Tesla engineer suggests drivers may soon be able to submit Full Self-Driving feedback without having to disengage the system.
Known for rapidly responding to user reports on X, Tesla’s Full Self‑Driving (FSD) team appears to be developing a feature that would let drivers submit feedback without needing to disengage the system.
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving team is highly responsive to user feedback on X, and a recent exchange hints that a new capability may be under consideration: submitting feedback without having to disengage FSD.
A user asked on X whether it would be possible to record an FSD voice note without canceling autonomy. Yun-Ta Tsai, a Tesla senior AI engineer who has confirmed that voice notes are reviewed, replied succinctly, “Noted.”
Feedback on the fly
Today, Tesla’s voice-note prompt appears only after a disengagement. If the car behaves dangerously or you take control by braking, pressing the button, or turning the wheel, a “What happened?” prompt lets you record a short audio clip via the right scroll wheel describing the issue.
That workflow misses many of the so‑called soft failures in recent FSD builds — behaviors that are incorrect or annoying but not immediately dangerous. Common examples include:
- Incorrect lane selection
- Driving too slowly or hesitantly
- Taking an odd path through an intersection
- Failing to move out of the passing lane
Experienced drivers often let the vehicle continue to see if it self-corrects, without touching the brake or wheel. Because no disengagement is recorded, the system assumes everything was fine and provides no opportunity to submit feedback. Paradoxically, as FSD improves overall, the volume of actionable feedback on remaining edge cases can decrease.
Bringing back snapshot
Tsai’s brief response doesn’t confirm a feature rollout, but it does indicate the AI team monitors user input on X and recognizes the value of in-situ feedback. Tesla already uses a similar mechanism internally: employees, some testers, and early-access users have a camera icon in the UI that flags the current moment and uploads a snapshot of vehicle data to engineers without canceling FSD.
Reintroducing or expanding that kind of “snapshot” feedback to more users would offer richer data on comfort, confidence, and planning — metrics that raw telemetry alone struggles to capture. Shifting focus from simply “Did we crash?” to “Did we drive well?” could help prioritize improvements to quality and driver experience.
A user asked on X whether it would be possible to record an FSD voice note without canceling autonomy. Yun-Ta Tsai, a Tesla senior AI engineer who has confirmed that voice notes are reviewed, replied succinctly, “Noted.”
Feedback on the fly
Today, Tesla’s voice-note prompt appears only after a disengagement. If the car behaves dangerously or you take control by braking, pressing the button, or turning the wheel, a “What happened?” prompt lets you record a short audio clip via the right scroll wheel describing the issue.
That workflow misses many of the so‑called soft failures in recent FSD builds — behaviors that are incorrect or annoying but not immediately dangerous. Common examples include:
- Incorrect lane selection
- Driving too slowly or hesitantly
- Taking an odd path through an intersection
- Failing to move out of the passing lane
Experienced drivers often let the vehicle continue to see if it self-corrects, without touching the brake or wheel. Because no disengagement is recorded, the system assumes everything was fine and provides no opportunity to submit feedback. Paradoxically, as FSD improves overall, the volume of actionable feedback on remaining edge cases can decrease.
Bringing back snapshot
Tsai’s brief response doesn’t confirm a feature rollout, but it does indicate the AI team monitors user input on X and recognizes the value of in-situ feedback. Tesla already uses a similar mechanism internally: employees, some testers, and early-access users have a camera icon in the UI that flags the current moment and uploads a snapshot of vehicle data to engineers without canceling FSD.
Reintroducing or expanding that kind of “snapshot” feedback to more users would offer richer data on comfort, confidence, and planning — metrics that raw telemetry alone struggles to capture. Shifting focus from simply “Did we crash?” to “Did we drive well?” could help prioritize improvements to quality and driver experience.
