Improved Approval Policies – Messaging, Notifications & Easier Authoring

We’ve been long-time users of Spacelift and one of the early reasons we adopted it was your flexible policy engine. That said, approval policies haven’t evolved in a way that supports real-world workflows. Here’s what’s missing:
What’s Needed:

• Message Visibility in Workflows

  • Ability to display a clear reason for blocking or approving a run.

  • Example: “This change lacks a ticket reference – please include one” → currently this is impossible to express.

• Built-in Notification Hooks

  • Slack or email notifications when a manual approval is required.