# Workflow draft permissions / workflow publish permissions

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-draft-permissions-workflow-publish-permissions/70974>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** workflows\
**Created:** [December 11, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-draft-permissions-workflow-publish-permissions/70974 "2022-12-11T14:11:47Z")\
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At the moment, workflow permissions aren’t as nuanced as email permissions. Users with edit permissions for workflow can edit live processes while permissions for marketing emails, for example, differentiate between suggesting changes (edit) and publishing changes (publish).

 ![karstenkoehler_0-1670767825207.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/e/2eceabb7d46a1c782bbd0e5c577f8976180f6e26.png)

 ![karstenkoehler_0-1670767920816.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/4/84d759275cd484af3ce4868d831192466103dd38.png)

It would be great to have the same permissions / distinction for workflows.

Context

- After onboarding new users to HubSpot and explaining workflows to them, they are usually hesitant as workflows can do a lot of damage. If they knew that they can only suggest but not publish changes, they would feel more comfortable working with the tool.
- Similarly, for HubSpot admins it would be good to know that they can provide access to the workflow tool without having to fear for potential catastrophes.
- Especially in large companies with many regional teams and varying degrees of confidence and competence, it’s challenging for HubSpot admins to provide quality assurance for workflows. If they take away workflow edit permissions, they become a bottleneck. If they grant workflow edit permissions, they are constantly at the edge of their seat, fearing that something could go wrong. Things that can go wrong will go wrong.

What happens if we don’t get this feature?

1. HubSpot admins will always be a bottleneck.
2. General adoption of HubSpot in the company is slowed down as HubSpot admins have to work around the risks or downsides of not having these permissions.

This idea is somewhat related to these two ideas but they don’t quite address the same point:

- [Granular Workflow Permissions](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Granular-Workflow-Permissions/idi-p/364702) – the write permissions mentioned here come close but are specifically referring to workflows that are turned off. Similar to marketing emails, users should be able to make changes but not publish them.
- [Edit workflows in draft mode](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Edit-workflows-in-draft-mode/idi-p/429534) – this idea does not go far enough in my opinion, it’s missing the permissions aspect.

Thanks in advance for considering!

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