What is an execution trace?

Definition

An artificial intelligence execution trace captures what happened during a model or agent run. It can record decisions, tool requests, responses, timestamps, errors, retries, and transitions between workflow stages.

Tracing helps teams diagnose failures, evaluate behavior, compare runs, and understand how an outcome was produced. Sensitive data should be minimized or protected rather than copied indiscriminately into the trace.

Acronyms and aliases

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Frequently asked questions

Why trace artificial intelligence agent workflows?

Tracing supplies evidence for debugging, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and recovery when a workflow behaves unexpectedly.

What should an artificial intelligence execution trace contain?

It should contain bounded task state, relevant inputs, tool activity, outputs, errors, timing, retries, and identifiers needed to reconstruct the run.

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