Future Dated Transactions by current manager are being auto approved

Summary:When a current manager initiates a transaction for thier direct reports on a future date ( when a future dated manager change transaction has already been completed ), the transaction get's auto approved instead of following the approval workflow defined for the manager.

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We have 4 different kinds of approval workflow set up namely for Manager, Manager's Manager, HRBP and an auto approve rule which get's triggered when the requestor doesn't satisfy the other 3.

Let's say Manager A has a direct report A1 namely and Manager/HRBP initiates a manager change transaction as of