Can you trust the Initiator smart variable?

[Mykenna Cepek]

In at least one case, you can't, and your Audit Log won't be accurate.

Read more about this lack of functionality and vote to have this problem fixed here:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AUTO-2046

In that suggestion I also discuss the relationships between rule Owners, Actors and Initiators.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Mykenna Cepek 

As you posted this as a "question", please consider adding your own answer and marking it as resolved.  That will help others looking for similar needs find solutions faster.  Thanks!

Kind regards,
Bill

[Rick Westbrock]

Thanks for sharing the JAC ticket as I wasn't aware of this strange behavior. Hopefully it eventually gets implemented but we need more votes (only at four as of 2025-09-08).