diff --git a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts
index c3e05eb2..eb04c7a1 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { DisposableStore } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
+// import { mixin } from '../../../base/common/objects.js';
 import { isWeb } from '../../../base/common/platform.js';
 import { escapeRegExpCharacters } from '../../../base/common/strings.js';
 import { localize } from '../../../nls.js';
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { Registry } from '../../registry/common/platform.js';
 import { ClassifiedEvent, IGDPRProperty, OmitMetadata, StrictPropertyCheck } from './gdprTypings.js';
 import { ITelemetryData, ITelemetryService, TelemetryConfiguration, TelemetryLevel, TELEMETRY_CRASH_REPORTER_SETTING_ID, TELEMETRY_OLD_SETTING_ID, TELEMETRY_SECTION_ID, TELEMETRY_SETTING_ID, ICommonProperties } from './telemetry.js';
 import { getTelemetryLevel, ITelemetryAppender } from './telemetryUtils.js';
+// import { cleanData } from './telemetryUtils.js';
 
 export interface ITelemetryServiceConfig {
 	appenders: ITelemetryAppender[];
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts
index 7002af45..a3aeb6a8 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
 import { ProxyChannel } from '../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
 import { IMainProcessService } from '../../ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
 import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { Action2, registerAction2 } from '../../actions/common/actions.js';
+import { localize2 } from '../../../nls.js';
+import { ServicesAccessor } from '../../../editor/browser/editorExtensions.js';
+import { INotificationService } from '../../notification/common/notification.js';
 
 export interface IMetricsService {
 	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
 	capture(event: string, params: Record<string, any>): void;
+	getDebuggingProperties(): Promise<object>;
 }
 
 export const IMetricsService = createDecorator<IMetricsService>('metricsService');
@@ -34,7 +39,30 @@ export class MetricsService implements IMetricsService {
 		this.metricsService.capture(...params);
 	}
 
+	// anything transmitted over a channel must be async even if it looks like it doesn't have to be
+	async getDebuggingProperties(): Promise<object> {
+		return this.metricsService.getDebuggingProperties()
+	}
 }
 
 registerSingleton(IMetricsService, MetricsService, InstantiationType.Eager);
 
+
+// debugging action
+registerAction2(class extends Action2 {
+	constructor() {
+		super({
+			id: 'voidDebugInfo',
+			f1: true,
+			title: localize2('voidMetricsDebug', 'Void: Log Debug Info'),
+		});
+	}
+	async run(accessor: ServicesAccessor): Promise<void> {
+		const metricsService = accessor.get(IMetricsService)
+		const notifService = accessor.get(INotificationService)
+
+		const debugProperties = await metricsService.getDebuggingProperties()
+		console.log('Metrics:', debugProperties)
+		notifService.info(`Void Debug info:\n${JSON.stringify(debugProperties, null, 2)}`)
+	}
+})
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts
index e1811e4c..d9b5b852 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/metricsMainService.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import { Disposable } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
 import { isLinux, isMacintosh, isWindows } from '../../../base/common/platform.js';
+
 import { IProductService } from '../../product/common/productService.js';
 import { ITelemetryService } from '../../telemetry/common/telemetry.js';
 
@@ -19,36 +20,73 @@ import { PostHog } from 'posthog-node'
 // const buildNumber = '1.0.0';
 // const isMac = process.platform === 'darwin';
 
+
+const os = isWindows ? 'windows' : isMacintosh ? 'mac' : isLinux ? 'linux' : null
+
 export class MetricsMainService extends Disposable implements IMetricsService {
 	_serviceBrand: undefined;
 
-	readonly _distinctId: string
+	readonly distinctId: string
 	readonly client: PostHog
 
+	readonly _initProperties: object
+
+
 	constructor(
 		@ITelemetryService private readonly _telemetryService: ITelemetryService,
-		@IProductService private readonly _productService: IProductService
+		@IProductService private readonly _productService: IProductService,
 	) {
 		super()
-		this.client = new PostHog('phc_UanIdujHiLp55BkUTjB1AuBXcasVkdqRwgnwRlWESH2', { host: 'https://us.i.posthog.com', })
+		this.client = new PostHog('phc_UanIdujHiLp55BkUTjB1AuBXcasVkdqRwgnwRlWESH2', {
+			host: 'https://us.i.posthog.com',
+		})
 
 		const { devDeviceId, firstSessionDate, machineId } = this._telemetryService
+		this.distinctId = devDeviceId
+		const { commit, version, quality } = this._productService
 
-		this._distinctId = devDeviceId
+		// custom properties we identify
+		this._initProperties = {
+			firstSessionDate,
+			machineId,
+			commit,
+			version,
+			os,
+			quality,
+			distinctId: this.distinctId,
+			...this._getOSInfo(),
+		}
 
-		const { commit, version } = this._productService
-		const os = isWindows ? 'windows' : isMacintosh ? 'mac' : isLinux ? 'linux' : null
+		const identifyMessage = {
+			distinctId: this.distinctId,
+			properties: this._initProperties,
+		}
+		this.client.identify(identifyMessage)
 
-		this.client.identify({ distinctId: this._distinctId, properties: { firstSessionDate, machineId, commit, version, os } })
+		console.log('Void posthog metrics info:', JSON.stringify(identifyMessage, null, 2))
 
-		console.log('Void posthog metrics info:', JSON.stringify({ devDeviceId, firstSessionDate, machineId }))
+	}
+
+	_getOSInfo() {
+		try {
+			const { platform, arch } = process // see platform.ts
+			return { platform, arch }
+		}
+		catch (e) {
+			return { osInfo: { platform: '??', arch: '??' } }
+		}
 	}
 
 	capture: IMetricsService['capture'] = (event, params) => {
-		const capture = { distinctId: this._distinctId, event, properties: params } as const
+		const capture = { distinctId: this.distinctId, event, properties: params } as const
 		// console.log('full capture:', capture)
 		this.client.capture(capture)
 	}
+
+
+	async getDebuggingProperties() {
+		return this._initProperties
+	}
 }