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[OMEGA-310] feat: per-turn reasoning trace (trace_id JSONL) + omegaclaw-trace-summary - #270

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Fixes #269. Adds an opt-out structured reasoning trace: one JSONL record per loop event, linked by a per-iteration trace_id, so an iteration's LLM call, action parse, policy decision, error, and result are reconstructable end-to-end — backing the README's "auditable proof trails" claim.

  • src/tracing.pycontextvars-based current-trace context + typed emitters (begin_session / begin_iteration / trace_llm / trace_parse / trace_policy / trace_error / end_iteration). Best-effort: a trace failure never breaks the loop. Metadata-only by default; redacted bodies only under OMEGACLAW_TRACE_BODIES; disable via OMEGACLAW_TRACE_DISABLE; output path via OMEGACLAW_TRACE_PATH (default memory/traces/YYYYMMDD.jsonl).
  • scripts/omegaclaw-trace-summary — aggregates a trace file (per-iteration LLM latency, parse ok/err, policy denials).
  • Wiring: lib_omegaclaw.metta import; src/loop.metta begin_session / begin_iteration / end_iteration; src/plugin.py::llmProviderChat emits trace_llm.

Depends on #266 — shares src/redaction.py (used to redact trace bodies). It is included in this branch; if #266 merges first the file is identical and drops out on rebase, if this merges first #266 rebases onto it.

How Has This Been Tested?

Autotests/test_tracing.py (pure-Python, no Docker/LLM/MeTTa; registered in run_mandatory) — trace schema + trace_id linkage across an iteration's events, metadata-only default vs redacted-bodies mode, the disable gate, and the trace-summary aggregator. 6/6 pass: cd Autotests && python3 test_tracing.py.

Note: the additive src/loop.metta and src/plugin.py wiring executes only inside the MeTTa/Docker runtime, so it is exercised by the build / common CI job on this PR rather than on the host.

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  • The code generated by LLM is reviewed by the PR creator
  • Self-review completed
  • Test scenarios above are passed with the version of the code from PR

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amiroussama force-pushed the contrib/reasoning-trace branch from c628aa5 to eae15e7 Compare July 23, 2026 09:49
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Adds an opt-out structured reasoning trace: one JSONL record per loop event,
linked by a per-iteration trace_id, so an iteration's LLM call, action parse,
policy decision, error, and result are reconstructable end-to-end. Backs the
README's "auditable proof trails" claim.

- src/tracing.py: contextvars-based current-trace context + typed emitters
  (begin_session/begin_iteration/trace_llm/.../end_iteration). Best-effort — a
  trace failure never breaks the loop. Metadata-only by default; full bodies
  only under OMEGACLAW_TRACE_BODIES. Disable with OMEGACLAW_TRACE_DISABLE; path
  via OMEGACLAW_TRACE_PATH (default memory/traces/YYYYMMDD.jsonl).
- scripts/omegaclaw-trace-summary: aggregates a trace file (per-iteration LLM
  latency, parse ok/err, policy denials).
- Wiring: lib_omegaclaw.metta import; src/loop.metta begin_session/
  begin_iteration/end_iteration; src/plugin.py::llmProviderChat emits trace_llm.
- Autotests/test_tracing.py (no Docker/LLM/MeTTa) + run_mandatory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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amiroussama force-pushed the contrib/reasoning-trace branch from eae15e7 to 4659544 Compare July 25, 2026 16:40
@alyona-snet alyona-snet changed the title feat: per-turn reasoning trace (trace_id JSONL) + omegaclaw-trace-summary [OMEGA-310] feat: per-turn reasoning trace (trace_id JSONL) + omegaclaw-trace-summary Aug 5, 2026
@alyona-snet alyona-snet added the in-jira The issue has been accepted for fixing label Aug 5, 2026

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There are several critical issues that need to be fixed, i mentioned below. After that, please rebase on actual main and implement your changes, because there are some conflicts there, especially in loop.metta.

