Make kedro-telemetry a core dependency

features/steps/test_starter/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ notebook
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version}}
 kedro-datasets[pandas-csvdataset]; python_version >= "3.9"
 kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataset]<2.0.0; python_version < '3.9'
-kedro-telemetry>=0.3.1
 pytest-cov~=3.0
 pytest-mock>=1.7.1, <2.0
 pytest~=7.2

kedro/framework/cli/cli.py

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def info() -> None:
             click.echo(
                 f"{plugin_name}: {plugin_version} (entry points:{entrypoints_str})"
             )
-    else:
+    else:  # pragma: no cover
         click.echo("No plugins installed")
 
 

kedro/templates/project/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/requirements.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ ipython>=8.10
 jupyterlab>=3.0
 notebook
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
-kedro-telemetry>=0.3.1
 pytest-cov~=3.0
 pytest-mock>=1.7.1, <2.0
 pytest~=7.2

pyproject.toml

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "gitpython>=3.0",
     "importlib-metadata>=3.6,<9.0",
     "importlib_resources>=1.3,<7.0",  # The `files()` API was introduced in `importlib_resources` 1.3 and Python 3.9.
+    "kedro-telemetry>=0.3.1",
     "more_itertools>=8.14.0",
     "omegaconf>=2.1.1",
     "parse>=1.19.0",

tests/framework/cli/test_cli.py

@@ -104,10 +104,13 @@ def test_info_contains_plugin_versions(self, entry_point):
 
         entry_point.load.assert_not_called()
 
-    def test_info_no_plugins(self):
+    def test_info_only_kedro_telemetry_plugin_installed(self):
         result = CliRunner().invoke(cli, ["info"])
         assert result.exit_code == 0
-        assert "No plugins installed" in result.output
+
+        split_result = result.output.strip().split("\n")
+        assert "Installed plugins" in split_result[-2]
+        assert "kedro_telemetry" in split_result[-1]
 
     def test_help(self):
         """Check that `kedro --help` returns a valid help message."""

tests/framework/session/test_session.py

@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ def test_create(
 
         expected_store["username"] = fake_username
 
+        mocker.patch(
+            "kedro_telemetry.plugin._check_for_telemetry_consent",
+            return_value=False,
+        )
+
         assert session.store == expected_store
         assert session.load_context() is mock_context_class.return_value
         assert isinstance(session._get_config_loader(), OmegaConfigLoader)
@@ -362,6 +367,11 @@ def test_create_no_env_extra_params(
 
         expected_store["username"] = fake_username
 
+        mocker.patch(
+            "kedro_telemetry.plugin._check_for_telemetry_consent",
+            return_value=False,
+        )
+
         assert session.store == expected_store
         assert session.load_context() is mock_context_class.return_value
         assert isinstance(session._get_config_loader(), OmegaConfigLoader)
@@ -754,12 +764,16 @@ def test_run_multiple_times(
         )
 
     @pytest.mark.usefixtures("mock_settings_context_class")
-    def test_run_non_existent_pipeline(self, fake_project, mock_runner):
+    def test_run_non_existent_pipeline(self, fake_project, mock_runner, mocker):
         pattern = (
             "Failed to find the pipeline named 'doesnotexist'. "
             "It needs to be generated and returned "
             "by the 'register_pipelines' function."
         )
+        mocker.patch(
+            "kedro_telemetry.plugin._check_for_telemetry_consent",
+            return_value=False,
+        )
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=re.escape(pattern)):
             with KedroSession.create(fake_project) as session:
                 session.run(runner=mock_runner, pipeline_name="doesnotexist")
@@ -922,6 +936,10 @@ def test_session_raise_error_with_invalid_runner_instance(
             },
         )
         mock_runner_class = mocker.patch("kedro.runner.SequentialRunner")
+        mocker.patch(
+            "kedro_telemetry.plugin._check_for_telemetry_consent",
+            return_value=False,
+        )
 
         session = KedroSession.create(fake_project)
         with pytest.raises(