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title: Approve or reject a release task
description: Review a release task and approve or reject it.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/digital-product-release/dpr-approve-reject-release-task.html
release: australia
product: Digital Product Release
classification: digital-product-release
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Manage releases for digital products and services, Use, Digital Product Release, IT Service Management]
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# Approve or reject a release task

Review a release task and approve or reject it.

## Before you begin

Role required: approver\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Service Desk** > **My Approvals**.

2.  In the My Approvals list, select a record to open for approval.

3.  Review the record and either approve or reject:

    -   To approve the record, select **Approve**.
    -   To reject the record, enter comments for rejection in the **Comments** field and select **Reject**.

## Result

The following table shows the result of approve and reject actions on the approval record of a release task.

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Approve

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Reject

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-   The approval record's state updates from Requested to Approved.

If the item is assigned to a group for approval, the remaining approval records update from Requested to No Longer Required.

-   The **State** field on the release task updates from Open to Closed Complete.
-   The **Approval** field on the release task updates from Requested to Approved.

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-   The approval record's state updates from Requested to Rejected.

If the item is assigned to a group for approval, the remaining approval records update from Requested to No Longer Required.

-   The **State** field on the release task remains Open.
-   The **Approval** field on the release task updates from Requested to Rejected.
-   The rejection comments posted by the approver is added to the release task's Activities section.

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