disable trace requirement in local mode

config/config.go

@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) BotsToWait() (waitBots int) {
 // apply defaults that apply in certain contexts
 func applyContextDefaults(cfg *Config) {
 	chainSettings := settings.GetChainSettings(cfg.ChainID)
-	if chainSettings.EnableTrace {
+	if chainSettings.EnableTrace && !cfg.LocalModeConfig.Enable {
 		cfg.Trace.Enabled = true
 	}
 	if cfg.ENSConfig.DefaultContract {

config/config_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestApplyContextDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+
+	cfg := &Config{
+		ChainID: 1, // trace enabled
+		LocalModeConfig: LocalModeConfig{
+			Enable: true, // trace not enforced
+		},
+		Trace: TraceConfig{
+			Enabled: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	applyContextDefaults(cfg)
+
+	r.Equal(cfg.Trace.Enabled, false)
+	r.Equal(DefaultContainerFortaDirPath, cfg.FortaDir)
+	r.Equal(path.Join(cfg.FortaDir, DefaultKeysDirName), cfg.KeyDirPath)
+	r.Equal(path.Join(cfg.FortaDir, DefaultCombinerCacheFileName), cfg.CombinerConfig.CombinerCachePath)
+}