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- tracepatch-0.1.0/.github/workflows/publish.yml +59 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/.gitignore +26 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/LICENSE +21 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/PKG-INFO +218 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/README.md +189 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/docs/reading-logs.md +198 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/pyproject.toml +47 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/src/tracepatch/__init__.py +23 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/src/tracepatch/_trace.py +620 -0
- tracepatch-0.1.0/src/tracepatch/py.typed +7 -0
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MIT License
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Copyright (c) 2026 levinismynameirl
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Name: tracepatch
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Version: 0.1.0
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Summary: Focused, opt-in runtime call tracing for a single execution context.
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Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/tracepatch/tracepatch
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Project-URL: Documentation, https://github.com/tracepatch/tracepatch#readme
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Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/tracepatch/tracepatch
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Author: tracepatch contributors
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Keywords: call-tree,debugging,profiling,tracing
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Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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# tracepatch
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Focused, opt-in runtime call tracing for a single execution context.
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tracepatch is a debugging tool. It records function calls, arguments, return
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a background task) and produces a readable call tree. It is not a replacement
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you exactly what happened. It is recommended you leave tracepatch installed in production and have it ready to use when you need it, since it has zero overhead when not active.
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## Features
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- Pure Python, no external dependencies.
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- Zero overhead when inactive. Safe to leave installed in production; the
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profiling hook is only active inside a `trace()` block.
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- Works in synchronous and asynchronous code.
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- Human-readable ASCII call tree output with timing.
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- JSON export for further processing.
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- Recommended to be used in production, can help diagnose issues that only occur in production environments, or issues that weren't caught in staging, they will show up in the trace and can be analyzed. Leaves no overhead when not in use, so it's safe to have it installed and ready to go when you need it.
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## Installation
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each call.
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Direct access to the root `TraceNode` objects for programmatic traversal.
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tracepatch uses `sys.settrace` to install a lightweight tracing callback
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that fires on function call, return, and exception events in the current
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thread. On a 'call' event, the global trace function checks a
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`contextvars.ContextVar` to find the active collector for the current
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execution context. If no collector is active (the common case in production),
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the callback returns `None` immediately and Python does not trace that frame
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further, so overhead is negligible.
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When a `trace()` block is entered, a new collector is created and stored in
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the ContextVar. The collector records call events into a tree of `TraceNode`
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objects. When the block exits, the profiling hook is removed (reference
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counted, so nested traces work correctly) and the ContextVar is reset.
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Because isolation is done through `contextvars` rather than thread-locals,
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concurrent `asyncio` tasks each get their own independent trace even though
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they share a single thread.
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## Limitations
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active. C-level functions (builtins, C extensions) are not captured.
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- There is measurable overhead while a trace block is active. This is a
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debugging tool meant for targeted use, not always-on instrumentation.
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the originating thread is traced by default.
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MIT. See LICENSE for the full text.
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