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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions packages/traceloop-sdk/traceloop/sdk/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def init(
endpoint_is_traceloop: Optional[bool] = False,
use_attributes: Optional[bool] = None,
use_legacy_attributes: Optional[bool] = None,
trace_content: bool = True,
) -> Optional[Client]:
"""Initialize Traceloop tracing, metrics, and instrumentation.

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events have nowhere to go and no prompt/completion data will be recorded.
use_legacy_attributes: Deprecated alias for ``use_attributes``. Will be
removed in a future release.
trace_content: Whether to send sensitive content (prompts,
completions) to the tracing backend. Defaults to ``True``.
When set to ``False``, overrides the ``TRACELOOP_TRACE_CONTENT``
environment variable and disables content capture across all
instrumentations.
"""
if use_attributes is not None and use_legacy_attributes is not None:
raise TypeError(
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)
return

if not trace_content:
os.environ["TRACELOOP_TRACE_CONTENT"] = "false"

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Make trace_content=False take precedence over context opt-ins.

This only sets the environment variable. packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic/opentelemetry/instrumentation/anthropic/utils.py:30-34 still sends prompts when override_enable_content_tracing is set, even with TRACELOOP_TRACE_CONTENT=false. That violates the documented hard opt-out “across all instrumentations.” Ensure downstream gates cannot re-enable content when this SDK option disables it.

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In `@packages/traceloop-sdk/traceloop/sdk/__init__.py` around lines 126 - 128,
Update the trace-content configuration around the __init__ initialization logic
so trace_content=False is enforced as a hard opt-out across downstream
instrumentations, including the override_enable_content_tracing gate in
Anthropic instrumentation. Ensure context-level opt-ins cannot re-enable
prompt/content capture when TRACELOOP_TRACE_CONTENT is false, while preserving
existing opt-in behavior when trace_content is enabled.

api_endpoint = os.getenv("TRACELOOP_BASE_URL") or api_endpoint
api_key = os.getenv("TRACELOOP_API_KEY") or api_key
Traceloop.__app_name = app_name
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