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title: "Read confirmation in the Content Expiry workflow"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/COMALACDCLS/649959153/Read%20confirmation%20in%20the%20Content%20Expiry%20workflow"
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## Enabling read confirmation in the Content Expiry workflow

<span style="color: #172b4d">Edit the workflow using workflow builder to enable or disable read confirmation in the workflow.</span>

![image](media://a901747f-83e7-4652-a6e0-3ea8f2b173cb)


<span style="color: #172b4d">Read confirmation will be added on an</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> </span>**Approve**<span style="color: #172b4d"> </span><span style="color: #172b4d">decision transition from a review state to the final state,</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> </span>**Approved**.

- <span style="color: #172b4d">in the final state, readers can be edited through the</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> </span>[<span style="color: #172b4d">read confirmation popup</span>](https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/WLSD/Read+Confirmation+Popup)<span style="color: #172b4d">.</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">in the </span>**<span style="color: #172b4d">Rejected</span>**<span style="color: #172b4d"> state, users will also be able to access the read confirmation popup if a read confirmation is active (from a previous approved transition to the final state).</span>

<span style="color: #172b4d">By default, workflow read confirmations are added every time an</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> </span>**Approve**<span style="color: #172b4d"> </span><span style="color: #172b4d">decision transition to the final state occurs. </span>

## Content Expiry workflow read confirmation configuration

Read confirmation in the Content Expiry workflow can be configured to <span style="color: #172b4d">enable reviewers' choice in the final review state approval to add a requested read confirmation to the final state.</span>

![image](media://581a1911-b825-442e-87ab-6d281c6515a1)


<span style="color: #172b4d">A </span>**Request read confirmation**<span style="color: #172b4d"> </span><span style="color: #172b4d">option in the workflow popup is available for the reviewer.</span>

![image](media://75d5a77f-31e9-41b7-90e2-2913efc2ec31)


If **Request read confirmation** is unchecked, no read confirmation is added to the final state.