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This topic introduces LaunchDarkly’s approvals feature. It explains what approvals are and how to configure them.

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About approvals

When an account member plans a change to a feature flag, AgentControl config, experiment, or segment, they have the option to request approval for that change from a member or team in their LaunchDarkly project. Approvals let more people have input on planned changes. These review-style approvals mimic common code review workflows, such as pull request (PR) reviews in GitHub. For flag changes, anyone with the reviewApprovalRequest permission for flags can approve a change. For experiment changes, anyone with the reviewApprovalRequest permission for flags and the updateExperiment permission for Experiments can approve and apply changes. The LaunchDarkly Project Admin, Maintainer, Developer, and Contributor project roles, as well as the Writer, Admin, and Owner base roles, all include this ability. Members added to an approval request receive a notification email, and, if applicable, a notification in the LaunchDarkly Slack or Teams app.

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Working with approvals

Requiring approvals is available to customers on select plansRequiring approvals is only available to customers on select plans. To learn more, read about our pricing. To upgrade your plan, contact Sales.
You can request approval on changes to a flag’s targeting or variations, to an AgentControl config’s targeting or variations, or to a segment’s targeting, any time after you create it. To learn more, read Requesting approvals. Enterprise customers can require approval requests for specific environments. To learn more, read Configuring approvals for an environment. If someone requests your approval on a flag, AgentControl config, experiment, or segment change, the request appears in the Approvals dashboard, in your email, and in your in-app inbox. Depending on the approval request, it also appears in the following places:
  • For flags, the approval request appears in the flag’s “Pending changes” panel and, if you use the LaunchDarkly Slack or Microsoft Teams app, in a Slack or Teams notification.
  • For configs, the approval request appears in the AgentControl configs’s “Pending changes” panel and, if you use the LaunchDarkly Slack app, in a Slack notification.
  • For experiments, the experiment’s “Pending changes” panel and, if you use the LaunchDarkly Slack app, in a Slack notification.
  • For segments, the approval request appears in the segment’s details page and, if you use the LaunchDarkly Slack app, in a Slack notification.
To learn more, read Reviewing approval requests.
AgentControl config and segment approvals do not appear in Microsoft TeamsIf someone requests your approval on a flag change and you use the LaunchDarkly Slack or Microsoft Teams app, you will receive a Slack or Teams notification. AgentControl config and segment approvals are also sent through Slack, but are not sent through Microsoft Teams.
To learn how to customize approval request settings, read Approval request settings.