> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.wayfound.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.wayfound.ai/supervisor/potential-issues.md).

# Potential Issues

## Potential Issues

**Potential issues** are recurring behaviors or outcomes the Wayfound Supervisor notices that aren't yet covered by any of your guidelines. They're how the Supervisor surfaces "you might want a rule about this" without waiting for you to anticipate every case.

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Each potential issue includes:

* **A description** of the pattern.
* **Severity** and the Supervisor's **confidence**.
* **Supporting evidence** — the specific sessions where the pattern appeared. Click through to read the transcripts.

### Reviewing a potential issue

For each potential issue, you can:

* **Promote to a guideline** — turn the pattern into a guideline the Supervisor enforces going forward. Wayfound pre‑fills a draft guideline from the issue so you can refine and publish it.
* **Confirm as expected** — tell the Supervisor the behavior is intended. It records this as an evaluation principle for the agent and stops flagging it.
* **Acknowledge** — mark that you're investigating so the Supervisor doesn't keep re‑raising it while you decide.
* **Dismiss** — mark it a false positive. The Supervisor won't re‑raise it unless the supporting evidence grows substantially.

Every action teaches the Supervisor. Promoting, confirming, and dismissing all feed back into how it evaluates the agent — see [How the Supervisor Learns](/supervisor/how-the-supervisor-learns.md).


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