Manager FAQ
This FAQ is for stakeholders who need plain answers about what deterministic static evidence can support, what it cannot support, and which follow-up still belongs to engineering owners.
Public claim level: concept. No public conclusion without evidence. Treat this page as stakeholder orientation, not a runtime, operational, or release decision surface.
FAQ
TraceMap can point to deterministic source relationships, generated summaries, rule IDs, evidence tiers, file spans, commit identity, coverage labels, limitations, and proof paths when those fields are available.
It cannot prove runtime behavior, production traffic, endpoint performance, outage cause, release safety, operational safety, or complete product coverage. Those questions need other evidence and accountable owners.
No. Telemetry, logs, traces, tests, ownership, human review, and release process remain separate sources of proof. TraceMap helps organize static review questions before those processes answer their part.
A rule ID names the deterministic rule or rule family behind a row. It lets a reviewer ask what the rule can support, what it cannot support, and which limitation belongs beside the summary.
Evidence tiers separate compiler-resolved semantic support, structural support, syntax or textual support, and unknown analysis gaps. The tier keeps a weak clue from being presented like stronger proof.
It means the static packet still has value, but the label must travel with the conclusion. Partial coverage tells the room where analysis stopped and what needs owner review before stronger language is used.
Use it to ask better questions: which source surfaces are nearby, which rule produced the row, which proof path can be inspected, and which limitation or gap still needs follow-up.
Use repeated surfaces, visible gaps, and named ownership questions to decide where review time belongs. Do not turn a static packet into a broad product statement without matching evidence.
Use static evidence to orient code questions after an event. Production behavior, service health, timelines, and operational conclusions still belong to telemetry, logs, traces, tests, and service owners.
Escalate runtime questions to service owners, observability tools, logs, traces, and tests. Escalate release decisions to the normal review and release process. Escalate unclear static gaps to extractor or repository owners.
TraceMap core scanning and reduction are deterministic. The core scanner and reducer do not rely on AI systems, LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, or prompt-based classification for evidence claims.
A proof path is the public-safe route, demo summary, report family, or documentation link that lets another reviewer inspect the same bounded evidence instead of trusting a prose-only summary.
Manager shorthand
evidenceRule ID, evidence tier, proof path, and generated summary family.scopeCommit identity, scanned source area, coverage label, and limitation.gapReduced coverage, syntax fallback, unavailable framework knowledge, or missing owner review.ownerThe person or process responsible for source review, runtime confirmation, tests, documentation, or release follow-up.Non-claims
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