> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.qontext.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Change reviews

> Review changes to protected files before they're applied

## Overview

Change reviews let you approve or discard changes to a file before they're applied to your context repository. Use them to keep sensitive files under human control while everything else stays self-maintaining.

Reviews happen in the **Changes** tab. Select a change from the list to review it.

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## Requiring review

Review is set per file. Open a file's settings and turn on **Require review**. From then on, any change to that file is held for review instead of being applied automatically.

Requiring review is a governance control, so it's available to members who can manage access on the file.

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## Reviewing a change

The **Changes** tab has two lists:

* **To review**: changes waiting for a decision
* **Completed**: changes that were approved, discarded, or cancelled

Each change shows a **change summary** with an explanation of the change, its status, when it was created, and the sources it's based on, followed by the file diffs.

A change is one of two types:

* **Automated change**: produced from a connected [source](/sources)
* **Manual update**: a direct write to the file, made in the platform or through MCP or the API

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## Approving or discarding

For a change that's in review, you can:

* **Accept changes**: the change is applied to the file
* **Discard**: the change isn't applied. A reason is required and kept on the record for that change.

If the files in a change are deleted before it's reviewed, the change is cancelled automatically and no review takes place.