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Part 6: Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Gateways & Security Boundaries

Architecting asynchronous Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) approval gateways: state suspension, privilege elevation, webhook notifications, and tamper-proof audit trails.

August 22, 2026 · 1 min · Lê Tuấn Anh

Part 6: Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Gateways & Security Boundaries

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Answer-first: For high-risk operations (financial fund transfers, database drop commands, production deployments), agents must pause execution state and request asynchronous human authorization through a durable workflow engine (Temporal / Dapr Workflows).