Create reviewer fails after a create review activity

I have a runbook where I create a related Review Activity for a Service Request. The runbook is then has a create reviewer which fails. Details of the failed object Source Class=Review Activity, Target Class=Reviewer, Relationship Type=Reviewers,
Source Object Guils {SC Object Guid from "Create Review Activity"}. It complains that the Object Guid is not an instance of class is not [System.WorkItem.Activity.ReviewActivity]. However, if I test with a different runbook and
do a get object on the review activity with the same ID it works. Is there a known issue when creating reviewers after a create review activity?

You may be returning the incorrect ID for the Review Activity. I would suggest running it through the Runbook Tester using the step through. Then take a look at the GUIDs that are populates in the in create relationship activity. If you can post a screen
shot of what is displayed and what your runbook looks like, it would help us assist with troubleshooting.
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