From 64cde828db568f056db52fc36d6a28227beac9c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul D'Ambra <paul@posthog.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:30:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 src/__tests__/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.test.ts | 1 +
 src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts                | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/__tests__/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.test.ts b/src/__tests__/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.test.ts
index 64d7bbc1f..e880247eb 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.test.ts
@@ -1891,6 +1891,7 @@ describe('SessionRecording', () => {
             loadScriptMock.mockImplementation((_ph, _path, callback) => {
                 callback()
             })
+            sessionRecording = new SessionRecording(posthog)
 
             sessionRecording.afterDecideResponse(makeDecideResponse({ sessionRecording: { endpoint: '/s/' } }))
             sessionRecording.startIfEnabledOrStop()
diff --git a/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts b/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
index 2990aa12f..4896abb1f 100644
--- a/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
@@ -1348,7 +1348,9 @@ export class SessionRecording {
         this.instance.register_for_session({
             $session_recording_start_reason: startReason,
         })
-        this._tryAddCustomEvent(startReason, tagPayload)
         logger.info(LOGGER_PREFIX + ' ' + startReason.replace('_', ' '), tagPayload)
+        if (startReason !== 'recording_initialized') {
+            this._tryAddCustomEvent(startReason, tagPayload)
+        }
     }
 }