Sign-off and oversight

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Use sign-off when review is complete and a responsible team member approves the change for merge.

Who can sign off

Maintainers and admins can sign off queue items.

What sign-off records

  • Who signed off
  • Role at sign-off time
  • PR head SHA
  • CI state at sign-off time

What happens after sign-off

  • If CI is green, DraftView moves the item to Ready to merge.
  • If CI is pending or failing, the item stays Signed off until CI passes.
  • A person still merges in GitHub.

Oversight surfaces

  • Governance plans can export per-PR JSON audit records.
  • Governance plans can view the oversight metrics report.

DraftView records sign-off data for all plans. Governance controls export and reporting surfaces.

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