Can you trust the Initiator smart variable?

Question

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

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).