diff --git a/app/src/remote_server/mod.rs b/app/src/remote_server/mod.rs
index 2e40f60b..184d9885 100644
--- a/app/src/remote_server/mod.rs
+++ b/app/src/remote_server/mod.rs
@@ -58,9 +58,16 @@ pub(super) fn run_daemon_app(
             .spawn(warp_logging::rotate_log_files())
             .detach();
 
+        use crate::server::telemetry::context_provider::NoopTelemetryContextProvider;
         use repo_metadata::repositories::DetectedRepositories;
         use repo_metadata::watcher::DirectoryWatcher;
         use repo_metadata::RepoMetadataModel;
+
+        // Register a no-op telemetry context so that `send_telemetry_from_ctx!`
+        // calls (e.g. from RepoMetadataModel on ExceededMaxFileLimit) don't
+        // panic due to a missing TelemetryContextModel singleton.
+        ctx.add_singleton_model(NoopTelemetryContextProvider::new_context_provider);
+
         // Order matters: DetectedRepositories must be registered before
         // RepoMetadataModel because LocalRepoMetadataModel::new()
         // subscribes to DetectedRepositories::handle(ctx).
diff --git a/app/src/server/telemetry/context_provider.rs b/app/src/server/telemetry/context_provider.rs
index e14da9a5..306d1826 100644
--- a/app/src/server/telemetry/context_provider.rs
+++ b/app/src/server/telemetry/context_provider.rs
@@ -24,3 +24,29 @@ impl TelemetryContextProvider for AppTelemetryContextProvider {
         auth_state.anonymous_id()
     }
 }
+
+/// A no-op telemetry context provider for headless contexts (e.g. the remote
+/// server daemon) that run without authentication. Telemetry events that
+/// require a user/anonymous ID will silently produce empty identifiers,
+/// preventing panics from an unregistered `TelemetryContextModel` singleton.
+#[cfg_attr(target_family = "wasm", allow(dead_code))]
+pub struct NoopTelemetryContextProvider;
+
+impl NoopTelemetryContextProvider {
+    #[cfg_attr(target_family = "wasm", allow(dead_code))]
+    pub fn new_context_provider(
+        _ctx: &mut ModelContext<TelemetryContextModel>,
+    ) -> TelemetryContextModel {
+        Box::new(Self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl TelemetryContextProvider for NoopTelemetryContextProvider {
+    fn user_id(&self, _ctx: &AppContext) -> Option<String> {
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn anonymous_id(&self, _ctx: &AppContext) -> String {
+        String::new()
+    }
+}