[ICML 2026] Extending the deadline for reviewer final justifications while not extending for Author-AC comments was a huge mistake [D]

A Reddit discussion thread on r/MachineLearning criticizing a procedural misstep in the ICML 2026 review process, where reviewers are newly required this year to provide a final justification describing the reasoning behind their final recommendation, accounting for both the paper and the rebuttal. The community complaint centers on the fact that the deadline for these reviewer final justifications was extended, but the window for Author-AC Confidential Comments was not — meaning authors who received new or updated reviews or final justifications after the discussion period ended on April 7 were left unable to respond to the Area Chair through Author-AC Confidential Comments. This asymmetry is seen as unfair to authors, who had no recourse to address late-arriving reviewer content that could influence their paper's outcome.

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Source: r/MachineLearning | 2026-04-13