Determine the number of installed instances of a Progressive Web Application

mcattarin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:57:53 GMT

Hi,
I'm trying to understand how many users have installed (and are using) my Web Application as PWA on their devices.
Is there an out-of-the-box way to do it using Dynatrace without introducing changes in the source code?

Re: Determine the number of installed instances of a Progressive Web Application (PWA).

tyler_rowe — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:48:57 GMT

Unfortunately, not that I can think of. All the methods of tracking this do require a source code change/modifying the manifest:

https://web.dev/learn/pwa/detection

For both the display-mode and the query parameter option, we can grab them if they are present. It would involve using an session property set to look for either the variable (if using display-mode) or the query string if the mode is set in the manifest via start_url

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Determine the number of installed instances of a Progressive Web Application

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