Change the review state

The Change state button on the Review display page is used to manually change the state of a review.

To change the state of the review:

1. Navigate to the review you want to update.
2. Click the Change State button.
3. Select the new state from the dropdown menu.
   The options available depend on the current state of the review and your user permissions:
• Needs revision: Select to request changes to the files in the review.
• Needs review: Select to request further review of the changes.
• Approve (only available if the voting requirements for the review are satisfied. For information on voting requirements, see Required reviewers): select to approve the review.
• Commit (only available for pre-commit reviews that have been approved): Select to commit the review.
• Approve and commit (only available for unapproved pre-commit reviews when the voting requirements for the review are satisfied. For information on voting requirements, see Required reviewers.): Select to approve and commit the review in a single step. See Approve and commit.
• Reject: Select to reject the review.
• Archive: Select to archive the review.