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Trace (Agent)

Reviewed 19 July 2026Canonical definitionPart of: Agent Observability Terms →

A trace is the end-to-end record of an agent's execution for a single request, including every reasoning step, tool call, API response, policy check, and token count. Traces are the foundation of agent debugging and audit.

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What is Trace (Agent)?

A trace is the end-to-end record of an agent's execution for a single request, including every reasoning step, tool call, API response, policy check, and token count.

How does Trace (Agent) work?

Traces are the foundation of agent debugging and audit.

Which terms are related to Trace (Agent)?

Closely related concepts include Agent Tracing, Trace Context, Distributed Tracing (Agent), Audit Aggregation. Each is defined in the Prefactor glossary.

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