What Is Submission Cool-off?
5.6BRAINROT SCORESubmission Cool-Off A temporary restriction a bug bounty or vulnerability program imposes on how many reports a single submitter can send within a given period, introduced specifically to manage the volume created by AI-assisted report flooding.
Origin:Named directly by security programs implementing this specific rate-limiting response, distinguishing it from ordinary submission caps by being a reaction to AI-scale volume rather than routine spam.
First Seen:2026
Peak Era:2026 (Current Era)
Aura Impact:+10 Aura (A Submission Cool-Off That Successfully Restores Review Quality) / -5 Aura (A Submission Cool-Off That Also Blocks Genuine High-Volume Researchers)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"After the flood, the program rolled out a submission cool-off, capping how many reports one account can send per day."
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