Exports and Handoff

Export, sanitize, import, or explicitly share local host session evidence for bug reports, teammate review, agent investigation, and later replay.

Exports turn a local capture into a portable artifact. Use them when evidence must leave the current host for a ticket, teammate, external reviewer, offline analysis, or long-term archive.

Manage local session storage

Open Manage → Session storage to import supported archives, export a local session, and clean up retained captures. The player uses host-owned paths and services; the browser never receives unrestricted filesystem access.

Export a portable archive

Use the CLI when you need an explicit destination or an automatable handoff:

ansight session export <session-id> session.zip

A raw archive can contain session metadata, timeline events, logs, screenshots, visual trees, telemetry, touches, annotations, artifacts, and human-readable notes. Inspect it before attaching it to a ticket or sending it outside the trusted environment.

Sanitize before sharing

Raw export and cloud sharing do not imply sanitization. Use the dedicated sanitizer workflow when the destination should receive a filtered archive:

ansight session sanitize <session-id> session.safe.zip

Prefer an extracted range or focused sanitized archive when the full session contains unrelated screens, customer data, tokens, paths, logs, or artifacts.

Cloud sharing

The local player can explicitly share an eligible session to an authorized team. Confirm the destination, sanitization choice, and optional native-device log inclusion before upload. A cloud replay is separate from normal local capture; data does not leave the machine merely because it appears in the player.

Use the portal link for browser handoff to an authorized teammate. Use a ZIP when evidence must become a file, remain offline, or move through another approved system.

Review checklist

  • Confirm the selected session reproduces the issue.
  • Add expected-versus-actual notes and focused annotations.
  • Verify the required logs, telemetry, screenshots, trees, or artifacts are present.
  • Extract the smallest useful range when possible.
  • Sanitize or remove secrets and unrelated customer data.
  • Confirm the recipient and retention policy before sharing.

Agents use ansight session show, export, sanitize, extract, and the cloud session commands for explicit, auditable handoffs. See CLI Commands.