diff --git a/packages/browser-tests/cypress.config.js b/packages/browser-tests/cypress.config.js
index ff336654d..af92810a5 100644
--- a/packages/browser-tests/cypress.config.js
+++ b/packages/browser-tests/cypress.config.js
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ module.exports = defineConfig({
 
         return launchOptions;
       });
+
+      on("task", {
+        log(message) {
+          console.log(message);
+          return null;
+        },
+      });
     },
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/browser-tests/cypress/commands.js b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/commands.js
index b5091713a..96dec7d64 100644
--- a/packages/browser-tests/cypress/commands.js
+++ b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/commands.js
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ addMatchImageSnapshotCommand({
   blackout: [".notifications", 'button[class*="BuildVersion"'],
 });
 
-const ctrlOrCmd = Cypress.platform === "darwin" ? "{cmd}" : "{ctrl}";
+const { ctrlOrCmd, escapeRegExp } = require("./utils");
+
+const baseUrl = "http://localhost:9999";
 
 before(() => {
   Cypress.on("uncaught:exception", (err) => {
@@ -33,10 +35,32 @@ beforeEach(() => {
       req.reply("{}");
     }
   );
+
+  cy.intercept(
+    {
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/**",
+      hostname: "fara.questdb.io",
+    },
+    (req) => {
+      req.reply("{}");
+    }
+  ).as("addTelemetry");
+
+  cy.intercept(
+    {
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/**",
+      hostname: "alurin.questdb.io",
+    },
+    (req) => {
+      req.reply("{}");
+    }
+  ).as("addTelemetry");
   cy.intercept(
     {
       method: "GET",
-      url: "/news",
+      url: "/api/news*",
       hostname: "cloud.questdb.com",
     },
     (req) => {
@@ -67,7 +91,8 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("typeQuery", (query) =>
 
 Cypress.Commands.add("runLine", () => {
   cy.intercept("/exec*").as("exec");
-  return cy.typeQuery(`${ctrlOrCmd}{enter}`).wait("@exec");
+  cy.typeQuery(`${ctrlOrCmd}{enter}`);
+  cy.wait("@exec");
 });
 
 Cypress.Commands.add("clickRun", () => {
@@ -146,3 +171,18 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("getCollapsedNotifications", () =>
 Cypress.Commands.add("getExpandedNotifications", () =>
   cy.get('[data-hook="notifications-expanded"]')
 );
+
+Cypress.Commands.add("interceptQuery", (query, alias, response) => {
+  cy.intercept(
+    {
+      method: "GET",
+      url: new RegExp(
+        `^${escapeRegExp(baseUrl)}\/exec.*query=${encodeURIComponent(
+          escapeRegExp(query)
+        )}`,
+        "gmi"
+      ),
+    },
+    response
+  ).as(alias);
+});
diff --git a/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/editor.spec.js b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/editor.spec.js
index d303e2e7c..db1733744 100644
--- a/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/editor.spec.js
+++ b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/editor.spec.js
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ describe("&query URL param", () => {
 
   it("should not append query if it already exists in editor", () => {
     const query = "select x\nfrom long_sequence(1);\n\n-- a\n-- b\n-- c";
-    cy.typeQuery(query).clickRun();
+    cy.typeQuery(query);
+    cy.clickRun();
     cy.visit(`${baseUrl}?query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&executeQuery=true`);
     cy.getEditorContent().should("be.visible");
     cy.getEditorContent().should("have.value", query);
@@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ describe("&query URL param", () => {
 
   it("should append query and scroll to it", () => {
     cy.typeQuery("select x from long_sequence(1);");
-    cy.typeQuery("\n".repeat(20)).clickRun(); // take space so that query is not visible later, save by running
+    cy.typeQuery("\n".repeat(20));
+    cy.clickRun(); // take space so that query is not visible later, save by running
 
     const appendedQuery = "-- hello world";
     cy.visit(`${baseUrl}?query=${encodeURIComponent(appendedQuery)}`);
@@ -179,10 +181,8 @@ describe("&query URL param", () => {
 
 describe("autocomplete", () => {
   before(() => {
+    cy.visit(baseUrl);
     cy.getEditorContent().should("be.visible");
-    ["my_secrets", "my_secrets2", "my_publics"].forEach((table) => {
-      cy.typeQuery(`drop table if exists "${table}"`).runLine().clearEditor();
-    });
     [
       'create table "my_publics" ("public" string);',
       // We're creating another table with the same column name.
@@ -202,10 +202,8 @@ describe("autocomplete", () => {
   });
 
