_log> <metric_log remove="remove" /> <asynchronous_metric_log remove="remove" /> <query_thread_log remove="remove" /> <text_log remove="remove" /> <trace_log remove="remove" /> <session_log remove="remove" /> <part_log remove="remove" /> </clickhouse> clickhouse_ipv4_only: content: | <clickhouse> <listen_host>0.0.0.0</listen_host> </clickhouse> clickhouse_low_resources: content: | <clickhouse> <mark_cache_size>524288000</mark_cache_size> </clickhouse> clickhouse_default_profile_low_resources_overrides: content: | <clickhouse> <profiles> <default> <max_threads>1</max_threads> <max_block_size>8192</max_block_size> <max_download_threads>1</max_download_threads> <input_format_parallel_parsing>0</input_format_parallel_parsing> <output_format_parallel_formatting>0</output_format_parallel_formatting> </default> </profiles> </clickhouse> volumes: db-data: event-data: event-logs: plausible-data:

plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493802260Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493803802Z Got value: plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493805302Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493806718Z nil plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493808302Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493809718Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:5: Enumerable.impl_for!/1 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493811302Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:170: Enumerable.reduce/3 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493834260Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:4570: Enum.map/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493836135Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible/prom_ex/striped_peep.ex:11: Plausible.PromEx.StripedPeep.scrape/1 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493837718Z (prom_ex 1.11.0) lib/prom_ex/plug.ex:58: PromEx.Plug.call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493839010Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.plug_builder_call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493840468Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint."call (overridable 3)"/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.493842093Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502692468Z 07:58:44.496 [error] #PID<0.29601.0> running PlausibleWeb.Endpoint (connection #PID<0.29595.0>, stream id 1) terminated plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502887135Z Server: oss-verify.example:80 (http) plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502890052Z Request: GET /metrics plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502891302Z ** (exit) an exception was raised: plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502892510Z ** (Protocol.UndefinedError) protocol Enumerable not implemented for Atom. This protocol is implemented for: Ch.Stream, DBConnection.PrepareStream, DBConnection.Stream, Date.Range, Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Stream, File.Stream, Floki.HTMLTree, Function, GenEvent.Stream, HashDict, HashSet, IO.Stream, Jason.OrderedObject, LazyHTML, List, Map, MapSet, Phoenix.LiveView.LiveStream, Postgrex.Stream, Range, Req.Response.Async, Scrivener.Page, Stream, Timex.Interval plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502894552Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502895802Z Got value: plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502896968Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502897927Z nil plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502898927Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502899885Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:5: Enumerable.impl_for!/1 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502901260Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:170: Enumerable.reduce/3 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502902343Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:4570: Enum.map/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502903427Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible/prom_ex/striped_peep.ex:11: Plausible.PromEx.StripedPeep.scrape/1 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502904635Z (prom_ex 1.11.0) lib/prom_ex/plug.ex:58: PromEx.Plug.call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502905718Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.plug_builder_call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502906927Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint."call (overridable 3)"/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:44.502908302Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:48.164349887Z 07:58:48.163 request_id=GOPc30eqYct2CdwABM-h [notice] Session transfer attempted?: true plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:48.354409720Z 07:58:48.353 [notice] Elixir.Plausible.Cache.Warmer running &Plausible.Shield.HostnameRuleCache.refresh_updated_recently/1 on hostname_allowlist_by_domain... plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:58:58.209378501Z 07:58:58.209 request_id=GOPc4Z4VLAZjergABZiC [notice] Session transfer attempted?: true plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516299253Z 07:59:02.514 [error] #PID<0.33867.0> running PlausibleWeb.Endpoint (connection #PID<0.33775.0>, stream id 3) terminated plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516403545Z Server: oss-verify.example:80 (http) plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516404628Z Request: GET /metrics plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516405253Z ** (exit) an exception was raised: plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516405878Z ** (Protocol.UndefinedError) protocol Enumerable not implemented for Atom. This protocol is implemented for: Ch.Stream, DBConnection.PrepareStream, DBConnection.Stream, Date.Range, Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Stream, File.Stream, Floki.HTMLTree, Function, GenEvent.Stream, HashDict, HashSet, IO.Stream, Jason.OrderedObject, LazyHTML, List, Map, MapSet, Phoenix.LiveView.LiveStream, Postgrex.Stream, Range, Req.Response.Async, Scrivener.Page, Stream, Timex.Interval plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516407045Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516407545Z Got value: plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516408045Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516408503Z nil plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516408962Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516409462Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:5: Enumerable.impl_for!