Wow, thanks a lot for that insightful feedback.
I understand that some of these actions we are taking are definitely not conventional and should not be integrated as is.

Most of the rules we are implementing are directly related to Differential.
We are for example, reporting or blocking pushes to the repositories based on:

• the number of open revisions (blocking others or action required) the author has.
• the last update and/or creation dates of any open item for that author.
• the existence of a revision for all the commits being pushed (which I believe Herald already supports).
• the status of the revisions associated to the commits.

Any of these items can be activated of de-activated based on the author.