To prevent requests from bypassing the Review step, you can designate a Default Reviewer. If no other Reviewer is specified based on the Review and coding matrix, requests will automatically be assigned to this Default Reviewer.
To set a Default Reviewer, open an approval workflow.
In the Review step, click on Add a Reviewer under the Default Reviewer section.
Please note: if any Reviewer in the matrix is set to Any across all matrix conditions, a Default Reviewer is not applicable for that step, as there will always be a matched Reviewer.