# Noun.traced

URL: /business/events/Noun.traced · Id: `event:Noun.traced`

> Emitted each time a Noun is traced.

[Noun.trace](/business/nouns/noun/trace) emits `Noun.traced` when it completes on a [Noun](/business/nouns/noun).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Noun.trace](/business/nouns/noun/trace) |
| Noun | [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Noun.trace](/business/nouns/noun/trace) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Noun.traced`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.uses` | `json` | Yes | Each referencing entry, by kind and id, with the published Versions that serve it. |
| `data.noun` | [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) | Yes | The Noun traced. |
| `data.noun.name` | `string` | Yes | The singular, capitalized name. |
| `data.noun.properties` | `json` | No | Its properties, each with a name, a type, and whether it is required. |
| `data.noun.publishedIn` | [Version](/business/nouns/version) | No | The first published Version that serves it; from then on, edits go through a Change and `delete` refuses. |
| `data.noun.status` | `string` | Yes | One of `draft`, `published` or `retired`. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Noun.traced",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "uses": {},
    "noun": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/nouns/noun_1",
      "$type": "Noun",
      "name": "Kiln Bakery",
      "properties": {},
      "publishedIn": "version_1",
      "status": "draft"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```