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fix(trace): follow a moved Claude Code transcript - #3670

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Fixes #3669.

The session record of Chainloop Trace kept the first transcript path that a hook reported. Claude Code can move the transcript of a running session: a session that is resumed from another directory is filed under the project folder of that directory, and the old file is gone. Pre-push copies the transcript from the recorded path, so it could not read the moved file, and each later push of the session sent no evidence.

A hook that reports a transcript path now replaces the recorded path when the recorded file is gone. While the recorded file exists, a different path does not replace it. This keeps the record stable when hooks report another path of the same session, such as the transcript of a subagent, and does not copy the transcript again for each such hook.

AI disclosure: Claude Code helped to write this change.

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The session record kept the first transcript path that a hook reported.
When Claude Code moved the transcript, for example when a session was
resumed from another directory, pre-push could not read it and sent no
evidence. A hook that reports a new path now replaces a recorded path
whose file is gone.

Fixes chainloop-dev#3669

Assisted-by: Claude Code
Signed-off-by: Jose I. Paris <jiparis@chainloop.dev>

Chainloop-Trace-Sessions: be5af72c-30e7-48f4-b46c-dc7a5a754c41
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PR validation — ✅ 3 passing

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🟢 88% — 100% AI — ⚠️ 2 policies failing

Oct 16, 2026 16:40 UTC · 90h27m57s · $83.43 · 1.9k in / 808.1k out · claude-code 2.1.301 (claude-opus-5-5)

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Change Summary

Updates Trace session tracking so a later hook can replace a stale TranscriptPath only when the recorded file is missing. Adds a table-driven regression test for moved-transcript and subagent-path cases.

AI Session Overall Score

🟢 88% — Focused fix landed cleanly, but end-to-end verification stayed short of full proof.

AI Session Analysis Breakdown

🟢 96% · scope-discipline

🟢 The diff stayed inside the hook logic and its matching regression test. · Medium Impact

🟢 94% · solution-quality

🟢 Review feedback tightened replacement to ErrNotExist instead of any stat error. · High Impact

🟢 93% · alignment

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🟢 90% · user-trust-signal

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🟢 89% · context-and-planning

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🟡 74% · verification

🟢 New table-driven coverage reproduces both moved-transcript and subagent-path cases. · High Impact

🟠 Unit tests passed, but the real resumed-session push path was not replayed end to end. · Medium Severity

💡 For transcript-path bugs, rerun the actual push flow once after unit tests.


File Attribution

████████████████████ 100% AI / 0% Human

Status Attribution File Lines
modified ai app/cli/pkg/action/trace_worktree_test.go +68 / -0
modified ai app/cli/pkg/action/trace_agent_hook.go +21 / -8

