When the Author Pushes Back
Respond to review pushback with evidence, consensus, and escalation when needed.
A required comment receives confident pushback and the thread starts looping. A stalled PR is a process bug as well as a technical disagreement. Evidence → criterion → convergence Treat pushback as a request to make the review standard explicit. Repeat louder Creates friction without new information No dead threads Consensus needs a criterion both sides can inspect. Evidence The author says the double-write cannot happen. What do you do first? Criterion No guarantee is documented. What standard decides? Converge The author still disagrees after the criterion is named. What next? Fresh application
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