context traits behave differently to mobile Analytics SDKs

[jparksecurity]

The context doesn't have a trait when a user is signed in. Is it intended or simply a missing feature?

The same issue is documented in the old repo: segmentio/analytics.js#656

[pooyaj]

Hi @jparksecurity! This is intended feature of AJS, and it is different from how the mobile SDKs behave. Here is more info: https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/libraries/website/javascript/identity/#saving-traits-to-the-context-object ( last paragraph in the section talks about how to include traits in every track call )

[jparksecurity]

@pooyaj Thank you for the response! I'd look into the reference.

[alexsullivan-pi]

@pooyaj I'm sorry to reopen this issue, but I'm very confused about how traits work on the web now. From my testing, it appears that traits show up only when you supply them for each tracking call. But if that's the case, then what is the value of providing traits for the identify call? And what's the value of traits in general? I think I'm missing something but I'm not getting much clarity from the referenced article.