Reviewers approve exact engineering candidates and separately activate approved releases. A candidate approval does not automatically select that release for new evaluations. This release of FactorySpec remains evaluation-only; the customer engineering qualification needed for manufacture is a separate requirement.
Review independent evidence
Open Review queue and select the pending candidate. Read the complete model changes, declared engineering scope, independent cases, expected named values and component lists. Compare actual outcomes with the independent engineering basis, including blocked and boundary configurations.
Check contributor information. A person who changed the model or expectations cannot approve the candidate. Holding Reviewer as another role on the same account does not make that person independent. Return the candidate with a clear reason if its source or cases need correction.
Approve the candidate deliberately
Inspect engineering impact on existing results and record the required classification and reason. Acknowledge the exact changes and intended scope, then choose Approve this candidate. If setting a release expiry, understand that the release and its results are held after that time. Leave it empty only when no scheduled expiry is intended.
The server checks proof and the retained candidate identity again. Changed content or stale evidence needs another review. A green proof demonstrates its supplied checks, not an unstated engineering intention.
Activate or revert separately
Choose the approved release to activate, then Prepare activation comparison. Review its current effects and reason for activation or reversion. Confirm that it is the release intended for new evaluations. A reviewer who contributed to that release cannot select it.
Withdrawal is a different decision from activation. A critical dependency or release concern can hold affected results and require receiver follow-up while preserving the accepted records. Read Withdraw and follow up.
Use Review a candidate and Activate an approved release. Keep source evidence and impact reasoning understandable to the supervisor who must explain why an earlier pack is now held.