/1 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516410003Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:170: Enumerable.reduce/3 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516410503Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:4570: Enum.map/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516411045Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible/prom_ex/striped_peep.ex:11: Plausible.PromEx.StripedPeep.scrape/1 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516411628Z (prom_ex 1.11.0) lib/prom_ex/plug.ex:58: PromEx.Plug.call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516412170Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.plug_builder_call/2 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.105813382Z /entrypoint.sh: explicitly skip changing user 'default' plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.116379840Z Processing configuration file '/etc/clickhouse-server/config.xml'. plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.116797632Z Merging configuration file '/etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/docker_related_config.xml'. plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.116863174Z Merging configuration file '/etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/ipv4-only.xml'. plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.116896799Z Merging configuration file '/etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/logs.xml'. plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.116960590Z Merging configuration file '/etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/low-resources.xml'. plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.119477382Z Logging warning to /var/log/clickhouse-server/clickhouse-server.log plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.122245215Z Logging errors to /var/log/clickhouse-server/clickhouse-server.err.log plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.171219382Z 2026.11.01 07:56:32.171140 [ 1 ] {} <Warning> Application: Integrity check of the executable skipped because the reference checksum could not be read. plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.207427424Z 2026.11.01 07:56:32.205965 [ 1 ] {} <Warning> Access(local_directory): File /var/lib/clickhouse/access/users.list doesn't exist plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.207465465Z 2026.11.01 07:56:32.207452 [ 1 ] {} <Warning> Access(local_directory): Recovering lists in directory /var/lib/clickhouse/access/ plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:32.212087674Z 2026.11.01 07:56:32.209458 [ 1 ] {} <Warning> Context: Delay accounting is not enabled, OSIOWaitMicroseconds will not be gathered. You can enable it using `echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/task_delayacct` or by using sysctl. plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918336176Z 2026.11.01 07:56:37.918199 [ 72 ] {} <Error> DynamicQueryHandler: Code: 81. DB::Exception: Database plausible_events_db does not exist. (UNKNOWN_DATABASE), Stack trace (when copying this message, always include the lines below): plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918347968Z plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918348801Z 0. DB::Exception::Exception(DB::Exception::MessageMasked&&, int, bool) @ 0x000000000c138f44 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918349551Z 1. DB::Exception::Exception(PreformattedMessage&&, int) @ 0x0000000007d56e3c plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918350176Z 2. DB::Exception::Exception<String>(int, FormatStringHelperImpl<std::type_identity<String>::type>, String&&) @ 0x0000000007d569f8 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918350926Z 3. DB::DatabaseCatalog::assertDatabaseExists(String const&) const @ 0x000000000ffc9be4 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918351551Z 4. DB::Context::setCurrentDatabase(String const&) @ 0x000000000fee60d8 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918352135Z 5. DB::HTTPHandler::processQuery(DB::HTTPServerRequest&, DB::HTMLForm&, DB::HTTPServerResponse&, DB::HTTPHandler::Output&, std::optional<DB::CurrentThread::QueryScope>&, StrongTypedef<unsigned long, ProfileEvents::EventTag> const&) @ 0x00000000117fb86c plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918353093Z 6. DB::HTTPHandler::handleRequest(DB::HTTPServerRequest&, DB::HTTPServerResponse&, StrongTypedef<unsigned long, ProfileEvents::EventTag> const&) @ 0x00000000117ffcfc plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918353760Z 7. DB::HTTPServerConnection::run() @ 0x0000000011890174 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918361176Z 8. Poco::Net::TCPServerConnection::start() @ 0x000000001417f598 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918361968Z 9. Poco::Net::TCPServerDispatcher::run() @ 0x000000001417fa74 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918362510Z 10. Poco::PooledThread::run() @ 0x000000001414a4d8 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918363010Z 11. Poco::ThreadImpl::runnableEntry(void*) @ 0x0000000014148910 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918363551Z 12. ? @ 0x000000000007d5c8 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918364051Z 13. ? @ 0x00000000000e5edc plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918364551Z (version 24.12.6.70 (official build)) plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918594426Z 