   it("should work when provided table name doesn't exist", () => {
-    cy.typeQuery("select * from teletubies")
-      .getAutocomplete()
-      .should("not.be.visible")
-      .clearEditor();
+    cy.typeQuery("select * from teletubies");
+    cy.getAutocomplete().should("not.be.visible").clearEditor();
 
     cy.matchImageSnapshot();
   });
@@ -261,14 +259,16 @@ describe("errors", () => {
 
   it("should mark '(200000)' as error", () => {
     const query = `create table test (\ncol symbol index CAPACITY (200000)`;
-    cy.typeQuery(query).runLine();
+    cy.typeQuery(query);
+    cy.runLine();
     cy.matchErrorMarkerPosition({ left: 237, width: 67 });
     cy.matchImageSnapshot();
   });
 
   it("should mark date position as error", () => {
     const query = `select * from long_sequence(1) where cast(x as timestamp) = '2012-04-12T12:00:00A'`;
-    cy.typeQuery(query).runLine();
+    cy.typeQuery(query);
+    cy.runLine();
     cy.matchErrorMarkerPosition({ left: 506, width: 42 });
 
     cy.getCollapsedNotifications().should("contain", "Invalid date");
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ describe("running query with F9", () => {
     cy.F9();
     cy.getGridRow(0).should("contain", "1");
     cy.clearEditor();
-    cy.typeQuery(`select * from long_sequence(2);{leftArrow}`).F9();
+    cy.typeQuery(`select * from long_sequence(2);{leftArrow}`);
+    cy.F9();
     cy.getGridRow(1).should("contain", "2");
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/grid.spec.js b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/grid.spec.js
index 64d973aa1..837c478c6 100644
--- a/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/grid.spec.js
+++ b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/grid.spec.js
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 /// <reference types="cypress" />
 
-describe("questdb grid", () => {
-  before(() => {
-    cy.visit("http://localhost:9999");
-  });
+const baseUrl = "http://localhost:9999";
 
+describe("questdb grid", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
+    cy.visit(baseUrl);
+    cy.getEditorContent().should("be.visible");
     cy.clearEditor();
   });
 
   it("when results empty", () => {
-    cy.typeQuery("select x from long_sequence(0)")
-      .runLine()
-      .getGridRows()
-      .should("have.length", 0);
+    cy.typeQuery("select x from long_sequence(0)");
+    cy.runLine();
+    cy.getGridRows().should("have.length", 0);
   });
 
   it("when results have vertical scroll", () => {
-    cy.typeQuery(`select x from long_sequence(100)`).runLine();
+    cy.typeQuery(`select x from long_sequence(100)`);
+    cy.runLine();
     cy.wait(100);
 
     cy.getGridRows()
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ describe("questdb grid", () => {
     const rows = 1000;
     const rowsPerPage = 128;
     const rowHeight = 30;
-    cy.typeQuery(`select x from long_sequence(${rows})`).runLine();
+    cy.typeQuery(`select x from long_sequence(${rows})`);
+    cy.runLine();
 
     for (let i = 0; i < rows; i += rowsPerPage) {
       cy.getGridViewport().scrollTo(0, i * rowHeight);
@@ -48,8 +49,10 @@ describe("questdb grid", () => {
     cy.getGridViewport().scrollTo("bottom");
   });
 
