Approval Queue Overflow
Too Many Pending Approvals Cause Delays or Dropped Requests
Human Oversight Reliability
8 patterns for this goal
Human-in-the-loop reliability
Failure Patterns
| Pattern |
|---|
| Approval Queue Overflow |
| Approval Timeout Mishandling |
| Authority Mismatch |
| Escalation Not Triggered |
| Feedback Not Incorporated |
| Human Unavailability |
| Missing Approval Gates |
| Stale Approval Reuse |
Total: 8 patterns
Approval Timeout Mishandling
Agent Behaves Incorrectly When Human Approval Times Out
Authority Mismatch
Wrong Person Approves Action
Escalation Not Triggered
Agent Fails to Escalate to Human When Required
Feedback Not Incorporated
Human Corrections Ignored in Subsequent Agent Decisions
Human Unavailability
No Fallback When Required Approver Is Unavailable
Missing Approval Gates
Workflow Lacks Required Approval Step for High-Risk Action
Stale Approval Reuse
Agent Uses Old Approval for New or Changed Context