Tesla is making a notable change to how it manages driver supervision for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) — reports Not A Tesla App. According to Tesla’s owner’s manual for software version 2025.32, the forgiveness period for each Autopilot or FSD strike has been cut in half, from seven days down to just 3.5 days.
The strike system issues a penalty when drivers are inattentive while using Autopilot or FSD (Supervised). Previously, a strike would disappear from your record after a week if no further incidents occurred. Now, that same reset will take just 3.5 days. Drivers can still accumulate up to five strikes (or three in vehicles without a cabin camera), after which FSD is disabled until the strikes expire.
This adjustment comes as Tesla prepares to release FSD version 14, which CEO Elon Musk has described as the company’s “second biggest update ever” behind V12. Musk has teased that V14 will nag drivers much less, citing increased competency, and he has claimed it could be two to three times safer than a human driver. With this major update looming, Tesla appears to be balancing safety with convenience by allowing strikes to clear faster while also reducing how aggressively the system monitors drivers.
This isn’t the first time Tesla has tweaked this system. In May 2024, the company updated its policy to forgive one strike per week of FSD use. Before that, major FSD updates would simply reset everyone’s strike count. These recent changes suggest growing confidence in the software’s maturity, especially as Hardware 4 (HW4 or AI4) vehicles are poised to receive FSD 14 first.
The timing is also notable: Tesla today began the public rollout of FSD (Supervised) in Australia and New Zealand, moving beyond select reviewers and beta testers. The broader availability, paired with FSD’s evolving driver monitoring rules, shows Tesla steadily pushing toward its vision of a more autonomous future.
Still, questions remain. Will the more forgiving system apply only to newer HW4-equipped vehicles, or will HW3 owners also see the benefits once they eventually upgrade to FSD 14? For now, Tesla’s adjustments seem to underline both its growing faith in the technology and its focus on keeping drivers engaged — without being overly punitive.
