Trae clarifies code upload concerns: temporary embedding only, plaintext deleted after indexing
xiaohu · x · 2026-09-22
Addressing claims that "Trae CN uploads all 3000 files for remote embedding," the author argues this is a misleading framing: the "upload" refers to code indexing, which builds a searchable directory for the project; plaintext code is permanently deleted after computation and never retained in the cloud — the same policy as Copilot and Cursor. "Temporary upload" and "storing full source code" are very different things.
Trae's team explained the filtering rules in its user group: dependency directories (nodemodules etc.), build artifacts, binaries, images, audio/video and archives are never uploaded; dot-prefixed hidden directories (including .git) are excluded; files listed in .gitignore are also skipped.
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