A release is a particular reviewed configuration. The examples explain what it should do; verification checks it; publication makes the approved candidate live.
Agree independent expectations
An expected result should come from the requirement, not be copied from whatever the current rule happens to produce. Otherwise a wrong result can appear to pass because both sides repeat the same mistake.
Include the cases required by the editor and the business change. Check exact template selection, important variables, quantities, relevant matching rule identities and refusal outcomes. Cover each required rule family when the examples screen asks for it.
Author: save and check
- Save the draft and independently expected examples.
- Review the complete example set and its coverage acknowledgements.
- Verify the saved examples. Resolve failures, missing coverage or stale evidence.
- Inspect label proofs and refusals, not just the number of passing cases.
- Freeze the saved revision with a change note. Give the Reviewer the candidate reference and the agreed requirement.
A failed verification remains useful evidence of what did not work. Do not turn its actual result into the expected result merely to obtain a pass.
Reviewer: inspect the candidate
Open Frozen review and compare the exact candidate with the requirement. Review the complete content appropriate to that candidate. Run Verify every reference case and inspect the returned proofs, values and refusals.
Check which station will use the release and whether its PrintStation qualification is current. Outstanding unknown output can block publication and needs a printer investigation first.
If the draft must change, return it to the Author. A later draft revision does not amend an already frozen candidate.
Complete the site's approval controls
LabelRules can allow a person with both Author and Reviewer to publish their own candidate under its default controls. Where the site's Pro controls require a second approver, that approval must be independent of the candidate's authorship, and a different reviewer publishes the approved candidate.
Follow the controls actually shown at the site. A confirmation of identity and an independent approval are different requirements; completing one does not replace the other.
Publish and check the receipt
Complete the proof acknowledgements, note and required recent second factor. Publish the intended candidate. Read the publication receipt and check the active release.
Coordinate timing with the Supervisor: publication takes effect immediately. Existing accepted-run history keeps its original content and evidence. If a reversal is needed, use the reviewed rollback process.