Synchronous Human Review vs. Asynchronous Audit Trails: Which Multi-Agent Pipeline Accountability Model Satisfies EU AI Act High-Risk Requirements Without Destroying Throughput

The clock is ticking. With the EU AI Act's August 2026 deadline for high-risk system registration rapidly approaching, engineering teams building multi-agent AI pipelines are facing a dilemma that sits squarely at the intersection of legal compliance and operational reality: how do you maintain meaningful human accountability over