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  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api -X PATCH repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3662 -F body=@/private/tmp/claude-501/-Users-jiparis-projects-chainloop/be5af72c-30e7-48f4-b46c-dc7a5a754c41...
  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api -X PUT repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3648/merge -f merge_method=squash -f commit_title="feat(trace): end-to-end test matrix for Claude Code (feat(trace): end-to-end test matrix for Claude Code #3648)...
  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3648/comments/4311478018/replies -f body="Fixed in b7504e5. The section now says that the suite runs the Claude Code ...
  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3651/comments/4313920106/replies -F body=@/private/tmp/claude-501/-Users-jiparis-projects-chainloop/be5af72c-30e7-48f...
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  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3651/comments/4313920134/replies -F body=@/private/tmp/claude-501/-Users-jiparis-projects-chainloop/be5af72c-30e7-48f...
  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh api repos/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pulls/3651/comments/4313920140/replies -F body=@/private/tmp/claude-501/-Users-jiparis-projects-chainloop/be5af72c-30e7-48f...
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  • 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-e2e-matrix --title "feat(trace): end-to-end test matrix for Claude Code" --bod...
  • 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-e2e-opencode --title "feat(trace): e2e adapter for OpenCode 2" --body-file /pr...
  • 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-e2e-pi --title "feat(trace): e2e adapter for Pi" --body-file /private/tmp/clau...
  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh pr create --repo chainloop-dev/chainloop --base main --head jiparis:fix/trace-claude-api-request-blob --title "fix(trace): replace spec copies in Claude Code...
  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh pr create --repo chainloop-dev/chainloop --base main --head jiparis:fix/trace-moved-transcript --title "fix(trace): follow a moved Claude Code transcript" --...
  • Pull request opened without human approval (auto-approved: source=config, reason=subcommandResults): gh pr create --repo chainloop-dev/chainloop --base main --head jiparis:fix/trace-opencode2-skills --title "fix(trace): record the skills of OpenCode 2 sessions"...
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✅ Passed ai-config-no-dangerous-commands ai-coding-session-be5af7 -
⚠️ Failed ai-config-no-secrets ai-coding-session-be5af7
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=1343, source=tool_result, line=9]: | ⚠️ Failed | ai-config-no-secrets | [ai-coding-session-be5af7](https://app.chainloop.dev/u/chainloop/projects/chainloop/versi...
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=1386, source=assistant-text, line=10]: - AI session policy ai-config-no-secrets: it flags the fake tokens in this session's transcript. Most of the matches are already the [CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat] placeholder, so this ...
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=1412, source=tool_result, line=6]: 33 fakeSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]" //nolint:gosec // a fake token that the suite expects redaction to remove
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=1412, source=tool_result, line=9]: 36 fakeAllowedSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]" //nolint:gosec // a fake token on a line with an allow marker
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=1424, source=assistant-tool_use:Edit, line=1]: {"file_path":"/Users/jiparis/projects/chainloop/.claude/worktrees/cosmic-enchanting-flute/app/cli/internal/trace/e2e/scenarios.go","new_string":"// secret scanner, and they are not real tokens. The al...
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=4719, source=tool_result, line=1]: Run this shell command: git add greeting.txt shell.txt && git commit -m \\\"add greeting\\\"\n5. Run this shell command: git push\nThe deploy token [CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat] is for a later...
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=525, source=assistant-tool_use:Write, line=1]: {"content":"//\n// Copyright 2026 The Chainloop Authors.\n//\n// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\");\n// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\...
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=672, source=tool_result, line=1]: deploy token [CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=971, source=tool_result, line=19]: fakeSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]"
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=971, source=tool_result, line=22]: fakeAllowedSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]"
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=971, source=tool_result, line=48]: fakeSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]"
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=971, source=tool_result, line=51]: fakeAllowedSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]"
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=999, source=assistant-tool_use:Bash, line=42]: s=s.replace('fakeSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]"','fakeSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]" //nolint:gosec // a fake token that the suite expects redaction to remove')
  • Secret (github-pat) detected in session content [turn=999, source=assistant-tool_use:Bash, line=43]: s=s.replace('fakeAllowedSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]"','fakeAllowedSecret = "[CHAINLOOP_TRACE_REDACTED:github-pat]" //nolint:gosec // a fake token on a line with an allow marker')
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Scans not applied (3)
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vulnerability-scan no manifest/lockfile changed
github-actions-scan no workflow files changed
iac-scan no IaC files changed

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

P2 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.

Past fixes (1)

P2 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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app/cli/pkg/action/trace_agent_hook.go - 1 past fix, peak severity medium
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    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
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All reported issues were addressed across 2 files

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Comment thread app/cli/pkg/action/trace_agent_hook.go Outdated
A stat error other than a missing file does not show that the
transcript moved.

Assisted-by: Claude Code
Signed-off-by: Jose I. Paris <jiparis@chainloop.dev>

Chainloop-Trace-Sessions: be5af72c-30e7-48f4-b46c-dc7a5a754c41
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jiparis merged commit 0b7f49e into chainloop-dev:main Oct 20, 2026
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jiparis deleted the fix/trace-moved-transcript branch October 20, 2026 11:34
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