# omit_payload

> **Function** in `langgraph`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/types/omit_payload)

`TracePolicy` helper that records an empty payload, dropping the value entirely.

Use as `process_inputs` and/or `process_outputs` on a `TracePolicy` to keep a node's
span and its timing while omitting its inputs/outputs from the trace.

## Signature

```python
omit_payload(
    _value: Any,
) -> dict[str, Any]
```

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph/blob/08a345637fb2bd499f69c90056a22c478a468817/libs/langgraph/langgraph/types.py#L570)