From 5d153ae57cf50ce85c15ccea02e53d1a7afdf08b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Alejandro=20Ferna=CC=81ndez=20Haro?=
 <alejandro.haro@elastic.co>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:37:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [Telemetry] Swallow errors in opt-in remote notification from
 the server

---
 src/plugins/telemetry/server/routes/telemetry_opt_in.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/routes/telemetry_opt_in.ts b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/routes/telemetry_opt_in.ts
index 7dd15f73029e7..1d07856b4143c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/routes/telemetry_opt_in.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/routes/telemetry_opt_in.ts
@@ -95,11 +95,13 @@ export function registerTelemetryOptInRoutes({
 
       if (config.sendUsageFrom === 'server') {
         const optInStatusUrl = config.optInStatusUrl;
-        await sendTelemetryOptInStatus(
+        sendTelemetryOptInStatus(
           telemetryCollectionManager,
           { optInStatusUrl, newOptInStatus },
           statsGetterConfig
-        );
+        ).catch(() => {
+          // Swallow this error. The server is likely behind a firewall and can't reach the remote service
+        });
       }
 
       await updateTelemetrySavedObject(context.core.savedObjects.client, attributes);