Sean Oliver 856b2badf7 feat(telemetry): mirror signup_timestamp to PostHog person property (#45951)
## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

YES

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Feature — tiny telemetry addition. +7/-1 in one file.

## What is the current behavior?

[PR #45946](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/pull/45946) added
`org_count` as a PostHog person property to unblock targeting on org
membership. But `org_count` is set on every authenticated session (the
`Telemetry` component fires identify whenever `user.id` +
`organizations` resolve), not just at signup completion.

That means flag filters like `person.org_count == 1` match two
populations:
- Brand-new dashboard signups currently in their first org (intended)
- Returning users who happen to have one org and just signed in (not
intended)

For the upcoming `dataApiRevokeOnCreateDefault` experiment, this
contaminates the activation comparison because the "returning
single-org" group can't activate (they already did, months ago),
diluting the measured effect.

## What is the new behavior?

Adds `signup_timestamp: user.created_at` to the existing
`posthogClient.identify` call in `useTelemetryIdentify`. Since gotrue's
`user.created_at` is immutable, the value stays constant across sign-ins
— no need for `$set_once` semantics, no race with anonymous activity, no
cohort refresh lag.

Flag targeting can now combine `person.org_count == 1 AND
person.signup_timestamp >= <experiment_start_date>` to cleanly scope to
brand-new signups.

## Testing

No new unit tests added — the existing `useTelemetryIdentify` function
has no test file, the change is one additional field on an existing
call, and the property's correctness is verifiable end-to-end (sign up →
check PostHog person record). Adding to the test ticket
[GROWTH-854](https://linear.app/supabase/issue/GROWTH-854) for coverage
along with the broader posthog-client wrapper tests.

## Additional context

Ref: [GROWTH-853](https://linear.app/supabase/issue/GROWTH-853)

This is the follow-up gate before the 5% rollout of
`dataApiRevokeOnCreateDefault` — without this, the experiment would mix
brand-new signups with legacy single-org users on sign-in.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Chores**
* Enhanced telemetry and analytics data collection for signed-in users
by improving user identification tracking and adding signup timestamp
information for better analytics insights.

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