# Review and release a component independently

Check current assessment, permission, identity and holds before approving actual stock.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/manuals/reclaimstation/release-a-component

Review edition: 25 October 2026

Roles: supervisor

Independent component release is a supervisory decision about an actual recovered part. It is separate from approving a template or reuse policy. Begin in Oversight and select the exact component and latest assessment shown for it.

## Establish eligibility to review

Read who supplied observations and supporting evidence. You cannot release a component when you contributed to its assessment or relevant material facts. The page directs contributors to another supervisor. Holding several roles does not remove this independence rule.

Check the part is on site with an established local or manufacturer identity. Compare the assessed identity with the current record. Confirm the approved method and its saved content still match the assessment and that the current route calls for that method.

## Review the evidence completely

Read every observation and supporting file. The current assessment must have passed and remain within its approved validity. A release cannot extend an expiring assessment. For an explicitly non-expiring method, the record must consistently retain that approved meaning.

Check current dismantling and reuse permission with its evidence reference. Inspect active holds and source incidents. Ordinary independent release can clear the assessment hold when its requirements pass, but it cannot bypass another active concern. Changed or withdrawn evidence, identity, template or route can require fresh work.

## Record the decision

Complete Independent review and release reason. Confirm that you checked the observations, permission and supported use, then choose Release for approved use. Complete a recent second-factor check when requested. Read the accepted outcome and current component state.

A released component still needs an appropriate physical location and a matching approved destination requirement before reservation and fitting. A general release does not authorise every customer or use. Follow [Reserve and fit a component](/manuals/reclaimstation/reserve-and-install) for those checks.

If release is refused, keep the part held and address the named cause. Do not change an expiry, identity or permission merely to satisfy the action. Escalate an incorrect method or policy to its Author and Reviewer, retaining the component and evidence references.