feat(trace): report the net contribution of each session by jiparis · Pull Request #3658 · chainloop-dev/chainloop

jiparis · 2026-10-19T16:19:28Z

Implements milestone 2 of spec docs/specs/issue-3639-trace-line-attribution.md (#3639): R-003, R-004 and R-010. With milestone 1, cases 1 to 5 of the spec appendix now give the expected results.

What changes

Net contribution (R-003). The AI/human split of the added lines of a session comes from git blame of each session file at the pushed commit. A line counts only when a commit of the session added it and it is still there, and each line counts one time. The match of a line to the ledger is the same as in milestone 1. The removed lines stay the sum of the removals of the session's own commits.
Session updates (R-004). For each commit that a push did not read yet, the CLI blames the parent of each file with ledger entries and finds the commit that last wrote each removed line. The session of that commit is sent again with its new numbers. A push with nothing new still sends nothing. A commit that replaced no line of a session is marked tracked after one read.
Human commits join a session (R-010). A commit in no session that replaced lines of a session joins it. Its record keeps the lines that its replacing hunks added, per session. The session's commit list holds the commit, and only those lines count, as human, while they are still at the pushed commit.
Retention. The trace state of a pushed session is kept for 30 days, instead of 7. A commit that joined a session keeps the session alive.
The Trace README has two new rows: net contribution and session updates.

Spec entries

D-012 (new): keep the trace state of a pushed session for 30 days. It answers the open question of the spec, which is now ticked.
D-013 (new): the push sends a session again only when its own commits are on the branch that the push sends.

Implementation choices not in the spec

A new factory picks the git client for all of Trace: the client that runs the git binary when one is on the PATH, and the go-git client otherwise. Blame is the reason: on this repository the go-git blame took 0.2 to 1.4 seconds per file, and git blame --porcelain 25 to 57 ms. D-007 leaves this choice to the build.
A later commit that only re-indents a line takes the line, because blame sees a change. D-008 still applies to the match with the ledger.
Removed lines are not netted: a line that the session added and later removed counts as a removal of the commit that removed it.

Not in this PR

Renames and history rewrites (R-007): milestone 3.
Attributed line ranges in the pushed commit: spec docs/specs/issue-3639-line-ranges.md.
Platform use of the per-file split (R-008): follow-up platform ticket.

AI disclosure: this change was written with the assistance of Claude Code.

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Split the added lines of a session from git blame of the pushed commit, so each line counts once and lines that a later commit replaced drop out. A new commit that replaces lines of a session sends that session again, and a commit in no session joins it with the human lines of its replacing hunks. Keep the trace state of a pushed session for 30 days. Implements milestone 2 of spec issue-3639 (R-003, R-004, R-010) and records D-012 and D-013. Refs chainloop-dev#3639 Assisted-by: Claude Code Signed-off-by: Jose I. Paris <jiparis@chainloop.dev> Chainloop-Trace-Sessions: 81312179-16f4-4c92-a45b-a104a593a498

chainloop-platform · 2026-10-19T16:19:37Z

PR validation — ✅ 3 passing

Status	Policy	Material	Messages
✅ Passed	`pr-min-approvals`	`pr-info`	-
✅ Passed	`pr-description-required`	`pr-info`	-
✅ Passed	`pr-user-story-linked`	`pr-info`	-

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AI Session Checks — 🟢 91% · ⚠️ 1 failing

Avg score	Sessions	Failing policies	Attribution	Files	Lines	Total Duration
🟢 91%	1	⚠️ 1	99% AI / 1% Human	17	+1247 / -198	9h3m31s

🟢 91% — 99% AI — ⚠️ 1 policies failing

Oct 19, 2026 07:47 UTC · 9h3m31s · $86.07 · 1.4k in / 828.1k out · claude-code 2.1.303 (claude-opus-5-5)

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Change Summary

Adds NewGitClient, blame support, and diff hunks so trace can recompute net line ownership.
Reworks push processing to resend affected sessions, join later human commits, and keep trace state for 30 days.
Adds net-attribution and lifecycle tests for the spec cases, plus README and spec-decision updates.

