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title: "Add a read confirmation"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CDML/649761089/Add%20a%20read%20confirmation"
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> Macro (aura-html)


## Adding a read confirmation

A read confirmation can be a:

- **Standalone read confirmation** for pages or blog posts (where no workflow has been added).
- <span style="color: #172b4d">**Workflow read confirmation**</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> added to a workflow</span>

> 📝 A standalone Read Confirmation cannot be added to content with an active workflow.

If a workflow is added to content, any existing standalone read confirmation will be overridden. If the workflow is subsequently removed, the previous standalone read confirmation will become active.

## Standalone read confirmation

A [standalone Read Confirmation](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649827501) is added using the page action menu.

![image](media://894ae39f-1092-4a2c-b0e5-8130ad4453d1)

The read confirmation status (double-tick) icon is added to the page.

![image](media://1084b212-c4f9-48fb-8e94-859ab4c9ee6e)

The read confirmation breadcrumb is also displayed in the page footer. This is contextualized to the current progress of the read confirmation and the current user.

## Workflow read confirmation

A [read confirmation can be enabled in a workflow](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650218328) using the workflow builder (or markup editor).

![image](media://37b507e3-463e-4952-94c6-5096a74928d0)

> ℹ️ When active, a read confirmation is added on the transition to the workflow's<span style="color: #172b4d">’s</span> final state.

<span style="color: #172b4d">The workflow default option adds a read confirmation every time the workflow enters the final state during an approval transition.</span>

<span style="color: #172b4d">The r</span><span style="color: #172b4d">[ead confirmation can be configured](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649956579)</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> in the workflow builder</span>

![image](media://c9545c5d-528d-4cb0-96a7-f76cb23b937c)

You can

- Pre-assign users and groups as readers
- Add a due date
- Allow users to edit the due date
- Allow a reviewer to decide if the read confirmation is added on transitioning to the workflow final state

![image](media://3c20f392-aebc-477b-ad51-3dd242f35230)

  
 If enabled, the double-tick read confirmation status icon is displayed on the page in the final state of the workflow after an approval transition.

![image](media://e80dc8da-6cf4-4941-b0e8-b0c1228f9c66)

When a previously published page is updated at any point, any assigned user read confirmations will reset set once the page re-enters the final state in the workflow.

## Requesting user read confirmation

In a [standalone read confirmation](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649827501), users can be requested to undertake read confirmation by page editors using the read confirmation dialog box.

![image](media://2bc46df1-4604-4cfa-a988-6c80cc2200ac)

Users assigned to read confirmations are readers. [Readers can be added and removed](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650252403) in the dialog box.

[Read confirmation status](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649629545) is **PENDING** if no readers have been assigned or any assigned reader has not confirmed.

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

- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649827501](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649827501)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650218328](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650218328)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650218477](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650218477)