Python: Disable mem0 telemetry by default (microsoft#3506)

* disable mem0 telemetry by default

* test fix

* addressed comments

Author: giles17

python/packages/mem0/README.md

@@ -18,3 +18,14 @@ See the [Mem0 basic example](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/tree/m
 - Teaching the agent user preferences
 - Retrieving information using remembered context across new threads
 - Persistent memory
+
+## Telemetry
+
+Mem0's telemetry is **disabled by default** when using this package. If you want to enable telemetry, set the environment variable before importing:
+
+```python
+import os
+os.environ["MEM0_TELEMETRY"] = "true"
+
+from agent_framework.mem0 import Mem0Provider
+```

python/packages/mem0/agent_framework_mem0/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
 import importlib.metadata
+import os
+
+# Disable Mem0 telemetry by default to prevent usage data from being sent to telemetry provider.
+# Users can opt-in by setting MEM0_TELEMETRY=true before importing this package.
+if os.environ.get("MEM0_TELEMETRY") is None:
+    os.environ["MEM0_TELEMETRY"] = "false"
 
 from ._provider import Mem0Provider
 

python/packages/mem0/agent_framework_mem0/_provider.py

@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ class MemorySearchResponse_v1_1(TypedDict):
 
 
 class Mem0Provider(ContextProvider):
-    """Mem0 Context Provider."""
+    """Mem0 Context Provider.
+
+    Note:
+        Mem0's telemetry is disabled by default when using this package.
+        To enable telemetry, set the environment variable ``MEM0_TELEMETRY=true`` before
+        importing this package.
+    """
 
     def __init__(
         self,

python/packages/mem0/tests/test_mem0_context_provider.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 # pyright: reportPrivateUsage=false
 
+import importlib
+import os
+import sys
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -592,3 +595,43 @@ def test_build_filters_returns_empty_dict_when_no_parameters(self, mock_mem0_cli
 
         filters = provider._build_filters()
         assert filters == {}
+
+
+class TestMem0Telemetry:
+    """Test telemetry configuration for Mem0."""
+
+    def test_mem0_telemetry_disabled_by_default(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """Test that MEM0_TELEMETRY is set to 'false' by default when importing the package."""
+        # Ensure MEM0_TELEMETRY is not set before importing the module under test
+        monkeypatch.delenv("MEM0_TELEMETRY", raising=False)
+
+        # Remove cached modules to force re-import and trigger module-level initialization
+        modules_to_remove = [key for key in sys.modules if key.startswith("agent_framework_mem0")]
+        for mod in modules_to_remove:
+            del sys.modules[mod]
+
+        # Import (and reload) the module so that it can set MEM0_TELEMETRY when unset
+        import agent_framework_mem0
+
+        importlib.reload(agent_framework_mem0)
+
+        # The environment variable should be set to "false" after importing
+        assert os.environ.get("MEM0_TELEMETRY") == "false"
+
+    def test_mem0_telemetry_respects_user_setting(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """Test that user-set MEM0_TELEMETRY value is not overwritten."""
+        # Remove cached modules to force re-import
+        modules_to_remove = [key for key in sys.modules if key.startswith("agent_framework_mem0")]
+        for mod in modules_to_remove:
+            del sys.modules[mod]
+
+        # Set user preference before import
+        monkeypatch.setenv("MEM0_TELEMETRY", "true")
+
+        # Re-import the module
+        import agent_framework_mem0
+
+        importlib.reload(agent_framework_mem0)
+
+        # User setting should be preserved
+        assert os.environ.get("MEM0_TELEMETRY") == "true"