v4.0.1: data generate attempts Salesforce record insertion even when outputFormat is only json

[gurumoorthymani]

Does Smock-It v4.0.1 support generating JSON/CSV test data without inserting records into Salesforce? If yes, what flag or configuration should be used?

Bug Report

I am using Smock-it v4.0.1 and selected only json as the output format. I did not select DI / Direct Insert.

However, when I run the data generation command, Smock-it still appears to attempt inserting records into Salesforce.

Expected Behavior

When the template has:

"outputFormat": ["json"]
Smock-it should only generate JSON files.
It should not attempt to insert records into Salesforce unless DI is explicitly selected in outputFormat or unless an upload/direct insert command is used.
Actual Behavior
Even though my template uses only:
"outputFormat": ["json"]
the data generation process attempts to insert records into Salesforce.
This is blocking our testing automation integration because our requirement is file-only test data generation. We need Smock-it to generate JSON files that our automation tool can consume, without creating Salesforce records.
Template Used
{
  "namespaceToExclude": [],
  "outputFormat": [
    "json"
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "sObjects": [
    {
      "account": {
        "count": 1,
        "fieldsToConsider": {
          "name": [],
          "phone": [],
          "website": []
        },
        "pickLeftFields": true,
        "relatedSObjects": [
          {
            "Contact": {
              "count": 1,
              "fieldsToConsider": {
                "lastname": [],
                "mobilephone": []
              },
              "pickLeftFields": true
            }
          },
          {
            "Opportunity": {
              "count": 1,
              "fieldsToConsider": {
                "name": [],
                "stagename": []
              },
              "pickLeftFields": true,
              "relatedSObjects": [
                {
                  "SBQQ__Quote__c": {
                    "count": 1,
                    "pickLeftFields": true,
                    "relatedSObjects": [
                      {
                        "SBQQ__QuoteLine__c": {
                          "count": 10,
                          "pickLeftFields": true
                        }
                      }
                    ]
                  }
                },
                {
                  "Order": {
                    "count": 1,
                    "pickLeftFields": true
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "contact": {}
    },
    {
      "opportunity": {}
    }
  ]
}
Command Used
sf smockit data generate -t <template-file-name>.json -a <org-alias>
Clarification / Fix Requested
Could you please confirm whether this is expected behavior in v4.0.1?
If outputFormat is only json, Smock-it should ideally skip any Salesforce insert operation and only write generated JSON files.
If there is another flag or configuration required for file-only generation, please document it clearly.
For example, is there a flag like:
--no-insert
or should excluding DI from outputFormat be enough?
Environment
Smock-it version: v4.0.1
Salesforce CLI version: <paste output of sf --version>
Node.js version: <paste output of node --version>
OS: <Windows/macOS/Linux>
Command run: sf smockit data generate -t <template-file-name>.json -a <org-alias>
Impact
This affects test automation integration. We need Smock-it only for test data file generation. The generated JSON will be consumed by our automation tool, and records should not be inserted directly into Salesforce.