# Pipeline Approval Stage Gate Check

Check deals waiting on a pipeline approval against the expected approval window.

## Scope
Preparation and review only. No account action or professional decision.

## Inputs
The deals pending a stage approval and the dates they entered approval.

## Workflow
1. List deals pending approval.
2. Record the date each entered approval.
3. Mark deals waiting past the approval window.
4. Return the check without pipeline changes.

## Output contract
deal | stage | entered_approval | days_waiting | past_window

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional pipeline has 14 deals waiting on a stage approval with a 1-day window; 11 were decided within a day and 3 have waited 4 days: 3 of 14 past the approval window.

## Review gates
Keep original values, source IDs and version dates. Unknown facts stay held. Use qualified review for hiring, legal and accounting conclusions. No send, share, sign-in, scheduling, ledger change or payment. Fictional contract review is not a live account compatibility test.

## Method source
https://knowledge.hubspot.com/object-settings/pipeline-approvals

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