When I zeroed out the traditional IRA cost basis, my return passed review and appeared to be ready to file. By zeroing out the cost basis, this gets rid of the unnecessary Form 8606. I don't see any forms with a red ! that require attention.
My situation is a withdrawal from an inherited IRA which has no cost basis, and no withdrawal from my traditional IRAs which have a cost basis (withdrawals not required yet). If I had to withdraw from the latter, my workaround of setting the cost basis to $0 would no longer work.
