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Trace: local mode — record AI coding sessions without a control plane #3582
Description
Problem
Chainloop Trace needs a control plane. The init step creates a workflow and needs a login, and a git push attests the session to the backend. So a developer cannot record AI coding sessions without an account, credentials, and a network. Some teams want local recording with no backend at all, for evaluation, air-gapped machines, privacy, or a trial before adopting the backend.
Proposal
Add a local mode. A repository records its sessions and stores them on disk, with no control plane. The mode is set in .chainloop.yml with traceStorage: LOCAL and an optional tracePath. The normal flow works: run the harness, write code, and push. The pre-push hook runs the same push-time assembly and stores the session under the path, and tells the user where it went. traceRequired replaces requireTrace. Exporting an already-recorded session on demand is a separate feature, left to a future spec.
Design spec: docs/specs/issue-3582-trace-evidence-export.md (PR #3583).
Activity
spec: issue-3582 Trace evidence export to disk
spec: issue-3582 Trace evidence export to disk
feat(trace): add local mode init and standalone export command
spec: issue-3582 add local mode for trace evidence export
spec: issue-3582 record local-mode implementation decisions
spec: issue-3582 address review on scope, manifest, and wording
feat(trace): declare the disk export is unsigned in its manifest
spec: issue-3582 clarify the push hook does not write the export
[-]Trace: export a session's evidence to disk without a control plane[/-][+]Trace: local mode — record AI coding sessions without a control plane[/+]spec: issue-3582 reframe to local trace mode