-  it.only("copy cell into the clipboard", () => {
-    cy.typeQuery("select x from long_sequence(10)").runLine();
-    cy.getGridCol(0).type("{ctrl}c").should("have.class", "qg-c-active-pulse");
+  it("copy cell into the clipboard", () => {
+    cy.typeQuery("select x from long_sequence(10)");
+    cy.runLine();
+    cy.getGridCol(0).type("{ctrl}c");
+    cy.getGridCol(0).should("have.class", "qg-c-active-pulse");
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/telemetry.spec.js b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/telemetry.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e30d7aaf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/integration/console/telemetry.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/// <reference types="cypress" />
+
+const baseUrl = "http://localhost:9999";
+
+const toggleTelemetry = (enabled) => {
+  // expected dataset format of the first row:
+  // [id, enabled, version, os, package]
+  cy.interceptQuery("telemetry_config LIMIT -1", "telemetryConfig", (req) => {
+    return req.continue((res) => {
+      // enable telemetry to kick start the process on the client side
+      res.body.dataset[0][1] = enabled;
+      return res;
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+describe("telemetry config", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    toggleTelemetry(true);
+    cy.visit(baseUrl);
+  });
+
+  it("should get telemetry config", () => {
+    cy.wait("@telemetryConfig").then(({ response }) => {
+      const columnNames = response.body.columns.map((c) => c.name);
+      expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+      ["id", "enabled", "version", "os", "package"].forEach((name) => {
+        expect(columnNames).to.include(name);
+      });
+      expect(response.body.dataset[0][0]).to.be.string;
+      expect(response.body.dataset[0][1]).to.satisfy(
+        (v) => typeof v === "boolean"
+      );
+      expect(response.body.dataset[0][2]).to.be.string;
+      expect(response.body.dataset[0][3]).to.be.string;
+      expect(typeof response.body.dataset[0][4]).to.satisfy(
+        (v) => v === null || typeof v === "string"
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("telemetry disabled", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    toggleTelemetry(false);
+    cy.visit(baseUrl);
+  });
+
+  it("should not start telemetry when disabled", () => {
+    cy.wait("@telemetryConfig").then(({ response }) => {
+      cy.intercept("@addTelemetry").then((interception) => {
+        expect(interception).to.be.null;
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("telemetry enabled", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    toggleTelemetry(true);
+    cy.visit(baseUrl);
+  });
+
+  it("should start telemetry when enabled", () => {
+    cy.wait("@telemetryConfig").then(({ response }) => {
+      cy.wait("@addTelemetry").then(({ request }) => {
+        const payload = JSON.parse(request.body);
+        expect(payload.id).to.equal(response.body.dataset[0][0]);
+        expect(payload.version).to.equal(response.body.dataset[0][2]);
+        expect(payload.os).to.equal(response.body.dataset[0][3]);
+        expect(payload.package).to.equal(response.body.dataset[0][4]);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/browser-tests/cypress/utils.js b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58e1f145f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/browser-tests/cypress/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+exports.ctrlOrCmd = Cypress.platform === "darwin" ? "{cmd}" : "{ctrl}";
+
+exports.escapeRegExp = (string) => {
+  return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+};
diff --git a/packages/browser-tests/questdb b/packages/browser-tests/questdb
index 03345738a..05c8dbc31 160000
--- a/packages/browser-tests/questdb
+++ b/packages/browser-tests/questdb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 03345738a1bbcc0689ea2c56742a03abc4220182
+Subproject commit 05c8dbc31a45318e72dda1b15f9fceb8f85f82ea
diff --git a/packages/web-console/serve-dist.js b/packages/web-console/serve-dist.js
index 31f148352..87f5e00f0 100644
--- a/packages/web-console/serve-dist.js
+++ b/packages/web-console/serve-dist.js
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
   const { method } = req
   const urlData = url.parse(req.url)
 
-  if (urlData.pathname.startsWith("/exec")) {
+  if (
+    urlData.pathname.startsWith("/exec") ||
+    urlData.pathname.startsWith("/settings")
+  ) {
     // proxy /exec requests to localhost:9000
     const options = {
       hostname: "localhost",
diff --git a/packages/web-console/src/scenes/Editor/Monaco/index.tsx b/packages/web-console/src/scenes/Editor/Monaco/index.tsx
index 13e454c6d..99765ccd2 100644
--- a/packages/web-console/src/scenes/Editor/Monaco/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/web-console/src/scenes/Editor/Monaco/index.tsx
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ const MonacoEditor = () => {
               renderLineMarkings(monacoRef.current, editorRef?.current)
             }
 
-            if (result.type === QuestDB.Type.DDL || result.type === QuestDB.Type.DML) {
+            if (
+              result.type === QuestDB.Type.DDL ||
+              result.type === QuestDB.Type.DML
+            ) {
               dispatch(
                 actions.query.addNotification({
                   content: (
diff --git a/packages/web-console/src/scenes/Editor/Monaco/utils.ts b/packages/web-console/src/scenes/Editor/Monaco/utils.ts
index ea2c7546b..7b0c03e71 100644
--- a/packages/web-console/src/scenes/Editor/Monaco/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/web-console/src/scenes/Editor/Monaco/utils.ts
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ export const appendQuery = (
 
   if (model) {
     const position = editor.getPosition()
+    const lineCount = model.getLineCount()
 
     if (position) {
       const newQueryLines = query.split("\n")
@@ -490,7 +491,7 @@ export const appendQuery = (
     editor.focus()
 
     if (options.appendAt === "end") {
-      editor.revealLine(model.getLineCount())
+      editor.revealLine(lineCount)
     }
   }
 }