canonical / canonical/hardware-api

hwctl needs to show me EXACTLY what is being sent

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Description

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### Request

If I am going to voluntarily send my hardware data (assurances of no identifiers aside) I want to see the payload being sent, without having to trap teh outgoing packets and inspecting them that way. And believe me, because we are making this a direct part of ubuntu, people WILL inspect it to that level once this is part of Ubuntu.

I should be able to pass a debug flag or something to hwctl that then shows me exactly what is being sent to Canonical on my behalf.

We have had a few different things over the years that phone home, and they always seem to stir up some manner of hornets nest: Popcon, Amazon links in search results, a "use checkbox at home and register your results with Certification" effort many years ago, etc.

### Motivation

To see exactly what my machine and hwctl are sending back to Canonical on my behalf to make an informed decision.

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Research direction

Start by locating the hwctl command entry point and the code that constructs its outgoing hardware payload. Determine how a debug option should expose the exact payload without changing normal submission behavior, then verify the displayed data matches what is sent and add or run the relevant CLI tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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