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Research: map BrowserTrace browser artifacts to OWASP AOS trace fields #237

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Context

BrowserTrace now has an upstream standards feedback issue open with the OWASP Agent Observability Standard project:

That issue asks how browser/GUI agent artifacts should be represented in AOS: screenshots, videos, current URLs, action labels, model decisions, status, and failed-step errors.

Goal

Create a small research note or docs section that maps BrowserTrace trace fields to the closest AOS concepts, without claiming BrowserTrace is AOS-compliant before that is true.

Useful fields to map:

  • run id / step id
  • screenshot artifact path or URI
  • current browser URL
  • action label / tool call
  • model input / model output
  • status and error
  • future video recording artifact metadata
  • public/export redaction state

Candidate AOS concepts to inspect:

  • OS Tool events
  • Resource
  • FileWithUri
  • FileWithBytes
  • A2A task artifacts
  • OpenTelemetry / OCSF trace event examples

Deliverable

A focused PR that adds one of these:

  1. A short documentation note under docs/ explaining the current mapping and known gaps.
  2. A table in an existing integration/observability doc if there is a better existing home.
  3. A short research summary comment on this issue if the mapping is not ready for docs yet.

Guardrails

  • Do not claim BrowserTrace implements AOS until there is real implementation and verification.
  • Keep this vendor-neutral and standards-focused.
  • Do not ask for stars, votes, reposts, or reciprocal promotion.

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