# Pause workflows for approval with Chat SDK

Source: [Vercel](https://vercel.com/changelog/chat-sdk-durable-approvals)  
Feed7 permalink: https://feed7.dev/p/pause-workflows-for-approval-with-chat-sdk-2dd1524bd8  
Published: 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z  
Trust: Official Source (official_source)

## Why Included

Add durable, verified human approval before agents deploy, alter production data, or take other consequential actions.

## Source Summary

Chat SDK can pause a workflow for a verified human decision and resume after seconds or days, without a custom approvals table, action handler, or polling loop.

## Practical Implication

Use this as a durable gate before an agent deploys, changes production data, or takes another consequential action. Scoped approvers, platform-signature checks, and the returned user identity reduce the custom authorization plumbing.

## Agent-Ready Context

Chat SDK’s new **chat/workflow** path adds requestApproval, which posts Approve and Deny controls and suspends a Workflow SDK run. The wait survives deploys and restarts, and Thread state crosses the workflow boundary automatically.

Use this as a durable gate before an agent deploys, changes production data, or takes another consequential action. **Scoped approvers**, platform-signature checks, and the returned user identity reduce the custom authorization plumbing.

The material covers a binary approval card, timeout handling, and an edited-in-place audit outcome. It does not describe richer review flows, delegation, or how long approval records remain available.

## Context Map

- Layer: tools
- Domains: coding
- Topics: agent-sdks, tool-use, agent-reliability

## Uncertainty

- None recorded.

## Agent Instruction

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