Juuuust in case.

app/controllers/posts_controller.rb

@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ def create
     @post.smoke_detector = @smoke_detector
     @post.site = Site.find_by(site_domain: URI.parse(@post.link).host)
 
-    ReviewItem.create(reviewable: @post, queue: ReviewQueue['posts'], completed: false)
-
     params['post']['reasons'].each do |r|
       reason = Reason.find_or_create_by(reason_name: r.split('(').first.strip.humanize)
 
@@ -129,6 +127,12 @@ def create
     rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions
     end
 
+    ri = ReviewItem.new(reviewable: @post, queue: ReviewQueue['posts'], completed: false)
+    ri_success = ri.save
+    unless ri_success
+      Rails.logger.warn "[post-create] review item create failed: #{ri.errors.full_messages.join(', ')}"
+    end
+
     respond_to do |format|
       if @post.save
         format.json { render status: :created, plain: 'OK' }