AI Session Overall Score

🟢 91% — Spec-driven milestone 2 landed cleanly and was thoroughly validated.

AI Session Analysis Breakdown

🟢 94% · scope-discipline

No notes.

🟢 93% · alignment

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🟢 91% · context-and-planning

🟢 Merged spec front-loaded scope and acceptance checks. · High Impact

🟢 91% · user-trust-signal

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🟢 90% · verification

🟢 Lifecycle tests cover the session-replay cases from the spec. · High Impact

🟢 89% · solution-quality

🟢 Replacement scanning models later human commits instead of masking them. · High Impact

File Attribution

███████████████████░ 99% AI / 1% Human

Status	Attribution	File	Lines
modified	ai	`app/cli/pkg/action/trace_replacements.go`	+246 / -33
modified	ai	`app/cli/pkg/action/trace_hook_handler.go`	+200 / -61
modified	ai	`app/cli/pkg/action/trace_line_attribution_test.go`	+184 / -26
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/git/lines.go`	+183 / -26
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/attribution/enrich_test.go`	+104 / -6
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/attribution/enrich.go`	+94 / -6
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/git/lines_test.go`	+75 / -6
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/state/state_test.go`	+39 / -2
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/git/git.go`	+38 / -1
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/state/commit.go`	+27 / -0
modified	ai	`app/cli/pkg/action/trace_hook_handler_test.go`	+12 / -14
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/state/state.go`	+14 / -10
modified	ai	`docs/specs/issue-3639-trace-line-attribution.md`	+17 / -2
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/attribution/generated_test.go`	+6 / -1
modified	ai	`app/cli/internal/trace/README.md`	+4 / -0
modified	ai	`app/cli/pkg/action/trace_agent_hook.go`	+2 / -2
modified	ai	`app/cli/pkg/action/trace_skills_scenario_test.go`	+2 / -2

Policies (5, 1 failing)

Status	Policy	Material	Messages
⚠️ Failed	`ai-session-no-auto-pr`	`ai-coding-session-813121`	Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=classifier): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3650/comments/4313756088/replies -X POST -f body="Fixed in `40129d7`: the lines of a joined commit's replacing hunks a... Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3649/comments/4312067305/replies -X POST -f body="Fixed in `5d9671a`: LoadShellPreHeads returns its error. The post ho... Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3650/comments/4312780540/replies -X POST -f body="Fixed in `f38f027`: D-006 now ties the write to the attributed-range... Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3650/comments/4313530527/replies -X POST -f body="Fixed in `d6160d1`: the Positions step now matches the session's own... Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3658 -X PATCH -F body=@/private/tmp/claude-501/-Users-jiparis-projects-chainloop/81312179-16f4-4c92-a45b-a104a593a498... Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh pr create --repo chainloop-dev/chainloop --base main --head jiparis:feat/trace-line-attribution-m1 --title "feat(trace): attribute lines to their last writer... Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh pr create --repo chainloop-dev/chainloop --base main --head jiparis:feat/trace-line-attribution-m2 --title "feat(trace): report the net contribution of each ... Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh pr create --repo chainloop-dev/chainloop --base main --head jiparis:issue-3639-spec-line-ranges --title "spec: issue-3639 Line ranges that point into the pus...
✅ Passed	`ai-config-ai-agents-allowed`	`ai-coding-session-813121`	-
✅ Passed	`ai-config-no-dangerous-commands`	`ai-coding-session-813121`	-
✅ Passed	`ai-config-no-secrets`	`ai-coding-session-813121`	-
✅ Passed	`ai-config-mcp-servers-allowed`	`ai-coding-session-813121`	-

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✅ `sast-scan`

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✅ Passed	`cwe-top25`	-
✅ Passed	`owasp-top10-2025`	-
✅ Passed	`sast`	-
✅ Passed	`cwe-top26-40-cusp`	-

Scans not applied (3)

Scan	Reason
`vulnerability-scan`	no manifest/lockfile changed
`github-actions-scan`	no workflow files changed
`iac-scan`	no IaC files changed

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Security context

[3 files with past security fixes] Keep these rules in place. They come from 1 past fix in this repository.

