It's easy to criticize this type of thing as wasteful and inefficient for the one time in a thousand where it really is just a single line code change that does

It's easy to criticize this type of thing as wasteful and inefficient for the one time in a thousand where it really is just a single line code change that doesn't break anything, but the reason things like mandatory code review, required tech debt fixes, and all of the rest end up existing is because developers are notorious for saying, "Oh, it's just a one line change!" and then breaking everything when they slam it through to production without thinking about it.