What This Looks Like
Work keeps cycling through review, repair, re-review, escalation, or reclassification without reaching a resolved state. Each pass may produce comments, changes, or another review result, but the workflow does not settle into approved, rejected, blocked, or complete.
Why It Matters
Review loops consume time and attention without creating closure. Users may not know whether to keep revising, stop, escalate, or accept the current state. If the loop is automated, it can also create repeated tool calls, notifications, or workflow churn.
Structural Signal
The workflow contains a cycle with no effective resolution condition. The issue is not that review exists; it is that the review path can continue indefinitely without a rule that exits the loop.
Common Triggers
- Review criteria are not tied to a final decision state
- Repair creates new issues that trigger another review
- Escalation sends the case back to the same stage
- Approval depends on checks that are never satisfied
- The workflow lacks a maximum review count or stop condition
- Reviewers or agents disagree without a reconciliation path
When to Use This Issue
Use this Issue when a workflow repeatedly cycles through review, repair, or escalation without reaching a resolved state.
When Not to Use This Issue
Do not use this Issue for one normal revision cycle. Do not use it when the workflow is intentionally iterative and has a clear stopping rule.