Approval logs can hide the absence of human review

JuniorLeg6988 · reddit · 2026-08-17

A Reddit user highlights that "approved" logs often mask the lack of human oversight. Features like dev flags, auto-approval thresholds, and timeout defaults generate indistinguishable log entries. This means metrics like "400 approvals last quarter" may not imply human review. The author asks if teams actually track the human-in-the-loop ratio.

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