📅 2025-04-20 — Session: Debugged and Enhanced PromptFlow Trace Command

🕒 04:50–05:10
🏷️ Labels: Promptflow, Python, CLI, Debugging, SDK
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to manage module changes, fix trace retrieval issues, and enhance the CLI trace command in the PromptFlow SDK.

Key Activities

  1. Managing Module Changes and Visibility: Followed a guide to save changes and install a Python module locally in editable mode while ensuring its privacy.
  2. Fixing Trace Retrieval: Addressed an error in the TraceOperations class by retrieving trace information via the run object instead of using a non-existent .get() method.
  3. Enhancing CLI Trace Command: Proposed and outlined enhancements for the fp trace command to improve user experience and output richness.
  4. Debugging PromptFlow Trace Retrieval: Diagnosed an AttributeError in PromptFlow, explaining the differences between local and Azure-connected tracing methods and offering a solution.
  5. Debugging PromptFlow Local Run Internals: Provided insights into handling the ‘Run’ object in PromptFlow and strategies for extracting information from failed runs.

Achievements

  • Successfully fixed the trace retrieval issue in the PromptFlow SDK.
  • Proposed enhancements for the CLI trace command to improve usability.

Pending Tasks

  • Implement the proposed enhancements for the fp trace command.
  • Further testing of the debugging solutions in different environments.