{"record":{"id":"2ae4d4e2c3e3448d","repo":"xai-org/grok-build","slug":"no-trace-upload-bucket-configured-set-grok-telem","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"No trace upload bucket configured. Set `GROK_TELEMETRY_GCS_BUCKET`, `GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET`, or `endpoints.trace_upload_bucket` in config for direct GCS uploads.","messagePattern":"No trace upload bucket configured\\. Set `GROK_TELEMETRY_GCS_BUCKET`, `GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET`, or `endpoints\\.trace_upload_bucket` in config for direct GCS uploads\\.","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/src/trace_cmd.rs","lineNumber":469,"sourceCode":"\n    if !json {\n        eprintln!(\"Building session trace archive...\");\n    }\n    let archive = build_session_tar(&session_dir, session_id, agent_config)?;\n    let archive_size = archive.len();\n\n    // Proxy-mode uploads don't need a bucket (the proxy owns the destination); direct GCS uploads do\n    let bucket_url = agent_config\n        .endpoints\n        .resolve_trace_bucket_url()\n        .map(|r| r.value);\n    if bucket_url.is_none()\n        && matches!(\n            upload_method,\n            xai_grok_shell::session::repo_changes::UploadMethod::Direct { .. }\n        )\n    {\n        anyhow::bail!(\n            \"No trace upload bucket configured. Set `GROK_TELEMETRY_GCS_BUCKET`, \\\n             `GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET`, or `endpoints.trace_upload_bucket` in \\\n             config for direct GCS uploads.\"\n        );\n    }\n    let bucket_display = bucket_url.as_deref().unwrap_or(\"proxy-managed\");\n    let object_path = format!(\"{session_id}/trace_export.tar.gz\");\n    let method_desc = UploadMethodDisplay {\n        method: &upload_method,\n        bucket_url: bucket_display,\n    }\n    .to_string();\n\n    let upload_config = xai_grok_shell::session::repo_changes::TraceExportConfig {\n        bucket_url: bucket_url.clone(),\n        service_account_key: None,\n        prefix_dir: None,\n        gcs_prefix: Some(session_id.to_string()),","sourceCodeStart":451,"sourceCodeEnd":487,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/blob/bc7f02eddd3d84085849dc19ed216f11c23b0571/crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/src/trace_cmd.rs#L451-L487","documentation":"When the resolved upload method is Direct, the CLI needs a GCS bucket to upload traces into. If no bucket URL was resolved from `GROK_TELEMETRY_GCS_BUCKET`, `GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET`, or the `endpoints.trace_upload_bucket` config key, it bails. Proxy-managed uploads do not need a bucket; direct uploads do.","triggerScenarios":"run_upload with a Direct UploadMethod (or forced direct) while bucket_url is None — none of the two env vars nor the config key are set.","commonSituations":"Forcing direct uploads in CI where only proxy settings exist; renaming/migrating config so `endpoints.trace_upload_bucket` disappeared; env vars set in one shell but not the service context.","solutions":["Set `GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET` (or `GROK_TELEMETRY_GCS_BUCKET`) to your GCS bucket URL.","Add `endpoints.trace_upload_bucket` to your grok config file.","Or drop the direct-upload override so the proxy-managed path is used, which requires no bucket."],"exampleFix":"// before\ngrok trace upload --direct ...  # no bucket configured\n// after\nexport GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET=gs://my-traces-bucket\ngrok trace upload --direct ...","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"let has_bucket = std::env::var(\"GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET\").is_ok()\n    || std::env::var(\"GROK_TELEMETRY_GCS_BUCKET\").is_ok()\n    || config.endpoints.trace_upload_bucket.is_some();\nif direct_upload && !has_bucket {\n    return Err(\"set GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET or endpoints.trace_upload_bucket for direct uploads\".into());\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Set GROK_TRACE_UPLOAD_BUCKET wherever direct uploads are used.","Keep `endpoints.trace_upload_bucket` in the shared config template.","Prefer proxy-managed uploads when no bucket is available."],"tags":["configuration","env-var","upload"],"backgroundTag":"missing-env-var","analyzedSha":"bc7f02eddd3d84085849dc19ed216f11c23b0571","analyzedAt":"2026-08-31T04:59:42.031Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-31T09:17:48.483Z"}