# Review a submitted WorkSteps release

Open the saved procedure and its original proof, then record your independent decision.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/automation/guides/worksteps-release-review

Audience: Reviewer

Open the saved procedure and its original proof, then record your independent decision.

## Review a submitted WorkSteps release

1. **Load the current WorkSteps revision**

   Load the current WorkSteps revision

   Read the complete expected routes and their independently supplied answers before reviewing them.

2. **Open the saved release submission**

   Open the saved release submission

   Read the original saved procedure, its expected results and its retained proof. Loading it does not approve it.

3. **Explain the release decision**

   Explain the release decision

   Record how you checked the complete procedure, the independent expected results and the original proof.

4. **Record the independent release review**

   Record the independent release review

   Save your approval against this exact procedure. Activation remains a separate action after all required checks.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/automation/demo?guide=worksteps-release-review&chapter=review-release&audience=office)

The independent review stays with WorkSteps. An approved review does not itself activate the release.