social-media/docs/TASKS/approval-workflow/004-enforce-basic-approval-modes.md

Task: Enforce basic approval modes

Feature

docs/FEATURES/approval-workflow.md

Goal

Apply workspace approval mode configuration to the existing single-step approval request flow.

Scope

• Prevent approval requests when workspace approval mode is None.
• Keep the current approval request endpoints as the one-step compatibility flow for Optional and Required.
• Block manual moves to Approved or Scheduled for Required workspaces until an approval request has an approved decision.
• Leave Optional approval non-blocking.
• Apply the saved "schedule posts automatically on approval" option when a final approval decision is recorded.

Constraints

• Do not implement workflow recalculation in this task.
• Do not implement multi-level step configuration in this task.
• Do not implement locking behavior, reminder jobs, comments, mentions, reopening, or magic links in this task.
• Do not replace the existing approval request data model in this task.

Done When

• Approval mode None does not create approval requests.
• Approval mode Optional allows manual approval/scheduling without approval decisions.
• Approval mode Required blocks manual approval/scheduling until a completed approval decision exists.
• Approved decisions move content to Scheduled when auto-scheduling is enabled and the content item has a planned publish date.
• Backend tests pass.

Validation Commands

dotnet build backend/Socialize.slnx
dotnet test backend/Socialize.slnx