app/cli/internal/trace/state/state.go ▶

Only uncommitted, still-owned AI edits may credit a commit or session evidence document; once those edits land, are superseded, or the session has ended and nothing remains to attest, that session must stop being attached to later unrelated commits and pushes.

app/cli/pkg/action/trace_agent_hook.go ▶

Only uncommitted, still-owned AI edits may credit a commit or session evidence document; once those edits land, are superseded, or the session has ended and nothing remains to attest, that session must stop being attached to later unrelated commits and pushes.

app/cli/pkg/action/trace_hook_handler.go ▶

Only uncommitted, still-owned AI edits may credit a commit or session evidence document; once those edits land, are superseded, or the session has ended and nothing remains to attest, that session must stop being attached to later unrelated commits and pushes.

Past fixes (1)

06ec131 · CWE-840

Fixes a real provenance-integrity bug in Chainloop Trace: finished or superseded AI sessions could keep being credited on later unrelated commits and no-commit pushes, causing incorrect AI-session evidence and attestation contents.
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landed, mined from its own commit history. The files this change touches intersect it.
What follows are PRIORS, not findings in this diff. Re-confirming an already-fixed issue
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app/cli/internal/trace/state/state.go - 1 past fix, peak severity medium
  must hold: Only uncommitted, still-owned AI edits may credit a commit or session evidence
    document; once those edits land, are superseded, or the session has ended and nothing
    remains to attest, that session must stop being attached to later unrelated commits and
    pushes.
  also enforced at: 3 other entry points
  grep for: attr.Pending, setSessionActive, staleSessionIDs, store.MarkConsumed

app/cli/pkg/action/trace_agent_hook.go - 1 past fix, peak severity medium
  must hold: Only uncommitted, still-owned AI edits may credit a commit or session evidence
    document; once those edits land, are superseded, or the session has ended and nothing
    remains to attest, that session must stop being attached to later unrelated commits and
    pushes.
  also enforced at: 3 other entry points
  grep for: attr.Pending, setSessionActive, staleSessionIDs, store.MarkConsumed

app/cli/pkg/action/trace_hook_handler.go - 1 past fix, peak severity medium
  must hold: Only uncommitted, still-owned AI edits may credit a commit or session evidence
    document; once those edits land, are superseded, or the session has ended and nothing
    remains to attest, that session must stop being attached to later unrelated commits and
    pushes.
  also enforced at: 3 other entry points
  grep for: attr.Pending, setSessionActive, staleSessionIDs, store.MarkConsumed
END CONTEXT

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NewGitClient returns the exec client when a git binary is on the PATH, and the go-git client otherwise. All trace callers use it, and the go-git client no longer runs the git binary for blame. Refs chainloop-dev#3639 Assisted-by: Claude Code Signed-off-by: Jose I. Paris <jiparis@chainloop.dev> Chainloop-Trace-Sessions: 81312179-16f4-4c92-a45b-a104a593a498

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- Scan the new commits oldest first and again until no join changes, so a human commit that replaces the lines of an earlier joined commit joins its sessions too. Cache the diffs and blames across passes. - Keep a commit that the scan could not read untracked, so the next push reads it again. - Check that a path exists before blame without reading the file. - Test the git client factory with and without a git binary. - Name the spec owner as the source of D-012. Refs chainloop-dev#3639 Assisted-by: Claude Code Signed-off-by: Jose I. Paris <jiparis@chainloop.dev> Chainloop-Trace-Sessions: 81312179-16f4-4c92-a45b-a104a593a498

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A commit of a session is sent with its session, so leaving it untracked after a failed scan made every later push send the session again. Only a commit in no session stays untracked for a retry. Refs chainloop-dev#3639 Assisted-by: Claude Code Signed-off-by: Jose I. Paris <jiparis@chainloop.dev>

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fix(trace): session code changes sum the diff of each commit instead of the net diff #3674

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Change Summary

AI Session Overall Score

AI Session Analysis Breakdown

🟢 94% · scope-discipline

🟢 93% · alignment

🟢 91% · context-and-planning

🟢 91% · user-trust-signal

🟢 90% · verification

🟢 89% · solution-quality

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