A TinyCTO.tv Hype Stack technical parable about audit trail, success-only logging, missing evidence. Log intent, inputs, decisions, denials, side effects, human actions, and state transitions with tamper-resistant correlation.
# Episode 157 — The Audit Trail Logged the Success — Script
## Concept audit trail;success-only logging;missing evidence
## Hype promise Policies, controls, and review boards will make AI deployment safe by design.
## System reality The audit trail records completed agent actions but omits denied attempts, overwritten state, human interventions, and failed side effects.
Risk approval is not risk ownership unless the decision is tied to people who can act when the risk becomes real.