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title: "License validation failed"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CDACL/631734767/License%20validation%20failed"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)

## <span style="color: #172b4d">Problem</span>

<span style="color: #172b4d">If you encounter this message stating </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**License validation failed**</span><span style="color: #172b4d">*.*</span>

![image](media://d77803b3-5b4b-4aaa-8da3-61a438c01ab9)

<span style="color: #172b4d">A global administrator can confirm the current status of the app in the global </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Manage Apps**</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> screen.</span>

## Expired licenses

There are two types of expired license

- trial license
- customer license

<span style="color: #172b4d">When an instance has its Comala Document Approval trial license expire or its paying license has not been renewed, the instance is blocked from using the key features of the app.</span>

On an expired trial license or an expired renewal license the workflow status will be shown on the pages/blog posts but if a user tries to interact with any of the workflows features (clicking on the state dialog, on the add page workflow, on the workflow report .... anywhere) the **License validation failed** message is shown. 

## <span style="color: #172b4d">What happens next?</span>

<span style="color: #172b4d">You need a global administrator to confirm your license is valid and current and purchase a valid Comala Document Approval subscription.</span>

If the following message is displayed:

![image](media://22ce7848-f9ef-46fe-9857-e4f09f01d0e9)

You need to check that there is at least one Comala Approvals workflow active in the space (individually added to the page or enabled in the space tools Comala Approval dashboard.