Privacy Policy

Overview

TraceBug is a QA bug reporting tool that records user interactions during testing sessions and generates developer-ready bug reports. TraceBug is designed with privacy as a core principle: all data stays in your browser. No data is ever sent to external servers.

Data Collection

When a user explicitly enables TraceBug on a website, the following data is recorded locally during the active session:

• User interactions — clicks (element tag, text, id, class), form inputs, select changes, form submissions, and page navigation
• Console errors — console.error() messages, unhandled exceptions, and promise rejections with stack traces
• Network requests — fetch and XMLHttpRequest URLs, methods, status codes, and response times
• Screenshots — captured only when the user clicks the Screenshot button, stored in memory (not persisted)
• Environment info — browser name/version, operating system, viewport size, device type, and connection type
• Voice transcripts — speech-to-text transcriptions when the user explicitly uses the Voice Note feature, processed by the browser's built-in Web Speech API

Data Storage

• All recorded session data is stored in the browser's localStorage under the key tracebug_sessions
• Screenshots and voice transcripts are stored in memory only and are not persisted
• Sessions are capped at 50, with a maximum of 200 events per session
• Old sessions are automatically pruned when limits are exceeded
• The Chrome Extension stores the list of enabled site hostnames in chrome.storage.local
• No data is sent to any server, API, or third-party service

Sensitive Data Protection

TraceBug automatically redacts sensitive information before it is stored:

• Password fields — values replaced with [REDACTED]
• Credit card numbers — detected and redacted
• Social Security Numbers — detected and redacted
• API tokens and authorization headers — detected and redacted

Data Sharing

TraceBug does not:

• Send any data to external servers or APIs
• Use analytics, telemetry, or tracking of any kind
• Share, sell, or transfer user data to third parties
• Use data for advertising, profiling, or creditworthiness
• Store any data outside the user's browser

User Control

• TraceBug only records on websites where the user has explicitly enabled it
• Recording can be paused and resumed at any time
• All session data can be cleared with the "Clear" button in the dashboard
• The extension can be disabled or uninstalled at any time
• Clearing browser data or localStorage removes all TraceBug data permanently

Chrome Extension Permissions

Open Source

TraceBug is fully open source. You can review the complete source code at github.com/prashantsinghmangat/TraceBug-ai.

Contact

For privacy questions or concerns, please open an issue at github.com/prashantsinghmangat/TraceBug-ai/issues.