VERIFICATION FRICTION DESTROYS APPROVED WORK
01/01/2026 // SEVERITY: CRITICAL // TARGET:
Series A agent company (public repo)
Situation
A high-velocity team uses PR approvals and automation assistance to move quickly.
Finding
An approved pull request accrued drift, automation failed to resolve conflicts, and the work was closed unmerged.
Impact
Significant engineering effort was lost after review, indicating verification load exceeded available bandwidth.
Remediation
Introduce an immutable verification protocol and a defined intervention path when automation fails.