Document approval state machine template

States in this state machine

• Draft
• In Review
• Peer Review
• Manager Approval
• Review
• decision
• Approved
• Changes Requested
• Published
• Archived
• Withdrawn

How to use this state diagram template

1. Click Open in the editor. The state diagram opens on a new page in FlowDiagram — nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.
2. Rename, add or delete shapes and drag them where you want; connectors stay attached as things move.
3. Drop in vendor logos from the library — 1,160 of them, including every AWS, Azure and Google Cloud service icon — or restyle it with the colour and theme controls.
4. Prefer text? Edit the Mermaid source below and paste it in through ☰ → Import diagram (see the Mermaid editor); it imports as an editable diagram.
5. Export to PNG, SVG or PDF, or press Ctrl+L for a link that carries the whole diagram.

Mermaid source

The whole template is the text below. Paste it into FlowDiagram, keep it in Git next to the code it describes, or hand it to an AI assistant to extend.

stateDiagram-v2
  [*] --> Draft
  Draft --> InReview : submitted
  state Review {
    [*] --> PeerReview
    PeerReview --> ManagerApproval : peer approved
  }
  InReview --> Review : reviewer assigned
  state decision <<choice>>
  Review --> decision : review complete
  decision --> Approved : approved
  decision --> ChangesRequested : rejected with comments
  ChangesRequested --> Draft : author revises
  Approved --> Published : publish date reached
  Published --> Draft : new version started
  Published --> Archived : retired
  Draft --> Withdrawn : author withdraws
  Archived --> [*]
  Withdrawn --> [*]

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