NativeAOT

[irunjic]

Does this library support NativeAOT publishing for serverless environments?

[DilanBoskan]

Need this!!

[haacked]

Thanks for asking! The library doesn't currently advertise NativeAOT support, but I'm open to adding it.

The main blockers are:

1. JSON converters using reflection - We have custom converters for enums and readonly dictionaries that use reflection, which needs to be replaced with source generators or compile-time alternatives
2. No AOT testing - We haven't tested with PublishAot=true yet
3. Missing JsonSerializerContext - We need to create a source-generated serialization context for all our types

To make this NativeAOT compatible, we'd need to:

• Add <IsAotCompatible>true</IsAotCompatible> to get compile-time warnings
• Create a JsonSerializerContext with source generation for all PostHog types
• Replace Activator.CreateInstance in ReadOnlyDictionaryJsonConverterFactory
• Update the enum converter to be AOT-compatible
• Add a sample serverless app (e.g., AWS Lambda with NativeAOT) to test this works end-to-end

Would you be interested in contributing to this effort? Otherwise, we can prioritize this for a future release. If serverless is your primary use case, we'd love to hear more about your scenario!