2026.11.01 07:56:37.918567 [ 71 ] {} <Error> DynamicQueryHandler: Code: 81. DB::Exception: Database plausible_events_db does not exist. (UNKNOWN_DATABASE), Stack trace (when copying this message, always include the lines below): plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918598718Z plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918599301Z 0. DB::Exception::Exception(DB::Exception::MessageMasked&&, int, bool) @ 0x000000000c138f44 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918599968Z 1. DB::Exception::Exception(PreformattedMessage&&, int) @ 0x0000000007d56e3c plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918600593Z 2. DB::Exception::Exception<String>(int, FormatStringHelperImpl<std::type_identity<String>::type>, String&&) @ 0x0000000007d569f8 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918601260Z 3. DB::DatabaseCatalog::assertDatabaseExists(String const&) const @ 0x000000000ffc9be4 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918601885Z 4. DB::Context::setCurrentDatabase(String const&) @ 0x000000000fee60d8 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516412795Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint."call (overridable 3)"/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.516413503Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520170378Z 07:59:02.519 [error] #PID<0.33887.0> running PlausibleWeb.Endpoint (connection #PID<0.33798.0>, stream id 3) terminated plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520178087Z Server: oss-verify.example:80 (http) plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520178795Z Request: GET /metrics plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520179295Z ** (exit) an exception was raised: plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520179920Z ** (Protocol.UndefinedError) protocol Enumerable not implemented for Atom. This protocol is implemented for: Ch.Stream, DBConnection.PrepareStream, DBConnection.Stream, Date.Range, Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Stream, File.Stream, Floki.HTMLTree, Function, GenEvent.Stream, HashDict, HashSet, IO.Stream, Jason.OrderedObject, LazyHTML, List, Map, MapSet, Phoenix.LiveView.LiveStream, Postgrex.Stream, Range, Req.Response.Async, Scrivener.Page, Stream, Timex.Interval plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520180837Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520181337Z Got value: plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520181837Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520182295Z nil plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520182795Z plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520189628Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:5: Enumerable.impl_for!/1 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520190295Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:170: Enumerable.reduce/3 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520190837Z (elixir 1.19.4) lib/enum.ex:4570: Enum.map/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520191378Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible/prom_ex/striped_peep.ex:11: Plausible.PromEx.StripedPeep.scrape/1 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520191962Z (prom_ex 1.11.0) lib/prom_ex/plug.ex:58: PromEx.Plug.call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520192503Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.plug_builder_call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520193170Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint."call (overridable 3)"/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:02.520193837Z (plausible 0.0.1) lib/plausible_web/endpoint.ex:1: PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.call/2 plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:03.348366504Z 07:59:03.347 [notice] Elixir.Plausible.Cache.Warmer running &Plausible.Shield.IPRuleCache.refresh_updated_recently/1 on ip_blocklist_by_domain... plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:03.351615087Z 07:59:03.351 [notice] Elixir.Plausible.Cache.Warmer running &Plausible.Shield.CountryRuleCache.refresh_updated_recently/1 on country_blocklist_by_domain... plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:03.354593421Z 07:59:03.354 [notice] Elixir.Plausible.Cache.Warmer running &Plausible.Shield.PageRuleCache.refresh_updated_recently/1 on page_blocklist_by_domain... plausible-1 | 2026-11-01T07:59:08.249735006Z 07:59:08.249 request_id=GOPc4_SRVLTPpL4ABkjy [notice] Session transfer attempted?: true plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918602551Z 5. DB::HTTPHandler::processQuery(DB::HTTPServerRequest&, DB::HTMLForm&, DB::HTTPServerResponse&, DB::HTTPHandler::Output&, std::optional<DB::CurrentThread::QueryScope>&, StrongTypedef<unsigned long, ProfileEvents::EventTag> const&) @ 0x00000000117fb86c plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918603343Z 6. DB::HTTPHandler::handleRequest(DB::HTTPServerRequest&, DB::HTTPServerResponse&, StrongTypedef<unsigned long, ProfileEvents::EventTag> const&) @ 0x00000000117ffcfc plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918604010Z 7. DB::HTTPServerConnection::run() @ 0x0000000011890174 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918604510Z 8. Poco::Net::TCPServerConnection::start() @ 0x000000001417f598 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918605010Z 9. Poco::Net::TCPServerDispatcher::run() @ 0x000000001417fa74 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918605551Z 10. Poco::PooledThread::run() @ 0x000000001414a4d8 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918606051Z 11. Poco::ThreadImpl::runnableEntry(void*) @ 0x0000000014148910 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918606551Z 12. ? @ 0x000000000007d5c8 plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918607051Z 13. ? @ 0x00000000000e5edc plausible_events_db-1 | 2026-11-01T07:56:37.918619385Z (version 24.12.6.70 (official build))

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