Auto-review of agent actions without synchronous human oversight
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Auto-review offers a safer default for deploying coding agents, using a separate agent to approve or deny boundary-crossing actions.
Auto-review of agent actions without synchronous human oversight ← Back to OpenAI Alignment Blog Auto-review of agent actions without synchronous human oversight Apr 30, 2026 · Maja Trębacz, Sam Arnesen, Ollie Matthews, Dylan Hurd, Won Park, Owen Lin, Joe Gershenson Auto-review offers a safer default for deploying coding agents, using a separate agent to approve or deny boundary-crossing actions. Last week, we released Auto-review in Codex . Until now, users had two choices: Default mode , which requires frequent human approval, and Full Access mode which removes friction at the ex
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