diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 61ec92a7cb..be924cdb79 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ tasks:
             - build:tsunamiscaffold
         env:
             WAVETERM_ENVFILE: "{{.ROOT_DIR}}/.env"
-            WCLOUD_PING_ENDPOINT: "https://ping-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_ENDPOINT: "https://api-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_WS_ENDPOINT: "wss://wsapi-dev.waveterm.dev"
             WAVETERM_NOCONFIRMQUIT: "1"
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ tasks:
             - build:backend
         env:
             WAVETERM_ENVFILE: "{{.ROOT_DIR}}/.env"
-            WCLOUD_PING_ENDPOINT: "https://ping-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_ENDPOINT: "https://api-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_WS_ENDPOINT: "wss://wsapi-dev.waveterm.dev"
 
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ tasks:
             - build:backend:quickdev
         env:
             WAVETERM_ENVFILE: "{{.ROOT_DIR}}/.env"
-            WCLOUD_PING_ENDPOINT: "https://ping-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_ENDPOINT: "https://api-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_WS_ENDPOINT: "wss://wsapi-dev.waveterm.dev/"
             WAVETERM_NOCONFIRMQUIT: "1"
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ tasks:
             - build:backend:quickdev:windows
         env:
             WAVETERM_ENVFILE: "{{.ROOT_DIR}}/.env"
-            WCLOUD_PING_ENDPOINT: "https://ping-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_ENDPOINT: "https://api-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_WS_ENDPOINT: "wss://wsapi-dev.waveterm.dev/"
 
@@ -92,7 +88,6 @@ tasks:
             - build:backend:quickdev:linux
         env:
             WAVETERM_ENVFILE: "{{.ROOT_DIR}}/.env"
-            WCLOUD_PING_ENDPOINT: "https://ping-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_ENDPOINT: "https://api-dev.waveterm.dev/central"
             WCLOUD_WS_ENDPOINT: "wss://wsapi-dev.waveterm.dev/"
             WAVETERM_NOCONFIRMQUIT: "1"
diff --git a/pkg/wcloud/wcloud.go b/pkg/wcloud/wcloud.go
index b31ff94150..0803935eb6 100644
--- a/pkg/wcloud/wcloud.go
+++ b/pkg/wcloud/wcloud.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2025, Command Line Inc.
+// Copyright 2026, Command Line Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package wcloud
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 const WCloudEndpoint = "https://api.waveterm.dev/central"
 const WCloudEndpointVarName = "WCLOUD_ENDPOINT"
-const WCloudPingEndpoint = "https://ping.waveterm.dev/central"
+const WCloudPingEndpoint = "https://cfapi.waveterm.dev/api"
 const WCloudPingEndpointVarName = "WCLOUD_PING_ENDPOINT"
 
 var WCloudEndpoint_VarCache string
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const MaxUpdatesToDeDup = 1000
 const MaxUpdateWriterErrors = 3
 const WCloudDefaultTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 const WCloudWebShareUpdateTimeout = 15 * time.Second
+const SendEvents = false
 
 // setting to 1M to be safe (max is 6M for API-GW + Lambda, but there is base64 encoding and upload time)
 // we allow one extra update past this estimated size
@@ -180,6 +181,9 @@ func sendTEventsBatch(clientId string) (bool, int, error) {
 }
 
 func sendTEvents(clientId string) (int, error) {
+	if !SendEvents {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
 	numIters := 0
 	totalEvents := 0
 	for {
@@ -219,6 +223,9 @@ func SendAllTelemetry(clientId string) error {
 }
 
 func sendTelemetry(clientId string) error {
+	if !SendEvents {
+		return nil
+	}
 	ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), WCloudDefaultTimeout)
 	defer cancelFn()
 	activity, err := telemetry.GetNonUploadedActivity(ctx)
@@ -255,6 +262,9 @@ func sendTelemetry(clientId string) error {
 }
 
 func SendNoTelemetryUpdate(ctx context.Context, clientId string, noTelemetryVal bool) error {
+	if !SendEvents {
+		return nil
+	}
 	req, err := makeAnonPostReq(ctx, NoTelemetryUrl, NoTelemetryInputType{ClientId: clientId, Value: noTelemetryVal})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/wcloud/wcloud_test.go b/pkg/wcloud/wcloud_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a11c8d03c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/wcloud/wcloud_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Copyright 2026, Command Line Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package wcloud
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type roundTripFunc func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+
+func (fn roundTripFunc) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	return fn(req)
+}
+
+func TestEventSending(t *testing.T) {
+	originalClient := http.DefaultClient
+	originalPingEndpoint := WCloudPingEndpoint_VarCache
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		http.DefaultClient = originalClient
+		WCloudPingEndpoint_VarCache = originalPingEndpoint
+	})
+	WCloudPingEndpoint_VarCache = "https://ping.example.test/central"
+	var requests []*http.Request
+	var inputs []PingInputType
+	http.DefaultClient = &http.Client{Transport: roundTripFunc(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+		requests = append(requests, req)
+		if req.Method != http.MethodPost || req.URL.Path != "/api"+PingUrl {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected request: %s %s", req.Method, req.URL.Path)
+		}
+		var input PingInputType
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(req.Body).Decode(&input); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		inputs = append(inputs, input)
+		return &http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusOK, Body: io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(""))}, nil
+	})}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if count, err := sendTEvents("test-client"); err != nil || count != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("event batch returned (%d, %v), want (0, nil)", count, err)
+	}
+	if err := sendTelemetry("test-client"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, disabled := range []bool{false, true} {
+		if err := SendNoTelemetryUpdate(ctx, "test-client", disabled); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(requests) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d requests with uploads disabled, want 0", len(requests))
+	}
+
+	for _, enabled := range []bool{false, true} {
+		if err := SendDiagnosticPing(ctx, "test-client", enabled); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(inputs) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d pings, want 2", len(inputs))
+	}
+	for i, input := range inputs {
+		if input.ClientId != "test-client" || input.UsageTelemetry != (i == 1) {
+			t.Errorf("ping %d did not preserve its input", i)
+		}
+		if input.Arch == "" || input.Version == "" || input.LocalDate == "" {
+			t.Errorf("ping %d is missing app details", i)
+		}
+	}
+}