Review Escalates Without Stop Condition

What This Looks Like

A review process keeps adding more checks, reviewers, escalations, repair cycles, or scrutiny without a clear stop condition. Each review may produce another reason to review again, and the workflow never defines what is enough to resolve the case.

Why It Matters

Review escalation is supposed to manage risk, not create endless process. Without a stop condition, review can become a loop that consumes time, delays completion, and makes it unclear who has authority to close the case.

Structural Signal

The review path allows escalation growth without a completion boundary. The issue is not that review exists; it is that the review process lacks a rule for when escalation ends.

Common Triggers

• Review criteria are open-ended
• Each reviewer can add new required checks
• The workflow has escalation rules but no closure rules
• Repair output triggers another review without a maximum cycle
• Risk language keeps increasing scrutiny
• No role is authorized to declare the review resolved

When to Use This Issue

Use this Issue when review keeps escalating or adding scrutiny because no stop condition, resolution condition, or closure authority is declared.

When Not to Use This Issue

Do not use this Issue when escalation is bounded and appropriate. Do not use it for a single slow review step without repeated escalation.