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(RESULTS: $mcerr)))
($_ (log INFO "loop" (RESPONSE: $results))))
($_ (log INFO "loop" (RESPONSE: $results)))
($_ (py-call (tracing.end_iteration (repr $results)))))

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Currently, the runtime wiring only calls begin_session, begin_iteration, trace_llm, and end_iteration. The trace_parse, trace_policy, and trace_error functions are defined but never invoked from the actual parsing, policy, or error-handling pipeline. As a result, the produced JSONL cannot reconstruct the advertised LLM -> parse -> policy -> result flow, and omegaclaw-trace-summary will not report zero parse errors and policy denials.

Comment thread src/tracing.py
return c


def _body(text):

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When OMEGACLAW_TRACE_BODIES=1 or OMEGACLAW_DEBUG_LLM_RAW=1 is enabled, this function returns the original prompt/response in full. Tokens, API keys, and user data can therefore end up in the trace. This contradicts the PR description’s claim that trace bodies are redacted.
The branch references src/redaction.py from #266, but #266 was closed without being merged, and this file is not included in the current PR. Please either include src/redaction.py in this PR and apply redact_secrets(text) here, or avoid writing bodies to the trace entirely.

Comment thread Autotests/run_mandatory Outdated
mock/test_transition_metta_to_remember_mock.py
mock/test_transition_pin_to_remember_mock.py
mock_websocket/test_wschat_unit.py
test_tracing.py

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Unit test location: Autotests/unit/.
Move it there please.

…unit test

Addresses PR singnet#270 review (timur-ashkenov):

- Secrets no longer leak into trace bodies. Add self-contained src/redaction.py
  and scrub every body through redact_secrets() in tracing._body(), so enabling
  OMEGACLAW_TRACE_BODIES / OMEGACLAW_DEBUG_LLM_RAW cannot write tokens/API keys/
  Authorization headers to the JSONL. (singnet#266's redaction.py was closed unmerged, so
  it is included here.)

- The advertised LLM -> parse -> policy -> result flow is now actually emitted:
    * trace_parse  — wired in helper.balance_parentheses (the loop's Python parse
      step); emits tools + unknown-command error_codes, enabling full linkage.
    * trace_policy — wired in profile/policy.py (apply_security_policy startup and
      the per-iteration get-io-policy query).
    * trace_error  — wired in src/loop.metta HandleError (the sole error site).
  emit() is now fully defensive so a trace call can never break the MeTTa loop.

- Move Autotests/test_tracing.py -> Autotests/unit/ (per project convention) and
  update Autotests/run_mandatory. Body test now asserts redaction; add parse-wiring
  coverage.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thanks @timur-ashkenov, all three addressed in fc4553b:

  • Body redaction: since [FIX] Redact/gate raw LLM response logging (privacy) #266 was closed unmerged, I pulled a self-contained src/redaction.py into this PR and now scrub every trace body through redact_secrets() in tracing._body() — tokens / API keys / Authorization headers can no longer reach the JSONL even with OMEGACLAW_TRACE_BODIES. Updated the test that previously asserted verbatim storage.
  • Pipeline wiring: trace_parse now fires from the parse step, trace_policy from profile/policy.py (startup + get-io-policy query), and trace_error from HandleError. So the LLM → parse → policy → result flow is actually emitted and the summary reports real parse/policy/error counts. Also hardened emit() so a trace call can never break the loop.
  • Test location: moved to Autotests/unit/test_tracing.py and updated run_mandatory.

On the rebase: heads-up that it's more than a conflict fix — main has since reimplemented this area (parse now goes through action_protocol.parse_and_render_metta, and error recovery already emits trace_error via the errors module in a rewritten HandleError). So I'll re-base the feature onto that new pipeline rather than force the old wiring through. Will push the rebased version in a follow-up.

amiroussama added a commit to amiroussama/OmegaClaw-Core that referenced this pull request Aug 13, 2026
- Move test to Autotests/unit/ and fix run_mandatory path (matches repo
  convention); adjust _REPO_ROOT depth for the new location.
- Make the src.tracing dependency explicit in docstrings: ingest_trace reads
  the JSONL emitted by src.tracing (PR singnet#270); this PR is stacked on it.
- Clarify the recording API is the loop's integration surface (live wiring is
  a follow-up).
- Add docs/reference-session-store.md and link it from docs/README.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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