Approval

Approvals

An approval is a decision about one request, not a standing permission. These guides cover reviewing a waiting request and the four outcomes that surprise people most: not found, expired, already claimed, and approved-but-still-refused.

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Approval

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5 min readHow an approval works
Approvals are input-bound, single-use and time-limited. Why an approval is a decision about one request rather than a standing permission.
5 min readRequest waiting for approval
What the Approval Center shows you, what to check before deciding, and how to make a judgement you could defend later.
4 min readApproval not found
The agent retried but no approval matched. Almost always the inputs changed, the approval expired, or the retry came from a different identity.
3 min readAn approval expired before it was used
Expiry is a control, not a failure. Why approvals lapse, what the retry guidance tells the agent, and how to stop it happening on every run.
3 min readApproval already claimed
Approvals are claimed atomically and can authorize exactly one execution. Why a second identical call is refused, and why that refusal is the point.
3 min readReject or cancel a request
The difference between rejecting a request and cancelling one, what each records, and why rejecting is cheap enough to be your default when unsure.
4 min readKeep the approval queue meaningful
A queue that is always approved has stopped being a control. How to tell the difference between real review and rubber-stamping, and what to change.

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