You can screw the automation up, but when you fix the error it's gone forever. Compare this to having to do 5 manual steps every single time, potentially under

You can screw the automation up, but when you fix the error it's gone forever. Compare this to having to do 5 manual steps every single time, potentially under stress. At some point you'll mess up. The errors in CI instead are systematic (like deciding on the wrong 5 manual steps).