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Annotations

Add notes and tags to traffic flows for organization and reference.

Creating Annotations

  1. Click the annotation icon on any traffic flow
  2. Fill in the fields
  3. Save

Fields

Field Description
Title Short summary (like a git commit subject)
Body Detailed notes (supports markdown)
Tags Categorization labels

Tags

Format

Tags support hierarchical structure with colons:

refusal:soft
refusal:hard
test:regression
test:unit
bug:api
bug:frontend

Autocomplete

Start typing to see suggestions from existing tags.

Filtering

Filter traffic by tags in the Traffic view:

  • Use the tag filter dropdown
  • Or use advanced filters with tag conditions

Persistence

Annotations are stored inline with traffic flows in tollbooth-data/traffic/.

Use Cases

Mark Interesting Requests

Tag requests worth investigating later:

  • investigate
  • bug:potential
  • interesting

Categorize Refusals

When reviewing refusals:

  • refusal:false-positive
  • refusal:valid
  • refusal:needs-review

Test Documentation

Document test scenarios:

  • Title: "Rate limit test - 429 response"
  • Body: "Testing agent behavior when API returns rate limit"
  • Tags: test:rate-limit, expected:retry

Track Issues

Link traffic to issues:

  • issue:123
  • pr:456