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Approvals prevent, they do not reverse

CategorysafetyManual5.2Evidencedocumented

ProblemOperators treat the approval prompt as an undo.

TechniqueAssume an approval controls only the proposed action, that a stop message does not undo completed work, and that the session stays live for every Bot afterwards until it expires or you sign out.

Why it worksThe four things approvals do not do are structural: they do not reverse, do not close the session, are model checking model, and do not follow you across machines.

When to useEvery risk assessment.

safetyhigh confidencedocs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy ↗pat.approvals-do-not-reverse

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