Approval Gate Node

The Approval Gate node pauses an automation run and creates an approval request for a human reviewer. The run resumes only when someone approves or rejects it (or the configured timeout fires).

When to Use

Use Approval Gate before irreversible or high-impact actions — sending mass emails, publishing to ad platforms, or pushing enriched data to a CRM — when you want a human to review the automation state before proceeding.

Ports

The node has two outputs:

• approved — input records are routed here when the request is approved.
• rejected — input records are routed here when the request is rejected.

Configuration

Example

Gate before sending personalized emails:

message: "Review the generated email subjects and approve to proceed with sending."
approvers:
  method: email
  emails: [ops@acme.com]
previewFields: [email, subject_line]
timeout:
  duration: 48h
  action: auto-reject

Notes

• A data preview snapshot of up to 20 input rows is attached to the approval request (filtered to previewFields when set).
• If an active pause covers the automation, the gate fails fast instead of queuing an approval request.
• The approval, the approver, and the response time are recorded for the governance audit trail.
• For a non-blocking wait on a fixed duration, use Delay instead.