One of our friend applied under SDS in March from Pakistan.
He got AIP on 14 August and got refusal based on eligibility reason at the end of August.
He ordered GCMS Notes, It was
Review Required > Recommend Interview > Recommend Passed > Passed > Review Required > Refused
His AIP was sent from OTTAWA and Passport Request was also mentioned
Review Required > Recommend Interview > Recommend Passed > Passed (This was done in Ottawa)
Then Application transferred to Abu Dhabi, after that Review Required > Refused happened.
Having "Passed" initially is the only guarantee I guess. This is very weird Abu Dhabi VO'S have gone insane.