13.2 Approver Selection Rules

Orbnetes deployment and release orchestration documentation for operators and platform teams.

Approvers are selected from eligible users according to platform permission policy.

Typical eligibility model:

  • users with global super-admin authority, or
  • users with required project permissions (for example deploy approval + release run authority).

Selection constraints:

  • approvers should belong to relevant project scope,
  • duplicates are removed,
  • only valid active users should be selectable.

Practical recommendations:

  • keep approver list minimal but sufficient (avoid oversized groups).
  • map approvers to real ownership boundaries (service owner, ops lead, security gate where needed).
  • avoid selecting users who are unavailable in deployment windows.

Governance best practice:

  • define team-level approval policy (who approves which release class).
  • keep policy consistent across similar projects to reduce confusion.