# Prove and submit the purchase-order hold policy

Freeze the policy with the purchase-order hold, verify every expected result in OrderRun and submit that exact release for independent review.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/automation/guides/orders-assisted-proof

Audience: Author

Freeze the policy with the purchase-order hold, verify every expected result in OrderRun and submit that exact release for independent review.

## Proof and submission

1. **Load the current OrderRun revision**

   Load the current OrderRun revision

   Load the policy with benchco-purchase-order-hold and its independently reviewed expected results.

2. **Prepare the release candidate**

   Prepare the release candidate

   Freeze the complete policy, including the rule saved from the plain-English proposal, with its reviewed expected results.

3. **Verify every expected result**

   Verify every expected result

   Run OrderRun's complete check. It confirms that the order without a purchase-order reference is held and the other orders keep their results.

4. **Assemble the exact release proposal**

   Assemble the exact release proposal

   Keep the complete policy, its independent expected results and the proof together.

5. **Request independent release review**

   Request independent release review

   Submit this exact policy for a separate person to review. This does not activate it.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/automation/demo?guide=orders-assisted-proof&chapter=assisted-rule&audience=office)

The original proof stays with OrderRun. The release still needs an independent review before it can be activated.