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Escalate-Up Timeout Fallback

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A timeout fallback policy that escalates an unanswered request further up the organizational hierarchy when the assigned human misses the response-time objective.

Responsibility. Routes unanswered escalations to the next level of authority.

Variant of Approval Timeout Fallback Policy abstract

When to choose. Choose when the decision must still be made promptly and higher authority is available to make it.

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alternative to variability

Sources

  1. Ch10.5: T. Nguyen, "Human-over-the-Loop," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 10.5. ISBN: 9798244538229.