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title: "Autopilot safety rails — Lemwatch Help"
description: "Guardrails that stop Autopilot from doing anything destructive — rate limits, confidence thresholds, blast radius caps, and one-click kill switch."
canonical: "https://lemwatch.com/help/autopilot-safety-rails"
source: "https://lemwatch.com"
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# Autopilot safety rails

> Guardrails that stop Autopilot from doing anything destructive — rate limits, confidence thresholds, blast radius caps, and one-click kill switch.

## Quick answer

 Autopilot only runs an action when confidence ≥ threshold, blast radius ≤ cap, and rate limits are green. A kill switch stops all automation instantly.

## Guardrails

- Confidence threshold (default 0.85) — AI actions require high confidence

- Blast radius cap — no more than N sites per action per hour

- Rate limit — max actions per site per hour, and per org per day

- Business hours — restrict noisy actions to working hours

- Kill switch — Settings → Autopilot → Pause All

- Dry-run mode — new rules run in shadow for 7 days before going live

## Where to find it in Lemwatch

 **Settings → Autopilot → Safety.**

## How to configure

- Set confidence threshold for AI-driven actions (start at 0.9 if cautious).

- Set blast radius (e.g., 5 sites per action per hour).

- Enable dry-run for any new custom rule.

- Review the audit log weekly.

## FAQ

### What happens when a guardrail trips?

 The action is skipped and logged as guardrail_blocked with the reason.

### Can I set per-site overrides?

 Yes — critical sites can require manual confirmation for all actions.

## Related

- Autopilot overview

- Autopilot actions catalog

- AI alert noise reduction


## Related

- [Help centre](https://lemwatch.com/help)
- [What is Autopilot in Lemwatch?](https://lemwatch.com/help/autopilot-overview)
- [Autopilot actions catalog](https://lemwatch.com/help/autopilot-actions-catalog)
- [AI alert noise reduction](https://lemwatch.com/help/ai-alert-noise-reduction)
- [AI incident summaries](https://lemwatch.com/help/ai-incident-summaries)
- [AI root-cause analysis](https://lemwatch.com/help/ai-root-cause-analysis)
- [Lemwatch pricing](https://lemwatch.com/pricing)
- [Baseline Comparisons](https://lemwatch.com/help/baselines)