Standard text in customer-facing outage recovery notices: all systems appear to be operating correctly, and we are actively monitoring the situation”.
In more casual conversations, I sometimes say “cautiously optimistic” when stating that I think things are OK, but I’m paying more attention than normal for signs I’m wrong. Mostly, I talk about my attention and what I’m looking for, rather than specifying the person who’s making claims. Instead of “the plumber says it’s fixed, though he might be wrong”, I’d say “The plumber fixed it, but I’m keeping an eye out for further problems”. For someone proposing something I haven’t thought about, “I haven’t noticed that, but I’ll pay more attention for X and Y in the future”.
Standard text in customer-facing outage recovery notices: all systems appear to be operating correctly, and we are actively monitoring the situation”.
In more casual conversations, I sometimes say “cautiously optimistic” when stating that I think things are OK, but I’m paying more attention than normal for signs I’m wrong. Mostly, I talk about my attention and what I’m looking for, rather than specifying the person who’s making claims. Instead of “the plumber says it’s fixed, though he might be wrong”, I’d say “The plumber fixed it, but I’m keeping an eye out for further problems”. For someone proposing something I haven’t thought about, “I haven’t noticed that, but I’ll pay more attention for X and Y in the future”.