> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cortex-labs.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Decide an assigned review

> Inspect an assigned exact version and record approval, rejection or required changes.

Choose an item assigned to you or your team. You need access to its subject, sufficient clearance and authority for its current assignment.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the assigned item">
    Open **Review** or the app's review element. Check the workspace, requester, subject version and required pass.

    For a team assignment, take the pass before deciding. Queue-management permission alone does not grant review authority.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Inspect the complete output">
    Read the exact version and its assets. Open the preview and intended export where applicable.

    Check the claim scope, uncertainty and known gaps. Follow material citations to retained source versions. A citation you cannot open remains a verification limitation.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the assignment is current">
    Confirm that the subject has not changed and that the pass still belongs to you.

    A newer subject version supersedes earlier applicable passes. An old browser tab cannot decide the replacement version.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Record the appropriate outcome">
    Choose **Approve** only when this version meets the stated criteria. Choose **Reject** when it should not proceed. Choose **Request changes** for a revision.

    State concrete reasons, identifying the passage, evidence or asset concerned. A comment alone does not approve the subject.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Inspect the recorded decision">
    Confirm the actor, time, subject version and outcome. Check the next responsible pass or the requesting workflow's resulting path.

    Approval permits publication of the exact version. It does not itself publish or confirm external delivery.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame caption="Illustrative workflow Verdict review showing the version to inspect, reviewer progress, comment field and decision controls.">
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</Frame>

## When the item remains unresolved

Parking retains a decidable item for later attention. Escalation moves responsibility according to its configuration. Expiry ends the opportunity to decide only under an explicit business rule.

Reassignment and additional passes retain the required final human responsibility. Neither an agent check nor another person's access supplies your missing authority.

Concurrent actions can settle a pass only once. If your action is refused, reopen the item and inspect the current decision or assignment before retrying.

For a workflow Verdict with several named responders, inspect its configured route and aggregation. That wait can settle by majority, with a tie producing requested changes. A team supplies one response through its answering member.

For the publication step, see [Publish or withdraw an approved artefact](/vantage/review-and-publish/publish-withdraw).


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