Request Approval

Pause the workflow until a human Approves or Rejects.

Type request_approval
Group Human
Handles Continues after resume with decision context

When to use

  • Publish / spend / access gates that need a person in the loop
  • Dual-channel notify (email + Filament Approvals)
  • Branded decide pages via Approval page layouts

Configuration (high level)

  • Approver email, subject, HTML body ({{tags}} supported)
  • Approval title, reference, approval key (dedupe)
  • Timeout minutes
  • Optional approval page layout
  • SMTP credential when sending mail

Runtime

Execution status becomes waiting. Resume happens when:

  • Someone uses a signed Approve/Reject link, or
  • Someone acts in the Filament Approvals inbox, or
  • The wait times out (result page shows timed-out copy)

See also