diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 49adce3ae69..0aa00f21bcf 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -1814,8 +1814,8 @@ export class Repository {
 		}
 	}
 
-	getStatus(opts?: { limit?: number, ignoreSubmodules?: boolean }): Promise<{ status: IFileStatus[]; didHitLimit: boolean; }> {
-		return new Promise<{ status: IFileStatus[]; didHitLimit: boolean; }>((c, e) => {
+	getStatus(opts?: { limit?: number, ignoreSubmodules?: boolean }): Promise<{ status: IFileStatus[]; statusLength: number; didHitLimit: boolean; }> {
+		return new Promise<{ status: IFileStatus[]; statusLength: number; didHitLimit: boolean; }>((c, e) => {
 			const parser = new GitStatusParser();
 			const env = { GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS: '0' };
 			const args = ['status', '-z', '-u'];
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ export class Repository {
 					}));
 				}
 
-				c({ status: parser.status, didHitLimit: false });
+				c({ status: parser.status, statusLength: parser.status.length, didHitLimit: false });
 			};
 
 			const limit = opts?.limit ?? 10000;
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ export class Repository {
 					child.stdout!.removeListener('data', onStdoutData);
 					child.kill();
 
-					c({ status: parser.status.slice(0, limit), didHitLimit: true });
+					c({ status: parser.status.slice(0, limit), statusLength: parser.status.length, didHitLimit: true });
 				}
 			};
 
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/main.ts b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
index 7d40b7ee265..0742550848d 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/main.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async function createModel(context: ExtensionContext, outputChannel: OutputChann
 		version: info.version,
 		env: environment,
 	});
-	const model = new Model(git, askpass, context.globalState, outputChannel);
+	const model = new Model(git, askpass, context.globalState, outputChannel, telemetryReporter);
 	disposables.push(model);
 
 	const onRepository = () => commands.executeCommand('setContext', 'gitOpenRepositoryCount', `${model.repositories.length}`);
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/model.ts b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
index a9a7b0e5f31..ba965e323d0 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/model.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { workspace, WorkspaceFoldersChangeEvent, Uri, window, Event, EventEmitter, QuickPickItem, Disposable, SourceControl, SourceControlResourceGroup, TextEditor, Memento, OutputChannel, commands } from 'vscode';
+import TelemetryReporter from 'vscode-extension-telemetry';
 import { Repository, RepositoryState } from './repository';
 import { memoize, sequentialize, debounce } from './decorators';
 import { dispose, anyEvent, filterEvent, isDescendant, pathEquals, toDisposable, eventToPromise, logTimestamp } from './util';
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export class Model implements IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry, IPushErrorHandlerR
 
 	private disposables: Disposable[] = [];
 
-	constructor(readonly git: Git, private readonly askpass: Askpass, private globalState: Memento, private outputChannel: OutputChannel) {
+	constructor(readonly git: Git, private readonly askpass: Askpass, private globalState: Memento, private outputChannel: OutputChannel, private telemetryReporter: TelemetryReporter) {
 		workspace.onDidChangeWorkspaceFolders(this.onDidChangeWorkspaceFolders, this, this.disposables);
 		window.onDidChangeVisibleTextEditors(this.onDidChangeVisibleTextEditors, this, this.disposables);
 		workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(this.onDidChangeConfiguration, this, this.disposables);
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ export class Model implements IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry, IPushErrorHandlerR
 			}
 
 			const dotGit = await this.git.getRepositoryDotGit(repositoryRoot);
-			const repository = new Repository(this.git.open(repositoryRoot, dotGit), this, this, this.globalState, this.outputChannel);
+			const repository = new Repository(this.git.open(repositoryRoot, dotGit), this, this, this.globalState, this.outputChannel, this.telemetryReporter);
 
 			this.open(repository);
 			repository.status(); // do not await this, we want SCM to know about the repo asap
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 09c64ec1750..08426577718 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { CancellationToken, Command, Disposable, Event, EventEmitter, Memento, OutputChannel, ProgressLocation, ProgressOptions, scm, SourceControl, SourceControlInputBox, SourceControlInputBoxValidation, SourceControlInputBoxValidationType, SourceControlResourceDecorations, SourceControlResourceGroup, SourceControlResourceState, ThemeColor, Uri, window, workspace, WorkspaceEdit, FileDecoration, commands } from 'vscode';
+import TelemetryReporter from 'vscode-extension-telemetry';
 import * as nls from 'vscode-nls';
 import { Branch, Change, ForcePushMode, GitErrorCodes, LogOptions, Ref, RefType, Remote, Status, CommitOptions, BranchQuery, FetchOptions } from './api/git';
 import { AutoFetcher } from './autofetch';
@@ -853,7 +854,8 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 		private pushErrorHandlerRegistry: IPushErrorHandlerRegistry,
 		remoteSourcePublisherRegistry: IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry,
 		globalState: Memento,
-		outputChannel: OutputChannel
+		outputChannel: OutputChannel,
+		private telemetryReporter: TelemetryReporter
 	) {
 		const workspaceWatcher = workspace.createFileSystemWatcher('**');
 		this.disposables.push(workspaceWatcher);
@@ -1802,7 +1804,18 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 
 		const limit = scopedConfig.get<number>('statusLimit', 10000);
 
-		const { status, didHitLimit } = await this.repository.getStatus({ limit, ignoreSubmodules });
+		const { status, statusLength, didHitLimit } = await this.repository.getStatus({ limit, ignoreSubmodules });
+
+		if (didHitLimit) {
+			/* __GDPR__
+				"statusLimit" : {
+					"ignoreSubmodules": { "classification": "SystemMetaData", "purpose": "FeatureInsight" },
+					"limit": { "classification": "SystemMetaData", "purpose": "FeatureInsight", "isMeasurement": true },
+					"statusLength": { "classification": "SystemMetaData", "purpose": "FeatureInsight", "isMeasurement": true }
+				}
+			*/
+			this.telemetryReporter.sendTelemetryEvent('statusLimit', { ignoreSubmodules: String(ignoreSubmodules) }, { limit, statusLength });
+		}
 
 		const config = workspace.getConfiguration('git');
 		const shouldIgnore = config.get<boolean>('ignoreLimitWarning') === true;