From b8c671042c8340180d1279fbf79e09b61f45bde0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greyson Lalonde <greyson.r.lalonde@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 05:18:25 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(traces): align consent semantics with framework, clarify
 enable message

---
 lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/cli.py       |  7 ++++---
 lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/user_data.py | 14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/cli.py b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/cli.py
index c8010e7c6..3d683687c 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/cli.py
+++ b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/cli.py
@@ -801,9 +801,10 @@ def traces_enable() -> None:
     _save_user_data(user_data)
 
     panel = Panel(
-        "✅ Trace collection has been enabled!\n\n"
-        "Your crew/flow executions will now send traces to CrewAI+.\n"
-        "Use 'crewai traces disable' to turn off trace collection.",
+        "✅ Trace consent recorded.\n\n"
+        "To activate trace collection, set [bold]CREWAI_TRACING_ENABLED=true[/bold] "
+        "in your environment or .env file.\n"
+        "Use 'crewai traces disable' to revoke consent.",
         title="Traces Enabled",
         border_style="green",
         padding=(1, 2),
diff --git a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/user_data.py b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/user_data.py
index dba02658b..63f82ae6e 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/user_data.py
+++ b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/user_data.py
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ def _save_user_data(data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
 def is_tracing_enabled() -> bool:
     """Check if tracing is enabled.
 
-    Returns True when the user has positively consented (e.g. via
-    ``crewai traces enable``), False when they have declined, and falls back
-    to the ``CREWAI_TRACING_ENABLED`` env var when consent is unset.
+    Mirrors ``crewai.events.listeners.tracing.utils.is_tracing_enabled``:
+    consent only *blocks* tracing; activation requires
+    ``CREWAI_TRACING_ENABLED=true``.
     """
     data = _load_user_data()
-    trace_consent = data.get("trace_consent")
-    if trace_consent is True:
-        return True
-    if data.get("first_execution_done", False) and trace_consent is False:
+    if (
+        data.get("first_execution_done", False)
+        and data.get("trace_consent", False) is False
+    ):
         return False
     return os.getenv("CREWAI_TRACING_ENABLED", "false").lower() == "true"